But he princes of the Philistines were wroth with him; and the princes of the Philistines said unto him, Make the man return, that he may go back to his place where thou hast appointed him, and let him not go down with us to battle, lest in the battle he become an adversary to us: for wherewith should this [fellow] reconcile himself unto his lord? should it not be with the heads of these men?
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Go down. —This is a technical military expression, used constantly, on account of the necessity of the troops descending from the …
John Gill
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And the princes of the Philistines were wroth with him
With Achish, for giving such a character of David, and taking…
Matthew Henry
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David waited with a secret hope that the Lord would help him out of his difficulty. But he seems to have been influenced too much by the fear of ma…
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Charles Ellicott
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