Now Jehoram the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reigned twelve years. JEHORAM ... EN ... LA DIX-HUITIÈME ANNÉE DE JOSAPHAT - (cf. 1 Rois 22:51.) Pour réconcilier les propos des deux passages, il faut supposer qu'Achazia, ayan... [ Continuer la lecture ]
_AND HE WROUGHT EVIL IN THE SIGHT OF THE LORD; BUT NOT LIKE HIS FATHER, AND LIKE HIS MOTHER: FOR HE PUT AWAY THE IMAGE OF BAAL THAT HIS FATHER HAD MADE._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And Mesha king of Moab was a sheepmaster, and rendered unto the king of Israel an hundred thousand lambs, and an hundred thousand rams, with the wool. MESHA, ROI DE MOAB, ÉTAIT UN MAÎTRE DE MOUTON , [ noqeed (H5349), un berger, un éleveur de moutons (Amos 1:1). La Septante conserve l'original, Mo... [ Continuer la lecture ]
But it came to pass, when Ahab was dead, that the king of Moab rebelled against the king of Israel. LE ROI DE MOAB S'EST REBELLÉ. Il s'agit d'une répétition de 2 Rois 1:1, afin de présenter un compte rendu de la expédition confédérée pour écraser cette révolte, qui avait été autorisée à se pours... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And king Jehoram went out of Samaria the same time, and numbered all Israel. LE ROI JEHORAM ... A NUMÉROTÉ TOUT ISRAËL - a fait un prélèvement auprès de ses propres sujets, et en même temps a cherché une alliance avec Josaphat, qui, comme sur le premier occasion avec Achab, a été promis volontie... [ Continuer la lecture ]
_AND HE WENT AND SENT TO JEHOSHAPHAT THE KING OF JUDAH, SAYING, THE KING OF MOAB HATH REBELLED AGAINST ME: WILT THOU GO WITH ME AGAINST MOAB TO BATTLE? AND HE SAID, I WILL GO UP: I AM AS THOU ART, MY PEOPLE AS THY PEOPLE, AND MY HORSES AS THY HORSES._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And he said, Which way shall we go up? And he answered, The way through the wilderness of Edom. OÙ ALLONS-NOUS ALLER? ... À TRAVERS LE DÉSERT D'EDOM. Ce fut une route longue et détournée, par le coude sud de la mer Morte. Josaphat, cependant, la préféra, en partie parce que la partie du territoir... [ Continuer la lecture ]
_SO THE KING OF ISRAEL WENT, AND THE KING OF JUDAH, AND THE KING OF EDOM: AND THEY FETCHED A COMPASS OF SEVEN DAYS' JOURNEY: AND THERE WAS NO WATER FOR THE HOST, AND FOR THE CATTLE THAT FOLLOWED THEM._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continuer la lecture ]
But Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of the LORD, that we may inquire of the LORD by him? And one of the king of Israel's servants answered and said, Here is Elisha the son of Shaphat, which poured water on the hands of Elijah. QUI A VERSÉ DE L'EAU SUR LES MAINS D'ELIE - i: e., étai... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And Jehoshaphat said, The word of the LORD is with him. So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat and the king of Edom went down to him. JOSAPHAT A DIT: LA PAROLE DU SEIGNEUR EST AVEC LUI. La phrase est utilisée ici comme synonyme de 'un vrai et éminent prophète', qui révélera la volonté de Dieu de... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And Elisha said unto the king of Israel, What have I to do with thee? get thee to the prophets of thy father, and to the prophets of thy mother. And the king of Israel said unto him, Nay: for the LORD hath called these three kings together, to deliver them into the hand of Moab. QU'AI-JE À FAIRE... [ Continuer la lecture ]
_AND ELISHA SAID, AS THE LORD OF HOSTS LIVETH, BEFORE WHOM I STAND, SURELY, WERE IT NOT THAT I REGARD THE PRESENCE OF JEHOSHAPHAT THE KING OF JUDAH, I WOULD NOT LOOK TOWARD THEE, NOR SEE THEE._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continuer la lecture ]
But now bring me a minstrel. And it came to pass, when the minstrel played, that the hand of the LORD came upon him. APPORTEZ-MOI UN MÉNESTREL. L'effet de la musique pour apaiser l'esprit est très apprécié en Orient; et il semble que les anciens prophètes, avant d'entrer dans leur travail, y reco... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And he said, Thus saith the LORD, Make this valley full of ditches. RENDRE CETTE VALLÉE PLEINE DE FOSSÉS , [ `Aasoh (H6213) hanachal (H5158) hazeh (H2088) geebiym (H1356) geebiym (H1356)] - Faites dans ce wady des fossés, (c'est-à-dire de nombreux réservoirs ou citernes), capables de retenir l'e... [ Continuer la lecture ]
For thus saith the LORD, Ye shall not see wind, neither shall ye see rain; yet that valley shall be filled with water, that ye may drink, both ye, and your cattle, and your beasts. VOUS NE VERREZ PAS LE VENT. Il est courant en Orient de parler de voir le vent, venant de toi, des nuages de pail... [ Continuer la lecture ]
_AND THIS IS BUT A LIGHT THING IN THE SIGHT OF THE LORD: HE WILL DELIVER THE MOABITES ALSO INTO YOUR HAND._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And ye shall smite every fenced city, and every choice city, and shall fell every good tree, and stop all wells of water, and mar every good piece of land with stones. VOUS FRAPPEREZ TOUTES LES VILLES CLÔTURÉES ... ET ABATTEREZ TOUT BON ARBRE , [ Towb (H2896 ), bon, i: e., prolifique, arbre]. La... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And it came to pass in the morning, when the meat offering was offered, that, behold, there came water by the way of Edom, and the country was filled with water. LORSQUE L'OFFRANDE DE VIANDE A ÉTÉ OFFERTE - i: e., au moment du sacrifice du matin, accompagné, sans doute, de prières solennelles; e... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And when all the Moabites heard that the kings were come up to fight against them, they gathered all that were able to put on armour, and upward, and stood in the border. ILS ONT RASSEMBLÉ TOUT CE QUI A PU METTRE L'ARMURE [ mikol (H3605) chogeer (H2296) chªgoraah (H2290) waama`ªlaah (H4605), ils... [ Continuer la lecture ]
_AND THEY ROSE UP EARLY IN THE MORNING, AND THE SUN SHONE UPON THE WATER, AND THE MOABITES SAW THE WATER ON THE OTHER SIDE AS RED AS BLOOD:_ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And they beat down the cities, and on every good piece of land cast every man his stone, and filled it; and they stopped all the wells of water, and felled all the good trees: only in Kirharaseth left they the stones thereof; howbeit the slingers went about it, and smote it. À KIR-HARASETH , [ ba... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And when the king of Moab saw that the battle was too sore for him, he took with him seven hundred men that drew swords, to break through even unto the king of Edom: but they could not. LORSQUE LE ROI DE MOAB A VU QUE LA BATAILLE ÉTAIT TROP DURE POUR LUI , [ chaazaq (H2388) , fort, violent, obsti... [ Continuer la lecture ]
Then he took his eldest son that should have reigned in his stead, and offered him for a burnt offering upon the wall. And there was great indignation against Israel: and they departed from him, and returned to their own land. PUIS IL A PRIS SON FILS AÎNÉ, QUI AURAIT DÛ RÉGNER À SA PLACE, ET L'A... [ Continuer la lecture ]