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The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
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in some place: Sa1 23:23 we will light: This is a very beautiful and expressive figure. The dew in Palestine, and other warm climates, falls fast, sudden, and heavy; and it falls upon every spot of earth, so that not a blade of grass escapes it. It is therefore no inapt emblem of a numerous and active army; and it was, perhaps, for this reason that the Romans called their light armed forces rorarii. Kg1 20:10; Kg2 18:23, Kg2 19:24; Isa 10:13, Isa 10:14; Oba 1:3 2 Kings (2 Samuel) 17:13
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