1 Kings 15:24
buried <06912> [A.M. 3090. B.C. 914. was buried.]
Of his splendid and costly funeral we read in 2 Ch 16:14.
Jehoshaphat <03092> [Jehoshaphat.]
[Josaphat.]
1 Kings 22:2-50
third <07992> [A.M. 3107. B.C. 897. in the third.]
Jehoshaphat <03092> [Jehoshaphat.]
Ramoth <07433> [Ramoth.]
hesitant <02814> [still. Heb. silent from taking it.]
<03212> [Wilt thou go.]
support <03644> [I am as thou.]
seek <01875> [Enquire.]
assembled ..... prophets <05030 06908> [the prophets together.]
Attack <05927> [Go up.]
sovereign <0136> [the Lord.]
This prophecy is couched in the ambiguous terms in which the heathen oracles were delivered. It may mean, either "The Lord will deliver it (Ramoth Gilead) into the king's (Ahab's) hand;" or, "The Lord will deliver (Israel) into the king's (of Syria) hand." So in the famous reply of the Delphian oracle to Pyrrhus: {Aio te ’acida, Romanos vincere posse: Ibis redibis nunquam in bello peribis;} "I say to thee, Pyrrhus the Romans shall overcome: thou shalt go, thou shalt return never in war shalt thou perish."
prophet <05030> [Is there not.]
one man <0376 0259> [yet one man.]
despise ....... prophesy <08130 05012> [but I hate him.]
prosperity <02896> [good.]
disaster <07451> [concerning me.]
king ........................................... king <04428> [Let not the.]
official <05631> [officer. or, eunuch.]
Quickly <04116> [Hasten.]
dressed <03847> [having put.]
threshing floor <01637> [void place. Heb. floor. all the prophets.]
iron horns <01270 07161> [horns of iron.]
said ....... says <0559> [Thus saith.]
Attack <05927> [Go up.]
words ... agree ....... success <01697> [Behold now.]
Lord ........ Lord <03068> [what the Lord.]
<03212> [shall we go.]
succeed <06743 03212> [Go and prosper.]
This was strong irony; they were the precise words of the false prophets; but were spoken by Micaiah in such a tone and manner as at once shewed Ahab that he did not believe, but ridiculed these words of uncertainty. The reply of the Delphian oracle to Crosesus was as ambiguous as that returned to Pyrrhus, {Croesus Halym penetrans magnam pervertet opum vim,} "If Croesus crosses the Halys, he will overthrow a great empire." This he understood of the empire of Cyrus; the event proved it to be his own: he was deluded, yet the oracle maintained its credit.
solemnly <07650> [shall I adjure.]
tell <01696> [that thou tell.]
saw <07200> [I saw.]
sheep <06629> [as sheep.]
said ...... tell <0559> [Did I not tell.]
hear ... word <08085 01697> [Hear thou.]
Lord ... saw ... Lord <07200 03068> [I saw the Lord.]
Micaiah evidently gives here an account of what appeared to him in a vision: many of the circumstances must be considered as parabolical; for truth, rather than facts, is revealed in such representations.
assembly <06635> [all the host.]
deceive <06601> [persuade. or, deceive.]
lying spirit <07307 08267> [a lying spirit.]
Deceive <06601> [Thou shalt.]
Lord .................. Lord <03068> [behold, the Lord.]
Lord .................. Lord <03068> [and the Lord.]
Zedekiah <06667> [Zedekiah.]
hit Micaiah <04321 05221> [smote Micaiah.]
Which <0335> [Which way.]
see <07200> [Behold.]
inner room <02315> [into an inner chamber. or, from chamber to chamber. Heb. a chamber in a chamber.]
return <07725> [carry him back.]
Put ..... prison <07760 01004> [Put this fellow.]
bread <03906 03899> [bread of affliction.]
safely return <0935 07965> [until I come in peace.]
really .... return <07725> [If thou return.]
note <08085> [Hearken.]
disguise .................... disguised <02664> [I will, etc. or, when he was to disguise himself, and enter into the battle. put thou on.]
disguise ..... enter ................ disguised ..... entered <02664 0935> [disguised himself.]
thirty-two <08147 07970> [thirty and two.]
fight <03898> [Fight.]
common .... high-ranking <01419 06996> [small nor great.]
turned <05493> [they turned.]
