What does 2 Kings 15:8 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"In the thirty and eighth year of Azariah king of Judah did Zachariah the son of Jeroboam reign over Israel in Samaria six months."
IN THE THIRTY AND EIGHTH YEAR - Rather, according to the previous numbers 2 Kings 14:23; 2 Kings 15:2, the 27th year of Azariah. Some suppose an interregnum between Jeroboam and Zachariah, which, howe...
CHAPTER 15 _ 1. Reign and death of Azariah (Uzziah) (2 Kings 15:1; 2 Chronicles 26)._ 2. Reign and death of Zachariah (2 Kings 15:8) 3. Reign and death of Shallum (2 Kings 15:13) 4. Menahem, King...
LAST KINGS OF ISRAEL. Zechariah, the son of Jeroboam, reigned but six months (2 Kings 15:8), and was killed by Shallum, probably, as LXX (L) reads, in Ibleam, instead of the Heb., which is doubtfully...
THIRTY AND EIGHT YEAR. Compare with 2 Kings 14:29. Jeroboam died in the fourteenth year of Azariah (or Uzziah). There must have been an interregnum of twenty-four years. See App-50 and comments on 2 K...
Zechariah king of Israel. He is slain, after six months, by Shallum, who succeeded him (Not in Chronicles) 8. _Zachariah_[R.V. ZECHARIAH] _the son of Jeroboam_ This was as is noticed below, in. verse...
I. ISRAEL SUBMITS TO ASSYRIA 15:16-31 The heyday period for Israel ended abruptly with the death of Jeroboam II. In the period from 753-722 B.C. Israel had six kings representing _five_ dynasties. In...
_IN THE THIRTY AND EIGHTH YEAR OF AZARIAH KING OF JUDAH DID ZACHARIAH THE SON OF JEROBOAM REIGN OVER ISRAEL IN SAMARIA SIX MONTHS._ In the thirty and eighth year of Azariah king of Judah did Zacharia...
SUNDRY BRIEF ANNALS This chapter relates the reigns of Azariah and Jotham of Judah, and of Zechariah, Shallum, Menahem, Pekahiah, and Pekah of Israel....
THE LAST KINGS OF *ISRAEL AND *JUDAH BOOK OF 2 KINGS _PHILIP SMITH_ CHAPTER 15 UZZIAH’S RULE AS KING OF *JUDAH V1 Uzziah, Amaziah’s son, began his rule as king of *Judah. He did so in the 27th y...
(8-16) THE REIGNS OF ZACHARIAH AND SHALLUM IN SAMARIA. (8) IN THE THIRTY AND EIGHTH YEAR OF AZARIAH. — This agrees with the assumption that Jeroboam reigned fifty-one years (2 Kings 14:23)....
בִּ שְׁנַ֨ת שְׁלֹשִׁ֤ים וּ שְׁמֹנֶה֙ שָׁנָ֔ה לַ עֲזַרְיָ֖הוּ מֶ֣לֶךְ יְהוּדָ֑ה מָ֠לַךְ זְכַרְיָ֨הוּ בֶן ־יָרָבְעָ֧ם
AMOS, HOSEA, AND THE KINGDOM OF ISRAEL 2 Kings 14:23; 2 Kings 15:8 "In them is plainest taught and easiest learnt What makes a nation happy and keeps it so. What ruins kingdoms and lays cities fla...
“A LEPER UNTIL THE DAY OF HIS DEATH” 2 Kings 15:1 The reign of Azariah, or Uzziah, in Judah was very splendid. Fifty-two years of almost unbroken prosperity! The story is told in the glowing periods...
The throne of Judah was occupied by Azariah, the Uzziah of Isaiah. In the main, his reign was characterized by obedience to the divine will, yet the people continued in sin, and the king was smitten w...
In the thirty and eighth year of Azariah king of Judah did Zachariah the son of Jeroboam reign over Israel in Samaria six (d) months. (d) He was the fourth in descent from Jehu, who reigned according...
_Thirtieth. Usher would place an interregnum of eleven years and a half, after the death of Jeroboam, to make the first year of Zacharias correspond with the 38th of Azarias, during which, he supposes...
