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Psalms 132:1-5

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public Domain

David's abasement and vow to God. The historical books give no account of this vow, which, however, may have been recorded in one or other of the lost compositions spoken of so frequently in Chronicles (1 Chronicles 29:29; 2 Chronicles 9:29; 2 Chronicles 16:11, etc.

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