2 Kings 15:1

_IN THE TWENTY AND SEVENTH YEAR OF JEROBOAM KING OF ISRAEL BEGAN AZARIAH SON OF AMAZIAH KING OF JUDAH TO REIGN._ In the twenty and seventh year of Jeroboam. Since Amaziah, the father of Azariah, lived only until the fifteenth year of Jeroboam II (cf. 2 Kings 14:17; 2 Kings 14:23), there is a diffic... [ Continue Reading ]

2 Kings 15:2-7

_SIXTEEN YEARS OLD WAS HE WHEN HE BEGAN TO REIGN, AND HE REIGNED TWO AND FIFTY YEARS IN JERUSALEM. AND HIS MOTHER'S NAME WAS JECHOLIAH OF JERUSALEM._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]

2 Kings 15:8

_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 Zachariah ... reign over Israel. It has been supposed, on the ground of the recorded duration of his father'... [ Continue Reading ]

2 Kings 15:9

_AND HE DID THAT WHICH WAS EVIL IN THE SIGHT OF THE LORD, AS HIS FATHERS HAD DONE: HE DEPARTED NOT FROM THE SINS OF JEROBOAM THE SON OF NEBAT, WHO MADE ISRAEL TO SIN._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]

2 Kings 15:10

_AND SHALLUM THE SON OF JABESH CONSPIRED AGAINST HIM, AND SMOTE HIM BEFORE THE PEOPLE, AND SLEW HIM, AND REIGNED IN HIS STEAD._ Shallum the son of Jabesh conspired against him - one of his generals. AND SMOTE HIM BEFORE THE PEOPLE. He must have been aware of a deep and widespread disaffection befo... [ Continue Reading ]

2 Kings 15:11,12

_AND THE REST OF THE ACTS OF ZACHARIAH, BEHOLD, THEY ARE WRITTEN IN THE BOOK OF THE CHRONICLES OF THE KINGS OF ISRAEL._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]

2 Kings 15:13

_SHALLUM THE SON OF JABESH BEGAN TO REIGN IN THE NINE AND THIRTIETH YEAR OF UZZIAH KING OF JUDAH; AND HE REIGNED A FULL MONTH IN SAMARIA._ Shallum ... reigned a full month. This usurper enjoyed a very brief reign, for he occupied the throne only for one month, being opposed and slain by Menahem, wh... [ Continue Reading ]

2 Kings 15:14,15

_FOR MENAHEM THE SON OF GADI WENT UP FROM TIRZAH, AND CAME TO SAMARIA, AND SMOTE SHALLUM THE SON OF JABESH IN SAMARIA, AND SLEW HIM, AND REIGNED IN HIS STEAD._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]

2 Kings 15:16

_THEN MENAHEM SMOTE TIPHSAH, AND ALL THAT WERE THEREIN, AND THE COASTS THEREOF FROM TIRZAH: BECAUSE THEY OPENED NOT TO HIM, THEREFORE HE SMOTE IT; AND ALL THE WOMEN THEREIN THAT WERE WITH CHILD HE RIPPED UP._ Menahem smote Tiphsah. Thapsacus, on the western bank of the Euphrates, formed the border... [ Continue Reading ]

2 Kings 15:17

_IN THE NINE AND THIRTIETH YEAR OF AZARIAH KING OF JUDAH BEGAN MENAHEM THE SON OF GADI TO REIGN OVER ISRAEL, AND REIGNED TEN YEARS IN SAMARIA._ Reigned ten years in Samaria. His government was conducted on the religious policy of his predecessors.... [ Continue Reading ]

2 Kings 15:18

_AND HE DID THAT WHICH WAS EVIL IN THE SIGHT OF THE LORD: HE DEPARTED NOT ALL HIS DAYS FROM THE SINS OF JEROBOAM THE SON OF NEBAT, WHO MADE ISRAEL TO SIN._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]

2 Kings 15:19

_AND PUL THE KING OF ASSYRIA CAME AGAINST THE LAND: AND MENAHEM GAVE PUL A THOUSAND TALENTS OF SILVER, THAT HIS HAND MIGHT BE WITH HIM TO CONFIRM THE KINGDOM IN HIS HAND._ Pul the king of Assyria came against the land, х_ PUWL_ (H6322); Septuagint, Foua, probably from the error of a copyist in mist... [ Continue Reading ]

2 Kings 15:20-22

_AND MENAHEM EXACTED THE MONEY OF ISRAEL, EVEN OF ALL THE MIGHTY MEN OF WEALTH, OF EACH MAN FIFTY SHEKELS OF SILVER, TO GIVE TO THE KING OF ASSYRIA. SO THE KING OF ASSYRIA TURNED BACK, AND STAYED NOT THERE IN THE LAND._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]

