Commentaries:
Barnes' Notes
En-rogel - See the marginal reference.
A wench - Hebrew "the maid servant," namely, of the high priest, either Zadok or Abiathar, or possibly one employed in some service in the temple courts. (I Samuel 2:22 note.)
And they went and told king David - As related afterward II Samuel 17:21. Here mentioned by anticipation.
Other Barnes' Notes entries containing 2 Samuel 17:17:
2 Samuel 17:27
1 Kings 1:42
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