_NOW IN THE EIGHTEENTH YEAR OF KING JEROBOAM THE SON OF NEBAT REIGNED ABIJAM OVER JUDAH._ Abijam. His name was at first Abijah (2 Chronicles 12:16), 'Jah,' the name of God, according to an ancient fashion, being conjoined with it. But afterward, when he was found 'walking in all the sins of his fat... [ Continue Reading ]
_THREE YEARS REIGNED HE IN JERUSALEM. AND HIS MOTHER'S NAME WAS MAACHAH, THE DAUGHTER OF ABISHALOM._ Three years reigned he - (cf. 1 Kings 15:1 with 1 Kings 15:9.) Parts of years are counted in Scripture as whole years. The reign began in Jeroboam's 18th year, continued until the 19th year, and end... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND HE WALKED IN ALL THE SINS OF HIS FATHER, WHICH HE HAD DONE BEFORE HIM: AND HIS HEART WAS NOT PERFECT WITH THE LORD HIS GOD, AS THE HEART OF DAVID HIS FATHER._ Heart was not perfect with the Lord, х_ SHAALEEM_ (H8003)] - at peace, in harmony with. AS THE HEART OF DAVID - (cf. 1 Kings 11:4; 1 K... [ Continue Reading ]
_NEVERTHELESS FOR DAVID'S SAKE DID THE LORD HIS GOD GIVE HIM A LAMP IN JERUSALEM, TO SET UP HIS SON AFTER HIM, AND TO ESTABLISH JERUSALEM:_ For David's sake did the Lord ... give him a lamp. "A lamp" in one's house is an Oriental phrase for continuance of family name and prosperity. Abijam was not... [ Continue Reading ]
_BECAUSE DAVID DID THAT WHICH WAS RIGHT IN THE EYES OF THE LORD, AND TURNED NOT ASIDE FROM ANY THING THAT HE COMMANDED HIM ALL THE DAYS OF HIS LIFE, SAVE ONLY IN THE MATTER OF URIAH THE HITTITE._ Save only in the matter of Uriah the Hittite. This clause is not in the Septuagint. Admitting its genui... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THERE WAS WAR BETWEEN REHOBOAM AND JEROBOAM ALL THE DAYS OF HIS LIFE._ And there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all the days of his life. Several manuscripts have, 'between Abijam and Jeroboam.' This seems to be the correct reading in this connection.... [ Continue Reading ]
_NOW THE REST OF THE ACTS OF ABIJAM, AND ALL THAT HE DID, ARE THEY NOT WRITTEN IN THE BOOK OF THE CHRONICLES OF THE KINGS OF JUDAH? AND THERE WAS WAR BETWEEN ABIJAM AND JEROBOAM._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND IN THE TWENTIETH YEAR OF JEROBOAM KING OF ISRAEL REIGNED ASA OVER JUDAH._ In the twentieth year of Jeroboam ... reigned Asa over Judah. This appears at variance with the statement in 1 Kings 15:1, that Abijam became king of Judah in the eighteenth year of Jeroboam, and that he reigned three ye... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND FORTY AND ONE YEARS REIGNED HE IN JERUSALEM. AND HIS MOTHER'S NAME WAS MAACHAH, THE DAUGHTER OF ABISHALOM._ His mother's name was Maachah. She was properly his grandmother; and she is here called "the king's mother," from the post of dignity which, at the beginning of his reign, she possessed.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND ASA DID THAT WHICH WAS RIGHT IN THE EYES OF THE LORD, AS DID DAVID HIS FATHER._ Asa did that which was right in the eyes of the Lord. As a constitutional monarch, he acted like the pious David, labouring to abolish the traces and polluting practices of idolatry, and in pursuance of his imparti... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND HE TOOK AWAY THE SODOMITES OUT OF THE LAND, AND REMOVED ALL THE IDOLS THAT HIS FATHERS HAD MADE._ And he took away the sodomites out of the land х_ HAQªDEESHIYM_ (H6945)] - male prostitutes, priests, or men-servants in the temple of Ashtaroth (Astarte), who went about as mendicants, generally... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND ALSO MAACHAH HIS MOTHER, EVEN HER HE REMOVED FROM BEING QUEEN, BECAUSE SHE HAD MADE AN IDOL IN A GROVE; AND ASA DESTROYED HER IDOL, AND BURNT IT BY THE BROOK KIDRON._ Also Maachah his mother ... her he removed from being queen (cf. 2 Chronicles 15:16 with 2 Kings 10:13; 2 Kings 24:12) х_ MIGªB... [ Continue Reading ]
