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While Saul talked to the priest, the tumult that was in the camp of the Philistines went on and increased; and Saul said to the priest, “Withdraw your hand!”
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Verse 19. Hand. He prayed with his hands extended. Saul believed that God had sufficiently intimated his will, by affording such a favourable opportunity. “The best of omens is to revenge our country’s wrongs.” Hector. Iliad. Menochius.—Optimis auspiciis ea geri, quæ pro Reip. salute fierent, was the observation of Q. F. Maximus. Senect. Calmet.—Saul did not wait for God’s answer, and therefore had nearly lost his son by a rash vow, and by too eager zeal. Worthington.
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