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When the king of Israel read the letter, he tore his clothes(A) and asked, ‘Am I God,(B) killing and giving life, that this man expects me to cure a man of his skin disease? Recognise[a] that he is only picking a fight with me.’(C)

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  1. 5:7 Lit Know and see

And it came to pass, when the king of Israel had read the letter, that he rent his clothes, and said, Am I God, to kill and to make alive, that this man doth send unto me to recover a man of his leprosy? wherefore consider, I pray you, and see how he seeketh a quarrel against me.

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