Jamieson, Fausset and Brown on 1 Samuel 17:51
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1 Samuel17:51
51. cut off his head--not as an evidence of the giant's death, for his slaughter had been effected in presence of the whole army, but as a trophy to be borne to Saul. The heads of slain enemies are always regarded in the East as the most welcome tokens of victory.
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