Castle.Stronghold, fastness. (Comp. 2 Samuel 5:7.) In 1 Chronicles 11:5 the form is meçûdâh, here it is the rare masculine form, meçâd: comp. Ar. maçâd, cacumen montis.

They called it. — Samuel (Hebrew), “one called it;” both in a general sense.

City. — Comp. Greek, polis = acropolis.

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