2 Chronicles 16:1-6 (1 Kings 15:17-22). Asa asks help of Ben-hadad 1. _the six and thirtieth year_ According to 1 Kings 16:8 Baasha was succeeded by his son Elah in the six-and-twentieth year of Asa. The number _thirty-six_is probably therefore wrong. It should be noticed however that the _thirty-s... [ Continue Reading ]
_silver and gold_ In 1 Kin., "all the silver and the gold that were left." _Ben-hadad_ At least three kings of Syria bore this name, the two others being severally (1) a contemporary of Ahab (1 Kings 20:1 ff.), (2) a contemporary of Jehoash the grandson of Jehu, 2 Kings 13:25. _that dwelt at Damas... [ Continue Reading ]
_and they smote_ The places smitten were all in the extreme north of Israel. _Ijon_ The city cannot be identified, but the name is preserved in _Merj -Iyûn_, a table-land north of the Jordan valley. _Bädeker_, pp. 296, 7. _Abel-maim_ In 1 Kin., "Abel-beth-maacah"; cp. 2 Samuel 20:14-15. No doubt t... [ Continue Reading ]
_and let his work cease_ In 1 Kin. _and dwelt in Tirzah_(Heb.), _and returned to Tirzah_(LXX.). Baasha (like Jeroboam; 1 Kings 14:17) fixed his seat of government at Tirzah in the centre of the Northern Kingdom in order to be able to watch Syria as well as Judah. The Chronicler takes no interest in... [ Continue Reading ]
_took all Judah_ In 1 Kin. _summoned all Judah_(so translate); _none was exempted_. _was a building_ R.V. HAD BUILDED. _Geba and Mizpah_ The names signify, "the hill and the watch-tower." The two cities were on the northern border of Benjamin. For Mizpah see Jeremiah 41:1-9.... [ Continue Reading ]
_Hanani the seer_ Hanani _as a seer_is known to us from this passage only; in 2 Chronicles 19:2 and 2 Chronicles 20:34 (also 1 Kings 16:1) however Jehu the prophet is called son of Hanani. _therefore is the host of the king of Syria escaped_ The prophet declares that if Asa had not detached Syria b... [ Continue Reading ]
(not in 1 Kin.). The Intervention of Hanani The Chronicler stands alone both in recording the condemnation of Asa in this passage and in himself condemning him in 2 Chronicles 16:12. In 1 Kin. no blame is passed on Asa.... [ Continue Reading ]
_and the Lubims_ The Lubim are not mentioned in 2 Chronicles 14:9-13, but as they were auxiliaries of the Egyptians (2 Chronicles 12:3) it is quite probable that they represent the help given by Egypt to the Cushites as they passed the Egyptian border on their way to invade Judah. Cp. note on 2 Chro... [ Continue Reading ]
_run to and fro_ Zechariah 4:10. _therefore from henceforth_ R.V. FOR FROM HENCEFORTH.... [ Continue Reading ]
in _a prison house_ Render, IN THE STOCKS (lit. _in the house of the stocks_). Jeremiah 20:2; Jeremiah 29:26 (R.V.). _oppressed_ Lit. _brake in pieces_, an expression which when applied to things would mean, _made spoil of_, when applied to persons _treated outrageously, tortured_, ἐλυμήνατο LXX.... [ Continue Reading ]
(1 Kings 15:23-24). The Epilogue of Asa's Reign 11. _of Judah and Israel_ In 1 Kin. the appeal is to "the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah.... [ Continue Reading ]
_until his disease_was _exceeding_great] R.V. HIS DISEASE WAS EXCEEDING GREAT. _he sought not_to _the Lord, but to the physicians Physicians_(Heb. _rôph"îm_) are condemned by implication here, no doubt as using incantations and adjurations. Contrast Ecclus. (_Ben Sira_) Sir 38:9-15, especially Sir... [ Continue Reading ]
_in the one and fortieth year_ Cp. 1 Kings 15:10.... [ Continue Reading ]
_in his own sepulchres_ In 1 Kin. _with his fathers_. _which he had made for himself_ R.V. WHICH HE HAD HEWN OUT FOR HIMSELF. This clause is absent from 1 Kin. _divers kinds_of spices] Mark 16:1; John 12:3; John 12:7; John 19:39-40. _a very great burning_ Cp. 2 Chronicles 21:19. What is here mean... [ Continue Reading ]