This was an old proverb. Abel, like Teman and some other places, was once famous for the wisdom of its inhabitants (1 Kings 4:30–31). T…

Ask counsel at Abel. —The simplest and most obvious explanation is here the true one, namely, that Abel had become proverbial for …

Then she spoke, saying, they were wont to speak in old time ,
&c.] It was a common saying, a proverbial expression a…

Justly is that place attacked which dares to harbor a traitor; nor will the heart fare better which indulges rebellious lusts that will not have Ch…