II Kings

Kings of Israel and Judah

 

Saul	1050-1010
David	1010-970
Solomon	970-930

The cycle of prosperity included; forgetting God and His laws, falling into idolatry, being taken into captivity, repentance, restoration to the land and then prosperity again only to start the vicious cycle all over again. It was as if Israel never learned her lesson but many nations are falling into this same trap today. Once a nation is prosperous, they tend to forget the God Who brought them that prosperity. People are like this too. They cycle through times of prosperity, idolatry (might be money or possessions), troubles, repentance, restoration, prosperity, and then back into forgetting God again. How am I like this? How are believers like this? How are nations like this? We see what has happened to Israel in the past; can it happen again to the nations of the world? We often repeat history because we have failed to learn from it. Any nation that turns their back on God will have God turn His back on them and pay for that in a substantial way.

   2 KINGS 1 : Elijah Denounces Ahaziah

(1 Samuel 1:1-8; 1 Kings 22:51-53; Psalm 113:1-9)

1Then Moab rebelled against Israel after the death of Ahab. 2And Ahaziah fell down through a lattice in his upper chamber that was in Samaria, and was sick: and he sent messengers, and said to them, Go, inquire of Baalzebub the god of Ekron whether I shall recover of this disease. 3But the angel of the LORD said to Elijah the Tishbite, Arise, go up to meet the messengers of the king of Samaria, and say to them, Is it not because there is not a God in Israel, that you go to inquire of Baalzebub the god of Ekron? 4Now therefore thus said the LORD, You shall not come down from that bed on which you are gone up, but shall surely die. And Elijah departed.

Ahaziah = “Jehovah (Yahu) holds (possesses)”;;ruler of Israel, son of Ahab;;  ruler of Judah, son of Jehoram (Joram)  אֲחַזְיָה ʼĂchazyâh, akh-az-yaw’; or (prolonged) אֲחַזְיָהוּ ʼĂchazyâhûw ; from H270and H3050; Jah has seized; Achazjah, the name of a Jewish and an Israelite king:—Ahaziah.     37 times in 30 verses

 network, lattice-work, net, netting   שְׂבָכָה sᵉbâkâh, seb-aw-kaw’; feminine of H7638; a net-work, i.e. (in hunting) a snare, (in architecture) a ballustrade; also a reticulated ornament to a pillar:—checker, lattice, network, snare, wreath(-enwork).   15 times in 12 verses

Upper Chamber  עֲלִיָּה ʻălîyâh, al-ee-yaw’; feminine from H5927; something lofty, i.e. a stair-way; also a second-story room (or even one on the roof); figuratively, the sky:—ascent, (upper) chamber, going up, loft, parlour.   20 times in 20 verses

Samaria = “watch mountain”  שֹׁמְרוֹן Shômᵉrôwn, sho-mer-one’; from the active participle of H8104; watch-station; Shomeron, a place in Palestine:—Samaria. 109 times in 101 verses   “pertaining to a watch”, of a mountain and aof a city built on it, which was the metropolis of the kingdom of Israel from time of Omri

שָׁמַר shâmar, shaw-mar’; a primitive root; properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.  468 times in 440 verses

Messengers   מֲלְאָךְ mălʼâk, mal-awk’; from an unused root meaning to despatch as a deputy; a messenger; specifically, of God, i.e. an angel (also a prophet, priest or teacher):—ambassador, angel, king, messenger.  214 times in 197 verses   (197 16th Circular)

Baal-zebub = “lord of the fly”   בַּעַל זְבוּב Baʻal Zᵉbûwb, bah’-al zeb-oob’; from H1168 and H2070; Baal of (the) Fly; Baal-Zebub, a special deity of the Ekronites:—Baal-zebub.  4 in 4

Ekron = “emigration” or “torn up by the roots”; the most northerly of the 5 principal cities of the Philistines; located in the lowlands of Judah and later given to Dan   עֶקְרוֹן ʻEqrôwn, ek-rone’; from H6131; eradication; Ekron, a place in Palestine:—Ekron.   22 times in 20 verses

5And when the messengers turned back to him, he said to them, Why are you now turned back? 6And they said to him, There came a man up to meet us, and said to us, Go, turn again to the king that sent you, and say to him, Thus said the LORD, Is it not because there is not a God in Israel, that you send to inquire of Baalzebub the god of Ekron? therefore you shall not come down from that bed on which you are gone up, but shall surely die. 7And he said to them, What manner of man was he which came up to meet you, and told you these words?8And they answered him, He was an hairy man, and girt with a girdle of leather about his loins. And he said, It is Elijah the Tishbite.

 Bed  מִטָּה miṭṭâh, mit-taw’; from H5186; a bed (as extended) for sleeping or eating; by analogy, a sofa, litter or bier:—bed(-chamber), bier.   29 times in 29 verse

נָטָה nâṭâh, naw-taw’; a primitive root; to stretch or spread out; by implication, to bend away (including moral deflection); used in a great variety of application (as follows):  216 in 207

Hairy  שֵׂעָר sêʻâr, say-awr’; or שַׂעַר saʻar; (Isaiah 7:20), from H8175 in the sense of dishevelling; hair (as if tossed or bristling):—hair(-y), × rough.   28 times in 27 verses

שָׂעַר sâʻar, saw-ar’; a primitive root; to storm; by implication, to shiver, i.e. fear:—be (horribly) afraid, fear, hurl as a storm, be tempestuous, come like (take away as with) a whirlwind.

Girt  אָזַר ʼâzar, aw-zar’; a primitive root; to belt:—bind (compass) about, gird (up, with).   16x in 15  gird oneself (for war)

Leather  עוֹר ʻôwr, ore; from H5783; skin (as naked); by implication, hide, leather:—hide, leather, skin.    99 times in 82 verses

9Then the king sent to him a captain of 50 with his 50. And he went up to him: and, behold, he sat on the top of an hill. And he spoke to him, You man of God, the king has said, Come down. 10And Elijah answered and said to the captain of 50, If I be a man of God, then let fire come down from heaven, and consume you and your 50. And there came down fire from heaven, and consumed him and his 50.

11Again also he sent to him another captain of 50 with his 50. And he answered and said to him, O man of God, thus has the king said, Come down quickly. 12And Elijah answered and said to them, If I be a man of God, let fire come down from heaven, and consume you and your 50. And the fire of God came down from heaven, and consumed him and his 50.

 50  חֲמִשִּׁים chămishshîym, kham-ish-sheem’; multiple of H2568; fifty:—fifty.   162 times in 141 verses

חָמֵשׁ châmêsh, khaw-maysh’; masculine חֲמִשָּׁה chămishshâh; a primitive numeral; five:—fif(-teen), fifth, five (× apiece).  343 times in 273 verse

13And he sent again a captain of the third 50 with his 50. And the third captain of 50 went up, and came and fell on his knees before Elijah, and sought him, and said to him, O man of God, I pray you, let my life, and the life of these 50 your servants, be precious in your sight. 14Behold, there came fire down from heaven, and burnt up the 2 captains of the former fifties with their fifties: therefore let my life now be precious in your sight. 15And the angel of the LORD said to Elijah, Go down with him: be not afraid of him. And he arose, and went down with him to the king. 16And he said to him, Thus said the LORD, For as much as you have sent messengers to inquire of Baalzebub the god of Ekron, is it not because there is no God in Israel to inquire of his word? therefore you shall not come down off that bed on which you are gone up, but shall surely die.

Jehoram Succeeds Ahaziah

17So he died according to the word of the LORD which Elijah had spoken. And Jehoram reigned in his stead in the second year of Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah; because he had no son. 18Now the rest of the acts of Ahaziah which he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?

   2 KINGS 2 :  Elijah Taken to Heaven

1And it came to pass, when the LORD would take up Elijah into heaven by a whirlwind,

Whirlwind  סַעַר çaʻar, sah’-ar; or (feminine) סְעָרָה çᵉʻârâh; from H5590; a hurricane:—storm(-y), tempest, whirlwind.  24 times in 22 verses

סָעַר çâʻar, saw-ar’; a primitive root; to rush upon; by implication, to toss (transitive or intransitive, literal or figurative):—be (toss with) tempest(-uous), be sore, troubled, come out as a (drive with the, scatter with a) whirlwind.   7 times in 7 verses

that Elijah went with Elisha from Gilgal. 2And Elijah said to Elisha, Tarry here, I pray you; for the LORD has sent me to Bethel. And Elisha said to him, As the LORD lives, and as your soul lives, I will not leave you. So they went down to Bethel. 3And the sons of the prophets that were at Bethel came forth to Elisha, and said to him, Know you that the LORD will take away your master from your head to day? And he said, Yes, I know it; hold you your peace.

Gilgal = “a wheel, rolling”;;the first site of an Israelite camp west of the Jordan, east of Jericho, here Samuel was judge, and Saul was made king; later used for illicit worship;;dwelling place of prophets in northern Israel about four miles (7 km) from Shiloh and Bethel;;  a region conquered by Joshua, site unsure  גִּלְגָּל Gilgâl, ghil-gawl’; the same as H1536 (with the article as a properly, noun); Gilgal, the name of three places in Palestine    41 times in 39 verses

Here 12 memorial stones taken from the bed of the river were set up by Joshua, after the miraculous crossing of the Jordan; and here (Joshua 5:5) the people were circumcised preparatory to their possession of the land, when it is said in Joshua, with a play upon the word, “This day have I rolled away the reproach of Egypt from off you.”

Whereupon the Passover was celebrated (Joshua 5:10) and the manna ceased (Joshua 5:12).

To Gilgal the ark returned every day after having compassed the city of Jericho during its siege (Joshua 6:11).

Hither the Gibeonites came to make their treaty (Joshua 9:3), and again (Joshua 10:6) to ask aid against the Amorites.

Gilgal was still the headquarters of the Israelites after the battle with the Amorites (Joshua 10:15);again after

Gilgal Rephaim

Joshua’s extensive victorious campaign in the hill country of Judea extending to Kadesh-barnea and Gaza (Joshua 10:15);and still later upon his return from the great battle at the Waters of Merom (Joshua 14:6).

The place continued as one of special resort for sacrifices (1 Samuel 10:8; 1 Samuel 13:8, 9, 10; 15:21), while it was here that Samuel hewed Agag to pieces before the Lord (1 Samuel 15:33), and that Saul was both crowned (1 Samuel 11:14, 15) and rejected as king.

It was at Gilgal, also (2 Samuel 19:15), that the people assembled to welcome David as he returned from his exile beyond Jordan during Absalom’s rebellion.

The early prophets refer to Gilgal as a center of idolatry in their day (Hosea 4:15; Hosea 9:15; Hosea 12:11Amos 4:4; Amos 5:5).

Micah (6:5) represents Gilgal as at the other end of the Dead Sea from Shittim.

In 1874 Conder recognized the name Gilgal as surviving in Barker Jiljuilieh, a pool beside a tamarisk tree 3 miles East of old Jericho.

The pool measures 100 ft. by 84, and is surrounded with a wall of roughly hewn stones.

North of the pool Bliss discovered lines of masonry 300 yds. long, representing probably the foundations of an ancient monastery.

South of the pool there are numerous mounds scattered over an area of one-third of a square mile, the largest being 50 feet in diameter, and 10 feet in height.

4And Elijah said to him, Elisha, tarry here, I pray you; for the LORD has sent me to Jericho. And he said, As the LORD lives, and as your soul lives, I will not leave you. So they came to Jericho. 5And the sons of the prophets that were at Jericho came to Elisha, and said to him, Know you that the LORD will take away your master from your head to day? And he answered, Yes, I know it; hold you your peace. 6And Elijah said to him, Tarry, I pray you, here; for the LORD has sent me to Jordan. And he said, As the LORD lives, and as your soul lives, I will not leave you. And they 2 went on.

 Jericho = “its moon”;;  a city 5 miles (8 km) west of the Jordan and 7 miles (11.5 km) north of the Dead Sea and the first city conquered by the Israelites upon entering the promised land of Canaan   יְרִיחוֹ Yᵉrîychôw, yer-ee-kho’; or יְרֵחוֹ Yᵉrêchôw; or variation (1 Kings 16:34) יְרִיחֹה Yᵉrîychôh; perhaps from H3394; its month; or else from H7306; fragrant; Jericho or Jerecho, a place in Palestine:—Jericho.    57 times in 53 verses

7And 50 men of the sons of the prophets went, and stood to view afar off: and they 2 stood by Jordan. 8And Elijah took his mantle, and wrapped it together, and smote the waters, and they were divided here and thither, so that they two went over on dry ground.

Mantle  אַדֶּרֶת ʼaddereth, ad-deh’-reth; feminine of H117; also the same as H145something ample (as a large vine, a wide dress):—garment, glory, goodly, mantle, robe.   Glory, Cloak   12 times in 12 verse

אַדִּיר ʼaddîyr, ad-deer’; from H142; wide or (generally) large; figuratively, powerful:—excellent, famous, gallant, glorious, goodly, lordly, mighty(-ier one), noble, principal, worthy.  27 in 25   Lex:  Large, very great, mighty, used of the waves of the sea

Wrapped it together  גָּלַם gâlam, gaw-lam’; a primitive root; to fold:—wrap together.   Lexicon : to roll together   1 in 1

Smote  נָכָה nâkâh, naw-kaw’; a primitive root; to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively):—  501 in 460

Divided  חָצָה châtsâh, khaw-tsaw’; a primitive root (compare H2086); to cut or split in two; to halve:—divide, × live out half, reach to the midst, participle   16 times in 14 verses

Went Over  עָבַר ʻâbar, aw-bar’; a primitive root; to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in copulation)  567 times in 493 verses

Dry  חָרָבָה chârâbâh, khaw-raw-baw’; feminine of H2720; a desert:—dry (ground, land).   8 in 7

9And it came to pass, when they were gone over, that Elijah said to Elisha, Ask what I shall do for you, before I be taken away from you. And Elisha said, I pray you, let a double portion of your spirit be on me.10And he said, You have asked a hard thing: nevertheless, if you see me when I am taken from you, it shall be so to you; but if not, it shall not be so. 11And it came to pass, as they still went on, and talked, that, behold, there appeared a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, and parted them both asunder; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven.12And Elisha saw it, and he cried, My father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and the horsemen thereof. And he saw him no more: and he took hold of his own clothes, and rent them in 2 pieces. 13He took up also the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and went back, and stood by the bank of Jordan; 14And he took the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and smote the waters, and said, Where is the LORD God of Elijah? and when he also had smitten the waters, they parted here and thither: and Elisha went over.

