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His troops come on together, build a siege ramp against me, and encamp around my tent.
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Verse 12. Troops: (latrones) “free-booters,” ( Bible.) or “soldiers.” Sanctius.—Those nations made a practice of plundering one another’s territories, without any declaration of war. Mercury and Autolychus are praised for thefts of this description. Odys. xix. See Judges 11:3. Septuagint “his temptations ( Calmet. or militia; πειρατηρια) came rushing together upon me; lying down ( Bible.) in ambush, ( Calmet.) they surrounded my paths.” Bible.
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