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John Gill's Exposition on 2 Samuel 18:7

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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Where the people of Israel were slain before the servants of David, etc.] That is, the people of Israel that were under Absalom, these were beaten by David’s army: and there was a great slaughter that day of twenty thousand [men]; including both those that fell in the field of battle, and that were slain in the pursuit; and this is to be understood only of Absalom’s party.
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