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Tyndale Open Study Notes on 1 Samuel 21:12

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Tyndale Open Study Notes
Tyndale House Publishers · Modern study notes
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21:12-13 The lengthy title of Ps 34 refers to this incident but names the Philistine king Abimelech rather than Achish. “Abimelech” might have been the common title for Philistine kings (in Hebrew it means “my father the king”). The name Abimelech also appears in Gen 20:2; 26:1.
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