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1 Chronicles 19:4

1 Chronicles 19:4
Wherefore Hanun took David's servants, and shaved them, and cut off their garments in the midst hard by their buttocks, and sent them away.

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Adam ClarkeMethodist theologian, 1762–1832

And cut off their garments in the midst - Usque ad eorum, pudenda. So the Targum, Jarchi, and others; leaving exposed…

Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–17141 Chronicles 19:1-5

Let us here observe, 1. That is becomes good people to be neighbourly, and especially to be grateful. David will pay…

Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921

shaved them 2Sa 10:4, shaved off the one half of iheir beards. Of course a great insult; cp. Isa 50:6.

cut off their…