3. I--Jehovah, acting through the Assyrian, &c., His instruments
(Isa 10:5).
mount--an artificial mound formed to out-top high walls
(Isa 37:33);
else a station, namely, of warriors, for the siege.
round about--not fully realized under Sennacherib, but in the
Roman siege
(Lu 19:43; 21:20).
forts--siege-towers
(De 20:20).
JFB.
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