Hard  קָשָׁה qâshâh, kaw-shaw’; a primitive root; properly, to be dense, i.e. tough or severe (in various applications):—be cruel, be fiercer, make grievous, be ((ask a), be in, have, seem, would) hard(-en, (labour), -ly, thing), be sore, (be, make) stiff(-en, (-necked)).  29 in 28

Taken  לָקַח lâqach, law-kakh’; a primitive root; to take (in the widest variety of applications):—accept, bring, buy, carry away, drawn, fetch, get, infold, × many, mingle, place, receive(-ing), reserve, seize, send for, take (away, -ing, up), use, win.   969 in 909

chariot  רֶכֶב rekeb, reh’-keb; from H7392; a vehicle; by implication, a team; by extension, cavalry; by analogy a rider, i.e. the upper millstone:—chariot, (upper) millstone, multitude (from the margin), wagon. 120 in 104

רָכַב râkab, raw-kab’; a primitive root; to ride (on an animal or in a vehicle); causatively, to place upon (for riding or generally), to despatch:  78 ub 75

Fire  אֵשׁ ʼêsh, aysh; a primitive word; fire (literally or figuratively):—burning, fiery, fire, flaming, hot.   380 in 348

Parted  פָּרַד pârad, paw-rad’; a primitive root; to break through, i.e. spread or separate (oneself):—disperse, divide, be out of joint, part, scatter (abroad), separate (self), sever self, stretch, sunder  26 in 26

Horsemen  פָּרָשׁ pârâsh, paw-rawsh’; from H6567; (compare H5483) a steed (as stretched out to a vehicle, not single nor for mounting ); also (by implication) a driver (in a chariot), i.e. (collectively) cavalry:—horseman.  57 in 54

Asunder  בֵּין bêyn, bane; (sometimes in the plural masculine or feminine); properly, the constructive form of an otherwise unused noun from H995; a distinction; but used only as a preposition, between (repeated before each noun, often with other particles); also as a conjunction, either…or:   Between, among   s 32 times in 23 verses

Heaven  שָׁמַיִם shâmayim, shaw-mah’-yim; dual of an unused singular שָׁמֶה shâmeh; from an unused root meaning to be lofty; the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve):  420 times in 395 verses

Took Hold  חָזַק châzaq, khaw-zak’; a primitive root; to fasten upon; hence, to seize, be strong (figuratively, courageous, causatively strengthen, cure, help, repair, fortify), obstinate; to bind, restrain, conquer:   290 in 266

pieces  קֶרַע qeraʻ, keh’-rah; from H7167; a rag:—piece, rag  4 in 4

Bank  lip, language, speech, shore, bank, brink, brim, side, edge, border, binding   שָׂפָה sâphâh, saw-faw’; or (in dual and plural) שֶׂפֶת sepheth; probably from H5595 or H8192 through the idea of termination (compare H5490); the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language; by analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.)   176 times in 164 verses

Elisha Succeeds Elijah

15And when the sons of the prophets which were to view at Jericho saw him, they said, The spirit of Elijah does rest on Elisha. And they came to meet him, and bowed themselves to the ground before him. 16And they said to him, Behold now, there be with your servants 50 strong men; let them go, we pray you, and seek your master: lest peradventure the Spirit of the LORD has taken him up, and cast him on some mountain, or into some valley. And he said, You shall not send. 17And when they urged him till he was ashamed, he said, Send. They sent therefore 50 men; and they sought 3 days, but found him not. 18And when they came again to him, (for he tarried at Jericho,) he said to them, Did I not say to you, Go not?

Urged  פָּצַר pâtsar, paw-tsar’; a primitive root; to peck at, i.e. (figuratively) stun or dull:—press, urge, stubbornness.  7 in 6

Ashamed  בּוּשׁ bûwsh, boosh; a primitive root; properly, to pale, i.e. by implication to be ashamed; also (by implication) to be disappointed or delayed:—(be, make, bring to, cause, put to, with, a-) shamed(-d), be (put to) confounded(-fusion), become dry, delay, be long. 190 in 100

Send  שָׁלַח shâlach, shaw-lakh’; a primitive root; to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications):— 852  in 790

Elisha Heals Jericho’s Waters

19And the men of the city said to Elisha, Behold, I pray you, the situation of this city is pleasant, as my lord sees: but the water is naught, and the ground barren. 20And he said, Bring me a new cruse, and put salt therein. And they brought it to him. 21And he went forth to the spring of the waters, and cast the salt in there, and said, Thus said the LORD, I have healed these waters; there shall not be from there any more death or barren land. 22So the waters were healed to this day, according to the saying of Elisha which he spoke.

Cruse  צְלֹחִית tsᵉlôchîyth, tsel-o-kheeth’; from H6743; something prolonged or tall, i.e. a vial or salt-cellar:—cruse.  jar, bowl   1 in 1

צָלַח tsâlach, tsaw-lakh’; or צָלֵחַ tsâlêach; a primitive root; to push forward, in various senses (literal or figurative, transitive or intransitive):—break out, come (mightily), go over, be good, be meet, be profitable, (cause to, effect, make to, send) prosper(-ity, -ous, -ously).   s 67 times in 64 verses

Salt  מֶלַח melach, meh’-lakh; from H4414; properly, powder, i.e. (specifically) salt (as easily pulverized and dissolved):—salt(-pit).    28 times in 26 verses

Spring  מוֹצָא môwtsâʼ, mo-tsaw’; or מֹצָא môtsâʼxlit môtsâ corrected to môtsâʼ; from H3318; a going forth, i.e. (the act) an egress, or (the place) an exit; hence, a source or product; specifically, dawn, the rising of the sun (the East), exportation, utterance, a gate, a fountain, a mine, a meadow (as producing grass):   27 in 26   place of going forth;;source or spring (of water);;place of departure;;east (of sun);;mine (of silver)

Healed  רָפָא râphâʼ, raw-faw’; or רָפָה râphâh; a primitive root; properly, to mend (by stitching), i.e. (figuratively) to cure:—cure, (cause to) heal, physician, repair, ×thoroughly, make whole. 67x in 62v

Elisha Mocked

23And he went up from there to Bethel: and as he was going up by the way, there came forth little children out of the city, and mocked him, and said to him, Go up, you bald head; go up, you bald head. 24And he turned back, and looked on them, and cursed them in the name of the LORD. And there came forth two she bears out of the wood, and tare 42 children of them.25And he went from there to mount Carmel, and from there he returned to Samaria.

Little  קָטָן qâṭân, kaw-tawn’; or קָטֹן qâṭôn; from H6962; abbreviated, i.e. diminutive, literally (in quantity, size or number) or figuratively (in age or importance):—least, less(-er), little (one), small(-est, one, quantity, thing), young(-er, -est).    H6996 matches the Hebrew קָטָן (qatan),  which occurs 101 times in 100 verses

Children  נַעַר naʻar, nah’-ar; from H5287; (concretely) a boy (as active), from the age of infancy to adolescence; by implication, a servant; also (by interch. of sex), a girl (of similar latitude in age):—babe, boy, child, damsel (from the margin), lad, servant, young (man).   238 in 221

Mocked  קָלַס qâlaç, kaw-las’; a primitive root; to disparage, i.e. ridicule:—mock, scoff, scorn.  4 in 4

Bald Head  קֵרֵחַ qêrêach, kay-ray’-akh; from H7139; bald (on the back of the head):—bald (head).  3 in 2

Cursed  קָלַל qâlal, kaw-lal’; a primitive root; to be (causatively, make) light, literally (swift, small, sharp, etc.) or figuratively (easy, trifling, vile, etc.):    83 in 79v

Bears  דֹּב dôb, dobe; or (fully) דּוֹב dôwb; from H1680; the bear (as slow):—bear.  12 in 12

Woods  יַעַר yaʻar, yah’-ar; from an unused root probably meaning to thicken with verdure; a copse of bushes; hence, a forest; hence, honey in the comb (as hived in trees):—(honey-) comb, forest, wood.     58 times in 58 verses

Children  יֶלֶד yeled, yeh’-led; from H3205; something born, i.e. a lad or offspring:—boy, child, fruit, son, young man (one).   89 in 76

   2 KINGS 3 : Jehoram Overcomes Moab’s Revolt

1Now Jehoram the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reigned 12 years. 2And he worked evil in the sight of the LORD; but not like his father, and like his mother: for he put away the image of Baal that his father had made. 3Nevertheless he joined to the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which made Israel to sin; he departed not therefrom.

 Cleaved  דָּבַק dâbaq, daw-bak’; a primitive root; properly, to impinge, i.e. cling or adhere; figuratively, to catch by pursuit:—abide fast, cleave (fast together), follow close (hard after), be joined (together), keep (fast), overtake, pursue hard, stick, take.  54 in 52

4And Mesha king of Moab was a sheep master, and rendered to the king of Israel an 100,000 lambs, and an 100,000 rams, with the wool. 5But it came to pass, when Ahab was dead, that the king of Moab rebelled against the king of Israel. 6And king Jehoram went out of Samaria the same time, and numbered all Israel. 7And he went and sent to Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, saying, The king of Moab has rebelled against me: will you go with me against Moab to battle? And he said, I will go up: I am as you are, my people as your people, and my horses as your horses. 8And he said, Which way shall we go up? And he answered, The way through the wilderness of Edom.

 Mesha = “deliverance”;  the king of Moab in the time of Ahab and Jehoram

Sheep master  נֹקֵד nôqêd, no-kade’; active participle from the same as H5348; a spotter (of sheep or cattle), i.e. the owner or tender (who thus marks them):—herdman, sheepmaster.  2 in 2

9So the king of Israel went, and the king of Judah, and the king of Edom: and they fetched a compass of seven days’ journey: and there was no water for the host, and for the cattle that followed them. 10And the king of Israel said, Alas! that the LORD has called these three kings together, to deliver them into the hand of Moab! 11But Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of the LORD, that we may inquire of the LORD by him? And one of the king of Israel’s servants answered and said, Here is Elisha the son of Shaphat, which poured water on the hands of Elijah. 12And Jehoshaphat said, The word of the LORD is with him. So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat and the king of Edom went down to him.

 Fetched a compass  סָבַב çâbab, saw-bab’; a primitive root; to revolve, surround, or border; used in various applications, literally and figuratively:    162 times in 147 verses

13And Elisha said to the king of Israel, What have I to do with you? get you to the prophets of your father, and to the prophets of your mother. And the king of Israel said to him, No: for the LORD has called these three kings together, to deliver them into the hand of Moab.14And Elisha said, As the LORD of hosts lives, before whom I stand, surely, were it not that I regard the presence of Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, I would not look toward you, nor see you. 15But now bring me a minstrel. And it came to pass, when the minstrel played, that the hand of the LORD came on him. 16And he said, Thus said the LORD, Make this valley full of ditches. 17For thus said the LORD, You shall not see wind, neither shall you see rain; yet that valley shall be filled with water, that you may drink, both you, and your cattle, and your beasts. 18And this is but a light thing in the sight of the LORD: he will deliver the Moabites also into your hand. 19And you shall smite every fenced city, and every choice city, and shall fell every good tree, and stop all wells of water, and mar every good piece of land with stones.20And it came to pass in the morning, when the meat offering was offered, that, behold, there came water by the way of Edom, and the country was filled with water.

 Minstrel  נָגַן nâgan, naw-gan’; a primitive root; properly, to thrum, i.e. beat a tune with the fingers; expectation. to play on a stringed instrument; hence (generally), to make music:—player on instruments, sing to the stringed instruments, melody, ministrel, play(-er, -ing).  15 in 13

Valley  נַחַל nachal, nakh’-al; or (feminine) נַחְלָה nachlâh; (Psalm 124:4), or נַחֲלָה nachălâh; (Ezekiel 47:19; Ezekiel 48:28), from H5157 in its original sense; a stream, especially a winter torrent; (by implication) a (narrow) valley (in which a brook runs); also a shaft (of a mine):—brook, flood, river, stream, valley.  141 in 123

Ditches  גֵּב gêb, gabe; from H1461; a log (as cut out); also well or cistern (as dug):—beam, ditch, pit.

21And when all the Moabites heard that the kings were come up to fight against them, they gathered all that were able to put on armor, and upward, and stood in the border. 22And they rose up early in the morning, and the sun shone on the water, and the Moabites saw the water on the other side as red as blood: 23And they said, This is blood: the kings are surely slain, and they have smitten one another: now therefore, Moab, to the spoil. 24And when they came to the camp of Israel, the Israelites rose up and smote the Moabites, so that they fled before them: but they went forward smiting the Moabites, even in their country. 25And they beat down the cities, and on every good piece of land cast every man his stone, and filled it; and they stopped all the wells of water, and felled all the good trees: only in Kirharaseth left they the stones thereof; however, the slingers went about it, and smote it. 26And when the king of Moab saw that the battle was too sore for him, he took with him 700 men that drew swords, to break through even to the king of Edom: but they could not. 27Then he took his oldest son that should have reigned in his stead, and offered him for a burnt offering on the wall. And there was great indignation against Israel: and they departed from him, and returned to their own land.

