They called unto the porter ... and told them — The word “porter” is used like our “guard,” and the meaning here is not that the le…

The porter. — The Oriental versions may be right in reading “porters,” that is, warders. The plural is implied by “they told t…

So they came and called to the porter of the city
The chief of those that had the care of the gate of it; for there …

God can, when he pleases, make the strongest heart tremble; and as for those who will not fear God, he can make them fear at the shaking of a leaf.…