2 Chronicles 6:28
famine <07458> [if there be dearth.]
"Persia," says Chardin, "is subject to have its harvest spoiled by hail, by drought, or by insects; either locusts, or small insects, which they call {sim,} which are small white lice;" probably the caterpillars of the text.
locust <0697> [locusts.]
enemy <0341> [their enemies.]
land ....................... cities .... land <0776 08179> [cities of their land. Heb. land of their gates. whatsoever.]
2 Chronicles 18:9
sitting on ... respective <03427 0376> [sat either.]
dressed in <03847> [clothed.]
threshing floor <01637> [void place. or, floor.]
Threshing-floors, among the ancient Jews, as we have before remarked, were only, as they are to this day in the East, round level plats of ground in the open air. Hence a floor might well be near the gate of Samaria, which was built on a hill, and afford no improper place for the kings of Judah and Israel to give audience to the prophets.
prophets <05030> [all the prophets.]
2 Chronicles 23:20
officers <08269> [the captains.]
2 Chronicles 31:2
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.
2 Chronicles 33:14
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.]
