PUBLIC-DOMAIN CHRISTIAN BOOK
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible — II Chronicles
Gill, John, 1697-1771 · 68,450 words · 407 reading sections
2 Chronicles 11:5
2 Chronicles 11:5 Ver. 5. And Rehoboam dwelt in Jerusalem,.... The metropolis of Judah, and the capital city of his kingdom: and built cities for defence in Judah; that is, rebuilt, enlarged, and fortified them; for otherwise they were built before, though neglected before the revolt of the ten tribes; but now it bec…
105 wordsSECTION 622 Chronicles 11:6
2 Chronicles 11:6 Ver. 6. He built even Bethlehem,.... The place of our Lord's birth, about six miles from Jerusalem: and Etam; another city in the tribe of Judah; see 1Ch 4:32, there was a rock of this name, Jud 15:8 and a fountain from whence waters were conveyed into the pool at Jerusalem, spoken of in Jewish writ…
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2 Chronicles 11:7 Ver. 7. And Bethzur, and Shocho, and Adullam. All in the tribe of Judah, of which see Jos 15:35.…
24 wordsSECTION 642 Chronicles 11:8
2 Chronicles 11:8 Ver. 8. And Gath,.... Which cannot be that Gath which was one of the principalities of the Philistines, but a city in the tribe of Judah; though of it we nowhere else read; unless this is the same with Moreshethgath, Mic 1:14, which is probable, since it follows: and Mareshah; the birth place of Mic…
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2 Chronicles 11:9 Ver. 9. And Adoraim,.... Called by Josephus {d} Adora, which he mentions along with Mareshah, or Marissa: and Lachish: a royal city in the time of the Canaanites, and which fell to the lot of Judah, Jos 12:11, and Azekah; a city situated in the plain of Judah, Jos 10:10. {d} Antiqu. l. 13. c. 9. s…
64 wordsSECTION 662 Chronicles 11:10
2 Chronicles 11:10 Ver. 10. And Zorah,.... The same with Zoreah, Jos 15:33, and Aijalon; there was a city of the tribe of Dan of this name, in the valley of which the moon stood still in the times of Joshua, Jos 10:12, but whether the same with this, and now belonging to Judah, or another of the same name, is not cer…
105 wordsSECTION 672 Chronicles 11:11
2 Chronicles 11:11 Ver. 11. And he fortified the strong holds,.... Of these and other cities: and put captains in them; garrisons of soldiers, with captains over them to defend them: and store of victual, and of oil and wine; that they might be able to hold out a siege, should they be attacked.…
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2 Chronicles 11:12 Ver. 12. And in every several city he put shields and spears,.... Furnished them with these and perhaps other pieces of armour, these being put for all, to defend themselves with against an enemy, and to annoy them: and made them exceeding strong; so that they could not be easily taken: having Jud…
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2 Chronicles 11:13 Ver. 13. And the priests and the Levites, that were in all Israel,.... In the ten tribes, in the cities assigned to them therein: resorted to him out of all their coasts; as to their rightful sovereign, and chiefly for the sake of the service of the sanctuary at Jerusalem.…
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2 Chronicles 11:14 Ver. 14. For the Levites left their suburbs and their possession,.... The cities and the fields adjacent to them, which were given them in the several tribes, and were in all forty eight; see Jos 21:1 and came to Judah and Jerusalem; to the cities of Judah, which belonged to the Levites; and to Jeru…
120 wordsSECTION 712 Chronicles 11:15
2 Chronicles 11:15 Ver. 15. And he ordained him priests for the high places,.... Of such who were not of the tribe of Levi, and family of Aaron; see 1Ki 12:31 and for the devils; demons in the shape of goats, as this word signifies, in which form many of the Heathen deities were worshipped; idols of whatsoever kind a…
120 wordsSECTION 722 Chronicles 11:16
2 Chronicles 11:16 Ver. 16. And after them out of all the tribes of Israel,.... Besides the priests and Levites, and after their example, many of the common people, out of all the ten tribes: such as set their hearts to seek the Lord God of Israel; to seek his face and favour, where he was to be found; to worship him…
