2 Chronicles 5:11
participated had <04672> [present. Heb. found. sanctified.]
who ......... division ... represented <04256 08104> [wait by course.]
2 Chronicles 8:14
divisions .......................... divisions <04256> [the courses.]
Levitical <03881> [the Levites.]
gatekeepers <07778> [the porters.]
David ............................................. David ... man ... God ... ordered <0376 0430 04687 01732> [so had David the man of God commanded. Heb. so was the commandment of David the man of God.]
2 Chronicles 23:8
Levites <03881> [the Levites.]
divisions <04256> [the courses.]
2 Chronicles 23:1
seventh year <08141 07637> [seventh year.]
pact <01285> [covenant with him.]
2 Chronicles 16:1
thirty-sixth <08337> [A.M. 3074. B.C. 930. In the six.]
See Note on 1 Ki 15:32. "From the rending of the ten tribes from Judah, over which Asa was now king."
<01115> [to the intent.]
2 Chronicles 16:1
thirty-sixth <08337> [A.M. 3074. B.C. 930. In the six.]
See Note on 1 Ki 15:32. "From the rending of the ten tribes from Judah, over which Asa was now king."
<01115> [to the intent.]
2 Chronicles 23:1--26:1
seventh year <08141 07637> [seventh year.]
pact <01285> [covenant with him.]
throughout <05437> [went about.]
family leaders <07218 01> [the chief of.]
Houbigant omits the words of Israel. Bp. Patrick, however, is of the opinion that Judah is here called by the general name of Israel: but it is probable, that these "chief fathers of Israel," were the descendants of those priests and Levites, and other pious persons of the ten tribes, who left their cities and possessions, and joined themselves to Judah, in the days of Jeroboam. See the parallel passages.
made ... covenant <03772 01285> [made a covenant.]
<03068> [as the Lord.]
on duty <0935> [entering.]
guard <07778> [porters.]
doors <05592> [doors. Heb. thresholds.]
royal palace ..................... temple <01004 04428> [the king's house.]
Gate <08179> [the gate.]
duty <08334> [they that minister.]
Levites <03881> [the Levites.]
enter .............. goes <0935> [whosoever.]
Levites <03881> [the Levites.]
divisions <04256> [the courses.]
spears <02595> [spears.]
temple <01004> [which were in the house.]
When the soldier retired from the tumults of war to the bosom of his family, he frequently hung up his arms in the temple, as a grateful acknowledgment of the protection he had received, and of the victories he had won. It is highly probable, therefore, that the arms of David which Jehoiada delivered to the captains of hundreds, "which were in the house of God," were laid up in the tabernacle by David when he resigned the command of his armies to his generals; and there is reason to believe that his conduct, in this respect, was followed by many of his companions in arms.
side .... temple ..... side ......... temple <03802 01004> [side of the temple. Heb. shoulder of the house.]
altar <04196> [along by.]
out <03318> [They brought.]
placed ..... crown <05414 05145> [put upon.]
insignia <05715> [the testimony.]
poured ........ declared <04886 0559> [anointed him.]
king's ........................... live ... king <02421 04428> [God save the king. Heb. Let the king live.]
Athaliah <06271> [Now when.]
joined <0935> [she came.]
saw <07200> [she looked.]
king ................ king <04428> [the king.]
officers <08269> [and the princes.]
people <05971> [all the people.]
blowing <08628> [sounded.]
musicians <07891> [the singers.]
Athaliah <06271> [Then Athaliah.]
Treason Treason <07195> [Treason. Heb. Conspiracy.]
Bring ... outside <03318> [Have her forth.]
The Vulgate has here, and in the parallel place, {Educite illam extra septa templi,} "Take her out beyond the precincts of the temple." These were walls erected in parallel lines, and forming an extensive range of buildings around the sacred edifice.
Put ...................... executed <0935 04191> [whoso followeth her.]
He who takes her part let him be instantly slain.
temple ..... Put ...................... executed ..... temple <04191 01004> [Slay her not.]
horses entrance <08179 05483> [the horse gate.]
