2 Kings 15:1-28
twenty-seventh <06242> [A.M. 3194. B.C. 810. In the.]
twenty-seventh <06242> [twenty and seventy.]
"This is the twenty-seventh year of Jeroboam's partnership in the kingdom with his father, who made him consort at his going to the Syrian wars. It is the sixteenth year of Jeroboam's monarchy."
Azariah <05838> [Azariah.]
[Uzziah.]
high places ................ high places <01116> [the high places.]
Lord <03068> [A.M. 3239-3246. B.C. 765-758 the Lord.]
disease <06879> [so that.]
lived <03427> [and dwelt.]
Jotham <03147> [Jotham.]
ruled <08199> [judging.]
Azariah's <05838> [Azariah.]
Dr. Kennicott complains loudly here of "the corruption in the name of this king of Judah, who is expressed by four different names in this chapter: Ozriah, Oziah, Ozrihu, and Ozihu. Our oldest Hebrew MS. relieves us here, by reading truly, in verses 1, 6, 7, Uzziah, where the printed text is differently corrupted. This reading is called true, 1. Because it is supported by the Syriac and Arabic versions in these three verses. 2. Because the printed text itself has it so in ver. 32 and 34 of this very chapter. 3. Because it is so expressed in the parallel place in Chronicles: and 4. Because it is not [Azarias,] Azarias, but [Ozias,] Ozias, (Uzziah) in St. Matthew's genealogy
recorded <03789> [they not written.]
[A.M. 3246. B.C. 758.]
[Uzziah.]
thirty-eighth <07970> [A.M. 3231. B.C. 773. the thirty.]
"There having been an interregnum for eleven years."
Zechariah <02148> [Zachariah.]
ancestors <01> [as his.]
assassinated <05221 06905> [A.M. 3232. B.C. 772. smote him.]
"As prophesied. Am 7:9."
king <04191 04427> [slew him.]
fulfillment .... word <01697> [A.M. 3120. B.C. 884. the word.]
[Thy son.]
[And so.]
Uzziah's <05818> [A.M. 3232. B.C. 772. Uzziah.]
[Azariah.]
[Ozias. a full month. Heb. a month of days.]
Tirzah <08656> [Tirzah.]
attacked <05221> [and smote.]
[Tiphzah.]
pregnant women <02030> [all the women.]
thirty-ninth <08672> [A.M. 3232-3243. B.C. 772-761. nine.]
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.]
[A.M. 3232-3243. B.C. 772-761.]
year ..................... years <08141> [A.M. 3243. B.C. 761. and reigned two years.]
[A.M. 3243-3245. B.C. 761-759.]
Pekah <06492> [A.M. 3245. B.C. 759. Pekah.]
officer <07991> [a captain.]
conspired <07194> [conspired.]
Argob <0709> [with Argob.]
From the contstruction of the Hebrew text, it would appear that Argob and Arieh were slain with the king, and that the fifty Gileadites were conspirators with Pekah.
<08147> [A.M. 3245-3265. B.C. 759-739. the two.]
Pekah <06492> [Pekah.]
evil <07451> [evil.]
