2 Kings 14:1,2
_IN THE SECOND YEAR OF JOASH SON OF JEHOAHAZ KING OF ISRAEL REIGNED AMAZIAH THE SON OF JOASH KING OF JUDAH._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_IN THE SECOND YEAR OF JOASH SON OF JEHOAHAZ KING OF ISRAEL REIGNED AMAZIAH THE SON OF JOASH KING OF JUDAH._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND HE DID THAT WHICH WAS RIGHT IN THE SIGHT OF THE LORD, YET NOT LIKE DAVID HIS FATHER: HE DID ACCORDING TO ALL THINGS AS JOASH HIS FATHER DID._ He did that which was right ... yet not like David his father. The beginning of his reign was excellent, for he acted the part of a constitutional king,... [ Continue Reading ]
_HOWBEIT THE HIGH PLACES WERE NOT TAKEN AWAY: AS YET THE PEOPLE DID SACRIFICE AND BURNT INCENSE ON THE HIGH PLACES._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND IT CAME TO PASS, AS SOON AS THE KINGDOM WAS CONFIRMED IN HIS HAND, THAT HE SLEW HIS SERVANTS WHICH_ _ AND IT CAME TO PASS, AS SOON AS THE KINGDOM WAS CONFIRMED IN HIS HAND, THAT HE SLEW HIS SERVANTS WHICH HAD SLAIN THE KING HIS FATHER._ As soon as the kingdom was confirmed in his hand. This is... [ Continue Reading ]
_BUT THE CHILDREN OF THE MURDERERS HE SLEW NOT: ACCORDING UNTO THAT WHICH IS WRITTEN IN THE BOOK OF THE LAW OF MOSES, WHEREIN THE LORD COMMANDED, SAYING, THE FATHERS SHALL NOT BE PUT TO DEATH FOR THE CHILDREN, NOR THE CHILDREN BE PUT TO DEATH FOR THE FATHERS; BUT EVERY MAN SHALL BE PUT TO DEATH FOR... [ Continue Reading ]
_HE SLEW OF EDOM IN THE VALLEY OF SALT TEN THOUSAND, AND TOOK SELAH BY WAR, AND CALLED THE NAME OF IT JOKTHEEL UNTO THIS DAY._ He slew of Edom in the valley of Salt ten thousand. In the reign of Joram the Edomites had revolted (see the notes at 2 Kings 8:20). But Amasiah, determined to reduce them... [ Continue Reading ]
_THEN AMAZIAH SENT MESSENGERS TO JEHOASH, THE SON OF JEHOAHAZ SON OF JEHU, KING OF ISRAEL, SAYING, COME, LET US LOOK ONE ANOTHER IN THE FACE._ Amaziah sent messengers to Jehoash ... king of Israel. This bold and haughty challenge, which was most probably stimulated by a desire of satisfaction for t... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND JEHOASH THE KING OF ISRAEL SENT TO AMAZIAH KING OF JUDAH, SAYING, THE THISTLE THAT WAS IN LEBANON SENT TO THE CEDAR THAT WAS IN LEBANON, SAYING, GIVE THY DAUGHTER TO MY SON TO WIFE: AND THERE PASSED BY A WILD BEAST THAT WAS IN LEBANON, AND TRODE DOWN THE THISTLE._ Jehoash the king of Israel se... [ Continue Reading ]
_THOU HAST INDEED SMITTEN EDOM, AND THINE HEART HATH LIFTED THEE UP: GLORY OF THIS, AND TARRY AT HOME: FOR WHY SHOULDEST THOU MEDDLE TO THY HURT, THAT THOU SHOULDEST FALL, EVEN THOU, AND JUDAH WITH THEE?_ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_BUT AMAZIAH WOULD NOT HEAR. THEREFORE JEHOASH KING OF ISRAEL WENT UP; AND HE AND AMAZIAH KING OF JUDAH LOOKED ONE ANOTHER IN THE FACE AT BETH-SHE'MESH, WHICH BELONGETH TO JUDAH._ But Amaziah would not hear. The sarcastic tenor of this reply incited the king of Judah the more; for, being in a state... