And that the fords are seized, and the reeds they have burned with fire, and the men of war are terrified.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Fords. Thus the enemy entered.
Marches. Hebrew, "sedges "which grew to the size of trees, and were burnt when the waters of the river and lakes were drained. Herodotus (i. 185, 178.) specifies a lake four hundred and twenty stadia square, and says the ditches round the city were full of water.