Jehoshaphat .................. Jehoshaphat <03092> [Jehoshaphat.]
turned <07725> [that they turned.]
random <08537> [at a venture. Heb. in his simplicity.]
struck <05221> [and smote.]
plates .... armor <08302 01694> [joints of the harness. Heb. joints and the breast-plate.]
wounded <02470> [wounded. Heb. made sick.]
raged <05927> [increased. Heb. ascended. died at even.]
bottom <02436> [midst. Heb. bosom.]
setting <05674> [there went.]
Each one <0376> [Every man.]
taken <0935> [was brought. Heb. came.]
dogs <03611> [and the dogs.]
rest <03499> [A.M. 3086-3107. B.C. 918-897. the rest.]
palace <01004 08127> [the ivory house.]
That is, probably, decorated with ivory in such abundance as to merit the appellation of an ivory house.
passed away <07901> [slept.]
Ahaziah <0274> [Ahaziah.]
Jehoshaphat <03092> [A.M. 3090. B.C. 914. Jehoshaphat.]
king <04427> [began to reign.]
"Began to reign alone. ver. 51."
thirty-five ............ twenty-five <02568 07970> [thirty and five.]
mother <0517> [And his mother's.]
<03212> [he walked.]
careful .............. eliminated <05493> [he turned.]
do what <06213> [doing.]
high places ................ high places <01116> [the high.]
peace <07999> [made peace.]
rest <03499> [Now.]
recorded <03789> [are they.]
<03499> [the remnant.]
king ......... ruled <04428> [no king.]
Jehoshaphat <03092> [Jehoshaphat.]
ships ................. shipwrecked <06213 0591> [made ships. or, had ten ships.]
large merchant ships <08659> [Tharshish.]
Josephus and the Chaldee and Arabic paraphrasts explain this place of Tarsus in Cilicia; the LXX., Theodoret, and Jerome, understand it of Carthage; but the learned Bochart makes it Tartessus, an island in the straits of Gades. Ibn Haukal describes Tarsousa as belonging to Andalus, or Andalusia; and Festus Avienus expressly says, {Hic Gadir urbs est dicta Tartessus prius,} "the city Cadiz was formerly called Tartessus."
Ophir <0211> [to Ophir.]
ships ... travel ......... made ... voyage ..... shipwrecked <01980 0591> [they went not.]
Ezion Geber <06100> [Ezion-geber.]
passed away ....... ancestors ....... ancestor <07901 01> [A.M. 3115. B.C. 889. slept with his fathers.]
city <05892> [in the city.]
Jehoram <03088> [Jehoram.]
1 Kings 22:2
third <07992> [A.M. 3107. B.C. 897. in the third.]
Jehoshaphat <03092> [Jehoshaphat.]
1 Kings 3:1-2
marriage <02859> [A.M. 2990. B.C. 1014. An. Ex. Is. 477. affinity.]
married <03947> [and took.]
City <05892> [the city.]
residence .... temple <01004> [his own.]
residence .... temple <01004> [the house.]
wall <02346> [the wall.]
people <05971> [the people.]
It was not right to offer sacrifices in any place but where the tabernacle and ark were; and wherever they were, whether on a high place or a plain, sacrifices might be lawfully offered, previously to building of the temple. The tabernacle was now at Gibeon, (2 Ch 1:3,) which was therefore called the great high place; whither we find Solomon, without censure, repaired to sacrifice.
temple <01004> [was no.]
1 Kings 17:1--20:37
Elijah <0452> [A.M. 3094. B.C. 910. Elijah. Heb. Elijahu.]
[Elias. As the Lord God.]
serve <06440 05975> [before whom.]
dew ... rain <04306 02919> [dew nor rain.]
Hide ...... Valley <05641 05158> [hide thyself.]
