Verse 16
16. By the head By the hair of the head or by the beard. Alexander, before entering into battle, ordered his men to shave their beards, because, said he, “in battle there is no better hold for the enemy than a beard.”
They fell down together The whole twenty-four of them. “The left-handed Benjamites, and the right-handed men of Judah their sword hands thus coming together seized each his adversary by the head, and the whole number fell by the mutual wounds they received.” Stanley.
Helkath-hazzurim Hebrew, smoothness of the rocks; apparently in reference to a smooth, rocky surface on which the combatants fought. Other explanations of the name have been given, as, the field of the plotters; field of strong men; field of swords; field of sharp edges; but none of them are sufficiently careful of the meaning of the Hebrew words.
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