IN THE TWENTY AND SEVENTH YEAR] Since Jeroboam came to the throne in the fifteenth year of Amaziah (2 Kings 14:23), and Amaziah only reigned 29 years (2 Kings 14:2), his son must have succeeded him in Jeroboam's fifteenth year. Azariah in 2 Kings 15:13; 2 Kings 15:30 is called Uzziah.... [ Continue Reading ]
SUNDRY BRIEF ANNALS This chapter relates the reigns of Azariah and Jotham of Judah, and of Zechariah, Shallum, Menahem, Pekahiah, and Pekah of Israel.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE LORD SMOTE THE KING] For the reason see 2 Chronicles 26:16. A SEVERAL HOUSE] RM 'a lazar house,' in which he was secluded in accordance with the principle laid down in Leviticus 13:46. _Was_ OVER THE HOUSE] He held the same office as that alluded to in 1 Kings 4:6. JUDGING THE PEOPLE] i.e. actin... [ Continue Reading ]
THE REST OF THE ACTS OF AZARIAH] For details see 2 Chronicles 26:1. It was in the last year of Azariah (Uzziah) that the prophet Isaiah entered upon his ministry (Isaiah 6).... [ Continue Reading ]
THIS _was_ THE WORD OF THE LORD] In spite of the ability and success of Jeroboam II the corruption of the people (which Amos and Hosea attest) bore its natural fruit, and the nation became the prey of faction, resulting in the downfall of Jehu's dynasty.... [ Continue Reading ]
UZZIAH] For the two names Uzziah and Azariah applied to the same individual see 1 Chronicles 6:24; 1 Chronicles 6:36 and the interchange of Azareel and Uzziel in 1 Chronicles 25:18; 1 Chronicles 25:4 mg.; 14. TIRZAH] see on 1 Kings 14:17. Though it had ceased to be the capital, it was doubtless stil... [ Continue Reading ]
TIPHSAH] not the Tiphsah of 1 Kings 4:24, which represents Thapsacus, a far distant town on the Euphrates, but some unknown place in Israel itself. Some suggest that it is a mistake for Tappuah (Joshua 17:8).... [ Continue Reading ]
PUL] usually identified with the Tiglathpileser named in 2 Kings 15:29, who was the successor, though not the son, of Asshur-nirari, his reign lasting from 745 to 728 b.c. The Assyrians had come in contact with Israel previous to this (see on 2 Kings 10:34); but it was only under Tiglath-pileser tha... [ Continue Reading ]
EXACTED THE MONEY] The sovereigns of Judah usually bribed their foreign allies, or bought off foreign invaders by drawing upon the treasures stored in the Temple (1 Kings 15:18; 2 Kings 12:18; 2 Kings 16:8; 2 Kings 18:15); though Jehoiakim followed the same course as Menahem, and taxed his subjects... [ Continue Reading ]
PEKAH] Menahem and his son Pekahiah had depended for support upon the protection of Assyria; but Pekah belonged to a faction which was opposed to Assyrian influences. PALACE] RV 'castle': cp. 1 Kings 16:18.... [ Continue Reading ]
TWENTY YEARS] The Assyrian inscriptions show that no more than four years separated the close of Pekah's reign from that of Menahem, so that the latter here must be over-estimated.... [ Continue Reading ]
TIGLATH-PILESER] see on 2 Kings 15:19. The invasion here described was connected with the attack made by Pekah and his ally Rezin of Damascus, upon Ahaz of Judah (2 Kings 16:5.). Of the places taken by Tiglath-pileser IJON and ABELBETH-MAACHAH were near the sources of the Jordan, N. of Lake Merom; K... [ Continue Reading ]
HOSHEA.. CONSPIRACY] Hoshea pursued a different policy to Pekah and sought Assyrian support by paying tribute (2 Kings 17:3). IN THE TWENTIETH YEAR] According to 2 Kings 15:33 Jotham reigned only 16 years, and Pekah's reign was contemporary with part of that of Ahaz (2 Kings 17:1).... [ Continue Reading ]
HE BUILT, etc.] Other allusions to his buildings occur in 2 Chronicles 27:3.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE REST.. JOTHAM] see 2 Chronicles 27:2. The prosperity which Judah enjoyed during Uzziah's reign continued through that of his successor (if Isaiah 2 may be taken as descriptive of it); but the accumulation of wealth was accompanied by religious corruption: see Isaiah 2:6.... [ Continue Reading ]
REZIN.. PEKAH] The war which broke out in the reign of Ahaz was threatening during the reign of Jotham (see on 2 Kings 16:5).... [ Continue Reading ]