But the princes of the Philistines were angry with him; so the princes of the Philistines said to him, “Make this fellow return, that he may go back to the place which you have appointed for him, and do not let him go down with us to battle, lest in the battle he become our adversary. For with what could he reconcile himself to his master, if not 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
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