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Allegiance
ALLEGIANCE [isbe]
ALLEGIANCE - a-le'-jans (mishmereth, "a charge," from shamar, "to keep," 1 Ch 12:29): the Revised Version, margin gives as literal meaning, "kept the charge of the house of Saul," which revisers consider figurative for "maintaining their loyalty and fidelity," i.e. "allegiance."
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