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 25:9
2 Chronicles 25:9 Ver. 9. And Amaziah said to the man of God, but what shall we do for the one hundred talents which I have given to the army of Israel?.... They will be lost, there is no demanding them back again; this he spake with some concern, as loath to lose so much money: and the man of God answered, the Lord …
124 wordsSECTION 2422 Chronicles 25:10
2 Chronicles 25:10 Ver. 10. Then Amaziah separated them,.... From his army, among whom they were incorporated and ranked, to wit, the army that was come to him out of Ephraim; which he had hired of the ten tribes, these he singled out: to go home again; to their own country: wherefore their anger was greatly kindle…
118 wordsSECTION 2432 Chronicles 25:11
2 Chronicles 25:11 Ver. 11. And Amaziah strengthened himself, and led forth his people,.... To go to war with the Edomites; not discouraged by the dismission of the hired troops, but trusting in the promise and power of God, he went forth with boldness and intrepidity: and went to the valley of salt, and smote of the…
98 wordsSECTION 2442 Chronicles 25:12
2 Chronicles 25:12 Ver. 12. And other ten thousand left alive did the children of Judah carry away captive,.... The rest of the army of the Edomites, which amounted to the same number, fell into their hands, and they took them, and carried them off: and brought them unto the top of the rock; very probably the same on…
293 wordsSECTION 2452 Chronicles 25:13
2 Chronicles 25:13 Ver. 13. But the soldiers of the army which Amaziah sent back, that they should not go with him to battle, &e.] The 100,000 men hired out of Israel, whom he dismissed before he went against Edom: fell upon the cities of Judah, from Samaria even unto Bethhoron; which, though it formerly belonged to …
142 wordsSECTION 2462 Chronicles 25:14
2 Chronicles 25:14 Ver. 14. Now it came to pass, after that Amaziah was come from the slaughter of the Edomites,.... Instead of returning thanks to God for the victory obtained, and giving him the glory of it: that he brought the gods of the children of Seir, and set them up to be his gods; what were the gods of the …
139 wordsSECTION 2472 Chronicles 25:15
2 Chronicles 25:15 Ver. 15. Wherefore the anger of the Lord was kindled against Amaziah,.... Idolatry being always highly displeasing to the Lord; and this was a most provoking instance of it, that when the Lord had given him victory over his enemies, that he should forsake him, and worship their gods: and he sent un…
107 wordsSECTION 2482 Chronicles 25:16
2 Chronicles 25:16 Ver. 16. And it came to pass, as he talked with him, that the king said unto him, art thou made of the king's council?.... He was not indeed one of his privy council, made so by him, but he was appointed a counsellor to him by the Lord, the King of kings, to expostulate with him about his idolatry, …
191 wordsSECTION 2492 Chronicles 25:17
2 Chronicles 25:17 Ver. 17-19. Then Amaziah king of Judah took advice,.... Not of God, nor of his prophets, but of some of his nobles like himself: and sent to Joash--king of Israel; of his message to him here, and his answer in the two following verses, see the following notes: See Gill on "2Ki 14:8". See Gill on "2…
72 wordsSECTION 2502 Chronicles 25:20
2 Chronicles 25:20 Ver. 20-28. But Amaziah would not hear,.... What the king of Israel advised him to, not to meddle to his hurt; for it came of God, that he might deliver them into the hand [of their enemies]; Amaziah and his army into the hands of Joash and his; this was the will of God, and was brought about by hi…
284 wordsSECTION 2512 Chronicles 26:1
2 Chronicles 26:1 INTRODUCTION TO 2 CHRONICLES 26 This chapter relates the good reign of Uzziah, 2Ch 26:1, his wars and victories, his buildings, the number of his soldiers, and his military stores, 2Ch 26:6, his invasion of the priest's office, in attempting to offer incense, for which he was smitten with a leprosy,…
119 wordsSECTION 2522 Chronicles 26:5
