1 Samuel 25:29 (KJV)

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Yet a man is risen to pursue thee and to seek thy soul but the soul of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of life with the LORD thy God and the souls of thine enemies them shall he sling out as out of the middle of a sling

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bound.The metaphors in this verse are derived from the consideration, that things of value are collected together, and often tied up in bundles, like sheaves of corn, to prevent their being scattered and lost, and that whatever is put into a sling is not intended to be preserved, but to be thrown away. 1Sa 2:9 Ge 15:1 De 33:29 Ps 66:9 Ps 116:15 Mal 3:17 Mt 10:29 Mt 10:30

with the Lord. Joh 10:27-30 Joh 14:19 Joh 17:21 Joh 17:23 Col 3:3 Col 3:4 1Pe 1:5

sling out. Jer 10:18

as out of the middle of a sling. Heb. in the midst of thebow of a sling.

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