And they caught every one his fellow by the head, and thrust his sword in his fellow's side; so they fell down together: wherefore that place was called Helkathhazzurim, which is in Gibeon.
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Gill's Exposition
And they caught everyone his fellow by the head,.... By the hair of his head with his hand:
and thrust his sword in his fellow's side; which he had in the other:
so they fell down together; the…
Barnes' Notes
Compare Livy’s history of the battle between the Horatii and Curiatii. This combat, like that, may have been proposed as a means of avoiding the effusion of blood of two nations united by…
Adam Clarke
Caught every one his fellow by the head - Probably by the beard, if these persons were not too young to have one, or by the hair of the head. Alexander ordered all the Macedonians to shave their…
Here is, I. A rivalship between two kings - David, whom God made king, and Ishbosheth, whom Abner made king. One would have thought, when Saul was slain, and all his sons that had sense and spirit…
Cambridge Bible
And they caught, &c. Self-defence was forgotten in the ferocity of the struggle, and all the combatants fell together by a mutual slaughter.
Helkath-hazzurim This obscure name is variously explained…