Psa 107:16, 147:13, Isa 45:1-2, Lam 2:9, Amo 1:5, Nah 3:13 | TSK

to open.All the streets of Babylon, leading on each side to the river, were secured by two leaved brazen gates, and these were providentially left open when Cyrus's forces entered the city in the night, through the channel of the river, in the general disorder occasioned by the great feast which was then celebrated; otherwise, says Herodotus, the Persians would have been shut up in the bed of the river, as in a net, and all destroyed. The gates of the palace were also imprudently opened to ascertain the occasion of the tumult; when the two parties under Gobrias and Gadatas rushed in, got possession of the palace, and slew the king.

Na 2:6

go before.

13:4-17

make.

40:4; 42:16; Ac 1:15; Lu 3:5

break.

Ps 107:16

Lamentations 2:9

gates.

Ne 1:3; Jer 39:2,8; 51:30; 52:14

her king.

1:3; 4:15,20; De 28:36; 2Ki 24:12-16; 25:7; Jer 52:8,9; Eze 12:13

Eze 17:20

the law.

2Ch 15:3; Eze 7:26; Ho 3:4

her prophets.

Ps 74:9; Am 8:11,12; Mic 3:6,7

Amos 1:5

break.

Isa 43:14; Jer 50:36; 51:30; La 2:9; Na 3:13

the plain of Aven. or, Bikath-aven.Probably Heliopolis, now Baalbek, situated between Libanus and Antilibanus, 56 miles N. W. of Damascus, according to Antoninus, and celebrated for its temple of the sun.

the house of Eden. or, Beth-eden.Probably the village of Eden, in Mount Lebanon, marks the site of this place. It is delightfully situated by the side of a most rich and cultivated valley, contains about 400 or 500 families, and is, according to modern authorities, about 20 miles S. E. of Tripoli, and five miles from the cedars.

the people.

9:7; 2Ki 16:9

Nahum 3:13

thy people.

Isa 19:16; Jer 50:37; 51:30

the gates.

2:6; Ps 107:16; Isa 45:1,2

thy bars.

Ps 147:13; Jer 51:30