Matthew Poole and continuators on 1 Samuel 9:8
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1 Samuel9:8
8 And the servant answered Saul again, and said, Behold, I have here at hand the fourth part of a shekel of silver , that will I give to the man of God to tell us our way.
Which was near a Groat. Which, though now it may seem a contemptible Gift, yet in those Ancient times it was certainly of far more worth, and better accepted than now it would be, when the Covetousness, and Pride, and Luxury of men, hath raised their expectations and desires to far greater things.
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