Matthew Poole and continuators on Nahum 2:6

6 The gates of the rivers shall be opened , and the palace shall be dissolved .

Of the City toward the River.

For River, or because of the greatness of Tigris, upon which Nineveh stood.

It is reported by Diodorus Siculus Biblioth: l. 3. c. 7. that when the Chaldeans besieged Nineveh, a mighty Deluge of Waters overthrew the Walls of Niniveh, by the space of twenty Furlongs, or two miles and half, through which breach the besiegers made their entrance; so chap. 1. ver. 8. Vsher Anual ad An. M. 3257. the overrunning flood may be literally understood; here the Prophet expre[illegible: 1 letter]ly declares how Nineveh shall be ruin'd.

Either the Royal stately Palace of the Assyrian Monarch, or the more stately Temple of Nisroch, or Iupiter Belus, or some mighty Bulwark raised there for defence.

As if melted, it shall drop to pieces, and they that were in, whether Servants of the Court, or Votaries to the Idol, or Souldiers for defence of the Fort, shall in haste, with fear of the danger fly away.

Marginal references: Or, [illegible: 1 word].