Then said he unto Zebah and Zalmunna, What manner of men [were they] whom ye slew at Tabor? And they answered, As thou [art], so [were] they; each one resembled the children of a king.
Ver. 18. Whom ye slew at Tabor.] The sword spareth neither lord nor ragamuffin.
Each one resembled the children of a king.] They were goodly and lovely personages: this they spake to ingratiate. But why were they so cruel as to kill such as whose beauty, that flower of virtue, bespake more lenity?