2 Kings 12:1
_IN THE SEVENTH YEAR OF JEHU JEHOASH BEGAN TO REIGN; AND FORTY YEARS REIGNED HE IN JERUSALEM. AND HIS MOTHER'S NAME WAS ZIBIAH OF BEERSHEBA._ NO JFB COMMENTARY ON THIS VERSE.... [ Continue Reading ]
_IN THE SEVENTH YEAR OF JEHU JEHOASH BEGAN TO REIGN; AND FORTY YEARS REIGNED HE IN JERUSALEM. AND HIS MOTHER'S NAME WAS ZIBIAH OF BEERSHEBA._ NO JFB COMMENTARY ON THIS VERSE.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND JEHOASH DID THAT WHICH WAS RIGHT IN THE SIGHT OF THE LORD ALL HIS DAYS WHEREIN JEHOIADA THE PRIEST INSTRUCTED HIM._ Jehoash did that which was right in the sight of the Lord - so far as related to his outward actions and the policy of his government. But it is evident from the sequel of his hi... [ Continue Reading ]
_BUT THE HIGH PLACES WERE NOT TAKEN AWAY: THE PEOPLE STILL SACRIFICED AND BURNT INCENSE IN THE HIGH PLACES._ But the high places were not taken away. The popular fondness for the private and disorderly rites performed is the groves and recesses of hills was so inveterate, that even the most powerfu... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND JEHOASH SAID TO THE PRIESTS, ALL THE MONEY OF THE DEDICATED THINGS THAT IS BROUGHT INTO THE HOUSE OF THE LORD, EVEN THE MONEY OF EVERY ONE THAT PASSETH THE ACCOUNT, THE MONEY THAT EVERY MAN IS SET AT, AND ALL THE MONEY THAT COMETH INTO ANY MAN'S HEART TO BRING INTO THE HOUSE OF THE LORD,_ Jeho... [ Continue Reading ]
_LET THE PRIESTS TAKE IT TO THEM, EVERY MAN OF HIS ACQUAINTANCE: AND LET THEM REPAIR THE BREACHES OF THE HOUSE, WHERESOEVER ANY BREACH SHALL BE FOUND._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_THEN KING JEHOASH CALLED FOR JEHOIADA THE PRIEST, AND THE OTHER PRIESTS, AND SAID UNTO THEM, WHY REPAIR YE NOT THE BREACHES OF THE HOUSE? NOW THEREFORE RECEIVE NO MORE MONEY OF YOUR ACQUAINTANCE, BUT DELIVER IT FOR THE BREACHES OF THE HOUSE._ Why repair ye not the breaches of the house? This mode... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE PRIESTS CONSENTED TO RECEIVE NO MORE MONEY OF THE PEOPLE, NEITHER TO REPAIR THE BREACHES OF THE HOUSE._ NO JFB COMMENTARY ON THESE VERSES.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THEY GAVE THE MONEY, BEING TOLD, INTO THE HANDS OF THEM THAT DID THE WORK, THAT HAD THE OVERSIGHT OF THE HOUSE OF THE LORD: AND THEY LAID IT OUT TO THE CARPENTERS AND BUILDERS, THAT WROUGHT UPON THE HOUSE OF THE LORD,_ They gave the money, being told, into the hands of them that did the work.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND TO MASONS, AND HEWERS OF STONE, AND TO BUY TIMBER AND HEWED STONE TO REPAIR THE BREACHES OF THE HOUSE OF THE LORD, AND FOR ALL THAT WAS LAID OUT FOR THE HOUSE TO REPAIR IT._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_HOWBEIT THERE WERE NOT MADE FOR THE HOUSE OF THE LORD BOWLS OF SILVER, SNUFFERS, BASONS, TRUMPETS, ANY VESSELS OF GOLD, OR VESSELS OF SILVER, OF THE MONEY THAT WAS BROUGHT INTO THE HOUSE OF THE LORD:_ Howbeit there were not ... bowls ... When the repairs of the temple had been complete, the surplu... [ Continue Reading ]
_BUT THEY GAVE THAT TO THE WORKMEN, AND REPAIRED THEREWITH THE HOUSE OF THE LORD._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_THEN HAZAEL KING OF SYRIA WENT UP, AND FOUGHT AGAINST GATH, AND TOOK IT: AND HAZAEL SET HIS FACE TO GO UP TO JERUSALEM._ Then Hassel ... fought against Gath - (see the notes at 2 Chronicles 24:23)... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND JEHOASH KING OF JUDAH TOOK ALL THE HALLOWED THINGS THAT JEHOSHAPHAT, AND JEHORAM, AND AHAZIAH, HIS FATHERS, KINGS OF JUDAH, HAD DEDICATED, AND HIS OWN HALLOWED THINGS, AND ALL THE GOLD THAT WAS FOUND IN THE TREASURES OF THE HOUSE OF THE LORD, AND IN THE KING'S HOUSE, AND SENT IT TO HAZAEL KING... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND HIS SERVANTS AROSE, AND MADE A CONSPIRACY, AND SLEW JOASH IN THE HOUSE OF MILLO, WHICH GOETH DOWN TO SILLA._ His servants arose ... and slew Joash in the house of Millo - (see the notes at 1 Kings 9:24; 2 Chronicles 24:25.)... [ Continue Reading ]