ἀλλοφύλων. . .ἀλλόφυλα] This word is generally used, in the LXX.
for ‘Philistines,’ from the book of Judges onward; cf. xiv. 29, 31
Exod. xv. I4 (‘Palestina’ in A.V.). In ix. 12, LXX. has Ἕλληνας.
here, the second time τέκνα) ἀλλόφυλα is used for ‘children of
strangers,’ and so for ‘sons of a stranger’ in lxi. 5, which are oftener
ἀλλογενὴς, lVi. 6, lx. 10, Exod. xii. 43 ; υἱοὶ ἀλλότριοι, lxii. 8. Diviners are mentioned among the Philistines, I Sam. vi. 2 ; Saul
was the enemy of both, 1 Sam. xxviii. 3; riddles were popular with
them, Judg. xiv. 12 ; Baal-zebub had an oracle at Ekron, 2 Kings i. 2. τέκνα...ἑγενήθη αὐτοῖς] Heb. is very doubtful in meaning ; properly
it would seem, to clap hands, or strike them together ; as Job xxvii. 23.
Here interpreted of trading, or of alliance; ‘make bargains,’ or ‘make
common cause with...’ Lxx. either interpreted it of personal
or else guessed vaguely from τέκνα. Cf. Hosea v. 7. Vulgate ad
haeserunt. (Others render, ‘find their sufficiency in...,’
with a noun used in Job xx. 22.) 7, 8. ἐνεπλήσθη....ἀργυρίου...χρυσίου..ἴππων] In direct defiance of
Deut. xvii. 16, 17; for how should others be allowed what was forbidden
the king ? ἀριθμὸς] Α number that one can count. Cf. x. 19, which
exactly with the Heb.