2 Kings 6:25
food supply ran out <07458 01419> [a great famine.]
donkey's head <07218 02543> [an ass's head.]
If the pieces of silver were {drachms,} the whole would amount to about 2Å“. 9s.; which was a great price for so mean a part of this unclean animal.
<01686> [dove's dung.]
This probably denotes, as Bochart, Scheuchzer, and others suppose, a kind of {pulse,} or {vetches,} which the Arabs still call pigeon's dung. "They never," says Dr. Shaw, (Travels, p. 140), "constitute a dish by themselves, but are strewed singly as a garnish over {cuscasowe, pillowe,} and other dishes. They are besides in the greatest repute after they are parched in pans and ovens; then assuming the name {leblebby;}" and he thinks they were so called from being pointed at one end, and acquiring an ash colour in parching.
2 Kings 8:16
Jehoram <03088> [A.M. 3112. B.C. 892. Jehoram.]
became king over <04427> [began to reign. Heb. reigned.]
"Began to reign in concert with his father."
2 Kings 14:2
2 Kings 14:17
Amaziah <0558> [A.M. 3179-3194. B.C. 825-810. Amaziah.]
2 Kings 15:33
Jerusha <03388> [A.M. 3246-3262. B.C. 758-742. Jerusha.]
[Jerushah.]
2 Kings 18:2
twenty-five years old .......... twenty-nine years <06242 02568 08141 01121> [Twenty and five years old.]
As Ahaz was 20 years old when he began to reign, and died when he had reigned 16 years, his whole age only amounted to 36 years; and as Hezekiah was, at least, entering on his 25th year when he began to reign, then Ahaz must have been under 12 years of age when his son was born! This is not at all impossible: and there are well-attested facts of men having children at as early a period, especially in eastern countries.
Abi <021> [A.M. 3278-3306. B.C. 726-698. Abi.]
[Abijah.]
2 Kings 21:1
twelve <08147> [A.M. 3306-3361. B.C. 698-643. was twelve.]
[Manasses. Hephzi-bah.]
2 Kings 23:36
Jehoiakim <03079> [A.M. 3394-3405. B.C. 610-599. Jehoiakim.]
Rumah <07316> [Rumah.]
Josephus here reads Abuma; but he also speaks of Ruma, a village of Galilee.
