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 20:3
2 Chronicles 20:3 Ver. 3. And Jehoshaphat feared,.... Exceedingly, as the Targum adds, not merely because of the number of his enemies, for he had forces enough to go forth against them, see 2Ch 17:14, but chiefly because the Lord had told him that wrath was upon him from him, 2Ch 19:2 and he might fear that this was …
127 wordsSECTION 1822 Chronicles 20:4
2 Chronicles 20:4 Ver. 4. And Judah gathered themselves together to ask help of the Lord,.... To implore his assistance against their enemies, and his protection of them; and they met not in their several cities, but at Jerusalem, as appears by what follows: even out of all the cities of Judah they came to seek the L…
71 wordsSECTION 1832 Chronicles 20:5
2 Chronicles 20:5 Ver. 5. And Jehoshaphat stood in the congregation of Judah and Jerusalem, in the house of the Lord,.... In the temple, in the court of the people, where the inhabitants of Judah and Jerusalem were assembled, in the midst of which he stood very probably on the brasen scaffold erected by Solomon, 2Ch 6…
158 wordsSECTION 1842 Chronicles 20:6
2 Chronicles 20:6 Ver. 6. And said, O Lord God of our fathers,.... Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, whose covenant God he was: art not thou God in heaven? that dwellest and rulest there, and dost whatever thou pleasest in the armies of it: and rulest not thou over all the kingdoms of the Heathens? being King of kings, and…
109 wordsSECTION 1852 Chronicles 20:7
2 Chronicles 20:7 Ver. 7. Art not thou our God,.... In a peculiar sense, not merely as the Creator and Governor of men, but in a covenant relation their covenant God and Father: who didst drive out the inhabitants of the land before thy people Israel; the seven nations of Canaan, to make way and room for Israel: and…
114 wordsSECTION 1862 Chronicles 20:8
2 Chronicles 20:8 Ver. 8. And they dwelt therein,.... From ages past, hitherto, since it was first given them, and they were put into the possession of it: and have built thee a sanctuary therein for thy name; a temple for his worship, honour, and glory, and for him to dwell in; and is a reason why it might be hoped …
83 wordsSECTION 1872 Chronicles 20:9
2 Chronicles 20:9 Ver. 9. If when evil cometh upon us,.... Any calamity, as the sword, judgment, or pestilence, or famine, God's four sore judgments, if by "judgment" is meant wild beasts: we stand before this house; in the court before the holy place, and holy of holies: and in thy presence, for thy name is in thi…
105 wordsSECTION 1882 Chronicles 20:10
2 Chronicles 20:10 Ver. 10. And now, behold, the children of Ammon, and Moab, and Mount Seir, whom thou wouldest not let Israel invade, when they came out of the land of Egypt,.... Charging them not to meddle with them, nor take any of their lands from them, De 2:5, but they turned from them, and destroyed them not; …
77 wordsSECTION 1892 Chronicles 20:11
2 Chronicles 20:11 Ver. 11. Behold, I say, how they reward us,.... Evil for good: to come to cast us out of thy possession, which thou hast given us to inherit; the land of Canaan was their inheritance, an inheritance given them by God, their covenant God and Father, who had a right to dispose of it; and yet so given…
105 wordsSECTION 1902 Chronicles 20:12
2 Chronicles 20:12 Ver. 12. O our God wilt thou not judge them?.... Bring them to thy bar, examine these facts alleged against them, convict them of injustice, and condemn and punish them for it: for we have no might against the great company that cometh against us; for though the militia of the kingdom of Judah was …
186 wordsSECTION 1912 Chronicles 20:13
2 Chronicles 20:13 Ver. 13. And all Judah stood before the Lord,.... Looking towards the most holy place, where the ark of his presence was, in an humble and submissive posture; waiting what would be the issue of things, what answer they should have from the Lord: with their little ones, their wives, and their childr…
115 wordsSECTION 1922 Chronicles 20:14
