Riblah— Riblah was a city of Syria, upon the Orontes, afterwards called Antioch. As it was one of the pleasantest places in all Syria, Nebuchadnezzar lay there to attend the success of the siege of Jerusalem, to send his army proper supplies, and to intercept any relief that might come to the besieged.
Verse 33. _NECHOH PUT HIM IN BANDS_] But what was the cause of his putting him in bands? It is conjectured, and not without reason, that _Jehoahaz_, otherwise called _Shallum_, raised an army, met Ne...
Pharaoh-Nechoh, after bringing Phoenicia and Syria under his rule, and penetrating as far as Carchemish, returned to Southern Syria, and learned what had occurred at Jerusalem in his absence. He sent...
VI. FINAL APOSTASY OF JUDAH AND THE CAPTIVITY 1. Jehoahaz and Jehoiakim CHAPTER 23:31-37 _ 1. The three months' reign of Jehoahaz (2 Kings 23:31; 2 Chronicles 36:1)_ 2. Jehoiakim made king ...
Celebration of the Passover. The mention of the eighteenth year (2 Kings 23:23; cf. 2 Kings 22:3) shows that the reforms of Josiah occupied six months. The book was discovered in the first month of th...
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,...
_put him in bands at Riblah in the land of Hamath_ In 2 Chronicles 36:3 it is said -the king of Egypt put Jehoahaz down at Jerusalem". We cannot, however, be sure that this implies an advance by Phara...
II. THE REIGN AND REMOVAL OF JEHOAHAZ 23:31-35 TRANSLATION (31) Jehoahaz was twenty-three yean old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem; and the name of his mother was Ham...
RELIGIOUS REFORM. JOSIAH'S DEATH 2. The prophets] Jeremiah, Habakkuk, and Zephaniah lived about this time. READ IN THEIR EARS] cp. the similar proceeding related in Nehemiah 8:4.;...
RIBLAH] on the Orontes, between Damascus and Hamath. Nechoh, after his success at Megiddo, had marched northward to meet the Babylonians, who eventually defeated him at Carchemish (Jeremiah 46:2)....
THE LAST KINGS OF *ISRAEL AND *JUDAH BOOK OF 2 KINGS _PHILIP SMITH_ CHAPTER 23 THE *COVENANT WITH THE *LORD V1 The king called together all the leaders of *Judah and Jerusalem. V2 He went to th...
AND PHARAOH-NECHOH PUT HIM IN BANDS... — See Note on 2 Chronicles 36:3. The LXX. here has “removed him,” but the other versions “bound him.” THAT HE MIGHT NOT REIGN. — This is the reading of the Hebre...
וַ יַּאַסְרֵהוּ֩ פַרְעֹ֨ה נְכֹ֤ה בְ רִבְלָה֙...
JEHOAHAZ B.C. 608 2 Kings 23:31 "I went by, and, lo! he was gone: I sought him, but his place could nowhere be found." - Psalms 37:36 IT was under the disastrous circumstances which attended his f...
JOSIAH B.C. 639-608 2 Kings 22:1; 2 Kings 23:1 Jos., "Ant.," X 4:1. "In outline dim and vast Their fearful shadows cast The giant forms of Empires, on their way To ruin: one by one They tower,...
IN THE HANDS OF HEATHEN FOES 2 Kings 23:26 Josiah's life ended in terrible disaster. He persisted in measuring himself in battle against the king of Egypt in a quarrel which was none of his, and thus...
In this chapter we have a graphic account of the reformation following the discovery of the book of the Law. It was carried out by the splendid enthusiasm and energy of Josiah, and it is interesting t...
And Pharaohnechoh put him in bands (u) at Riblah in the land of Hamath, that he might not reign in Jerusalem; and put the land to a tribute of an hundred talents of silver, and a talent of gold. (u)...
_Rebla. Syriac and Arabic, "Deblat;" probably (Calmet) Apamea on the Orontes. (Chaldean, on Numbers xxxiv. 11.)_...
We are hastening now to the period of Judah's history, as a kingdom. Three short months Jehoahaz reigned; and then was made a prisoner. The prophet Ezekiel laments him under the similitude of a young...
