2 Kings 14:7
defeated <05221> [A.M. 3177. B.C.827. slew.]
Salt Valley <04417 01516> [the valley of salt.]
Some suppose that the Valley of Salt was south of the Dead, or Salt Sea, towards the land of Edom; and others suppose it to be the Valley of Salt, about three or four miles south-east of Palmyra, which now supplies, in a great measure, the surrounding country with salt.
Sela <05554> [Selah. or, the rock.]
{Selah} is generally supposed to be the same as {Petra,} which in Greek signifies a rock, the celebrated capital of Arabia Petr‘a. Strabo places it three or four days' journey from Jericho, and five days' journey from the forest of palm trees on the Red Sea. Pliny places it 600 miles from Gaza, and 125 from the Persian Gulf; but Cellarius and Reland very justly consider that the numbers have been changed, and that we ought to read 125 miles from Gaza, and 600 from the Persian Gulf. Eusebius places Beerothbenejaakan 30 miles west from Petra, and Elath ten miles east; and Burckhardt discovered the ruins of this ancient city in a valley called Wady Mousa.
Joktheel <03371> [Joktheel.]
2 Kings 23:10
Topheth <08612> [Topheth.]
[Tophet. the valley.]
son <01121> [might make.]
2 Kings 3:16-17
Make ...... valley <06213 05158> [Make this valley.]
feel ..... see <07200> [Ye shall not.]
drink <08354> [that ye may.]
2 Kings 2:16
capable <02428 01121> [strong men. Heb. sons of strength. the Spirit.]
[some mountain. Heb. one of the mountains.]
2 Kings 10:33
<04217> [eastward. Heb. toward the rising of the sun. the land of]
Gilead.
Gilead ...................... Gilead <01568> [even. or, even to.]
2 Kings 23:6
Asherah pole <0842> [the grove.]
Or rather, Asherah, or Astarte.
burned <08313> [and burned.]
graveyard <06913> [the graves.]
public <01121> [the children.]
Probably the common people.
2 Kings 23:12
roof <01406> [on the top.]
Manasseh <04519> [which Manasseh.]
crushed ..... threw <07323 07993> [brake them down from thence. or, ran from thence. cast.]
2 Kings 25:4
city ...................................... city <05892> [the city.]
This being the ninth day of the fourth month, corresponded to Wednesday, July 27.
night <03915> [fled.]
<03212> [and the king.]
2 Kings 18:34
gods ......... gods <0430> [the gods.]
Hamath <02574> [Hamath.]
Hamath, there is little doubt, was the Epiphania of the Greeks, as Josephus, Theodoret, and Jerome, expressly assert. It was a celebrated city of Syria, situated on the Orontes, and the present Hamah doubtless occupies its site; as Abulfeda, who was prince or emir of Hamah about A.D. 1345, expressly states, in his Description of Syria, that Hamah is an ancient city mentioned in the writings of the Israelites. It is still a considerable town, situated on both sides of the Orontes, about three days' journey and a half from Tripoli; and must contain, Burckhardt says, at least 30,000 inhabitants.
Arpad <0774> [Arpad.]
Arpad is probably the town of Arphas, mentioned by Josephus as limiting the province of Gamalitis, Gaulanitis, Batanea, and Trachonitis, to the N. E.; and the Raphan, or Raphanea, which Stephanus places near Epiphania.
gods ......... gods <0430> [the gods.]
[Ava.]
rescue <05337> [have they delivered.]
2 Kings 23:4
priest ... high-ranking priests <04932 03548> [priests of the second order.]
These were either such as occasionally supplied the high priest's office, or those of the second course or order established by David. See the References.
<08104> [the keepers.]
bring out <03318> [to bring.]
Baal <01168> [Baal.]
Kidron <06939> [Kidron.]
[Cedron. Beth-el.]
