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2 Kings 2:162Kgs.2.16

And they said unto him, Behold now, there be with thy servants fifty strong men; let them go, we pray thee, and seek thy master: lest peradventure the Spirit of the LORD hath taken him up, and cast him upon some mountain, or into some valley. And he said, Ye shall not send.

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Hebrew original

Translations

Louis Segond 1910

Ils lui dirent: Voici, il y a parmi tes serviteurs cinquante hommes vaillants; veux-tu qu'ils aillent chercher ton maître? Peut-être que l'esprit de l'Eternel l'a emporté et l'a jeté sur quelque montagne ou dans quelque vallée. Il répondit: Ne les envoyez pas.

KJV

And they said unto him, Behold now, there be with thy servants fifty strong men; let them go, we pray thee, and seek thy master: lest peradventure the Spirit of the LORD hath taken him up, and cast him upon some mountain, or into some valley. And he said, Ye shall not send.

Patristic reading

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    Patrologia Latina Vol. 139 (Migne)

    unam vallium, aut in quemlibet montium translatus lateat. Quaesierunt ergo, sed minime repererunt (IV Reg. II, 16, 17) . Econtra beatus Pater Benedictus, pro Dei amore consortia linquens hominum et concava petens rupium, a presbytero divinitus monito, per defossa terrarum, per p…

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