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1 Samuel 18:20

1 Samuel 18:20

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

loved David: 1 Samuel 18:28, Genesis 29:18, Genesis 29:20, Genesis 34:3; Judges 16:1-31, Judges 4:1-24, Judges 15:1-20; 2 Samuel 13:1-39, 2 Samuel 1:1-27; 1 Kings 11:1-43, 1 Kings 1:1-53, 1 Kings 2:1-46; Hosea 3:1-5, Hosea 2:1-23

pleased him: Heb. was right in his eyes

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