Kir-hareseth or Kir-hares or Kir-haresh = “wall of potsherds”; one of the two chief strongholds of Moab

Wall  חוֹמָה chôwmâh, kho-maw’; feminine active participle of an unused root apparently meaning to join; a wall of protection:—wall, walled.   133 times in 123 verses

   2 KINGS 4 :  Paying a widow’s Debt

1Now there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets to Elisha, saying, Your servant my husband is dead; and you know that your servant did fear the LORD: and the creditor is come to take to him my two sons to be slaves.

SLAVES| Bondman  עֶבֶד ʻebed, eh’-bed; from H5647; a servant:—× bondage, bondman, (bond-) servant, (man-) servant.  800 in 714

עָבַד ʻâbad, aw-bad’; a primitive root; to work (in any sense); by implication, to serve, till, (causatively) enslave, etc.:—× be, keep in bondage, be bondmen, bond-service, compel, do, dress, ear, execute, husbandman, keep, labour(-ing man, bring to pass, (cause to, make to) serve(-ing, self), (be, become) servant(-s), do (use) service, till(-er), transgress (from margin), (set a) work, be wrought, worshipper,  293 in 263

Creditor  נָשָׁה nâshâh, naw-shaw’; a primitive root (rather identical with H5382, in the sense of H5378); to lend or (by reciprocity) borrow on security or interest:—creditor, exact, extortioner, lend, usurer, lend on (taker on) usury.  13 in 12

2And Elisha said to her, What shall I do for you? tell me, what have you in the house? And she said, Your handmaid has not any thing in the house, save a pot of oil.

Handmaid  שִׁפְחָה shiphchâh, shif-khaw’; feminine from an unused root meaning to spread out (as a family; see H4940); a female slave (as a member of the household):—(bond-, hand-) maid(-en, -servant), wench, bondwoman, womanservant.  63 in 58

Pot  אָסוּךְ ʼâçûwk, aw-sook’; from H5480; anointed, i.e. an oil-flask:—pot.   flask, small oil jug  1 in 1

Oil, Fat    שֶׁמֶן shemen, sheh’-men; from H8080; grease, especially liquid (as from the olive, often perfumed); figuratively, richness:—anointing, × fat (things), × fruitful, oil(-ed), ointment, olive, pine.    193 times in 176 verses

3Then he said, Go, borrow you vessels abroad of all your neighbors, even empty vessels; borrow not a few.

Vessels  כְּלִי kᵉlîy, kel-ee’; from H3615; something prepared, i.e. any apparatus (as an implement, utensil, dress, vessel or weapon):—armour(-bearer), artillery, bag, carriage, furnish, furniture, instrument, jewel, that is made of, × one from another, that which pertaineth, pot, psaltery, sack, stuff, thing, tool, vessel, ware, weapon, whatsoever. 325 in 276

4And when you are come in, you shall shut the door on you and on your sons, and shall pour out into all those vessels, and you shall set aside that which is full.

Shut  סָגַר çâgar, saw-gar’; a primitive root; to shut up; figuratively, to surrender:—close up, deliver (up), give over (up), inclose, × pure, repair, shut (in, self, out, up, up together), stop, × straitly.   93 in 87

Door  דֶּלֶת deleth, deh’-leth; from H1802; something swinging, i.e. the valve of a door:—door (two-leaved), gate, leaf, lid. (Psalm 141:3).  88 in 78

5So she went from him, and shut the door on her and on her sons, who brought the vessels to her; and she poured out. 6And it came to pass, when the vessels were full, that she said to her son, Bring me yet a vessel. And he said to her, There is not a vessel more. And the oil stayed.

Pay  שָׁלַם shâlam, shaw-lam’; a primitive root; to be safe (in mind, body or estate); figuratively, to be (causatively, make) completed; by implication, to be friendly; by extension, to reciprocate (in various applications):—make amends,  116 in 107

Debt  נְשִׁי nᵉshîy, nesh-ee’; from H5383; a debt:—debt.  1 in 1

7Then she came and told the man of God. And he said, Go, sell the oil, and pay your debt, and live you and your children of the rest (remnant).

Sell  מָכַר mâkar, maw-kar’; a primitive root; to sell, literally (as merchandise, a daughter in marriage, into slavery), or figuratively (to surrender):—× at all, sell (away, -er, self).  80 in 74

Pay  שָׁלַם shâlam, shaw-lam’; a primitive root; to be safe (in mind, body or estate); figuratively, to be (causatively, make) completed; by implication, to be friendly; by extension, to reciprocate (in various applications):—make amends, (make an) end, finish, full, give again, make good, (re-) pay (again), (make) (to) (be at) peace(-able), that is perfect, perform, (make) prosper(-ous), recompense, render, requite, make restitution, restore, reward, × surely.   116 in 109

Live  חָיָה châyâh, khaw-yaw’; a primitive root (compare H2331, H2421); to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revive:—keep (leave, make) alive, × certainly, give (promise) life, (let, suffer to) live, nourish up, preserve (alive), quicken, recover, repair, restore (to life), revive, (× God) save (alive, life, lives), ×surely, be whole.  271 in 235 

Rest  יָתַר yâthar, yaw-thar’; a primitive root; to jut over or exceed; by implication, to excel; (intransitively) to remain or be left; causatively to leave, cause to abound, preserve:—excel, leave (a remnant),  107 (153 Octal; 107P: 587) in 101 

The Shunammite Woman

(Matthew 10:40-42)

8And it fell on a day, that Elisha passed to Shunem, where was a great woman; and she constrained him to eat bread. And so it was, that as oft as he passed by, he turned in thither to eat bread.

Day  יוֹם yôwm, yome; from an unused root meaning to be hot; a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb):—age    2,287 times in 1,931 verses   (1931 is the 27th circular,  294th prime) (2287 is the 340th prime)  (next prime  2293)

 SHUNEM = “DOUBLE RESTING PLACE”   a city in Issachar, located 5 miles (8 km) south of Mount Tabor שׁוּנֵם Shûwnêm, shoo-name’; probably from the same as H7764; quietly; Shunem, a place in Pal:—Shunem.   Lex:  “two resting places”  of a town in the tribe of Isaacher  3 in 3

Constrained  חָזַק châzaq, khaw-zak’; a primitive root; to fasten upon; hence, to seize, be strong (figuratively, courageous, causatively strengthen, cure, help, repair, fortify), obstinate; to bind, restrain, conquer:—aid, amend  290 in 266

Eat  אָכַל ʼâkal, aw-kal’; a primitive root; to eat (literally or figuratively):—× at all, burn up, consume, devour(-er, up), dine, eat(-er, up), feed (with), food, × freely, ×in…wise(-deed, plenty), (lay) meat, × quite.   810 in 701

9And she said to her husband, Behold now, I perceive that this is an holy man of God, which passes by us continually. 10Let us make a little chamber, I pray you, on the wall; and let us set for him there a bed, and a table, and a stool, and a candlestick: and it shall be, when he comes to us, that he shall turn in thither.

Chamber | Roof Chamber  עֲלִיָּה ʻălîyâh, al-ee-yaw’; feminine from H5927; something lofty, i.e. a stair-way; also a second-story room (or even one on the roof); figuratively, the sky:—ascent, (upper) chamber, going up, loft, parlour.  Lex:  a ladder; ascent by steps  20 in 20

Wall  קִיר qîyr, keer; or קִר qir; (Isaiah 22:5), or (feminine) קִירָה qîyrâh; from H6979; a wall (as built in a trench):— mason, side, town, × very, wall.  74 in 64

Bed  מִטָּה miṭṭâh, mit-taw’; from H5186; a bed (as extended) for sleeping or eating; by analogy, a sofa, litter or bier:—bed(-chamber), couch, bier.  29 in 29

Table  שֻׁלְחָן shulchân, shool-khawn’; from H7971; a table (as spread out); by implication, a meal:—table.  70 in 62

Stool  כִּסֵּא kiççêʼ, kis-say’; or כִּסֵּה kiççêh; from H3680; properly, covered, i.e. a throne (as canopied):—seat, stool, throne.   seat (of honour), throne, seat, stool   135 in 124

Candlestick  מְנוֹרָה mᵉnôwrâh, men-o-raw’; or מְנֹרָה mᵉnôrâh; feminine of H4500 (in the original sense of H5216); a chandelier:—candlestick.  40 in 31

Continually  תָּמִיד tâmîyd, taw-meed’; from an unused root meaning to stretch; properly, continuance (as indefinite extension); but used only (attributively as adjective) constant (or adverbially, constantly); elliptically the regular (daily) sacrifice:—  104 in 103

11And it fell on a day, that he came thither, and he turned into the chamber, and lay there. 12And he said to Gehazi his servant, Call this Shunammite. And when he had called her, she stood before him.

Gehazi = “valley of vision” גֵּיחֲזִי Gêychăzîy, gay-khah-zee’; or גֵּחֲזִי Gêchăzîy; apparently from H1516 and H2372; valley of a visionary; Gechazi, the servant of Elisha:—Gehazi.   the servant of Elisha  12x in 12

13And he said to him, Say now to her, Behold, you have been careful for us with all this care; what is to be done for you? would you be spoken for to the king, or to the captain of the host? And she answered, I dwell among my own people. 14And he said, What then is to be done for her? And Gehazi answered, Truly she has no child, and her husband is old. 15And he said, Call her. And when he had called her, she stood in the door.

In the door  פֶּתַח pethach, peh’-thakh; from H6605; an opening (literally), i.e. door (gate) or entrance way:—door, entering (in), entrance (-ry), gate, opening, place.  Lex:  “Gate of the City”  163  (38P;  117DuoD) in 154 (7th:NonoGonal)

16And he said, About this season, according to the time of life, you shall embrace a son. And she said, No, my lord, you man of God, do not lie to your handmaid.

Season  מוֹעֵד môwʻêd, mo-ade’; or מֹעֵד môʻêd; or (feminine) מוֹעָדָה môwʻâdâh; (2 Chronicles 8:13), from H3259; properly, an appointment, i.e. a fixed time or season; specifically, a festival; conventionally a year; by implication, an assembly (as convened for a definite purpose); technically the congregation; by extension, the place of meeting; also a signal (as appointed beforehand):—  223  in 213  (223 the 48th prime)

 Time  עֵת ʻêth, ayth; from H5703; time, especially (adverb with preposition) now, when, etc.:— after, (al-) ways, × certain, continually, evening, long, (due) season, so (long) as, (even-, evening-, noon-) tide, (meal-), what) time, when.  296 (SqRt 17.20; 128 Hex)  in 258

Do not lie  כָּזַב kâzab, kaw-zab’; a primitive root; to lie (i.e. deceive), literally or figuratively:—fail, (be found a, make a) liar, lie, lying, be in vain.  16 in 16

17And the woman conceived, and bore a son at that season that Elisha had said to her, according to the time of life.

Conceived  הָרָה hârâh, haw-raw’; a primitive root; to be (or become) pregnant, conceive (literally or figuratively):—been, be with child, conceive, progenitor.    43 times in 42 verses

Bare  יָלַד yâlad, yaw-lad’; a primitive root; to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage:—bear, beget, birth(-day), born, (make to) bring forth (children, young), bring up, calve, child, come, be delivered (of a child), time of delivery, gender, hatch, labour, (do the office of a) midwife, declare pedigrees, be the son of, (woman in, woman that) travail(-eth, -ing woman).   499 in 403

Elisha Raises the Shunammite’s Son

18And when the child was grown, it fell on a day, that he went out to his father to the reapers.

Reapers  קָצַר qâtsar, kaw-tsar’; a primitive root; to dock off, i.e. curtail (transitive or intransitive, literal or figurative); especially to harvest (grass or grain):—× at all, cut down, much discouraged, grieve, harvestman, lothe, mourn, reap(-er), (be, wax) short(-en, -er), straiten, trouble, vex. to be short, be impatient, be vexed, be grieved     Lex:  “to reap harvest”  49 in 46

19And he said to his father, My head, my head. And he said to a lad, Carry him to his mother.

Head  רֹאשׁ rôʼsh, roshe; from an unused root apparently meaning to shake; the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, etc.):—  Lex:  “Height in the South”  598 in 548

Lad  נַעַר naʻar, nah’-ar; from H5287; (concretely) a boy (as active), from the age of infancy to adolescence; by implication, a servant; also (by interch. of sex), a girl (of similar latitude in age):—babe, boy, child, damsel (from the margin), lad, servant, young (man).  Lex: “it is used of a new-born child; as well as of a young man of about 20)  238 in 221

20And when he had taken him, and brought him to his mother, he sat on her knees till noon, and then died.

Knees  בֶּרֶךְ berek, beh’-rek; from H1288; a knee:—knee.  Weak from fear (Joseph brought Ephraim and Manassah between his knees) Lex:  where a newborn children are received by their parents or nurses 25 in 25

Noon  צֹהַר tsôhar, tso’-har; from H6671; a light (i.e. window); dual double light, i.e. noon:—midday, noon(-day, -tide), window.  roof;  Lex:  ie windows   24 in 24

21And she went up, and laid him on the bed of the man of God, and shut the door on him, and went out. 22And she called to her husband, and said, Send me, I pray you, one of the young men, and one of the asses, that I may run to the man of God, and come again.

