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Matthew Poole and continuators on 2 Kings 4:8

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2 Kings4:8

8 ¶ And it [illegible: 1+ letters]ell on a day, that Elisha passed to Shunem , where was a great woman ; and she constrained him to eat bread . And so it was, that as oft as he passed by, he turned in thither to eat bread.

A City in Issachar, near Mount Carmel, Ios. 19. 17, 18. whither the Prophet frequently went.

For Estate, or Birth and Quality. See Gen. 24. 35. 1 Sam. 25. 2.

By her importunate desire.

To take his repast there.

Marginal references: Heb. there was a day.; Heb. laid [illegible: 1+ letters]old on him.

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