 | William Ashmead - 1830 - 522 pages
...be the instrument of inflicting upon '• the children of Israel." Uazael indignantly exclaimed, " But what, is thy servant a dog, that he should do this great thing !" Elisha briefly ans vvered, " The Lord hath shown me, that thou shalt be king over Syria." And what... | |
 | 1853 - 1142 pages
...him. It was not a hypocritical affectation of horror when he replied to the prophet's prediction, " But what! Is thy servant a dog, that he should do this great thing ?" We believe that Hazael was really shocked at the contemplation of the crimes which the Prophet described.... | |
 | Rev. John BARR (of Glasgow.) - 1831 - 348 pages
...foretold him what he would do to the children of Israel, — filled with indignation he replied, " But what ! is thy servant a dog that he should do this great thing ? And Elisha answered, The Lord hath showed me that thou shalt be king of Syria." * The change which... | |
 | Edward Payson - 1831 - 406 pages
...their future conduct had been £• j* revealed to them, would have exclaimed with Hazael, . . •. ..What, is thy servant a dog, that he should do this great i»~ thing ? And even if your appetites and passions should not lead to open vice, they may keep you... | |
 | Charles Lambert Coghlan - 1832 - 486 pages
...And Hazael said (when he saw Elisha weeping, and heard him foretelling of his own future atrocities), But what ! is thy servant a dog that he should do this great thing 1 And Elisha answered, The Lord hath shewed me that thou shall be king over Syria. 3 JCi. viii. li... | |
 | George Henry Calvert - 1832 - 216 pages
...slay with the sword, and wilt dash their children, and rip up their women with child. And Hazael said, But what! is thy servant a dog, that he should do this great thing?" Dr. Blair, in commenting on this text, observes, — "We here behold a man who, in one state of life,... | |
 | Stephen Merrill - 1832 - 472 pages
...with the sword, and wilt dash their children, and rip up their women with child. 13 And Hazael said, But what ! is thy servant a dog that he should do this great thing ? And Elisha answered, The LORD hath shewed me that thou shall be king over Syria. 14 So he departed... | |
 | Amelia Opie - 1832 - 232 pages
...be such as formerly he would Ijavo ah* "* horred in die highest degree, and have said with Hnzael, " what ! is thy servant a dog, that he should do this great thing 1" W. Bennet thus opening matters to her, did, by his wholesome admonition, so work upon her mind,... | |
 | John Barclay - 1833 - 200 pages
...though it be such as he would formerly have abhorred in the highest degree, and have said with Hazael, " What, is thy servant a dog, that he should do this great thing ?" See 2 Kings viii. 13. Wm. Bennit, thus opening matters to her, by his wholesome admonitions so wrought... | |
 | Lyman Cobb - 1834 - 238 pages
...cruelty, he could not contain himself from bursting into a flood of tears. much warmth, he replies : " But what ? — is thy servant a dog, that he should do this great thing ?" 4. Elisha makes no return, but to point out a remarkable change, which was to take place in his... | |
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And Hazael said. But what, is thy servant a dog, that he should do this great thing? 
