Deut. 32:36.—“When he seeth that their hand was gone.” This is rightly rendered “power”; for which the “hand” is put by Metonymy. 1 Sam. 22:17.—Saul said, “Turn, and slay the priests of the LORD; because their hand (i.e., help) is with David, and because they knew him when he fled, and did not show it to me”: i.e., the priests helped David with their counsel, and with food; and by silence, in not betraying him. All this is contained in, and expressed by, the word “hand.” 2 Sam. 3:12.—“My hand (i.e.,
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