with his clothes rent: These, as we have already remarked, were the general signs of sorrow and distress. 2 Samuel 1:2
with earth: Joshua 7:6; 2 Samuel 13:19, 2 Samuel 15:32; Nehemiah 9:1; Job 2:12
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1 Samuel 4:12
1 Samuel 4:12
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