2 Kings 9:30--17:41
Jezebel <0348> [Jezebel.]
put .... eye <05869 07760> [painted her face. Heb. put her eyes in painting.]
fixed up <03190> [tired.]
Zimri <02174> [Zimri.]
all right <07965> [peace.]
looked <08259> [Who is on my side?]
eunuchs <05631> [eunuchs. or, chamberlains.]
Throw ... down .... threw ... down <08058> [Throw her down.]
horses <05483> [and on the horses.]
This terrible mode of punishment appears to have been but rarely used, though we occasionally meet with it during this and subsequent periods. The same punishment, it is well known, obtained among the Romans, who used to throw certain malefactors from the Tarpeian rock. This practice obtains among the Moors at Constantia, a town of Barbary; and is also of frequent occurrence in Persia.
when ..... ground <07429> [and he trode.]
had a meal <0398> [he did eat.]
accursed .... Bury <0779 06912> [this cursed woman.]
king's <04428> [she is a king's.]
found <04672> [but they found.]
word <01697> [This is.]
through ... servant <03027 05650> [by his. Heb. by the hand of his.]
corpse <05038> [the carcase.]
seventy sons <01121 07657> [seventy sons.]
Samaria .......... Samaria <08111> [in Samaria.]
officials <08269> [the rulers.]
guardians <0539> [them. Heb. nourishers.]
letter <05612> [as soon.]
pick <07200> [Look even.]
master's .......... defend ... master's <03898 0113> [fight for.]
two <08147> [Behold.]
stop .... can <05975> [how then shall.]
subjects <05650> [We are thy servants.]
obey <08085> [If ye be mine. Heb. If ye be for me.]
take ... heads <03947 07218> [take ye.]
[See on]
master's sons ................. sons <0113 01121> [your master's sons.]
raising <01431> [which brought them up.]
"The rich," says Mr. Morier, "hire a {dedeh,} or wet nurse for their children. If a boy, the father appoints a steady man from the age of two years to be his {laleh,} who, I conjecture, must stand in the same capacity as the bringers up of children mentioned in the catastrophe of Ahab's sons. But if it be a daughter, she has a {gees sefeed,} or white head, attached to her for the same purpose as the {laleh.}"
executed ... seventy ... them They <07657 07819> [slew seventy.]
came ....... brought <0935> [there came.]
Stack .... two <07760 08147> [Lay ye them.]
Such barbarities are by no means uncommon in the East. "It has been know to occur," says Mr. Morier, "after the combat was over, that prisoners have been put to death in cold blood, in order that the heads, which are immediately despatched to the king, and deposited in heaps at the place gates, might make a more considerable show."
morning <01242> [until the morning.]
innocent <06662> [Ye be righteous.]
conspired <07194> [I conspired.]
<0776 05307> [fall unto the earth.]
Lord ........... Lord ... done <06213 03068> [the Lord hath done.]
through <03027> [by. Heb. by the hand of.]
nobles ... friends ... priests <01419 03045 03548> [and.]
friends <03045> [kinsfolks. or, acquaintance. his priests.]
left ................ left <07604> [he left.]
Beth Eked .... Shepherds <01004 07462> [shearing house. Heb. house of shepherds binding sheep.]
[met with. Heb. found. the brethren.]
<07965> [salute. Heb. the peace of, etc.]
Capture ... alive .... captured ... alive <08610 02416> [Take them alive.]
left <07604> [neither left.]
[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."
see <03212 07200> [Come with me.]
exterminated <05221> [he slew.]
just <01697> [according.]
Ahab worshiped Baal ...... worship <05647 01168 0256> [Ahab served Baal.]
Jehu ............... Jehu <03058> [Jehu.]
prophets <05030> [all the prophets.]
servants ........................................ servants <05647> [all his servants.]
priests <03548> [all his priests.]
Jehu <03058> [But Jehu.]
arrangements <06942> [Proclaim. Heb. Sanctify.]
invitations .......... came ....... arrived <0935> [And they came.]
Baal ........... temple ... Baal <01168 01004> [the house of Baal.]
filled <06310 04390> [full from one end to another. or, so full that they stood mouth to mouth.]
robes ............ robes <03830 04403> [vestments.]
Jehonadab <03082> [Jehonadab.]
servants .................... servants <05647> [the worshippers.]
men ... He ......... men <0376 0582> [If any of the men.]
Come <0935> [Go in.]
<0376> [let.]
