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2 Samuel 16:2

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What meanest: Genesis 21:29, Genesis 33:8; Ezekiel 37:18; The asses. This is the eastern mode of speaking when presenting anything to a great man: "This is for the slaves of the servants of your majesty;" when at the same time the presents are intended for the sovereign himself, and it is so understood. 2 Samuel 15:1, 2 Samuel 19:26; Judges 5:10, Judges 10:4

for the young: 1 Samuel 25:27

that such: 2 Samuel 15:23, 2 Samuel 17:29; Judges 8:4-5; 1 Samuel 14:28; Proverbs 31:6-7

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