2 Chronicles 30:1--35:27
Israel ................................ Israel <03478> [Israel.]
Ephraim <0669> [Ephraim.]
temple <01004> [to the house.]
observe <06213> [to keep.]
king <04428> [the king.]
second month <08145 02320> [in the second month.]
In Ijar, as they could not celebrate in Nisan, the 14th of which month was the proper time. But Hezekiah and his counsellors justly concluded, that the regulation of the 14th day of the second month, which had been made for individuals who were hindered from eating the passover at the appointed season, might in their present circumstances be extended to the people at large.
time <06256> [at that time.]
priests <03548> [because.]
proposal ...... king <03474 04428> [pleased the king. Heb. was right in the eyes of the king.]
sent <05975> [established.]
edict <05674> [to make proclamation.]
Beer Sheba <0884> [from Beer-sheba.]
observe ................ observed <06213> [for they.]
Messengers <03212 07323> [the posts went.]
{Ratzim,} "runners," or couriers, of the same kind as the running footmen, who were formerly, before the establishment of posts, and still are in some places, trained, and kept on purpose to convey dispatches speedily by running.
king .......... royal ............................ kings <04428> [the king. Heb. the hand of the king. turn again.]
return .............. return <07725> [and he will.]
who have been spared <06413> [escaped.]
fathers ... brothers ........... ancestors <01 0251> [like.]
see <07200> [as.]
stubborn <07185> [be ye not stiffnecked. Heb. harden not your necks.]
Submit <03027 05414> [yield yourselves. Heb. give the hand.]
come .... sanctuary <0935 04720> [enter into.]
consecrated <06942> [which he hath.]
Serve <05647> [serve.]
raging <02740> [the fierceness.]
return ................. return .................... return <07725> [if ye turn.]
return ................. return .................... return <07725> [so that they shall.]
Lord ................... Lord <03068> [the Lord.]
reject <05493> [will not.]
reject <05493> [turn away.]
messengers journeyed <07323> [the posts.]
<07832> [they laughed.]
men ... Asher <0836 0582> [divers of Asher.]
It has been said, that Hezekiah had no right to invite Hoshea's subjects to repair to Jerusalem to his passover; but it may be presumed, that he was encouraged to do this by Hoshea himself, who was one of their best kings; besides which, both the golden calves having been taken away by the Assyrians, the apostate Israelites, being thus deprived of idols, had begun to return to the Lord, and to go up to Jerusalem to worship, some time before Hezekiah gave them this invitation.
humbled .... came <03665 0935> [humbled themselves.]
God <03027 0430> [the hand of God.]
edict <04687> [the commandment.]
command <01697> [by the word.]
assembled <0622> [there assembled.]
second month <02320 08145> [the second month.]
altars ......... incense <04196 06999> [altars.]
Valley <05158> [the brook.]
[Cedron.]
ashamed <03637> [were ashamed.]
consecrated <06942> [and sanctified.]
stood <05975> [they stood.]
posts <05977> [place. Heb. standing. after their manner.]
Moses <04872> [Moses.]
priests <03548> [the priests.]
Levites <03881> [the Levites.]
slaughtered <07821> [the killing.]
many .... Ephraim <0669 07227> [many of Ephraim.]
ceremonially <03808 02891> [had not cleansed.]
Passover <06453> [the passover.]
prayed <06419> [prayed.]
good <02896> [The good.]
determined <03559> [prepareth.]
ceremonially clean according to the standards <02893> [though he be not.]
forgave <07495> [healed.]
observed <04672> [present. Heb. found. the feast.]
great joy <08057 01419> [great gladness.]
priests <03548> [the priests.]
might <03627 05797> [loud instruments. Heb. instruments of strength.]
appreciation ..... Levites <03820 03881> [comfortably unto all. Heb. to the heart of all.]
demonstrated <07919> [taught.]
great <02896> [the good.]
giving thanks <03034> [and making.]
decided <03289> [took counsel.]
celebrate ...... so .... celebrated <06213> [to keep.]
They did not observe other seven days of unleavened bread, but offered sacrifices with praise and thanksgiving, and feasting, other seven days; and, as the people in general, and especially those who came out of the kingdom of Israel, would be unprepared for this additional expense, both Hezekiah and his princes liberally supplied them with cattle for sacrifices.
supplied ............. supplied <07311> [did give. Heb. lifted up, or offered.]
