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2Ki_3:4 And Mesha king of Moab was a sheepmaster, and rendered unto the king of Israel an hundred thousand lambs, and an hundred thousand rams, with the wool.
Ver. 4. And Mesha king of Moab.] Mesha signifieth Salvation, a fit name for a king. But this man might as ill deserve it, as did Antiochus, surnamed Soter, that is, a saviour: not for any great good he did, but because he did not much harm.
With the wool.] It was grown to a proverb among our forefathers, Curia Romana non petit ovem sine lana. {a}
{a} Rain., De Idol. Rom., p. 272.