2 Kings 21:13 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Bible Comments

I will stretch over Jerusalem the line of Samaria, &c.— See 2 Samuel 8:2. The expression, I will wipe Jerusalem, &c. signifies, "I will take away all its inhabitants, as a dish is freed from its contents, by wiping, and turning it upside down."

2 Kings 21:13

13 And I will stretch over Jerusalem the line of Samaria, and the plummet of the house of Ahab: and I will wipe Jerusalem as a man wipeth a dish, wipinga it, and turning it upside down.