2 Chronicles 26:5 Ver. 5. And he sought God in the days of Zechariah,.... Not that Zechariah, the last of the prophets save one, he lived three hundred years after this; nor he that Joash slew; but, as it may seem, a son of his, perhaps the same with him in Isa 8:2, who had understanding in the visions of God: who ei…
196 wordsSECTION 2532 Chronicles 26:6
2 Chronicles 26:6 Ver. 6. And he went forth, and warred against the Philistines,.... Who in the times of Jehoram broke in upon Judah, and distressed them, 2Ch 21:16 and brake down the wall of Gath; which was one of the five principalities of the Philistines: and the wall of Jabneh; nowhere else mentioned in Scriptur…
169 wordsSECTION 2542 Chronicles 26:7
2 Chronicles 26:7 Ver. 7. And God helped him against the Philistines,.... He did not do all before related of himself, and by his own strength, but by the help of God; the Targum is "the Word of the Lord helped him:'' and against the Arabians that dwelt in Gurbaal; the same with Gerar, according to the Targum; which…
142 wordsSECTION 2552 Chronicles 26:8
2 Chronicles 26:8 Ver. 8. And the Ammonites gave gifts to Uzziah,.... As tributaries to him, or; however, as desirous to live in friendship with him: and his name spread abroad, even to the entering in of Egypt; so far he carried his arms, and conquered the countries that lay between Palestine and Egypt: for he stre…
70 wordsSECTION 2562 Chronicles 26:9
2 Chronicles 26:9 Ver. 9. Moreover Uzziah built towers in Jerusalem at the corner gate,.... Which was broken down by the king of Israel in his father's time, 2Ch 25:23 and which he not only repaired, but strengthened, by building a tower upon it: and at the valley gate; which led to the valley, Ne 2:13, called the va…
124 wordsSECTION 2572 Chronicles 26:10
2 Chronicles 26:10 Ver. 10. Also he built towers in the desert,.... In the desert of Arabia, to protect travellers from thieves and robbers, and particularly shepherds and their flocks, as appears by what follows; which a certain writer {p} thinks are the same which the Indians call pagodas; not such as served for tem…
356 wordsSECTION 2582 Chronicles 26:11
2 Chronicles 26:11 Ver. 11. Moreover, Uzziah had an host of fighting men,.... A standing army: that went out to war by bands; to annoy his enemies, and to scour the country from thieves and robbers, that came in troops to plunder: according to the number of their account, by the hand of Jeiel the scribe; the secreta…
105 wordsSECTION 2592 Chronicles 26:12
2 Chronicles 26:12 Ver. 12. The whole number of the chief of the fathers of the mighty men of valour were two thousand six hundred. Who were the commanders and principal officers of his army; and such a number supposed a large army, as follows.…
46 wordsSECTION 2602 Chronicles 26:13
2 Chronicles 26:13 Ver. 13. And under their hand was an army, three hundred thousand and seven thousand and five hundred,.... Which was larger than that in his father's time by 7500, 2Ch 25:5 besides officers: that made war with mighty power, to help the king against the enemy; they were ready to fight, and fight val…
72 wordsSECTION 2612 Chronicles 26:14
2 Chronicles 26:14 Ver. 14. And Uzziah prepared for them throughout all the host,.... For every soldier in the army: shields and spears; defensive and offensive weapons, the one to cover and protect their bodies, the other to push and pierce their enemies: and helmets, and habergeons; the first of these were a cover…
93 wordsSECTION 2622 Chronicles 26:15
2 Chronicles 26:15 Ver. 15. And he made in Jerusalem engines, invented by cunning men, to be on the towers, and upon the bulwarks, to shoot arrows and great stones withal,.... Such as with the Romans were called "catapultae", "ballistae" {u}, "scorpiones" {w}, &c. and by this it appears that these were not first inven…
313 wordsSECTION 2632 Chronicles 26:16
2 Chronicles 26:16 Ver. 16. When he was strong,.... Became great and powerful, through his victories, the enlargement of his dominions, and having a numerous army, and these well accoutred, and many fortified cities and towers: his heart was lifted up to his destruction; he grew vain and proud, elated with his flouri…
130 wordsSECTION 2642 Chronicles 26:17