Many <07230> [a great.]
resident foreigners <01616> [the strangers.]
celebration <08055> [rejoiced.]
time <03117> [since the time.]
priests <03548> [the priests.]
prayers <08605> [their prayer.]
holy dwelling place <04583 06944> [his holy dwelling place. Heb. the habitation of his holiness.]
When <03615> [Now when.]
Israelites ...................................... Israelites <03478> [all Israel.]
were <04672> [present. Heb. found.]
smashed <07665> [brake.]
sacred pillars <04676> [images. Heb. statues.]
Ephraim <0669> [in Ephraim.]
When <03615> [until, etc. Heb. until to make an end.]
divisions <04256> [the courses.]
give thanks <03034> [to give thanks.]
gates ..... sanctuary <08179 04264 03068> [in the gates of the tents of the Lord.]
{Besh„ƒrey machanoth Yehowah,} "within the gates of the camps of Jehovah;" which comprehended the whole of the buildings that surrounded the temple, in which the priests and Levites were stationed, and which resembled military encampments.
king <04428> [the king's.]
morning <01242> [for the morning.]
burnt sacrifices ....... burnt sacrifices .... burnt sacrifices <05930> [the burnt.]
new moon <02320> [for the new moons.]
festivals <04150> [the set feasts.]
portion prescribed <04521> [the portion.]
be obedient <02388> [that they might.]
law <08451> [the law.]
edict <01697> [as soon.]
issued <06555> [came abroad. Heb. brake forth. the first fruits.]
honey <01706> [honey. or, dates.]
The word {devash} generally denotes the honey produced by bees; but as we have already observed (on Ge 43:11,) the Jewish doctors are of opinion that it here signifies dates, of the fruit of the palm tree; which the Arabians call {daboos,} and the honey produced from them, {dibs.} "This liquor," says Dr. Shaw, "which has a more luscious sweetness than honey, is of the consistence of a thin syrup, but quickly grows tart and ropy, acquiring an intoxicating quality, and giving by distillation an agreeable spirit, or arÆ’ky, according to the general name of these people for all hot liquors, extracted by the alembic." Though Jehovah forbad any {devash,} or honey, to offered to him upon the altar, yet it appears it might be presented as first-fruits, or in the way of tithes, which were designed for the sustenance of the priests.
Israelites <01121> [the children.]
tenth ........... tenth <04643> [the tithe.]
many heaps <06194> [by heaps. Heb. heaps, heaps.]
praised <01288> [blessed.]
people <05971> [and his people.]
Azariah <05838> [Azariah.]
began <02490> [Since.]
plenty <07646> [we have had.]
Lord's .................. Lord <03068> [the Lord.]
storerooms <03957> [chambers. or, store-houses.]
consecrated items <06944> [the dedicated.]
Konaniah <03562> [over which.]
worked under <03027> [under. Heb. at. at the commandment.]
Azariah <05838> [Azariah.]
guard <07778> [the porter.]
voluntary offerings <05071> [the free-will.]
disbursed <05414> [to distribute.]
items <06944> [the most.]
Eden <05731> [next him. Heb. at his hand.]
Miniamin <04509> [Miniamin.]
Instead of {Miniamin,} Benjamin is the reading of three MSS., and of the Syriac, Arabic, LXX., and Vulgate.
cities <05892> [the cities.]
faithfully <0530> [set office. or, trust.]
regardless ... age <01419> [as well.]
daily <03117> [his daily.]
<03187> [genealogy.]
twenty <06242> [twenty.]
divisions <04256> [by their courses.]
faithfully <0530> [set office. or, trust.]
consecrated <06942> [they sanctified.]
outskirts <07704> [the fields.]
<0582> [the men.]
what ... did ..... did <06213> [wrought.]
law <08451> [in the law.]
wholeheartedly ... successfully <06213 03824> [he did it.]
successfully reinstituted <06743> [prospered.]
<01697> [these things.]
King .... Assyria <04428 0804> [king of Assyria.]
seize <01234> [win them. Heb. break them up.]
intended ... attack <04421 06440> [he was purposed to fight. Heb. his face was to war.]
consulted <03289> [took counsel.]
stopping <05640> [to stop.]
stopped <05640> [who stopped.]