<06310> [edge. Heb. mouth.]
sacred pillar <04676> [images. Heb. statues.]
burned <08313> [and burned them.]
demolished ... sacred pillar <04676 05422> [brake down the image.]
used as ... latrine <04163 07760> [made it a draught house.]
This was an ancient mode of degradation, which still continues in the East; and we are informed, that Abbas the Great, king of Persia, having conquered Bagdad, treated the tomb of Hanifah, one of the fathers of the church among the Turks, in a similar manner.
sins <02399> [A.M. 3120-3148. B.C. 884-856. the sins.]
Israel <03478> [made Israel.]
golden calves <05695 02091> [the golden calves.]
Bethel <01008> [in Beth-el.]
well <02895> [Because thou hast.]
regard <03824> [according to all that.]
descendants <01121> [thy children.]
carefully <08104> [took no heed. Heb. observed not.]
<03212> [walk.]
repudiate <05493> [he departed.]
reduce <07096> [cut. Heb. cut off the ends of. Hazael.]
<04217> [eastward. Heb. toward the rising of the sun. the land of]
Gilead.
Gilead ...................... Gilead <01568> [even. or, even to.]
[See on]
Jehu passed away <07901 03058> [A.M. 3148. B.C. 856. Jehu slept.]
Jehoahaz <03059> [Jehoahaz.]
<03117> [the time. Heb. the days were.]
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.]
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."
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.]
on duty <0935> [that enter.]
guard <04931> [the watch.]
Foundation Gate ............ gate <05495 08179> [the gate of Sur.]
<04535> [that it be not broken down. or, from breaking up.]
units <03027> [parts. or, companies. Heb. hands. go forth.]
approaches .............. goes <0935> [he that cometh.]
officers <08269> [the captains.]
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."
<0376> [every man.]
side ........ side <03802> [corner. Heb. shoulder. by the altar.]
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.]
standing <05975> [stood.]
The Orientals considered a seat by a pillar or column as particularly honourable.
pillar <05982> [a pillar.]
officers <08269> [the princes.]
[See on]
people <05971> [all the people.]
Treason treason <07195> [Treason.]
officers <08269> [captains.]
outside <03318> [Have.]
Bring <0935> [followeth.]
Put ...................... executed <04191> [Let.]
horses <05483> [by the which.]
executed <04191> [there was she slain.]
drew up ... covenant <03772 01285> [made a covenant.]
king <04428> [between the king.]
went <0935> [went.]
smashed <07665> [brake they.]
killed Mattan <04977 02026> [slew Mattan.]
placed <07760> [appointed.]
<06485> [officers. Heb. offices.]
took <03947> [took.]
through <01870> [by the way.]
sat <03427> [he sat.]
celebrated <08055> [rejoiced.]
killed Athaliah <06271 04191> [slew Athaliah.]
seventh <07651> [the seventh.]
Jehoash <03060> [Jehoash.]
[Joash.]
said .... priests <0559 03548> [A.M. 3148. B.C. 856. said to the priests.]
silver ............ silver ........ silver ............ silver <03701> [the money.]
consecrated <06944> [dedicated things. or, holy things. Heb. holiness.]
silver ............ silver ........ silver ............ silver <03701> [even the money.]
[that every may is set at. Heb. of the souls of his estimation.]
silver ............ silver ........ silver ............ silver <03701> [and all the money.]
contributed <05927> [cometh, etc. Heb. ascendeth upon the heart of a man.]
priests <03548> [Let the priests.]
repair <02388> [let them repair.]
twenty-third year <06242 08141 07969> [three and twentieth year. Heb. twentieth year and third year. the priests.]
King Jehoash <03060 04428> [king Jehoash.]
Jehoiada <03077> [Jehoiada.]
repaired ... damage ...................... damage <02388 0919> [Why repair ye.]
took ... chest <03947 0259 0727> [took a chest.]
near <0681> [beside.]
priest .............................. priests <03548> [the priests.]
guarded <05592> [door. Heb. threshold.]
royal <04428> [the king's.]
secretary <05608> [scribe. or, secretary. put up. Heb. bound up.]
bagged <06696> [in bags.]
