C. F. Keil and Franz Delitzsch on 2 Samuel 17:19
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2 Samuel17:19
2Sa 17:19
And the man’s wife spread a covering (המּסך, the covering which she had close at hand) over the well (over the opening into the cistern), and scattered groats (ריפות, peeled barley: Pro 27:22) upon it, so that nothing was noticed. The Vulgate explanation is a very good one: “quasi siccans ptisanas” (as if drying peeled barley).
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