This was prudently done; for, without water, how could an immense army subsist in ar arid country? No doubt the Assyrian army suffered much through this; as a Christian army did, through the same cause, 1,800 years afterwards.
stream <05158> [the brook.]
flowed through <08432 07857> [ran through the midst of. Heb. overflowed. kings.]
The Septuagint, Syriac, and Arabic read king, in the singular number.
find <04672> [find.]
energetically .............. fortified <02388> [he strengthened.]
broken <06555> [that was broken.]
wall ........ wall <02346 0312> [another wall.]
terrace <04407> [Millo.]
weapons <07973> [darts. or, swords, or weapons.]
appointed ... officers <08269 05414> [he set captains.]
square <07339> [in the street.]
encouraged ... saying <03824 0559> [comfortably to them. Heb. to their heart.]
strong <02388> [strong.]
afraid <03372> [be not afraid.]
stronger <07227> [for there.]
strength <02220> [an arm.]
<03068> [with us.]
fight <03898> [to fight.]
encouraged <05564> [rested. Heb. leaned.]
words <01697> [upon the words.]
Sennacherib <05576> [A.M. 3294. B.C. 710. Sennacherib.]
Lachish <03923> [Lachish.]
military might <04475> [power. Heb. dominion.]
<0559> [Thus saith.]
siege <04692> [siege. Heb. strong-hold.]
you ... you will die <05414 04191> [to give over.]
Lord ... God <03068 0430> [The Lord our God.]
<03169> [Hath not.]
one ... eliminated <05493> [taken away.]
This was artfully malicious: many of the people had sacrificed to Jehovah on high places, (ch. 31:1;) and Hezekiah had removed them, as incentives to idolatry. Hence Rabshakeh insinuates that by so doing he had offended Jehovah, deprived the people of their religious rights, and that, consequently, he could neither expect the blessing of God, nor the cooperation of the people.
worship <07812> [Ye shall worship.]
altars ......... one altar <0259 04196> [one altar.]
predecessors <01> [I and my.]
gods <0430> [were the gods.]
gods <0430> [among.]
gods <0430> [your God.]
deceive <05377> [deceive.]
mislead <05496> [persuade.]
gods <0430> [much less.]
Lord <03068> [yet.]
servants ..... Lord ..... servant <03068 05650> [against.]
wrote <03789> [He wrote.]
mocking <02778> [to rail.]
God ........... gods ................. god <0430> [As the gods.]
called <07121> [they cried.]
scare <03372> [to affright.]
talked <01696> [spake.]
God ............ gods <0430> [the God.]
man-made <04639> [the work.]
<03169> [Hezekiah.]
prophet <05030> [the prophet.]
prayed <06419> [prayed.]
Lord <03068> [the Lord.]
messenger <04397> [angel.]
wiped out .... soldiers <03582 01368> [cut off all.]
princes <05057> [the leaders.]
humiliated <01322> [with shame.]
entered <0935> [he was come.]
struck ... down .... sword <05307 02719> [slew him. Heb. made him fall.]
Lord <03068> [Lord.]
secure <05095> [guided.]
presents <04503> [gifts.]
precious <04030> [presents. Heb. precious things.]
respected <05375> [he was magnified.]
<03169> [Hezekiah.]
gave .... sign <04159 05414> [gave him a sign. or, wrought a miracle for him.]
<07725> [rendered.]
attitude <03820> [his heart.]
angry <07110> [therefore.]
[See on]
<03169> [Hezekiah.]
pride <01363> [pride. Heb. lifting up. so.]
rest <03117> [days.]
[See on]
greatly <07235 03966> [A.M. 3278-3306. B.C. 726-698. exceeding much.]
storehouses <0214> [treasuries.]
valuable possessions <03627 02532> [pleasant jewels. Heb. instruments of desire.]
storerooms <04543> [Storehouses.]
stalls <0723> [stalls.]
<0220> [cotes.]
sheep <04735> [possessions.]
God <0430> [God.]
<03169> [Hezekiah.]
