OLD TESTAMENT

2 Samuel 15:17

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The king went out, and all the people after him; and they stayed in Beth Merhak.

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Verse 17. House, or palace, ( Bible.) at the foot of the walls, ( Calmet.) that all who were well disposed, might join the king’s standard. Hebrew “in a place that was far off;” ( Bible.) or, “this house of flight (this family of David, in flight) stopped.” Calmet.

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