_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 ]
_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 ]
_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 ]
_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 ]
_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 ]
_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 ]
_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 ]
_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 ]
_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 ]
_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 ]
_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 ]
_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 ]
_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 ]
_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 ]
_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 ]
_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 ]
_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 ]
_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 ]
_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 ]
_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 ]
_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 ]
_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 ]
_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 ]
_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 ]
_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 ]