Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge on 2 Samuel 3:8

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Abner: Psa 76:10; Mar 6:18, Mar 6:19 Amos I a dog's head: This was a proverbial expression among the Hebrews to denote whatever was deemed worthless and contemptible. Something similar to this was the answer of the Turkish commander at Beer, on the Euphrates, to a request made to see the castle. "Do they," said he, "take me for a child, or an ass's head, that they would feed me with sweet meats, and dupe me with a bit of cloth? No, they shall not see the castle." Sa2 9:8, Sa2 16:9; Deu 23:18; Sa1 24:14, Sa1 24:15; Kg2 8:13 do show: Sa2 3:9, Sa2 3:18, Sa2 5:2; Sa1 15:28; Psa 2:1-4; Isa 37:23; Act 9:4, Act 9:5 2 Kings (2 Samuel) 3:9

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