Matthew Poole and continuators on 1 Samuel 24:10
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1 Samuel24:10
10 Behold, this day thine eyes have seen, how that the LORD hath delivered thee to day into mine hand in the cave: and some bade me kill thee, but mine eye spared thee, and I said, I will not put forth mine hand against my lord, for he is the LORDS anointed.
Which words are easily understood both from the nature of the thing, and from the use of this Phrase in other Scriptures, as Deut. 7. 16. and 13. 8. The Eye is said to spare, because it affects the heart with pity, and moves a man to spare.
Marginal references: 2 Sam. 13. 39. Psal. 16. 2.
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