Verse 7.-And it came to pass, when the King of Israel had read the letter, that he rent his clothes.In horror and alarm (comp.2 Samuel 13:19;2 Chronicles 34:27;Ezra 9:3;Jeremiah 36:24). He concluded that once more (see1 Kings 20:7) the Syrian monarch was determined to find ...
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I & II Kings: A commentary. Post a Comment. CONTRIBUTORS: Author: Gray, John (b. 1913,d. ---. PUBLISHER: edition. PAGES (INTRO/BODY): xviii, 802 p. SUBJECT(S): Bible; OT; Kings;Commentaries. DISCIPLINE: No discipline assigned. LC NUMBER: BS1335.3 .G7 1970b.John...
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2 Kings 2:9 And it came to pass, when they were gone over, that Elijah said unto Elisha, Ask what I shall do for thee, before I be taken away from thee. And Elisha said, I pray thee, let a double portion of thy spirit be upon me. ...
i. “The Hebrew ‘lean on the hand’ does not imply physical support but that he was the king’s ‘right hand man’ (cf. 2 Kings 7:2, 17).” (Wiseman) c.Go in peace: By generally approving but not saying specifically “yes” or “no,” it seems that Elisha left the matter up...
WHEREAS I have made mention of the names of those kings unto whom I had dedicated these my Commentaries, lest the change incur the crime of lightness among certain unskillful men, I must briefly render some reason thereof. For although both the remembrance of the father, who is dead, doth...
As late as the 17th century the ‘Line of Kings’ at the Tower of London included a figure of William the Conqueror equipped with a massive matchlock gun. Historical accuracy is a modern concept and, in the context of absolute monarchy in the medieval period, so is objective truth. If ...
iii. “Riblah was to be the fateful site where Nebuchadnezzer would seal the doom of Jerusalem and Judah after the debacle of 587/6, which Ezekiel is here prophesying (2 Kings 25:20–21). It was already a site fraught with significance for Ezekiel’s fellow exiles.” (Vawter and Hop...
Augustus conceived of his Mausoleum as adynastic burial place and opened to the public the groves and walks surroundingthe building–so as to strengthen the bond between the imperial family and theRoman people after the manner of Hellenistic kings (see e.g., Davies 2010, 13–27).However, ...