Annotations upon the Holy Bible — Volume 1 — Section 817

#Hb. thou haft loſt, horſe for horſe, and chariot for chariot: | 33 Now the men did diligently obſerve, whether 2 and we will fight againſt them in the plain, and ſurely | 9 :bing would come from him, and did haſtily catch jr 45 #4. we ſhall be ſtronger than they. And he hearkned unto | 4nd they faid, Thy brother Benhadad b. Then he ſaid, their voice, and did ſo. Go ye, bring him: then Benhadad came forth to him - 26 And it came to paſs at the return of the year, that | 4nd = concen _ "Word þ up —_ =s pry Kt TON” a Or, They took tha ord jor a good token, and made haſte an _—_— I Syrians, and went up to Aphek/ wang it, (4.8 _ Word } from _ is « Go his Aoncls ; Se they repeated the Word again, to try whether the King would own OY { Nor that in Judah ; of which, Joſh: 13; 4:and rs. 53. but that | ir, a it only dropt cafually from him 3 or made hgh know, whes nfl q in Aſer3of which, 7oſh. 19. 3o. Judg. 1. 3:. nigh unto which, was | cher it was him: i. e Whether he ſpoke this from his Heart, or. PPMIUG the great Plain of Galilee. And this ſeems to be one of thoſe Cities only in Diſſimulation or Deſign : for it ſeemed too good News te which Benhadads Father had taken from Iſrael v. 34. Here alſo the | be true. 6 Underſtand, liverh : for that he enquired after, Yerſs S»ians might rerreat, if they ſhould be worſted 32s 27 And the children of Ifrael Were nuwbred, and 34 And Benhadad ſaid unto him, The cities which 10: were || were all preſent m, and wentagainſt them =»: atidthe | my father took from thy father c, I will reſtore, and dud, children of I{rael pitched before them o, like two little | chou ſhalt make ſtreets 4 for thee in Damaſcus, as my flocks of kids p : but the Syrians filled the countrey. father made in Samaria. Then /#id 4bab, 1 will ſend m i. 2. All the Forces of the Iſraelites were here gathered toge- | thee away with this covenant e. So he made a covenant ther, to oppole the Syrians : ſo if thoſe had been conquered, all had rote th 4 fone hi; been loſt. n Being perſwaded, and encouraged ſo to do ; partly, to with Nil, ang en ” away. prevent the miſchicfs of a Siege in Samaris. andthe waſte of all the c Either, 1. From Baaſha, Chap: 15: 20; whom he calls 4habs reſt of their Countrey : and partly, by the remembrance of their Father, becauſe he was his Legal Father ; i.e. His Predeceſſor. Or, 2, : former Succeſs, and an expeRatic n of the ſame Aſſiſtance from God | From Orr! ; 1n whoſe time, it ſeems, he made aſucceſsful Invaſion againe . 0 Probably upon ſome hilly Ground, where they might | 12e9 the Land of Jrael, and took ſome more of the Cities, and ſccure themſelves, and watch for Advantage againſt their Enemies ; | 42% amonglt the reſt ; though it be nor elſewhere Recorded in | which may be the reaſon why the $jrians durſt not aſſault them be- | Scripture. Or, Markers, ©, places where thou mayſt either receive fore the ſeventh Day ; v.29. p i:e. Few, and Weak, and Heartleſs; the Tribute which I promiſe to pay thee, or exerciſe Judicature being alſo for conveniency of Fighting, and that they might ſeem | upon my Subjetts in caſe of their Refuſal, Or ourlers (as the LXX to be more than they were, divided into two Bodies r ge it) gs _ —_— Rr ſtr was, S ort _ DOS, | which might curb the Kings of Damaſcus and keep them from at<. h an , q. a there I Cos man of hp 1 IJ tempting any other Invaſion into the Land of 1/razl. e He takes no the king of 1 rael, and aid, Thus laith the - RD, | notice ot his Blaſphemy againſt God ; nor of the vaſt Injuries which Becauſe the Syrians have ſaid " LORD #s« God of | his people had ſuffered from him, but only minds his own Grandures the hills, but he # not God of the valleys : therefore | and the advancement of his Power. . Eh will I deliver all this great multitude into thine hand, | _ 35 q And a Ceſtalil man of the ſons of the Prophets and ye ſhall know thac I aw the LORD r. ſaid unto his neighbour f A _— h_ ord of _ LORD g, 9 Which he knew, either by common Report, ſtrengthned by Site me þ, I pray thee ar ce: "_ ed co imire their preſent Choice of a Plain Ground for the Battel : or rather him 5. h IS y Revelation from God, who diſcovered their Secret Counſels f Or, Brother, another Son of the Prophets. g In the Name, and 2 Kings 6: 12: r To wit, The Univerſal Lord of all places, and | by the Command of God, whereof doubrleſs he had informed him. Perſons, and Things h So as to wound me, v. 37. He ſpeaks what God commanded him, 29 And they pitched one over againſtthe other ſeven though it was to h's own hurt ; by which Obedience to God, he davs d fo it w; hes is che £ bs of be barrel ſecrerly reproacheth 4habs Diſobedience in a fareaſter matter; And J5, GNC 79 it Was, Wat in tne 1eVency Gay ne OR Prophet by Gods appointment delires, that looking like & was joined, and the children of Iſrael ſlew of the SYI1ans | wounded Soldier, he might have the more free acceſs ro the King, an hundred thouſandfootmen in one day. and diſcourſe with him ; which it was very hard for a Prophet toe ZO Bur the reſt fled tO Aphek in the City and the obrain, that lort of Men being hateful ro Ahab, Chap: 333 $8: and ro wall s fel] d 1; board £ h his Courtiers. # Not out of Contempt of Gods Command, butmoſk all s tell upon twenty and Leven tnouland © TRE en probably, in tenderneſs and compaſhion to. his Brother. 2720” A that were le '$- and Benhadad fled, and came into the 26 Then ſaid he unto him, Becauſe thou haſt 'not : (0: fron SIty 7, [| + into an inner chamber #. obeyed the voice of the LOKD, behold, asfoon as thou amber to _ the _ ( the Singular Number for the Plural LO wh art departed from me, a lion ſhall flay thee. And as hambee, Nothing more frequent ) ofthe City-3- or of ſome great Caſtle, or ' A TR "Ip TURE Bp t Heb, Fort, in, or relies 5, City, in which Top were now fortifying them- {oon as he was ceparted from him, a lion found him, , Chap. wn , felves; or of tome part of the City where they lay. Which might | and flew him &. Es 0 Core Gamber, poſſibly happen through Natural Cauſes 3 but moſt probably, was k If the puniſhment ſeam too ſevere for ſo ſmall a Fault, letit be *' Pithy , Effected by the mighty power of God, then ſending ſome tudden | conſidered; x. That diſobedience to Gods expreſs Command, eſpe- Canter, Earrhquake, or violent Storm of Wind. which threw down the cially when ir is delivered by a Propher, is agrear Sin .andno-leſs