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1 Samuel 29:4
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4 But the leaders of the Philistines became angry with him and said[a] to him, “Send the man back! Let him return to the place that you assigned him! Don’t let him go down with us into the battle, for he might become[b] our adversary in the battle. What better way to please his lord than with the heads of these men?[c]

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  1. 1 Samuel 29:4 tn Heb “and the leaders of the Philistines said.”
  2. 1 Samuel 29:4 tn Heb “so that he might not become.”
  3. 1 Samuel 29:4 tn Or perhaps, “our men.” On this use of the demonstrative pronoun see Joüon 2:532 §143.e.
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