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He stood and cried to the armies of Israel, and said to them, “Why have you come out to set your battle in array? Am I not a Philistine, and you servants to Saul? Choose a man for yourselves, and let him come down to me.
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Verse 8. Out; exulting. Sirach 47:5. Menochius.—Servants; I am free. Bible.—Hand. Such combats were very common in ancient times. Paris and Menelaus, Hector and Ajax. The Horatii and Curiatii fought to decide the fate of contending nations. Iliad γ, and Η.—Livy i. 23. Calmet.
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