THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4. PROPHETS. Some codices read "Levites", as in 2 Chronicles 34:30. READ. Either himself; or, by Hebrew idiom, "caused to be read". IN THEIR EARS. Compare Nehemiah 8:1, &c. The king did not keep it to himself. God's word is for all.... [ Continue Reading ]
BY. PILLAR: or, on the pillar, or, platform. Compare 2 Kings 11:14. SOUL. Hebrew. _nephesh._ App-13. WRITTEN. See App-47. STOOD. But not for long. See Jeremiah 11:2.... [ Continue Reading ]
PRIESTS OF THE SECOND ORDER (or degree), i.e. ordinary priests. THE GROVE. the _'Asherah._ See App-42. HOST OF HEAVEN. Compare 2 Kings 21:3. BURNED THEM. As prescribed in Deuteronomy 7:25. UNTO BETH-EL. To defile the altar there, according to the prophecy in 1 Kings 13:2.... [ Continue Reading ]
IDOLATROUS PRIESTS. black-robed; not _kohen,_ as appointed by God, but _kemarlm,_ as appointed by man. Compare Hosea 10:5; Zephaniah 1:4. PLANETS. stations: i.e. the twelve signs of the Zodiac. Hebrew. _mazzaloth._ Spelled _Mazzaroth_ in Job 38:32. _stations._ The Babylonian name for the _divisions... [ Continue Reading ]
GRAVES. Hebrew. _keber._ See note on 2 Kings 21:26. OF THE CHILDREN OF THE PEOPLE. of the common people in Jeremiah 26:23. In 2 Chronicles 35:5 it. the laity as distinguished from Levites. CHILDREN. sons.... [ Continue Reading ]
SODOMITES. male prostitutes. Suppression directed in Deuteronomy 23:17; Deuteronomy 23:18. See note on 1 Kings 14:23; 1 Kings 14:24. HANGINGS. Hebrew houses. Probably veils to cover the _'Asherah,_ as it is covered in Romish processions to-day.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE HIGH PLACES. Seemingly (from 2 Kings 23:9) some were used for the worship of Jehovah. See notes on 2 Kings 18:20. 2Ki 19:10, 2 Kings 19:14. GEBA. NOW _Jeba_ (Joshua 18:24). BEER-SHEBA. Southern boundary (Genesis 21:31.Judges 20:1; Judges 20:1). Compare Amos 5:5;... [ Continue Reading ]
PRIESTS OF THE HIGH PLACES. Not idolatrous priests. See note on 2 Kings 23:8.... [ Continue Reading ]
TOPHETH. the Topheth. First occurrence. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Adjunct), put for anything abhorrent. VALLEY, &C. The junction of the three valleys uniting south of Jerusalem. The continual fires burning there gave the Greek name _Gehenna_ (from the Hebrew _Ge Hinnom =_ valley of Hin... [ Continue Reading ]
KINGS OF JUDAH. Presumably Manasseh and Amon. See 2 Kings 21:3. of. from. BY. to. CHAMBERLAIN. eunuch, or officer. SUBURBS, or outskirts.... [ Continue Reading ]
TOP. roof, "[the roof] of", &c. brake them down. The margin of Authorized Version seems preferable here: "hurried away [with them] from thence".... [ Continue Reading ]
BEFORE JERUSALEM: i.e. the east side. See Zec 16:4. WHICH, &C _._ Figure of speech _Polyonyrnia._ MOUNT OF CORRUPTION: i.e. the Mount of Olives. Thus called on account of the idolatries connected with it. CHEMOSH. Compare 1 Kings 11:5; 1 Kings 11:7.... [ Continue Reading ]
IMAGES. pillars, or statues. MEN. Hebrew. _'adam._ Used collectively. App-14.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE ALTAR. Compare 1 Kings 12:32; 1 Kings 12:33. MADE ISRAEL TO SIN. See note on 1 Kings 14:16.... [ Continue Reading ]
SEPULCHRES. Hebrew, plural of _keber._ See note on 2 Kings 21:26. THE WORD. See 1 Kings 13:2. THE MAN OF GOD. See note on Deuteronomy 33:1. App-49. GOD. Hebrew. _Elohim._ App-4. PROCLAIMED. Supply Figure of speech _Ellipsis_ thus: "proclaimed [when Jeroboam stood by the altar at the feast], who... [ Continue Reading ]
TITLE. monument.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE LORD. Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate read "Jehovah" in the text.... [ Continue Reading ]
SLEW. sacrificed. See App-43.... [ Continue Reading ]
KEEP THE PASSOVER. See note on Exodus 12:28. THE BOOK OF THIS COVENANT. this covenant-book. Authorized Version 1611, reads "this book of the covenant".... [ Continue Reading ]
NOT HOLDEN SUCH. Compare Hezekiah's passover, of which the same is said (2 Chronicles 30:26). Both statements true. Hezekiah's greater than any before it. Josiah's greater than Hezekiah's. See the details (2 Chronicles 35:1). There were larger numbers, and the law was more exactly followed. Hezekiah... [ Continue Reading ]
FAMILIAR SPIRITS. See note on Leviticus 19:31. IMAGES. teraphim. household gods. IDOLS. manufactured gods. PUT. clear. HILKIAH THE PRIEST FOUND. See 2 Kings 22:8, &c.... [ Continue Reading ]
LIKE UNTO. Note the Figure of speech _Epanadiplosis_, by which (for emphasis) the statement begins and ends with the same words. SOUL. Hebrew. _nephesh._ App-13.... [ Continue Reading ]
AS. according as. I HAVE CHOSEN. I once, or erewhile, chose.... [ Continue Reading ]
ARE THEY NOT... ? Figure of speech _Erotesis._ App-6.... [ Continue Reading ]
PHARAOH-NECHOH: i.e. Nechoh II, the sixth king of the twentysixth dynasty. His father was. tributary to Assyria, but had secured independence for Egypt. THE KING OF ASSYRIA: i.e. the king of Babylon, who had just conquered Nineveh, the rival capital. WENT AGAINST HIM. His motive not known. HE. th... [ Continue Reading ]
BURIED HIM. For the sorrow attending this, see 2 Chronicles 35:25.... [ Continue Reading ]
JEHOAHAZ. Also called Johanan (Jeremiah 22:11; 1 Chronicles 3:15). He was the younger brother of Jehoiakim (2 Kings 23:36).... [ Continue Reading ]
EVIL. Hebrew. _raa'._ App-44.... [ Continue Reading ]
AT BIBLAH. After his defeat by Nebuchadrezzar at Carohemish. Eiblah was. centre from whence roads branched to the Euphrates and Nineveh, or by Palmyra to Babylon. The southern roads led to Palestine, Lebanon, and Egypt. Eiblah still bears this name, and is about twenty-five miles south-south-west of... [ Continue Reading ]
ELIAKIM. Name changed, to assert Pharaoh-nechoh's authority. IN THE ROOM. Refusing to recognize the People's appointment of 2 Kings 23:30. DIED THERE. As Jeremiah (2 Kings 22:11; 2 Kings 22:12) foretold.... [ Continue Reading ]
TAXED. assessed.... [ Continue Reading ]
DID THAT WHICH WAS EVIL. See 2 Chronicles 36:5; Jeremiah 22:17; Jeremiah 24:8; Jeremiah 26:22. N.B. Jeremiah Chapter s 13-20, and probably Jeremiah Chapter s 22. 26. 35. 36. belong to this period.... [ Continue Reading ]