2 CHRONICLES CHAPTER 16 Asa maketh a league with the Syrians against the king of Israel, 2 CHRONICLES 16:1; for which the prophet reproving him, he putteth him into prison, 2 CHRONICLES 16:7. He is sick, and seeketh to the physicians, and not to God: his death and burial, 2 CHRONICLES 16:11. OF THE... [ Continue Reading ]
This verse, and 2 CHRONICLES 16:3, are explained 1 KINGS 15:18, &c.... [ Continue Reading ]
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And so reserved to be a scourge to thy kingdom and posterity hereafter; whereas if he had joined with Baasha against thee, thou shouldst have overthrown them both, and prevented all that mischief which that monarch will do one day to thy family.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE LUBIMS; either the Libyans in Africa; or another people, possibly descended from them, but now seated in some part of Arabia.... [ Continue Reading ]
WHOSE HEART IS PERFECT, i.e. upright and sincere, as thine is not. OBJECT. _The heart of Asa_ is said to be _perfect all his days_, 2 CHRONICLES 15:17. ANSW. He was perfect and sincere in the things there spoken of, in the establishment of the outward worship of God; but not in the inward worship of... [ Continue Reading ]
IN A PRISON-HOUSE, or, _in the house of the stocks_; in which the feet, or, as some of the Hebrews say, the necks of the prisoners were locked up. See JEREMIAH 20:2, JEREMIAH 29:26.... [ Continue Reading ]
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He did not humble himself before God, nor earnestly desire his help, but put all his confidence in the skill and faithfulness of his physicians, of whom, it seems, he had great experience.... [ Continue Reading ]
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LAID HIM IN THE BED WHICH WAS FILLED WITH SWEET ODOURS, as the manner of those nations was. See GENESIS 50:2 2 CHRONICLES 21:19. THEY MADE A VERY GREAT BURNING, to wit, of precious spices; thereby testifying their thankfulness for many benefits which they enjoyed under his government, and their resp... [ Continue Reading ]