10And David went on, and grew great, and the LORD God of hosts was with him.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Now there was long war between the house of Saul and the house of David: but David waxed stronger and stronger, and the house of Saul waxed weaker and weaker.
What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?
The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.
And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favour with God and man.
But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 6-10)If Salem, the place of which Melchizedec was king, was Jerusalem (as seems probable from Ps. 76:2), it was famous in Abraham’s time. Joshua, in his time, found it the chief city of the south part of Canaan, Josh. 10:1-3. It fell to Benjamin’s lot (Josh. 18:28), but joined close to Judah’s, Josh. 15:8. The children of Judah had taken it (Jdg. 1:8), but the children of Benjamin suffered the Jebusite…
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