2 Kings 14:26
saw .... suffering <07200 06040> [saw the affliction.]
intense ... everyone ..... incapacitated <0657 06113> [not any shut.]
2 Kings 15:19-20
Pul ........... him <06322> [A.M. 3233. B.C. 771. Pul.]
Prideaux supposes that this Pul was the father of the famous Sardanapalus, who was called Sardan with his father's name Pul annexed, as was frequent in those times, making Sardanpul: thus Merodach, king of Babylon, was Merodach-Baladan, because he was the son Baladan. This Pul began to reign according to Usher, A.M. 3237, the fifth year of Menahem; and he is supposed to be the same that reigned in Nineveh, when Jonah preached in that city.
Menahem <04505> [Menahem.]
solidify <02388> [to confirm.]
Menahem <04505> [Menahem.]
got <03318> [exacted. Heb. caused to come forth. the mighty.]
each one <0259 0376> [of each man, etc.]
Or, rather, as Bishop Patrick renders, "to give to the king of Assyria fifty shekels of silver for each man," i.e., in his army. It may be supposed, that Menahem compelled "the mighty men of wealth" to give much more a-piece than this sum, (somewhat about 5Å“. sterling each) and each of them in some proportion to his affluence.
stay ..... land <05975 0776> [stayed not.]
2 Kings 17:3
Shalmaneser <08022> [Shalmaneser.]
This was the son and successor of Tiglath-pileser: he reigned 14 years, from A.M. 3276 to 3290.
[Shalman. king of Assyria.]
Hoshea <01954> [and Hoshea.]
paid <07725> [gave. Heb. rendered. presents. or, tribute.]
2 Kings 17:1
<08147> [A.M. 3274. B.C. 730. In the twelfth.]
In ch. 15:30, this is said to be "the twentieth year of Jotham," which Calmet thus reconciles: "Hosea conspired against Pekah, the 20th year of the reign of this prince, which was the 18th of Jotham, king of Judah. Two years after this, that is, the 4th of Ahaz and the 20th of Jotham, Hosea made himself master of a part of the kingdom, according to ch. 15:30. Finally, the 12th year of Ahaz, Hosea had peaceable possession of the whole kingdom, agreeably to ch. 17:1."
Hoshea <01954> [Hoshea.]
"After an interregnum, ch. 15:30; 18:9."
2 Kings 5:26
replied <0559> [he said.]
<01980> [Went.]
time <06256> [Is it a time.]
