THE RESTORATION OF THE TEMPLE BY JOASH CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.— 2 Kings 12:2. JEHOASH DID RIGHT ALL HIS DAYS WHEREIN JEHOIADA, &c.—The word “wherein” may be rendered _because_, and that alters the meaning from _during the period in which_ Jehoiada instructed him, into “all his days,” _i.e.... [ Continue Reading ]
CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.— 2 Kings 12:4. ALL THE MONEY OF THE DEDICATED THINGS—_i.e._, _consecrated_ money; and it is specified as threefold: 1. _Money of the numbered_ (so read the words), viz., those who pass through the enumeration (see Exodus 30:12). 2. _Money of the estimation_, viz.,... [ Continue Reading ]
CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.— 2 Kings 12:17. HAZAEL, KING OF SYRIA, FOUGHT AGAINST GATH—Gath, formerly a town of the Philistines According to Chronicles, the expedition against _Jerusalem_ occurred in the last year of Jehoash’s reign, and it is there marked that this was a punishment from the Lo... [ Continue Reading ]