Sir J. Chardin informs us, "it is a custom of Persia always to seal up bags of money; and the money of the king's treasure is not told, but is received by bags sealed up." These are what are called in the East purses; each of which, as Maillet informs us, contains money to the amount of 1,500 livres, or about 63Å“. of our money. The money thus collected for the reparation of the temple, seems, in like manner, to have been reckoned in bags of equal value to each other; as we can scarcely imagine the placing it in bags would otherwise have been mentioned. The value of a Jewish purse is unknown; but the bags mentioned in ch. 5:23, amounted to a talent.
hand over ... silver <03701 05414> [gave the money.]
hired <03318> [laid it out. Heb. brought it forth.]
masons <01443> [masons.]
paid <03318> [was laid out. Heb. went forth.]
used <06213> [there were not.]
That is, there were no vessels made for the service of the temple till all the outward repairs were completed; but, when this was done, "they brought the rest of the money before the king and Jehoiada, whereof were made vessels of gold and silver," (2 Ch 24:14,) to replace those which had been taken away by Athaliah and her sons.
bowls <05592> [bowls.]
trumpets <02689> [trumpets.]
audit <02803> [they reckoned.]
<06213> [for they dealt.]
silver ...... reparation offerings <03701 0817> [trespass money.]
Hazael ......... Hazael <02371> [A.M. 3164. B.C. 840. Hazael.]
Gath <01661> [against Gath.]
it <07760 06440> [set his face.]
Jerusalem <03389> [to Jerusalem.]
collected .... sacred .................... sacred <03947 06944> [took all the hallowed.]
He dearly bought, by such unhallowed means, a peace which was of short duration; for the next year Hazael returned, and Jehoash having no more treasures, was obliged to hazard a battle, which he lost, and the principal part of his nobility, so that Judah was totally ruined, and Jehoash soon after slain in his bed by his own servants.
withdrew <05927> [went away. Heb. went up.]
rest <03499> [the rest.]
servants <05650> [his servants.]
Beth-Millo <04407 01004> [the house of Millo. or, Beth-millo.]
<03108> [Jozachar.]
This person is called Zabad in Chronicles, and Shimeath his mother is said to be an Ammonitess; and Jehozabad is said to be the son, not of Shomer, but of Shimrith, a Moabitess. Who the fathers of these two persons were we know not; they were probably foreigners and aliens. Some suppose that they belonged to the king's chamber, and therefore could have easy access to him.
[Zabad. Shomer.]
[Shimrith. Amaziah his son.]
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.]
[See on]
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."
twenty-seventh <06242> [A.M. 3194. B.C. 810. In the.]
twenty-seventh <06242> [twenty and seventy.]
"This is the twenty-seventh year of Jeroboam's partnership in the kingdom with his father, who made him consort at his going to the Syrian wars. It is the sixteenth year of Jeroboam's monarchy."
Azariah <05838> [Azariah.]
[Uzziah.]
high places ................ high places <01116> [the high places.]
Lord <03068> [A.M. 3239-3246. B.C. 765-758 the Lord.]
disease <06879> [so that.]
lived <03427> [and dwelt.]
Jotham <03147> [Jotham.]
ruled <08199> [judging.]
Azariah's <05838> [Azariah.]
Dr. Kennicott complains loudly here of "the corruption in the name of this king of Judah, who is expressed by four different names in this chapter: Ozriah, Oziah, Ozrihu, and Ozihu. Our oldest Hebrew MS. relieves us here, by reading truly, in verses 1, 6, 7, Uzziah, where the printed text is differently corrupted. This reading is called true, 1. Because it is supported by the Syriac and Arabic versions in these three verses. 2. Because the printed text itself has it so in ver. 32 and 34 of this very chapter. 3. Because it is so expressed in the parallel place in Chronicles: and 4. Because it is not [Azarias,] Azarias, but [Ozias,] Ozias, (Uzziah) in St. Matthew's genealogy
recorded <03789> [they not written.]
[A.M. 3246. B.C. 758.]
[Uzziah.]
thirty-eighth <07970> [A.M. 3231. B.C. 773. the thirty.]
"There having been an interregnum for eleven years."
Zechariah <02148> [Zachariah.]
ancestors <01> [as his.]
assassinated <05221 06905> [A.M. 3232. B.C. 772. smote him.]
"As prophesied. Am 7:9."
king <04191 04427> [slew him.]
fulfillment .... word <01697> [A.M. 3120. B.C. 884. the word.]
[Thy son.]
[And so.]
Uzziah's <05818> [A.M. 3232. B.C. 772. Uzziah.]
[Azariah.]
[Ozias. a full month. Heb. a month of days.]
Tirzah <08656> [Tirzah.]
attacked <05221> [and smote.]
