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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.comJamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - 2 King 3:15 - 3:15
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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.