the men: 1 Samuel 26:8-11; 2 Samuel 4:8; Job 31:31
I will deliver: 1 Samuel 24:10, 1 Samuel 24:18, 1 Samuel 23:7, 1 Samuel 26:23
Saul's robe: Heb. the robe which was Saul's
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1 Samuel 24:4
1 Samuel 24:4
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