Difference between revisions of "The Gate Of Bath-Rabbim"

 

<p> ''''' bath ''''' - ''''' rab´im ''''' , (שׁער בּת־רבּים , <i> ''''' sha‛ar bath ''''' </i> - <i> ''''' rabbı̄m ''''' </i> ; [[Septuagint]] ἐν πύλαις θυγατρὸς πολλῶν , <i> ''''' en púlais thugatrós pollō̇n ''''' </i> , literally "in the gates of the daughter of the many." The gate of [[Heshbon]] near which were the pools compared to the Shulammite's eyes (&nbsp;Song of [[Solomon]] 7:4 ). Guthe would translate "by the gate of the populous city." Cheyne would amend the passage and read </p> <p> "Thine eyes are like Solomon's pools, </p> <p> By the wood of Beth-cerem," </p> <p> and transfer the scene to the pools of Solomon, S. of [[Bethlehem]] ( <i> EB </i> , under the word). But this is surely very violent. One of the pools of Heshbon still survives, measuring 191 ft. X 139 ft., and is 10 ft. deep. The walls however have been rent by earthquakes, and now no longer retain the water. </p>

 

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