But she had brought them up to the roof of the house, and hid them with the stalks of flax, which she had laid in order upon the roof.
Ver. 6. But she had brought them up to the roof of the house.] a Which was built flat in those parts, as they are also at this day in Italy.
Which she had laid in order upon the roof.] That it might be fully dried, as Nah 1:10 the wicked are, that they may burn the better: like grapes, they ripen in the sunshine, for the winepress of God's wrath. Rev 14:19
a Septuag., δωμα : ut et 1 Samuel 9:25 .