- hands:
- The hand of malefactors were usually secured with cords, and their feet with fetters; a custom to which David affectingly alludes in his lamentation over the dust of Abner. Thy hands, O Abner, were not bound, as found to be a malefactor, nor thy feet put in fetters; thou was treated with honour by him whose business it was to judge thee, and thy attachment to the house of Saul was esteemed rather generous than culpable. As the best of men may fall, so thou fellest by the sword of treachery, not of justice. "But the Philistinesª tookª° him, and put outª°¹ his eyes,ª and brought him downª°¹ to Gaza,ª and boundª° him with fetters of brass;ª and he did¹ grindª° in the prison²°¹ house.ª" {Jdg 16:21} + "Such as sitª° in darknessª and in the shadow of death,ª [being] boundª in afflictionª and iron;ª ... Because¹ they rebelled²° against¹ the wordsª of God,ª and contemnedª° the counselª of the most High:ª" {Psa 107:10-11}
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