I bring the whole into this compass, not only for the sake of brevity, but because the observations which are suited to one reign more or less will suit them all. Short as this chapter is, the events...
But not merely this. "Elisha died and they buried him" (2 Kings 13:20). Was not Elisha gone then? Not so. There was to be even a more glorious witness in his death than in his life. In his life, no do...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 13 THROUGH 17. Walking in the steps of Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, the house of Jehu was no protection to Israel against Hazael. But the compassion of Jehova...
IN THE THIRTY EIGHTH YEAR OF AZARIAH KING OF JUDAH DID ZACHARIAH THE SON OF JEROBOAM REIGN OVER ISRAEL IN SAMARIA SIX MONTHS. Since Azariah began to reign in the twenty seventh of Jeroboam, 2 Kings 15...
In the thirty and eighth year of Azariah king of Judah did Zachariah the son of Jeroboam reign over Israel in Samaria six months. Ver. 8. _Six months._] So soon God despatched him out of the way, and...
1 Azariah his good reigne. 5 He dying a Leper, Iotham succeedeth. 8 Zachariah, the last of Iehu his generation, reigning ill, is slaine by Shallum. 13 Shallum reigning a moneth, is slaine by Menahe...
In the thirty and eighth year of Azariah, king of Judah, after an interregnurn or a state of anarchy lasting eleven years, DID ZACHARIAH, THE SON OF JEROBOAM, REIGN OVER ISRAEL IN SAMARIA SIX MONTHS,...
AZARIAH'S REIGN IN JUDAH (vv.1-17) The reign of Azariah began after Jereboam had reigned 27 years in Samaria. We have seen Azariah (Uzziah) was only 16 years old when he began to reign, and reigned...
8-31 This history shows Israel in confusion. Though Judah was not without troubles, yet that kingdom was happy, compared with the state of Israel. The imperfections of true believers are very differen...
THE THIRTY AND EIGHTH YEAR OF AZARIAH; of which SEE POOLE ON "2 KINGS 15:2"....
2 Kings 15:8 thirty-eighth H7970 H8083 H8141 year H8141 Azariah H5838 king H4428 Judah H3063 Zechariah H2148 son H1121 Jeroboam H3379 reigned H4427 (H8804) Israel H3478 Samaria H8111 six H8337 months...
THE REIGN OF ZECHARIAH KING OF ISRAEL C.753-752 BC. By the time of Zechariah the prophets Amos and Hosea were in full flow denouncing the sins of Israel, and to some extent those of Judah. From this...
CONTENTS: Reign of Azariah and Jotham over Judah and Zechariah, Shallum, Menahem, Pekahiah, Pekah over Israel. CHARACTERS: God, Azariah, Jotham, Zechariah, Shallum, Menahem, Pul, Pekahiah, Pekah, Rez...
2 Kings 15:1. _Azariah;_ that is, Uzziah, as below, and Isaiah 6:1. He was a good man under affliction, brought several of the ten tribes under the wings of his defence, extended his empire to the Red...
2 KINGS—NOTE ON 2 KINGS 15:8 Israel’s Last Days. The Lord had promised Jehu that his descendants would reign after him to the “fourth generation” (2 Kings 10:30). With the death of Jeroboam II and the...
CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.— 2 Kings 15:10. ASSASSINATION OF ZACHARIAH BY THE CONSPIRATOR SHALLUM—The compound word rendered “_before the people_,” would seem to record a public act of regicide t...
EXPOSITION 2 KINGS 15:1 REIGNS OF AZARIAH AND JOTHAM OVER JUDAH; AND OF ZACHARIAH, SHALLUM, MENAHEM, PEKAHIAH, AND PEKAH OVER ISRAEL. 2 KINGS 15:1 THE REIGN OF AZARIAH OVER JUDAS. The writer now mo...
He was sixteen years old when he began to reign, he reigned for fifty-two years (2 Kings 15:2). One of the longest reigns. He did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that...
2 Kings 14:16; 2 Kings 14:17; 2 Kings 14:21; 2 Kings 14:29; 2 Kings 15:1...
Six months — After the throne had been vacant several years, thro' the dissentions that were in the kingdom....