Matthew Poole and continuators on 1 Samuel 1:26
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1 Samuel1:26
26 And she said, O my lord , as thy soul liveth , my lord, I am the woman that stood by thee here, praying unto the LORD.
A form of Speech to engage favourable attention.
The usual Form of an Oath, as Gen. 42. 15. 1 Sam. 17. 55. and 20. 3. As surely as thou livest. Which asseverations seem necessary, because this was some Years after it, and was quite forgotten by him.
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