Matthew Poole Commentary - 1 Kings 20:15 - 20:15

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Matthew Poole Commentary - 1 Kings 20:15 - 20:15


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All the children of Israel; either,



1. All the men; for they only went out to battle; and the rest of the men might be consumed with the sword or famine, or other judgments. Or rather,



2. All the men of war, or all that were fit to go out to war; all except those whom their age, or infirmity, or other sufficient causes excused. Being seven thousand; which number may possibly be noted with respect unto those seven thousand, commended 1Ki_19:18, for whose sakes principally God gave this deliverance.