Also in time past, when Saul was king over us, you were he that led out and brought in Israel: and the LORD said to you,
You shall feed my people Israel, and you shall be a captain over Israel.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Lead out to battle. His experience in war was a great recommendation. (Haydock)
Feed, as a shepherd, under which character he is first represented. (Haydock)
Other rulers were afterwards honoured with the same title, (Calmet) particularly the governors of the Church, Acts xx. David's name is written without i, in the books before the captivity; whence Kennicott would infer, that the canticles were perhaps not the work of Solomon, as the i occurs there; Duid for Dud. (Haydock)