OLD TESTAMENT

1 Samuel 26:10

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David said, “As the LORD lives, the LORD will strike him; or his day shall come to die, or he shall go down into battle and perish.

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Verse 10. To die a natural death. Thus those who are slain, are said to die before their day. Psalms 54:2–8. Jesus was not taken, because his hour was not yet come. John 2:4 and 7:30. Calmet.—David waits with patience, that God might take off his adversary by sickness, old age, or the sword. Menochius.—He will not ascend the throne before the time appointed, and he will not kill Saul, except it be in battle, in his own defence. Bible.

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