OLD TESTAMENT

1 Samuel 9:3

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The donkeys of Kish, Saul’s father, were lost. Kish said to Saul his son, “Now take one of the servants with you, and arise, go look for the donkeys.”

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Verse 3. Asses. The greatest noblemen rode upon such. Judges 5:10. A prince of Esau fed asses. Genesis 30:24. Agriculture, and keeping sheep, were the employment of men of the first eminence in the heroic ages, as hunting and other equally laborious exercises are now in fashion. Calmet.

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