They also went down into hell with him unto them that be slain with the sword; and they that were his arm, that dwelt under his shadow in the midst of the heathen.
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Gill's Exposition
They also went down to hell with him,.... To the grave with him; many of his nobles, princes, generals, soldiers, and subjects:
unto them that be slain with the sword; to be buried and lie with them…
Effect of Assyria’s fall. Eze 31:15 I covered the deep - To cover with sack-cloth was an expression of mourning Eze 27:31. The deep, the source of Assyria’s prosperity Eze 31:4, was made to mourn,…
Adam Clarke
They also went down into hell with him - Into remediless destruction.
We have seen the king of Egypt resembling the king of Assyria in pomp, and power, and prosperity, how like he was to him in his greatness; now here we see,
I. How he does likewise resemble him in his…
Cambridge Bible
They also … into hell These also are gone down into Sheòl, ref. being to the "trees of Eden," Eze 31:31.
were his arm, that dwelt and his arm, that dwelt. His "arm" is his helpers (Eze 17:9). The…
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