TWELFTH YEAR. There was anarchy for nine years between Pekah and Hoshea. For, in 2 Kings 15:30, Hoshea conspired against Pekah in the twentieth year of Jotham, which was the third year of Ahaz (20. 12. 8): for Ahaz began in Pekah's seventeenth year (2 Kings 16:1), and Hoshea began in Ahaz's twelfth... [ Continue Reading ]
EVIL. Hebrew. _ra'a'._ App-44. THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4. NOT AS THE KINGS OF ISRAEL... BEFORE HIM: thus, we do not read that he opposed Hezekiah's invitation (2 Chronicles 30:5).... [ Continue Reading ]
SO. The Hebrew drops the embarrassing "k" of _Sabako,_ his Ethiopian name. Afterward vanquished by Tir-hakah. See note on 2 Kings 19:9.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE KING OF AASYRIA. Shalmaneser (2 Kings 17:3), who commenced the siege, but died before Sargon, his successor, captured Samaria in 611 B.C. THREE YEARS. From 613-611.... [ Continue Reading ]
KING OF ASSYRIA. Shalmaneser. See 2 Kings 17:3. TOOK SAMARIA. Here, in the days of Hoshea (king of Israel); and in 2 Kings 1. as connected with the days of Hezekiah (king of Judah). Compare 2 Kings 18:9. CARRIED ISRAEL AWAY. Sargon's own inscription says 27,290. Compare 2 Kings 18:9. HALAH. Some... [ Continue Reading ]
CHILDREN. sons. SINNED. Hebrew. _chata._ App-44. GOD. Hebrew. _Elohim._ App-4.... [ Continue Reading ]
HEATHEN. nations.... [ Continue Reading ]
FROM THE TOWER... TO THE FENCED CITY: from the remote watchtower in the country to the fortified city. the whole country.... [ Continue Reading ]
IMAGES. statues GROVES. _'Asherah._ See note on Exodus 34:13, and App-42.... [ Continue Reading ]
IDOLS. filthy, or manufactured idols. SHALL NOT DO THIS THING. Compare Exodus 20:3; Exodus 23:13.Leviticus 26:1.Deuteronomy 12:31, &c.... [ Continue Reading ]
ALL THE SEERS. every one who had. vision. AND. Note the Figure of speech _Polysyndeton._ AND MY STATUTES. Some codices, with two early printed editions, Aramaean, Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "and My statutes" (the "and" being in the text). BY. by the hand of; and so generally. Compare 2... [ Continue Reading ]
LIKE TO. Supply Figure of speech _Ellipsis_ (App-6), "as their fathers' neck [was stiffened]".... [ Continue Reading ]
AND. Note the Figure of speech _Polysyndeton_ in verses: 2 Kings 17:15. Sixteen "ands" emphasizing each detail. VANITY.. term often applied to idols.... [ Continue Reading ]
PASS THROUGH THE FIRE. Compare Leviticus 18:21.Deuteronomy 12:31; Deuteronomy 18:10. DIVINATION AND ENCHANTMENTS: i.e. traffic with evil spirits and demons, and familiar spirits. Identical with modern spiritism. Compare Deuteronomy 18:10, and see 1 Samuel 28:8; Acts 16:16; Revelation 9:21.... [ Continue Reading ]
JUDAH ONLY. Figure of speech _Synecdoche_ (of the Part), Levites and Benjamin and additions from Israel are of course included.... [ Continue Reading ]
BUT WALKED. Compare Athaliah (2 Kings 8:18; 2 Kings 8:27; 2 Kings 16:3, &c).... [ Continue Reading ]
ALL THE SEED.. prophetic anticipation.... [ Continue Reading ]
MADE. See note on 1 Kings 14:16. SIN. GREAT SIN. Figure of speech _Polyptoton_ for emphasis. Hebrew. _chata'._ App-44.... [ Continue Reading ]
AS. according as.... [ Continue Reading ]
BROUGHT MEN. These were the substituted people forming the nucleus of the later Samaritans; but subsequently intermixed with Israelites returning with Ezra and Nehemiah (Nehemiah 13:3; Nehemiah 13:23). In N.. called "foreigners" (Luke 17:18). Compare Matthew 10:5; Matthew 10:6. Sargon refers to this... [ Continue Reading ]
LIONS. For lions in Palestine see note on 1 Kings 13:24. SLEW. kept on slaying. Omit "some".... [ Continue Reading ]
ONE OF THE PRIESTS. An idolatrous Israelite priest from Samaria (2 Kings 17:28).... [ Continue Reading ]
AND. Note the Figure of speech _Polysyndeton_ (App-6) emphasizing the five nations brought into Palestine. Compare 2 Kings 17:24. Each brought its own gods. Thus (according to the language of the O.T.) Samaria committed adultery (idolatry) with five husbands (compare Isaiah 54:5 with Isaiah 23:17; J... [ Continue Reading ]
BURNT. burnt up. See App-43.... [ Continue Reading ]
LOWEST. Compare 1 Kings 12:31.... [ Continue Reading ]
FEARED. Compare 2 Kings 17:41, whom they carried away from thence: or, whence they (the settlers) had carried them away.... [ Continue Reading ]
THEY. These, according to the Structure, are the Israelites. The member (34-40, p. 514) records their continued obduracy in their dispersion. STATUTES. See note on Deuteronomy 4:1. WHOM, &C. Render: "after the manner of the [several] nations; [gods] which had caused them [i.e. the Israelites] to g... [ Continue Reading ]
WHICH HE WROTE, &C. See note on Exodus 17:14, and App-47.... [ Continue Reading ]
AS. according as.... [ Continue Reading ]