2 Samuel 17:19

Spread ground corn thereon, under pretence of drying it by the sun; which shows it was summer time.

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Spread corn — Under pretence of drying it by the sun: which shews it was summer — time.

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.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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John Trapp Complete Commentary

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

2 Samuel 17:19