2 Kings 9:5
message <01697> [I have an errand.]
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 16:9
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.]
