Matthew Poole Commentary - 1 Samuel 11:2

Matthew Poole Commentary - 1 Samuel 11:2 - 11:2

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Matthew Poole Commentary - 1 Samuel 11:2 - 11:2

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11:1 - 11:1
11:2 - 11:2
11:3 - 11:3
11:4 - 11:4
11:5 - 11:5
11:6 - 11:6
11:7 - 11:7
11:8 - 11:8
11:9 - 11:9
11:10 - 11:10
11:11 - 11:11
11:12 - 11:12
11:13 - 11:13
11:14 - 11:14
11:15 - 11:15

That I may thrust out all your right eyes; partly for a reproach, as it here follows; and partly to disable them from managing offensive weapons in battle; for their left eye served only or chiefly for defence, being covered by those large shields which then they used, and held in their left hand. He leaves them one eye, that they might be fit to serve him in any mean and base office.