Matthew Poole and continuators on 2 Samuel 10:4
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2 Samuel10:4
4 Wherefore Hanun took Davids servants, and shaved off the one half of their beards , and cut off their garments in the middle, even to their buttocks , and sent them away.
Partly, that he might compel them to bear a part in their mourning, and that in such a way as was usual with them, but forbidden to the Israelites, Levit. 19. 27. Deut. 14. 1. which probably was not unknown to them: and partly, to fasten this as a reproach upon them, and to make them ridiculous and contemptible. Compare Isa. 20. 4. and 47. 2. and 50. 6.
This was worse than the former, because the Israelites wore no Breeches, and so their nakedness was hereby uncovered. Compare Isa. 20. 4.
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