IN THE, &C. This chapter is complementary to 1 Kings 15:17. six and thirtieth. The thirty-sixth year of the kingdom: i.e. from the disruption of the kingdom of Judah. This agrees with all the other dates and lengths of reigns. See App-50 and note on p. 57. REIGN. See note on 2 Chronicles 15:19. CAM... [ Continue Reading ]
TREASURES. treasuries. THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4.... [ Continue Reading ]
THERE IS. Supply _ellipsis_ (App-6) by "Let there be".... [ Continue Reading ]
STORE CITIES. the storehouses of the cities. Septuagint reads "the surrounding cities".... [ Continue Reading ]
HANANI. Compare 1 Kings 16:1 1 Kings 16:7. 1 Kings 19:2; 1 Kings 20:34. SEER. Hebrew. _ra_. _ah_. See note on 1 Chronicles 29:29. BECAUSE. Compare similar protests against resting on foreign alliances (Isaiah 30:1; Isaiah 31:1). GOD. Hebrew. _Elohim._ App-4.... [ Continue Reading ]
WERE NOT. ? Figure of speech _Erotesis._... [ Continue Reading ]
THE EYES OF THE LORD. Figure of speech _Anthropopatheia._ Compare Proverbs 15:3.Job 34:21.Psalms 139:2.Jeremiah 16:17; Zechariah 4:10. PERFECT. whole, as in Deuteronomy 27:6.... [ Continue Reading ]
WROTH WITH THE SEER. One of the eleven rulers offended with God's servants. See note on Exodus 10:28.... [ Continue Reading ]
BEHOLD... LO. Figure of speech _Asterismos._... [ Continue Reading ]
SOUGHT NOT. Contrast Hezekiah (2 Kings 20:2.Isaiah 38:2; Isaiah 38:3.) PHYSICIANS. healers. First occurrence of mention of them among the Hebrews. These belonged to the priestly tribe, with traditional knowledge, more or less superstitious. Compare Job 13:4. In NT. we have Luke (Colossians 4:14).... [ Continue Reading ]
SLEPT WITH HIS FATHERS. See note on Deuteronomy 31:16.... [ Continue Reading ]
SEPULCHRES. a great sepulchre. Plural of majesty. MADE FOR HIMSELF. Not infrequently done. Compare Matthew 27:60; John 19:38. SWEET ODOURS AND DIVERS KINDS. Figure of speech _Hendiadys_ (App-6), emphasizing the many kinds of odours. Omit "of spices". VERY GREAT BURNING: i.e. of the odours previou... [ Continue Reading ]