<06680> [I have commanded.]
did as .... told <06213 01697> [did according.]
Many learned men have raised doubts on those parts of the Inspired Word, which may, by the perverseness of their argument and the ingenuity of their surmise, be made to appear inconsistent with fact. In this case, they are not satisfied with being expressly told by God that the ravens supplied Elijah with food, while the brook gave him drink, but apparently to mystify a manifest miracle, they suggest whether these ravens might not be merchantmen, or the inhabitants of a neighbouring town. Let any unprejudiced reader and lover of the Bible take the whole history of Elijah, and he will find that his life was almost a daily illustration of the power of God in his miraculous interpositions. Instance the supply of provision in the unwasting barrel of meal and cruse of oil, after the prophet had removed to Zarephath: the power communicated to him to raise the widow's son from death: the wonderful interposition of the Lord to prove the folly of Baal's worshippers, in sending down fire from heaven to consume Elijah's sacrifice and lick up the water, although the sacrifice had been saturated therewith, and the altar surrounded by a deep trench to prevent its running away. The prayer for rain is another instance: the sojourn in Horeb forty days and forty nights, after having eaten of the cake: the destruction of Ahaziah's messengers twice: the smiting of the waters at Jordan: the fall of the mantle on Elisha: and finally, in the closing scene of life, he was taken to glory without tasting the pains of death, the sting was taken away.
ravens <06158> [the ravens.]
After ... while <03117 07093> [A.M. 3095. B.C. 909. after a while. Heb. at the end of days. the brook.]
<01697> [the word.]
Zarephath <06886> [Zarephath.]
[Sarepta. which belongeth.]
widow <0802 0490> [widow woman.]
give .... cup <03947 04592> [Fetch me.]
<03212> [as she was going.]
piece <06595> [a morsel.]
Lord <03068> [As the Lord.]
handful <04393> [but an handful.]
eaten ..... die <0398 04191> [that we may eat it.]
afraid Go <03372 0935> [Fear not.]
do ................... make <08033 06213> [make me thereof.]
first <07223> [first.]
says <0559> [thus saith.]
jar ... flour <03537 07058> [The barrel of meal.]
makes <05414> [sendeth. Heb. giveth.]
did .... told <06213 01697> [did according.]
family <03117> [many days. or, a full year.]
jar <03537> [the barrel.]
just <01697> [according.]
through Elijah <03027 0452> [by Elijah. Heb. by the hand of Elijah.]
son .... woman <0802 01121> [A.M. 3096. B.C. 908. the son of the woman.]
breathe <05397> [that there was.]
prophet <0376> [What have I.]
prophet <0376> [O thou man.]
come <0935> [art thou come.]
upper room <05944> [into a loft.]
called <07121> [he cried.]
by killing <07489> [hast thou also.]
stretched out .... boy ................. boy's <04058 03206> [stretched himself. Heb. measured himself.]
Lord ... Lord ... God <03068 0430> [O Lord my God.]
him <07130> [into him. Heb. into his inward parts. and he revived.]
See ... son ... alive <07200 01121 02416> [See, thy son liveth.]
<02088> [Now by this.]
<01697> [the word.]
Some time ......... famine <03117 07227> [A.M. 3098. B.C. 906. after many days.]
third year <07992 08141> [in the third year.]
This form of expression, both in Hebrew and Latin, means "after the third year," i.e., some time between the third and fourth year.
<03212> [Go.]
I .... rain <04306 05414> [I will send rain.]
appearance <03212 07200> [went to shew.]
severe <02389> [a sore.]
Obadiah ....... Obadiah <05662> [Obadiah. Heb. Obadiahu. the governor of his house. Heb. over his house.]
loyal follower .... Lord <03373 03068> [feared the Lord.]
Jezebel <0348> [Jezebel. Heb. Izabel. cut off the prophets.]
two caves <04631> [in a cave.]
brought ... food <03557 03899> [fed them.]
food ... water <04325 03899> [bread and water.]
grazing areas <02682> [grass.]
kill ..... animals <0929 03772> [we lose not all the beasts. Heb. we cut not off ourselves from the beasts.]
