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1 Samuel 17:16

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And the Philistine drew near morning and evening, and presented himself forty days.
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  1. Luke 4:2Rank 1 from verse 16
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    2Being forty days tempted of the devil. And in those days he did eat nothing: and when they were ended, he afterward hungered.

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    2And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred.

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1 Samuel 17:16

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drew

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1. Came or approached, especially in “drew near,” “drew nigh,” or “drew on.” 2. Pulled, dragged, led, or caused to move toward, along, away, or out. 3. Took or brought something out or up, as water, a sword, staves, or a shoe. 4. Bent a bow by pulling its string.

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morning

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Sense 1: The beginning or early part of the day, including hours before daylight. Sense 2: The dawn or a beginning compared with dawn.

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presented

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of present, meaning to bring, set, offer, or exhibit before another; to cause to appear or stand before; to lay before or make known.

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15But David went and returned from Saul to feed his father’s sheep at Beth-lehem.

16And the Philistine drew near morning and evening, and presented himself forty days.

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17And Jesse said unto David his son, Take now for thy brethren an ephah of this parched corn, and these ten loaves, and run to the camp to thy brethren;

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