[Tiphzah.]
pregnant women <02030> [all the women.]
thirty-ninth <08672> [A.M. 3232-3243. B.C. 772-761. nine.]
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.]
Menahem <04505> [Menahem.]
got <03318> [exacted. Heb. caused to come forth. the mighty.]
each one <0259 0376> [of each man, etc.]
Or, rather, as Bishop Patrick renders, "to give to the king of Assyria fifty shekels of silver for each man," i.e., in his army. It may be supposed, that Menahem compelled "the mighty men of wealth" to give much more a-piece than this sum, (somewhat about 5Å“. sterling each) and each of them in some proportion to his affluence.
stay ..... land <05975 0776> [stayed not.]
[A.M. 3232-3243. B.C. 772-761.]
year ..................... years <08141> [A.M. 3243. B.C. 761. and reigned two years.]
[A.M. 3243-3245. B.C. 761-759.]
Pekah <06492> [A.M. 3245. B.C. 759. Pekah.]
officer <07991> [a captain.]
conspired <07194> [conspired.]
Argob <0709> [with Argob.]
From the contstruction of the Hebrew text, it would appear that Argob and Arieh were slain with the king, and that the fifty Gileadites were conspirators with Pekah.
<08147> [A.M. 3245-3265. B.C. 759-739. the two.]
Pekah <06492> [Pekah.]
evil <07451> [evil.]
Tiglath-pileser <08407> [Tiglath-pileser.]
Some suppose Tiglath-pileser to be the son of Sardanapalus: but the learned Prideaux makes him the same as Arbaces the Mede, called by ’lian, Thelgamus, and by Castor, Ninus Junior, who, with Belesis, headed the conspiracy against Sardanapalus, and fixed his royal seat at Nineveh, as Belesis, called in Scripture Baladan (Is 39:1), did his at Babylon. He reigned nineteen years, from A.M. 3257 to A.M. 3276.
[Tiglath-pilneser.]
Ijon <05859> [Ijon.]
Abel Beth Maacah <062> [Abel-beth-maachah.]
Janoah <03239> [Janoah.]
[Janohah. Kedesh.]
Hazor <02674> [Hazor.]
Gilead <01568> [Gilead.]
Galilee <01551> [Galilee.]
deported <01540> [carried them.]
conspired against <07194> [A.M. 3265. B.C. 739. made.]
assassinated <05221> [and smote.]
king <04427> [reigned.]
"After an anarchy for some years."
twentieth <06242> [in the twentieth.]
"In the fourth year of Ahaz, in the twentieth year after Jotham had begun to reign."--Usher.
Jotham <03147> [A.M. 3246. B.C. 758. Jotham.]
Jotham <03147> [Jotham. Uzziah.]
[Azariah.]
Jerusha <03388> [A.M. 3246-3262. B.C. 758-742. Jerusha.]
[Jerushah.]
father <01> [according.]
high places ................ high places <01116> [Howbeit.]
Upper Gate <05945 08179> [the higher gate.]
rest <03499> [the rest.]
days <03117> [A.M. 3262. B.C. 742. In those days.]
"At the end of Jotham's reign." This Jotham died at forty-one. He was too great a blessing to be continued long to such an unworthy people. His death was a judgment, especially considering the character of Ahaz, his son and successor: for we read, (16:3) Ahaz made his son pass through the fire. This son may have been Hezekiah, who served the Lord, and whose prayer in sickness was most graciously herd and answered.
prompted <02490> [began.]
prompted <07971> [to send.]
Rezin <07526> [Rezin.]
Pekah <06492> [Pekah.]
Jotham <03147> [Jotham.]
Ahaz <0271> [Ahaz.]
[Achaz.]
seventeenth <07651> [seventeenth.]
Ahaz <0271> [Ahaz.]
do ... pleased <06213 03477> [did not.]
<03212> [he walked.]
son .................... Israelites <01121> [made his son.]
horrible <08441> [according.]
hills <01389> [on the hills.]
Rezin <07526> [A.M. 3262. B.C. 742. Rezin.]
unable ... conquer <03201 03898> [but could not.]
recovered <07725> [recovered.]
Elat ......... there ..... Elat <0359> [Elath. Heb. Eloth.]
Tiglath-pileser <08407> [Tiglath-pileser. Heb. Tilgath-pileser.]
[Tilgath-pilneser. I am thy servant.]
rescue <03467> [and save.]
silver <03701> [the silver.]
royal .......... king <04428> [to the king.]
attacked <05927> [A.M. 3264. B.C. 740. went up.]
