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 ( Nahum 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 F11 signifies a temple as well as
palace.
F9 Vid. Fuller. Miscel. Sacr. l. 3. c. 6.
F11 (lkyhh) "templum", V. L. Junius & Tremellius, Piscator, Drusius, Cocceius.
