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And the man of God was wroth with him, and said, Thou shouldest have smitten five or six times; then hadst thou smitten Syria till thou hadst consumed it: whereas now thou shalt smite Syria but thrice.

New Defender's Study Bible Notes

13:19 was wroth with him. Elisha’s anger was probably caused by sensing that Joash was only halfheartedly humoring the dying prophet, when he should have realized that Elisha was conveying an important prophetic revelation to him.


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