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—17. Saul assents, saying: Look out for me a man who plays well and bring him to me] the king puts the qualification in some-what higher terms than the courtiers.—18. One of the attendants mentions David as the very man for the place—a musician, a man of valour, a soldier, judicious in speech, and a man of presence, and Yahweh is with him] the panegyric is the recommendation of a friend at court, and must not be taken too literally. But it certainly implies that David had already had some experience
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