2 Chronicles 26:17 Ver. 17. And Azariah the priest went in after him,.... To hinder him from doing it, and to persuade him to go out. This was the high priest, as appears from 2Ch 26:20 and is thought to be the same that is spoken of in 1Ch 6:10and with him eighty priests of the Lord, that were valiant men; not only a…
793 wordsSECTION 2652 Chronicles 27:1
2 Chronicles 27:1 INTRODUCTION TO 2 CHRONICLES 27 This chapter treats of the reign of Jotham, which was a good one, 2Ch 27:1, of his buildings and wars, 2Ch 27:3, and of his death and burial, 2Ch 27:7. Ver. 1. Jotham was twenty five years old,.... See Gill on "2Ki 15:33".…
56 wordsSECTION 2662 Chronicles 27:2
2 Chronicles 27:2 Ver. 2. And he did that which was right,.... See Gill on "2Ki 15:34", howbeit, he entered not into the temple of the Lord; to burn incense, as his father did; he did according to his good ways, but not his evil ones: and the people did yet corruptly; in sacrificing and burning incense in the high p…
85 wordsSECTION 2672 Chronicles 27:3
2 Chronicles 27:3 Ver. 3. He built the high gate in the house of the Lord,.... See the note on 2Ki 15:35 and on the wall of Ophel he built much; which Kimchi interprets an high place; it was the eastern part of Mount Zion. Josephus {f} calls it Ophlas, and says it joined to the eastern porch of the temple; and some h…
118 wordsSECTION 2682 Chronicles 27:4
2 Chronicles 27:4 Ver. 4. Moreover, he built cities in the mountains of Judah,.... In the mountainous part of it, the hill country of Judea, Lu 1:65, and in the forests he built castles and towers; for the safety of travellers, and of shepherds and their flocks, see 2Ch 26:10.…
53 wordsSECTION 2692 Chronicles 27:5
2 Chronicles 27:5 Ver. 5. He fought also with the king of the Ammonites, and prevailed against them,.... These were brought into subjection by David; but in later times endeavoured to cast off the yoke, and even invaded the land of Judah, as in the days of Jehoshaphat, and now in the reign of Jotham, but succeeded not…
250 wordsSECTION 2702 Chronicles 27:6
2 Chronicles 27:6 Ver. 6. So Jotham became mighty,.... Having built towers and castles, and fortified cities, and conquered his enemies: because he prepared his ways before the Lord his God; ordered, directed, and guided them according to the word and will of God, and walked as in the sight of God, having the fear of…
61 wordsSECTION 2712 Chronicles 27:7
2 Chronicles 27:7 Ver. 7. Now the rest of the acts of Jotham, and all his wars,.... Not only with the Ammonites, but with the Syrians, and ten tribes, see…
31 wordsSECTION 2722Ki 15:37
2Ki 15:37 and his ways, lo, they are written in the books of the kings of Israel and Judah; not in the canonical books of Kings, but in the Chronicles of the kings of both nations, see 2Ki 15:36.…
41 wordsSECTION 2732 Chronicles 27:8
2 Chronicles 27:8 Ver. 8. He was twenty five years old,.... The same is repeated here as in 2Ch 27:1.…
22 wordsSECTION 2742 Chronicles 27:9
2 Chronicles 27:9 Ver. 9 See Gill on "2Ki 15:38". John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible.…
19 wordsSECTION 2752 Chronicles 28:1
2 Chronicles 28:1 INTRODUCTION TO 2 CHRONICLES 28 This chapter contains the reign of Ahaz, and gives an account of the idolatry he was guilty of, 2Ch 28:1, what calamities came upon him and his people, being delivered up into the hands of the kings of Syria and Israel, who slew many, and carried others captives, 2Ch …
240 wordsSECTION 2762 Chronicles 28:5
2 Chronicles 28:5 Ver. 5. Wherefore the Lord his God delivered him into the hand of the king of Syria,.... Whose name was Rezin, 2Ki 16:5, though that is an after expedition to this, which is there related. The Lord is called the God of Ahaz, because he was so of right; he had dominion over him, and ought to have been…
168 wordsSECTION 2772 Chronicles 28:6
2 Chronicles 28:6 Ver. 6. For Pekah son of Remaliah,.... Who was at this time king of Israel: slew in Judah an hundred and twenty thousand in one day, which were all valiant men; a great slaughter to be made at one time, and of valiant men, but not so great as that in 2Ch 13:17, because they had forsaken the Lord G…
