As a plain] RV' as the Arabah,' i.e. the great plain which stretched from the borders of Palestine to the Red Sea.

Geba] marked the limit of northern Judah (2 Kings 23:8). Rimmon] a city in the extreme S. on the borders of Edom. And it] RV 'and she,' i.e. Jerusalem. Inhabited] RV 'shall dwell.' The idea is that even the surrounding country would be depressed in order that Jerusalem might be more conspicuous. Benjamin's gate] on the NW. of the city The first gate (some render the 'oldest' gate) and the corner gate were probably in the E. The tower of Hananeel] RV 'Hananel,' was part of the Temple castle in the extreme NE. The site of the king's winepresses is unknown.

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