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1 Samuel 30:17

And David struck them from the twilight even unto the evening of the next day: and there escaped not a man of them, except four hundred young men, who rode upon camels, and fled.

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George Leo Haydock

AD 1849

Evening. Hebrew, "twilight "in the morning (Calmet) or evening. (Haydock) Some think that the pursuit lasted three days; others only from three till five in the evening. But David more probably slaughtered the intoxicated people, during the space of a whole day, from morning till evening. (Calmet) Septuagint, "from the morning or evening star rising, apo eosphorou, till the afternoon, and on the following day "(Haydock) which commenced at sun-set. (Calmet) It was no battle, but flight and carnage. (Menochius)

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