Two hundred shekels... — The exact weight cannot be determined. If these “shekels according to the king’s weight” were the same as “shekels …

Two hundred shekels. —The value of the shekel “after the king’s weight” is unknown. If it was the same with the shekel of the sanc…

And when he polled his head
Or cut off the hair of it; for that was one thing, a good head of hair which he had, tha…

Nothing is said of Absalom's wisdom and piety. All that is said of him here is that he was very handsome. This is a poor commendation for a man who…