2 Chronicles 20:14 Ver. 14. Then upon Jahaziel, the son of Zechariah, the son of Benaiah, the son of Jehiel, the son of Mattaniah, a Levite, of the sons of Asaph,.... Being a man of some note, though a Levite, his genealogy is given: came the Spirit of the Lord in the midst of the congregation; the spirit of prophecy…
166 wordsSECTION 1932 Chronicles 20:15
2 Chronicles 20:15 Ver. 15. And he said, hearken ye, all Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem, and thou King Jehoshaphat,.... There is a climax or gradation in these words rising from the lowest to the highest; from the people of the cities in the country, to the inhabitants of Jerusalem the metropolis, and from the…
131 wordsSECTION 1942 Chronicles 20:16
2 Chronicles 20:16 Ver. 16. Tomorrow go ye down against them,.... This was the fast day, and so not proper to march out in, but on the morrow they might go out with great confidence and intrepidity; and as Jerusalem was situated on an eminence, they are directed to go down: behold, they come up by the cliff of Ziz; a…
2,297 wordsSECTION 1952 Chronicles 21:1
2 Chronicles 21:1 INTRODUCTION TO 2 CHRONICLES 21 This chapter relates Jehoram's succession to the throne of Judah, and the murders and idolatries committed by him, 2Ch 21:1, the revolt of the Edomites from him, and some of his own people, 2Ch 21:8, a writing of Elijah to him, threatening a great plague to him and hi…
97 wordsSECTION 1962 Chronicles 21:2
2 Chronicles 21:2 Ver. 2. And he had brethren, the sons of Jehoshaphat,.... That is, Jehoram had, who succeeded him: their names follow, Azariah, and Jehiel, and Zechariah, and Azariah, and Michael, and Shephatiah; two of them were of the same name; though it may be observed, that in the Hebrew text they are somewhat…
292 wordsSECTION 1972 Chronicles 21:3
2 Chronicles 21:3 Ver. 3. And their father gave them great gifts of silver, and of gold, and of precious things,.... As jewels and precious stones; or precious garments, as the Targum, in like manner as Abraham gave to his sons, when he sent them from Isaac: with fenced cities in Judah; not as their own property, but…
133 wordsSECTION 1982 Chronicles 21:4
2 Chronicles 21:4 Ver. 4. Now when Jehoram was risen up to the kingdom of his father,.... Succeeded him in it, and reigned alone, for he had reigned with his father some years before his death; See Gill on "2Ki 8:16", he strengthened himself; in the kingdom, by some means or another closely attaching the greater part…
210 wordsSECTION 1992 Chronicles 21:5
2 Chronicles 21:5 Ver. 5-10. Jehoram was thirty two years old,.... Of these verses, See Gill on "2Ki 8:17" See Gill on "2Ki 8:18" See Gill on "2Ki 8:19" See Gill on "2Ki 8:20" See Gill on "2Ki 8:21" See Gill on "2Ki 8:22"…
52 wordsSECTION 2002 Chronicles 21:11
2 Chronicles 21:11 Ver. 11. Moreover, he made high places in the mountains of Judah,.... Temples and altars for idols, which, being built on mountains, had the name of high places; and these Jehoram made or rebuilt were those which had been pulled down by Asa and Jehoshaphat: and caused the inhabitants of Jerusalem t…
125 wordsSECTION 2012 Chronicles 21:12
2 Chronicles 21:12 Ver. 12. And there came a writing to him from Elijah the prophet,.... Not what was written by him after his ascension to heaven, and from thence came to Jehoram, even seven years after that, as say some Jewish writers {z}; nor was it a writing from another person of the same name in those times, sin…
231 wordsSECTION 2022 Chronicles 21:13
2 Chronicles 21:13 Ver. 13. And hast walked in the way of the kings of Israel,.... Worshipping the calves, and even Baal, with other idols, as they did: and hast made Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to go a whoring, like to the whoredoms of the house of Ahab; meaning spiritual whoredoms or idolatries: and has…
81 wordsSECTION 2032 Chronicles 21:14
2 Chronicles 21:14 Ver. 14. Behold, with a great plague will the Lord smite thy people,.... They going into the same idolatry with himself willingly, at least great part of them, and therefore deserved to be smitten, and which would be a punishment to him: and thy children, and thy wives, and all thy goods; which sho…