124 wordsSECTION 732 Chronicles 11:17
2 Chronicles 11:17 Ver. 17. So they strengthened the kingdom of Judah,.... Made it more numerous, and in a better condition to defend itself: and made Rehoboam son of Solomon strong three years; established him on the throne, strengthened the government in his hands, and were the means of preserving him in the pure w…
187 wordsSECTION 742 Chronicles 11:18
2 Chronicles 11:18 Ver. 18. And Rehoboam took him Mahalath, the daughter of Jerimoth, the son of David, to wife,.... Of which son of David we nowhere else read; perhaps he might be the son of one of his concubines, or he might have two names: and Abihail the daughter of Eliab the son of Jesse; who was David's eldest …
75 wordsSECTION 752 Chronicles 11:19
2 Chronicles 11:19 Ver. 19. Which bare him children,.... Or, "and she bore him" {d}; for it is said only of one of them, the other perhaps died without children; this may refer to the last mentioned, Abihail, whose children were Jeush, and Shamariah, and Zaham; who perhaps all died in their father's lifetime, since t…
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2 Chronicles 11:20 Ver. 20. And after he took Maacah the daughter of Absalom,.... Thought by some to be Absalom the son of David, his father's brother, and his uncle, and so married his cousin; but Absalom seems to have had but one daughter, whose name was Tamar, 2Sa 14:27, and the name of this man is different from h…
662 wordsSECTION 772 Chronicles 12:1
2 Chronicles 12:1 INTRODUCTION TO 2 CHRONICLES 12 Rehoboam and his people forsaking the law of the Lord, Shishak king of Egypt is allowed by God to invade his land, and take his fenced cities, 2Ch 12:1, upon which a prophet of the Lord was sent to him and his princes, to show them the reason of it; whereupon they hum…
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2 Chronicles 12:2 Ver. 2. And it came to pass in the fifth year of Rehoboam,.... In the fourth year, the apostasy of him and his people began; and, in the year following, what is next related happened, as a punishment of it: Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem; of whom see 1Ki 11:40, because they transgr…
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2 Chronicles 12:3 Ver. 3. With twelve hundred chariots, and threescore thousand horsemen; and the people were without number,.... The foot soldiers; their number, according to Josephus {h} was 400,000: that came with him out of Egypt; the above numerous army came from thence with him, which was famous for horses and …
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2 Chronicles 12:4 Ver. 4. And he took the fenced cities which pertained to Judah,.... Which Rehoboam had lately built, and placed his sons in them, 2Ch 11:5, these he took without any opposition: and came to Jerusalem; there being no army to oppose him; and so Sesostris took many countries without fighting, and among…
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2 Chronicles 12:5 Ver. 5. Then came Shemaiah the prophet to Rehoboam,.... The same as in 2Ch 11:2, there called the man of God: and to the princes of Judah that were gathered together to Jerusalem because of Shishak; through fear of him, and for safety and protection from him, and to consult what was to be done at th…
153 wordsSECTION 822 Chronicles 12:6
2 Chronicles 12:6 Ver. 6. Whereupon the princes of Israel and the king humbled themselves,.... Both by words acknowledging their sins, and the justice of God, and by deeds, perhaps putting on sackcloth, as was usual on such occasions, and betaking themselves to fasting and prayer: and they said, the Lord is righteous…
73 wordsSECTION 832 Chronicles 12:7
2 Chronicles 12:7 Ver. 7. And when the Lord saw that they humbled themselves,.... Though but externally; the Lord takes notice of external humiliation, as he did of Ahab's, 1Ki 21:29, the word of the Lord came to Shemaiah, saying, they have humbled themselves, therefore I will not destroy them; not now, at least not …
127 wordsSECTION 842 Chronicles 12:8
