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His beard - Used here to mean his throat or under jaw; neither a lion nor a bear has a beard, properly speaking.

And I went out after him
Whether a lion or a bear; but mention after being made of his beard, a lion rather is meant…

A shepherd lad, who had come that same morning from keeping sheep, had more courage than all the mighty men of Israel. Thus God often sends good wo…
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