TWENTY YEARS... SIXTEEN YEARS. Yet his son Hezekiah was twenty-five years old when he died (2 Chronicles 29:1). See note on 2 Kings 16:1. WHEN HE: i.e. when he (Jotham). Compare Jehoiakim and Jehoachin (2 Chronicles 36:9; 2 Kings 21 NOT... LIKE. Nor like his own father Jotham, or his son Hezekiah.... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR. He outdid the kings of Israel: compare 2 Kings 16:3; 2 Kings 16:4, which brought forth the prophecies of Isaiah, Micah, Nahurn, and others.... [ Continue Reading ]
CHILDREN. sons. HEATHEN. nations.... [ Continue Reading ]
SACRIFICED. Compare 2 Kings 16:4.... [ Continue Reading ]
HIS. Which should have been his. GOD. Hebrew. _Elohim._ App-4. THE KING OF SYRIA: i.e. Rezin, whom God raised up as. scourge. THEY SMOTE HIM: i.e. when they took Elath (2 Kings 16:6).... [ Continue Reading ]
PEKAH THE SON OF HEMALIAH. Compare 2 Kings 15:27 and Isaiah 7. As Pekah ends three years before Ahaz begins, this must have taken place between 632 and 629 B.C. VALIANT MEN. sons of valour.... [ Continue Reading ]
MIGHTY MAN. Hebrew. _gibbor._ App-14.... [ Continue Reading ]
WOMEN, &C. These also were guilty. Compare Jeremiah 7:18. TOOK ALSO AWAY: i.e. from Jerusalem. See App-53.... [ Continue Reading ]
ODED. establishing. His name is prophetic. WENT OUT BEFORE THE HOST. Showing his courage. reacheth up unto heaven. Figure of speech _Hyperbole_ (App-6), to express the greatness of the rage.... [ Continue Reading ]
ARE THERE NOT... ? Figure of speech _Erotesis._ SINS. trespasses, or guilt. Hebrew. _asham_. App-44.... [ Continue Reading ]
CERTAIN. men. Hebrew. _'enosh._ App-14. HEADS. Not the king. JOHANAN. Should be Jehohanan.... [ Continue Reading ]
OFFENDED. trespassed. Hebrew. _'asham_. App-44.... [ Continue Reading ]
CONGREGATION. assembly.... [ Continue Reading ]
FEEBLE. tottering. THE CITY OF PALM TREES. Compare Deuteronomy 34:3. THEN THEY RETURNED TO SAMARIA. Compare this account with Luke 10:30.... [ Continue Reading ]
KINGS. the great king. Plural of majesty.... [ Continue Reading ]
PHILISTINES. These behind, and the Syrians before. Compare Isaiah 9:12; Isaiah 9:13.... [ Continue Reading ]
ISRAEL. See note on 2 Chronicles 21:2. NAKED: i.e. had stripped Judah of the worship and service of God. TRANSGRESSED. acted treacherously: i.e. been grievously unfaithful. Hebrew. _ma'al._ App-44.... [ Continue Reading ]
TILGATH-PILNESER. Compare 2 Kings 16:10. The accounts in Kings and Chronicles are complementary. See App-56.... [ Continue Reading ]
TRESPASS. Hebrew. _ma'al_ App-44. See note on "transgressed", 2 Chronicles 28:19. THIS IS THAT KING AHAZ. Compare three specially branded transgressors: Cain (Genesis 4:15); Dathan (Numbers 26:9); and Ahaz, here. Contrast Hezekiah (2 Chronicles 32:12; 2 Chronicles 32:30).... [ Continue Reading ]
WHICH SMOTE HIM: i.e. which [as he believed] smote him. HELP THEM. So he falsely reasoned. THE RUIN OF HIM. As the idolatry of the Edomites ruined Amaziah (2 Chronicles 25:14; 2 Chronicles 25:15).... [ Continue Reading ]
GATHERED TOGETHER. Compare 2 Kings 16:8. SHUT UP THE DOORS. His son Hezekiah's first act was to open them (2 Chronicles 29:3).... [ Continue Reading ]
ALL HIS WAYS. Compare 2 Chronicles 27:7. BEHOLD. Figure of speech _Asterismos._... [ Continue Reading ]
SLEPT WITH HIS FATHERS. See note on Deuteronomy 31:16. IN THE CITY. Not in the sepulchres.... [ Continue Reading ]