[Foretold.]
Damascus <01834> [Damascus. Heb. Dammesek. Kir.]
Josephus informs us that this place was in Upper Media; and it is clear that it must be understood of some city or country in the dominions of the king of Assyria. It is highly probable that it was the country on the banks of the river [Kuros,] Cyrus, or Kyrus, now called Kur, or Kura; and we find cities called Cyropolis, Cyrena, and Carine, mentioned by writers as lying in these parts, and a part of Media, called Syromedia, as it is thought, from the Syrians who were carried captive thither.
executed Rezin <07526 04191> [slew Rezin.]
saw ... altar .............. altar <04196 07200> [saw an altar.]
blueprint <08403> [the pattern.]
built ... altar <01129 04196> [built an altar.]
Uriah .................. Uriah <0223> [Urijah.]
approached <07126> [approached.]
offered <05927> [offered thereon.]
offered <06999> [he burnt.]
peace offerings <08002> [of his peace-offerings. Heb. of the peace-offerings which were his.]
bronze <05178> [the brasen.]
altar ................ altar ................ altar <04196> [the altar.]
morning <01242> [the morning.]
King .............. burnt sacrifice ....... royal burnt sacrifices ...... burnt sacrifice .................... burnt sacrifice <04428 05930> [the king's burnt.]
<01239> [for me to enquire by.]
took off <07112> [A.M. 3265. B.C. 739. cut off.]
frames <04526> [borders.]
Sea <03220> [sea.]
awning <04329> [the covert.]
There are a great number of conjectures concerning this covert; but it is probable that it was either, as Locke supposes, a sort of shelter or canopy erected for the people on the sabbath when the crowd was too great for the porch to contain them; or, as Dr. Geddes supposes, a seat, covered with a canopy, placed on an elevation, for the king and his court, when they attended public worship.
[A.M. 3262-3278. B.C. 742-726.]
buried <06912> [A.M. 3278. B.C. 726. buried.]
Hezekiah <02396> [Hezekiah.]
[Ezekias.]
<08147> [A.M. 3274. B.C. 730. In the twelfth.]
In ch. 15:30, this is said to be "the twentieth year of Jotham," which Calmet thus reconciles: "Hosea conspired against Pekah, the 20th year of the reign of this prince, which was the 18th of Jotham, king of Judah. Two years after this, that is, the 4th of Ahaz and the 20th of Jotham, Hosea made himself master of a part of the kingdom, according to ch. 15:30. Finally, the 12th year of Ahaz, Hosea had peaceable possession of the whole kingdom, agreeably to ch. 17:1."
Hoshea <01954> [Hoshea.]
"After an interregnum, ch. 15:30; 18:9."
kings <04428> [but not as the kings.]
Shalmaneser <08022> [Shalmaneser.]
This was the son and successor of Tiglath-pileser: he reigned 14 years, from A.M. 3276 to 3290.
[Shalman. king of Assyria.]
Hoshea <01954> [and Hoshea.]
paid <07725> [gave. Heb. rendered. presents. or, tribute.]
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.]
king <04428> [A.M. 3281-3283. B.C. 723-721. the king.]
three years <08141 07969> [three years.]
king ... Assyria ........... Assyria <04428 0804> [A.M. 3283. B.C. 721. the king of Assyria.]
[foretold. carried.]
Halah <02477> [Halah.]
Medes <04074> [the Medes.]
sinned <02398> [sinned.]
Lord <03068> [the Lord.]
brought ... up <05927> [which had.]
worshiped <03372> [and had feared.]
<03212> [walked.]
Israel ........ kings ... Israel <03478 04428> [of the kings of Israel.]
said <02644> [secretly.]
watchtower <04026> [from the tower.]
set <05324> [they set.]
sacred pillars <04676> [images. Heb. statues. groves.]
high <01364> [in every.]
incense <06999> [burnt.]
Lord ............. Lord <03068> [to provoke.]
Lord's <03068> [whereof.]
disregard <06213> [Ye shall not.]
warned <05749> [testified.]
Judah <03063> [and against.]
prophets ..... seers .................. law ............... prophets <05030 02374 08451> [all. Heb. the hand of all.]
seers <02374> [seers.]
back .... evil <07725 07451> [Turn ye.]
obey <08104> [keep.]
stubborn <07185> [but hardened.]
trusted <0539> [did not believe.]
rejected <03988> [they rejected.]
covenant <01285> [his covenant.]
laws <05715> [testimonies.]
worthless idols <01892> [vanity.]
worthless <01891> [became vain.]
