Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
the fourth part of a shekel of silver—rather more than sixpence. Contrary to our Western notions, money is in the East the most acceptable form in which a present can be made to a man of rank.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing 1 Samuel 9:8:
1 Samuel 9:1
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