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1 Samuel 26:20

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let not my: 1 Samuel 2:9, 1 Samuel 25:29

the king: 1 Samuel 24:14; Matthew 26:47, Matthew 26:55

a flea: Parosh:, (in Arabic borghooth:, Syriac, poorthano:,) the well known little contemptible and troublesome insect, the flea, seems to be so called from its agility in leaping and skipping, from para:, "free," and raash:, "to leap, bound." David, by comparing himself to this insect, seems to import, that while it would cost Saul much pains to catch him, he would obtain but very little advantage from it.

a partridge: Korai: certainly denotes the partridge, which is called in Arabic, kiraa:. It seems to be so called from the cry or cur: which it utters when calling its young.

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