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2 Samuel 23:39

2 Samuel 23:39

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thirty and seven in all: From the number of these officers being thirty-seven, it is almost self-evident that shalishim: cannot denote the thirty, as rendered in , etc., but some particular description of men, or officers; for it can scarcely be said, with propriety, that we have thirty-seven out of thirty; and besides, in the parallel place in 1Chronicles, there are sixteen added!

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