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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.comTreasury Of Scripture Knowledge - 2 Samuel 20:3 - 20:3
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ten women: 2Sa 15:16, 2Sa 16:21-22
and put: The confinement and retired maintenance of these women was the only measure which in justice and prudence could be adopted. In China, when an emperor dies, all his women are removed to an edifice called the palace of chastity, situated within the palace, in which they are shut up for the remainder of their lives.
ward: Heb. an house of ward, Gen 40:3
shut: Heb. bound
living in widowhood: Heb. in widowhood of life