OLD TESTAMENT

1 Samuel 29:6

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Then Achish called David and said to him, “As the LORD lives, you have been upright, and your going out and your coming in with me in the army is good in my sight; for I have not found evil in you since the day of your coming to me to this day. Nevertheless, the lords don’t favor you.

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Verse 6. Lord. Hebrew Jehova. Bible.—Achis speaks of the true God, as David was accustomed to do. Salien.—Perhaps he adored him, like his other gods; as the Israelites are accused of swearing by the Lord and by Melchom. Zephaniah 1:5.—The pagans often appealed to the gods of those with whom they were treating. Calmet.

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