Verse 1

Introduction

Overview

2 Kings 15 . 1 , Azariah’s good reign; 2 Kings 15 . 5 , He dying a leper , Jotham succeeds; 2 Kings 15 . 8 , Zachariah the last of Jehu’s generation , reigning ill , is slain by Shallum; 2 Kings 15 . 13 , Shallum , reigning a month , is slain by Menahem; 2 Kings 15 . 16 , Menahem strengthens himself by Pul; 2 Kings 15 . 21 , Pekahiah succeeds him; 2 Kings 15 . 23 , Pekahiah is slain by Pekah; 2 Kings 15 . 27 , Pekah is oppressed by Tiglath-pileser , and slain by Hoshea; 2 Kings 15 . 32 , Jotham’s good reign; 2 Kings 15 . 36 , Ahaz succeeds him.

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In the . 2 Kings 15 . 8 , 2 Kings 14 . 16 , 2 Kings 14 . 17

twenty and seventh . "This is the twenty-seventh year of Jeroboam's partnership in the kingdom with his father , who made him consort at his going to the Syrian wars. It is the sixteenth year of Jeroboam's monarchy."

Azariah . 2 Kings 15 . 13 , 2 Kings 15 . 30-38 , 2 Kings 14 . 21 , 2 Chronicles 26 . 1 , 2 Chronicles 26 . 3 , 2 Chronicles 26 . 4 , Uzziah

Reciprocal . 2 Kings 15 . 6 . Azariah 2 Kings 15 . 32 . Jotham Hosea 1 . 1 . Uzziah Amos 1 . 1 . in the Matthew 1 . 8 . Ozias

Verse 5

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the Lord . 2 Samuel 3 . 29 , 2 Chronicles 26 . 16-20 , Job 34 . 19

so that . 2 Kings 5 . 27 , Numbers 12 . 10

and dwelt . 2 Kings 7 . 3 , Leviticus 13 . 46 , Numbers 12 . 14 , Deuteronomy 24 . 8

Jotham . 2 Chronicles 26 . 21 , 2 Chronicles 26 . 23

judging . 2 Samuel 8 . 15 , 2 Samuel 15 . 2-4 , 1 Kings 3 . 9 , 1 Kings 3 . 28 , Psalm 72 . 1

Reciprocal . 1 Samuel 25 . 38 . the Lord 2 Samuel 12 . 15 . struck the child 1 Chronicles 3 . 12 . Jotham 1 Chronicles 5 . 17 . Jotham Matthew 8 . 2 . a leper Mark 1 . 40 . a leper

Verse 6

Azariah . Dr. Kennicott complains loudly here of "the corruption in the name of this king of Judah , who is expressed by four different names in this chapter . Ozriah , Oziah , Ozrihu , and Ozihu. Our oldest Hebrew manuscript relieves us here , by reading truly , in 2 Kings 15 . 1 , 2 Kings 15 . 6 , 2 Kings 15 . 7 , Uzziah , where the printed text is differently corrupted. This reading is called true .

Because it is supported by the Syriac and Arabic versions in these three #### Verses.

Because the printed text itself has it so in 2 Kings 15 . 32 and 2 Kings 15 . 34 of this very chapter.

Because it is so expressed in the parallel place in Chronicles.

Because it is not זבסיבע , Azarias , but זיבע , Ozias (Uzziah) in St. Matthew's genealogy.

they not written . 2 Kings 14 . 18 , 2 Chronicles 26 . 5-15

Reciprocal . 2 Kings 8 . 23 . General 2 Kings 15 . 36 . the rest 2 Kings 16 . 19 . General 2 Kings 20 . 20 . the book 2 Chronicles 26 . 23 . slept

Verse 7

am 3246 , bc 758 , 2 Chronicles 26 . 23 , Isaiah 6 . 1 , Uzziah

Reciprocal . 2 Kings 15 . 6 . Azariah 2 Kings 15 . 32 . Jotham 2 Kings 15 . 36 . the rest 2 Kings 16 . 19 . General Matthew 1 . 9 . Joatham

