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Selected Verse: 2 Kings 2:17 - Strong Concordance

Verse	Translation	Text
2Ki 2:17	Strong Concordance	And when they urged [06484] him till he was ashamed [0954], he said [0559], Send [07971]. They sent [07971] therefore fifty [02572] men [0376]; and they sought [01245] three [07969] days [03117], but found [04672] him not.
	King James	And when they urged him till he was ashamed, he said, Send. They sent therefore fifty men; and they sought three days, but found him not.

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Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
Till he was ashamed - i. e. to refuse them any longer.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]

Till he was ashamed - i. e. to refuse them any longer.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]
Was ashamed - That is, to deny them any longer, lest they should think his denial proceeded from a neglect of his master, or a contempt of them.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]

Was ashamed - That is, to deny them any longer, lest they should think his denial proceeded from a neglect of his master, or a contempt of them.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826
Till he was ashamed - He saw they would not be satisfied unless they made the proposed search; he felt therefore that he could not, with any good grace, resist their importunity any longer.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826

Till he was ashamed - He saw they would not be satisfied unless they made the proposed search; he felt therefore that he could not, with any good grace, resist their importunity any longer.

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