65 wordsSECTION 2042 Chronicles 21:15
2 Chronicles 21:15 Ver. 15. And thou shalt have great sickness by disease of thy bowels,.... Which was a just retaliation to him, for having no bowels of compassion on his brethren whom he slew: until thy bowels fall out by reason of the sickness day by day; that continuing day after day, and even year after year, th…
70 wordsSECTION 2052 Chronicles 21:16
2 Chronicles 21:16 Ver. 16. Moreover, the Lord stirred up against Jehoram the spirit of the Philistines,.... Which had been depressed in the times of Jehoshaphat, to whom they brought their presents and tribute willingly, 2Ch 17:11 and of the Arabians that were near the Ethiopians; not the Ethiopians of Africa, as th…
83 wordsSECTION 2062 Chronicles 21:17
2 Chronicles 21:17 Ver. 17. And they came up into Judah, and brake into it, &c. l In an hostile manner: and carried away all the substance that was found in the king's house, his gold, silver, and precious things, the rich furniture of his palace; no mention is made of any other plunder in the city, or the country; s…
175 wordsSECTION 2072 Chronicles 21:18
2 Chronicles 21:18 Ver. 18. After all this the Lord smote him in his bowels with an incurable disease. What it was is not agreed upon; some take it be an "hernia", or rupture; others, the falling of the "anus", or a fistula in it; others, the colic, or iliac passion; but generally it is thought to be a dysentery, or b…
74 wordsSECTION 2082 Chronicles 21:19
2 Chronicles 21:19 Ver. 19. And it came to pass that in process of time, after the end of two years,.... So long he was afflicted and tortured with the above disease: his bowels fell out by reason of his sickness; either in like manner as Judas's did, Ac 1:18 or as in the manner the bowels of Arius are said to do, wh…
169 wordsSECTION 2092 Chronicles 21:20
2 Chronicles 21:20 Ver. 20. Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years,.... See 2Ki 8:17, and departed without being desired; to live, either by himself, being weary of life through the pain he endured; or by his people, he being so wicked a prince, and so ill belo…
172 wordsSECTION 2102 Chronicles 22:1
2 Chronicles 22:1 INTRODUCTION TO 2 CHRONICLES 22 In this chapter we have an account of the wicked reign of Ahaziah the son of Jehoram, 2Ch 22:1 of his death, the occasion and manner of it, 2Ch 22:5 and of his mother Athaliah destroying all the royal seed, excepting one, who was hid by the king's sister, and assuming…
131 wordsSECTION 2112Ch 22:10
2Ch 22:10 for the band of men that came with the Arabians to the camp; that is, of the Philistines, 2Ch 21:16, which band seems to be a band or company of thieves and robbers, as the Septuagint, cruel and barbarous, as the action ascribed to them shows: [for they] had slain all the eldest; sons of Jehoram; the Philis…
95 wordsSECTION 2122 Chronicles 22:2
2 Chronicles 22:2 Ver. 2. Forty two and years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign,.... In 2Ki 8:26, he is said to be but twenty two years old at his accession to the throne, which is undoubtedly most correct; for this makes him to be two years older than his father when he died, who was thirty two when he began to …
779 wordsSECTION 2132 Chronicles 22:3
2 Chronicles 22:3 Ver. 3. He also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab,.... As his father Jehoram had, 2Ch 21:6 for his mother was his counsellor to do wickedly; to commit idolatry, who was of that idolatrous house.…
43 wordsSECTION 2142 Chronicles 22:4
2 Chronicles 22:4 Ver. 4. Wherefore he did evil in the sight of the Lord, like the house of Ahab,.... See 2Ki 8:27 for they were his counsellors, after the death of his father, to his destruction; both of soul and body; for they gave him bad advice, both in religious and civil things; these were some of the family or…
83 wordsSECTION 2152 Chronicles 22:5
2 Chronicles 22:5 Ver. 5,6. He walked also after their counsel,.... Did as they advised him, as in matters of religion, so in political things, of which there is an instance in this and the next verse; of which See Gill on "2Ki 8:28". See Gill on "2Ki 8:29".…
