2 Kings 16:1
_IN THE SEVENTEENTH YEAR OF PEKAH THE SON OF REMALIAH AHAZ THE SON OF JOTHAM KING OF JUDAH BEGAN TO REIGN._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_IN THE SEVENTEENTH YEAR OF PEKAH THE SON OF REMALIAH AHAZ THE SON OF JOTHAM KING OF JUDAH BEGAN TO REIGN._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_TWENTY YEARS OLD WAS AHAZ WHEN HE BEGAN TO REIGN, AND REIGNED SIXTEEN YEARS IN JERUSALEM, AND DID NOT THAT WHICH WAS RIGHT IN THE SIGHT OF THE LORD HIS GOD, LIKE DAVID HIS FATHER._ Twenty years old was Ahaz when he began to reign. What kind of education this young king had received, and to what un... [ Continue Reading ]
_BUT HE WALKED IN THE WAY OF THE KINGS OF ISRAEL, YEA, AND MADE HIS SON TO PASS THROUGH THE FIRE, ACCORDING TO THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE HEATHEN, WHOM THE LORD CAST OUT FROM BEFORE THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL._ Walked in the way of the kings of Israel. This is descriptive of the early part of his reign, w... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND HE SACRIFICED AND BURNT INCENSE IN THE HIGH PLACES, AND ON THE HILLS, AND UNDER EVERY GREEN TREE._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_THEN REZIN KING OF SYRIA AND PEKAH SON OF REMALIAH KING OF ISRAEL CAME UP TO JERUSALEM TO WAR: AND THEY BESIEGED AHAZ, BUT COULD NOT OVERCOME HIM._ Then Rezin ... and Pekah ... came up to Jerusalem to war. Notwithstanding their great efforts and military preparations, they failed to take it, and,... [ Continue Reading ]
_AT THAT TIME REZIN KING OF SYRIA RECOVERED ELATH TO SYRIA, AND DRAVE THE JEWS FROM ELATH: AND THE SYRIANS CAME TO ELATH, AND DWELT THERE UNTO THIS DAY._ Rezin ... recovered Elath - which Azariah had gotten into his possession (2 Kings 14:22). AND DRAVE THE JEWS FROM ELATH. This is the first pass... [ Continue Reading ]
_SO AHAZ SENT MESSENGERS TO TIGLATH-PILESER KING OF ASSYRIA, SAYING, I AM THY SERVANT AND THY SON: COME UP, AND SAVE ME OUT OF THE HAND OF THE KING OF SYRIA, AND OUT OF THE HAND OF THE KING OF ISRAEL, WHICH RISE UP AGAINST ME._ So Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglath-pileser. In spite of the assurance g... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND AHAZ TOOK THE SILVER AND GOLD THAT WAS FOUND IN THE HOUSE OF THE LORD, AND IN THE TREASURES OF THE KING'S HOUSE, AND SENT IT FOR A PRESENT TO THE KING OF ASSYRIA._ NO JFB COMMENTARY ON THIS VERSE.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE KING OF ASSYRIA HEARKENED UNTO HIM: FOR THE KING OF ASSYRIA WENT UP AGAINST DAMASCUS, AND TOOK IT, AND CARRIED THE PEOPLE OF IT CAPTIVE TO KIR, AND SLEW REZIN._ The king of Assyria hearkened unto him. Thus, Ahaz and his people were delivered from impending danger; but it was at an immense... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND KING AHAZ WENT TO DAMASCUS TO MEET TIGLATH-PILESER KING OF ASSYRIA, AND SAW AN ALTAR THAT WAS AT DAMASCUS: AND KING AHAZ SENT TO URIJAH THE PRIEST THE FASHION OF THE ALTAR, AND THE PATTERN OF IT, ACCORDING TO ALL THE WORKMANSHIP THEREOF._ Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tigiath-pileser. This was... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND URIJAH THE PRIEST BUILT AN ALTAR ACCORDING TO ALL THAT KING AHAZ HAD SENT FROM DAMASCUS: SO URIJAH THE PRIEST MADE IT AGAINST KING AHAZ CAME FROM DAMASCUS._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND KING AHAZ COMMANDED URIJAH THE PRIEST, SAYING, UPON THE GREAT ALTAR BURN THE MORNING BURNT OFFERING, AND THE EVENING MEAT OFFERING, AND THE KING'S BURNT SACRIFICE, AND HIS MEAT OFFERING, WITH THE BURNT OFFERING OF ALL THE PEOPLE OF THE LAND, AND THEIR MEAT OFFERING, AND THEIR DRINK OFFERINGS; A... [ Continue Reading ]
_THUS DID URIJAH THE PRIEST, ACCORDING TO ALL THAT KING AHAZ COMMANDED._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND KING AHAZ CUT OFF THE BORDERS OF THE BASES, AND REMOVED THE LAVER FROM OFF THEM; AND TOOK DOWN THE SEA FROM OFF THE BRASEN OXEN THAT WERE UNDER IT, AND PUT IT UPON A PAVEMENT OF STONES._ Cut off the borders of the bases ... It is thought that be did this to employ the elaborate sculpture in ad... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE COVERT FOR THE SABBATH THAT THEY HAD BUILT IN THE HOUSE, AND THE KING'S ENTRY WITHOUT, TURNED HE FROM THE HOUSE OF THE LORD FOR THE KING OF ASSYRIA._ And the covert for the sabbath that they had built in the house [meeycak), Khethib; _ MUWCAK_ (H4329), Qeri'. Gesenius renders it, 'a covere... [ Continue Reading ]