1 Samuel 17:44 (KJV)

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And the Philistine said to David Come to me and I will give thy flesh unto the fowls of the air and to the beasts of the field

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Come to me. 1Ki 20:10 1Ki 20:11 Pr 18:12 Ec 9:11 Ec 9:12 Jer 9:23 Eze 28:2 Eze 28:9 Eze 28:10 Eze 39:17-20

I will give.Parallel instances of vaunting occur in some writers of a more recent date:--The conspirators against the emperor Maximinus having slain him, his son, and several of his best friends, threw out their bodies to be devoured by dogs and the fowls of the air. This custom appears to have been frequently threatened; and, however shocking to human feelings, was often carried into effect.

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