Well, then, in the next portion of our book (2 Kings 21:1-26) we see how truly a pious father may be followed by an impious son. Manasseh, young as he was, did not only begin to reign, but "did that w...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 22 AND 23. Observe what grace raised up Hezekiah and Josiah, both of whom were born of fathers given up to idolatry, and followed by sons who were equally aba...
AND PHARAOHNECHOH PUT HIM IN BANDS AT RIBLAH IN THE LAND OF HAMATH,.... Places in Syria; Hamath was formerly a kingdom in Syria, and Riblah is said by Jerom c to be Antioch of Syria, near to which was...
And Pharaohnechoh put him in bands at Riblah in the land of Hamath, that he might not reign in Jerusalem; and put the land to a tribute of an hundred talents of silver, and a talent of gold. Ver. 33....
_Pharaoh-nechoh put him in bands_ Either because he presumed to take the kingdom without his consent; or, because he renewed the war against Egypt. _At Riblah_ An eminent city in Syria, where Pharaoh...
1 Iosiah causeth the booke to bee read in a solemne assembly. 3 He reneweth the Couenant of the LORD. 4 He destroyeth idolatry. 15 He burnt dead mens bones vpon the altar of Bethel, as was foreprop...
THE REIGN OF JEHOAHAZ AND OF JEHOIAKIM...
And Pharaoh-nechoh, who had at that time gained the ascendancy over Judah, PUT HIM IN BANDS, took him captive, AT RIBLAH, IN THE LAND OF HAMATH, as he apparently continued his campaign against the eas...
JOSIAH'S COVENANT AND JUDGMENT OF IDOLATRY (vv.1-20) Being king in Judah and therefore the representative of all the people, Josiah realised his responsibility of involving them all in hearing the W...
THAT HE MIGHT NOT REIGN: Or, because he reigned PUT THE LAND TO A TRIBUTE: _ Heb._ set a mulct upon the land...
31-37 After Josiah was laid in his grave, one trouble came on another, till, in twenty-two years, Jerusalem was destroyed. The wicked perished in great numbers, the remnant were purified, and Josiah'...
PHARAOH-NECHOH PUT HIM IN BANDS; either because he presumed to take the kingdom without his leave and consent; or because he renewed the war against Pharaoh, as some affirm, and by him was conquered a...
2 Kings 23:33 Necho H6549 prison H631 (H8799) Riblah H7247 land H776 Hamath H2574 reign H4427 (H8800) Jerusalem...
THE REIGN OF JEHOAHAZ KING OF JUDAH (609 BC) - (2 KINGS 23:31). Jehoahaz, who was Josiah's fourth son, was given the unenviable task of replacing Josiah, knowing full well that the wrath of Egypt woul...
CONTENTS: Law read to the people. The king's covenant and reformations. CHARACTERS: God, Josiah, Hilkiah. Pharaoh-neche, Jehoahaz, Jehoikim, Eliakim. CONCLUSION: We should put ourselves heartily int...
2 Kings 23:29. _He slew him at Megiddo, when he had seen him;_ as in 2 Kings 14:8. It would seem from this phrase that the two kings were engaged in single combat. This was an error for which Josiah f...
_And like unto him there was no king before him._ JOSIAH’S REFORMATION This and the previous chapter show us the influence of a godly sovereign. This prince at the age of twenty-six begins to repair...
CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.— 2 Kings 23:26. NOTWITHSTANDING THE LORD TURNED NOT—The nation’s heart was not changed by all this fervour of the king and the reformation of external worship. Jeremia...
EXPOSITION 2 KINGS 23:1 JOSIAH'S RENEWAL OF THE COVENANT. HIS REFORMS AND DEATH. REIGN OF JEHOAHAZ. ACCESSION OF JEHO
And the king stood by the pillar, and he made a covenant before the LORD, to walk after the LORD, and to keep his commandments and the testimonies and the statutes with their heart and with their soul...
1 Kings 8:65; 2 Chronicles 36:3; 2 Chronicles 36:4; 2 Kings 18:14;...
In bands — Either, because he presumed to take the kingdom without his consent: or because he renewed the war against Pharaoh....