Verse 8

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the thirty . "There having been an interregnum for eleven years." 2 Kings 15 . 1 , 2 Kings 14 . 16 , 2 Kings 14 . 17 , 2 Kings 14 . 21

Zachariah . 2 Kings 14 . 29

Reciprocal . 2 Kings 10 . 30 . thy children 2 Kings 15 . 27 . the two Proverbs 28 . 2 . the transgression Amos 7 . 9 . I will

Verse 9

as his . 2 Kings 10 . 29 , 2 Kings 10 . 31 , 2 Kings 13 . 2 , 2 Kings 13 . 11 , 2 Kings 14 . 24

Reciprocal . 2 Kings 3 . 3 . he departed 2 Kings 15 . 18 . General 2 Kings 15 . 24 . General 2 Kings 15 . 28 . evil 2 Kings 17 . 2 . but not as the kings 2 Kings 17 . 22 . walked in all the sins

Verse 10

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smote him . "As prophesied. Amos 7 . 9."

slew him . 2 Kings 15 . 14 , 2 Kings 15 . 25 , 2 Kings 15 . 30 , 2 Kings 9 . 24 , 2 Kings 9 . 31 , 1 Kings 15 . 28 , 1 Kings 16 . 9 , 1 Kings 16 . 10 , Hosea 1 . 4 , Hosea 1 . 5

Reciprocal . 2 Kings 8 . 15 . so that he died 2 Kings 14 . 19 . they made 1 Chronicles 2 . 40 . Shallum Hosea 7 . 7 . devoured Hosea 8 . 4 . set

Verse 11

2 Kings 14 . 28

Reciprocal . 2 Kings 15 . 15 . General

Verse 12

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the word . 2 Kings 10 . 30

Thy sons . 2 Kings 13 . 1 , 2 Kings 13 . 10 , 2 Kings 13 . 13 , 2 Kings 14 . 29

And so . 2 Kings 9 . 25 , 2 Kings 9 . 26 , 2 Kings 9 . 36 , 2 Kings 9 . 37 , 2 Kings 10 . 10 , Numbers 23 . 19 , Zechariah 1 . 6 , Mark 13 . 31 , John 10 . 35 , John 19 . 24 , John 19 . 36 , John 19 . 37 , Acts 1 . 16

Verse 13

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Uzziah . 2 Kings 15 . 1 , Azariah , Matthew 1 . 8 , Matthew 1 . 9 , Ozias

a full month . Heb. a month of days , 1 Kings 16 . 15 , Job 20 . 15 , Psalm 55 . 23 , Proverbs 28 . 2 , Proverbs 28 . 17

Reciprocal . 2 Kings 14 . 21 . Azariah 2 Kings 15 . 17 . nine 2 Kings 15 . 27 . the two 2 Kings 15 . 32 . Jotham

Verse 14

Tirzah . 1 Kings 14 . 17 , 1 Kings 15 . 21 , 1 Kings 15 . 33 , 1 Kings 16 . 8 , 1 Kings 16 . 9 , 1 Kings 16 . 15 , 1 Kings 16 . 17

and smote . 2 Kings 15 . 10

Reciprocal . Joshua 12 . 24 . Tirzah 2 Kings 14 . 19 . they made Hosea 7 . 7 . devoured

Verse 15

2 Kings 15 . 11 , 1 Kings 14 . 19 , 1 Kings 14 . 29 , 1 Kings 22 . 39

Reciprocal . 2 Kings 15 . 21 . General 2 Kings 15 . 26 . General

Verse 16

Tiphsah . 1 Kings 4 . 24

all the women . 2 Kings 8 . 12 , Amos 1 . 13

Reciprocal . Judges 9 . 52 . General Proverbs 28 . 15 . so Hosea 5 . 11 . oppressed Hosea 9 . 13 . shall Hosea 13 . 16 . their infants Matthew 24 . 19 . General

Verse 17

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nine . 2 Kings 15 . 13

Reciprocal . 2 Kings 15 . 32 . Jotham

Verse 18

2 Kings 15 . 9

Reciprocal . 2 Kings 3 . 3 . he departed 2 Kings 10 . 29 . the sins 2 Kings 15 . 24 . General 2 Kings 15 . 28 . evil 2 Kings 17 . 2 . but not as the kings 2 Kings 17 . 20 . delivered Proverbs 29 . 4 . he that receiveth gifts

