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1 Samuel 20:40

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artillery: Heb. instruments, Rather weapons, as the word kelim: also denotes; and here means the bow, quiver, and arrows. This is probably the only place in our language in which the word artillery is not applied to cannon or ordinance, but simply to weapons of war.

his lad: Heb. the lad that was his

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