Commentaries:
Barnes' Notes
As soon as ever she had hid the men she went into the house, as if busy about her usual occupations. Had Absalom' s servants, who had had information from some of the people of Bahurim that the men had come to this house, found her in the court it might have directed their attention to the peeled barley.
Over the brook of water - Compare II Samuel 16:9 note. The word for "brook" ("Michal" ) occurs only here. One has been found in this very district, still so called. The woman showed great presence of mind and adroitness in not denying that they had been there.
Other Barnes' Notes entries containing 2 Samuel 17:20:
2 Samuel 16:9
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