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Selected Verse: 1 Samuel 30:2 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| 1Sa 30:2 |
Strong Concordance |
And had taken the women [0802] captives [07617], that were therein: they slew [04191] not any [0376], either great [01419] or small [06996], but carried them away [05090], and went [03212] on their way [01870]. |
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King James |
And had taken the women captives, that were therein: they slew not any, either great or small, but carried them away, and went on their way. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| they slew not any, either great or small, but carried them away--Their conduct seems to stand in favorable contrast to that of David (Sa1 27:11). But their apparent clemency did not arise from humane considerations. It is traceable to the ancient war usages of the East, where the men of war, on the capture of a city, were unsparingly put to death, but there were no warriors in Ziklag at the time. The women and boys were reserved for slaves, and the old people were spared out of respect to age. |
11 And David [01732] saved [02421] neither man [0376] nor woman [0802] alive [02421], to bring [0935] tidings to Gath [01661], saying [0559], Lest they should tell [05046] on us, saying [0559], So did [06213] David [01732], and so will be his manner [04941] all the while [03117] he dwelleth [03427] in the country [07704] of the Philistines [06430].