Or, "Hezekiah stopped the upper going out ({motza,} i.e., the egress into the open air,) of the waters of Gihon, and brought them underneath, ({lemattah,} by a subterraneous course,) to the west of the city of David:" See Note on 1 Ki 1:45.
dammed up <05640> [stopped.]
Gihon <01521> [Gihon.]
<03169> [And Hezekiah.]
envoys <03887> [A.M. 3292. B.C. 712. in the business.]
envoys <03887> [ambassadors. Heb. interpreters. the wonder.]
left ..... test <05800 05254> [left him.]
test ...... know <05254 03045> [to try him.]
know <03045> [that he might.]
faithful <02617> [A.M. 3278-3306. B.C. 726-698. goodness. Heb. kindnesses.]
vision <02377> [in the vision.]
Scroll <05612> [in the book.]
passed away <07901> [slept.]
ascent <04608> [chiefest. or, highest. did him.]
Manasseh <04519> [And Manasseh.]
Manasseh <04519> [A.M. 3306-3361. B.C. 693-643. Manasseh.]
[Manasses. twelve.]
horrible <08441> [like unto.]
rebuilt <07725 01129> [he built again. Heb. he returned and built.]
<03169> [which Hezekiah.]
set <06965> [he reared.]
made Asherah poles <0842 06213> [made groves.]
stars <06635> [the host.]
built <01129> [he built.]
Jerusalem <03389> [In Jerusalem.]
two <08147> [in the two.]
passed <05674> [caused.]
divination <06049> [he observed.]
reading .... He ................... did <06213> [dealt.]
put .... image <06459 07760> [he set a carved image.]
The Targumist says, "He set up an image, the likeness of himself, in the house of the sanctuary." In the parallel passage it is, "a graven image of the grove," or rather, Asherah or Astarte. Manasseh, as Bp. Patrick observes, seems to have studied to find out what God had forbidden in his law, that he might practice it: a most prodigious change from the height of piety in his father's time, into the sink of impiety in this!
temple ............... temple <01004> [in the house.]
God's ..... God ... said <0559 0430> [God had said.]
<0977> [which I have.]
again <03254> [will I.]
carefully <0518 08104> [so that they.]
obey .... commanded <06213 06680> [to do all.]
given <03027> [by the hand.]
misled ..... Judah <08582 03063> [made Judah.]
so .... sinned <07451 06213> [to do worse.]
nations <01471> [the heathen.]
Lord <03068> [A.M. 3327. B.C. 677. the Lord.]
commanders <08269> [the captains.]
[of the king. Heb. which were the king's.]
hooks <02336> [among the thorns.]
The word {bachochim} may possibly her signify with fetters or chains, as the kindred word {chachim} denotes, Eze 19:4, 9. The Syriac and Arabic have alive, probably reading {bechayim}.
bound <0631> [bound him.]
bronze chains <05178> [fetters. or, chains.]
pain <06887> [And when.]
Manasseh <02470> [he besought.]
Lord <03068> [the Lord.]
humbled <03665> [humbled.]
responded <06279> [he was intreated.]
back <07725> [brought him.]
realized <03045> [knew.]
built up <01129> [A.M. 3327-3361. B.C. 677-643. he built.]
Gihon <01521> [Gihon.]
Fish Gate <08179 01709> [fish gate.]
terrace <06077> [Ophel. or, the tower.]
placed <07760> [put.]
removed <05493> [he took.]
<01129> [repaired.]
peace offerings <08002> [peace.]
thank offerings <08426> [thank.]
told <0559> [commanded.]
[See on ch.]
people <05971> [people.]
rest <03499> [A.M. 3306-3361. B.C. 698-643. the rest.]
[See on]
prayer <08605> [his prayer.]
prophets <02374> [the seers.]
events ............. words .................... Annals <01697> [in the book.]
prayer give an account of how .... responded <08605 06279> [his prayer also.]
[all his sins.]
before ... humbled <06440 03665> [before he.]
<02374> [the seers. or, Hosai.]
So the Targum and Vulgate: the Syraic has Hanun the prophet; and the Arabic, Saphan the prophet. This record is totally lost; for the captivity and repentance of Manasseh are related no where else; and the prayer of Manasseh in the Apocrypha was probably composed long afterwards: it is not acknowledged as canonical even by the Romish church, though it was anciently used as a form of confession, and as such still received by the Greek church.
