Nahum 2:8-9
days <03117> [of old. or, from the days that she hath been.]
pool <01295> [like.]
Stop Stop <05975> [Stand.]
turns <06437> [look back. or, cause them to turn.]
Plunder .... Plunder <0962> [ye.]
end .... treasure <07097 08498> [for there is none end of the store. or, and their infinite store, etc.]
precious thing <03627 02532> [pleasant furniture. Heb. vessels of desire.]
Nahum 3:9
Cush <03568> [Ethiopia.]
Put <06316> [Put.]
allies <05833> [thy helpers. Heb. in thy help.]
Nahum 3:18
shepherds <07462> [Thy shepherds.]
That is, the rulers and tributary princes, who, as Herodotus informs us, deserted Nineveh in the day of her distress, and came not to her succour. Diodorus also says, that when the enemy shut up the king in the city, many nations revolted; each going over to the besiegers for the sake of their liberty; that the king despatched messengers to all his subjects, requiring power from them to succour him, and that he thought himself able to endure the siege, and remained in expectation of armies which were to be raised throughout his empire, relying on the oracle, that the city would not be taken till the river became its enemy.
king <04428> [O King.]
officers <0117> [nobles. or, valiant ones.]
people <05971> [thy people.]
