and destroyed: A similar history is related by Mr. Bruce, as having occurred in Abyssinia. Judith "surprised the rock Damo, and slew the whole of the princes, to the number, it is said, of about 400;" while the infant king, Del Naad, was conveyed for safety to a loyal province, and afterwards restored. Mat 2:13, Mat 2:16, Mat 21:38-39
seed royal: Heb. seed of the kingdom, 2Ki 25:25 *marg. Jer 41:1