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Gill, John, 1697-1771 • SECTION 20

Nahum 2:6

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Nahum 2:6

Ver. 6. The gates of the rivers shall be opened,.... Of Diava and Adiava, or Lycus and Caprus, between which, according to some writers {i}, Nineveh was situated; or the gates of the city, which lay nearest to the river Tigris, are meant; or that river itself, the plural for the singular, which overflowing, broke down the walls of the city for two and a half miles, and opened a way for the Medes and Chaldeans to enter in; of which see Na 1:8:

and the palace shall be dissolved; by the inundation, or destroyed by the enemy; meaning the palace of the king, which might be situated near the river; or the temple of Nisroch the Assyrian deity, or Jupiter Belus; for the same word {k} signifies a temple as well as palace.

{i} Vid. Fuller. Miscel. Sacr. l. 3. c. 6. {k} lkyhh "templum", V. L. Junius & Tremellius, Piscator, Drusius, Cocceius.

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