And they beat down the cities, and on every good piece of land cast every man his stone, and covered it; and they stopped up all the wells of water, and cut down all the good trees: only in Kir-haraseth left they its stones; the slingers surrounded it, and conquered it.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Brick walls. It was the proper name of the city of the Moabites. In Hebrew, Kir-Charaseth. (Challoner)
Isaias xv., and xvi. 7. It was also called Ar, or Arcopolis.
Remained. Hebrew adds, "with the stones unmolested. "They laid siege to it. (Haydock)
Slingers. Grotius would understand those who attended the machines designed to throw stones But the slingers kept off the enemy, while others undermined the walls. (Calmet)