17, 18. the footmen that stood about him —his bodyguard, or his runners ( 1 Samuel 8:11 ; 2 Samuel 15:1 ; 1 Kings 1:5 ; 1 Kings 14:28 ), who held an important place at court ( 2 Chronicles 12:10 ). But they chose rather to disobey the king than to offend God by imbruing their hands in the blood of his ministering servants. A foreigner alone ( Psalms 52:1-3 ) could be found willing to be the executioner of this bloody and sacrilegious sentence. Thus was the doom of the house of Eli fulfilled [ 1 Samuel 2:30-36 ]. return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-19" class="com-number"
Pericope (part_of)
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pericope/per-1sa-22-004
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Source
source-manifest/jfb— Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (PD)- evidence_grade: T_theological