Ahab went ...... went <01980 0256> [Ahab went.]
traveling along <01870> [was in the way.]
recognized <05234> [he knew.]
fell facedown <05307 06440> [fell on.]
Elijah ..................... master Elijah <0452 0113> [my lord Elijah.]
master <0113> [thy lord.]
committed <02398> [What have I sinned.]
Lord <03068> [the Lord.]
master <0834 0113> [whither my lord.]
find <04672> [they found thee not.]
say .... say <03212 0559> [Go, tell they lord.]
Lord's spirit .............................................. Lord <03068 07307> [the Spirit of the Lord.]
kill .......... servant <02026 05650> [he shall slay me.]
youth <05271> [from my youth.]
did <06213> [what I did.]
hid one hundred <03967 02244> [I hid an hundred.]
brought ... food <03557 03899> [fed them.]
kill <02026> [and he shall slay me.]
Lord <03068> [As the Lord.]
who rules over all lives <06635 02416> [of hosts liveth.]
serve ....... before <06440 05975> [before whom I.]
appearance <07200> [I will surely.]
disaster ... Israel <03478 05916> [he that troubleth Israel.]
disaster <05916> [I have not.]
have ... abandoning <05800> [in that ye have.]
Mount Carmel <03760 02022> [mount Carmel.]
Mount Carmel is situated north of Dora and south of Ptolemais or Acre, from which it is distant, according to Josephus, 120 stadia, or, according to Thevenot, 10 miles; one of its principal points advancing considerably into the Mediterranean, and forming an elevated promontory. It is described as a flattened cone, about 2,000 feet (some say 1,500) in height, very rocky, its sides steep and rugged, and the soil neither deep nor rich. Capt. Mangles says its is now quite barren, though at the north-eastern foot of it there are some pretty olive-grounds.
prophets ... Baal .... prophets <01168 05030> [the prophets of Baal.]
prophets ...... prophets ... Asherah <0842 05030> [prophets of the groves.]
Though {ashairah} certainly denotes in some place a grove, yet it is equally certain, that in others, as here, it must signify an idol; and it is thought by learned men to be the same as Ashtoreth, or Astarte the Syrian Venus.
Jezebel supports <0348 07979 0398> [eat at Jezebel's table.]
assemble <06908> [gathered.]
<05921> [How long.]
indecision <05587> [opinions. or, thoughts. if the Lord.]
But <06030> [answered.]
left <03498> [I only.]
prophet ............ prophets ... Baal <05030 01168> [Baal's prophets.]
responds ... fire ... demonstrate <0784 06030> [answereth by fire.]
responded <0559> [and said.]
This ..... fair <02896 01697> [It is well spoken. Heb. the word is good.]
morning <01242> [from morning.]
answer .......... answer <06030> [hear. or, answer. no voice.]
answer .......... answer <06030> [answered. or, heard. leaped upon the altar. or, leaped up and down at the altar.]
Elijah <0452> [Elijah.]
louder <01419> [aloud. Heb. with a great voice. for he is a god.]
deep in thought <07879> [either.]
Such were the absurd and degrading notions which the heathens entertained of their gods. "Vishnoo sleeps four months in the year; and to each of the gods some particular business is assigned. Vayoo manages the winds; Vuroonu the waters, etc. According to a number of fables in the pooranus, the gods are often out on journeys or expeditions." Ward's Views of the Hindoos, vol. ii. p. 324.
deep in thought <07879> [he is talking. or, he meditateth. is pursuing. Heb. hath a pursuit. must be awaked.]
prescribed ... mutilated <01413 04941> [cut themselves.]
covered ... blood <08210 01818> [the blood gushed out upon them. Heb. they poured out blood upon them.]
<05012> [prophesied.]
<05927> [offering. Heb. ascending. See on ver.]
sound <06963> [voice.]
response <07182> [that regarded. Heb. attention.]
repaired <07495> [he repaired.]
altar .... Lord <04196 03068> [the altar of the Lord.]
