2 Chronicles 26:6-15
attacked ... Philistines ...................... Philistine <03898 06430> [warred against.]
walls ... Gath <02346 01661> [the wall of Gath.]
Jabneh <02996> [Jabneh.]
Jabneh, or Jamnia, was given to the tribe of Dan; and was situated between Lydda and Azotus. It is now called Yebna, and is described as "a village about twelve miles distant from Jaffa, (Joppa,) in a fine open plain, surrounded by hills, and covered by herbage. On sloping hills of easy ascent, by which the plains were bordered, Yebna, Ekron, Ashdod, and Askalon were in sight."
Ashdod ......... Ashdod <0795> [about. or, in the country of.]
God helped <05826 0430> [God helped.]
Arabs <06163> [the Arabians.]
Ammonites <05984> [the Ammonites.]
fame <08034> [his name.]
<03212> [spread. Heb. went.]
Corner Gate <08179 06438> [the corner gate.]
Gate Valley <08179 01516> [the valley gate.]
Angle <04740> [the turning.]
<02388> [fortified. or, repaired.]
dug many cisterns ..... many <07227 0953 02672> [digged many wells. or, cut out many cisterns.]
many ...... many <07227> [he had much.]
Carmel <03760> [Carmel. or, fruitful fields.]
agriculture <0127> [husbandry. Heb.ground.]
organized <03318> [went out.]
warriors <02428> [an army. Heb. the power of an army. three hundred.]
slingstones <07050> [slings to cast stone. Heb. stones of slings.]
carefully <02803> [cunning men.]
shoot <03384 02671> [to shoot arrows.]
These engines, it is probable, bore some resemblance to the {balist‘} and {catapult‘} of the Romans, which were employed for throwing stones and arrows, and were in reality the mortars and carcasses of antiquity. With respect to the towers which Uzziah built in the wilderness, (ver. 10,) Mr. Harmer appears to have given a truer view of the subject than commentators in general have done, who suppose that they were conveniences made only for sheltering the shepherds from bad weather, or to defend them from incursions of enemies; for they might rather be designed to keep the nations that pastured there in awe, and also to induce them quietly to pay the tribute to which the 8th verse seems to refer. William of Tyre describes a country not far from the Euphrates as inhabited by Syrian and Armenian Christians, who fed great flocks and herds there, but were kept in subjection to the Turks, in consequence of their living among them in strong places.
<03318 07350> [spread far. Heb. went forth.]
