And the princes of the Philistines were wroth with him; and the princes of the Philistines said unto him, Make this fellow return, that he may go again to his place which thou hast appointed him, and let him not go down with us to battle, lest in the battle he be an adversary to us: for wherewith should he reconcile himself unto his master? 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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