Verse 26
26. On his neck With his neck, (with neck erect Vulgate, Furst,) as a combatant rushes upon his adversary. Upon the thick bosses, etc. The central and projecting part of the shield, which was made thick and strong. The use of the word shield or buckler, in the plural, may denote the joining of shield to shield, thus forming what the Romans called a testudo, from the likeness of the linked shields to the scales of a tortoise. Schultens cites an Arabic proverb, “He turns the back of his shield:” denoting that such a one has become an enemy.
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