The servants of Saul told him, saying, “David spoke like this.”
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The servants of Saul told him, saying, “David spoke like this.”
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And the servants of Saul told him, saying, On this manner spake David.
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And the servants of Saul told him, saying: 'On this manner spoke David.'
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 1Sa 18:24 And the servants of Saul told him,…
1Sa 18:24 And the servants of Saul told him, saying, On this manner spake David.
Ver. 24. On this manner.] Heb., According to these words; they truly related the substance of David’s answer to the motion; for he was generally well beloved, he was an Omnes omnia bona dicere.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And when his servants told David these words,.... That…
And when his servants told David these words,.... That the king desired no other dowry than an hundred foreskins of the Philistines:
it pleased David well to be the king's son in law; on such conditions; partly because of the honour of it, and partly because of his love to Michal; and chiefly because it would give him an opportunity of destroying the enemies of God, and of his people, as well as such a match would lead the way, and be a step in Providence to ascend the throne designed for him in due time:
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and the days were not expired; neither for the bringing in of the foreskins, nor for the consummation of the marriage.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Vers. 24, 25. David"s answer exactly fell in with…
Vers. 24, 25. David"s answer exactly fell in with Saul"s purposes, and he forthwith asked as a dowry proof of David having slain a hundred Philistines. As this slaughter would have to be effected not in regular warfare, but in a sort of private raid, there would be every likelihood of David being overpowered by a rapid gathering of the Philistines and slain in attempting it. It marks the unscrupulous character of ancient warfare that the lives of enemies should thus be taken, without any public provocation, for private purposes. (comp. Jud_1:14:19)
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