John Gill's Exposition on 1 Samuel 13:17

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And the spoilers came out of the camp of the Philistines in three companies, etc.] Saul not daring to come out to fight them, and there being none throughout the land to oppose them, they sent out three companies of soldiers to ravage and spoil the country; of so little use and service was a king to Israel, they were so extremely desirous of; and this was suffered, to convince them of their vain confidence in him, and that their trust ought to be in the Lord their God; never was their country more exposed to rapine and violence than now: one company turned unto the way that leadeth to Ophrah; a city in the land of Benjamin, of which (see <061823>Joshua 18:23) and lay southwest from Michmash, where the army of the Philistines were: unto the land of Shual: which the Targum paraphrases, “the land of the south;” it seems to have had its name from the multitude of foxes in it, Shual signifying a fox.

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