This gate was in the eastern wall of the city, towards the brook Kidron, (Jer 31:40,) at which the king's horses probably went out from the stables at Millo. It was near the temple; and some Rabbins suppose that, in order to go to the temple, a person might go on horseback to this place, but was then obliged to alight.
executed <04191> [they slew her there.]
drew up ... covenant <03772 01285> [made a covenant.]
Lord <03068> [that they should.]
temple ... Baal .............. Baal <01168 01004> [the house of Baal.]
smashed ... altars ............... altars <04196 07665> [brake his altars.]
killed Mattan <04977 02026> [slew Mattan.]
David ................................ David <01732> [whom David.]
<03789> [as it is written.]
David .............................. edict ... David <01732 03027> [by David. Heb. by the hands of David.]
guards <07778> [porters.]
officers <08269> [the captains.]
Joash <03101> [A.M. 3126-3165. B.C. 878-839. Joash.]
Joash, [Y“wƒsh <\\See definition 03101\\,] or [Y“ƒsh <\\See definition 03101\\>,] is merely an abbreviation of Jehoash, [Yeh“w'ƒsh <\\See definition 03060\\>,] by the elision of [Hˆ,] {hay,} and here also of [Vƒv,] {wav.}
[Jehoash.]
seven years old ........... years <08141 01121 07651> [seven years old.]
As Joash was hidden six years in the temple, and was but seven when he came to the throne, he could have been but one year old when secreted by his aunt.
[A.M. 3126-3162. B.C. 878-842.]
Joash <03101> [Joash.]
lifetime ... Jehoiada <03117 03077> [all the days of Jehoiada.]
chose two <05375 08147> [took for him.]
Not for himself, as the Jewish expositors suppose, but for Joash; for Jehoiada's advanced age renders it highly improbable that he should take them for himself. He was born in the reign of Solomon, and lived through six successive reigns; and must, on any computation, have been upwards of 100 years old when Joash began to reign.
two wives <0802 08147> [two wives.]
repair <02318> [A.M. 3148. B.C. 856. repair. Heb. renew.]
assembled ................. collect ......... Israel <03478 06908> [gather of all Israel.]
Levites .................................... Levites <03881> [Howbeit.]
made <01875> [Why hast thou.]
tax <04864> [the collection.]
This was the poll-tax fixed by Moses, of half a shekel, which was levied on every man of twenty years old and upwards, as "a ransom for their souls, that there might be no plague among them."
tent <0168> [tabernacle.]
Athaliah .... sons <06271 01121> [the sons of Athaliah.]
As Jehoram's sons, Ahaziah excepted, whether by Athaliah or any other, were all slain before his death (ch. 22:1), this spoilation of the temple must have taken place in his life-time.
Wicked <04849> [that wicked.]
holy <06944> [the dedicated.]
worship <06213> [did they bestow.]
king <04428> [at the king's.]
edict <06963> [proclamation. Heb. voice. collection.]
gladly <08055> [rejoiced.]
<06256> [at what time.]
royal ............. royal scribe <04428 05608> [the king's scribe.]
It was necessary to associate with the high priest some civil authority and activity, in order to get the neglected work performed.
went through <06213> [Thus they did.]
gave ....... assigned <05414 06213> [gave it to such.]
carpenters <02672> [masons.]
worked ...... repairs <05927 0724 03027 04399> [the work was perfected by them. Heb. the healing went up upon the work by their hand.]
restored <05975> [they set, etc.]
That is, "they restored it to its former proper state."
measurements specified <04971> [in his state.]
items ....... items ............. various other <03627> [vessels of the house.]
items ....... items ...... service ........ various other <03627 08335> [vessels to minister.]
pans <05927 03709> [to offer withal. or, pestils.]
<05927> [And they offered.]
It appears from this, that the daily morning and evening sacrifices had been previously intermitted; and that they were again neglected after the death of Jehoiada.
lifetime <03117> [all the days.]
grew <07646 03117> [A.M. 3162. B.C. 842. and was full of days.]
{WyyisbÆ’ yammim,} "satiated with days;" which seems to be a metaphor taken from a guest regaled by a plentiful banquet, used to express the termination of life without reluctance.
130 <03967> [an hundred.]
