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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown on 1 Samuel 17:4

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Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown · 19th-century historical commentary
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GOLIATH CHALLENGES A COMBAT. (Sa1 17:4-11) a champion--Hebrew, a "man between two"; that is, a person who, on the part of his own people, undertook to determine the national quarrel by engaging in single combat with a chosen warrior in the hostile army.
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