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10 who would ask, “Against whom did you raid this time?” David would reply, “Against the Negeb of Judah,”[a] or “Against the Negeb of Jerahmeel,” or “Against the Negeb of the Kenites.”(A)

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  1. 27:10 The Negeb of Judah: David deceives Achish by assuring him that he has attacked Israelite territory.

10 When Achish asked, “Where did you go raiding today?” David would say, “Against the Negev of Judah” or “Against the Negev of Jerahmeel(A)” or “Against the Negev of the Kenites.(B)

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29 Racal, Jerahmeelite cities and Kenite cities,(A)

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29 and Rakal; to those in the towns of the Jerahmeelites(A) and the Kenites;(B)

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(A)But the anger of Elihu,[a] son of Barachel the Buzite, of the clan of Ram, was kindled. He was angry with Job for considering himself rather than God to be in the right.

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  1. 32:2 Elihu means “My God is he.” This speaker was from Buz, which, according to Jer 25:23, was near Tema and Dedan. A young man, he impetuously and impatiently upbraids Job for his boldness toward God, and the three friends for not successfully answering Job. He undertakes to defend God’s absolute justice and to explain more clearly why there is suffering. While fundamentally his position is the same as that of the three friends, he locates the place of suffering in the divine plan. Because Elihu’s four speeches (32:6–33:33; 34:2–37; 35:2–16; 36:2–37:24) repeat the substance of the earlier arguments of the three friends and also anticipate the content of the divine speeches (chaps. 39–41), many scholars consider them a later addition to the book.

But Elihu son of Barakel the Buzite,(A) of the family of Ram, became very angry with Job for justifying himself(B) rather than God.(C)

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