The popular and critical Bible encyclopædia and Scriptural dictionary, fully defining and explaining all religious terms, including biographical, geographical, historical, archaeological and doctrinal themes . stained a dangerouswound in his jaw, preferred hazarding his liferather than allow the surgeon to remove hisbeard. We can easily conceive how deep and intolerablewas the affront which the young and ill-advisedking of the Ammonites put upon the ambassadorsof David, when, among other acts of insolence,he shaved off one-half of their beards, and sentthem home in that grotesque condition, ex
The popular and critical Bible encyclopædia and Scriptural dictionary, fully defining and explaining all religious terms, including biographical, geographical, historical, archaeological and doctrinal themes . stained a dangerouswound in his jaw, preferred hazarding his liferather than allow the surgeon to remove hisbeard. We can easily conceive how deep and intolerablewas the affront which the young and ill-advisedking of the Ammonites put upon the ambassadorsof David, when, among other acts of insolence,he shaved off one-half of their beards, and sentthem home in that grotesque condition, exposed tothe derision of their countrymen (2 Sam. x). (3) Among Egyptians. The ancient Egyp-tians, although they shaved their beards, had thesingular custom of tying a false beard upon thechin. This was probably by way of compromisebetween their love of cleanliness and their desireto preserve some trace of the distinguishing signof manhood. It was made of plaited hair, andhad a peculiar form according to the rank of theperson by whom they were worn. Private in- dividuals bad a small beard, scarcely two incheslong; that of a king was of considerable lengthand square at the bottom, and the figures of gods. Various Styles of Beards. were distinguished by its turning up at the end(.Wilkinson, Anc. Egyptians, iii :36s). From the above facts it is clear that the Israel-ites maintained their beard and the ideas con-nected with it, during their abode among theEgyptians. This is not unimportant as one of theindications which evince that, whatever theylearned of good or evil in that country, they pre-served the appearance and habits of a separatepeople. The Egyptians, as we have seen, shavedtheir beards off entirely, so the injunction in :2/, against shaving the corners of the beardmust have been leveled against the practices ofsome other bearded nation. The prohibition isusually understood to apply against rounding thecorners of the heard where it joins the hair, andthe reason i
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