2 Chronicles 27:1
TWENTY AND FIVE YEARS OLD: i.e. when he began to reign alone. He was twenty when his father was smitten, and when he became co-regent. At his father's death he was twenty-five, and Ahaz was five. See App-50.... [ Continue Reading ]
TWENTY AND FIVE YEARS OLD: i.e. when he began to reign alone. He was twenty when his father was smitten, and when he became co-regent. At his father's death he was twenty-five, and Ahaz was five. See App-50.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4. ACCORDING TO ALL: i.e. to all the good, not the evil. Hence the "howbeit", which follows. ENTERED NOT INTO. As his father had done (2 Chronicles 26:16). Not like Ahaz (2 Chronicles 28:24).... [ Continue Reading ]
HIGH. upper. OPHEL. the Ophel; or, the lofty place or tower at the north end of the hill of Zion, between Zion and the Temple.... [ Continue Reading ]
CHILDREN. sons. MEASURES. Hebrew. _kor._ App-51.... [ Continue Reading ]
BECAME MIGHTY. strengthened himself. PREPARED. fixed, or established.... [ Continue Reading ]
LO. Figure of speech _Asterismos._ App-6.... [ Continue Reading ]
FIVE AND TWENTY. Repeated here from 2 Chronicles 27:1, to show that he continued his well-doing.... [ Continue Reading ]
SLEPT, &C. See note on Deuteronomy 31:16. This chapter is complementary to 2 Kings 16. See App-56.... [ Continue Reading ]