1st Samuel Chapter 18 verse 24 Holy Bible
And the servants of Saul told him, saying, On this manner spake David.
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And the servants of Saul gave him an account of what David had said.
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And the servants of Saul told him, saying, On this manner did David speak.
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And the servants of Saul told him, saying, On this manner spake David.
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And the servants of Saul told him, saying, On this manner spoke David.
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The servants of Saul told him, saying, On this manner spoke David.
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And the servants of Saul declare to him, saying, `According to these words hath David spoken.'
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerses 24, 25. - David's answer exactly fell in with Saul's purposes, and he forthwith asked as a dowry proof of David having slain a hundred Philistines. As this slaughter would have to be effected not in regular warfare, but in a sort of private raid, there would be every likelihood of David being overpowered by a rapid gathering of the Philistines and slain in attempting it. It marks the unscrupulous character of ancient warfare that the lives of enemies should thus be taken, without any public provocation, for private purposes (comp. Judges 14:19).