_Him. Joas, as Protestants (H.) and most interpreters understand it, with the Syriac, &c. Joiada was too old to think of marrying again, as the Rabbins would explain the Hebrew, conformably to the Sept. and Arabic, "himself." C. --- Joas did not probably marry two at once. Salien, the year of the wo... [ Continue Reading ]
_Money. The half sicle, (Ex. xxx. 13., and 4 K. xii. 4.; C.) which at first was required for the tabernacle, and afterwards for the repairs of the temple. W._... [ Continue Reading ]
_Chief "priest," (v. 11,) where he is called the first. Heb. "the head priest."_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Children. All but Ochozias had been slain by the Arabs. The plural is often put for the singular. S. Jerom (Trad.) explains it of the priests of the idols, whom Athalia cherished as her own offspring._... [ Continue Reading ]
_That, &c. Heb. "till it was done," according to the law. Pagnin)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_From day. Literally, "every day," (H.) when the chest was replenished. M._... [ Continue Reading ]
_And for. Heb. "and to offer," such as (H.) "mortars," Proverbs xxvii. 22. Eali is thus translated. C. --- Prot. "and spoons and vessels."_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Israel, particularly to those of the kingdom of Juda. H. --- His, David's, house, (M.) as he had restored the crown to his offspring._... [ Continue Reading ]
_Worshipped. Heb. "bowed down to the king, and he hearkened to them." H. --- The Jews say that the princes flattered him with the title of god, as he had been educated in the temple. Estius --- But this is improbable. C. --- They petitioned for leave to re-establish the worship of Baal, (M.) and pai... [ Continue Reading ]
_Idols. Heb. "sorrows." Sept. "the Astartes and idols." C._... [ Continue Reading ]
_Them. Calling heaven and earth to witness (C.) the unity of God. H. --- These prophets might have been performing their sacred commission ever since the reign of Josaphat; during which time Eliseus, Micheas, Jehu, and others, lived, C. xx. 14., and xviii. 27. C._... [ Continue Reading ]
CHAPTER XXIV. _ Priest, refers to Zacharias. Sept. "Azarias." H. --- It is not certain whether this was the person whom Jesus Christ speaks, (Matthew xxiii. 35.; C.) as S. Jerom believes; (Matthew xxiii. 35.) or our Saviour alludes to one of the minor prophets, (T.) or to the father of John the Bap... [ Continue Reading ]
_Require it. I commit my cause into his hands. M. --- The vengeance of the Lord was not slack. H. Raro antecedentem scelestum_ Deseruit pede p\'9cna claudo. Horace)... [ Continue Reading ]
_Damascus. Hazael had before invaded Jerusalem, 4 K. xii. 17. The Syrian army, which routed Juda, was comparatively small. C. --- The idolatrous princes now received the due punishment of their crimes, v. 17._... [ Continue Reading ]
_Shameful, is not expressed in Hebrew. But the putting a king to the torture, (v. 25.) and upbraiding him with his ingratitude and perfidy, was a gread indignity. H. --- He had probably entered into engagements with Hazael, when he prevailed on him to depart, the year before. C. --- Nabuchodonosor t... [ Continue Reading ]
_Servants. By whom the man is slain, who had murdered his spiritual father. W. --- Son. Heb. "sons." See v. 7. Some think that the brothers of Zacharias were slain, that they might not attempt to revenge his death. --- Kings. These sepulchres are amazingly beautiful and spacious. The doors are six f... [ Continue Reading ]
_Moabitess. Sept. read, "the Ammonite....and Moabite." See 4 K. xii. 21. H._... [ Continue Reading ]
_And. Sept. "And all his sons: for five came upon him," with the rest of the conspirators. H. --- They have read differently. C. --- Sum. Heb. "the greatness of the burden on him," (H.) imposed by the Syrians, (v. 24) or denounced by the prophets. Mossa is often taken for a prophetic menace. C. ---... [ Continue Reading ]