Run  רוּץ rûwts, roots; a primitive root; to run (for whatever reason, especially to rush):—break down, divide speedily, footman, guard, bring hastily, (make) run (away, through), post.  105 in 92

23And he said, Why will you go to him to day? it is neither new moon, nor sabbath. And she said, It shall be well.

Grown  גָּדַל gâdal, gaw-dal’; a primitive root; properly, to twist (compare H1434), i.e. to be (causatively make) large (in various senses, as in body, mind, estate or honor, also in pride):—advance, boast, bring up, exceed, excellent, be(-come, do, give, make, wax), great(-er, come to… estate, things), grow(up), increase, lift up, magnify(-ifical), be much set by, nourish (up), pass, promote, proudly (spoken), tower.  119 in 112   threads twisted together

Reapers  קָצַר qâtsar, kaw-tsar’; a primitive root; to dock off, i.e. curtail (transitive or intransitive, literal or figurative); especially to harvest (grass or grain):—   49 times in 46 verses

Sat  יָשַׁב yâshab, yaw-shab’; a primitive root; properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry:   1089 in 980

Knee בֶּרֶךְ berek, beh’-rek; from H1288; a knee:—knee.  25 in 25

Noon  צֹהַר tsôhar, tso’-har; from H6671; a light (i.e. window); dual double light, i.e. noon:—midday, noon(-day, -tide), window.  24 in 24   roof  Lex:  “thou shalt make light for the ark”

Shut  סָגַר çâgar, saw-gar’; a primitive root; to shut up; figuratively, to surrender:—close up, deliver (up), give over (up), inclose, × pure, repair, shut (in, self, out, up, up together), stop, × straitly.  93 in 87

Went out   יָצָא yâtsâʼ, yaw-tsaw’; a primitive root; to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim  1,076 times in 992 verses   

Run  רוּץ rûwts, roots; a primitive root; to run (for whatever reason, especially to rush):—break down, divide speedily, footman, guard, bring hastily, (make) run (away, through), post. 105 in 92

Man  אִישׁ ʼîysh, eesh; contracted for H582 (or perhaps rather from an unused root meaning to be extant); a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation):   1639 in 1432  (1639 is the 22nd Nonogonal (9 sided) Polygon )( sum of divisors is 1800)  (1432 Sum of divisors is 2700)  

New Moon  חֹדֶשׁ chôdesh, kho’-desh; from H2318; the new moon; by implication, a month:—month(-ly), new moon.    276 times in 224 verses

Sabbath  שַׁבָּת shabbâth, shab-bawth’; intensive from H7673; intermission, i.e (specifically) the Sabbath:—(+ every) sabbath.   108 in 89

שָׁבַת shâbath, shaw-bath’; a primitive root; to repose, i.e. desist from exertion; used in many implied relations (causative, figurative or specific)  73 in 67

24Then she saddled an ass, and said to her servant, Drive, and go forward; slack not your riding for me, except I bid you.

Saddled  חָבַשׁ châbash, khaw-bash’; a primitive root; to wrap firmly (especially a turban, compress, or saddle); figuratively, to stop, to rule:—bind (up), gird about, govern, healer, put, saddle, wrap about.  33 in 30

Drive  נָהַג nâhag, naw-hag’; a primitive root; to drive forth (a person, an animal or chariot), i.e. lead, carry away; reflexively, to proceed (i.e. impel or guide oneself); also (from the panting induced by effort), to sigh:  31 in 31

25So she went and came to the man of God to mount Carmel. And it came to pass, when the man of God saw her afar off, that he said to Gehazi his servant, Behold, yonder is that Shunammite:

Carmel = “garden-land” a mountain on the Mediterranean coast of northern Israel, just below Haifa; a town in the mountains on the west side of the Dead Sea and south of Hebron;  כַּרְמֶל Karmel, kar-mel’; the same as H3759; Karmel, the name of a hill and of a town in Palestine:—Carmel, fruitful (plentiful) field, (place).  26 in 25

Yonder  הַלָּז hallâz, hal-lawz’; from H1976; this or that:—side, that, this.  7 in 7

26Run now, I pray you, to meet her, and say to her, Is it well with you? is it well with your husband? is it well with the child? And she answered, It is well:

It is Well שָׁלוֹם shâlôwm, shaw-lome’; or שָׁלֹם shâlôm; from H7999; safe, i.e. (figuratively) well, happy, friendly; also (abstractly) welfare, i.e. health, prosperity, peace:—  236 in 208

27And when she came to the man of God to the hill, she caught him by the feet: but Gehazi came near to thrust her away. And the man of God said, Let her alone; for her soul is vexed within her: and the LORD has hid it from me, and has not told me.28Then she said, Did I desire a son of my lord? did I not say, Do not deceive me?

Feet  רֶגֶל regel, reh’-gel; from H7270; a foot (as used in walking); by implication, a step; by euphemistically the pudenda:—  247 in 232

Vexed  מָרַר mârar, maw-rar’; a primitive root; properly, to trickle (see H4752); but used only as a denominative from H4751; to be (causatively, make) bitter (literally or figuratively):—(be, be in, deal, have, make) bitter(-ly, -ness), be moved with choler, (be, have sorely, it) grieved(-eth), provoke, vex.  17 in 15

Deceive  שָׁלָה shâlâh, shaw-law’; a primitive root (probably identical with H7953 through the idea of educing); to mislead:—deceive, be negligent.  2 in 2

29Then he said to Gehazi, Gird up your loins, and take my staff in your hand, and go your way: if you meet any man, salute him not; and if any salute you, answer him not again: and lay my staff on the face of the child.

Loins  מֹתֶן môthen, mo’-then; from an unused root meaning to be slender; properly, the waist or small of the back; only in plural the loins:— greyhound, loins, side.  Lex:  the lower part of the back (so called from the idea of strength) which was bound with a girdle on which burdens were sustained

Salute  בָּרַךְ bârak, baw-rak’; a primitive root; to kneel; by implication to bless God (as an act of adoration), and (vice-versa) man (as a benefit); also (by euphemism) to curse (God or the king, as treason):—  331 in 289

 Staff  מִשְׁעֵנָה mishʻênâh, mish-ay-naw’; or מִשְׁעֶנֶת mishʻeneth; feminine of H4937; support (abstractly), i.e. (figuratively) sustenance or (concretely) a walking-stick:—staff.  12 in 11

30And the mother of the child said, As the LORD lives, and as your soul lives, I will not leave you. And he arose, and followed her. 31And Gehazi passed on before them, and laid the staff on the face of the child; but there was neither voice, nor hearing. Why he went again to meet him, and told him, saying, The child is not awaked.

Mother  אֵם ʼêm, ame; a primitive word; a mother (as the bond of the family); in a wide sense (both literally and figuratively [like father]):—dam, mother, × parting.  220 in 202

32And when Elisha was come into the house, behold, the child was dead, and laid on his bed. 33He went in therefore, and shut the door on them two, and prayed to the LORD.

Twain | 2  שְׁנַיִם shᵉnayim, shen-ah’-yim; dual of H8145; feminine שְׁתַּיִם shᵉttayim; two; also (as ordinal) twofold:—both, couple, double, second, twain, twelfth, twelve, twenty (sixscore) thousand, twice, two. Lexicon : “to repeat”  769 in 647

Prayed  פָּלַל pâlal, paw-lal’; a primitive root; to judge (officially or mentally); by extension, to intercede, pray:—intreat, judge(-ment), (make) pray(-er, -ing), make supplication.  to intervene, interpose, to meditate, judge  Lex:  derived from that of cutting, deciding; to roll in any thing, to level with a roller, whence to lay even  84 in 82

34And he went up, and lay on the child, and put his mouth on his mouth, and his eyes on his eyes, and his hands on his hands: and stretched himself on the child; and the flesh of the child waxed warm.

Mouth  פֶּה peh, peh; from H6284; the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with preposition) according to:—  498 (tan:-17) in 460

Eye  עַיִן ʻayin, ah’-yin; probably a primitive word; an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape):—affliction, outward appearance, before, think best, colour, conceit, be content, countenance,  888 in 830

Hands  כַּף kaph, kaf; from H3721; the hollow hand or palm (so of the paw of an animal, of the sole, and even of the bowl of a dish or sling, the handle of a bolt, the leaves of a palm-tree); figuratively, power:—branch, foot, hand((-ful), -dle, (-led)), hollow, middle, palm, paw, power, sole, spoon.  192 in 180

Waxed Warm  חָמַם châmam, khaw-mam’; a primitive root; to be hot (literally or figuratively):—enflame self, get (have) heat, be (wax) hot, (be, wax) warm (self, at).   to become aroused, inflame oneself with  13 in 12

35Then he returned, and walked in the house to and fro; and went up, and stretched himself on him: and the child sneezed seven times, and the child opened his eyes.

To | Fro   אֶחָד ʼechâd, ekh-awd’; a numeral from H258; properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first:—a, alike, alone, altogether, and, any(-thing), apiece, a certain, (dai-) ly, each (one), eleven, every, few, first, highway, a man, once, one, only, other, some, together,  952 in 739

הֵנָּה hênnâh, hane’-naw; from H2004; hither or thither (but used both of place and time):—here, hither(-to), now, on this (that) side, since, this (that) way, thitherward, thus far, to…fro, yet.  14 in 12

Stretched  גָּהַר gâhar, gaw-har’; a primitive root; to prostrate oneself:—cast self down, stretch self.  to bend, crouch  3 in 3

Sneezed  זָרַר zârar, zaw-rar’; a primitive root (compare H2114); perhaps to diffuse, i.e. (specifically) to sneeze:—sneeze.  Lex: to scatter  1 in 1

זוּר zûwr, zoor; a primitive root; to turn aside (especially for lodging); hence to be a foreigner, strange, profane; specifically (active participle) to commit adultery:—(come from) another (man, place), fanner, go away, (e-) strange(-r, thing, woman)  77 in 76

Times  פַּעַם paʻam, pah’-am; or (feminine) פַּעֲמָה paʻămâh; from H6470; a stroke, literally or figuratively (in various applications, as follow):—anvil, corner, foot(-step), going, (hundred-) fold, × now, (this) once, order, rank, step, thrice, (often-), second, this, two) time(-s), twice, wheel.   stroke, beat, foot, step, anvil, occurrence;  one time, once, twice, thrice, as time on time, at this repetition, this once, now at length, now…now, at one time…at another   112 in 108

Opened  פָּקַח pâqach, paw-kakh’; a primitive root; to open (the senses, especially the eyes); figuratively, to be observant:—open.  20 in 18

36And he called Gehazi, and said, Call this Shunammite. So he called her. And when she was come in to him, he said, Take up your son. 37Then she went in, and fell at his feet, and bowed herself to the ground, and took up her son, and went out.

 Prayed  פָּלַל pâlal, paw-lal’; a primitive root; to judge (officially or mentally); by extension, to intercede, pray:—intreat, judge(-ment), (make) pray(-er, -ing), make supplication.  84 in 82

Lord יְהֹוָה Yᵉhôvâh, yeh-ho-vaw’; from H1961; (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God  6,519 times in 5,521 verses (5521 is 730th prime)

Stretched גָּהַר gâhar, gaw-har’; a primitive root; to prostrate oneself:—cast self down, stretch self.  3 in 3

Flesh  בָּשָׂר bâsâr, baw-sawr’; from H1319; flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphemistically) the pudenda of a man:—body, (fat, lean) flesh(-ed), kin, (man-) kind, nakedness, self, skin.  269 in 241   (269 is 57th prime)(241 is th 53rd Prime)

בָּשַׂר bâsar, baw-sar’; a primitive root; properly, to be fresh, i.e. full (rosy, figuratively cheerful); to announce (glad news):—messenger, preach, publish, shew forth, (bear, bring, carry, preach, good, tell good) tidings.  26 in 21

Warm  חָמַם châmam, khaw-mam’; a primitive root; to be hot (literally or figuratively):—enflame self, get (have) heat, be (wax) hot, (be, wax) warm (self, at).  13 in 12

To and Fro  אֶחָד ʼechâd, ekh-awd’; a numeral from H258; properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first:—a, alike, alone, altogether, and, any(-thing), apiece, a certain, (dai-) ly, each (one), eleven, every, few, first, highway, a man, once, one, only, other, some, together, H259 matches the Hebrew אֶחָד (‘echad),  which occurs 952 times in 739 verses  (739 is 131rd Prime)

Sneeze  זָרַר zârar, zaw-rar’; a primitive root (compare H2114); perhaps to diffuse, i.e. (specifically) to sneeze:—sneeze. 1 in 1

זוּר zûwr, zoor; a primitive root; to turn aside (especially for lodging); hence to be a foreigner, strange, profane; specifically (active participle) to commit adultery:—(come from) another (man, place), fanner, go away, (e-) strange(-r, thing, woman).   77 times in 76 verses

Elisha Purifies the Poisonous Stew

38And Elisha came again to Gilgal: and there was a dearth in the land; and the sons of the prophets were sitting before him: and he said to his servant, Set on the great pot, and seethe pottage for the sons of the prophets.

