2 Samuel 16:13

men. Hebrew. 'enosh. App-14.

cast dust. Hebrew "dusted him with dust". Figure of speech Polyptoton (App-6): i.e. cast much dust.

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2 Samuel 16:5 ; 2 Samuel 16:6 ; Acts 23:23

¹³ And as David and his men went by the way, Shimei went along on the hill's side over against him, and cursed as he went, and threw stones at him, and castf dust.

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Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

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The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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2 Samuel 16:13