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Jonathan learned that there was an ambush behind him. They surrounded his army, and shot their arrows at the people, from morning until evening;
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Verse 80. Army. Lit. “camp,” which the Vulg. puts for an army chiefly of foot. Josephus intimates that Jonathas drew up his forces in the shape “of a tile,” or phalanx, and ordered them to face about on every side. Calmet.—Thus the enemy could only throw darts, but could not penetrate. Worthington.
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