Commentaries:
Barnes' Notes
Scrabbled - literally, made marks (margin), namely, the mark of the "tau" (t), which in the ancient Hebrew and Phoenician was in the shape of a cross. (See Ezekiel 9:4.)
On the doors of the gate - The gate of Achish' s palace-yard or court, in which the attendants waited. The house itself stood in this court. (Compare Esther 2:19, Esther 2:21.)
Other Barnes' Notes entries containing 1 Samuel 21:13:
Job 6:6
Psalms 34:4
Psalms 56:6
Psalms 78:41
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