1 Samuel 30:11
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What does 1 Samuel 30:11 mean?
And they found an Egyptian in the field
As they passed along, lying there, having been sick, and was half
starved, almost dead:
and brought him to David;
to know what was to be done with him; being in the habit of a
soldier, they concluded he might be one of the company they were
in pursuit of; but whether they should kill him, or make use of
him for intelligence and as a guide, could they bring him to
himself, they knew not, and therefore brought him to David:
and gave him bread, and he did eat, and they made him drink
water;
both which they had with them for their own use; had he been an
Amalekite, and not an Egyptian, they might not have relieved or
spared him, but must have destroyed him at once; see ( Deuteronomy
25:19 ) .
