hip and thigh] A proverbiall expression, signifying the totall nune of all their strength and abilities. Such phrases souldiers now have, pel mel, and cap a pee. See Deuteronomy 28:35. Isaiah 9:14. he went down] To wit, from his fathers house. Etam] A city on the fouth-end of mount Judh, fituate on in high and strong rock, neer the brook Etam, which belonged to the tribe of Simeon, whose inheritance was intermingled with Judalis, Joshua 19:1.