MANASSEH. forgetting. So named because God had made Hezekiah forget his troubles (compare Joseph, Genesis 41:51).. sad name for him who became the worst of Judah's kings. His name appears second in. list of kings who brought gifts to Esar-haddon. TWELVE YEARS. Therefore not born till the third of H... [ Continue Reading ]
DID. EVIL. did the evil. Hebrew. _ra'a'._ App-44. Generally associated with idolatry. THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4. HEATHEN. nations CHILDREN. sons.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE HIGH PLACES. Restoring what his father had destroyed (2 Kings 18:4; 2 Kings 18:22). A GROVE. an. _Ashe_ ra _h_. See note on Exodus 34:18. App-42. AS. according as. DID AHAH See 2 Kings 11:18, and compare 1 Kings 16:31; 1 Kings 16:32. THE HOST OF HEAVEN. Never before done in Judah. Compare Deu... [ Continue Reading ]
TWO COURTS. See note on 1 Kings 7:12.... [ Continue Reading ]
HIS SON. Son put by Figure of speech _Synecdoche_ (of Part), App-6, for his sons. Compare 2 Chronicles 33:6. PASS THROUGH THE FIRE. As Ahaz had done (2 Kings 16:3. Compare 2 Kings 23:10; Deuteronomy 18:10). The name of Moloch was common at this time (Zephaniah 1:5). OBSERVED TIMES. Compare Deutero... [ Continue Reading ]
A GRAVEN IMAGE OF THE GROVE. a carved _'Asherah_ (2 Kings 21:3). Removed by Josiah (2 Kings 23:6). See App-42.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE FEET. Figure of speech _Pleonasm._ MOVE. wander. MY SERVANT MOSES. See note on Numbers 12:7.... [ Continue Reading ]
SEDUCED. Not said of any previous king. Compare Jeremiah 15:4. DO MORE EVIL. do the evil more.... [ Continue Reading ]
BY. through. Hebrew by the hand of. Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Cause).... [ Continue Reading ]
DONE. made. AMORITES. One of the seven nations of Canaan, descendants of the _Nephilim._ App-23 and App-25. IDOLS. filthy, or manufactured idols.... [ Continue Reading ]
GOD. Hebrew. _Elohim._ App-4. BEHOLD Figure of speech _Asterismos._ App-6. BOTH HIS EARS, &C. Compare 1 Samuel 3:11.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE LINE... THE PLUMMET. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of the Cause), for what is measured by them. WIPE... WIPETH... WIPING. Figure of speech _Polyptoton_, emphasizing the completeness of the work.... [ Continue Reading ]
REMNANT. Compare 2 Kings 19:30. Jerusalem survived the calamities of 2 Kings 18:13, but would not survive those that were coming.... [ Continue Reading ]
INNOCENT BLOOD. Tradition says that Isaiah was one who suffered martyrdom (Jos. _Ant_. x. 2 Kings 3:1).... [ Continue Reading ]
THE REST. Compare 2 Chronicles 33:12. His captivity in Babylon, &c. SIN THAT HE SINNED. his great sin. Figure of speech _Polyptoton._ ARE THEY NOT WRITTEN... ? Figure of speech _Erotesis._... [ Continue Reading ]
SLEPT WITH HIS FATHERS. His father was the best of Judah's kings, and he was the worst. See note on Deuteronomy 31:16. IN THE GARDEN. Not in the sepulchres of the kings.... [ Continue Reading ]
JOTBAH. Compare Numbers 33:33.Deuteronomy 10:7.... [ Continue Reading ]
WHICH HE DID. Some codices, with Aram, and Syriac, read "and all that which he did".... [ Continue Reading ]
HE WAS BURIED. one buried him. But some codices, with three early printed editions, Aramaean, Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "and they buried him". SEPULCHRE. Hebrew. _keber,_. (not "the") grave, or tomb. Compare 2 Kings 22:20.... [ Continue Reading ]