Commentaries:
Barnes' Notes
Free in Israel - In all the other passages (fifteen) where this word occurs, it means free, as opposed to being a slave (Deuteronomy 15:12-13, Deuteronomy 15:18, etc.) Here it may imply a freedom from all such services and burdens as are spoken of in I Samuel 8:11-17.
Other Barnes' Notes entries containing 1 Samuel 17:25:
Joshua 15:15
Psalms 88:5
Psalms 88:5
Isaiah 58:6
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