2 Samuel 17:8

For, said Hushai And Hushai said.

chafed in their minds Lit. bitter of soul: embittered and exasperated. Cp. Judges 18:25; 1 Samuel 22:2.

as a bear robbed of her whelps Proverbial for its ferocity. Cp. Proverbs 17:12; Hosea 13:8. The Syrian bear is said to be particularly ferocious. See 1 Samuel 17:34. The Sept. adds, "and like a savage sow in the plain," which is rather a Greek than a Hebrew simile. Cp. Hom. Il.xiii. 471 ff.