2 Samuel 14:24-33
let him not 2Sam 14:28, 2Sam 3:13; Gen 43:3; Exod 10:28; Rev 22:4 But in all Israel etc. Heb. And as Absalom there was not a beautiful man in all Israel to praise greatly, 1Sam 9:2, 1Sam 16:7; Prov 31:30; Matt 23:27 from the sole Deut 28:35; Job 2:7; Isa 1:6; Eph 5:27 when he polled 2Sam 18:9; Isa 3:24; 1Cor 11:14 two hundred shekels If the shekel be allowed to mean the common shekel, the amount will be utterly incredible; for Josephus says that "two hundred shekels make five mine" and the mina, he says, "weighs two pounds and a half;" which calculation makes Absalom's hair weigh twelve pounds and a half! But it is probable that the king's shekel was that which Epiphanius and Hesychius say was the fourth part of an ounce, half a stater, or two drachmas. The whole amount, therefore, of the 200 shekels is about 50 ounces, which make 4 lb. 2 oz. troy weight, or 3 lb. 2 oz. avoirdupois. This need not be accounted incredible, especially as abundance of oil and ointment was used by the ancients in dressing their heads. Josephus informs us, that the Jews also put gold dust in their hair. Gen 23:16; Lev 19:36; Ezek 45:9-14 born 2Sam 18:18; Job 18:16-19; Isa 14:22; Jer 22:30 Tamar 2Sam 13:1 am 2977-2979, bc 1027-1025, An, Ex, Is, 464-466 and saw not 2Sam 14:24 but he would 2Sam 14:30-31; Esth 1:12; Matt 22:3 near mine Heb. near my place go and set 2Sam 13:28-29; Judg 15:4-5 And Absalom's 1Kgs 21:9-14; 2Kgs 9:33, 2Kgs 10:6-7 it had been Exod 14:12, Exod 16:3, Exod 17:3 if there Gen 3:12; 1Sam 15:13; Ps 36:2; Prov 28:13; Jer 2:22-23, Jer 8:12; Matt 25:44; Rom 3:19 am 2979, bc 1025, An, Ex, Is, 466 kissed Absalom Gen 27:26, Gen 33:4, Gen 45:15; Luke 15:20
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