With his clothes rent, etc.] In 1 Samuel 4:12, which describes the arrival of the messenger at Shiloh with tidings of the capture of the ark, these were the same indications that he was the bearer of evil tidings.

8, 9. The Amalekite's account contradicts 1 Samuel 31:4 and is also improbable in itself. The man was probably lying in the hope of currying favour with David.

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