_IN THE THREE AND TWENTIETH YEAR OF JOASH THE SON OF AHAZIAH KING OF JUDAH JEHOAHAZ THE SON OF JEHU BEGAN TO REIGN OVER ISRAEL IN SAMARIA, AND REIGNED SEVENTEEN YEARS._ Jehoahaz ... reigned seventeen years. Under his government, which pursued the policy of his predecessors, regarding the support of... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND HE DID THAT WHICH WAS EVIL IN THE SIGHT OF THE LORD, AND FOLLOWED THE SINS OF JEROBOAM THE SON OF NEBAT, WHICH MADE ISRAEL TO SIN; HE DEPARTED NOT THEREFROM._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE ANGER OF THE LORD WAS KINDLED AGAINST ISRAEL, AND HE DELIVERED THEM INTO THE HAND OF HAZAEL KING OF SYRIA, AND INTO THE HAND OF BEN-HA'DAD THE SON OF HAZAEL, ALL THEIR DAYS._ He delivered them into the hands of Hazael ... and ... Ben-hadad ... all their days - rather, 'all his days' (2 Kin... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND JEHOAHAZ BESOUGHT THE LORD, AND THE LORD HEARKENED UNTO HIM: FOR HE SAW THE OPPRESSION OF_ _ ISRAEL, BECAUSE THE KING OF SYRIA OPPRESSED THEM._ He saw the oppression of Israel - i:e., commiserated the fallen condition of His chosen people. The divine honour and the interests of true religion r... [ Continue Reading ]
_(AND THE LORD GAVE ISRAEL A SAVIOUR, SO THAT THEY WENT OUT FROM UNDER THE HAND OF THE SYRIANS: AND THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL DWELT IN THEIR TENTS, AS BEFORETIME._ A saviour. This refers neither to some patriotic defender nor some signal victory, but to the deliverance obtained for Israel by the two s... [ Continue Reading ]
_NEVERTHELESS THEY DEPARTED NOT FROM THE SINS OF THE HOUSE OF JEROBOAM, WHO MADE ISRAEL SIN, BUT WALKED THEREIN: AND THERE REMAINED THE GROVE ALSO IN SAMARIA.)_ There remained the grove - Asherah, the idol set up by Ahab (1 Kings 16:33), and which ought to have been demolished (Deuteronomy 7:5).... [ Continue Reading ]
_NEITHER DID HE LEAVE OF THE PEOPLE TO JEHOAHAZ BUT FIFTY HORSEMEN, AND TEN CHARIOTS, AND TEN THOUSAND FOOTMEN; FOR THE KING OF SYRIA HAD DESTROYED THEM, AND HAD MADE THEM LIKE THE DUST BY THRESHING._ Made then like the dust by threshing. Threshing in the East is performed in the open air, upon a l... [ Continue Reading ]
_NOW THE REST OF THE ACTS OF JEHOAHAZ, AND ALL THAT HE DID, AND HIS MIGHT, ARE THEY NOT WRITTEN IN THE BOOK OF THE CHRONICLES OF THE KINGS OF ISRAEL?_ His might. This is particularly noticed, in order to show that the grievous oppression from foreign enemies by which the Israelites were ground down... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND JEHOAHAZ SLEPT WITH HIS FATHERS; AND THEY BURIED HIM IN SAMARIA: AND JOASH HIS SON REIGNED IN HIS STEAD._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_IN THE THIRTY AND SEVENTH YEAR OF JOASH KING OF JUDAH BEGAN JEHOASH THE SON OF JEHOAHAZ TO REIGN OVER ISRAEL IN SAMARIA, AND REIGNED SIXTEEN YEARS._ In the thirty and seventh year of Joash king of Judah began Jehoash ... to reign over Israel. Jehoash was associated with his father in the governmen... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND HE DID THAT WHICH WAS EVIL IN THE SIGHT OF THE LORD; HE DEPARTED NOT FROM ALL THE SINS OF JEROBOAM THE SON OF NEBAT, WHO MADE ISRAEL SIN: BUT HE WALKED THEREIN._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE REST OF THE ACTS OF JOASH, AND ALL THAT HE DID, AND HIS MIGHT WHEREWITH HE FOUGHT AGAINST AMAZIAH KING OF JUDAH, ARE THEY NOT WRITTEN IN THE BOOK OF THE CHRONICLES OF THE KINGS OF ISRAEL?_ His might wherewith he fought against Amaziah - (see the notes at 2 Kings 14:8.) The usual summary of... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND JOASH SLEPT WITH HIS FATHERS; AND JEROBOAM SAT UPON HIS THRONE: AND JOASH WAS BURIED IN SAMARIA WITH THE KINGS OF ISRAEL._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_NOW ELISHA WAS FALLEN SICK OF HIS SICKNESS WHEREOF HE DIED. AND JOASH THE KING OF ISRAEL CAME DOWN UNTO HIM, AND WEPT OVER HIS FACE, AND SAID, O MY FATHER, MY FATHER, THE CHARIOT OF ISRAEL, AND THE HORSEMEN THEREOF._ Elisha was fallen sick of his sickness whereof he died. Every man's death is occa... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND ELISHA SAID UNTO HIM, TAKE BOW AND ARROWS. AND HE TOOK UNTO HIM BOW AND ARROWS._ Take bow and arrows. Hostilities were usually proclaimed by a herald, sometimes by a king or general making a public and formal discharge of an arrow into the enemy's country. Elisha directed Joash to do this, as... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND HE SAID TO THE KING OF ISRAEL, PUT THINE HAND UPON THE BOW. AND HE PUT HIS HAND UPON IT: AND ELISHA PUT HIS HANDS UPON THE KING'S HANDS._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND ELISHA DIED, AND THEY BURIED HIM. AND THE BANDS OF THE MOABITES INVADED THE LAND AT THE COMING IN OF THE YEAR._ Elisha died. Enjoying a happier life than Elijah, as he possessed a milder character, and bore a less hard commission, his rough garment was honoured even at the court. THE BANDS O... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND IT CAME TO PASS, AS THEY WERE BURYING A MAN, THAT, BEHOLD, THEY SPIED A BAND OF MEN; AND THEY CAST THE MAN INTO THE SEPULCHRE OF ELISHA: AND WHEN THE MAN WAS LET DOWN, AND TOUCHED THE BONES OF ELISHA, HE REVIVED, AND STOOD UP ON HIS FEET._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE LORD WAS GRACIOUS UNTO THEM, AND HAD COMPASSION ON THEM, AND HAD RESPECT UNTO THEM, BECAUSE OF HIS COVENANT WITH ABRAHAM, ISAAC, AND JACOB, AND WOULD NOT DESTROY THEM, NEITHER CAST HE THEM FROM HIS PRESENCE AS YET._ The Lord was gracious unto them ... neither cast he them from his presence... [ Continue Reading ]