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Selected Verse: 2 Samuel 18:17 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| 2Sa 18:17 |
Strong Concordance |
And they took [03947] Absalom [053], and cast [07993] him into a great [01419] pit [06354] in the wood [03293], and laid [05324] a very [03966] great [01419] heap [01530] of stones [068] upon him: and all Israel [03478] fled [05127] every one [0376] to his tent [0168]. |
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King James |
And they took Absalom, and cast him into a great pit in the wood, and laid a very great heap of stones upon him: and all Israel fled every one to his tent. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| they took Absalom, and cast him into a great pit . . . and laid a very great heap of stones upon him--The people of the East indicate their detestation of the memory of an infamous person by throwing stones at the place where he is buried. The heap is increased by the gradual accumulation of stones which passers-by add to it. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| A great heap of stones - See the marginal reference. This kind of monument is common to almost all early nations. |
| Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
| But Absalom they cast into a great pit in the wood, and threw up over him a very large heap of stones, as an ignominious monument, like those thrown up over Achan (Jos 7:26) and the king of Air (Jos 8:29). This was the end of Absalom and his rebellion. "All Israel (that had crowded round him) had fled, every one to his tent" (i.e., home: see at Deu 16:7). |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| And laid a very great heap of stones - This was the method of burying heroes, and even traitors, the heap of stones being designed to perpetuate the memory of the event, whether good or bad. The ancient cairns or heaps of stones, in different parts of the world, are of this kind. The various tumuli or barrows in England are the same as the cairns in different parts of Ireland and Scotland. In the former, stones were not plenty; hence they heaped up great mounds of earth. |
7 And thou shalt roast [01310] and eat [0398] it in the place [04725] which the LORD [03068] thy God [0430] shall choose [0977]: and thou shalt turn [06437] in the morning [01242], and go [01980] unto thy tents [0168].
29 And the king [04428] of Ai [05857] he hanged [08518] on a tree [06086] until eventide [06256] [06153]: and as soon as the sun [08121] was down [0935], Joshua [03091] commanded [06680] that they should take [03381] his carcase [05038] down [03381] from the tree [06086], and cast [07993] it at the entering [06607] of the gate [08179] of the city [05892], and raise [06965] thereon a great [01419] heap [01530] of stones [068], that remaineth unto this day [03117].
26 And they raised [06965] over him a great [01419] heap [01530] of stones [068] unto this day [03117]. So the LORD [03068] turned [07725] from the fierceness [02740] of his anger [0639]. Wherefore the name [08034] of that place [04725] was called [07121], The valley [06010] of Achor [05911], unto this day [03117].