2 Kings 17:24
king <04428> [A.M. 3326. B.C. 678. the king.]
Babylon <0894> [Babylon.]
Avva <05755> [Ava.]
[Ivah. Hamath.]
cities .................. cities <05892> [in the cities thereof.]
2 Kings 17:30
Babylon <0894> [Babylon.]
Succoth Benoth <05524> [Succoth benoth.]
{Succoth benoth,} literally "the tents of the daughters."
Cuth <03575> [Cuth.]
Cuth is probably the Cush watered by the Gihon, or Araxes, now Aras (Ge 2:13,) the ancient country of the Scythians, where we meet with the Quitians, Co‰thians, or Co‰t‘, and Cytheans, and the cities of Cotatis, Cetemane, Cythanum, Cyta, Cethena, etc.
Nergal <05370> [Nergal.]
Supposed to denote the solar orb; the emblem of which, according to the Rabbins, was a cock.
Ashima <0807> [Ashima.]
Jarchi says this idol was of the form of a goat.
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 19:13
king ..... king ...... king <04428> [the king.]
Arpad <0774> [Arpad.]
[Arphad.]
