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They came to the threshing floor of Atad, which is beyond the Jordan, and there they lamented with a very great and sore lamentation. He mourned for his father seven days.
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A Public Witness in Grief
The large funeral procession, including high-ranking Egyptians, served as a powerful public witness. Commentator Matthew Henry notes this shows the respect the Hebrews had earned and should encourage believers to live wisely and lovingly to remove prejudices. The public mourning also signaled their peaceful intentions to the Canaanites.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
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Anglican
Threshingfloor of Atad. — Atad means “a thorn-bush,” the rhamnus paliurus of Linnaeus, translated “bramble” in Judges 9:1…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And they came to the threshingfloor of Atad Which was either the name of a man the owner of it, or of a place so called f…
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