the shoulder: Probably the shoulder was set before Saul, not because it was the best part, but because it was an emblem of the government to which he was now called. (See note on Isaiah 9:6.) Leviticus 7:32-33; Ezekiel 24:4
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1 Samuel 9:24
1 Samuel 9:24
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