EVIL. the evil. Hebrew. _ra a._ App-44. HIS MOTHER. Jezebel, who lived through the whole of his reign (2 Kings 9:30). IMAGE. pillar, or statue (which Ahab had made. Compare 2 Kings 10:18). 1 Kings 19:18. Others remained (2 Kings 10:26; 2 Kings 10:27).... [ Continue Reading ]
MADE ISRAEL TO SIN. See note on 1 Kings 14:16.... [ Continue Reading ]
MESLIA. See App-54 on "the Moabite stone".... [ Continue Reading ]
AHAB WAS DEAD. Compare 2 Kings 1:1. He and his son Ahaziah both died in the same year (800 B. C). See App-50.... [ Continue Reading ]
I AM, &C. Compare 1 Kings 22:4.... [ Continue Reading ]
HE SAID: i.e. Jehoram. WHICH WAY... ? Either by crossing Jordan north of the Dead Sea and attacking Moab from the north; or by Edom, which was under Judah (1 Kings 22:47). HE ANSWERED: i.e. Jehoshaphat answered.... [ Continue Reading ]
FETCHED. COMPASS. made. circuit. Compare Acts 28:13.... [ Continue Reading ]
IS THERE NOT HERE... ?. similar question asked before by Jehoshaphat (1 Kings 22:7). POURED WATER, &C. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Adjunct), App-6, for being an attendant.... [ Continue Reading ]
JEHOSHAPHAT. Some codices, with Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, add "king of Judah".... [ Continue Reading ]
WHAT... ? See note on 2 Samuel 16:10. Figure of speech _Erotesis_. App-6. NAY. Say not so.... [ Continue Reading ]
BEFORE, &C. Implying Elisha's priesthood. NOT LOOK. Jehoram was wicked in himself (2 Kings 3:2), as well as being the son of Ahab. Elisha less austere later (2 Kings 6).... [ Continue Reading ]
MINSTREL. harper. From Hebrew. _nagan,_ to harp. HAND. Figure of speech _Prosopopoeia_ (App-6). But some codices, with Aramaean, read "the Spirit".... [ Continue Reading ]
VALLEY. a dry watercourse. DITCHES. trenches. Hebrew ditches ditches. Figure of speech _Epizeuxi_. (App-6). full of.... [ Continue Reading ]
WIND. Hebrew. _ruach._ App-9.... [ Continue Reading ]
MAR. spoil.... [ Continue Reading ]
MEAT OFFERING. meal offering. Hebrew. _minhah._ See App-43. = gift offering. OFFERED. OFFERED UP. THERE CAME WATER. Elisha's fourth miracle. See note on 2 Kings 2:15.... [ Continue Reading ]
PUT ON ARMOUR. Hebrew gird. girdle.... [ Continue Reading ]
RED AS BLOOD. Implied as owing to the action of the sun. Equally. miracle.... [ Continue Reading ]
SLAIN. destroyed.... [ Continue Reading ]
WENT FORWARD. Some codices, &c, add "still further", and connect this with entering. Other codices, with six early printed editions, Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, connect these words with the _smiting,_ and read "still further smote", or "went on smiting".... [ Continue Reading ]
KIR-HARASETH. The city of the hill. The capital of Moab. STONES [in the wall] thereof. Supply Figure of speech _Ellipsis._ App-6. HOWBEIT, &C.. and [till] the slingers should surround and smite it.... [ Continue Reading ]
OFFERED HIM. offered him up. App-43. A BURNT OFFERING. App-43. Recording. fact on which Mesha is silent on the Moabite stone. App-54. THE WALL. i.e., the higher of the two. Hebrew. _homah_ not _kir_ as in verses: 2 Kings 3:4; 2 Kings 3:10. INDIGNATION. wrath. This led probably to Moab _'_. subseq... [ Continue Reading ]