Play - (1 Samuel 18:7). Here, the word is applied to the serious game of war, to be played by twelve combatants on each side, wi…

Let the young men. — To avoid unnecessary bloodshed between the tribes of a common parentage, and also, perhaps, to preve…

And Abner said to Joab
Perceiving he made no motion towards an engagement with him, his orders from David being only…

The nation in general refused David. By this, the Lord trained up His servant for future honor and usefulness; and the tendency of true godliness w…