Lord's <03068> [concerning whom.]
metal <04541> [molten images.]
Asherah pole <0842> [a grove.]
bowed <07812> [worshipped.]
Baal <01168> [Baal.]
sons <01121> [they caused.]
practiced <07080> [used.]
committed <04376> [sold.]
sight <05869> [in the sight.]
rejected <05493> [removed.]
tribe <07626> [the tribe.]
Judah <03063> [Also Judah.]
<03212> [walked.]
rejected <03988> [rejected.]
descendants <02233> [all the seed.]
handed <05414> [delivered.]
thrown <07993> [until he had cast.]
tore <07167> [For he rent.]
Jeroboam ........ Jeroboam <03379> [they made.]
Jeroboam ........ Jeroboam <05080 03379> [Jeroboam drave.]
sin <01419 02401> [a great sin.]
sinful <03212 02403> [walked in all the sins.]
Lord <03068> [the Lord.]
warned <01696> [as he had said.]
Israel ................ Israel <03478> [So was Israel.]
king <04428> [A.M. 3326. B.C. 678. the king.]
Babylon <0894> [Babylon.]
Avva <05755> [Ava.]
[Ivah. Hamath.]
cities .................. cities <05892> [in the cities thereof.]
worship <03372> [they feared.]
Lord .... Lord sent <07971 03068> [the Lord sent.]
settled <03427> [and placed.]
know ... requirements ........................ know ... requirements <03045 04941> [know not.]
one .... priests <03548 0259> [one of the priests.]
Bethel <01008> [in Bethel.]
taught ..... worship <03384 03372> [taught them.]
made .... gods .................. made <06213 0430> [made gods.]
Babylon <0894> [Babylon.]
Succoth Benoth <05524> [Succoth benoth.]
{Succoth benoth,} literally "the tents of the daughters."
Cuth <03575> [Cuth.]
Cuth is probably the Cush watered by the Gihon, or Araxes, now Aras (Ge 2:13,) the ancient country of the Scythians, where we meet with the Quitians, Co‰thians, or Co‰t‘, and Cytheans, and the cities of Cotatis, Cetemane, Cythanum, Cyta, Cethena, etc.
Nergal <05370> [Nergal.]
Supposed to denote the solar orb; the emblem of which, according to the Rabbins, was a cock.
Ashima <0807> [Ashima.]
Jarchi says this idol was of the form of a goat.
Avvites <05757> [the Avites.]
Nibhaz <05026> [Nibhaz.]
Supposed to be the same as the Anubis of the Egyptians; and was in form partly a dog and partly a man.
burned ... sons <08313 01121> [burnt their children.]
appointed <06213 07098> [made unto themselves.]
<01004> [the houses.]
<03373> [They feared.]
deported <01540> [whom they carried, etc. or, who carried them away from thence.]
The new inhabitants of the land imitated the idolatrous Israelites, by associating their idols with Jehovah, as the objects of worship. The remainder, however, of the verses seem to relate to the Israelites after they were carried captive. They still persevered in idolatry and disobedience; and not being purified, were left to be consumed in the furnace. It is said that the Israelites "did not fear the Lord," yet the heathens, who followed their example, are said "to have feared the Lord." The Israelites did not so much as fear the wrath of Almighty God; but, on the other hand, the poor pagans feared the power of his wrath, and to avert it paid some ignorant worship, according to the wretched instructions given them. As this was an external acknowledgement of his power and Godhead, and a homage paid to him,he was pleased in consequence to withdraw his judgements from them.--SCOTT
Lord .............. Lord <03373 03068> [fear not.]
Israel <07760 03478> [whom he named Israel.]
Lord <03068> [With whom.]
instructed <06680 0559> [charged them.]
worship other gods <0312 0430 03372> [fear other gods.]
military ability <05186> [a stretched.]
<03372> [him shall ye fear.]
rules <02706> [the statutes.]
carefully ............. wrote <03789 08104> [wrote for you.]
worship <03372> [and ye shall not.]
forget <07911> [ye shall not forget.]
Lord <03068> [the Lord.]
rescue <05337> [he shall deliver.]
attention <08085> [they did not.]
observe <06213> [but they did.]
nations <01471> [these nations.]
day <03117> [unto this day.]