Verse 19

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Pul . Prideaux supposes that this Pul was the father of the famous Sardanapalus , who was called Sardan with his father's name Pul annexed , as was frequent in those times , making Sardanpul . thus Merodach , king of Babylon , was Merodach-Baladan , because he was the son Baladan. This Pul began to reign according to Usher , am 3237 , the fifth year of Menahem; and he is supposed to be the same that reigned in Nineveh , when Jonah preached in that city. 1 Chronicles 5 . 25 , 1 Chronicles 5 . 26 , Isaiah 9 . 1

Menahem . 2 Kings 12 . 18 , 2 Kings 16 . 8 , 2 Kings 17 . 3 , 2 Kings 17 . 4 , 2 Kings 18 . 16 , Hosea 5 . 13 , Hosea 8 . 9 , Hosea 8 . 10 , Hosea 10 . 6

to confirm . 2 Kings 14 . 5 , Jeremiah 17 . 5

Reciprocal . Genesis 10 . 22 . Elam 2 Kings 23 . 35 . taxed 2 Chronicles 30 . 6 . escaped 2 Chronicles 32 . 1 . king of Assyria Nehemiah 9 . 32 . since the time Isaiah 33 . 18 . receiver Ezekiel 23 . 5 . on the Hosea 7 . 9 . devoured Hosea 7 . 11 . they call Hosea 8 . 7 . the strangers Hosea 11 . 5 . but Hosea 12 . 1 . and they Amos 3 . 11 . General

Verse 20

Menahem . 2 Kings 23 . 35

exacted . Heb. caused to come forth

the mighty . Ruth 2 . 1 , 2 Samuel 19 . 32 , Job 1 . 3

of each man . etc. Or , rather , as Bishop Patrick renders , "to give to the king of Assyria fifty shekels of silver for each man ," i.e. , in his army. It may be supposed , that Menahem compelled "the mighty men of wealth" to give much more a-piece than this sum . somewhat about 5. sterling each and each of them in some proportion to his affluence.

stayed not . 2 Kings 15 . 29 , 2 Kings 17 . 3 , 2 Kings 17 . 4 , 2 Kings 18 . 14-17

Reciprocal . Hosea 8 . 10 . for

Verse 21

am 3232-3243 , bc 772-761 , 2 Kings 15 . 15

Reciprocal . 2 Chronicles 6 . 36 . thou be angry

Verse 23

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and reigned two years . 2 Kings 21 . 19 , 1 Kings 15 . 25 , 1 Kings 16 . 8 , 1 Kings 22 . 51 , Job 20 . 5

Reciprocal . 2 Kings 15 . 27 . the two 2 Kings 15 . 32 . Jotham

Verse 24

am 3243-3245 , bc 761-759 , 2 Kings 15 . 9 , 2 Kings 15 . 18

Reciprocal . 2 Kings 10 . 29 . the sins 2 Kings 17 . 2 . but not as the kings

Verse 25

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Pekah . 2 Kings 15 . 27 , 2 Chronicles 28 . 6

a captain . 2 Kings 9 . 5 , 1 Kings 16 . 9

conspired . 2 Kings 15 . 10 , 2 Kings 9 . 14

with Argob . From the contstruction of the Hebrew Text , it would appear that Argob and Arieh were slain with the king , and that the fifty Gileadites were conspirators with Pekah.

