John Gill - Exposition
John Gill
And when he came upon the stairs,.... Or steps, which led up to the castle; for it was built upon a very high place, as appears from the account of it in the preceding verse; to which agrees what Aristaeas (g) says of it in the following words; "in order to have knowledge of all things, we went up to a castle adjoining to the city, which is situated in a very high place, fortified with very high...