City <05892> [in the city.]
accomplished <06213> [because.]
After <0310> [A.M. 3162-3165. B.C. 842-839. Now after.]
officials ... Judah <08269 03063> [the princes of Judah.]
king ......... king <04428> [Then the king.]
abandoned <05800> [And they left.]
angry <07110> [wrath.]
sent <07971> [Yet he sent.]
attention <0238> [but they would.]
Spirit <07307> [And the Spirit.]
energized Zechariah <03847 02148> [came upon. Heb. clothed.]
son <01121> [the son.]
violating <05674> [transgress.]
rejected ...... rejected <05800> [because.]
plotted <07194> [conspired.]
stoned <07275 068> [stoned him.]
disregarded <02142> [remembered.]
killed ... son <01121 02026> [but slew his son.]
Lord <03068> [The Lord.]
These words were prophetic, and not imprecatory; and should be rendered as Houbigant proposes, in the future tense: "The Lord will look upon it, and avenge it." The event soon verified this prediction; for, before the year was expired, the Syrians came up against Jerusalem, and destroyed all the princes of the people, and Joash himself was slain in his bed by his own servants. Many circumstances served to aggravate this barbarous act. Zechariah was a high-priest and a prophet, upright and unblameable in the discharge of his high offices; this murder was perpetrated within the very precincts of the courts of the Lord; and this truly good man was by blood the nearest relative of Joash, and the son of the man who had save him from being murdered, and raised him to the throne!
seek <01875> [and require it.]
beginning <08622> [A.M. 3165. B.C. 839. at the end. Heb. in the revolution.]
<02428> [the host.]
leaders <08269> [princes.]
Damascus <01834> [Damascus. Heb. Darmesek.]
invading <0935> [came.]
handed over <05414> [delivered.]
gave <06213> [So.]
wounded <04251 07227> [great diseases.]
servants <05650> [his own servants.]
<01818> [for the blood.]
son ... Jehoiada <03077 01121> [the sons of Jehoiada.]
Houbigant reads, "the sons of Jehoiada;" but perhaps Joash slew some other sons of Jehoiada.
tombs <06913> [not.]
Zabad <02066> [Zabad. or, Jozachar.]
Shimrith <08116> [Shimrith. or, Shomer.]
prophetic oracles <04853> [burdens.]
building project <03247> [repairing. Heb. founding.]
record of <04097> [story. or, commentary.]
Amaziah <0558> [Amaziah.]
twenty-five ............. twenty-nine <02568 06242> [twenty and five.]
wholehearted <08003> [but not.]
kingdom <04467> [A.M. 3166. B.C. 838. Now it came.]
secured ....... executed <02388 02026> [established to him. Heb. confirmed upon him. he slew.]
No doubt those wicked men, Jozachar and Jehozabad, who murdered his father, had considerable influence; and therefore he found it dangerous to bring them to justice, till he was assured of the loyalty of his other officers: when this was clear, he called them to an account, and justly put them to death for treason and murder; for, if even these conspirators against Joash intended to avenge upon him the death of Zechariah, they acted without a commission from that God "to whom vengeance belongeth."
recorded <03789> [as it is written.]
commanders ...... thousand .... commanders ........................ 300,000 <0505 08269> [A.M. 3177. B.C. 827. captains over thousands.]
twenty <06242> [from twenty.]
300,000 <07969> [three.]
100,000 ...... hundred talents ... silver <03603 03701 03967> [an hundred talents of silver.]
Estimating the shekel at 2s. 6d., and the talent, being 3,000 shekels, (see Ex 38:25, 26,) at 375Å“., one hundred talents would amount to 37,500Å“.; which, divided among 100,000 men, quotes only 7s. 6d.; hence we may suppose, that this was only an earnest of their pay, or that they expected to be enriched by the plunder of the Edomites.
prophet <0376 0430> [a man of God.]
<03068> [for the Lord.]
bravely <02388> [be strong.]
God ........ God is capable <0430 03426 03581> [God hath power.]
[army. Heb. band.]
[The Lord.]
Amaziah <0558> [Amaziah.]
home .......... home <04725> [home. Heb. to their place. great anger. Heb. heat of anger.]
