Nahum 2:6

6 The river gates are opened, and the palace erodes away.

Nahum 2:6 Meaning and Commentary

Nahum 2:6

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.

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FOOTNOTES:

F9 Vid. Fuller. Miscel. Sacr. l. 3. c. 6.
F11 (lkyhh) "templum", V. L. Junius & Tremellius, Piscator, Drusius, Cocceius.

Nahum 2:6 In-Context

4 The chariots dash madly through the streets; they rush around in the plazas. They look like torches; they dart back and forth like lightning.

5 He gives orders to his officers; they stumble as they advance. They race to its wall; the protective shield is set in place.

6 The river gates are opened, and the palace erodes away.

7 Beauty is stripped, she is carried away; her ladies-in-waiting moan like the sound of doves, and beat their breasts.

8 Nineveh has been like a pool of water from her [first] days, but they are fleeing. "Stop! Stop!" [they cry,] but no one turns back.