Matthew Poole and continuators on 1 Samuel 15:8
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1 Samuel15:8
8 And he took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive , and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword.
Whom Saul spared, either out of foolish pity for the goodliness of his Person, which Iosephus Notes: or, for his respect to his Royal Majesty, in the preservation of which he thought himself concerned: or, for the Glory of his Triumph: Compare v. 12.
To wit, the Body of the People, but▪ not every individual Person, as hath been shewed. Universal Particles are commonly thus understood, as is confessed.
Marginal references: Se[illegible: 1+ letters] Chap. 3[illegible: 1+ letters]. 1.
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