OLD TESTAMENT

1 Samuel 10:21

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He brought the tribe of Benjamin near by their families and the family of the Matrites was chosen. Then Saul the son of Kish was chosen; but when they looked for him, he could not be found.

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Verse 21. Metri. We find none of this name, 1 Chronicles 8:1. It is probably a title which some of the great patriarchs of Benjamin had acquired by shooting, as Metri means “an archer or bowman.” Calmet.

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