2 Kings 19:8
Libnah <03841> [Libnah.]
Lachish <03923> [Lachish.]
2 Kings 4:39
field ......... wild vine ....... fruit <07704 01612> [a wild vine.]
field ......... wild ........ fruit <06498 07704> [wild gourds.]
The word {pakk“th,} from {peka,} in Chaldee, to burst, and in Syriac, to crack, thunder, is generally supposed to be the fruits of the coloquintida, or colocynth; whose leaves are large, placed alternately, very much like those of the vine, whence it might be called a wild vine: the flowers are white, and the fruit of the gourd kind, of the size of a large apple, and when ripe, of a yellow colour, and a pleasant and inviting appearance. It ranks among vegetable poisons, as all intense bitters do; but, judiciously employed, it is of considerable use in medicine. It is said that the fruit, when ripe, is so full of wind that it bursts, and throws its liquor and seeds to a great distance: and if touched, before it breaks of itself, it flies open with an explosion, and discharges its foetid contents in the face of him who touched it.
2 Kings 17:4
discovered ..... planning a revolt <04672 07195> [A.M. 3279. B.C. 725. found conspiracy.]
king ................ King .... Egypt ........... king ...... king <04428 04714> [king of Egypt.]
sent <05927> [brought.]
imprisoned <0631 01004> [bound him.]
2 Kings 10:15
[lighted on. Heb. found.]
Jehonadab ........................... Jehonadab <03082> [Jehonadab.]
[Jonadab. Rechab.]
<01288> [saluted. Heb. blessed.]
as committed .... as ............ If <03824 03477 03426> [Is thine heart right.]
give .... hand .... offered ... hand <05414 03027> [give me.]
pulled ... up <05927> [he took him.]
Jehu asked for the hand of Jehonadab not merely for the purpose of assisting him into the chariot, but that he might give him an assurance that he would assist him in the prosecution of his desires; for giving the hand is considered as a pledge of friendship and fidelity, or a form of entering into a contract, among all nations. Mr. Bruce relates, that when he entreated the protection of a {sheikh,} the great people who were assembled came, "and after joining hands, repeated a kind of prayer, of about two minutes long; by which they declared themselves and their children accursed, if ever they lifted their hands against me in the {tell,} (or field) in the desert, or on the river; or, in case that I, or mine, should fly to them for refuge, if they did not protect us at the risk of their lives, their families, and their fortunes, or, as they emphatically expressed it, to the death of the last male child among them." Another striking instance occurs in Ockley's History of the Saracens. Telha, just before he died, asked one of Ali's men if he belonged to the emperor of the faithful; and being informed that he did, "Give me then," said he, "your hand, that I may put mine in it, and by this action renew the oath of fidelity which I have already made to Ali."
