40. nxt.n -ij^sn n^-ixn 'Jup From vpun this good land- I 14", Jos 23"- "'(I)=)t. The usual phrase in Dt ol the land of Canaan is .ij'icn [-ixn t/ic good land ; of. Driver, Deuteronomy, p. Ixxxi.
41- \VO fi!'''? '"3!'l •"'7^ J ■■'V??'''? ^H On every high hill, and under every green (or spreading) trc; % I 14=», II 17", Jer 2-". ^Vith the variation nivjsn Sr on the hills, II 16* (|| 2 Ch 28*), Dt 12-. Cf. Ezk 6" Jer 3'- " 17=, Is 57".
42. o:'i3ri (ni;nn-i) nin;'in-S:^ According to (all) the abominations of the nations : I 14-*, II 16' (||2Ch 28') 21= (II 2 Ch 33=), 2 Ch 36'*, Dt 18".
43. B»n^n Drive out (n&iA. of the expulsion of the nations of Canaan by J") : I 14=* 21=», II 16' (i:2 Ch 28') 17" 21= (||2 Ch 3.3-), Dt 4»« 9*-» U^ 18'-, Jos 13« 235. ».ii (all D=), Jg2-'-=» (Deut. compiler), Ps 44= (» Heb.). Elsewhere only Ex 34=*, Nu 32=', Jos 3" (all JE)
44. D'717J Idol-blocks (a terra of opprobrium) : I 15" 21=», II 17" 21"- =' 23=*, Dt 29" ('* Heb.), Lt 26'" (H), and 39 times in Ezk. t
45. •I"?}"''- Anything breathing (lit. any breath) :
I 15=9, 'Dt 20", Jos 11"-'* (D=); ns^'irrSj Jos lO*" (D=), Ps ISO"!-
46. c'-^n Vain things (applied to idolatrous symbols) T I 16"- =»,* Dt 32=' ; cf. Jer S'" 14=. So with cognate verb, '^jn-i 'rann '-;nK ?3^:i they followed vanity and became vain, II 17'", Jer 2".
47. n^n-^^iCl) "?« i*':' Would not destroy : II S"" 13=*, Dt lO'o.
48. D'o:;'.-! nricio 'b O'S nnn Blot out the name from under heaven : II 14", Dt 9'* 29-» (" Heb.), the only occurrences of the exact phrase.
49. mfc-v"? I'^y- Observe to do: II 17" 218 (||2 Ch 33«), 1 Ch 22" ('= Heb.), Dt 5'- »= (=« Heb.) 6'- =" 7" 8' 112-:.83 i2i.f2 (131 Heb.) 15»17"'199 248 28''""«31" 32«, Jos l'-8 22"(D=).
The following phrases, though not derived directly from Deuteronomy, are characteristic of the editor of Kings in common with Jeremiah, whose writings exhibit strong Deuteronomic affinities : —
50. nin n^jirSy K-ipj ^p?* 'j That thy name is called over this house (in token of ownership) : I 8*' (|| 2 Ch 6"), Jer 7'°- "• '*■ *' 32** 34". The phrase is also used of the chosen people, Dt 28'*, Jer 14", la 63", 2 Ch 7'* ; of Jerusalem, Jer 25=* ; of Jerusalem and the chosen people, Dn 9'*- ^ ; of Jeremiah, 15'^ ; of the nations. Am 9".
51. (vjr) 'i^ 7yo nW Dismiss from before my (his) face : I 9', Jer 15'. So, but with a different verb,
:i'^fn cast away, II IS^* 17=° ("P in place of Sjid), Jer 7" ; I'pn remove, II 17"- =» 23=' 24», Jer 32".
52. p"!y; Di"; v^j; 1311-^5 Every one that passeth by it shall be astonished and shall hiss : I 9*, Jer 19* 49" 50" ; cf. Jer 18", La 2'", Zeph 2".
53. njj-in '13-iin nif' Return from his evil way : 1 13", Jer 18" '25" 26' 35'" 36'''. Elsewhere Jon S*- '», Ezk 13= (y-in is-no) \. With pi. their evil ways,
II 17", 2Ch 7'*, Zee I't- Cf. Jer 23=», Ezk 3" 33".
54. (Vy) '?K .lyj k-jd "jin Behold, I will brxng evil upon : I 14'5 21=', II 21'= 22" (||2 Ch 34=*), Jer 6" 11" 19'- '"35" 45" T.
55. D'N'^ijn (vijy)'!?); My (his) servants the pro- phets : II 9' 17"-^ 21'^ 24=, Jer 7=» 25* 26" 29'«^35" 44*. Elsewhere Am 3', Zee 1", Ezr 9", Dn g'".
Other resemblances with Jeremiah, from the later chs. of 2 K, are given by Driver, LOT p. 193 (« 203).
Phrases and modes of expression wholly or nearly peculiar to the editor of Kings are as follow : —
56. Reference to the sins of Jeroboam, i.e. his institution of the calf- worship. So, as causing the
* So V.8, according to T.TT i, r..,i futretintf ct.vrSn, and prohabl;
Peab. ^pOlj|-> I *~'*~*~' * with the work o! theii baoda,' \» place of MT ntirforj^ 'with their sins."
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KIXGS, L AND II.
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destruction of his o^v^^ house, I 14" 15". In tlie
Bumraary of the character of kin^^s of Israel a
reguhir tormulu appears —
he did not depart j'rom \ \
he walked after (m) \the Hnt of J.\ which he
he dare to J \caused Israel
he walked in the way of J. and in I to sin.
his sin (sins) I
So I IS-'"- (Nadab) " (Baasha) le-*" (Omri), 11 3' (Jehorain) 10", cf. » (Jehu) 13' (Jehoahaz) " (Jehoash) 14^ (Jeroboam II.) 15* (Zechariali) " (Menahem) « (Pekahiah) ^ (I'ekah). Of the people of Israel, II 13". In all these cases the antecedent of the relative K'=-n i^k is not Cil^x ''Ut 'i' riiiicn ; cf. II 17»'. I IG" (Ahab), II n** T nit(=n the tins of J. without ':i K-s-^n -xfK trhich he caused, etc. : I 22" ([" Heb.] Ahaziah), II 23" V(<-i7:-n{i K'en.n -^v, referr- ing not to niiiErj (omitted), but to w^yr J., who made Israel to sin. In I 16" the sins of Baasha and Elah, and in II 21" of Manjvsseh (.-ni.ipn^ K'pnn -vf^), are spoken of in the same terms.