_AND IN THE SEVENTH YEAR JEHOIADA STRENGTHENED HIMSELF, AND TOOK THE CAPTAINS OF HUNDREDS, AZARIAH THE SON OF JEROHAM, AND ISHMAEL THE SON OF JEHOHANAN, AND AZARIAH THE SON OF OBED, AND MAASEIAH THE SON OF ADAIAH, AND ELISHAPHAT THE SON OF ZICHRI, INTO COVENANT WITH HIM._ In the seventh year Jehoia... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THEY WENT ABOUT IN JUDAH, AND GATHERED THE LEVITES OUT OF ALL THE CITIES OF JUDAH, AND THE CHIEF OF THE FATHERS OF ISRAEL, AND THEY CAME TO JERUSALEM._ Chief of the fathers of Israel. This name is frequently used in Chronicles for Judah and Benjamin, now all that remained of Israel. Having cau... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND ALL THE CONGREGATION MADE A COVENANT WITH THE KING IN THE HOUSE OF GOD. AND HE SAID UNTO THEM, BEHOLD, THE KING'S SON SHALL REIGN, AS THE LORD HATH SAID OF THE SONS OF DAVID._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_THIS IS THE THING THAT YE SHALL DO; A THIRD PART OF YOU ENTERING ON THE SABBATH, OF THE PRIESTS AND OF THE LEVITES, SHALL BE PORTERS OF THE DOORS;_ This is the thing that ye shall do. The arrangements made for defense are here described. The people were divided into three bodies: one attended as g... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND A THIRD PART SHALL BE AT THE KING'S HOUSE; AND A THIRD PART AT THE GATE OF THE FOUNDATION: AND ALL THE PEOPLE SHALL BE IN THE COURTS OF THE HOUSE OF THE LORD._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_SO THE LEVITES AND ALL JUDAH DID ACCORDING TO ALL THINGS THAT JEHOIADA THE PRIEST HAD COMMANDED, AND TOOK EVERY MAN HIS MEN THAT WERE TO COME IN ON THE SABBATH, WITH THEM THAT WERE TO GO OUT ON THE SABBATH: FOR JEHOIADA THE PRIEST DISMISSED NOT THE COURSES._ Jehoiada ... dismissed not the courses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_MOREOVER JEHOIADA THE PRIEST DELIVERED TO THE CAPTAINS OF HUNDREDS SPEARS, AND BUCKLERS, AND SHIELDS, THAT HAD BEEN KING DAVID'S, WHICH WERE IN THE HOUSE OF GOD._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_THEN THEY BROUGHT OUT THE KING'S SON, AND PUT UPON HIM THE CROWN, AND GAVE HIM THE TESTIMONY, AND MADE HIM KING. AND JEHOIADA AND HIS SONS ANOINTED HIM, AND SAID, GOD SAVE THE KING._ Put upon him the crown, and gave him the testimony х_ HANEEZER_ (H5145)] - the diadem, (2 Samuel 1:10; 2 Kings 11:1... [ Continue Reading ]
_NOW WHEN ATHALIAH HEARD THE NOISE OF THE PEOPLE RUNNING AND PRAISING THE KING, SHE CAME TO THE PEOPLE INTO THE HOUSE OF THE LORD:_ When Athaliah heard the noise. The unusual commotion indicated by the blast of the trumpets, and the vehement acclamations of the people, drew her attention or excited... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND SHE LOOKED, AND, BEHOLD, THE KING STOOD AT HIS PILLAR AT THE ENTERING IN, AND THE PRINCES AND THE TRUMPETS BY THE KING: AND ALL THE PEOPLE OF THE LAND REJOICED, AND SOUNDED WITH TRUMPETS, ALSO THE SINGERS WITH INSTRUMENTS OF MUSICK, AND SUCH AS TAUGHT TO SING PRAISE. THEN ATHALIAH RENT HER CLOT... [ Continue Reading ]
_THEN JEHOIADA THE PRIEST BROUGHT OUT THE CAPTAINS OF HUNDREDS THAT WERE SET OVER THE HOST, AND SAID UNTO THEM, HAVE HER FORTH OF THE RANGES: AND WHOSO FOLLOWETH HER, LET HIM BE SLAIN WITH THE SWORD. FOR THE PRIEST SAID, SLAY HER NOT IN THE HOUSE OF THE LORD._ Slay her not in the house of the Lord... [ Continue Reading ]
_SO THEY LAID HANDS ON HER; AND WHEN SHE WAS COME TO THE ENTERING OF THE HORSE GATE BY THE KING'S HOUSE, THEY SLEW HER THERE._ The entering of the horse gate by the king's house, they slew her there. The high priest; ordered her immediately to be taken out of the temple grounds and put to death; "a... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND JEHOIADA MADE A COVENANT BETWEEN HIM, AND BETWEEN ALL THE PEOPLE, AND BETWEEN THE KING, THAT THEY SHOULD BE THE LORD'S PEOPLE._ Jehoiada made a covenant - (see the note at 2 Kings 11:17.)... [ Continue Reading ]