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND JUDAH WAS PUT TO THE WORSE BEFORE ISRAEL; AND THEY FLED EVERY MAN TO THEIR TENTS._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_NOW THEY MADE A CONSPIRACY AGAINST HIM IN JERUSALEM: AND HE FLED TO LACHISH; BUT THEY SENT AFTER HIM TO LACHISH, AND SLEW HIM THERE._ They made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem. Amaziah's apostasy (2 Chronicles 25:27) was followed by a general mal-administration, especially the disastrous iss... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THEY BROUGHT HIM ON HORSES: AND HE WAS BURIED AT JERUSALEM WITH HIS FATHERS IN THE CITY OF DAVID._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND ALL THE PEOPLE OF JUDAH TOOK AZARIAH, WHICH WAS SIXTEEN YEARS OLD, AND MADE HIM KING INSTEAD OF HIS FATHER AMAZIAH._ All the people of Judah took Azariah - or Uzziah (2 Kings 15:30; 2 Chronicles 26:1). The popular opposition had been personally directed against Amaziah, as the author of their... [ Continue Reading ]
_HE BUILT ELATH, AND RESTORED IT TO JUDAH, AFTER THAT THE KING SLEPT WITH HIS FATHERS._ He built Elath - fortified that seaport. It had revolted with the rest of Edom, but was now recovered by Uzziah, his father, who did not complete the conquest of Edom, having left him that work to do.... [ Continue Reading ]
_IN THE FIFTEENTH YEAR OF AMAZIAH THE SON OF JOASH KING OF JUDAH JEROBOAM THE SON OF JOASH KING OF ISRAEL BEGAN TO REIGN IN SAMARIA, AND REIGNED FORTY AND ONE YEARS._ Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel. He had been previously associated with his father for several years in the government. A... [ 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 TO SIN._ He did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord - by adhering to the favourite religious policy of the Israelite government.... [ Continue Reading ]
_HE RESTORED THE COAST OF ISRAEL FROM THE ENTERING OF HAMATH UNTO THE SEA OF THE PLAIN, ACCORDING TO THE WORD OF THE LORD GOD OF ISRAEL, WHICH HE SPAKE BY THE HAND OF HIS SERVANT JONAH, THE SON OF AMITTAI, THE PROPHET, WHICH WAS OF GATH-HEPHER._ He restored the coast of Israel ... Recovering the te... [ Continue Reading ]
_FOR THE LORD SAW THE AFFLICTION OF ISRAEL, THAT IT WAS VERY BITTER: FOR THERE WAS NOT ANY SHUT UP, NOR ANY LEFT, NOR ANY HELPER FOR ISRAEL._ For the Lord saw the affiction of Israel, that it was very bitter х_ `AANIY_ (H6040) _ YISRAA'EEL_ (H3478) _ MOREH_ (H4784) _ Mª'OD_ (H3966)] - that the affl... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE LORD SAID NOT THAT HE WOULD BLOT OUT THE NAME OF ISRAEL FROM UNDER HEAVEN: BUT HE SAVED THEM BY THE HAND OF JEROBOAM THE SON OF JOASH._ The Lord said not that he would blot out the name of Israel. Since the purposes of the divine covenant forbade as yet the overthrow of the kingdom of the... [ Continue Reading ]
_NOW THE REST OF THE ACTS OF JEROBOAM, AND ALL THAT HE DID, AND HIS MIGHT, HOW HE WARRED, AND HOW HE RECOVERED DAMASCUS, AND HAMATH, WHICH BELONGED TO JUDAH, FOR ISRAEL, ARE THEY NOT WRITTEN IN THE BOOK OF THE CHRONICLES OF THE KINGS OF ISRAEL?_ The rest of the acts of Jeroboam, and all that he did... [ Continue Reading ]