Ahaz was twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem: but he did not that which was right in the sight of the LORD, like David his father: AHAZ AVAIT VINGT ANS - (voir les notes à 2 Rois 16:1 - 2 Rois 16:4.) Ce prince, rejetant les principes et l'exemple de... [ Continuer la lecture ]
_FOR HE WALKED IN THE WAYS OF THE KINGS OF ISRAEL, AND MADE ALSO MOLTEN IMAGES FOR BAALIM._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continuer la lecture ]
Wherefore the LORD his God delivered him into the hand of the king of Syria; and they smote him, and carried away a great multitude of them captives, and brought them to Damascus. And he was also delivered into the hand of the king of Israel, who smote him with a great slaughter. LE SEIGNEUR ...... [ Continuer la lecture ]
_FOR PEKAH THE SON OF REMALIAH SLEW IN JUDAH AN HUNDRED AND TWENTY THOUSAND IN ONE DAY, WHICH WERE ALL VALIANT MEN; BECAUSE THEY HAD FORSAKEN THE LORD GOD OF THEIR FATHERS._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And Zichri, a mighty man of Ephraim, slew Maaseiah the king's son, and Azrikam the governor of the house, and Elkanah that was next to the king. MAASEIAH, LE FILS DU ROI. Jérôme ('Quaest. Hebraicae'), sur ce passage, rend les mots "le fils du roi", "la semence de Molech", ou la graine royale. Le... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And the children of Israel carried away captive of their brethren two hundred thousand, women, sons, and daughters, and took also away much spoil from them, and brought the spoil to Samaria. LES ENFANTS D'ISRAËL EMMENÉS CAPTIFS DE LEURS FRÈRES DEUX CENT MILLE. Ces captifs comprenaient un grand no... [ Continuer la lecture ]
_BUT A PROPHET OF THE LORD WAS THERE, WHOSE NAME WAS ODED: AND HE WENT OUT BEFORE THE HOST THAT CAME TO SAMARIA, AND SAID UNTO THEM, BEHOLD, BECAUSE THE LORD GOD OF YOUR FATHERS WAS WROTH WITH JUDAH, HE HATH DELIVERED THEM INTO YOUR HAND, AND YE HAVE SLAIN THEM IN A RAGE THAT REACHETH UP UNTO HEAVEN... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And the men which were expressed by name rose up, and took the captives, and with the spoil clothed all that were naked among them, and arrayed them, and shod them, and gave them to eat and to drink, and anointed them, and carried all the feeble of them upon asses, and brought them to Jericho, the... [ Continuer la lecture ]
At that time did king Ahaz send unto the kings of Assyria to help him. A CETTE ÉPOQUE, LE ROI ACHAZ ENVOYA AUX ROIS D'ASSYRIE - "rois", le pluriel pour le singulier, que l'on trouve dans de nombreuses versions anciennes. «À cette époque» fait référence à la période de grande détresse d'Achaz, lo... [ Continuer la lecture ]
For again the Edomites had come and smitten Judah, and carried away captives. LES EDOMITES ÉTAIENT DE NOUVEAU VENUS. Cette invasion devait avoir eu lieu après que Rezin (au début de la fin de la guerre syro-israélite) ait libéré ce peuple du joug de Juda (2 Chroniques 15:11: cf. 2 Rois 16:6; Ésaï... [ Continuer la lecture ]
The Philistines also had invaded the cities of the low country, and of the south of Judah, and had taken Beth-she'mesh, and Ajalon, and Gederoth, and Shocho with the villages thereof, and Timnah with the villages thereof, Gimzo also and the villages thereof: and they dwelt there. GEDEROTH - sur... [ Continuer la lecture ]
_FOR THE LORD BROUGHT JUDAH LOW BECAUSE OF AHAZ KING OF ISRAEL; FOR HE MADE JUDAH NAKED, AND TRANSGRESSED SORE AGAINST THE LORD._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria came unto him, and distressed him, but strengthened him not. TILGATH-PILNESER ... L'A AFFLIGÉ, MAIS NE L'A PAS RENFORCÉ - i: e., malgré le soulagement temporaire que Tilgath-pilneser lui a apporté par la conquête de Damas et le massacre de Rezin (2 Rois 16:9),... [ Continuer la lecture ]
_FOR AHAZ TOOK AWAY A PORTION OUT OF THE HOUSE OF THE LORD, AND OUT OF THE HOUSE OF THE KING, AND OF THE PRINCES, AND GAVE IT UNTO THE KING OF ASSYRIA: BUT HE HELPED HIM NOT._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And in the time of his distress did he trespass yet more against the LORD: this is that king Ahaz. AU TEMPS DE SA DÉTRESSE, IL A ENCORE PLUS TRANSGRESSÉ. Ce roi enthousiasmé s'est livré à l'influence de l'idolâtrie, et a exercé son autorité royale pour l'étendre, avec le intensité d'une passion,... [ Continuer la lecture ]
For he sacrificed unto the gods of Damascus, which smote him: and he said, Because the gods of the kings of Syria help them, therefore will I sacrifice to them, that they may help me. But they were the ruin of him, and of all Israel. CAR IL A SACRIFIÉ AUX DIEUX DE DAMAS. Son esprit superstitieux... [ Continuer la lecture ]