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2 Samuel 1:9

He said unto me again, *Stand, I pray thee, upon me, and slay me: 3for anguish is come upon me, because my life is yet whole in me.

He said unto me again, Stand, I pray thee, upon me, and slay me: for anguish is come upon me, because my life is yet whole in me.

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*:

Stand upon-attack.

3:

Or, my coat of mail, or my embroidered coat hindereth me, that my.

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i.e. lean upon me by thy weight and force, that the spear may come through me; or, stay by me, i.e. stop thy flight, and tarry so long with me till thou hast killed me.

i.e. I am in great pain of body, and anguish of mind. Or thus, my coat of mail, or embroidered coat, hath hindered me, that the spear could not pierce into me. Thus divers both Hebrew and other learned expositors understand it.

I am heart-whole, and not likely to die, as well as not willing to live.