persecution of the prophets, which is undoubtedly correct. It is true, nevertheless, what Obadiah says to Elijah: “Has it not been told my lord what I did when Jezebel killed the prophets of the Lord, how I hid a hundred of the Lord’s prophets fifty to a cave and provided them with bread and water?”1 ON THE SECOND BOOK OF KINGS 5:1.2 EPHREM THE SYRIAN: Naaman was suffering from leprosy, and when he heard that a
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