2 Kings 23:33

And Pharaohnechoh put him in bands at Riblah in the land of Hamath,.... Places in Syria; Hamath was formerly a kingdom in Syria, and Riblah is said by Jerom c to be Antioch of Syria, near to which was the fountain of Daphne; and in the Targums of Jonathan and Jerusalem on Numbers 34:11. Daphne is put for Riblah; and Josephus d says Antioch was by Daphne of Syria; and in the Apocrypha:

"Which when Onias knew of a surety, he reproved him, and withdrew himself into a sanctuary at Daphne, that lieth by Antiochia.'' (2 Maccabees 4:33)

Daphne is said to be by Antioch; with which place Pompey was greatly delighted, because of the pleasantness of it, and the abundance of waters about it e: hither, it is probable, Jehoahaz went with an army to avenge his father's death on the king of Egypt, or to assist the king of Babylon, or both; and here Pharaoh met with him, and took him, and bound him; he seems to be of a martial spirit, from Ezekiel 19:3

that he might not reign in Jerusalem; whither afterwards the king of Egypt came, and took it; and so Herodotus f says that after he had conquered the Syrians at Migdol, he took Cadytis, a great city of Syria, which seems to be Jerusalem, the holy city;

and put the land to a tribute of one hundred talents of silver, and a talent of gold; the land of Judah; and one hundred talents, according to Bunting g, amounted to 37,500 pounds of our money; and a talent of gold, according to Brerewood h, was 4,500 pounds; but Bishop Cumberland i makes it 5,067 pounds, three shillings, and ten pence; a talent of gold could not be so large in Homer's time, since he speaks of seven of them given at once in a way of hospitality k.

c Comment. in Ezekiel. xlvii. fol. 261. C. d Antiqu. l. 17. c. 2. sect. 3. e Rufi Fest. Breviar. Eutrop. Hist. Rom. l. 6. f Ut supra. (Chronic. Secil. 18. p. 568.) g Ut supra, (Travels, c.) p. 288. h De Ponder Pret. Vet. Num. c. 4. i Scripture Weights and Measures, ch. 4. p. 21. k Odyss. 9. ver. 258. Odyss. 24. ver. 321.