1 Kings 16:1
JEHU THE SON OF HANANI. Compare 2 Chronicles 16:7; 2 Chronicles 19:2.... [ Continue Reading ]
JEHU THE SON OF HANANI. Compare 2 Chronicles 16:7; 2 Chronicles 19:2.... [ Continue Reading ]
PRINCE: or captain. one raised up. Hebrew. _nagid._... [ Continue Reading ]
LIKE. Compare 1 Kings 15:29; 1 Kings 14:11.... [ Continue Reading ]
SLEPT, &C. See note on Deuteronomy 31:16.... [ Continue Reading ]
DRINKING HIMSELF DRUNK. Figure of speech _Polyptoton_ (App-6) for emphasis.... [ Continue Reading ]
NOT ONE, &C.. not one male. KINSFOLKS. kinsmen-redeemers.... [ Continue Reading ]
AGAINST. Some codices read "unto". Others read "concerning".... [ Continue Reading ]
VANITIES. idols. Compare 1 Kings 16:26.... [ Continue Reading ]
SINS. Some codices read "sin", as in 1 Kings 16:26. Committed not merely during the seven days' reign, but during his whole life, of course. MAKE ISRAEL TO SIN. See note on 1 Kings 14:16.... [ Continue Reading ]
ARE THEY NOT WRITTEN. ? Figure of speech _Erotesis_. App-6.... [ Continue Reading ]
OMRI. Note the Introversion of these names in this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
THIRTY AND FIRST YEAR. He reigned twelve years (833-821), and yet in 1 Kings 16:29 Ahab began in the thirty-eighth year of Asa. Omri began to reign _de jure_ when he slew Zimri, in the twentyseventh year of Asa; but only _de facto_ on the death of Tibni the usurper. SIX YEARS. Beginning in Asa's th... [ Continue Reading ]
OWNER. lord. SAMARIA. This is the origin of the city.... [ Continue Reading ]
MADE ISRAEL TO SIN. See note on 1 Kings 14:16.... [ Continue Reading ]
WHICH. Some codices, with four early printed editions, Septuagint, and Syriac, read "and all that".... [ Continue Reading ]
TWENTY AND TWO YEARS. For spiritual significance, see note on 1 Kings 14:20, and App-10.... [ Continue Reading ]
ABOVE ALL. The reign of Ahab opens. new era in Israel's history.... [ Continue Reading ]
JEZEBEL, daughter of. regicide and fratricide (Josephus _c. Apion_ 1, 18, _Antiquities_ viii. 3, 1), priest of the Phoenician goddess Astarte.... [ Continue Reading ]
GROVE. See note on Exodus 34:13, and App-42.... [ Continue Reading ]
BUILD. to fortify and complete. It had been partially restored (Judges 3:13; 2 Samuel 10:5), but now became. fortified city of Israel. IN. at the cost of. WHICH HE SPAKE. Compare Joshua 6:26.... [ Continue Reading ]