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his own adjutant, the same "on whose hand" he had "leaned" when Elisha had made
his prophetic announcement; the same who had sneered at its apparent impossibility.
But it was in vain to seek to stem the torrent of the people. Whether accidentally or
of purpose they bore down the king's adjutant, and trod him under foot in the gate.
"And he died, as the man of God had said."
We mark at the close of this narrative the emphatic repetition of the circumstances
connected with this event. For, assuredly, as it was intended to show the faithfulness
of God in the fulfillment of His promise for good, so also that of the certain and
marked punishment of unbelief. And both for the teaching of Israel, and, let us add,
for that of all men, and in all ages.
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