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1 Samuel 14:18

1 Samuel 14:18

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Canne, Browne, Blayney, Scott, and others · Public Domain

Bring hither: The Septuagint reads Προσαγαγε το εφουδ:, οτι αυτος ηρε το εφουδ εν τη ημερα εκεινη ενωπιον Ισραηλ:. "Bring hither the ephod; for he bore the ephod on that day before Israel," which Houbigant and others think is the true reading. Finding that his son Jonathan and his armour-bearer were absent, Saul wished to consult the high-priest; but the tumult increasing, he says to him, "Withdraw thine hand:" i.e., desist form consulting the ephod on the present occasion, and immediately hastened to make the best use he could of this astonishing victory. , ; ; , , ; ,

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