bind the chariot] To runne away if thou canst from before the Assyrians, who come to besiege thee, 2 Kings 18:14. 17.
swift beast] That is, horses, and other beasts which could runne very swiftly.
she is the beginning] Hence it appears that Lachish was first infected with the ten tribes idolatrie; and that from thence it passed even to Jerusalem.