2 Samuel 17:18
“Nevertheless a lad saw them, and told Absalom: but they went both of them away quickly, and came to a man's house in Bahurim, which had a well in his court; whither they went down.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
And the woman took and spread a covering over the well's mouth,.... This woman, very probably, was the man's wife of the…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
Bahurim - See the marginal reference. They were not all Shimeis in Bahurim.
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–17142 Samuel 17:15-21
We must now leave David's enemies pleasing themselves with the thoughts of a sure victory by following Hushai's counsel,…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
a well A cistern, dry at the time. The existence of numerous rock-cut cisterns with narrow mouths at Almît, the probable…