2 Chronicles 12:8 Ver. 8. Nevertheless, they shall be his servants,.... tributaries to the king of Egypt: that they may know my service, and the service of the kingdoms of the countries; the difference between them, how easy the one, which they might perform without taxes and tributes, and how hard and heavy the othe…
69 wordsSECTION 852 Chronicles 12:9
2 Chronicles 12:9 Ver. 9-11. So Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem,.... The Vulgate Latin version is, "departed from Jerusalem,'' as he did, having taken it, and spoiled it of its riches, and settled a yearly tax on the inhabitants of the land; of this, and the two following verses, See Gill on "1Ki 14:…
72 wordsSECTION 862 Chronicles 12:12
2 Chronicles 12:12 Ver. 12. And when he humbled himself,.... That is, Rehoboam; or broke his heart, as the Targum, was of a contrite spirit seemingly, for it was merely external: the wrath of the Lord turned from him; which appeared by the departure of Shishak's army: that he would not destroy him altogether; or mak…
150 wordsSECTION 872 Chronicles 12:13
2 Chronicles 12:13 Ver. 13. So Rehoboam strengthened himself in Jerusalem,.... Fortified that yet more for the defence of himself, after Shishak departed: and reigned; twelve years more, for he reigned in all seventeen, and this was in his fifth year; of what follows in this verse, See Gill on "1Ki 14:21".…
54 wordsSECTION 882 Chronicles 12:14
2 Chronicles 12:14 Ver. 14. And he did evil,.... Committed idolatry, relapsed into that, his humiliation not being hearty and sincere: because he prepared not his heart to seek the Lord; by prayer and supplication, and by an attendance on the service and worship of God; for though he did these things outwardly, yet n…
74 wordsSECTION 892 Chronicles 12:15
2 Chronicles 12:15 Ver. 15,16. Now the acts of Rehoboam,.... Of these two verses, See Gill on "1Ki 14:29". See Gill on "1Ki 14:30". See Gill on "1Ki 14:31".…
34 wordsSECTION 902 Chronicles 12:16
2 Chronicles 12:16 Ver. 16. See Gill on "2Ch 12:15". John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible.…
19 wordsSECTION 912 Chronicles 13:1
2 Chronicles 13:1 INTRODUCTION TO 2 CHRONICLES 13 This chapter begins with the reign of Abijah, 2Ch 13:1, gives an account of a battle between him and Jeroboam, previous to which Abijah made a speech to Jeroboam and his army, to vindicate his own cause, encourage his own soldiers, and intimidate the enemy, and dissua…
130 wordsSECTION 922 Chronicles 13:2
2 Chronicles 13:2 Ver. 2. He reigned three years in Jerusalem,.... See Gill on "1Ki 15:2", his mother's name also was Michaiah the daughter of Uriel of Gibeah; see 2Ch 11:20, See Gill on "1Ki 15:2". and there was war between Abijah and Jeroboam; and in this chapter is an account of a battle fought between them, not …
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2 Chronicles 13:3 Ver. 3. And Abijah set the battle in array, with an army of valiant man of war, even four hundred thousand chosen men,.... Collected such an army of select men, led them into his enemy's country, and set them in order of battle: and Jeroboam also set the battle in array against him, with eight hundr…
87 wordsSECTION 942 Chronicles 13:4
2 Chronicles 13:4 Ver. 4. And Abijah stood upon Mount Zemaraim, which is in Mount Ephraim,.... Which might have its name from a city of Benjamin of this name, to which it was near, though within the borders of Ephraim, Jos 18:22 formerly inhabited by the Zemarites, from whence it might have its name, Ge 10:18 here Abi…
123 wordsSECTION 952 Chronicles 13:5
2 Chronicles 13:5 Ver. 5. Ought you not to know,.... They did know what he afterwards says, but he would have them consider and acknowledge it: that the Lord God of Israel gave the kingdom over Israel to David for ever; to him and his seed, particularly to the Messiah, that should spring from him; but whether Abijah …
128 wordsSECTION 962 Chronicles 13:6
2 Chronicles 13:6 Ver. 6. Yet Jeroboam the son of Nebat, the servant of Solomon the son of David, is risen up,.... Notwithstanding it was well known the kingdom was entailed on the posterity of David by an everlasting covenant; Abijah calls Jeroboam Solomon's servant, by way of great contempt, as Jarchi observes, he b…
