This organization was as old as the time of Moses (Numbers 31:14; Deuteronomy 1:15) and also prevailed among the Philistine…

To ear his ground. —To ear, that is, to plough. The word is an old word (Anglo-Saxon earian), and connected with…

And he will appoint him captains over thousands, and captains
over fifties
Which thou…

If they wished to have a king to rule them, as the eastern kings ruled their subjects, they would find the yoke exceedingly heavy. Those who submit…