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When Saul sent messengers to take David, she said, “He is sick.”
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Verse 14. Sick. This is an officious lie. She tells another to excuse herself, verse 17. The children of Saul strive to prevent their father’s cruelty, by taking part with the innocent David. Bible.—It is thought that David composed the 68th Psalm, Eripe, and so forth on this occasion. Calmet.
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