Reciprocal . 2 Kings 8 . 15 . so that he died 2 Kings 14 . 19 . they made 2 Kings 15 . 30 . made 2 Kings 21 . 23 . General Jeremiah 41 . 7 . slew Hosea 7 . 7 . devoured

Verse 26

2 Kings 15 . 15

Reciprocal . 2 Kings 20 . 20 . the book

Verse 27

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the two . 2 Kings 15 . 2 , 2 Kings 15 . 8 , 2 Kings 15 . 13 , 2 Kings 15 . 23

Pekah . 2 Kings 15 . 25 , 2 Kings 15 . 37 , Isaiah 7 . 1 , Isaiah 7 . 4 , Isaiah 7 . 9

Reciprocal . 2 Kings 15 . 32 . Jotham 2 Kings 16 . 1 . seventeenth 2 Chronicles 28 . 6 . Pekah

Verse 28

evil . 2 Kings 15 . 9 , 2 Kings 15 . 18 , 2 Kings 13 . 2 , 2 Kings 13 . 6 , 2 Kings 21 . 2

Reciprocal . 2 Kings 10 . 29 . the sins

Verse 29

Tiglathpileser . Some suppose Tiglath-pileser to be the son of Sardanapalus , but the learned Prideaux makes him the same as Arbaces the Mede , called by Alian , Thelgamus , and by Castor , Ninus Junior , who , with Belesis , headed the conspiracy against Sardanapalus , and fixed his royal seat at Nineveh , as Belesis , called in Scripture Baladan . Isaiah 39 . 1 , did his at Babylon. He reigned nineteen years , from am 3257 to am 3276. 2 Kings 16 . 7 , 1 Chronicles 5 . 6 , 1 Chronicles 5 . 26 , 2 Chronicles 28 . 20 , 2 Chronicles 28 . 21 , Tiglath-pilneser , Isaiah 9 . 1

Ijon . 1 Kings 15 . 20 , 2 Chronicles 16 . 4 , Abel-beth-maachah , 2 Samuel 20 . 14 , 2 Samuel 20 . 15

Janoah . Joshua 16 . 6 , Janohah

Kedesh . Joshua 19 . 37 , Joshua 20 . 7

Hazor . Joshua 11 . 1 , Joshua 11 . 10 , Joshua 11 . 13 , Joshua 12 . 19 , Judges 4 . 2

Gilead . Numbers 32 . 1 , Numbers 32 . 40 , Deuteronomy 3 . 15 , Amos 1 . 3 , Amos 1 . 13

Galilee . Joshua 20 . 7 , 1 Kings 9 . 11 , Isaiah 9 . 1 , Isaiah 9 . 2 , Matthew 4 . 15 , Matthew 4 . 16

carried them . 2 Kings 17 . 6 , 2 Kings 17 . 23 , Leviticus 26 . 32 , Leviticus 26 . 38 , Leviticus 26 . 39 , Deuteronomy 4 . 26 , Deuteronomy 4 . 27 , Deuteronomy 28 . 25 , Deuteronomy 28 . 64 , Deuteronomy 28 . 65 , Isaiah 1 . 7 , Isaiah 7 . 20

Reciprocal . Genesis 46 . 24 . Naphtali Numbers 32 . 19 . we will 1 Kings 9 . 15 . Hazor 1 Kings 14 . 15 . shall scatter 2 Kings 15 . 20 . stayed not 2 Kings 17 . 3 . king of Assyria 2 Kings 17 . 20 . delivered 1 Chronicles 5 . 22 . until the captivity 2 Chronicles 30 . 6 . escaped 2 Chronicles 32 . 13 . I and my Nehemiah 9 . 32 . since the time Isaiah 7 . 4 . the two tails Isaiah 7 . 16 . the land Isaiah 8 . 4 . the riches of Damascus Isaiah 9 . 11 . set up Isaiah 10 . 13 . I have removed Isaiah 28 . 1 . whose Isaiah 37 . 18 . the kings Jeremiah 3 . 12 . toward the north Jeremiah 50 . 17 . first Ezekiel 23 . 9 . General Hosea 1 . 4 . will cause Hosea 5 . 11 . oppressed Hosea 5 . 13 . went Hosea 8 . 7 . the strangers Hosea 11 . 5 . but Amos 3 . 11 . General Amos 5 . 2 . is fallen Amos 5 . 15 . the remnant Amos 5 . 27 . beyond Amos 6 . 6 . affliction Amos 6 . 14 . I will Micah 2 . 10 . and Micah 5 . 6 . the Assyrian Zechariah 1 . 18 . four

