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Is he the King of Israel? (Original Post) DonaldsRump Aug 2019 OP
isn't "king of israel" a capital offense. rampartc Aug 2019 #1
with any luck, Rump will go out like Herod The Great Celerity Aug 2019 #2

Celerity

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2. with any luck, Rump will go out like Herod The Great
Thu Aug 22, 2019, 07:57 AM
Aug 2019
http://www.ccel.org/j/josephus/works/ant-17.htm

But now Herod's distemper greatly increased upon him after a severe manner, and this by God's judgment upon him for his sins; for a fire glowed in him slowly, which did not so much appear to the touch outwardly, as it augmented his pains inwardly; for it brought upon him a vehement appetite to eating, which he could not avoid to supply with one sort of food or other. His entrails were also ex-ulcerated, and the chief violence of his pain lay on his colon; an aqueous and transparent liquor also had settled itself about his feet, and a like matter afflicted him at the bottom of his belly.

Nay, further, his privy-member was putrefied, and produced worms; and when he sat upright, he had a difficulty of breathing, which was very loathsome, on account of the stench of his breath, and the quickness of its returns; he had also convulsions in all parts of his body, which increased his strength to an insufferable degree.




What loathsome disease did King Herod die of?

http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/196/what-loathsome-disease-did-king-herod-die-of/

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