1 Samuel 17:9
“If he be able to fight with me, and to kill me, then will we be your servants: but if I prevail against him, and kill him, then shall ye be our servants, and serve us.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
If he be able to fight with me, and to kill me, then will we be your servants,.... For which it does not appear he had…
Adam ClarkeMethodist theologian, 1762–1832
Then will we be your servants - Of this stipulation we hear nothing farther.
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–17141 Samuel 17:1-11
It was not long ago that the Philistines were soundly beaten, and put to the worse, before Israel, and they would have…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
then will we be your servants Compare the agreement between the Romans and Albans about the combat of the Horatii and…