2 Kings 4:44
2 Kings 18:15
2 Kings 25:28
kindly ..... gave <02896 05414> [kindly to him. Heb. good things with him. the throne.]
2 Kings 11:10
King David's spears <04428 01732 02595> [king David's spears.]
Josephus states that, for fear of creating suspicion, they came unarmed, "and Jehoiada having opened the arsenal in the temple which David had prepared, he divided among the centurions, priests, and Levites, the spears (arrows), and quivers, and all other kinds of weapons which he found there."
2 Kings 11:12
out <03318> [he brought.]
placed ..... crown <05145 05414> [put the crown.]
insignia <05715> [the testimony.]
poured ........ clapped <04886 05221> [anointed him.]
clapped <05221> [and they clapped.]
{Wyyakkoo kaph,} "they clapped the hand," which Mr. Harmer thinks was similar to the mode in which Oriental females express their respect for persons of high rank, by gently applying one of their hands to their mouth. So Pitts relates, that in some of the towns of Barbary, the leaders of the sacred caravan being received with loud acclamations, "the very women get upon the tops of the houses to view the parade, or fine show, where they keep striking their four fingers on their lips, as fast as they can, making a joyful noise all the while."
cried out <0559> [and said.]
king's ................................ live ... king <02421 04428> [God save the king. Heb. Let the king live.]
2 Kings 13:5
deliverer <03467> [a saviour.]
This saviour was undoubtedly Joash, whose successful wars are subsequently detailed. Houbigant recommends to read the seventh verse after the fourth.
more <08032> [before-time. Heb. yesterday and third day.]
2 Kings 15:19
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.]
2 Kings 23:33
imprisoned <0631> [put him.]
Riblah <07247> [Riblah.]
Theodoret (in Jer ch. 46,) expressly affirms that Riblah or Reblatha was in his time called Emesa. [Kome de estin he Reblatha tes nun kaloumenes Emeses.] Emesa was a city of Syria, situated on the Orontes, and, according to the Antonine Itinerary, 18 miles from Laodicea ad Libanum. It is now called Homs, or Hems, about eight hours, or twenty-four miles S.E. of Hamah or Hamath, in the road to Damascus. The present town only occupies about one quarter of the space contained within the ancient walls, which apparently date from the time of the Saracens. Here is nothing remarkable, except a Roman sepulchre, and a large castle in ruins.
Hamath <02574> [Hamath.]
ruling <04427> [that he might not reign. or, because he reigned. put, etc.]
Heb. set a mulct upon the land.
2 Kings 5:23
Please <02974> [Be content.]
insisted <06555 06696> [And he urged him.]
<06696> [bound.]
carried <05375> [and they bare.]
2 Kings 8:6
eunuch <05631> [officer. or, eunuch.]
back ........... crops <07725 08393> [Restore all.]
2 Kings 12:9
took ... chest <03947 0259 0727> [took a chest.]
near <0681> [beside.]
priest .............................. priests <03548> [the priests.]
guarded <05592> [door. Heb. threshold.]
2 Kings 16:14
bronze <05178> [the brasen.]
altar ................ altar ................ altar <04196> [the altar.]
2 Kings 16:17
took off <07112> [A.M. 3265. B.C. 739. cut off.]
frames <04526> [borders.]
Sea <03220> [sea.]
2 Kings 22:8
found <04672> [I have found.]
This certainly was a genuine copy of the divine law, and probably the autograph of Moses, as it is said, in the parallel place of Chronicles, to be the book of the law of the Lord by Moses. It is not probable that this was the only copy of the law in the land, or that Josiah had never before seen the book of Moses; but the fact seems to be, that this was the original of the covenant renewed by Moses in the plains of Moab, and now being unexpectedly found, its antiquity, the occasion of its being made, the present circumstances of the people, the imperfect state in which the reformation was as yet, after all that had been done, would all concur to produce the effect here mentioned on the mind of the pious Josiah.
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."
