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they also did work wilily, and went and made as if they had been ambassadors, and took old sacks upon their asses, and wine-skins, old and rent and bound up,

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

They did work wilily - literally, “they also,” or “they too, did work, and so on.” The “also” serves, apparently, to connect the st…

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

They did work wilily. —Literally, and they also dealt with subtlety. The stratagem does not seem very p…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

And they did work wilily
Acted craftily, dealt in much cunning and subtlety; our version leaves out a very emphatic …

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

Other people heard this news and were driven by it to make war against Israel; but the Gibeonites were led to make peace with them. Thus the discov…

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