We made an invasion [upon] the south of the Cherethites,....
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1 Samuel 30:14
1 Samuel 30:14
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible · John Gill (1697–1771) · Public Domain
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wicked cometh in his stead, that the just falleth seven times a-day and
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