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1 Samuel 14:37

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible · John Gill (1697–1771) · Public Domain

And Saul asked counsel of God,.... He agreed to the motion of the high priest, and asked counsel by Urim and Thummim; the Targum is, as before,"inquired by the Word of the Lord:''shall I go down after the Philistines?

pursue after them in their flight to their own country, which, lying to the sea, was a descent:wilt thou deliver them into the hand of Israel?

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