Manasseh <04519> [Manasseh.]
Amon <0526> [Amon.]
twenty-two years ........... two years <08141 08147> [A.M. 3361-3363. B.C. 643-641. two years.]
did ............. Manasseh ... done ........... Manasseh <06213 04519> [as did Manasseh.]
sacrifices ...... his <0526 02076> [for Amon sacrificed.]
Amon's conduct is recorded as like his father Manasseh, in sacrificing to graven images; by which some think it is an evidence that Manasseh did not truly repent, but they forget how many good kings had wicked sons. In one point of view Manasseh was defective, although it cannot be supposed that it affected his eternal state; for when he cast out the images, he did not utterly deface and destroy them, according to the law in De 7:5, which required, moreover, that the graven images should be burnt with fire. How necessary that law was, this instance shows; for the carved images being only thrown aside, and not burnt, Amon knew where to find them, soon set them up, and sacrificed to them.
humble <03665> [humbled.]
[trespassed more and more. Heb. multiplied trespass.]
[A.M. 3363. B.C. 641.]
executed <05221> [slew.]
people .............. they <05971> [the people.]
Josiah <02977> [Josiah.]
Josiah <02977> [A.M. 3363-3394. B.C. 641-610. Josiah.]
[Josias. eight years.]
approved <05869 03477> [right in the sight.]
deviate <05493> [declined.]
young <05288> [A.M. 3370. B.C. 634. while he.]
seek <01875> [to seek.]
ridding <02891> [purge.]
high places <01116> [the high places.]
[See on]
ordered <05422> [brake down.]
incense altars ........... idols ... images <02553 06456 04541> [images. or, sun images.]
crushed <01854> [made dust.]
tombs <06913> [graves. Heb. face of the graves.]
burned <08313> [he.]
purified <02891> [cleansed.]
cities <05892> [in.]
ruins <02719> [mattocks. or, mauls.]
demolished <03807> [beaten.]
smashed <01854> [into powder. Heb. to make powder. he returned.]
eighteenth <08083> [A.M. 3380. B.C. 624. the eighteenth.]
sent Shaphan <08227 07971> [sent Shaphan.]
Maaseiah <04641> [Maaseiah.]
[recorded.]
Hilkiah <02518> [Hilkiah.]
gave <05414> [they delivered.]
Manasseh <04519> [Manasseh.]
<07725> [and they returned.]
Instead of {wyyashuvoo}, "and they returned," as the Keri has, we should, with the Kethiv, read {weyoshevey,} "and the inhabitants of;" a reading which is supported by many MSS,; printed editions, and all the versions, as well as necessity and common sense.
handed <03027> [in the hand.]
rafters <07136> [floor. or, rafter. the kings.]
faithfully <0530> [faithfully.]
skilled <0995> [all.]
skilled <0995> [skill.]
The verb skill is now obsolete: the meaning is, "every one who is skilful, {maiveen,} on instruments of music."
laborers <05449> [the bearers.]
Levites <03881> [and of the Levites.]
scribes <05608> [scribes.]
officials <07860> [officers.]
guards <07778> [porters.]
Hilkiah <02518> [Hilkiah.]
scroll <05612> [a book.]
Literally, "a book of the law of the Lord, by the hand of Moses," i.e, as Dr. Kennicott understands it, "in the handwriting of Moses;" for, says he, though there are fifteen places in the Old Testament which mention the "Law of Moses," and "book of Moses," yet this one place only mentions "the book of the law in, or by, the hand of Moses."
law <08451> [the law.]
Moses <04872> [Moses. Heb. the hand of Moses.]
Shaphan <08227> [Shaphan.]
servants <05650> [thy servants. Heb. the hand of thy servants.]
melted <05413> [And they.]
melted <05413> [gathered together. Heb. poured out, or melted.]
Shaphan ............... Shaphan read <08227 07121> [And Shaphan read.]
before <06440> [it. Heb. in it.]
words <01697> [the words.]
tore <07167> [that he rent.]
Ahikam <0296> [Ahikam.]
Abdon <05658> [Abdon.]
This person seems to have borne both the name of Achbor and Abdon.
[Achbor.]
[Michah.]