53 wordsSECTION 2162 Chronicles 22:7
2 Chronicles 22:7 Ver. 7. And the destruction of Ahaziah was of God by coming to Joram,.... Of his appointing; it was according to his purpose and decree, and was brought about by his overruling Providence, ordering the occasion and manner of it very justly for his sins: for when he was come, he went out with Jehoram…
141 wordsSECTION 2172 Chronicles 22:8
2 Chronicles 22:8 Ver. 8. And it came to pass, that when Jehu was executing judgment on the house of Ahab,.... On Joram, his son, and seventy more sons, his kinsfolks, courtiers, and priests: and found the princes of Judah, and or even the sons of the brethren of Ahaziah; whose number was forty two: that ministered …
107 wordsSECTION 2182 Chronicles 22:9
2 Chronicles 22:9 Ver. 9-11. And he sought Ahaziah,.... Who fled on Joram's being wounded by Jehu: and they caught him; the soldiers of Jehu, who were sent after him, and bid to smite him: for he was hid in Samaria; either in some part of the kingdom of Samaria, or in the city itself, whither he fled: and brought h…
213 wordsSECTION 2192 Chronicles 22:12
2 Chronicles 22:12 Ver. 12. See Gill on "2Ch 22:9". John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible.…
19 wordsSECTION 2202 Chronicles 23:1
2 Chronicles 23:1 INTRODUCTION TO 2 CHRONICLES 23 The contents of this chapter are the same with 2Ki 11:4 and need no other explanation than what may be found in the notes there, to which the reader is referred. See Gill on "2Ki 11:4". See Gill on "2Ki 11:5". See Gill on "2Ki 11:6". See Gill on "2Ki 11:7". See Gill …
143 wordsSECTION 2212 Chronicles 23:21
2 Chronicles 23:21 Ver. 21. See Gill on "2Ch 23:1". John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible.…
19 wordsSECTION 2222 Chronicles 24:1
2 Chronicles 24:1 INTRODUCTION TO 2 CHRONICLES 24 This chapter begins with the reign of Joash king of Judah, son of Ahaziah, 2Ch 24:1, relates his concern and care to repair the temple, 2Ch 24:4, the death of Jehoiada the priest, during whose life he reigned well, but after his death sadly apostatized, 2Ch 24:15, for…
153 wordsSECTION 2232 Chronicles 24:3
2 Chronicles 24:3 Ver. 3. And Jehoiada took for him two wives,.... Not for himself; he had a wife who was aunt to King Joash, and he had sons who were concerned with him in anointing him, 2Ch 22:11 and was now upwards of one hundred years of age; but for the king, when he was at an age fit for marriage, he advised him…
183 wordsSECTION 2242 Chronicles 24:4
2 Chronicles 24:4 Ver. 4. And it came to pass after this,.... After his marriage, when he was about twenty or twenty one years of age, perhaps: that Joash was minded to repair the house of the Lord; which in some places might be fallen to decay, having been built one hundred and fifty years or more, and in others def…
71 wordsSECTION 2252 Chronicles 24:5
2 Chronicles 24:5 Ver. 5. And he gathered together the priests and Levites,.... To communicate his mind unto, and give them a charge and instructions: and said unto them, go out unto the cities of Judah, and gather of all Israel money to repair the house of your God from year to year; what money he means is more full…
152 wordsSECTION 2262 Chronicles 24:6
2 Chronicles 24:6 Ver. 6. And the king called for Jehoiada the chief,.... Who was either the high priest, or the head of his course, or, however, the chief of the priests and Levites concerned in this affair, and, indeed, was the chief or prime minister of state: and said unto him, why hast thou not required of the L…
142 wordsSECTION 2272 Chronicles 24:7
2 Chronicles 24:7 Ver. 7. For the sons of Athaliah, that wicked woman,.... Not Ahaziah and his brethren, in the lifetime of Jehoram, but sons of Athaliah by another man, as Kimchi suggests: had broken up the house of God; not that they had made ruptures in it, or broke down the walls of it, but had defaced it by taki…
117 wordsSECTION 2282 Chronicles 24:8
2 Chronicles 24:8 Ver. 8. And at the king's commandment they made a chest,.... See Gill on "2Ki 12:9".…
21 wordsSECTION 2292 Chronicles 24:9
