Matthew Poole and continuators on 1 Kings 20:15
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1 Kings20:15
15 Then he numbred the young men of the princes of the provinces, and they were two hundred and thirty two: and after them he numbred all the people, even all the children of Israel , being seven thousand .
Either 1. All the men; for they onely went out to Battel; and the rest of the men might be consumed with the Sword or Famine, or other Judgments: Or rather, 2. All the Men of War, or all that were fit to go out to War; all, except those whom their Age, or Infirmity, or other sufficient causes excused.
Which number may possibly be noted with respect unto those 7000, commended chap. 19. 18. for whose sakes principally God gave this deliverance.
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