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2 Chronicles 13:7 Ver. 7. And there are gathered unto him vain men,.... Void of the fear of God, and all that is good: the children of Belial: men unprofitable, good for nothing, or that had cast off the yoke of the law of God, were lawless and abandoned persons: And have strengthened themselves against Rehoboam the…
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2 Chronicles 13:8 Ver. 8. And now ye think to withstand the kingdom of the Lord in the hand of the sons of David,.... To oppose them, prevail over them, and get it out of their hands, which is delivered to them by the Lord, as the Targum: and ye be a great multitude; of which they boasted, and in which they trusted, …
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2 Chronicles 13:9 Ver. 9. Have ye not cast out the priests of the Lord the sons of Aaron, and the Levites,.... Because they would not sacrifice to his idols, and that they might not instruct the people in the pure worship of God, and that he and his people might be free from the payment of tithes, firstfruits, &c. and…
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2 Chronicles 13:10 Ver. 10. But as for us, the Lord [is] our God,.... The Word of the Lord, as the Targum; we know and acknowledge no other; not the calves at Dan and Bethel, nor any other idols, only the one living and true God: and we have not forsaken him; his laws, statutes, ordinances, and worship; for though Ab…
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2 Chronicles 13:11 Ver. 11. And they burn unto the Lord, every morning and every evening, burnt sacrifices and sweet incense,.... That is, the priests; the one they did on the altar of burnt offering, and the other on the altar of incense, and both every day, morning and evening: the shewbread also set they in order …
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2 Chronicles 13:12 Ver. 12. And, behold, God himself is with us for our Captain,.... To go before our armies, and fight our battles for us: and his priests with sounding trumpets to cry alarm against you; which was one use of the trumpets, that the people might be remembered by the Lord, and saved from their enemies,…
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2 Chronicles 13:13 Ver. 13. But Jeroboam caused an ambushment to come about behind them,.... While Abijah was making his oration, he detached a party from his army, which got about, and lay in ambush, behind the army of Abijah: so they were before Judah; Jeroboam and the greater part of his army: and the ambushment …
65 wordsSECTION 1042 Chronicles 13:14
2 Chronicles 13:14 Ver. 14. And when Judah looked back,.... On hearing a noise behind them: behold, the battle was before and behind; men were set in battle array, and the battle was begun, and an attack made upon them both ways: and they cried unto the Lord; for help against their enemies, and to deliver them out o…
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2 Chronicles 13:15 Ver. 15. Then the men of Judah gave a shout,.... Taking heart at the sound of the trumpets, and in order to encourage one another, and intimidate the enemy; See Gill on "1Sa 17:20", and as the men of Judah shouted, it came to pass, that God smote Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah and Judah; pos…
801 wordsSECTION 1062 Chronicles 14:1
2 Chronicles 14:1 INTRODUCTION TO 2 CHRONICLES 14 This chapter relates the death of Abijah, and the succession of Asa in his stead, 2Ch 14:1, gives a good character of the latter for his reformation in religion, and for the care he took for the safety and protection of his subjects, 2Ch 14:2, and an account is given …
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2 Chronicles 14:2 Ver. 2. And Asa did that which was good and right,.... See 1Ki 15:11.…
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2 Chronicles 14:3 Ver. 3. For he took away the altars of the strange gods,.... Or of a strange people, of the Zidonians, Ammonites, and Moabites, which had remained from the times of Solomon, and which he built for his wives, 1Ki 11:7 and the high places; built for idols; for as for those on which the true God was wo…
