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1 Samuel 27:1

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And David: 1 Samuel 16:1, 1 Samuel 16:13, 1 Samuel 23:17, 1 Samuel 25:30; Psalms 116:11; Proverbs 13:12; Isaiah 40:27-31, Isaiah 51:12; Matthew 14:31; Mark 4:40; 2 Corinthians 7:5

I shall: This was a rash conclusion: God had caused him to be anointed king of Israel, and promised his accession to the throne, and had so often interposed in his behalf, that he was authorised to believe the very reverse.

perish: Heb. be consumed

there is nothing: 1 Samuel 22:5; Exodus 14:12; Numbers 14:3; Proverbs 3:5-6; Isaiah 30:15-16; Lamentations 3:26-27

into the land: 1 Samuel 27:10-11, 1 Samuel 21:10-15, 1 Samuel 28:1-2, 1 Samuel 29:2-11, 1 Samuel 30:1-3

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