Jamieson, Fausset and Brown on 2 Samuel 17:12
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2 Samuel17:12
12. we will light upon him as the dew falleth on the ground--No image could have symbolized the sudden onset of an enemy so graphically to an Oriental mind as the silent, irresistible, and rapid descent of this natural moisture on every field and blade of grass.
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