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But Abishai the son of Zeruiah helped him, and struck the Philistine and killed him. Then the men of David swore to him, saying, “Don’t go out with us to battle any more, so that you don’t quench the lamp of Israel.”
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Verse 17. Lamp; glory and protection. Achilles reproaches himself for not having been “a light to” his friend. Iliad Σ.
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