2 Kings 9:27
Ahaziah <0274> [Ahaziah.]
Beth Haggan <01004 01588> [garden house.]
Ibleam <02991> [Ibleam.]
Megiddo <04023> [Megiddo.]
"In the kingdom of Samaria."
2 Kings 11:1
Athaliah <06271> [A.M. 3120. B.C.884. Athaliah.]
mother <0517> [the mother.]
destroy <06> [and destroyed.]
A similar history is related by Mr. Bruce, as having occurred in Abyssinia. Judith "surprised the rock Damo, and slew the whole of the princes, to the number, it is said, of about 400;" while the infant king, Del Naad, was conveyed for safety to a loyal province, and afterwards restored.
royal line <04467 02233> [seed royal. Heb. seed of the kingdom.]
2 Kings 11:3-4
Athaliah <06271> [A.M. 3120-3126. B.C. 884-878. And Athaliah.]
seventh <07637> [A.M. 3126. B.C. 878. the seventh.]
officers <08269> [rulers.]
Carians <03746> [the captains.]
made ... agreement <01285 03772> [made a covenant.]
swear <07650> [took an oath.]
2 Kings 11:21
2 Kings 11:2
Jehosheba <03089> [Jehosheba.]
[Jehoshabeath. Joram.]
[Jehoram. Joash.]
[Jehoash. they hid him.]
room <02315> [in the bed-chamber.]
{Bachadar hammittoth,} "in a chamber of beds;" which Sir J. Chardin thinks does not mean a room to sleep in, but a chamber used as a repository for beds; for, in the East, they sleep upon cotton mattresses, "of which they have several in great houses, against they should have occasion, and a room on purpose for them."
2 Kings 24:1-14
During <03117> [his days.]
Nebuchadnezzar <05019> [Nebuchadnezzar.]
This prince, so famous in the writings of the prophets, was the son of Nabopollasar king of Babylon.
Lord <03068> [the Lord.]
<01697> [according.]
servants <05650> [his. Heb. the hand of his.]
announced <06310> [Surely.]
rejected ... because <05493 06440> [remove them.]
sins <02403> [for the sins.]
innocent .............. forgive <05355> [for the innocent.]
stained <04390> [he filled.]
Lord <03068> [which.]
rest <03499> [the rest.]
passed away <07901> [A.M. 3405. B.C. 599. slept]
As Jehoiakim was "buried with the burial of an ass," by being "drawn and cast forth beyond the gates of Jerusalem," without internment, the expression "slept with his fathers," can only mean that the died, or slept the sleep of death. In the East, a body exposed during the night would be a prey to wild animals; if any of it were left till the morning, the carnivorous birds would devour it.
Jehoiachin <03078> [Jehoiachin.]
As this man reigned only three months, and was a mere vassal of the king of Babylon, his reign is scarcely reckoned; and therefore Jeremiah (ch. 31:30) says of Jehoiakim, "he shall have none to sit upon the throne of David."
king .............. king .......... king <04428> [the king.]
Brook <05158> [from the river.]
Jehoiachin <03078> [Jehoiachin.]
[Jeconiah.]
[Coniah.]
[Jechonias.]
eighteen years <08141 08083> [eighteen years.]
In the parallel place, he is said to be only eight years old; but this must be a mistake, for we find that having reigned only three months, he was carried captive to Babylon, and there had wives; and had he been of such a tender age, it could scarcely have been said that, as a king, "he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord."
time <06256> [At that time.]
<0935> [was besieged. Heb. came into siege.]
Jehoiachin <03078> [Jehoiachin.]
eunuchs <05631> [officers. or, eunuchs. took him.]
[eigth year.]
"Nebuchadnezzar's eighth year."
<03318> [he carried.]
removed <07112> [and cut.]
Solomon <08010> [which Solomon.]
Jerusalem ..... officials ..... soldiers .......... craftsmen <03389 08269 01368 02796> [all.]
That is, all the chief men, the nobles, and the artificers. Among these were 7,000 mighty men, and 1,000 craftsmen and smiths.
Jerusalem <03389> [Jerusalem.]
craftsmen <02796> [craftsmen. So]
poorest <01803> [the poorest sort.]