Michaiah, [MŒykayeh–w <\\See definition 04321\\>,] as he is named in the parallel passage, is here called [MŒykƒh <\\See definition 04318\\>,] Michah, merely by the omission of [Yƒhh <\\See definition 03050\\>,] {yah,} one of the Divine names.
Asaiah <06222> [Asaiah.]
This variation only exists in the translation; the original being uniformly Asaiah, or rather, Asayah.
[Asahiah.]
seek <01875> [enquire.]
remain <07604> [that are left.]
<01419> [great.]
prophetess <05031> [the prophetess.]
Hasrah <02641> [Hasrah.]
Hasrah is most probably a mistake for Harhas; as the Septuagint reads, both here and in the parallel place, [Aras.]
[Aras.]
[Harhas.]
wardrobe <0899> [wardrobe. Heb. garments. college. or, school, or second part.]
It is probable that {Mishneh} was either the name of a street, or a particular part of the city of Jerusalem.
said ............. Say ..... man <0559 0376> [Tell ye the man.]
bring <0935> [I will bring.]
<0423> [all the curses.]
abandoned <05800> [Because.]
anger <02534> [my wrath.]
<03518> [shall not.]
to <0413> [as for.]
<03824> [Because.]
"Because," says the Targumist, "thy heart was melted, and thou hast humbled thyself in the sight of the word of the Lord, {meymra dyya,} when thou didst hear His words, {yath pithgamoi,} against this place." Here {meymra,} the personal word, is plainly distinguished from {pithgam,} a word spoken.
<03824> [thine heart.]
humbled ................. humbled <03665> [humble.]
tore <07167> [didst rend.]
heard ......................... heard <08085> [I have even.]
allow .... die <0622> [I will gather.]
peace <07965> [in peace.]
witness <05869> [neither.]
king <04428> [the king.]
summoned <0622> [gathered.]
oldest .... youngest <01419 06996> [great and small. Heb. from great even to small.]
read <07121> [he read.]
scroll <05612> [the book.]
pillar <05977> [In his place.]
Instead of {ƒl “mdo,} "in his place," the parallel passage 2 Ki 23:3, has {ƒl h„ƒmmood,} "by the pillar;" which is probably the true reading, as the LXX. in both places read [ton stylon,] "the pillar."
covenant ............................... covenant <01285 03772> [made a covenant.]
This was expressed, 1. In general, To walk after Jehovah; to have no gods beside him. 2. To take this law for the regulation of their conduct. 3. In particular, To bend their whole heart and soul to the performance of it; so that they might not only have religion without, but piety within.
laws <05715> [and his testimonies.]
heart ... being <03824 05315> [with all.]
carrying out <06213> [to perform.]
were <04672> [caused.]
were <04672> [present. Heb. found.]
it ...... acted <06213> [did.]
removed ..................................... aside <05493> [took away.]
detestable <08441> [the abominations.]
rest .... reign <03117> [all his days.]
following <0310> [from following. Heb. from after.]
Josiah <02977> [Josiah.]
The whole solemnity was performed with great exactness according to the law, and upon that account there was none like it since Samuel's time; for even in Hezekiah's passover there were several irregularities. Bp. Patrick observes, that in this also it exceeded the other passovers which preceding things had kept, that though Josiah was by no means so rich as David, or Solomon, or Jehoshaphat, yet he furnished the congregation with beasts for sacrifice, both paschal and eucharistical, at his own proper cost and charge, which was more than any king ever did before.
fourteenth <0702> [the fourteenth.]
Josiah's solemnization of the passover, which is merely alluded to at 2 Ki 23:21, is very particularly related her, while the destruction of idolatry is largely related in the Kings, and here only touched upon. The feasts of the Lord God, appointed by the ceremonial law, were very numerous; but the passover was the chief. It was the first which was solemnized in the night wherein Israel came out of Egypt, and ushered in those which were afterwards instituted: and it was the last great feast which was held in the night wherein Christ was betrayed, before the vail of the temple was rent in twain. Be means of this feast, both Josiah and Hezekiah revived religion in their day.
duties <04931> [charges.]
encouraged them <02388> [encouraged.]
Levites <03881> [the Levites.]