2 Chronicles 24:9 Ver. 9. And they made a proclamation through Judah and Jerusalem,.... By heralds appointed for the purpose: to bring in to the Lord; into the house of the Lord, and for the reparation of it; and so for his service, honour, and glory: the collection that Moses the servant of the Lord laid upon Israe…
103 wordsSECTION 2302 Chronicles 24:10
2 Chronicles 24:10 Ver. 10. And all the princes and all the people rejoiced,.... When they heard the proclamation, and understood for what use the money was to be given, and in what manner; all was agreeable and pleasing to them: and brought in, and cast into the chest; through the hole that was in the lid of it, 2Ki…
82 wordsSECTION 2312 Chronicles 24:11
2 Chronicles 24:11 Ver. 11. Now it came to pass, that at what time the chest was brought unto the king's office by the hand of the Levites,.... The place where his officer or officers met, appointed for this service; very probably in one of the chambers of the temple, and when they saw that there was much money: see …
164 wordsSECTION 2322 Chronicles 24:12
2 Chronicles 24:12 Ver. 12. And the king and Jehoiada gave it to such as did the work of the service of the house of the Lord,.... That is, they gave it to those who were overseers of them, to pay them with it, 2Ki 12:11 and hired masons and carpenters to repair the house of the Lord see…
61 wordsSECTION 2332Ki 12:12
2Ki 12:12 and also such as wrought iron and brass to mend the house of the Lord; where it required any work of that kind.…
26 wordsSECTION 2342 Chronicles 24:13
2 Chronicles 24:13 Ver. 13. So the workmen wrought,.... The masons, carpenters, blacksmiths, and brasiers: and the work was perfected by them; the business of repairs was completely finished: and they set the house of God in his state; as it was at first: and strengthened it; so that it seemed as firm and stable as…
60 wordsSECTION 2352 Chronicles 24:14
2 Chronicles 24:14 Ver. 14. And when they had finished it,.... The repairs of the house, all that were necessary: they brought the rest of the money before the king and Jehoiada: that is, the overseers, when they had paid the workmen, brought what was left of the money collected to the king and the priest, to dispose…
1,754 wordsSECTION 2362 Chronicles 25:1
2 Chronicles 25:1 INTRODUCTION TO 2 CHRONICLES 25 This chapter begins with the reign of Amaziah, and some of the first acts of it, slaying those that killed his father, 2Ch 25:1, raising a large army in his own kingdom, to which he added 100,000 more he hired out of Israel, whom yet he sent home by the advice of a pr…
229 wordsSECTION 2372 Chronicles 25:5
2 Chronicles 25:5 Ver. 5. Moreover Amaziah gathered Judah together,.... The inhabitants thereof: and made them captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, according to the houses of their fathers, throughout all Judah and Benjamin; he divided the people, according to their families throughout his kingdom, in…
231 wordsSECTION 2382 Chronicles 25:6
2 Chronicles 25:6 Ver. 6. He hired also one hundred thousand mighty men of valour out of Israel,.... The ten tribes, judging his own army not sufficient for his expedition against the Edomites he was meditating: for one hundred talents of silver; which amounted to 35,300 pounds sterling, and according to Beckius {e} …
71 wordsSECTION 2392 Chronicles 25:7
2 Chronicles 25:7 Ver. 7. But there came a man of God to him,.... Who the Jews say {f} was the brother of the king, Amos, the father of Isaiah, but without foundation: saying, O king, let not the army of Israel go with thee; to war against Edom; meaning the 100,000 men he had hired, and suggesting that to have them w…
143 wordsSECTION 2402 Chronicles 25:8
2 Chronicles 25:8 Ver. 8. But if thou wilt go, do it, be strong for the battle,.... An ironical expression; if thou wilt not be advised, take them with thee, and try what thou canst do; exert all thy courage, and use thy military skill, and mark the issue: God shall make thee fall before the enemy; notwithstanding th…
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