This altar of Jehovah was probably built in the time of the judges; and it was even known among the heathen by the name of the altar of Carmel. Both Tacitus and Suetonius mention an altar on mount Carmel, which Vespasian went to consult: there was no temple nor statue, but simply an altar, venerable for its antiquity.
stones <08147 068> [twelve stones.]
said <0559> [saying.]
stones <068> [And with.]
for <08034> [in the name.]
arranged <06186> [he put.]
again ...... again <08138> [Do it the second.]
<03212> [ran. Heb. went. the trench.]
evening <05927> [at the time.]
Lord God ............ God <03068 0430> [Lord God.]
prove <03045> [let it.]
done <06213> [and that I have.]
Answer .... Lord answer ..... people ....... Lord <06030 03068 05971> [Hear me.]
<05437> [thou hast turned.]
fire <0784> [Then the.]
fire <0784> [fire.]
threw <05307> [they fell.]
Lord ....... Lord <03068> [The Lord.]
Seize ............... seized <08610> [Take. or, Apprehend.]
Kishon <07028> [Kishon.]
executed <07819> [slew them there.]
up <05927> [Get.]
sound <06963> [a sound, etc. or, a sound of a noise of rain. See on ver.]
Elijah <0452> [Elijah.]
bent <01457> [he cast himself.]
put ... face <06440 07760> [put his face.]
up .............. up <05927> [Go up.]
<07725> [Go again.]
small cloud <06996 05645> [a little cloud.]
{Kekaph ish,} "like the hollow of a man's hand;" in the form of a hand bent, the concave side downmost. Mr. Bruce mentions a similar cloud in Abyssinia, as attending the inundation of the Nile. "Every morning, about nine, a small cloud, not above four feet broad, appears in the east, whirling violently round, as if upon an axis; but arrived near the zenith, it first abates its motion, then loses its form, and extends itself greatly, and seems to call up vapours from all opposite quarters. These clouds having attained nearly the same height, rush against each other with great violence, and put me always in mind of Elijah foretelling rain on Mount Carmel."
Hitch up <0631> [Prepare. Heb. Tie, or Bind.]
<01419> [there was.]
Ahab <0256> [Ahab.]
<03027> [the hand.]
tucked <08151> [he girded.]
ran ahead <06440 07323> [ran before.]
Jezreel <0935 03157> [to the entrance of. Heb. till thou come to.]
Ahab <0256> [Ahab.]
killed <02026> [how he had slain.]
gods <0430> [So let.]
I .... take <07760> [if I.]
tomorrow <04279> [to-morrow.]
got <06965> [he arose.]
Beer Sheba <0884> [Beer-sheba.]
sat <03427> [sat down.]
asked <07592> [he requested.]
life .......... life <05315> [for himself. Heb. for his life. better.]
stretched <07901> [as he lay.]
messenger <04397> [an angel.]
cake <05692> [cake.]
by his head <04763> [head. Heb. bolster.]
messenger <04397> [the angel.]
journey <01870> [because the journey.]
strength <03581> [in the strength.]
forty days ... forty <0705 03117> [forty days.]
Horeb <02722> [Horeb.]
cave <04631> [unto a cave.]
Elijah <0452> [What doest thou.]
absolutely loyal <07065> [very jealous.]
torn down <02040> [thrown down.]
left <03498> [I only.]
want ..... life <05315 01245> [they seek my life.]
stand .... mountain ........................ mountain <02022 05975> [stand upon the mount.]
Lord .... Lord ..... pass .......... Lord ........... Lord ................ Lord <03068 05674> [the Lord passed.]
very <01419> [and a great.]
Lord .... Lord .......... wind ..... Lord ........... Lord ...... wind .... windstorm ........ Lord <03068 07307> [but the Lord was not in the wind.]
earthquake ......... earthquake <07494> [an earthquake.]
fire ......... fire .... fire <0784> [a fire.]
soft <01827> [a still.]
covered ... face <06440 03874> [he wrapped his face.]
