Adam Clarke Commentary - 1 Samuel 10:24

Adam Clarke Commentary - 1 Samuel 10:24 - 10:24

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Adam Clarke Commentary - 1 Samuel 10:24 - 10:24

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This Chapter Verse Commentaries:

10:1 - 10:1
10:2 - 10:2
10:3 - 10:3
10:4 - 10:4
10:5 - 10:5
10:7 - 10:7
10:8 - 10:8
10:10 - 10:10
10:12 - 10:12
10:13 - 10:13
10:14 - 10:14
10:18 - 10:18
10:19 - 10:19
10:21 - 10:21
10:22 - 10:22
10:24 - 10:24
10:25 - 10:25
10:26 - 10:26
10:27 - 10:27

God save the king - There is no such word here; no, nor in the whole Bible; nor is it countenanced by any of the versions. The words which we thus translate here and elsewhere are simply יחי המלך yechi hammelech, “May the king live;” and so all the versions, the Targum excepted, which says, May the king prosper! The French Vive le roi! is a proper version of the Hebrew.