2 Kings 15:37
days <03117> [A.M. 3262. B.C. 742. In those days.]
"At the end of Jotham's reign." This Jotham died at forty-one. He was too great a blessing to be continued long to such an unworthy people. His death was a judgment, especially considering the character of Ahaz, his son and successor: for we read, (16:3) Ahaz made his son pass through the fire. This son may have been Hezekiah, who served the Lord, and whose prayer in sickness was most graciously herd and answered.
prompted <02490> [began.]
prompted <07971> [to send.]
Rezin <07526> [Rezin.]
Pekah <06492> [Pekah.]
2 Kings 15:2
2 Kings 1:5-15
replied .......... told ................... says <0559> [Thus saith.]
lie on <03381> [therefore.]
man <0376 04941> [What manner of man was he? Heb. What was the manner of the man?]
hairy man <01167 08181> [an hairy man.]
That is, he wore a rough garment, either made of camels' hair, as that of John Baptist, or of a skin, dressed with the hair on. Sir J. Chardin informs us, in a MS. note on this place, cited by Mr. Harmer, that the eastern dervishes and fakeers are clothed just as Elijah was, with a hairy garment, girded with a leathern girdle.
sent ... captain <07971 08269> [sent unto.]
sitting <03427> [he sat.]
Prophet <0376> [Thou man.]
prophet <0376> [If I be a man.]
fire .............. Fire <0784> [let fire.]
Or, rather, as the original literally imports, and the LXX. render, [katabesetai pyr,] fire shall come down; Elijah's words being simply declarative, and not imprecatory.
consume ............... consumed <0398> [consumed.]
king <07725> [Again.]
Prophet <0376> [O man.]
king sent <07725 07971> [he sent again.]
fell .... knees <03766 01290> [fell on. Heb. bowed.]
begged for mercy <02603> [besought.]
Prophet <0430 0376> [O man of God.]
came down <03381> [Behold.]
life <05315> [let my life.]
afraid <06440 03372> [be not afraid of him.]
Isaiah 7:1-9
During ... reign <03117> [the days.]
Rezin <07526> [Rezin.]
unable <03201> [but could.]
family <01004> [the house.]
allied ... Ephraim ................. before <05117 06440 0669> [is confederate with. Heb. resteth on.]
emotionally <03824> [And his heart.]
Go out <03318> [Go forth.]
Shear-jashub <07610> [Shear-jashub. that is, The remnant shall return.]
.# 6:13 10:21 55:7 Ro 9:27
end <07097> [the end.]
road <04546> [highway. or, causeway.]
Make sure <08104> [Take heed.]
be afraid .... intimidated <03372 07401> [fear not.]
intimidated <07401> [neither be faint-hearted. Heb. let not they heart be tender.]
two stubs <02180 08147> [the two tails.]
Syria <0758> [Syria.]
terrorize <06973> [vex. or, waken. lit. disgust. <\\See definition 06973\\>.]
leader ...... leader <07218> [For the head.]
Dr. Jubb transposes the former part of ver. 9, and renders, "Though the head of Syria be Damascus; and the head of Damascus Retzin; and the head of Ephraim be Samaria; and the head of Samaria Remaliah's son; yet within threescore and five years Ephraim shall be broken, that he be no more a people." This renders the passage perfectly clear; and the prophecy received its full accomplishment when Esarhaddon carried away the remains of the ten tribes.
sixty-five <08346> [within.]
nation <05971> [that it be not a people. Heb. from a people.]
leader ...... leader <07218> [the head.]
firm ....... secure <0539> [If ye, etc. or, ye not believe? it is because ye are not stable.]