This he did to signify his reverence; for covering the face was a token of respect among the Asiatics, as uncovering the head is among Europeans. See on ch.
Elijah .................................. Elijah <0452> [What doest.]
absolutely loyal <07065> [I have been.]
abandoned <05800> [forsaken.]
Desert ... Damascus <01834 04057> [wilderness of Damascus.]
The wilderness of Damascus seems to have been that part of Arabia Deserta which lay on the south-east of that city, and east of the Trachonites, or the Djebel Haouran and El Ledja; at which the prophet could arrive without meeting Jezebel or any of his enemies.
anoint <04886> [anoint.]
Hazael <02371> [Hazael.]
Jehu <03058> [Jehu.]
Elisha <0477> [Elisha.]
[Eliseus. Abel-meholah.]
escapes .......... escapes <04422> [him that escapeth.]
Hazael's sword .......... sword <02719 02371> [the sword of Hazael.]
Jehu ........ sword ......... Jehu's sword <02719 03058> [the sword of Jehu.]
kill ........ Elisha ... kill <04191 0477> [Elisha slay.]
left <07604> [Yet I have left. or, Yet I will leave.]
knees <01290> [the knees.]
<06310> [every mouth.]
Idolaters often kissed their hand in honour of their idols; and hence the origin of adoration from {ad,} to and {os, oris,} the mouth. Cicero mentions a statue of Hercules, the chin and lips of which were considerably worn by the kissing of his worshippers.
Elisha <0477> [Elisha.]
twelve ......... twelfth <08147> [he with.]
robe <0155> [his mantle.]
left <05800> [he left.]
kiss <05401> [Let me, I pray.]
back <07725 03212> [Go back again. Heb. Go, return.]
cooked ... meat <01320 01310> [boiled their flesh.]
gave ... people <05414 05971> [gave unto.]
assistant <08334> [ministered.]
Ben Hadad <01130> [A.M. 3103. B.C. 901. Ben-hadad.]
thirty-two <08147 07970> [Thirty and two.]
horses <05483> [and horses.]
besieged <06696> [besieged.]
[I am thine.]
search <02664> [and they shall search.]
valuables <04261> [pleasant. Heb. desirable.]
leaders <02205> [all the elders.]
Notice <03045> [Mark.]
looking ... trouble <07451 01245> [seeketh mischief.]
resist <04513> [denied him not. Heb. kept not back from him.]
gods <0430> [The gods.]
dirt <06083> [if the dust.]
<07272> [follow me. Heb. are at my feet.]
gear <02296> [Let not him, etc.]
This was no doubt a proverbial mode of expression. Jonathan renders it: "Let not him who girds himself, and goes down to battle, boast as one who has conquered and returned from it."
boast <01984> [harness.]
The word harness is an obsolete word for armour, derived from the French {harnois;} see Ex 13:18.
reply <01697> [message. Heb. word. drinking.]
quarters <05521> [pavilions. or, tents.]
That persons of regal dignity regaled themselves in this manner, we may learn from Dr. Chandler, who, when he went to visit the Aga of Suki, after his return from hawking, found him vexed and tired; and "a couch was prepared from him beneath a shed made against a cottage, and covered with green boughs to keep off the sun. He entered as we were standing by, and fell down on it to sleep, without taking any notice of us."
ready ... attack So .... ready ... attack <07760> [Set yourselves in array. And they set, etc. or, Place the engines. And they placed engines.]
visited <05066> [came. Heb. approached. Hast thou.]
know <03045> [and thou shalt.]
servants <05288> [young men. or, servants.]
launch <0631> [order. Heb. bind, or tie.]
232 <03967 08147> [two hundred.]
7,000 <0505 07651> [seven thousand.]
Ben Hadad <01130> [Ben-hadad.]
thirty-two <07970> [the thirty.]
