And he stood and cried unto the armies of Israel, and said unto them, Why are you come out to set your battle in array? am not I a Philistine, and you servants to Saul? choose you a man for you, and let him come down to me.

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George Leo Haydock

AD 1849

Out; exulting, Ecclesiasticus xlvii. 5. (Menochius) Servants; I am free. (Haydock) Hand. Such combats were very common in ancient times. Paris and Menelaus, Hector and Ajax. The Horatii and Curiatii fought to decide the fate of contending nations. (Homer, Iliad g, and H.) (Livy i. 23.) (Calmet)

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