2 Chronicles 20:16 - The Pulpit Commentary

2 Chronicles 20:16 - Exposition

The cliff of Ziz . Read with Revised Version, the ascent of Ziz (or probably Hazziz ), a place named only here. The Hebrew word here rendered "cliff ' is the familiar מַעֲלֵה , meaning "an ascent," or "a rising ground." It is replaced in the Septuagint by both ἀνάβασις and πρόσβασις . Stanley, in an interesting note on the word, says it is applied to several localities in Palestine, viz.:

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Rev. Joseph S. Exell M.A. served as the editor of Clerical World, The Homiletical Quarterly and the Monthly Interpreter. Exell was also the editor for several other large commentary sets like The Men of the Bible, The Preacher's Homiletic Library and The Biblical Illustrator. Henry Donald Maurice Spence-Jones was the Vicar and Rural Dean of St. Pancras, London and the principal of Gloucester Theological College.... Show more

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2 Chronicles 20:16 - Exposition

2 Chronicles 20:16 - Exposition

The Pulpit Commentary

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