Verse 30

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made . 2 Kings 15 . 10 , 2 Kings 15 . 25

and smote . Hosea 10 . 3 , Hosea 10 . 7 , Hosea 10 . 15

reigned . "After an anarchy for some years."

in the twentieth . "In the fourth year of Ahaz , in the twentieth year after Jotham had begun to reign." . Usher. 2 Kings 15 . 32 , 2 Kings 15 . 33 , 2 Kings 16 . 1 , 2 Kings 17 . 1 , 2 Chronicles 28 . 4-6 , 2 Chronicles 28 . 16 , Isaiah 7 . 1-9 , Isaiah 8 . 6

Reciprocal . 1 Kings 16 . 9 . conspired 2 Kings 8 . 15 . so that he died 2 Kings 9 . 14 . conspired 2 Kings 14 . 19 . they made 2 Kings 18 . 1 . in the third 2 Kings 21 . 23 . General 1 Chronicles 3 . 12 . Azariah Nehemiah 10 . 23 . Hoshea Isaiah 7 . 4 . the two tails Isaiah 7 . 16 . the land Isaiah 9 . 21 . Ephraim Hosea 7 . 7 . devoured

Verse 32

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Jotham . 2 Kings 15 . 7 , 1 Chronicles 3 . 12 , 2 Chronicles 27 . 1-9 , Matthew 1 . 9

Jotham . Uzziah , 2 Kings 15 . 1 , 2 Kings 15 . 7 , 2 Kings 15 . 13 , 2 Kings 15 . 17 , 2 Kings 15 . 23 , 2 Kings 15 . 27 , 2 Kings 14 . 21 , 1 Chronicles 3 . 12 , Azariah

Reciprocal . 2 Kings 15 . 6 . Azariah 2 Kings 15 . 30 . in the twentieth 2 Kings 16 . 1 . seventeenth 1 Chronicles 5 . 17 . Jotham Hosea 1 . 1 . Uzziah

Verse 33

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Jerusha . 2 Chronicles 27 . 1 , Jerushah

Reciprocal . 2 Kings 15 . 30 . in the twentieth 2 Kings 16 . 1 . seventeenth

Verse 34

according . 2 Kings 15 . 3 , 2 Kings 15 . 4 , 2 Chronicles 26 . 4 , 2 Chronicles 26 . 5 , 2 Chronicles 27 . 2

Reciprocal . 2 Kings 15 . 6 . Azariah 2 Kings 16 . 2 . did not

Verse 35

Howbeit . 2 Kings 15 . 4 , 2 Kings 18 . 4 , 2 Chronicles 32 . 12

the higher gate . 2 Chronicles 27 . 3-9

Reciprocal . 1 Kings 3 . 3 . only he 2 Kings 14 . 4 . the high places 2 Chronicles 27 . 2 . the people Isaiah 65 . 7 . burned Jeremiah 26 . 10 . the new Jeremiah 36 . 10 . entry Ezekiel 9 . 2 . the higher

Verse 36

the rest . 2 Kings 15 . 6 , 2 Kings 15 . 7 , 2 Chronicles 27 . 4-9

Reciprocal . 2 Kings 8 . 23 . General 2 Kings 16 . 19 . General

Verse 37

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In those days . "At the end of Jotham's reign." This Jotham died at forty-one. He was too great a blessing to be continued long to such an unworthy people. His death was a judgment , especially considering the character of Ahaz , his son and successor . for we read . 2 Kings 16 . 3 Ahaz made his son pass through the fire. This son may have been Hezekiah , who served the Lord , and whose prayer in sickness was most graciously herd and answered. Isaiah 38 . 1-22

began . 2 Kings 10 . 32 , 1 Samuel 3 . 12 , Jeremiah 25 . 29 , Luke 21 . 28

to send . Deuteronomy 28 . 48 , Psalm 78 . 49 , Isaiah 10 . 5-7 , Jeremiah 16 . 16 , Jeremiah 43 . 10

Rezin . 2 Kings 16 . 5 , 2 Chronicles 28 . 6 , Isaiah 7 . 1 , Isaiah 7 . 8 , Hosea 5 . 12 , Hosea 5 . 13

Pekah . 2 Kings 15 . 27