Jonah 4:6 (KJV)

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And the LORD God prepared a gourd and made it to come up over Jonah that it might be a shadow over his head to deliver him from his grief So Jonah was exceeding glad of the gourd

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the Lord. Jon 1:17 Ps 103:10-14

So. Es 5:9 Pr 23:5 Isa 39:2 Am 6:13 Lu 10:20 1Co 7:30

gourd. or, palmcrist. Heb. Kikajon.[Qîyqâyôwn ,] probably the palma Christi, called {kiki,} or {kouki,} by the Egyptians, and {Elkherod} by the Arabs, from which caster oil is extracted. It is as large as the olive tree, has leaves like those of a vine, sometimes as broad as the brim of a hat, and is of very quick growth. was exceeding glad. Heb. rejoiced with great joy.

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