Dearth רָעָב râʻâb, raw-awb’; from H7456; hunger (more or less extensive):—dearth, famine, famished, hunger.  101 in 88

Sitting  יָשַׁב yâshab, yaw-shab’; a primitive root; properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry:—(  1089 in 980

Prophets  נָבִיא nâbîyʼ, naw-bee’; from H5012; a prophet or (generally) inspired man:—prophecy, that prophesy, prophet.  316 in 288

Pot  סִיר çîyr, seer; or (feminine) סִירָה çîyrâh; or סִרָה çirâh; (Jeremiah 52:18), from a primitive root meaning to boil up; a pot; also a thorn (as springing up rapidly); by implication, a hook:—caldron, fishhook, pan, (wash-)pot, thorn.  34 in 32

Seethe  בָּשַׁל bâshal, baw-shal’; a primitive root; properly, to boil up; hence, to be done in cooking; figuratively to ripen:—bake, boil, bring forth, roast, seethe, sod (be sodden).  28 in 24

Pottage  נָזִיד nâzîyd, naw-zeed’; from H2102; something boiled, i.e. soup:—pottage.   boiled food, soup, pottage, thing sodden or boiled  6 in 6

39And one went out into the field to gather herbs, and found a wild vine, and gathered thereof wild gourds his lap full, and came and shred them into the pot of pottage: for they knew them not.

Field | Wild   שָׂדֶה sâdeh, saw-deh’; or שָׂדַי sâday; from an unused root meaning to spread out; a field (as flat):—country, field, ground, land, soil, × wild.  333 in 309

Gather  לָקַט lâqaṭ, law-kat’; a primitive root; properly, to pick up, i.e. (generally) to gather; specifically, to glean:—gather (up), glean.   37 times in 34 verses

Vine  גֶּפֶן gephen, gheh’-fen; from an unused root meaning to bend; a vine (as twining), especially the grape:—vine, tree.  55 in 53

Found  מָצָא mâtsâʼ, maw-tsaw’; a primitive root; properly, to come forth to, i.e. appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e. find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present:  456 in 425

Herbs  אוֹרָה ʼôwrâh, o-raw’; feminine of H216; luminousness, i.e. (figuratively) prosperity; also a plant (as being bright):—herb, light.  light of joy and happiness   4 times in 4 verses

Gourds  פַּקֻּעָה paqquʻâh, pak-koo-aw’; from the same as H6497; the wild cucumber (from splitting open to shed its seeds):—gourd.  1 in 1

פֶּקַע peqaʻ, peh’-kah; from an unused root meaning to burst; only used as an architectural term of an ornament similar to H6498, a semi-globe:—knop.  knob-shaped or ball-shaped or gourd-shaped carved wood or metal ornament   3 in 2

Lap  בֶּגֶד beged, behg’-ed; from H898; a covering, i.e. clothing; also treachery or pillage:—apparel, cloth(-es, ing), garment, lap, rag, raiment, robe, × very (treacherously), vesture, wardrobe.   217 in 190

Shred  פָּלַח pâlach, paw-lakh’; a primitive root; to slice, i.e. break open or pierce:—bring forth, cleave, cut, shred, strike through.  6 in 5

40So they poured out for the men to eat. And it came to pass, as they were eating of the pottage, that they cried out, and said, O you man of God, there is death in the pot. And they could not eat thereof. 41But he said, Then bring meal. And he cast it into the pot; and he said, Pour out for the people, that they may eat. And there was no harm in the pot.

Dearth  רָעָב râʻâb, raw-awb’; from H7456; hunger (more or less extensive):—dearth, famine, famished, hunger.   101 in 88

Seethe  בָּשַׁל bâshal, baw-shal’; a primitive root; properly, to boil up; hence, to be done in cooking; figuratively to ripen:—bake, boil, bring forth, roast, seethe, sod (be sodden).    28 times in 24 verse

Pot  סִיר çîyr, seer; or (feminine) סִירָה çîyrâh; or סִרָה çirâh; (Jeremiah 52:18), from a primitive root meaning to boil up; a pot; also a thorn (as springing up rapidly); by implication, a hook:—caldron, fishhook, pan, (wash-)pot, thorn.    34 times in 32 verses  thorn, hook, brier

Pottage  נָזִיד nâzîyd, naw-zeed’; from H2102; something boiled, i.e. soup:—pottage.   boiled food, soup, pottage, thing sodden or boiled   6 times in 6

****Esau sold his birthright for pottage because he was faint  עָיֵף ʻâyêph, aw-yafe’; from H5888; languid:—faint, thirsty, weary.  17 times in 17 verses

 

Meal  קֶמַח qemach, keh’-makh; from an unused root probably meaning to grind; flour:—flour, meal.      14 times in 14 verse

Pour out  יָצַק yâtsaq, yaw-tsak’; a primitive root; properly, to pour out (transitive or intransitive); by implication, to melt or cast as metal; by extension, to place firmly, to stiffen or grow hard:—cast, cleave fast, be (as) firm, grow, be hard, lay out, molten, overflow, pour (out), run out, set down, stedfast.   53 in 51

Death  מָוֶת mâveth, maw’-veth; from H4191; death (natural or violent); concretely, the dead, their place or state (hades); figuratively, pestilence, ruin:—(be) dead(-ly), death, die(-d).   160 in 155

Feeding a Hundred Men

42And there came a man from Baalshalisha, and brought the man of God bread of the first fruits, 20 loaves of barley, and full ears of corn in the husk thereof. And he said, Give to the people, that they may eat.

Baal-shalisha = “thrice-great lord”; a place in Ephraim near Gilgal   בַּעַל שָׁלִשָׁה Baʻal Shâlishâh, bah’-al shaw-lee-shaw’; from H1168 and H8031; Baal of Shalishah, Baal-Shalishah, a place in Palestine:—Baal-shalisha.

 Shalisha = “thirds”  a district near Mount Ephraim through which Saul passed as he searched for the asses

First Fruits  בִּכּוּר bikkûwr, bik-koor’; from H1069; the first-fruits of the crop:—first fruit (-ripe (figuratively)), hasty fruit.    18 times in 16 verses

בָּכַר bâkar, baw-kar’; a primitive root; properly, to burst the womb, i.e. (causatively) bear or make early fruit (of woman or tree); also (as denominative from H1061) to give the birthright:   4 times in 4 verses

Barley  שְׂעֹרָה sᵉʻôrâh, seh-o-raw’; or שְׂעוֹרָה sᵉʻôwrâh (feminine meaning the plant); and (masculine meaning the grain); also שְׂעֹר sᵉʻôr; or שְׂעוֹר sᵉʻôwr; from H8175 in the sense of roughness; barley (as villose):—barley.    34 times in 32 verses

Full ears of Corn  כַּרְמֶל karmel, kar-mel’; from H3754; a planted field (garden, orchard, vineyard or park); by implication, garden produce:—full (green) ears (of corn), fruitful field (place), plentiful (field).   plantation, garden-land, orchard, fruit orchard   13 times in 11 verses

Loaves Bread  לֶחֶם lechem, lekh’-em; from H3898; See also H1036 food (for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it):—(shew-) bread, × eat, food, fruit, loaf, meat, victuals.  297 in 277

Husk  צִקְלֹן tsiqlôn, tsik-lone’; from an unused root meaning to wind; a sack (as tied at the mouth):—husk.  Lex:  bag for straining  sack, bag  1 in 1

43And his servitor said, What, should I set this before an 100 men? He said again, Give the people, that they may eat: for thus said the LORD, They shall eat, and shall leave thereof. 44So he set it before them, and they did eat, and left thereof, according to the word of the LORD.

Servitor  שָׁרַת shârath, shaw-rath’; a primitive root; to attend as a menial or worshipper; figuratively, to contribute to:—minister (unto), (do) serve(-ant, -ice, -itor), wait on.    97 times in 92 verses

   2 KINGS 5 :Naaman Cured of Leprosy

(Luke 17:11-19)

1Now Naaman, captain of the host of the king of Syria, was a great man with his master, and honorable, because by him the LORD had given deliverance to Syria: he was also a mighty man in valor, but he was a leper.

 Naaman = “pleasantness”; son of Bela of the family of Benjamin; he was among the family of Jacob that went down to Egypt;  commander-in-chief of the army of Syria; stricken with leprosy he went to Elisha, eventually followed his instructions, and was cured   נַעֲמָן Naʻămân, nah-am-awn’; the same as H5282; Naaman, the name of an Israelite and of a Damascene:—Naaman.   16 times in 14 verses

Deliverance  תְּשׁוּעָה tᵉshûwʻâh, tesh-oo-aw’; or תְּשֻׁעָה tᵉshuʻâh; from H7768 in the sense of H3467; rescue (literal or figurative, persons, national or spiritual):—deliverance, help, safety, salvation, victory.  34 in 32    salvation (17x),

Valour  חַיִל chayil, khah’-yil; from H2342; probably a force, whether of men, means or other resources; an army, wealth, virtue, valor, strength:—able, activity, ( ) army, band of men (soldiers), company, (great) forces, goods, host, might, power, riches, strength, strong, substance, train, ( ) valiant(-ly), valour, virtuous(-ly), war, worthy(-ily).  243 in 228

Leper  צָרַע tsâraʻ, tsaw-rah’; a primitive root; to scourge, i.e. (intransitive and figurative) to be stricken with leprosy:—leper, leprous.    20 times in 18 verses

2And the Syrians had gone out by companies, and had brought away captive out of the land of Israel a little maid; and she waited on Naaman’s wife.

Companies  גְּדוּד gᵉdûwd, ghed-ood’; from H1413; a crowd (especially of soldiers):—army, band (of men), company, troop (of robbers).  34 in 29

Captive  שָׁבָה shâbâh, shaw-baw’; a primitive root; to transport into captivity:—(bring away, carry, carry away, lead, lead away, take) captive(-s), drive (take) away  47 in 42

Little  קָטָן qâṭân, kaw-tawn’; or קָטֹן qâṭôn; from H6962; abbreviated, i.e. diminutive, literally (in quantity, size or number) or figuratively (in age or importance):—least, less(-er), little (one), small(-est, one, quantity, thing), young(-er, -est).  101 in 100

Maid  נַעֲרָה naʻărâh, nah-ar-aw’; feminine of H5288; a girl (from infancy to adolescence):—damsel, maid(-en), young (woman).  62 in 57

3And she said to her mistress, Would God my lord were with the prophet that is in Samaria! for he would recover him of his leprosy. 4And one went in, and told his lord, saying, Thus and thus said the maid that is of the land of Israel. 5And the king of Syria said, Go to, go, and I will send a letter to the king of Israel. And he departed, and took with him 10 talents of silver, and 6000 pieces of gold, and 10 changes of raiment.

mistress גְּבֶרֶת gᵉbereth, gheb-eh’-reth; feminine of H1376; mistress:—lady, mistress. 9 in 9

Go To  יָלַךְ yâlak, yaw-lak’; a primitive root (compare H1980); to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses):—  1046 in 938

Changes  חֲלִיפָה chălîyphâh, khal-ee-faw’; from H2498; alternation:—change, course.  12 in 11

Thousand  אֶלֶף ʼeleph, eh’-lef; prop, the same as H504; hence (the ox’s head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand:—thousand.  505 in 391

6And he brought the letter to the king of Israel, saying, Now when this letter is come to you, behold, I have therewith sent Naaman my servant to you, that you may recover him of his leprosy. 7And it came to pass, when the king of Israel had read the letter, that he rent his clothes, and said, Am I God, to kill and to make alive, that this man does send to me to recover a man of his leprosy? why consider, I pray you, and see how he seeks a quarrel against me.

Leprosy  צָרַעַת tsâraʻath, tsaw-rah’-ath; from H6879; leprosy:—leprosy.  Lex:  in people, skin disease, in clothing or buildings, mildew or mould;  black leprosy is elephantiasis   35 in 33

 Letter  סֵפֶר çêpher, say’-fer; or (feminine) סִפְרָה çiphrâh; (Psalm 56:8 (H9)), from H5608; properly, writing (the art or a document); by implication, a book:—bill, book, evidence, × learn(-ed) (-ing), letter, register, scroll  184 in 174  

8And it was so, when Elisha the man of God had heard that the king of Israel had rent his clothes, that he sent to the king, saying, Why have you rent your clothes? let him come now to me, and he shall know that there is a prophet in Israel. 9So Naaman came with his horses and with his chariot, and stood at the door of the house of Elisha. 10And Elisha sent a messenger to him, saying, Go and wash in Jordan seven times, and your flesh shall come again to you, and you shall be clean. 11But Naaman was wroth, and went away, and said, Behold, I thought, He will surely come out to me, and stand, and call on the name of the LORD his God, and strike his hand over the place, and recover the leper. 12Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? may I not wash in them, and be clean? So he turned and went away in a rage.

Abana, Syrian river flowing through Damascus  אֲבָנָה ʼĂbânâh, ab-aw-naw’; perhaps feminine of H68; stony; Compare H549. Abanah, a river near Damascus:—Abana.   H71 matches the Hebrew אֲבָנָה (‘Abanah),  which occurs 1 times in 1 verses

Pharpar = “swift”; a stream in the district of Damascus identified with the modern ‘Awaj’; rises on the southeast slopes of Mount Hermon and flows into the southernmost lake of Damascus   פַּרְפַּר Parpar, par-par’; probably from H6565 in the sense of rushing; rapid; Parpar, a river of Syria:—Pharpar.    1 in 1

Damascus = “silent is the sackcloth weaver”  an ancient trading city, capital of Syria, located in the plain east of Hermon, 130 (205 km) miles northeast of Jerusalem  דַּמֶּשֶׂק Dammeseq, dam-meh’-sek; or דּוּמֶשֶׂק Dûwmeseq; or דַּרְמֶשֶׂק Darmeseq; of foreign origin; Damascus, a city of Syria:—Damascus.  45 in 40

Clean  טָהֵר ṭâhêr, taw-hare’; a primitive root; properly, to be bright; i.e. (by implication) to be pure (physical sound, clear, unadulterated; Levitically, uncontaminated; morally, innocent or holy):—be (make, make self, pronounce) clean, cleanse (self), purge, purify(-ier, self).    94 in 79v

13And his servants came near, and spoke to him, and said, My father, if the prophet had bid you do some great thing, would you not have done it? how much rather then, when he said to you, Wash, and be clean? 14Then went he down, and dipped himself seven times in Jordan, according to the saying of the man of God: and his flesh came again like to the flesh of a little child, and he was clean.

