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1 Samuel 25:27

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

And now this blessing, which thine handmaid hath brought unto my lord,.... The present, consisting of the things mentioned in 1Sa 25:18; which came as a blessing from God, and with good will from her:let it even be given unto the young men that follow my lord; the servants of David: in the original it is, "that walk at the feet of my lord": and which the Targum paraphrases, "who minister before my lord"; and so Abigail's damsels are called "pedissequae", or "that walked at her feet", 1Sa 25:42; and with the Romans, in later times, servants were called a "pedibus" and "pedissequi" .

This also is very artfully said, as if the present was not good enough for David, and worthy of his acceptance; might be agreeable to his men, and of service to them. Vid. Pignorium de Servis, p.

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