Verse 26
2Sa 3:26 And when Joab was come out from David, he sent messengers after Abner, which brought him again from the well of Sirah: but David knew [it] not.
Ver. 26. And when Joab was come out from David ] In a great heat, flinging out from his presence: as did likewise Robert, Earl of Essex, once from Queen Elizabeth; who followed him at the heels, and fetched him again with a cuff on the ear. a But so durst not David deal by General Joab.
He sent messengers. ] In the king’s name, saith Josephus.
From the well of Sirah. ] The Vulgate hath it, the cistern Syra; Tremellius, the cistern of Sisera. But Piscator thinketh that Sisera was there mendose scripture pro Sira, the fault of the scribe, for Sira writing Sisera.
a Camden’s Elisab.
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