Wash  רָחַץ râchats, raw-khats’; a primitive root; to lave (the whole or a part of a thing):—bathe (self), wash (self).  72 times in 71 verse

Rage  חֵמָה chêmâh, khay-maw’; or (Daniel 11:44) חֵמָא chêmâʼ; from H3179; heat; figuratively, anger, poison (from its fever):—anger, bottles, hot displeasure, furious(-ly, -ry), heat, indignation, poison, rage, wrath(-ful). See H2529.  124 in 117

Dipped  טָבַל ṭâbal, taw-bal’; a primitive root; to dip, to immerse:—dip, plunge.  16 in 16 

Gehazi’s Greed and Leprosy

15And he returned to the man of God, he and all his company, and came, and stood before him: and he said, Behold, now I know that there is no God in all the earth, but in Israel: now therefore, I pray you, take a blessing of your servant. 16But he said, As the LORD lives, before whom I stand, I will receive none. And he urged him to take it; but he refused.

 Blessing  בְּרָכָה Bᵉrâkâh, ber-aw-kaw’; from H1288; benediction; by implication prosperity:—blessing, liberal, pool, present.   H1293  69 in 64  

Refuse  מָאֵן mâʼên, maw-ane’; a primitive root; to refuse:—refuse, × utterly.  41 in 39

17And Naaman said, Shall there not then, I pray you, be given to your servant 2 mules’ burden of earth? for your servant will from now on offer neither burnt offering nor sacrifice to other gods, but to the LORD.

Mules  פֶּרֶד pered, peh’-red; from H6504; a mule (perhaps from his lonely habits):—mule.  15 in 13

Burden  מַשָּׂא massâʼ, mas-saw’; from H5375; a burden; specifically, tribute, or (abstractly) porterage; figuratively, an utterance, chiefly a doom, especially singing; mental, desire:—burden, carry away, prophecy, × they set, song, tribute.  66 in 60

18In this thing the LORD pardon your servant, that when my master goes into the house of Rimmon to worship there, and he leans on my hand, and I bow myself in the house of Rimmon: when I bow down myself in the house of Rimmon, the LORD pardon your servant in this thing. 19And he said to him, Go in peace. So he departed from him a little way.

Pardon  סָלַח çâlach, saw-lakh’; a primitive root; to forgive:—forgive, pardon, spare.  46 in 45

Bow  שָׁחָה shâchâh, shaw-khaw’; a primitive root; to depress, i.e. prostrate (especially reflexive, in homage to royalty or God):—bow (self) down, crouch, fall down (flat), humbly beseech, do (make) obeisance, do reverence, make to stoop, worship  172 in 166

Rimmon = “pomegranate”  the deity of wind, rain, and storm, worshipped by the Syrians of Damascus;  the Rock; a cliff or inaccessible natural fastness in which the 600 Benjamites who escaped the slaughter of Gibeah took refuge  רִמּוֹן Rimmôwn, rim-mone’; or (shorter) (רִמֹּן Rimmôn; or רִמּוֹנוֹ Rimmôwnôw; (1 Chronicles 6:62 (H77)), the same as H7416; in Joshua 19:13: הַמְּתֹאָר ham-mᵉthôʼâr is mistaken for part of a name; article with the passive participle of H8388; the (one) marked off, i.e. which pertains). Rimmon, the name of a Syrian deity, also of five places in Palestine:—Remmon, Rimmon.  16 in 13

20But Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, Behold, my master has spared Naaman this Syrian, in not receiving at his hands that which he brought: but, as the LORD lives, I will run after him, and take somewhat of him. 21So Gehazi followed after Naaman. And when Naaman saw him running after him, he lighted down from the chariot to meet him, and said, Is all well?

Chariot  מֶרְכָּבָה merkâbâh, mer-kaw-baw’; feminine of H4817; a chariot:—chariot. See also H1024.  44 in 41

Meet Him  קִרְאָה qirʼâh, keer-aw’; from H7122; an encountering, accidental, friendly or hostile (also adverbially, opposite):—× against (he come), help, meet, seek, × to, × in the way.  121 in 117

22And he said, All is well. My master has sent me, saying, Behold, even now there be come to me from mount Ephraim two young men of the sons of the prophets: give them, I pray you, atalent of silver, and 2 changes of garments. 23And Naaman said, Be content, take two talents. And he urged him, and bound two talents of silver in two bags, with two changes of garments, and laid them on two of his servants; and they bore them before him.24And when he came to the tower, he took them from their hand, and bestowed them in the house: and he let the men go, and they departed. 25But he went in, and stood before his master. And Elisha said to him, From where come you, Gehazi? And he said, Your servant went no where.

 Tower  עֹפֶל ʻôphel, o’-fel; from H6075; a tumor; also a mound, i.e. fortress:—emerod, fort, strong hold, tower.   tumour, hemorrhoid  9 in 9

26And he said to him, Went not my heart with you, when the man turned again from his chariot to meet you? Is it a time to receive money, and to receive garments, and olive groves, and vineyards, and sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and maidservants? 27The leprosy therefore of Naaman shall stick to you, and to your seed for ever. And he went out from his presence a leper as white as snow.

Oliveyards  זַיִת zayith, zay’-yith; probably from an unused root (akin to H2099); an olive (as yielding illuminating oil), the tree, the branch or the berry:—olive (tree, -yard), Olivet.  38 in 36

heart  לֵב lêb, labe; a form of H3824; the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything:—  593 times in 550 verses  (593 is 108th Prime)

Cleave  דָּבַק dâbaq, daw-bak’; a primitive root; properly, to impinge, i.e. cling or adhere; figuratively, to catch by pursuit:—abide fast, cleave (fast together), follow close (hard after), be joined (together), keep (fast), overtake, pursue hard, stick, take  54 in 52

Seed  זֶרַע zeraʻ, zeh’-rah; from H2232; seed; figuratively, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity:—× carnally, child, fruitful, seed(-time), sowing-time.  229 in 205

White as Snow  , sheh’-leg; from H7949; snow (probably from its whiteness):—snow(-y).  20 in 20

   2 KINGS 6 : The Axe Head Floats

1And the sons of the prophets said to Elisha, Behold now, the place where we dwell with you is too strait for us.

Straight  צַר tsar, tsar; or צָר tsâr; from H6887; narrow; (as a noun) a tight place (usually figuratively, i.e. trouble); also a pebble (as in H6864); (transitive) an opponent (as crowding):  105 in 102

2Let us go, we pray you, to Jordan, and take there every man a beam, and let us make us a place there, where we may dwell. And he answered, Go you.

Jordan = “descender”  the river of Palestine running from the roots of Anti-Lebanon to the Dead Sea a distance of approx 200 miles (320 km)  182 (octal 266) in 164 (sine .59)

Beam  קוֹרָה qôwrâh, ko-raw’; or קֹרָה qôrâh; from H6979; a rafter (forming trenches as it were); by implication, a roof:—beam, roof.  5 in 5

3And one said, Be content, I pray you, and go with your servants. And he answered, I will go. 4So he went with them. And when they came to Jordan, they cut down wood.

Cut Down  גָּזַר gâzar, gaw-zar’; a primitive root; to cut down or off; (figuratively) to destroy, divide, exclude, or decide:—cut down (off), decree, divide, snatch.  13 in 13

Wood  עֵץ ʻêts, ates; from H6095; a tree (from its firmness); hence, wood (plural sticks):— carpenter, gallows, helve, pine, plank, staff, stalk, stick, stock, timber, tree, wood.  328 in 288

5But as one was felling a beam, the ax head fell into the water: and he cried, and said, Alas, master! for it was borrowed. 6And the man of God said, Where fell it? And he showed him the place. And he cut down a stick, and cast it in thither; and the iron did swim. 7Therefore said he, Take it up to you. And he put out his hand, and took it.

Axe-Head  בַּרְזֶל barzel, bar-zel’; perhaps from the root of H1269; iron (as cutting); by extension, an iron implement:—(ax) head, iron.  H1270 matches the Hebrew בַּרְזֶל (barzel), which occurs 76 times in 70 verse  

Birzavith or Birzath = “in leanness: choice olive” בִּרְזוֹת Birzôwth, beer-zoth’; probably feminine plural from an unused root (apparently mean to pierce); holes; Birzoth, an Israelite:—Birzavith (from the marg.). 1 in 1

Fell נָפַל nâphal, naw-fal’; a primitive root; to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative):—be accepted, cast down;  435 (triangular(29), hexagonal(15) SumD: 720)  in 403

Borrowed  שָׁאַל shâʼal, shaw-al’; or שָׁאֵל shâʼêl; a primitive root; to inquire; by implication, to request; by extension, to demand:—ask 172 in 157 

Iron    בַּרְזֶל BARZEL, bar-zel’; perhaps from the root of H1269; iron (as cutting); by extension, an iron implement:—(ax) head, iron.  H1270 matches the Hebrew בַּרְזֶל (barzel), which occurs 76 times in 70 verse  

Swim  צוּף tsûwph, tsoof; a primitive root; to overflow:—(make to over-) flow, swim  3 in 3

Elisha Captures Blinded Syrians

8Then the king of Syria warred against Israel, and took counsel with his servants, saying, In such and such a place shall be my camp. 9And the man of God sent to the king of Israel, saying, Beware that you pass not such a place; for thither the Syrians are come down. 10And the king of Israel sent to the place which the man of God told him and warned him of, and saved himself there, not once nor twice.

 Syria אֲרָם ʼĂrâm, arawm’; from the same as H759; the highland; Aram or Syria, and its inhabitants; also the name of the son of Shem, a grandson of Nahor, and of an Israelite:—Aram, Mesopotamia, Syria, Syrians.  Aram or Arameans = “exalted” 132 in 117

Warred  לָחַם lâcham, law-kham’; a primitive root; to feed on; figuratively, to consume; by implication, to battle (as destruction):—devour, eat, × ever, fight(-ing), overcome, prevail, (make) war(-ring).  177 in 171

Counsel  יָעַץ yâʻats, yaw-ats’; a primitive root; to advise; reflexively, to deliberate or resolve:—advertise, take advise, advise (well), consult, (give, take) counsel(-lor), determine, devise, guide, purpose. 80 in 74

Camp  תַּחֲנָה tachănâh, takh-an-aw’; from H2583; (only plural collectively) an encampment:—camp.  1 in 1

Beware  שָׁמַר shâmar, shaw-mar’; a primitive root; properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.:—beward, be circumspect, take heed (to self), keep(-er, self), mark, look narrowly, observe, preserve, regard, reserve, save (self), sure, (that lay) wait (for), watch(-man).  468 in 440

Place  מָקוֹם mâqôwm, maw-kome’; or מָקֹם mâqôm; also (feminine) מְקוֹמָה mᵉqôwmâh; or מְקֹמָה mᵉqômâh; from H6965; properly, a standing, i.e. a spot; but used widely of a locality (general or specific); also (figuratively) of a condition (of body or mind):—country, × home, × open, place, room, space, × whither(-soever). 402 in 379

Come Down  נָחֵת nâchêth, naw-khayth’; from H5181; descending:—come down.  1 in 1

Warned  זָהַר zâhar, zaw-har’; a primitive root; to gleam; figuratively, to enlighten (by caution):—admonish, shine, teach, (give) warn(-ing).  22 in 19

11Therefore the heart of the king of Syria was sore troubled for this thing; and he called his servants, and said to them, Will you not show me which of us is for the king of Israel? 12And one of his servants said, None, my lord, O king: but Elisha, the prophet that is in Israel, tells the king of Israel the words that you speak in your bedchamber.

Bedchamber  חֶדֶר cheder, kheh’-der; from H2314; an apartment (usually literal):—((bed) inner) chamber, innermost(-ward) part, parlour, south, × within.     chamber, room, parlour, innermost or inward part, within  38 in 33

13And he said, Go and spy where he is, that I may send and fetch him. And it was told him, saying, Behold, he is in Dothan. 14Therefore sent he thither horses, and chariots, and a great host: and they came by night, and compassed the city about.

 Dothan = “two wells”;  a place in northern Palestine, 12 miles north of Samaria, the home of Elisha  דֹּתָן Dôthân, do’-thawn; or (Aramaic dual) דֹּתַיִן Dôthayin; (Genesis 37:17), of uncertain derivation; Dothan, a place in Palestine:—Dothan.  3 in 2

15And when the servant of the man of God was risen early, and gone forth, behold, an host compassed the city both with horses and chariots. And his servant said to him, Alas, my master! how shall we do? 16And he answered, Fear not: for they that be with us are more than they that be with them. 17And Elisha prayed, and said, LORD, I pray you, open his eyes, that he may see. And the LORD opened the eyes of the young man; and he saw: and, behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire round about Elisha. 18And when they came down to him, Elisha prayed to the LORD, and said, Smite this people, I pray you, with blindness. And he smote them with blindness according to the word of Elisha. 19And Elisha said to them, This is not the way, neither is this the city: follow me, and I will bring you to the man whom you seek. But he led them to Samaria.

