And that first slaughter, which Jonathan and his armourbearer made, was about twenty men, within as it were an half acre of land, [which] a yoke [of oxen might plow].
Ver. 14. Was about twenty men.] Twenty men, plus minus. So John 4:6, "It was about the sixth hour." In things whereof there is no necessity of speaking on a certainty, we must deliver ourselves accordingly.
Within as it were an half acre.] Brevissimo spatio: a in a small compass of ground these two slew twenty; so well they bequit them.
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