Ezekiel 32:23

“Whose graves are set in the sides of the pit, &c.] Or vault, where lay the king of Assyria, and those who fell by the sword with him, who are represented as lying in graves all around him; the nearest to him those who were in the highest posts, and most valiant and courageous, and next the common soldiers, as follows: and her company is round about her grave not Pharaoh’s company round about the grave of the Assyrian monarch; but the company of the king of Assyria, or his army, as the Targum, round about grave; or lying about in the ruins of his kingdom: all of them slain, fallen by the sword, which caused terror in the land of the living; even they who now are in the state of the dead, and…”

“in the sides of the pit--Sepulchres in the East were caves hollowed out of the rock, and the bodies were laid in niches formed at the sides. MAURER needlessly departs from the ordinary meaning, and translates, "extremities" (compare Isa 14:13, Isa 14:15). which caused terror--They, who alive were a terror to others, are now, in the nether world, themselves a terrible object to behold.”

“Whose graves - Here is supposed a spacious vault, in the midst whereof the king of Ashur lies, and round the vault, his familiar captains and commanders. Her company - The common subjects of the Assyrian empire, all buried undistinguished about her. Her grave - The ruins of an empire are its grave. In the land - While they were in the land of the living. Ezekiel 32:24”

“graves: The niches in the sides of the subterranean burying places. Eze 26:20; Isa 14:15 which: Eze 32:24-27, Eze 32:32, Eze 26:17, Eze 26:20; Isa 14:16, Isa 51:12, Isa 51:13 terror: or, dismaying the land: Eze 26:20; Job 28:13; Psa 27:13, Psa 116:9, Psa 142:5; Isa 38:11; Jer 11:19 Ezekiel 32:24”