2 Kings 9:1
member <0259> [one.]
The Jews say that this was Jonah, the prophet, the son of Amittai.
member <01121> [the children.]
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Tuck ...... belt <04975 02296> [Gird up thy loins.]
As the upper garments of the Orientals were long and flowing, it was indispensably necessary to tuck up the skirts with a girdle about their loins, in order to use any expedition in their work or on a journey.
container ... olive oil <08081 06378> [box of oil.]
Ramoth <07433> [Ramoth-gilead.]
2 Kings 13:1--14:29
twenty-third year ......................... years <06242 08141 07969> [three and twentieth year. Heb. twentieth year, and third year.]
Jehoahaz <03059> [Jehoahaz.]
<03212> [A.M. 3148-3156. B.C. 856-839. followed. Heb. walked after.]
handed <05414> [and he delivered.]
Hazael ...... Hazael's <02371> [Hazael.]
Ben Hadad <01130> [Ben-hadad.]
years <03117> [all their days.]
Rather "all his days;" for Joash son of Jehoahaz delivered Israel from Ben-hadad.
Jehoahaz <03059> [Jehoahaz.]
Lord's ..... Lord <03068> [the Lord.]
saw <07200> [he saw.]
king <04428> [because the king.]
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.]
repudiate <05493> [departed.]
continued ... those <01980> [walked. Heb. he walked.]
standing <05975> [and there remained. Heb. and there stood.]
fifty horsemen <06571 02572> [fifty horsemen.]
king <04428> [the king.]
dust <06083> [like the dust.]
rest <03499> [the rest.]
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buried ... Samaria <06912 08111> [A.M. 3165. B.C. 839. buried him.]
Joash <03101> [Joash.]
[Jehoash. reigned in his stead.]
"Alone."
thirty-seventh <07970> [In the thirty.]
Joash, the son of Jehoahaz, was associated with his father in the government two years before his death. It is this association that is spoken of here. Joash reigned sixteen years which include the years he reigned conjointly with his father.
Jehoash <03060> [began Jehoash.]
"In consort with his father. ch. 14:1."
repudiate <05493> [he departed.]
rest <03499> [A.M. 3163-3179. B.C. 841-825. the rest.]
accomplishments <01369> [his might.]
passed away <07901> [slept.]
Jeroboam <03379> [Jeroboam.]
buried <06912> [was buried.]
terminal <02470> [A.M. 3166. B.C. 838. fallen sick.]
<04191> [he died.]
father ... father <01> [O my father.]
Aim ......... placed ... hands ..... hands <07392 03027 07760> [Put thine hand. Heb. make thine hand to ride. Elisha.]
Open ....... did so <06605> [Open.]
arrow <02671> [The arrow.]
This was a symbolical action, indicative of the deliverance of Israel from Syria. It was an ancient custom to shoot an arrow or cast a spear into a country before the commencement of hostilities.
Aphek <0663> [Aphek.]
Strike ..... struck <05221> [Smite.]
Strike ..... struck .... three <07969 05221> [he smote thrice.]
prophet <0430 0376> [the man of God.]
angry <07107> [was wroth.]
struck ........... annihilated ....... defeat <05221> [now thou shalt.]
buried ... raiding parties <06912 01416> [A.M. 3167. B.C. 837. buried him.]
raiding parties <01416> [the bands.]
Moabite <04124> [the Moabites.]
<03212> [was let down. Heb. went down. touched.]
Hazael <02371> [A.M. 3148-3165. B.C. 856-839. Hazael.]
Lord <03068> [the Lord.]
extended <06437> [had respect.]
because .... promise <01285 04616> [because of his covenant.]
remove ..... presence <07993 06440> [neither cast he.]
presence <06440> [presence. Heb. face.]
Hazael <02371> [Hazael.]
took back ............. taken .............. recovered <03947 07725> [A.M. 3168. B.C. 836. took again. Heb. returned and took.]
Three times.
Joash ..... Joash's <03101> [A.M. 3165. B.C. 839. Joash.]
reign ........... Amaziah <04427 0558> [reigned Amaziah.]
did ............... example <06213> [A.M. 3165-3194. B.C. 839-810. he did.]
did ............... example ..... Joash <06213 03101> [he did according.]
high places ................ high places <01116> [the high places.]
executed ...... assassinated <05221> [A.M. 3166. B.C. 838. that he slew.]
servants <05650> [his servants.]
Fathers ........................ fathers <01> [The fathers.]
defeated <05221> [A.M. 3177. B.C.827. slew.]
Salt Valley <04417 01516> [the valley of salt.]
