Therefore Saul removed him from him, and made him his captain over a thousand; and he went out and came in before the people.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
People, as their leader. Saul gave him an honourable, but dangerous office, to procure his destruction. This is frequently the manner in which men of superior talents have been treated, (Calmet) as Corbulo, Germanicus, and Agricola were by three Roman emperors. (Tacitus, Ann. ii.)
