1 Samuel 18:17

Behold. Figure of speech Asterismos. App-6.

valiant. Hebrew son of valour.

Let not mine hand, &c. Compare David and Uriah. 2 Samuel 11:15.

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¹⁷ And Saul said to David, Behold my elder daughter Merab, her will I give thee to wife: only be thou valiantc for me, and fight the LORD'S battles. For Saul said, Let not mine hand be upon him, but let the hand of the Philistines be upon him.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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The Biblical Illustrator

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1 Samuel 18:17