 Blindness  סַנְוֵר çanvêr, san-vare’; of uncertain derivation; (in plural) blindness:—blindness.  3 in 2

20And it came to pass, when they were come into Samaria, that Elisha said, LORD, open the eyes of these men, that they may see. And the LORD opened their eyes, and they saw; and, behold, they were in the middle of Samaria. 21And the king of Israel said to Elisha, when he saw them, My father, shall I smite them? shall I smite them? 22And he answered, You shall not smite them: would you smite those whom you have taken captive with your sword and with your bow? set bread and water before them, that they may eat and drink, and go to their master. 23And he prepared great provision for them: and when they had eaten and drunk, he sent them away, and they went to their master. So the bands of Syria came no more into the land of Israel.

Provision כֵּרָה kêrâh, kay-raw’; from H3739; a purchase:—provision.  1 in 1

The Siege and Famine of Samaria

24And it came to pass after this, that Benhadad king of Syria gathered all his host, and went up, and besieged Samaria.

Ben-hadad = “son of [the false god] Hadad”  the king of Syria, contemporary with Asa of Judah;  בֶּן־הֲדַד Ben-Hădad, ben-had-ad’; from H1121 and H1908; son of Hadad; Ben-Hadad, the name of several Syrian kings:—Benhadad.  25 in 24

Gathered  קָבַץ qâbats, kaw-bats’; a primitive root; to grasp, i.e. collect:—assemble (selves), gather (bring) (together, selves together, up), heap, resort, × surely, take up.   136 in 121 (127x)

Beseiged  צוּר tsûwr, tsoor; a primitive root; to cramp, i.e. confine (in many applications, literally and figuratively, formative or hostile):—adversary, assault, beset, besiege, bind (up), cast, distress, fashion, fortify, inclose, lay siege, put up in bags  38 in 38

25And there was a great famine in Samaria: and, behold, they besieged it, until an ass’s head was sold for 80 pieces of silver, and the 1/4 part of a cab of dove’s dung for 5 pieces of silver.

Ass  חֲמוֹר chămôwr, kham-ore’; or (shortened) חֲמֹר chămôr; from H2560; a male ass (from its dun red):—(he) ass.   96 in 93

Cab  קַב qab, kab; from H6895; a hollow, i.e. vessel used as a (dry) measure:—cab.    about 1.5 litres, 1/6 of a seah, or 1/18 of an ephah    1 in 1 

Doves Dung  דִּבְיוֹן dibyôwn, dib-yone’; in the margin for the textual reading, חֶרְיוֹן cheryôwn; both, (in the plural only and) of uncertain derivation, probably some cheap vegetable, perhaps a bulbous root:—dove’s dung.  1 in 1

26And as the king of Israel was passing by on the wall, there cried a woman to him, saying, Help, my lord, O king.

Passing By  עָבַר ʻâbar, aw-bar’; a primitive root; to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in copulation):—alienate, alter,   567 in 493

Help  יָשַׁע yâshaʻ, yaw-shah’; a primitive root; properly, to be open, wide or free, i.e. (by implication) to be safe; causatively, to free or succor:—× at all, avenging, defend, deliver(-er), help, preserve, rescue, be safe, bring (having) salvation, save(-iour), get victory.  205 in 198

Wall  חוֹמָה chôwmâh, kho-maw’; feminine active participle of an unused root apparently meaning to join; a wall of protection:—wall, walled.  133 in 123

27And he said, If the LORD do not help you, from where shall I help you? out of the barn floor, or out of the wine press?

 Barn Floor  גֹּרֶן gôren, go’-ren; from an unused root meaning to smooth; a threshing-floor (as made even); by analogy, any open area:—(barn, corn, threshing-) floor, (threshing-, void) place. Lex:   “An open place before the gates of the cities”   36 times in 36 verses  

Wine-Press  יֶקֶב yeqeb, yeh’-keb; from an unused root meaning to excavate; a trough (as dug out); specifically, a wine-vat (whether the lower one, into which the juice drains; or the upper, in which the grapes are crushed):—fats, presses, press-fat, wine(-press).  16 times in 16 verses

28And the king said to her, What ails you? And she answered, This woman said to me, Give your son, that we may eat him to day, and we will eat my son to morrow. 29So we boiled my son, and did eat him: and I said to her on the next day, Give your son, that we may eat him: and she has hid her son. 30And it came to pass, when the king heard the words of the woman, that he rent his clothes; and he passed by on the wall, and the people looked, and, behold, he had sackcloth within on his flesh. 31Then he said, God do so and more also to me, if the head of Elisha the son of Shaphat shall stand on him this day.

Rent  קָרַע qâraʻ, kaw-rah’; a primitive root; to rend, literally or figuratively (revile, paint the eyes, as if enlarging them):—cut out, rend, × surely, tear.  64 in 60

Sackcloth  שַׂק saq, sak; from H8264; properly, a mesh (as allowing a liquid to run through), i.e. coarse loose cloth or sacking (used in mourning and for bagging); hence, a bag (for grain, etc.):—sack(-cloth, -clothes).   Lex:  thick cloth, made of hair, like strainers, used for corn sacks and mourning garments;  48 in 46

 

32But Elisha sat in his house, and the elders sat with him; and the king sent a man from before him: but ere the messenger came to him, he said to the elders, See you how this son of a murderer has sent to take away my head? look, when the messenger comes, shut the door, and hold him fast at the door: is not the sound of his master’s feet behind him? 33And while he yet talked with them, behold, the messenger came down to him: and he said, Behold, this evil is of the LORD; what should I wait for the LORD any longer?

 Murderer  רָצַח râtsach, raw-tsakh’; a primitive root; properly, to dash in pieces, i.e. kill (a human being), especially to murder:—put to death, kill, (man-) slay(-er), murder(-er).   47 in 40

Hold Him Fast  לָחַץ lâchats, law-khats’; a primitive root; properly, to press, i.e. (figuratively) to distress:—afflict, crush, force, hold fast, oppress(-or), thrust self.  19 in 18

Wait  יָחַל yâchal, yaw-chal’; a primitive root; to wait; by implication, to be patient, hope:—(cause to, have, make to) hope, be pained, stay, tarry, trust, wait.  42 in 41

   2 KINGS 7 :Elisha Prophesies Plenty in Samaria

1Then Elisha said, Hear you the word of the LORD; Thus said the LORD, To morrow about this time shall a measure of fine flour be sold for a shekel, and 2 measures of barley for a shekel, in the gate of Samaria. 2Then a lord on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God, and said, Behold, if the LORD would make windows in heaven, might this thing be? And he said, Behold, you shall see it with your eyes, but shall not eat thereof.

Windows  אֲרֻבָּה ʼărubbâh, ar-oob-baw’; feminine participle passive of H693 (as if for lurking); a lattice; (by implication) a window, dovecot (because of the pigeon-holes), chimney (with its apertures for smoke), sluice (with openings for water):—chimney, window.     H699 matches the Hebrew אֲרֻבָּה (‘arubbah),which occurs 9 times in 9 verses

The Syrians Flee

3And there were 4 leprous men at the entering in of the gate: and they said one to another, Why sit we here until we die? 4If we say, We will enter into the city, then the famine is in the city, and we shall die there: and if we sit still here, we die also. Now therefore come, and let us fall to the host of the Syrians: if they save us alive, we shall live; and if they kill us, we shall but die. 5And they rose up in the twilight, to go to the camp of the Syrians: and when they were come to the uttermost part of the camp of Syria, behold, there was no man there. 6For the LORD had made the host of the Syrians to hear a noise of chariots, and a noise of horses, even the noise of a great host: and they said one to another, See, the king of Israel has hired against us the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of the Egyptians, to come on us. 7Why they arose and fled in the twilight, and left their tents, and their horses, and their asses, even the camp as it was, and fled for their life. 8And when these lepers came to the uttermost part of the camp, they went into one tent, and did eat and drink, and carried there silver, and gold, and raiment, and went and hid it; and came again, and entered into another tent, and carried there also, and went and hid it.

9Then they said one to another, We do not well: this day is a day of good tidings, and we hold our peace: if we tarry till the morning light, some mischief will come on us: now therefore come, that we may go and tell the king’s household. 10So they came and called to the porter of the city: and they told them, saying, We came to the camp of the Syrians, and, behold, there was no man there, neither voice of man, but horses tied, and asses tied, and the tents as they were. 11And he called the porters; and they told it to the king’s house within. 12And the king arose in the night, and said to his servants, I will now show you what the Syrians have done to us. They know that we be hungry; therefore are they gone out of the camp to hide themselves in the field, saying, When they come out of the city, we shall catch them alive, and get into the city. 13And one of his servants answered and said, Let some take, I pray you, 5 of the horses that remain, which are left in the city, (behold, they are as all the multitude of Israel that are left in it: behold, I say, they are even as all the multitude of the Israelites that are consumed:) and let us send and see. 14They took therefore two chariot horses; and the king sent after the host of the Syrians, saying, Go and see.

 Porter  שׁוֹעֵר shôwʻêr, sho-are’; or שֹׁעֵר shôʻêr active participle of H8176 (as denominative from H8179); a janitor:—doorkeeper, porter.  37 in 37

15And they went after them to Jordan: and, see, all the way was full of garments and vessels, which the Syrians had cast away in their haste. And the messengers returned, and told the king.

 Prophecy Fulfilled

16And the people went out, and spoiled the tents of the Syrians. So a measure of fine flour was sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, according to the word of the LORD. 17And the king appointed the lord on whose hand he leaned to have the charge of the gate: and the people stepped on him in the gate, and he died, as the man of God had said, who spoke when the king came down to him.18And it came to pass as the man of God had spoken to the king, saying, 2 measures of barley for a shekel, and a measure of fine flour for a shekel, shall be to morrow about this time in the gate of Samaria: 19And that lord answered the man of God, and said, Now, behold, if the LORD should make windows in heaven, might such a thing be? And he said, Behold, you shall see it with your eyes, but shall not eat thereof. 20And so it fell out to him: for the people stepped on him in the gate, and he died

Stepped  רָמַס râmaç, raw-mas’; a primitive root; to tread upon (as a potter, in walking or abusively):—oppressor, stamp upon, trample (under feet), tread (down, upon).  19 in 19

   2 KINGS 8 : The Shunammite’s Land Restored

1Then spoke Elisha to the woman, whose son he had restored to life, saying, Arise, and go you and your household, and sojourn wherever you can sojourn: for the LORD has called for a famine; and it shall also come on the land 7 years. 2And the woman arose, and did after the saying of the man of God: and she went with her household, and sojourned in the land of the Philistines 7 years. 3And it came to pass at the 7 years’ end, that the woman returned out of the land of the Philistines: and she went forth to cry to the king for her house and for her land. 4And the king talked with Gehazi the servant of the man of God, saying, Tell me, I pray you, all the great things that Elisha has done. 5And it came to pass, as he was telling the king how he had restored a dead body to life, that, behold, the woman, whose son he had restored to life, cried to the king for her house and for her land. And Gehazi said, My lord, O king, this is the woman, and this is her son, whom Elisha restored to life. 6And when the king asked the woman, she told him. So the king appointed to her a certain officer, saying, Restore all that was hers, and all the fruits of the field since the day that she left the land, even until now.

Hazael Murders Ben-Hadad

7And Elisha came to Damascus; and Benhadad the king of Syria was sick; and it was told him, saying, The man of God is come here. 8And the king said to Hazael, Take a present in your hand, and go, meet the man of God, and inquire of the LORD by him, saying, Shall I recover of this disease?

Hazael = “one who sees God”  a king of Syria; sent by his master, Ben-hadad, to the prophet Elisha, to seek a remedy for Ben-hadad’s leprosy; apparently later killed Ben-hadad, assumed the throne, and soon became engaged in a war with the kings of Judah and Israel for the possession of the city of Ramoth-gilead  23 in 21

Enquire  דָּרַשׁ dârash, daw-rash’; a primitive root; properly, to tread or frequent; usually to follow (for pursuit or search); by implication, to seek or ask; specifically to worship:—ask, × at all, care for, × diligently, inquire, make inquisition, (necro-) mancer, question, require, search, seek (for, out), × surely.  164 in 152

Recover  חָיָה châyâh, khaw-yaw’; a primitive root (compare H2331, H2421); to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revive:—keep (leave, make) alive, ×certainly, give (promise) life, (let, suffer to) live, nourish up, preserve (alive), quicken, recover, repair, restore (to life), revive, (× God) save (alive, life, lives), ×surely, be whole.  271 in 235

Disease  חֳלִי chŏlîy, khol-ee’; from H2470; malady, anxiety, calamity:—disease, grief, (is) sick(-ness).  24 in 22

9So Hazael went to meet him, and took a present with him, even of every good thing of Damascus, 40 camels’ burden, and came and stood before him, and said, Your son Benhadad king of Syria has sent me to you, saying, Shall I recover of this disease?10And Elisha said to him, Go, say to him, You may certainly recover: however, the LORD has showed me that he shall surely die. 11And he settled his countenance steadfastly, until he was ashamed: and the man of God wept. 12And Hazael said, Why weeps my lord? And he answered, Because I know the evil that you will do to the children of Israel: their strong holds will you set on fire, and their young men will you slay with the sword, and will dash their children, and rip up their women with child. 13And Hazael said, But what, is your servant a dog, that he should do this great thing? And Elisha answered, The LORD has showed me that you shall be king over Syria. 14So he departed from Elisha, and came to his master; who said to him, What said Elisha to you? And he answered, He told me that you should surely recover. 15And it came to pass on the morrow, that he took a thick cloth, and dipped it in water, and spread it on his face, so that he died: and Hazael reigned in his stead.

