1 Samuel 17:29

And David said, What have I now done? [Is there] not a (i) cause?

(i) For his father's sending was a just occasion, and also he felt himself inwardly moved by God's Spirit.

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²⁹ And David said, What have I now done? Is there not a cause?

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Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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1 Samuel 17:29