Early Church Fathers Scripture Index : Texts

2 Kings 20:12

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Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Series 2, Volume 6, page 31, footnote 15 (Image)

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CCEL Footnote 512 (In-Text, Margin)

... it was not lawful to touch, was struck down suddenly by death. And assuredly no gold or silver vessel was ever so dear to God as is the temple of a virgin’s body. The shadow went before, but now the reality is come. You indeed may speak in all simplicity, and from motives of amiability may treat with courtesy the veriest strangers, but unchaste eyes see nothing aright. They fail to appreciate the beauty of the soul, and only value that of the body. Hezekiah showed God’s treasure to the Assyrians,[2 Kings 20:12-13] who ought never to have seen what they were sure to covet. The consequence was that Judæa was torn by continual wars, and that the very first things carried away to Babylon were these vessels of the Lord. We find Belshazzar at his feast and among ...