John Gill's Exposition on 1 Samuel 20:26

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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Nevertheless, Saul spake not anything that day, etc.] About David’s absence, took no notice of it, said nothing about it: for he thought something had befallen him; some impurity, some nocturnal pollution, (see <031516>Leviticus 15:16); he [is] not clean, surely he [is] not clean; which he repeated in his mind for the confirmation of it, and in contempt, and to the reproach of David; and in this way he accounted for his absence the first day, and so was easy, it not being lawful and fitting for an unclean person in a ceremonial sense to eat of the peace offerings, which Saul and his family were now partaking of.

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