2 Chronicles 16:1
This passage runs parallel with Kings (see the marginal reference).... [ Continue Reading ]
This passage runs parallel with Kings (see the marginal reference).... [ Continue Reading ]
Compare the 1 Kings 15:19 note.... [ Continue Reading ]
ABEL-MAIM - or, “Abel-beth-maachah” 1 Kings 15:20. It was one of the towns most exposed to attack when an invader entered Israel from the north, and was taken from Pekah by Tiglath-pileser 2 Kings 15:29. STORE CITIES - See 1 Kings 9:19 note.... [ Continue Reading ]
The rebuke of Hanani and his imprisonment by Asa, omitted by the writer of Kings, are among the most important of the additions to Asa’s history for which we are indebted to the author of Chronicles. 2 Chronicles 16:7 ESCAPED OUT OF THINE HAND - Hanani means, “Hadst thou been faithful, and opposed... [ Continue Reading ]
YET IN HIS DISEASE HE SOUGHT NOT ... - Rather, “and also in his disease he sought not.” Not only in his war with Baasha, but also when attacked by illness, Asa placed undue reliance upon the aid of man.... [ Continue Reading ]
The explanation of the plural - “sepulchres” - will be seen in 1 Kings 13:30 note. The burning of spices in honor of a king at his funeral was customary (compare the marginal references).... [ Continue Reading ]