OLD TESTAMENT

1 Samuel 18:28

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Saul saw and knew that the LORD was with David; and Michal, Saul’s daughter, loved him.

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Verse 28. David. Of the subsequent verses, the Rom. Septuagint has only the following words. “And all Israel lived him; (29) and Saul still continued to be in awe of him.” The Alex. MS. agrees with the Hebrew only, instead of Michol, and so forth it reads, “all Israel.” If the contested passages were omitted, the history would be less perplexed. But we must wait for the decision of the Church in matters of this nature, and never decide to peremptorily. Bible.

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