94 wordsSECTION 2782 Chronicles 28:7
2 Chronicles 28:7 Ver. 7. And Zichri, a mighty man of Ephraim, slew Maaseiah the king's son,.... Who therefore must have escaped being burnt in the valley of Hinnom, or only was caused to pass through the fire there, 2Ch 28:3, and Azrikam the governor of the house; steward or treasurer in the king's house, in the sam…
79 wordsSECTION 2792 Chronicles 28:8
2 Chronicles 28:8 Ver. 8. And the children of Israel carried captive of their brethren two hundred thousand women, sons and daughters,.... Which was a very large and unusual number to be carried captive; but having made such a slaughter of the men, and the rest being intimidated thereby, it was the more easily done: …
131 wordsSECTION 2802 Chronicles 28:9
2 Chronicles 28:9 Ver. 9. But a prophet of the Lord was there, whose name was Oded,.... Not the same that was in the time of Asa, 2Ch 15:1, and he went out before the host that came to Samaria; that was coming thither; he went out of Samaria to meet them: and said unto them, behold, because the Lord God of your fath…
200 wordsSECTION 2812 Chronicles 28:10
2 Chronicles 28:10 Ver. 10. And now ye purpose to keep under the children of Judah and Jerusalem for bondmen and bondwomen unto you,.... As seemed by taking and bringing captive such a number of them, contrary to the law, Le 25:39 but are there not with you, even with you, sins against the Lord your God? for which th…
96 wordsSECTION 2822 Chronicles 28:11
2 Chronicles 28:11 Ver. 11. Now hear me therefore,.... And not only hear, but be obedient: and deliver the captives again, which ye have taken of your brethren; their women, sons and daughters, even all of them, the whole 200,000: for the fierce wrath of God is upon you; hangs over your heads, and will fall upon you…
64 wordsSECTION 2832 Chronicles 28:12
2 Chronicles 28:12 Ver. 12. Then certain of the heads of the children of Ephraim,.... Of the principal men of the ten tribes, whose names follow: Azariah the son of Johanan, Berechiah the son of Meshillemoth, and Jehizkiah the son of Shallum, and Amasa the son of Hadlai, stood up against them that came from the war; …
82 wordsSECTION 2842 Chronicles 28:13
2 Chronicles 28:13 Ver. 13. And said unto them, ye shall not bring in the captives hither,.... That is, into Samaria, near which it seems they now were: for whereas we have offended against the Lord already; by exceeding in their cruelty against their brethren of Judah, as well as by worshipping the calves: ye inten…
114 wordsSECTION 2852 Chronicles 28:14
2 Chronicles 28:14 Ver. 14. So the armed men left the captives and the spoil before the princes and the congregation. Which were come out of Samaria to meet them; such an effect had the word's of the prophet, and the princes, upon them, that they not only left the captives with them, but the spoil, to dispose of, as t…
64 wordsSECTION 2862 Chronicles 28:15
2 Chronicles 28:15 Ver. 15. And the men that were expressed by name rose up,.... Either those before named, 2Ch 28:12 as Jarchi, and so the Vulgate Latin version; or such as they pitched upon, nominated, and appointed: and took the captives, and with the spoil clothed all that were naked among them, and arrayed them,…
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2 Chronicles 28:16 Ver. 16. At that time did King Ahaz send to the kings of Assyria to help him. To Tiglathpileser, and his son, see 2Ki 16:7, and the Septuagint, Vulgate Latin, Syriac, and Arabic versions, read in the singular, and so the Targum. 2 Chronicles 28:17Ver. 17. For again the Edomites had come,.... As in t…
1,064 wordsSECTION 2882 Chronicles 29:1
2 Chronicles 29:1 INTRODUCTION TO 2 CHRONICLES 29 This chapter begins with the good reign of Hezekiah, who upon his accession to the throne opened the doors of the temple, 2Ch 29:1, summoned the priests and Levites, and exhorted them to purge the temple, and restore the worship of it, 2Ch 29:4, who accordingly set ab…
149 wordsSECTION 2892 Chronicles 29:3
