This Eng. word was used in the original edition of AV in 1Ch 26:16,18, and in the margin of Pr 15:19 and Isa 7:3. It is now found only in Pr 15:19 marg., being changed in modern editions in the other places into causeway. The Heb. word is literally 'a raised way,' and is used of a public road, but never of a street in a city. The word 'causey' is still used in Scotland for the raised footpath by the side of a road or street.
For Shuppim and Hosah it was to the west, by the gate of Shallecheth, on the ascending highway. Guard corresponded to guard.
The way of the lazy is as a hedge of thorns, But the path of the upright is a highway.
The way of the lazy is as a hedge of thorns, But the path of the upright is a highway.
Then the LORD said to Isaiah, "Go out now to meet Ahaz, you and your son Shear-jashub, at the end of the conduit of the upper pool, on the highway to the fuller's field,
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