2 Kings 15:23

_IN THE FIFTIETH YEAR OF AZARIAH KING OF JUDAH PEKAHIAH THE SON OF MENAHEM BEGAN TO REIGN OVER ISRAEL IN SAMARIA, AND REIGNED TWO YEARS._ Pekahiah the son of Menahem began to reign. On comparing the date given with Azariah's reign, it seems that several months had intervened between the death of Me... [ Continue Reading ]

2 Kings 15:24

_AND HE DID THAT WHICH WAS EVIL IN THE SIGHT OF THE LORD: HE DEPARTED NOT FROM THE SINS OF JEROBOAM THE SON_ _ OF NEBAT, WHO MADE ISRAEL TO SIN._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]

2 Kings 15:25

_BUT PEKAH THE SON OF REMALIAH, A CAPTAIN OF HIS, CONSPIRED AGAINST HIM, AND SMOTE HIM IN SAMARIA, IN THE PALACE OF THE KING'S HOUSE, WITH ARGOB AND ARIEH, AND WITH HIM FIFTY MEN OF THE GILEADITES: AND HE KILLED HIM, AND REIGNED IN HIS ROOM._ With Argob and Arieh ... Many commentators view these as... [ Continue Reading ]

2 Kings 15:26-28

_AND THE REST OF THE ACTS OF PEKAHIAH, AND ALL THAT HE DID, BEHOLD, THEY ARE WRITTEN IN THE BOOK OF THE CHRONICLES OF THE KINGS OF ISRAEL._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]

2 Kings 15:29

_IN THE DAYS OF PEKAH KING OF ISRAEL CAME TIGLATH-PILESER KING OF ASSYRIA, AND TOOK IJON, AND ABEL-BETH-MA'ACHAH, AND JONOAH, AND KEDESH, AND HAZOR, AND GILEAD, AND GALILEE, ALL THE LAND OF NAPHTALI, AND CARRIED THEM CAPTIVE TO ASSYRIA._ In the days of Pekah ... came Tiglath-pileser, х_ TIGLAT-PIL'... [ Continue Reading ]

2 Kings 15:30

_AND HOSHEA THE SON OF ELAH MADE A CONSPIRACY AGAINST PEKAH THE SON OF REMALIAH, AND SMOTE HIM, AND SLEW HIM, AND REIGNED IN HIS STEAD, IN THE TWENTIETH YEAR OF JOTHAM THE SON OF UZZIAH._ Hoshea the son of Elah made a conspiracy against Pekah the son of Remaliah, and smote him, and slew him. It is... [ Continue Reading ]

2 Kings 15:31,32

_AND THE REST OF THE ACTS OF PEKAH, AND ALL THAT HE DID, BEHOLD, THEY ARE WRITTEN IN THE BOOK OF THE CHRONICLES OF THE KINGS OF ISRAEL._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]

2 Kings 15:33

_FIVE AND TWENTY YEARS OLD WAS HE WHEN HE BEGAN TO REIGN, AND HE REIGNED SIXTEEN YEARS IN JERUSALEM. AND HIS MOTHER'S NAME WAS JERUSHA, THE DAUGHTER OF ZADOK._ Five and twenty years old was he when he began to reign - i:e., alone, for he had ruled as his father's viceroy.... [ Continue Reading ]

2 Kings 15:34

_AND HE DID THAT WHICH WAS RIGHT IN THE SIGHT OF THE LORD: HE DID ACCORDING TO ALL THAT HIS FATHER UZZIAH HAD DONE._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]

2 Kings 15:35

_HOWBEIT THE HIGH PLACES WERE NOT REMOVED: THE PEOPLE SACRIFICED AND BURNED INCENSE STILL IN THE HIGH PLACES. HE BUILT THE HIGHER GATE OF THE HOUSE OF THE LORD._ The higher gate of the house of the Lord - not the temple itself, but one of its courts; probably that which led into the palace (2 Chron... [ Continue Reading ]

2 Kings 15:36

_NOW THE REST OF THE ACTS OF JOTHAM, AND ALL THAT HE DID, ARE THEY NOT WRITTEN IN THE BOOK OF THE CHRONICLES OF THE KINGS OF JUDAH?_ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]

2 Kings 15:37

_IN THOSE DAYS THE LORD BEGAN TO SEND AGAINST JUDAH REZIN THE KING OF SYRIA, AND PEKAH THE SON OF REMALIAH._ The Lord began to send against Judah ... This is the first intimation of the hostile feelings of the kings of Israel and Syria to Judah, which led them to form an alliance and make joint pre... [ Continue Reading ]

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