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Selected Verse: 1 Samuel 22:7 - Strong Concordance

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1Sa 22:7 Strong Concordance Then Saul [07586] said [0559] unto his servants [05650] that stood [05324] about him, Hear now [08085], ye Benjamites [01145]; will the son [01121] of Jesse [03448] give [05414] every one of you fields [07704] and vineyards [03754], and make [07760] you all captains [08269] of thousands [0505], and captains [08269] of hundreds [03967];
  King James Then Saul said unto his servants that stood about him, Hear now, ye Benjamites; will the son of Jesse give every one of you fields and vineyards, and make you all captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds;

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
Hear now, ye Benjamites--This was an appeal to stimulate the patriotism or jealousy of his own tribe, from which he insinuated it was the design of David to transfer the kingdom to another. This address seems to have been made on hearing of David's return with his four hundred men to Judah. A dark suspicion had risen in the jealous mind of the king that Jonathan was aware of this movement, which he dreaded as a conspiracy against the crown.
 
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