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Let not him: etc. This was no doubt a proverbial mode of expression. Jonathan renders it: "Let not him who girds himself, and goes down to battle, boast as one who has conquered and returned from it." Sa1 14:6, Sa1 14:12, Sa1 14:13, Sa1 17:44-47; Pro 27:1; Ecc 9:11; Isa 10:15, Isa 10:16; Mat 26:33-35, Mat 26:75 harness: The word harness is an obsolete word for armour, derived from the French harnois. See note on Exo 13:18. 3 Kings (1 Kings) 20:12
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