Commentaries:Adam Clarke
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Psalms 7:16
Shall come down upon his own pate - Upon his scalp, kodkod , the top of the head. It may refer to knocking the criminal on the head, in order to deprive him of life. Had scalping been known in those days, I should have thought the reference might be to that barbarous custom.
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