- As I happened:
- The story of this young man appears to be wholly a fiction, formed for the purpose of ingratiating himself with David, as the next probable successor to the crown. There is no fact in the case, except for the bringing of the diadem and bracelets of Saul, as a sufficient evidence of his death, which, as he appears to been a plunderer of the slain, he seems to have stripped from the dead body of the unfortunate monarch It is remarkable, that Saul, who had forfeited his crown by his disobedience and ill-timed clemency with respect to the Amalekites, should now have the insignia of royalty stripped from his person by one of those very people. "And she went,²°¹ and came,ª° and gleanedª° in the fieldª afterª the reapers:ª° and her hapª was to lightª° on a partª of the fieldª [belonging] unto Boaz,ª who¹ [was] of the kindredª¹ of Elimelech.ª" {Rth 2:3} + "And see,ª° if¹ it goeth upª° by the wayª of his own coastª to Bethshemesh,ª [then] he¹ hath doneª° us¹ this¹ greatª evil:ª but if¹ not,¹ then we shall knowª° that¹ [it is] not¹ his handª [that] smoteª° us: it¹ [was] a chanceª [that] happened¹ to us.²°" {1Sm 6:9} + "Andª byª chanceª there came downª° a certainª priestª¹ thatª² way:ª andª when he sawª° him,ª he passed by on the other side.ª°" {Lke 10:31}
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