Some suppose that the Valley of Salt was south of the Dead, or Salt Sea, towards the land of Edom; and others suppose it to be the Valley of Salt, about three or four miles south-east of Palmyra, which now supplies, in a great measure, the surrounding country with salt.
Sela <05554> [Selah. or, the rock.]
{Selah} is generally supposed to be the same as {Petra,} which in Greek signifies a rock, the celebrated capital of Arabia Petr‘a. Strabo places it three or four days' journey from Jericho, and five days' journey from the forest of palm trees on the Red Sea. Pliny places it 600 miles from Gaza, and 125 from the Persian Gulf; but Cellarius and Reland very justly consider that the numbers have been changed, and that we ought to read 125 miles from Gaza, and 600 from the Persian Gulf. Eusebius places Beerothbenejaakan 30 miles west from Petra, and Elath ten miles east; and Burckhardt discovered the ruins of this ancient city in a valley called Wady Mousa.
Joktheel <03371> [Joktheel.]
Amaziah <0558> [A.M. 3178. B.C. 826. Amaziah.]
<03212> [Come.]
thornbush ................................. thorn <02336> [The thistle.]
The word {choach,} which is rendered here, and in 2 Ch 25:18; Job 31:18, thistle, in 1 Sa 13:6, thicket in Isa 34:13, bramble, and in 2 Ch 33:11; Pr 26:9; So 2:2; Ho 9:6 thorn, is probably the black thorn, or sloe tree, the {prunus spinosa} of Linn‘us, as the same word signifies in Arabic. There is a vast deal of insolent dignity in this remonstrance of Jehoash; but it has nothing conciliatory; no proposal of making amends for the injury his army had done to the unoffending inhabitants of Judah. (2 Ch 25:10-13.) The comparatively useless thorn, which may by chance lacerate the incautious passenger, is made the emblem of the house of Judah and David, while the house of Jehu is represented by the stately cedar.
head <03820> [thine heart.]
success ... stay <03513 03427> [glory of this.]
palace <01004> [home. Heb. thy house. why shouldest.]
Amaziah ................ Amaziah <0558> [Amaziah.]
Beth Shemesh <01053> [Beth-shemesh.]
defeated <05062> [was put to the worse. Heb. was smitten. they fled.]
captured ... Amaziah <08610 0558> [took Amaziah.]
Gate ... Ephraim ..... Gate <0669 08179> [the gate of Ephraim.]
Corner <06438> [the corner.]
gold <02091> [all the gold.]
hostages <01121> [and hostages.]
rest <03499> [A.M. 3163-3179. B.C. 841-825. the rest.]
Jehoash <03060> [A.M. 3179. B.C. 825. Jehoash.]
buried <06912> [was buried.]
Jeroboam <03379> [Jeroboam.]
Amaziah <0558> [A.M. 3179-3194. B.C. 825-810. Amaziah.]
plotted against <07194> [A.M. 3194. B.C. 810. they made.]
fled ... Lachish ....... him <03923 05127> [fled to Lachish.]
buried <06912> [he was buried.]
Azariah <05838> [Azariah.]
[Uzziah.]
[Ozias. made him king.]
Elat <0359> [Elath.]
Elath, the ’la or Elana of the Greek and Roman writers, was a celebrated port situated at the extremity of the eastern branch of the Red Sea, hence called the Elanitic Gulf, ten miles east from Petra, according to Eusebius, and 150 Roman miles from Gaza, according to Pliny, but 1,260 stadia, or 157 miles, according to Strabo and Marcianus Herecleota. It is now called Akaba, and is nothing but a tower or castle, surrounded by a large grove of date trees, the residence of a governor, dependent on him of Grand Cairo.
[Eloth.]
fifteenth <02568> [A.M. 3179-3220. B.C. 825-784. the fifteenth.]
Jeroboam <03379> [Jeroboam.]
reign <04427> [began to reign.]
"Now he begins to reign alone."
sight <05869> [in the sight.]
repudiate <05493> [he departed.]
<0935> [from the entering.]
sea <03220> [unto the sea.]
Jonah <03124> [Jonah.]
[Jonas. Gath-hepher.]
[Gittah-hepher.]
saw .... suffering <07200 06040> [saw the affliction.]
intense ... everyone ..... incapacitated <0657 06113> [not any shut.]
decreed ..... blot out <01696 04229> [said not.]
blot out <04229> [blot out.]
delivered <03467> [he saved.]
rest <03499> [the rest.]
Damascus <01834> [Damascus.]
<03063> [which belonged to Judah.]
These places belonged to Judah by David's conquest, (2 Sa 3:11,) but had been repossessed by the Syrians.
Zechariah <02148> [A.M. 3220. B.C. 784. Zachariah.]
Israel <04427> [reigned.]
"After an interregnum of eleven years."
