1 Sam 25:29

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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.

1Sam 2:9; Gen 15:1; Deut 33:29; Ps 66:9; Ps 116:15; Mal 3:17; Matt 10:29; Matt 10:30

with the Lord.

John 10:27-30; John 14:19; John 17:21; John 17:23; Col 3:3; Col 3:4; 1Pet 1:5

sling out.

Jer 10:18

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