MICHAIAH. Called also Maachah in 2 Chronicles 11:20; 1 Kings 15:2. See note on 1 Chronicles 25:11. Michaiah. Who is like Jehovah? This name used of her as the queen-mother; but she is called Maachah. oppression, when speaking of her idolatry (2 Chronicles 15:16). URIEL OF GIBEAH. Josephus (_Antiquit... [ Continue Reading ]
MEN OF. Hebrew. _gibbor._ App-14. FOUR HUNDRED... EIGHT HUNDRED. Note the steady increase of Judah and the decrease of Israel: Rehoboam could assemble 180,000; Abijah (eighteen years later), 400,000; Asa (six years later), 580,000; Jehoshaphat (thirty-two years later), 1,160, 000. On the other hand... [ Continue Reading ]
MOUNT. hill country: i.e. of Ephraim.... [ Continue Reading ]
OUGHT YE NOT... ? Figure of speech _Erotesis._ THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4. GOD. Hebrew. _Elohim._ App-4. EVEN TO HIM. Israel's king must be of David's line. A COVENANT OF SALT. See notes on Leviticus 2:13 and Numbers 18:19. This is the third of the three occurrences,... [ Continue Reading ]
REBELLED. Compare 1 Kings 11:26.... [ Continue Reading ]
CHILDREN. sons. WAS. Hebrew. _hayah =_ became, or showed himself [to be young and weak]. YOUNG. Compare 2 Chronicles 10:8; 2 Chronicles 12:13.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE KINGDOM OF THE LORD. Once pertaining to the whole nation (1 Chronicles 28:5; 1 Chronicles 9:8), now confined to Judah. MADE YOU. Compare 1 Kings 12:28.... [ Continue Reading ]
HAVE YE NOT... ? Compare 2 Chronicles 11:14. Figure of speech _Erotesis._ App-6. NATIONS. Peoples. SEVEN RAMS. In Exodus 29:1 and Leviticus 8:2 only "two rams" appointed. But religion and ritual, being for the flesh, always add outward things while they diminish the spiritual.... [ Continue Reading ]
BURN. "burn [as incense]". Hebrew. _katar._ App-43. CANDLESTICK. lampstand.... [ Continue Reading ]
BEHOLD. Figure of speech _Asterismos._ SOUNDING TRUMPETS. Compare Numbers 10:9; Numbers 31:6.... [ Continue Reading ]
BEHOLD. Figure of speech _Asterismos._ EPHRAIN. Identified as "Ephraim" (John 11:54).... [ Continue Reading ]
HE DIED. Figure of speech _Hysterologia._ App-6. Jeroboam outlived Abijah. See note on 1 Kings 14:20.... [ Continue Reading ]
STORY. Hebrew. _midrash. a,_ historical commentary, having in view the moral instruction rather than the historic facts. Occurs only here and 2 Chronicles 24:27. IDDO. Compare 2 Chronicles 9:29; 2 Chronicles 12:15.... [ Continue Reading ]