And the king of Israel sent to the place which the man of God told him and warned him of, and saved himself there, not once nor twice.
Ver. 10. And saved himself there.] It was the king himself whom they aimed at, as 1 Kings 22:31; - and as that officer of the cuirassiers, a who, pistoling the late victorious king of Sweden, said, This is the right bird.
a A horse soldier wearing a cuirass. The proper name of a certain type of heavy cavalry in European armies.