2 Samuel 17:19 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Bible Comments

Ground Corn. — This word occurs elsewhere only in Proverbs 27:22, and means wheat or barley beaten or ground so as to remove the hull; in this condition it was spread out to dry.

2 Samuel 17:19

19 And the woman took and spread a covering over the well's mouth, and spread ground corn thereon; and the thing was not known.