2 Chronicles 12:1
HE FORSOOK. It is taken for granted that we know the details of 1 Kings 14:22. ALL. Figure of speech _Synecdoche_ (of Whole), put for the part (viz. the ten tribes).... [ Continue Reading ]
HE FORSOOK. It is taken for granted that we know the details of 1 Kings 14:22. ALL. Figure of speech _Synecdoche_ (of Whole), put for the part (viz. the ten tribes).... [ Continue Reading ]
FIFTH YEAR. If the 390 years of Ezekiel 4:5 date back from the 5th year of Jehoiakin's captivity, they end 874, the close of Shishak's invasion. SHISLIAK. There is an inscription by Shishak on the outside of the south wall of the temple of Ammon at Karnac, in which he names the "king of Judah", and... [ Continue Reading ]
PRINCES OF ISRAEL. See note on 1 Kings 12:17. ISRAEL.. special various reading called _Sevir_ (App-34) reads "Judah", as well as in 1Ch 22:17. 1 Chronicles 23:2. Otherwise "Israel" is put for "Judah".... [ Continue Reading ]
SOME. for. little while. See note on Proverbs 5:14.... [ Continue Reading ]
MY SERVICE. In contrast with the service of their enemies. The difference between God's service and men's servitude.. few codices, and six early printed editions, read "his service".... [ Continue Reading ]
AGAINST JERUSALEM. See note on Judges 1:8, and App-53. HAD MADE. Compare 2 Chronicles 10:17.... [ Continue Reading ]
CHIEF. princes. GUARD. runners.... [ Continue Reading ]
THINGS WENT WELL. Hebrew "there were good words [spoken]": i.e. there were congratulations.... [ Continue Reading ]
HAD CHOSEN. Compare 2 Chronicles 6:6 and 1 Kings 12:25. AN. the.... [ Continue Reading ]
HE DID EVIL. Compare 1 Kings 14:22. PREPARED, or fixed. Compare Psalms 57:7; Psalms 108:1, and Psalms 112:7.... [ Continue Reading ]
ARE THEY NOT... ? Figure of speech _Erotesis._ BOOK. words. IDDO. Compare 2 Chronicles 9:29; 2 Chronicles 13:22. SEER. Hebrew. _hozeh._ See note on 1 Chronicles 29:29. WARS. Compare 1 Kings 14:30.... [ Continue Reading ]
SLEPT WITH HIS FATHERS. See note on Deuteronomy 31:16. ABIJAH. Called Abijam (1 Kings 14:31). See note on 1 Chronicles 25:11.... [ Continue Reading ]