Place <05414> [Put.]
temple <01004> [in the house.]
carry <04853> [not be.]
Lord ......................... serve ... Lord <05647 03068> [serve now.]
families <01004> [the houses.]
divisions <04256> [after your courses.]
The regulations formed by David, and established by Solomon, concerning the courses of the priests and Levites, were committed to writing, and preserved, for them to refer to continually. Josiah, as well as Hezekiah, required the priests and Levites to attend to their several duties, and encouraged them therein, but he neither added, altered, not retrenched anything: he merely enforced what had been established in the law, and in the regulations made by David and the contemporary prophets: "the commandment of the king....was by the word of the Lord."
<04385> [and according.]
Stand in <05975> [And stand.]
[families of the fathers. Heb. house of the fathers. people.]
Heb. sons of the people.
Slaughter <07819> [So kill.]
consecrate <06942> [sanctify.]
Josiah <02977> [Josiah.]
supplied <07311> [gave. Heb. offered.]
30,000 ............ 3,000 <0505 07970> [thirty thousand.]
According to the calculation, that not fewer than ten, nor more than twenty persons, were to join for one kid or lamb, the numbers given on this occasion would suffice for above 400,000 persons.
royal <07399 04428> [the king's substance.]
officials <08269> [his princes.]
supplied <07311 05414> [gave. Heb. offered. willingly.]
Hilkiah <02518> [Hilkiah.]
leaders <05057> [rulers.]
supplied <07311> [gave. Heb. offered.]
priests <03548> [the priests.]
priests <03548> [the priests.]
skinned <06584> [flayed them.]
prescribed <03789> [as it is written.]
cooked ............ cooked <01310> [roasted.]
cooked ............ cooked <01310> [sod.]
served <07323> [divided them speedily. Heb. made them run.]
priests .... priests ........................ priests <03548> [because the priests.]
posts <04612> [place. Heb. station. according.]
guards <07778> [the porters.]
present <04672> [present. Heb. found. the feast.]
Passover .......................... Passover <06453> [there was no passover.]
Not one on purer principles, more heartily joined in by the people present, more literally or exactly consecrated, according to the law, or more religiously observed. The words do not refer to the number present, but to the manner and spirit.
this had .... observed ................. had observed ....... celebrated <06213> [neither did.]
temple <01004> [A.M. 3394. B.C. 610. temple. Heb. house. Necho.]
Pharaoh, the lame, says the Targumist.
[Pharaoh-necho.]
[Charchemish.]
king <04428> [What.]
kingdom ....... war <04421 01004> [house wherewith I have war. Heb. house of my war. God.]
God ...... Stop ... God <02308 0430> [forbear thee.]
Josiah <02977> [Nevertheless.]
Josiah's conduct in this affair has been treated with great severity; and he has been charged with engaging rashly in an unjust war, and disregarding the express command of God. But Scripture no where condemns him; and Pharaoh, in marching through Josiah's territories, against his will, certainly committed an act of hostility. It is evident that Josiah was in possession of the whole land of Israel (ch. 26:6); and probably he held the northern parts of it as a grant from the king of Babylon; and was not only in alliance with him, but bound to guard his frontiers against hostile invaders. He may, therefore, be fairly justified from the charge of unjustly meddling in a war that did not belong him. It is true the ambassadors assured Josiah, that "God had commanded Pharaoh to make haste;" and he is therefore said not to have "hearkened to the words of Necho, from the mouth of God." But Necho produced no proof that he was a prophet of Jehovah; and the word he employed, {elohim,} may denote gods or idols; and critics have noticed that the expression, "from the mouth of God," is not used when the true God is meant.
disguised <02664> [but disguised.]
<06310> [the mouth.]
Megiddo <04023> [Megiddo.]
[Megiddon.]
[Armageddon.]
Archers shot <03384> [the archers.]
wounded <02470> [wounded. Heb. made sick.]
another <04932> [the second.]
<03212> [they.]
died <04191> [died.]
tombs <06913> [in one of the. or, among the.]
Judah <03063> [Judah.]
Jeremiah <03414> [Jeremiah.]
singers <07891> [all the singing.]
become customary <05414 02706> [and made them.]
faithful <02617> [goodness. Heb. kindness.]
accomplishments <01697> [deeds.]
