But the commanders of the Philistines were angry with him; and the commanders of the Philistines said to him, "Send the man back, that he may return to the place to which you have assigned him; he shall not go down with us to battle, lest in the battle he become an adversary to us. For how could this fellow reconcile himself to his lord? Would it not be with the heads of the men here?
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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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