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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown on 1 Samuel 23:7

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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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SAUL'S COMING, AND TREACHERY OF THE KEILITES. (Sa1 23:7-13) it was told Saul that David was come to Keilah--Saul imagined himself now certain of his victim, who would be hemmed within a fortified town. The wish was father to the thought. How wonderfully slow and unwilling to be convinced by all his experience, that the special protection of Providence shielded David from all his snares!
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