of the king: Heb. which were the king's, Neh 9:32, Neh 9:37; Isa 5:26-30, Isa 7:18-20
among the thorns: The word bachochim may possibly here signify with fetters or chains, as the kindred word chachim denotes, Eze 19:4, Eze 19:9. The Syriac and Arabic have alive, probably reading bechayim. 1Sa 13:6; Lam 3:7