And the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, Rechab and Baanah, went, and came about the heat of the day to the house of Ish-bosheth, who lay on a bed at noon.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
At noon, "to divide the day "as Varro (iii. 2,) writes. This custom is very prevalent in hot countries.
And the, is all omitted in Hebrew and in most ancient manuscripts of St. Jerome's version. It is taken from the Septuagint, (Calmet) who do not notice any farther the taking ears of corn, ver. 6. (Haydock)
Probably the Hebrew had this sentence formerly. (Du Hamel)
It was customary to have women to keep the doors; (Matthew xxvi. 69,) and they were often employed in cleansing wheat. Petronius says, in lance argenteâ pisum purgabat. (Calmet)
The ears of corn, hardly ripe, were cleansed, and used as a delicious food. (Tirinus) (1 Kings xvii. 17.) (Sanctius)
