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John Gill's Exposition on 2 Samuel 1:8

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John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And he said unto me, who [art] thou? etc.] Being willing to know whether a friend or an enemy, which by his coming behind him he could not tell: and I answered him, I [am] an Amalekite: which he might be; but it is not likely he should tell Saul he was, which would not recommend him to him; though indeed he was now in such circumstances, that the Amalekites had nothing to fear from him; and if he was slain by him, as Josephus f6 affirms he was, it seems to be a just retaliation on him for sparing any of that race, contrary to the will of God.
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