Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Samuel 21:2

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2. The king hath commanded me a business, and hath said unto me, Let no man know —This was a direct falsehood, extorted through fear. David probably supposed, like many other persons, that a lie is quite excusable which is told for the sole purpose of saving the speaker's life. But what is essentially sinful, can never, from circumstances, change its immoral character; and David had to repent of this vice of lying ( :- ). return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-4" class="com-number"

Pericope (part_of)

• part_of pericope/per-1sa-21-001

절 (explains)

bible-text/1sa-21-2

Source

• source-manifest/jfb — Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (PD)
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