_BUT THE HIGH PLACES WERE NOT REMOVED: NEVERTHELESS ASA'S HEART WAS PERFECT WITH THE LORD ALL HIS DAYS._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND HE BROUGHT IN THE THINGS WHICH HIS FATHER HAD DEDICATED, AND THE THINGS WHICH HIMSELF HAD DEDICATED, INTO THE HOUSE OF THE LORD, SILVER, AND GOLD, AND VESSELS._ He brought in the things which his father had dedicated. Probably the spoils which Abijam had taken from the vanquished army of Jerob... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THERE WAS WAR BETWEEN ASA AND BAASHA KING OF ISRAEL ALL THEIR DAYS._ There was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days. Asa enjoyed a ten years' peace after Jeroboam's defeat by Abijam, and this interval was wisely and energetically spent in making internal reforms, as well as... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND BAASHA KING OF ISRAEL WENT UP AGAINST JUDAH, AND BUILT RAMAH, THAT HE MIGHT NOT SUFFER ANY TO GO OUT OR COME IN TO ASA KING OF JUDAH._ Built Ramah - i:e., fortified it (cf. 1 Kings 17:22); erected a strong fortress at Ramah (of Benjamin er-Ram), which was near Gibeah, toward Beth-el (Beitin),... [ Continue Reading ]
_THEN ASA TOOK ALL THE SILVER AND THE GOLD THAT WERE LEFT IN THE TREASURES OF THE HOUSE OF THE LORD, AND THE TREASURES OF THE KING'S HOUSE, AND DELIVERED THEM INTO THE HAND OF HIS SERVANTS: AND KING ASA SENT THEM TO_ _ BEN-HA'DAD, THE SON OF TABRIMON, THE SON OF HEZION, KING OF SYRIA, THAT DWELT AT... [ Continue Reading ]
_THERE IS A LEAGUE BETWEEN ME AND THEE, AND BETWEEN MY FATHER AND THY FATHER: BEHOLD, I HAVE SENT UNTO THEE A PRESENT OF SILVER AND GOLD; COME AND BREAK THY LEAGUE WITH BAASHA KING OF ISRAEL, THAT HE MAY DEPART FROM ME._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_SO BEN-HA'DAD HEARKENED UNTO KING ASA, AND SENT THE CAPTAINS OF THE HOSTS WHICH HE HAD AGAINST THE CITIES OF ISRAEL, AND SMOTE IJON, AND DAN, AND ABEL-BETH-MA'ACHAH, AND ALL CINNEROTH, WITH ALL THE LAND OF NAPHTALI._ Ijon. Dr. Robinson, who was the first to identify the site of this place, describ... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND IT CAME TO PASS, WHEN BAASHA HEARD THEREOF, THAT HE LEFT OFF BUILDING OF RAMAH, AND DWELT IN TIRZAH._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_THEN KING ASA MADE A PROCLAMATION THROUGHOUT ALL JUDAH; NONE WAS EXEMPTED: AND THEY TOOK AWAY THE STONES OF RAMAH, AND THE TIMBER THEREOF, WHEREWITH BAASHA HAD BUILDED; AND KING ASA BUILT WITH THEM GEBA OF BENJAMIN, AND MIZPAH._ Then king Asa made a proclamation. The fortifications which Baasaha h... [ Continue Reading ]
_THE REST OF ALL THE ACTS OF ASA, AND ALL HIS MIGHT, AND ALL THAT HE DID, AND THE CITIES WHICH HE BUILT, ARE THEY NOT WRITTEN IN THE BOOK OF THE CHRONICLES OF THE KINGS OF JUDAH? NEVERTHELESS IN THE TIME OF HIS OLD AGE HE WAS DISEASED IN HIS FEET._ Diseased in his feet - (see the notes at 2 Chronic... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND ASA SLEPT WITH HIS FATHERS, AND WAS BURIED WITH HIS FATHERS IN THE CITY OF DAVID HIS FATHER: AND JEHOSHAPHAT HIS SON REIGNED IN HIS STEAD._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND NADAB THE SON OF JEROBOAM BEGAN TO REIGN OVER ISRAEL IN THE SECOND YEAR OF ASA KING OF JUDAH, AND REIGNED OVER ISRAEL TWO YEARS._ Nadab the son of Jeroboam began to reign. No record is given of him, except his close adherence to the bad policy of his father.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND HE DID EVIL IN THE SIGHT OF THE LORD, AND WALKED IN THE WAY OF HIS FATHER, AND IN HIS SIN WHEREWITH HE MADE ISRAEL TO SIN._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND BAASHA THE SON OF AHIJAH, OF THE HOUSE OF ISSACHAR, CONSPIRED AGAINST HIM; AND BAASHA SMOTE HIM AT GIBBETHON, WHICH BELONGED TO THE PHILISTINES; FOR NADAB AND ALL ISRAEL LAID SIEGE TO GIBBETHON._ Baasha smote him at Gibbethon. This town, within the tribe of Dan, was given to the Levites (Joshu... [ Continue Reading ]
_EVEN IN THE THIRD YEAR OF ASA KING OF JUDAH DID BAASHA SLAY HIM, AND REIGNED IN HIS STEAD._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND IT CAME TO PASS, WHEN HE REIGNED, THAT HE SMOTE ALL THE HOUSE OF JEROBOAM; HE LEFT NOT TO JEROBOAM ANY THAT BREATHED, UNTIL HE HAD DESTROYED HIM, ACCORDING UNTO THE SAYING OF THE LORD, WHICH HE SPAKE BY HIS SERVANT AHIJAH THE SHILONITE:_ When he reigned ... he smote all the house of Jeroboam.... [ Continue Reading ]
_BECAUSE OF THE SINS OF JEROBOAM WHICH HE SINNED, AND WHICH HE MADE ISRAEL SIN, BY HIS PROVOCATION WHEREWITH HE PROVOKED THE LORD GOD OF ISRAEL TO ANGER._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THERE WAS WAR BETWEEN ASA AND BAASHA KING OF ISRAEL ALL THEIR DAYS._ THERE WAS WAR BETWEEN ASA AND BAASHA KING OF ISRAEL ALL THEIR DAYS. This repetition of what was stated, 1 Kings 15:16, must have originated in the error of a transcriber. It is not found in the Septuagint version.... [ Continue Reading ]