To Shuppim and Hosah the lot came forth westward, with the gate Shallecheth, by the causeway of the going up, ward against ward.
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Gill's Exposition
At Parbar westward,.... A gate at the western wall; the Jewish writers generally interpret it an outward place, but Dr. Lightfoot (c) thinks it is the same with Parvar, which signifies suburbs, Kg2…
Barnes' Notes
All recent commentators seem to be agreed that the words “to Shuppim” ought to be cancelled, the name having arisen from an accidental repetition of the preceding word, “Asuppim.” The gate Shallecheth…
Adam Clarke
The gate Shallecheth - The gate of the projections: probably that through which all the offal of the temple was carried out.
Observe, I. There were porters appointed to attend the temple, who guarded all the avenues that let to it, opened and shut all the outer gates and attended at them, not only for the state, but for…
Cambridge Bible
To Shuppim and Hosah Read, To Hosah. The word "Shuppim" (LXX. B, εἰς δεύτερον) seems to be an accidental repetition (in a corrupt form) of "Asuppim" (1Ch 26:15), and so should be omitted from the…
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