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2 Samuel 20:15

2 Samuel 20:15

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cast up: ; , ;

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

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