John Gill Commentary Nahum 2:6

"The gates of the rivers are opened, and the palace is dissolved." — Nahum 2:6 (ASV)

The gates of the rivers shall be opened
Of Diava and Adiava, or Lycus and Caprus, between which, according to some writers {i}, Nineveh was situated; or the gates of the city, which lay nearest to the river Tigris, are meant; or that river itself, the plural for the singular, which overflowing, broke down the walls of the city for two and a half miles, and opened a way for the Medes and Chaldeans to enter in; of which see (Nahum 1:8) : and the palace shall be dissolved ;
by the inundation, or destroyed by the enemy; meaning the palace of the king, which might be situated near the river; or the temple of Nisroch the Assyrian deity, or Jupiter Belus; for the same word ^F11 signifies a temple as well as palace.

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FOOTNOTES:

• F11: (lkyhh) "templum", V. L. Junius & Tremellius, Piscator, Drusius, Cocceius.