2 Chronicles 29:3 Ver. 3. He in the first year of his reign, in the first month,.... And, as appears from 2Ch 29:17, on the first day of the month: opened the doors of the house of the Lord; which his father had shut, 2Ch 28:24 and repaired them; or strengthened them, the hinges, and other parts of them, being loose…
102 wordsSECTION 2902 Chronicles 29:4
2 Chronicles 29:4 Ver. 4. And he brought in the priests and Levites,.... The persons that officiated in the service of the temple: and gathered them together into the east street; which led to the eastern gate of the temple.…
41 wordsSECTION 2912 Chronicles 29:5
2 Chronicles 29:5 Ver. 5. And said unto them, hear me, ye Levites; sanctify yourselves,.... By washing their bodies and their garments, that no pollution might attend them in their service, see Isa 52:11 and sanctify the house of the Lord God of your fathers; by carrying out of it all manner of uncleanness, as they d…
110 wordsSECTION 2922 Chronicles 29:6
2 Chronicles 29:6 Ver. 6. For our fathers have transgressed, and done that which was evil in the eyes of the Lord our God,.... Meaning their more immediate ancestors, his father and theirs, who had committed idolatry; which is a great trespass, and than which there is not a greater evil in the sight of God, nor more p…
154 wordsSECTION 2932 Chronicles 29:7
2 Chronicles 29:7 Ver. 7. Also they have shut up the doors of the porch,.... So that there was no entering into the temple, 2Ch 28:24 and put out the lamps; for the priests not being able to go in morning and evening to light them, and dress them, they in course went out; the Jews say {n}, that on the eighteenth of A…
133 wordsSECTION 2942 Chronicles 29:8
2 Chronicles 29:8 Ver. 8. Wherefore the wrath of the Lord was upon. Judah and Jerusalem,.... As appeared, by suffering the Syrians, and Israelites, and Edomites, and Philistines, to come upon them, and distress them, as the history of the preceding chapter shows: and he hath delivered them to trouble, to astonishment…
107 wordsSECTION 2952 Chronicles 29:9
2 Chronicles 29:9 Ver. 9. For, lo, our fathers have fallen by the sword,.... Of the kings of Syria and Israel, even great numbers of them, 2Ch 28:5 and our sons and our daughters and our wives are in captivity for this; for this idolatry; or they were, though afterwards dismissed, 2Ch 28:8 and some of them were still…
76 wordsSECTION 2962 Chronicles 29:10
2 Chronicles 29:10 Ver. 10. Now it is in mine heart to make a covenant with the Lord God of Israel,.... To renew one, as Asa and Jehoiada had done, promising to serve the Lord, and worship him according to his will: that his fierce wrath might be turned from us; under the tokens of which they still continued, and mig…
75 wordsSECTION 2972 Chronicles 29:11
2 Chronicles 29:11 Ver. 11. My sons,.... So, as the father of his people, he speaks of them in the most tender and affectionate manner: be not now negligent; backward to this good work, slothful, sluggish, and remiss in it; according to Jarchi and Kimchi, the word has the signification of error, and the sense may be,…
138 wordsSECTION 2982 Chronicles 29:12
2 Chronicles 29:12 Ver. 12-14. Then the Levites arose,.... Whose names are mentioned; of the Kohathites two, Mahath the son of Amashai, and Joel the son of Azariah; of the Merarites two, Kish the son of Abdi, and Azariah the son of Jehalelel; of the Gershonites two, Joah the son of Zimmah, and Eden the son of Joah; an…
130 wordsSECTION 2992 Chronicles 29:15
2 Chronicles 29:15 Ver. 15. And they gathered their brethren, and sanctified themselves,.... As they were bid, see 2Ch 29:5, and came, according to the commandment of the king, by the word of the Lord, to cleanse the house of the Lord; for this, which the king commanded, was by the Lord, and they came to do this work…
65 wordsSECTION 3002 Chronicles 29:16
2 Chronicles 29:16 Ver. 16. And the priests went into the inner part of the house of the Lord, to cleanse it,.... Into the holy place, where the candlesticks and shewbread tables stood, into which none but priests might enter, but not into the most holy place, the innermost of all; for none but the high priest might g…
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