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appointed to collect taxes; but the idea of a military post seems to be the correct one.
(3.) Hebrews matstsebah, properly a monumental column; improperly rendered pl. “garrisons” in Ezekiel 26:11; correctly in Revised Version “pillars,” marg. “obelisks,” probably an idolatrous image.
•GATE (1.) Of cities, as of Jerusalem (Jeremiah 37:13; Nehemiah 1:3; 2:3; 3:3), of Sodom (Genesis 19:1), of Gaza (Judges 16:3).
(2.) Of royal palaces (Nehemiah 2:8).