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BOOK OF ISAIAH VII. X. 75
be the same as KaPat Nadshm or 'starcastle' (Noldeke),
situated on the Western bank of the Euphrates. But it
is probably Jerabis-Europos (EvQcojroc), lying further
to the North of this spot, where numerous ruins have lately
been laid bare, partly covered with Hlttite hieroglyphs. It
is a town which, according to Ed. Pococke, is shaped like
a square in its ruins and stretches "half a mile in length
and a quarter of a mile in breadth" along the banks of
the Euphrates (G. Smith, A. H. Sayce). See the references
in Keilinsch. u. Geschichtsforschung pp. 221 —
and compare G. Hoffmann, Ausziige (1880) p. 162 foil.
F. Delitzsch, Paradies (1881) pp. 265 foil. It was one, if not
the chief, city of the 'Land Chatti'. Its independence was
destroyed by Sargon (722— 705 B. C), who took Pisiri
(Pisiris), king of the land Chatti, prisoner, carried off the
spoil of the city to Niniveh, and imposed on the land "the
yoke of Assur" (Botta 40, 20; 72, 7 foil. &c. NimrM-
inscription, Layard 33, 10. 22). The subjugation of the
Hittite empire and its incorporation into the Assyrian terri-
tory took place, according to the annals, in the year 717
B. C (Botta 72. 7 foil.). For further particulars see
Keilinsch. u. Geschichtsf. ibid., also pp. 233 foil, and
compare below the note on Is. XX. 1. Kespecting
Hamdth, Arpad and Damaskus , see notes on 2 Kings
XVIIL 34 (XIX. 13).
14. And my hand reached towards the wealth of nations
as towards a bird's nest (]|5). The simile of the bird's
nest is employed by the Assyrians in a somewhat different
manner. We read in Asurn^sirh. I. 50 : Ki-ma ki-in-ni
u-di-ni HU (issur) i-na ki-rib sadi-i dan-na-su-nu
i§-ku-nu i. e. "like the nest of the Udini-bird they had
set their fortress in the midst of the mountains". Compare
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