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2 Chronicles 14:4 Ver. 4. And commanded Judah to seek the Lord God of their fathers,.... To pray to him, and him only, and attend his worship and service; this he did by a public edict: and to do the law and the commandment: to observe all the laws of God, moral, ceremonial, and civil.…
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2 Chronicles 14:5 Ver. 5. Also he took away out of all the cities of Judah the high places and the images,.... Perhaps the high places in 2Ch 14:3 design only the high places and altars in Jerusalem, and near it; these in all the rest of the cities of the land; the "images were", as the word signifies, "sun images", e…
120 wordsSECTION 1112 Chronicles 14:6
2 Chronicles 14:6 Ver. 6. And he built fenced cities in Judah,.... For his defence against the kingdom of Israel and other nations, as Rehoboam had done before him; and which might have been demolished by Shishak king of Egypt, when he took them, 2Ch 11:5 for the land had rest; according to the Targum, the land of Is…
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2 Chronicles 14:7 Ver. 7. Therefore he said unto Judah,.... To the nobles and principal men of the kingdom: let us build these cities; which he, no doubt, particularly mentioned by name, and pointed at; that is, repair and fortify them, and put them into a better condition of defence: and make about them walls and t…
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2 Chronicles 14:8 Ver. 8. And Asa had an army of men that bare targets and spears, out of Judah three hundred thousand,.... These were armed with a large sort of shield, to protect them, and with spears, to push at an enemy when they came near them, and to close quarters with them: and out of Benjamin, that bare shie…
123 wordsSECTION 1142 Chronicles 14:9
2 Chronicles 14:9 Ver. 9. And there came out against them Zerah the Ethiopian, with an host of thousand thousand, and three hundred chariots,.... According to Josephus {b}, this army consisted of 900,000 foot, and 100,000 horsemen, and certain it is there were horsemen among them, 2Ch 16:8 some say these were not the …
379 wordsSECTION 1152 Chronicles 14:10
2 Chronicles 14:10 Ver. 10. Then Asa went out against him,.... Notwithstanding he brought so great an army with him: and they set the battle in array in the valley of Zephathah at Mareshah; where the Ethiopians were; he did not stay till they got further into his country, but marched against them when on the frontier…
81 wordsSECTION 1162 Chronicles 14:11
2 Chronicles 14:11 Ver. 11. And Asa cried unto the Lord his God,.... Or prayed, as the Targum, with vehemence, being in distress; this he did before the battle began, at the head of his army, and for the encouragement of it: and said, Lord, [it is] nothing with thee to help; nothing can hinder from helping, his power…
247 wordsSECTION 1172 Chronicles 14:12
2 Chronicles 14:12 Ver. 12. So the Lord smote the Ethiopians before Asa, and before Judah,.... With consternation and terror; they were thrown into a panic: and the Ethiopians fled; before them, just as Jeroboam and Israel had, as related in the preceding chapter, 2Ch 13:15.…
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2 Chronicles 14:13 Ver. 13. And Asa, and the people that [were] with him, pursued them unto Gerar,.... A city of the Philistines, Ge 20:1, and the Ethiopians were overthrown, that they could not recover themselves; they were thrown into such a fright, and into so much confusion, that they could not put themselves in …
194 wordsSECTION 1192 Chronicles 14:14
2 Chronicles 14:14 Ver. 14. And they smote all the cities round about Gerar,.... The cities of the Philistines, who were auxiliaries and confederates with these Ethiopians, and colonies from them, according to Theodoret, and who says, about Eleutheropolis was a place, called, in his time, Geraron Saton: for the fear …
198 wordsSECTION 1202 Chronicles 15:1
2 Chronicles 15:1 INTRODUCTION TO 2 CHRONICLES 15 Asa returning from the battle, and with the spoil of the enemy, was met by a prophet of the Lord, who encouraged him to go on with the work of reformation, promising the presence and help of God with him, 2Ch 15:1, which inspired him with fresh courage, and he went ab…
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