Matthew Poole and continuators on 1 Samuel 10:24
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1 Samuel10:24
24 And Samuel said to all the people, See ye him whom the Lord hath chosen, that there is none like him among all the people ? and all the people shouted, and said, God save the king .
As to the height of his Bodily Stature, which was in it self commendable in a King, and some kind of indication of great endowments of Mind.
Heb. Let the king live; to wit, long and prosperously; for an Afflicted Life is reputed a kind of Death, and is oft so called. Hereby they accept and own him for their King, and promise Subjection to him.
Marginal references: Heb. Let the King live.
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