Early Church Fathers Scripture Index : Texts

2 Kings 3:16

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Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Series 2, Volume 13, page 373, footnote 2 (Image)

Gregory the Great II, Ephriam Syrus, Aphrahat

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CCEL Footnote 940 (In-Text, Margin)

... then it used to come. For had it been with him always, it would not have allowed him to sin with the wife of Uriah. For when he was praying about his sins, and was confessing his offences before God, he said thus:— Take not Thy holy spirit from me. Also concerning Elisha it is thus written, that, while he played upon his harp, then the spirit came to him and he prophesied and said:— Thus saith the Lord, ye shall not see wind nor rain, yet this valley shall be made many pits.[2 Kings 3:15-17] And also when the Shunamite came to him because of her son that was dead, he said thus to her:— The Lord hid it from me and did cause me not to know it. Yet, when the King of Israel sent against him to slay him, the Spirit informed him before ...