2 Kings 1:1-2
Moab <04124> [Moab.]
After ... died <0310 04194> [after the.]
lattice <07639> [a lattice.]
The flat roofs of the eastern houses are generally surrounded by a parapet wall breast high; but instead of this, some terraces are guarded with balustrades only, or latticed work. Of the same kind, probably, was the lattice, or net, as the term {shevacha} seems to import, through which Ahaziah fell into the court. This incident proves the necessity of the law for the formation of battlements for roof, (De 22:8,) which God graciously dictated from Sinai, which furnishes a beautiful example of his paternal care and goodness; for the terrace was a place where many offices of the family were performed, and business frequently transacted.
injured <02470> [was sick.]
Baal Zebub <01176> [Baal-zebub.]
[Beelzebub. god.]
survive <02421> [whether.]
2 Kings 3:21
mustered <06817> [gathered. Heb. were cried together. put on armour. Heb. gird himself with a girdle.]
2 Kings 4:26
run ... meet <07323 07125> [Run now.]
well ........ well ...... fine <07965> [Is it well with thee.]
well ........ well ...... fine <07965> [It is well.]
2 Kings 4:41
threw <07993> [he cast.]
anything <01697> [there.]
anything <01697> [harm. Heb. evil thing.]
2 Kings 5:5
taking <03947> [and took.]
<03027> [with him. Heb. in his hand. ten talents of silver.]
This, at 353œ. 11s. 10«d. the talent, would amount to 3,535œ. 18s. 9d.
six thousand <0505 08337> [six thousand.]
If shekels are meant, as the Arabic reads, then this, at 1Å“. 16s. 5d. each, will amount to 10,925Å“.; and the whole to 14,464Å“. 18s. 9d.: besides the value of the ten changes of raiment.
ten ........... ten suits <06235 02487> [ten changes.]
2 Kings 6:30
tore ... clothes <0899 07167> [he rent his clothes.]
2 Kings 13:23
Lord <03068> [the Lord.]
extended <06437> [had respect.]
because .... promise <01285 04616> [because of his covenant.]
remove ..... presence <07993 06440> [neither cast he.]
presence <06440> [presence. Heb. face.]
2 Kings 21:10
In the following verses the doom of Judah and Jerusalem is passed, and it is a heavy doom. The prophets were sent in the first place to teach them the knowledge of God, to remind them of their duty, and direct them in it: if they succeeded not in that, their next work was to reprove them for their sins, and to set them in view before them, that they might repent and reform, and return to their duty: if in this they prevailed not, their next work was to foretell the judgments of God, that the terror of them might awaken to repentance those who would not be made sensible of the obligations of his love; or else that the execution of them, in their season, might be a demonstration of the divine mission of the prophets who foretold them. They were made judges to those who would not hear and receive them as teachers.--Henry.
