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Izhibhalo Ezingcwele
2 YooKumkani 19:24
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from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
I have digged: etc. I have conquered strange countries, and marched through the driest places, in which I have digged wells for my army.
with the sole: My infantry have been so numerous, that they alone have been sufficient to dry up all the rivers of besieged places, either by drinking them, or by diverting their course into other channels. Exodus 15:9, 2 Samuel 17:13, 1 Kings 20:10, Daniel 4:30
besieged places: or, fenced places
Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 17:12 - we will light Psalms 12:3 - tongue Isaiah 19:6 - and the Isaiah 37:25 - with the sole
Gill's Notes on the Bible
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Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Have digged and drunk ... and dried up - The meaning seems to be - “Mountains do not stop me - I cross them even in my chariots. Deserts do not stop me - I dig wells there, and drink the water. Rivers do not stop me - I pass them as easily as if they were dry land.”
The rivers of besieged places - Rather, “the rivers of Egypt.” The singular form, Mazor (compare the modern Misr and the Assyrian Muzr), is here used instead of the ordinary dual form, Mizraim, perhaps because “Lower Egypt” only is intended. This was so cut up with canals and branches of the Nile, natural and artificial, that it was regarded as impassable for chariots and horses. Sennacherib, however, thought that these many streams would prove no impediments to him; he would advance as fast as if they were “dried up.”
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 2 Kings 19:24. I have dipped and drunk strange waters — I have conquered strange countries, in which I have digged wells for my army; or, I have gained the wealth of strange countries.
With the sole of my feet — My infantry have been so numerous that they alone have been sufficient to drink up the rivers of the places I have besieged.
