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Commentaries:

Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

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2 Kings 3:15

bring me a minstrel--The effect of music in soothing the mind is much regarded in the East; and it appears that the ancient prophets, before entering their work, commonly resorted to it, as a preparative, by praise and prayer, to their receiving the prophetic afflatus.

the hand of the Lord--a phrase significantly implying that the gift of prophecy was not a natural or inherent gift, but conferred by the power and grace of God.

Other commentary entries containing this verse:

1 Chronicles 25:2
Luke 1:66

 

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