Verse 9
9. Adonijah slew sheep “Thus also imitating Absalom, who, in order to cover his sin with the cloak of religion, and to ingratiate himself with those whom he invited to the banquet, began his rebellion with a sacrificial feast. 2 Samuel 15:12.” Wordsworth.
Stone of Zoheleth Hebrew, stone of the serpent, perhaps so called from the slaughter of a serpent by it. Or, stone of the conduit, so called from its proximity to some conduit where water flowed. It is identified by Mr. Ganneau with a rock in the Kedron valley near to the Fountain of the Virgin, which the Arabs still call Zehwele. Like the stone Ezel, (1 Samuel 20:19,) it was a spot familiar to the writer and his contemporaries.
Enrogel Probably identical with the “Fountain of the Virgin,” in the valley of the Kedron. See note on Joshua 15:7.
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