Where the people of Israel were slain before the servants of David, and there was there a great slaughter that day of twenty thousand men.
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Interpretation
How does David render good for evil! Absalom would have only David smitten; David would have only Absalom spared.
Glossary
- David Person
- Beloved, the eighth and youngest son of Jesse, a citizen of Bethlehem. His father seems to have been a man in humble life. His mother’s name is not recorded. Some think she was the Nahash of 2 Sam. 17:25 .