37Then he found another man, and said, Smite me, I pray thee. And the man smote him, so that in smiting he wounded him.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
And a certain man of the sons of the prophets said unto his neighbour in the word of the LORD, Smite me, I pray thee. And the man refused to smite him.
He that smiteth a man, so that he die, shall be surely put to death.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 31-43)Here is an account of what followed upon the victory which Israel obtained over the Syrians. I. Ben-hadad’s tame and mean submission. Even in his inner chamber he feared, and would, if he could, flee further, though none pursued. His servants, seeing him and themselves reduced to the last extremity, advised that they should surrender at discretion, and make themselves prisoners and petitioners to…
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