_Other_ BESIDE THE AMMONITES] better (with LXX), 'some of the Meunim' (or Maonites): cp. 2 Chronicles 26:7 and Judges 10:12. They seem to have been the people from Mt. Seir mentioned in 2 Chronicles 20:10; 2 Chronicles 20:23.... [ Continue Reading ]
REIGN OF JEHOSHAPHAT (CONCLUDED) An account of how a host of Moabites and others invaded Judah; how Jehoshaphat prayed to the Lord, and was directed by Jahaziel not to fear; and how the enemy was overthrown by God. The early part of this chapter is additional to the narrative in 1 K: the latter pa... [ Continue Reading ]
BEYOND THE SEA] i.e. from the eastern side of the Dead Sea. ON THIS SIDE SYRIA] lit. 'from Syria,' but SYRIA is probably a mistake for 'EDOM.'. The Moabites and Ammonites had marched round the S. end of the Dead Sea, and passing through Edom (the 'Mount Seir' of 2 Chronicles 20:10) had been joined b... [ Continue Reading ]
BEFORE THE NEW COURT] probably 'the court of the priests' of 2 Chronicles 4:9, which was distinct from the one in which Solomon prayed: 2 Chronicles 6:13.... [ Continue Reading ]
WOULDEST NOT LET, etc.] The Moabites, Ammonites, and Edomites were all spared on the ground of their kinship with Israel through Lot and Esau: Deuteronomy 2:4; Deuteronomy 2:9; Deuteronomy 2:19.... [ Continue Reading ]
ZIZ] The word perhaps survives in the name El Husasah which attaches to a district near Tekoa: 2 Chronicles 20:20.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE BEAUTY OF HOLINESS] Perhaps better, 'in holy apparel': cp. 1 Chronicles 16:29.... [ Continue Reading ]
AMBUSHMENTS] RV 'liers in wait.' Apparently the enemy fell out among themselves.... [ Continue Reading ]
RICHES WITH THE DEAD BODIES] LXX points to another reading, 'riches and garments.'... [ Continue Reading ]
BERACHAH] i.e. 'Blessing.' The place has been identified with the Wâdy Bereikût near Tekoa.... [ Continue Reading ]
WHO _is_ MENTIONED] RV '(the book) which is inserted in.'... [ Continue Reading ]
TO GO TO TARSBISH] 1 Kings 22:48 has 'ships of Tarshish' (i.e. large merchantmen) 'to go to Ophir' (in Arabia, or E. Africa), for which Ezion-geber was the natural port of departure.... [ Continue Reading ]