2 Kings 16:1
AHAZ. One of the four kings in whose reign Isaiah prophesied. Compare 2 Chronicles 28:1.Isaiah 1:1.... [ Continue Reading ]
AHAZ. One of the four kings in whose reign Isaiah prophesied. Compare 2 Chronicles 28:1.Isaiah 1:1.... [ Continue Reading ]
TWENTY YEARS OLD... SIXTEEN. There is no reason for concluding that "there must be an error in one of the passages" (viz. 2 Kings 16:2 and 2 Kings 18:2), for Ahaz begins in 622 and reigns till 616. As he was twenty when he began, he was born in 652, and died when thirty-six. Hezekiah begins in 617,... [ Continue Reading ]
HE WALKED. Compare 2 Chronicles 28:2. SON. See note on 2 Chronicles 28:3. TO PASS THROUGH THE FIRE. The first king of Judah to do this. Followed in it by Manasseh (2 Kings 21:6; 2 Kings 23:10). Compare Jeremiah 7:31.Ezekiel 20:26, and Leviticus 18:21. HEATHEN. nations. CHILDREN. sons.... [ Continue Reading ]
REZIN. Compare Isaiah 7. He and Pekah are the two firebrands of 2 Kings 7:4. The events in verses: 2 Kings 16:5 are said by some to contradict 2 Chronicles 28:5. but the event recorded in. Chron. happened the year before, directly after (2 Chronicles 28:5), in 631 (see App-50.) Rezin and Pekah both... [ Continue Reading ]
SYRIA. Probably Edom (for _Aram)._ See note below. ELATH. It had belonged to Edom (2 Kings 14:22).... [ Continue Reading ]
SENT MESSENGERS. This was opposed by Isaiah (2 Kings 7:17). Compare Hosea 5:13; Hosea 7:11; Hosea 7:12; Hosea 8:9; Hosea 11:5. Tiglath-pileser is the "razor" of Isaiah 7:20.... [ Continue Reading ]
HOUSE. Some codices, with two early printed editions, and Septuagint, read "treasures of the house". A PRESENT. Tiglath-pileser regarded it (in his inscriptions) as tribute.... [ Continue Reading ]
AHAZ. Called Jehoahaz in Tiglath-pileser _'_. great triumphal inscriptions. The first syllable of his name dropped in Scripture, as he was unworthy of it. TO MEET: and do him honour. Hence the solemn warnings of Isaiah 8:13; Isaiah 8:14; Isaiah 8:19. FASHION. likeness, or sketch. PATTERN, or mode... [ Continue Reading ]
URIJAH. Perhaps the Uriah of Isaiah 8:2. His name does not occur in the list of high priests (1 Chronicles 6:3). Note the emphatic repetition of "Ahaz the king" and "Urijah the priest".... [ Continue Reading ]
AND. Note the Figure of speech _Polysyndeton_ (App-6) in verses: 2 Kings 16:12.... [ Continue Reading ]
BURNT. offered up. App-43. BURNT HIS BURNT OFFERING. Figure of speech _Polyptoton_ for emphasis. MEAT OFFERING. meal offering. App-48.... [ Continue Reading ]
BRASEN ALTAR. Compare 1 Kings 8:64. THE ALTAR: i.e. the new altar.... [ Continue Reading ]
GREAT ALTAR: i.e. the new altar. TO ENQUIRE. to consider further [what shall he done with it]. Figure of speech _Ellipsis._ Hebrew. _bakar._ Occurs seven times (2 Kings 16:15.Leviticus 13:36; Leviticus 27:33.Psalms 27:4.Proverbs 20:25.Ezekiel 34:11; Ezekiel 34:12).... [ Continue Reading ]
DID URIJAH. Unlike Azariah in 2 Chronicles 26:17; 2 Chronicles 26:18.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE LAVER. Compare 1 Kings 7:23; 2 Chronicles 28:24; 2 Chronicles 28:25. THE SEA. Compare 1 Kings 7:23.... [ Continue Reading ]
COVERT. the covered way. FOR. because of.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE REST. Compare 2 Chronicles 28:24; 2 Chronicles 28:25. He shut up the house of the Lord altogether. WHICH. Some codices, with Aramaean (Manuscript) and Syriac, read "and all that". ARE THEY NOT... ? Figure of speech _Erotesis._... [ Continue Reading ]
SLEPT WITH HIS FATHERS. See note on Deuteronomy 31:16. BURIED... IN THE CITY OF DAVID. But not in the tombs of the kings. Compare 2 Chronicles 28:27, where observe the phrase "kings of Israel".... [ Continue Reading ]