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He said to his men, “The LORD forbid that I should do this thing to my lord, the LORD’s anointed, to stretch out my hand against him, since he is the LORD’s anointed.”
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Verse 6. Heart struck him; that is with remorse, as fearing he had done amiss. Challoner.—A tender conscience is uneasy about things which are not sinful, while some stick at nothing. Worthington.—The action of David seemed disrespectful. Calmet.—“The subjects of kings adore the royal name as a divinity.” Curtius vii. Regium nomen … pro deo colunt.
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