25But in all Israel there was none to be so much praised as Absalom for his beauty: from the sole of his foot even to the crown of his head there was no blemish in him.
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From the sole of the foot even unto the head there is no soundness in it; but wounds, and bruises, and putrifying sores: they have not been closed, neither bound up, neither mollified with ointment.
So went Satan forth from the presence of the LORD, and smote Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot unto his crown.
The LORD shall smite thee in the knees, and in the legs, with a sore botch that cannot be healed, from the sole of thy foot unto the top of thy head.
Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the LORD, she shall be praised.
But the LORD said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the LORD seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 21-27)Observe here, I. Orders given for the bringing back of Absalom. The errand on which the woman came to David was so agreeable, and her management of it so very ingenious and surprising, that he was brought into a peculiarly kind humour: Go (says he to Joab), bring the young man Absalom again , 2 Sam. 14:21. He was himself inclined to favour him, yet, for the honour of his justice, he would not do i…
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