they said one: 2 Kings 7:3; Haggai 1:4-5
this day: 2 Kings 7:6; Isaiah 41:27, Isaiah 52:7; Nahum 1:15; Luke 2:10; Philippians 2:4
some mischief will come upon us: Heb. we shall find punishment, 2 Kings 5:26-27; Numbers 32:23; Proverbs 24:16
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2 Kings 7:9
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