Matthew Poole and continuators on 1 Chronicles 12:17

17 And David went out to meet them, and answered and said unto them, If ye be come peaceably unto me to help me, mine heart shall be knit unto you : but if ye be come to betray me to mine enemies , seeing there is no wrong in mine hands , the God of our fathers look thereon, and rebuke it .

i. e. [illegible: 1 word]; as that word is oft used in Scripture even of him that speaketh [illegible: 1 word].

I shall ever esteem and love you, and shew this by my [illegible: 1 word] to you hereafter.

Which your Number, and Quality and near Relation to Saul gives me some cause to suspect.

I have done no Injury to Saul, nor to you; but have spared him and you when it was in my Power to have destroyed you.

To wit, by his Hand and Power manifested for me and against you for your Persidiousness.

Marginal references: Heb. before [illegible: 1 word].; Heb. be one.; Or, violence.