his hand clave unto the sword At the close of the massacre of the Christians of Mount Lebanon by the Druses, in 1860, Sheikh Ali Amad's hand so clave to the handle of his sword that he could not open it until the muscles were relaxed by fomentation of hot water. Van Lennep's Bible Lands, II. p. 679.

wrought a great victory Lit. wrought a great deliverance or salvation. Cp. 1 Samuel 11:13; 1 Samuel 19:5.

returned after him Were turning after him, were following him: not necessarily implying that they had fled previously.

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