By the head; by the hair of the head, which after their manner was of a considerable length, and therefore gave their enemy advantage; which every one of them endeavoured to get, and to improve against the other. Helkath-hazzurim, or the field of rocks, i. e. of men who stood like rocks, unmovable, each one dying upon the spot where he fought.
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2 Samuel 2:16
16 And they caught every one his fellow by the head, and thrust his sword in his fellow's side; so they fell down together: wherefore that place was called Helkathhazzurim,d which is in Gibeon.