Commentaries:
Barnes' Notes
Two hundred shekels ... - The exact weight cannot be determined. If these "shekels after the king' s weight" were the same as "shekels of the sanctuary," the weight would be about 6 lbs., which is incredible; "twenty" shekels is more probable.
Other Barnes' Notes entries containing 2 Samuel 14:26:
Exodus 38:24
Numbers 6:1-21
1 Corinthians 11:14
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