Early Church Fathers Scripture Index : Texts

2 Chronicles 20:26

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Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Series 2, Volume 6, page 200, footnote 22 (Image)

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CCEL Footnote 2823 (In-Text, Margin)

... despising the letter that killeth she had found the spirit that giveth life. She admired more the upper springs and the nether springs which Othniel the son of Kenaz the son of Jephunneh received in place of a south land and a waterless possession, and by the conducting of which he watered the dry fields of the old covenant. For thus did he typify the redemption which the sinner finds for his old sins in the waters of baptism. On the next day soon after sunrise she stood upon the brow of Capharbarucha,[2 Chronicles 20:26] that is, “the house of blessing,” the point to which Abraham pursued the Lord when he made intercession with Him. And here, as she looked down upon the wide solitude and upon the country once belonging to Sodom and Gomorrah, to Admah and Zeboim, she ...