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2 Kings 17:30

And the men of Babylon made Succoth-benoth, and the men of Cuth made Nergal, and the men of Hamath made Ashima,
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George Leo Haydock

AD 1849
Socoth-benoth, "the tents of young women "who prostituted themselves once in their lives at Babylon, in honour of Mylitta. (Herodotus ii. 199.) Nergel, "light. "(Calmet) The Pyreia (Haydock) of the Persians are famous in history. (Strabo xv.) (Selden, Synt. ii. 8.) Asima, like an ape, goat (Calmet)

Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation - 2 Peter 1:20

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