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2 Kings 1:132Kgs.1.13

And he sent again a captain of the third fifty with his fifty. And the third captain of fifty went up, and came and fell on his knees before Elijah, and besought him, and said unto him, O man of God, I pray thee, let my life, and the life of these fifty thy servants, be precious in thy sight.

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Hebrew original

Translations

Louis Segond 1910

Achazia envoya de nouveau un troisième chef de cinquante avec ses cinquante hommes. Ce troisième chef de cinquante monta; et à son arrivée, il fléchit les genoux devant Elie, et lui dit en suppliant: Homme de Dieu, que ma vie, je te prie, et que la vie de ces cinquante hommes tes serviteurs soit précieuse à tes yeux!

KJV

And he sent again a captain of the third fifty with his fifty. And the third captain of fifty went up, and came and fell on his knees before Elijah, and besought him, and said unto him, O man of God, I pray thee, let my life, and the life of these fifty thy servants, be precious in thy sight.

Patristic reading

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  • Thomas Aquinas

    Summa Theologica

    not fear to lay hands upon the Lord's anointed," even though he (Saul) had requested it, as related 2 Kings 1:5-14. OF THE EFFICIENCY OF CHRIST'S PASSION (SIX ARTICLES) We now have to consider Christ's Passion as to its effect; first of all, as to the manner in which it was broug…

  • Various

    Patrologia Latina Vol. 174 (Migne)

    ptis primis duobus, ipse humiliter flexis genibus Eliam de monte descendere suppliciter deprecatur (IV Reg. I, 13) . Elias enim, qui Dominus Deus dicitur, Christus Dominus intelligitur; princeps quinquagenarius tertius humanum genus accipitur, quod tertio hujus saeculi tempore,…

  • Various

    Patrologia Latina Vol. 193 (Migne)

    ocutus est: «Homo Dei, noli despicere animam meam, et animam servorum tuorum, qui mecum sunt, etc. (IV Reg. I, 13) .» Pepercit ergo huic Elias utpote [Col. 1667B] humiliato, et accepta persecutione ipsius commutato. Reliquis duobus non pepercit, et merito. Non enim erat illis c…

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