22And David left his carriage in the hand of the keeper of the carriage, and ran into the army, and came and saluted his brethren.
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And they turned thitherward, and came to the house of the young man the Levite, even unto the house of Micah, and saluted him.
And he said to him, Go, I pray thee, see whether it be well with thy brethren, and well with the flocks; and bring me word again. So he sent him out of the vale of Hebron, and he came to Shechem.
He is come to Aiath, he is passed to Migron; at Michmash he hath laid up his carriages:
And when ye come into an house, salute it. …
And into whatsoever house ye enter, first say, Peace be to this house. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 12-30)Forty days the two armies lay encamped facing one another, each advantageously posted, but neither forward to engage. Either they were parleying and treating of an accommodation or they were waiting for recruits; and perhaps there were frequent skirmishes between small detached parties. All this while, twice a day, morning and evening, did the insulting champion appear in the field and repeat his…
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