And they destroyed the rest of the Amalekites that had escaped, and dwelt there unto this day.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Escape the arms of Saul, or of David. (Du Hamel)
Day. It seems, therefore, that they escaped captivity, having abandoned their own country; or this was taken from a record, which had been made before that event, and is here inserted by Esdras; though, when he wrote, these Simeonites might have experienced the fate of their brethren, who were led captives in the 6th year of Ezechias. (Haydock)