The Syrians, the besiegers, had their directions from a drunken king, who gave orders over his cups, while he was drinking at noon. Drunkenness is a sin which is most detestable in all, but more so in a king than in a private individual, inasmuch as the greater weight a man's situation carries, whether from accumulated riches, family connections, hereditary authority, or invested command, so is the influence which his vices must have on those around him. Perhaps it may be said, from past experience, that drunkenness, which is a most heinous sin in the sight of God, may be charged on those who indulge only now and then in that which may eventually lead them into drunkenness; for they shut their eyes against the most palpable facts, and rather than give up the paltry gratification of a debauch, involve thousands by their example to positive harm. Benhadad's drunkenness was the forerunner of his fall. Belshazzar also, we read, drank wine with his princes, his wives, and his concubines, and praised the gods of gold, silver, brass, iron, wood, and stone: and in the same hour came forth the finger of a man's hand and wrote his doom on the plaster of the wall. Those who fancy themselves perfectly secure, and above the possibility of falling, are commonly nearest their destruction: there is always an Ahab read to take advantage of and improve the self-imposed imbecility.
struck <05221> [they slew.]
Syrians ........... Syria <0758> [the Syrians.]
escaped <04422> [escaped.]
Then <03318> [went out.]
prophet <05030> [the prophet.]
fortify <02388> [strengthen.]
spring <08666> [at the return.]
God .... god <0430> [Their gods.]
It was the general belief in the heathen world, that each district had its tutelary and protecting deity, who could do nothing out of his own province.
Dismiss ... kings <05493 04428> [Take the.]
lost <05307> [thou hast lost. Heb. was fallen. and surely.]
Aphek <0663> [Aphek.]
Supposed to be the Aphek near the river Adonis, between Heliopolis and Biblos, and probably the same place that Paul Lucas mentions in his Voyage to the Levant. It was swallowed up by an earthquake, and formed a lake about nine miles in circumference, in which he says there were several houses still to be seen entire, under the water.
[Aphik.]
fight Israel <04421 03478> [to fight against Israel. Heb. to the war with Israel.]
supplies <03557> [were all present. or, were victualled.]
two <08147> [like two.]
visited <05066> [there came.]
Syrians <0758> [Because.]
I will <05414> [therefore will.]
know <03045> [ye shall know.]
seven days On .... day ............... day <07651 03117> [seven days.]
100,000 <03967 0505> [an hundred thousand.]
remaining <03498> [the rest.]
wall <02346> [a wall.]
ran .................. ran <05127> [fled.]
inner room <02315> [into an inner chamber. or, from chamber to chamber. Heb. into a chamber within a chamber.]
advisers <05650> [his servants.]
kings ....... kind ................... king <04428 02617> [merciful kings.]
put <07760> [let us, I pray thee.]
Six of the citizens of Calais are reported to have acted nearly in the same manner, when they surrendered their city to Edward the Third, king of England, in 1346. See the whole story circumstantially related by Sir John Froissart, (who lived in that time,) with that simplicity and detail that give it every appearance of truth.
put sackcloth <08242 07760> [put sackcloth.]
spare <02421> [peradventure.]
servant <05650> [Thy servant.]
brother <0251> [he is my brother.]
<0582> [the men.]
pulled ... up <05927> [and he caused.]
cities <05892> [The cities.]
set up ......... did ............ treaty .......... made ... treaty <07760 03772 01285> [So he made a covenant.]
One of the conditions of this covenant, we learn, was, that Ahab should have "streets (chutzoth) in Damascus;" a proposal better relished by Ahab then understood by the generality of commentators. This, however, is well illustrated by Mr. Harmer, from William of Tyre, the great historian of the Crusades; from whom it appears that it was customary to give those nations which were engaged in them, churches, streets, and great jurisdiction therein, in those places which they assisted to conquer. The Genoese and Venetians had each a street in Acon, or Acre, in which they had their own jurisdiction, with liberty to have an oven, mill, baths, weights, and measures, etc.
members <01121> [of the sons.]
<01697> [in the word.]
Wound ..... man .... wound him <05221 0376> [Smite me.]
man .... Wound ..... man wounded ... severely <05221 0376> [Smite me.]
Wound ...... wounded ... severely <05221> [so that, etc. Heb. smiting and wounding.]
