the hand: 2 Kings 3:15; Isaiah 8:11; Ezekiel 1:3, Ezekiel 3:14
he girded: 2 Kings 4:29, 2 Kings 9:1; Job 38:3; Jeremiah 1:17; Ephesians 6:14; 1 Peter 1:13
ran before: Matthew 22:21; 1 Peter 2:17
to the entrance of: Heb. till thou come to
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1 Kings 18:46
1 Kings 18:46
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