Valley <01516> [valley.]
10,000 <06235 0505> [And other ten thousand.]
No intimation is given on what account, or on what provocation, this most cruel conduct towards the prisoners of war was adopted. The enmity between Israel and Edom seems to have been reciprocal and deeply malignant. The victorious king and his army considered every individual of Edom as a traitor and rebel; and so adjudged them to death, and acted on this judgment. But their conduct was wholly inexcusable, and could only perpetuate rancour to future generations, and provoke the surviving Edomites to cruel retaliations, whenever they had it in their power.
threw <07993> [cast them.]
fell to ... death <01234> [broken in pieces.]
troops <01416 01121> [soldiers of the army. Heb. sons of the band.]
raided ... cities <06584 05892> [fell upon the cities.]
These Israelites seem to have returned home, when discharged by Amaziah, whose powerful army deterred them from attempting revenge at that time; but when he was engaged in war with the Edomites, they marched from Samaria, and plundered all the cities till they came to Beth-horon, where they slew 3,000 of the inhabitants.
Samaria <08111> [Samaria.]
Beth Horon <01032> [Beth-horon.]
returned ....... brought <0935> [he brought.]
gods ............ gods <0430> [his gods.]
prophet <05030> [a prophet.]
following <01875> [Why hast thou sought.]
gods <0430> [the gods.]
deliver <05337> [which could.]
appoint you <05414> [Art thou made.]
Stop ............ stopped <02308> [forbear.]
Amaziah ............. counselor ...................... decided <03289> [determined. Heb. counselled.]
Amaziah <0558> [A.M. 3178. B.C. 826. Amaziah.]
battlefield <07200> [let us see.]
thorn .................................. thorn <02336> [thistle. or, furze-bush, or thorn.]
wild animal <07704 02416> [a wild beast. Heb. a beast of the field.]
head <03820> [heart.]
success <03513> [to boast.]
bring <01624> [why shouldest.]
God ............. gods <0430> [it came of God.]
followed <01875> [sought.]
battlefield <07200> [they saw one another.]
That is, "they fought against each other." To face an enemy, or to face one another, is still a common expression. The reason of this war was evidently the injury the army of Joash had done to the unoffending inhabitants of Judah. The ravages committed by them were totally unprovoked, base, and cowardly: they fell upon women, old men, and children, and butchered them in cold blood, when all the effective men were gone with their king against the Edomites. The quarrel of Amaziah were certainly just, yet he was put to the rout: he fell, and Judah with him, as Joash had said; and the reason was, because "it came of God, that he might deliver them into the hands of their enemies, because they sought after the gods of Edom." This was the reason why the Israelites triumphed.
Beth Shemesh <01053> [Beth-shemesh.]
defeated <05062> [put to the worse. Heb. smitten.]
ran <05127> [fled.]
captured ... Amaziah <08610 0558> [took Amaziah.]
Jehoahaz <03059> [Jehoahaz.]
[Ahaziah.]
[Azariah. gate of Ephraim.]
Gate ...... Corner Gate ... distance <08179 06437> [corner gate. Heb. the gate of it that looketh.]
gold <02091> [all the gold.]
hostages ..... back <01121 07725> [the hostages also.]
It is probable that these hostages were given in order that Amaziah might regain his liberty.
Joash ............. Joash <03101> [A.M. 3179-3194. B.C. 825-810. Joash.]
[Jehoash.]
rest .... events <01697 03499> [rest of the acts.]
time <06256> [A.M. 3194. B.C. 810. after the time.]
following ................... after <0310> [following. Heb. after. made. Heb. conspired.]
Lachish ....... him <03923> [Lachish.]
City <03063 05892> [the city of Judah. that is, the city of David, as it is.]
people <05971> [all the.]
Uzziah <05818> [Uzziah.]
[Azariah.]
[Ozias.]
Ezra 6:18
priests <03549> [the priests.]
in accord with <03792> [as it is written. Chal. according to the writing.]
Luke 1:5
of Herod <2264> [Herod.]
who belonged to ... priestly division <1537 2183> [of the course.]
[Abijah.]
