; Who being of ſofter Education, and leſs experienced in Military Matters, were leſs fit for his Service ; and being many of them, but Mercinaries, and therefore leſs concerned in his good Succeſs, would be more negligent and cautious in venturing themſe]ves for his good. & #: e: Experienced Soldiers of his own SubjeQs, who will faithfully obey the Commands of the General ( to which the Kings would not ſo readily yield )' and uſe their utmoſt Skill and Valour for their own Intereit and Advancement.
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which were left of that great Army. * Either, 1.. Our of the Fields,
fell npon 27000 ( not of the men that are left, as we tender it, ) but
as the reſt of his Army did. Which is diſtin&ly, and particularly noted of him, becauſe he was the moſt eminent perſon-in it, and the Head of it- Compare the Title of Pſal. i$, Or, 2. At, and from the noiſe and report and that tercible Fall of the Wall, or Walls ; which poſſibly might be in the outſide, or Suburbs of the Ciry 5 from whence he fled further into the City. # Or, a chamber, within a chamber ; where he ſuppoſed he mighr he hid. till he had an Oppor= runity of making an Eſcape, or of obtaining Mercy, _
31 4 Andhis ſervants faid unto him, Behold, now, we have heard that the kings of the houſe of Iſrael are merciful kings x : let us I pray thee, put ſackcloth on our loins, and ropes upon our heads y, and go out to the king of Iſrael, peradventure he will fave thy life.
x More merciful than others, becauſe that Religion which they had profeſſed, taught them Humanity, and obliged them to ſhew Mercy. y As a teſtimony of our ſorrow, for undertaking this War ; and that we have jultly forfeited our Lives for it, which we ſubmit to their Mercy.
32 $o they girded ſackcloth on their loins, and put ropes on their heads, and came to the king of Iſrael, and ſaid, Thy ſervant Benhadad faith, I pray thee let me live. And he faid, Is he yet alive ? he js my brother z.
z I do not only freely pardon him, but Honour and Love him as my Brother.