But the commanders of the Philistines were angry with him, and the commanders of the Philistines said to him, “Make the man go back, so that he will return to his place where you have assigned him, and do not let him go down to battle with us, or in the battle he may become an adversary to us. For how could this man find favor with his lord? Would 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
MatthewHenry
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…
Charles Ellicott
CharlesEllicott