* when he polled.
18:9 Isa 3:24 1Co 11:14
* two hundred shekels.
If the shekel be allowed to mean the common shekel, the amount
will be utterly incredible; for Josephus says that "two
hundred shekels make five {min(913a)}" and the {mina,} he says,
"weighs two pounds and a half;" which calculation makes
Absalom's hair weigh twelve pounds and a half! But it is
probable that the king's shekel was that which Epiphanius and
Hesychius say was the fourth part of an ounce, half a
{stater,} or two drachms: the whole amount, therefore, of the
200; shekels is about 50; ounces, which make 4; lb. 2; oz. troy
weight, or 3; lb. 2; oz. avoirdupois. This need not be
accounted incredible, especially as abundance of oil and
ointment was used by the ancients in dressing their heads.
Josephus informs us, that the Jews also put gold dust in their
hair.
Ge 23:16 Le 19:36 Eze 45:9-14
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