Verse 17
2Ki 13:17 And he said, Open the window eastward. And he opened [it]. Then Elisha said, Shoot. And he shot. And he said, The arrow of the LORD’S deliverance, and the arrow of deliverance from Syria: for thou shalt smite the Syrians in Aphek, till thou have consumed [them].
Ver. 17. Then Elisha said, Shoot. And he shot. ] The old Romans were wont to denounce war against their enemies by shooting an arrow or dart into their country, a Alexander the Great did the like when he first set foot in Persia, as Justin reporteth. b
Till they have consumed them. ] Usque ad consumere, vel usque ad consummare.
a Serv. in Virg.
b Hist., lib. ii.
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