* his height.
   The Assyrian king, to whom Pharaoh is compared, from his great
   power, extensive dominion, and the protection he afforded,
   resembled the spreading branches, thick shade, and high
   stature of a flourishing cedar on mount Lebanon.  The fruitful
   lands of Assyria; the immense revenues he drew from vast
   multitudes in his extensive territories; his lucrative
   commerce, by the river Tigris, with the countries on the
   Indian ocean; and all the various sources of his wealth and
   prosperity, resembled the rivers and streams which cause the
   trees planted by them to grow and flourish exceedingly; and
   hence the empire and its head were exalted above all the
   kingdoms of the earth.

  Ps 37:35,36  Isa 10:8-14  36:4,18,19  37:11-13  Da 4:11 
 * he shot forth.  or, it sent them forth.