Bible Commentary

And two parts of all you that go forth on the sabbath, even they shall keep the watch of the house of the LORD about the king. 7. And two parts of all you that go forth ] R.V. And the two companies of you, even all that go forth. All those men who were … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Kings 11:7”

And a third part [shall be] at the gate of Sur; and a third part at the gate behind the guard: so shall ye keep the watch of the house, that it be not broken down. 6. at the gate of Sur ] R.V. omits ‘of’. This gate is nowhere else named. The similarity between … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Kings 11:6”

And he commanded them, saying, This [is] the thing that ye shall do; A third part of you that enter in on the sabbath shall even be keepers of the watch of the king’s house; 5. And he commanded them ] The two things to be provided for were the safety of the young king’s … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Kings 11:5”

And the seventh year Jehoiada sent and fetched the rulers over hundreds, with the captains and the guard, and brought them to him into the house of the LORD, and made a covenant with them, and took an oath of them in the house of the LORD, and showed them the king’s son. 4 16. … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Kings 11:4”

And he was with her hid in the house of the LORD six years. And Athaliah did reign over the land. 3. And he was with her ] i.e. With his nurse, who continued to tend him after he had grown somewhat older. in the house of the Lord ] We learn from the description … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Kings 11:3”

But Jehosheba, the daughter of king Joram, sister of Ahaziah, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him from among the king’s sons [which were] slain; and they hid him, [even] him and his nurse, in the bedchamber from Athaliah, so that he was not slain. 2. But Jehosheba ] Called in 2Ch 22:11 … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Kings 11:2”

And when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the seed royal. Ch. 2Ki 11:1-3. Athaliah, having slain all the seed royal of Judah, except Joash, usurps the throne for six years (2Ch 22:10-12) 1. And [R.V. Now ] when Athaliah ] Athaliah was the daughter … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Kings 11:1”

And the time that Jehu reigned over Israel in Samaria [was] twenty and eight years. In Samaria – The family of Ahab had made Jezreel a sort of second capital, and had reigned there, at least in part 2 Kings 9:15-30. Jehu and his descendants seem to have fixed their residence wholly in Samaria 2Ki … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Kings 10:36”

And Jehu slept with his fathers: and they buried him in Samaria. And Jehoahaz his son reigned in his stead. 35. Jehoahaz his son ] We are told (chap. 2Ki 13:1) that Jehu’s death, and the accession of Jehoahaz, was in the three and twentieth year of Joash, king of Judah. As Jehu reigned twenty-eight … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Kings 10:35”

Now the rest of the acts of Jehu, and all that he did, and all his might, [are] they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? 34. the acts of Jehu ] Jehu is one of the kings of whom we learn something from the cuneiform inscriptions. There we … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Kings 10:34”