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John Gill's Exposition on 1 Samuel 17:9

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John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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If he be able to fight with me, and to kill me, then will we be your servants, etc.] For which it does not appear he had any commission or authority to say; nor did the Philistines think themselves obliged to abide by what he said, since, when he was slain, they did not yield themselves servants to the Israelites: but if I prevail against him, and kill him, then shall ye be our servants, and serve us; to which terms also the Israelites did not consent; nor did David, who engaged with him, enter the fray on such conditions.
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