Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge on 2 Samuel 20:15

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cast up: Kg2 19:32; Jer 32:24, Jer 33:4; Luk 19:43 a bank: So LXX generally render solelah, by προσχωμα or χωμα; which latter is described by Potter as "a mount, which was raised so high as to equal, if not exceed, the top of the besieged walls. The sides were walled in with bricks or stones, or secured with strong rafters; the fore part only, being by degrees to be moved near the walls, remained bare." it stood in the trench: or, it stood against the outmost wall battered: etc. Heb. marred to throw down 2 Kings (2 Samuel) 20:16

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