Jehoram’s Wicked Reign in Judah

(2 Chronicles 21:1-7)

16And in the 5th year of Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel, Jehoshaphat being then king of Judah, Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah began to reign. 1732 years old was he when he began to reign; and he reigned 8 years in Jerusalem. 18And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, as did the house of Ahab: for the daughter of Ahab was his wife: and he did evil in the sight of the LORD. 19Yet the LORD would not destroy Judah for David his servant’s sake, as he promised him to give him always a light, and to his children.

Joram = “Jehovah is exalted”  son of king Jehoshaphat of Judah and himself king of Judah for 8 years; his wife was the wicked Athaliah who was probably the instigator for his returning the nation of Judah to the worship of Baal; son of king Ahab of the northern kingdom of Israel and king of Israel himself for 12 years; he was murdered by Jehu on the plot of land for which his father had murdered Naboth thus fulfilling the prophecy of Elijah to the very letter; a Levite in the time of David and an ancestor of Shelomith; son of Toi, king of Hamath   20 times in 16 verses

Edom and Libnah Revolt

(2 Chronicles 21:8-11)

20In his days Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah, and made a king over themselves. 21So Joram went over to Zair, and all the chariots with him: and he rose by night, and smote the Edomites which compassed him about, and the captains of the chariots: and the people fled into their tents. 22Yet Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah to this day. Then Libnah revolted at the same time. 23And the rest of the acts of Joram, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

 Zair = “small”  צָעִיר Tsâʻîyr, tsaw-eer’; the same as H6810; Tsair, a place in Idumaea:—Zair.

Revolted  פָּשַׁע pâshaʻ, paw-shah’; a primitive root (identical with through the idea of expansion); to break away (from just authority), i.e. trespass, apostatize, quarrel:—offend, rebel, revolt, transgress(-ion, -or).  41 in 37

Libnah = “pavement”;  a royal city of the Canaanites in the southwest captured by Joshua; allocated to Judah and made a Levitical city; site unknown;  a station between Sinai and Kadesh of Israel during their wilderness wanderings   18 times in 17 verses    :whiteness,  transparency

24And Joram slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David: and Ahaziah his son reigned in his stead.

Ahaziah = “Jehovah (Yahu) holds (possesses)”; ruler of Israel, son of Ahab;   ruler of Judah, son of Jehoram (Joram)  אֲחַזְיָה ʼĂchazyâh, akh-az-yaw’; or (prolonged) אֲחַזְיָהוּ ʼĂchazyâhûw ; from H270 and H3050; Jah has seized; Achazjah, the name of a Jewish and an Israelite king:—Ahaziah.   s 37 times in 30 verses

Ahaziah Reigns Wickedly in Judah

(2 Chronicles 22:1-4)

25In the twelfth year of Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel did Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah begin to reign. 2622 years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign; and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Athaliah, the daughter of Omri king of Israel. 27And he walked in the way of the house of Ahab, and did evil in the sight of the LORD, as did the house of Ahab: for he was the son in law of the house of Ahab.

 Athaliah = “afflicted of the Lord”  son of Jeroham of the tribe of Benjamin;;  father of Jeshaiah of the sons of Elam who was one of the heads of a family who returned with Ezra from exile;;  the daughter of Ahab and Jezebel and the wife of king Jehoram of Judah; killer of all the members of the royal family of Judah with the exception of one baby named Joash who was hidden by the high priest Jehoiada until 6 years had passed and Jehoiada led the revolution to put him on the throne, overthrowing Athaliah and putting her to death   עֲתַלְיָה ʻĂthalyâh, ath-al-yaw’; or עֲתַלְיָהוּ ʻĂthalyâhûw; from the same as H6270 and H3050; Jah has constrained; Athaljah, the name of an Israelitess and two Israelites:—Athaliah.    17 times in 17 verses

Omri = “pupil of Jehovah”  king of the northern kingdom of Israel, successor to king Elah for whom he was the captain of the army; ruled for 12 years and succeeded by his infamous son Ahab; one of the sons of Becher the son of Benjamin; a descendant of Pharez the son of Judah;  son of Michael and chief of the tribe of Issachar in the time of David   עׇמְרִי ʻOmrîy, om-ree’; from H6014; heaping; Omri, an Israelite:—Omri.    18 times in 16 verses

28And he went with Joram the son of Ahab to the war against Hazael king of Syria in Ramothgilead; and the Syrians wounded Joram. 29And king Joram went back to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which the Syrians had given him at Ramah, when he fought against Hazael king of Syria. And Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to see Joram the son of Ahab in Jezreel, because he was sick.

Hazael = “one who sees God”;  a king of Syria; sent by his master, Ben-hadad, to the prophet Elisha, to seek a remedy for Ben-hadad’s leprosy; apparently later killed Ben-hadad, assumed the throne, and soon became engaged in a war with the kings of Judah and Israel for the possession of the city of Ramoth-gilead  23 in 21 

   2 KINGS 9 :Jehu Anointed King of Israel

1And Elisha the prophet called one of the children of the prophets, and said to him, Gird up your loins, and take this box of oil in your hand, and go to Ramothgilead: 2And when you come thither, look out there Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi, and go in, and make him arise up from among his brothers, and carry him to an inner chamber; 3Then take the box of oil, and pour it on his head, and say, Thus said the LORD, I have anointed you king over Israel. Then open the door, and flee, and tarry not.

 Nimshi = “rescued”;  grandfather of Jehu;   נִמְשִׁי Nimshîy, nim-shee’; probably from H4871; extricated; Nimshi, the (grand-) father of Jehu:—Nimshi.   Lexicon:  “drawn out” 5 in 5

4So the young man, even the young man the prophet, went to Ramothgilead. 5And when he came, behold, the captains of the host were sitting; and he said, I have an errand to you, O captain. And Jehu said, To which of all us? And he said, To you, O captain. 6And he arose, and went into the house; and he poured the oil on his head, and said to him, Thus said the LORD God of Israel, I have anointed you king over the people of the LORD, even over Israel. 7And you shall smite the house of Ahab your master, that I may avenge the blood of my servants the prophets, and the blood of all the servants of the LORD, at the hand of Jezebel. 8For the whole house of Ahab shall perish: and I will cut off from Ahab him that urinates against the wall, and him that is shut up and left in Israel: 9And I will make the house of Ahab like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha the son of Ahijah: 10And the dogs shall eat Jezebel in the portion of Jezreel, and there shall be none to bury her. And he opened the door, and fled.

Inner, Chamber   חֶדֶר cheder, kheh’-der; from H2314; an apartment (usually literal):—((bed) inner) chamber, innermost(-ward) part, parlour, south, × within.  38 in 38

Prophets  נָבִיא nâbîyʼ, naw-bee’; from H5012; a prophet or (generally) inspired man:—prophecy, that prophesy, prophet.    316 times in 288 verses

Left  עָזַב ʻâzab, aw-zab’; a primitive root; to loosen, i.e. relinquish, permit, etc.:—commit self, fail, forsake, fortify, help, leave (destitute, off), refuse, × surely.    215 times in 206 verses

Nebat = “aspect”;  an Ephraimite of Zereda, father of king Jeroboam I of the northern kingdom of Israel  נְבָט Nᵉbâṭ, neb-awt’; from H5027; regard; Nebat, the father of Jeroboam I:—Nebat.  25 in 25

נָבַט nâbaṭ, naw-bat’; a primitive root; to scan, i.e. look intently at; by implication, to regard with pleasure, favor or care:—(cause to) behold, consider, look (down), regard, have respect, see.  69 in 67

Eat  אָכַל ʼâkal, aw-kal’; a primitive root; to eat (literally or figuratively):—× at all, burn up, consume, devour(-er, up), dine, eat(-er, up), feed (with), food, × freely, ×in…wise(-deed, plenty), (lay) meat, × quite.     810 times in 701 verses   to eat, devour, burn up, feed

Portion  חֵלֶק chêleq, khay’lek; from H2505; properly, smoothness (of the tongue); also an allotment:—flattery, inheritance, part, × partake, portion.   66 in 63

חָלַק châlaq, khaw-lak’; a primitive root; to be smooth (figuratively); by implication (as smooth stones were used for lots) to apportion or separate:—deal, distribute, divide, flatter, give, (have, im-) part(-ner), take away a portion, receive, separate self, (be) smooth(-er).  65 in 64

11Then Jehu came forth to the servants of his lord: and one said to him, Is all well? why came this mad fellow to you? And he said to them, You know the man, and his communication. 12And they said, It is false; tell us now. And he said, Thus and thus spoke he to me, saying, Thus said the LORD, I have anointed you king over Israel. 13Then they hurried, and took every man his garment, and put it under him on the top of the stairs, and blew with trumpets, saying, Jehu is king.

False  שֶׁקֶר sheqer, sheh’-ker; from H8266; an untruth; by implication, a sham (often adverbial):—without a cause, deceit(-ful), false(-hood, -ly), feignedly, liar, lie, lying, vain (thing), wrongfully  lie, deception, disappointment, falsehood   113 times in 109 verses

Jehu Kills Joram and Ahaziah

(2 Chronicles 22:8-9)

14So Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi conspired against Joram. (Now Joram had kept Ramothgilead, he and all Israel, because of Hazael king of Syria. 15But king Joram was returned to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which the Syrians had given him, when he fought with Hazael king of Syria.) And Jehu said, If it be your minds, then let none go forth nor escape out of the city to go to tell it in Jezreel. 16So Jehu rode in a chariot, and went to Jezreel; for Joram lay there. And Ahaziah king of Judah was come down to see Joram.

17And there stood a watchman on the tower in Jezreel, and he spied the company of Jehu as he came, and said, I see a company. And Joram said, Take an horseman, and send to meet them, and let him say, Is it peace? 18So there went one on horseback to meet him, and said, Thus said the king, Is it peace? And Jehu said, What have you to do with peace? turn you behind me. And the watchman told, saying, The messenger came to them, but he comes not again. 19Then he sent out a second on horseback, which came to them, and said, Thus said the king, Is it peace? And Jehu answered, What have you to do with peace? turn you behind me. 20And the watchman told, saying, He came even to them, and comes not again: and the driving is like the driving of Jehu the son of Nimshi; for he drives furiously.

 Watchman   צָפָה tsâphâh, tsaw-faw’; a primitive root; properly, to lean forward, i.e. to peer into the distance; by implication, to observe, await:—behold, espy, look up (well), wait for, (keep the) watch(-man).    to look out or about, spy, keep watch, observe, watch   37 times in 35 verses

Tower  מִגְדָּל migdâl, mig-dawl’; also (in plural) feminine מִגְדָּלָה migdâlâh; from H1431; a tower (from its size or height); by analogy, a rostrum; figuratively, a (pyramidal) bed of flowers:—castle, flower, tower.   Elevated Stage, pulpit    50 times in 45 verses

21And Joram said, Make ready. And his chariot was made ready. And Joram king of Israel and Ahaziah king of Judah went out, each in his chariot, and they went out against Jehu, and met him in the portion of Naboth the Jezreelite. 22And it came to pass, when Joram saw Jehu, that he said, Is it peace, Jehu? And he answered, What peace, so long as the prostitutions of your mother Jezebel and her witchcrafts are so many? 23And Joram turned his hands, and fled, and said to Ahaziah, There is treachery, O Ahaziah. 24And Jehu drew a bow with his full strength, and smote Jehoram between his arms, and the arrow went out at his heart, and he sunk down in his chariot. 25Then said Jehu to Bidkar his captain, Take up, and cast him in the portion of the field of Naboth the Jezreelite: for remember how that, when I and you rode together after Ahab his father, the LORD laid this burden on him; 26Surely I have seen yesterday the blood of Naboth, and the blood of his sons, said the LORD; and I will requite you in this plat, said the LORD. Now therefore take and cast him into the plat of ground, according to the word of the LORD.

 Whoredoms זָנוּן zânûwn, zaw-noon’; from H2181; adultery; figuratively, idolatry:—whoredom.   Lex: “a marsh”  12 in 10

זָנָה zânâh, zaw-naw’; a primitive root [highly fed and therefore wanton]; to commit adultery (usually of the female, and less often of simple fornication, rarely of involuntary ravishment); figuratively, to commit idolatry (the Jewish people being regarded as the spouse of Jehovah):   94 times in 82 verses

Witchcrafts  כֶּשֶׁף kesheph, keh’-shef; from H3784; magic:—sorcery, witchcraft, incantations   6 in 5

Treachery  מִרְמָה mirmâh, meer-maw’; from H7411 in the sense of deceiving; fraud:—craft, deceit(-ful, -fully), false, feigned, guile, subtilly, treachery.     39 times in 38 verses

Bow  קֶשֶׁת qesheth, keh’-sheth; from H7185 in the original sense (of H6983) of bending; a bow, for shooting (hence, figuratively, strength) or the iris:—× arch(-er), arrow, bow(-man, -shot).  77 in 74

Arrow  חִצִּי chitstsîy, khits-tsee’; or חֵצִי chêtsîy; prolongation from H2671; an arrow:—arrow.  5 in 4

חֵץ chêts, khayts; from H2686; also by interchange for H6086 properly, a piercer, i.e. an arrow; by implication, a wound; figuratively, (of God) thunder-bolt; the shaft of a spear:— archer, arrow, dart, shaft, staff, wound.   53 times in 50 verses

Bidkar = “with a stab”, a captain of Jehu, ” Lex : son of piercing through   בִּדְקַר Bidqar, bid-car’; probably from H1856 with a prepositional prefix; by stabbing, i.e. assassin; Bidkar, an Israelite:—Bidkar. 1 in 1

Captain  שָׁלִישׁ shâlîysh, shaw-leesh’; or שָׁלוֹשׁ shâlôwsh; (1 Chronicles 11:11; 1 Chronicles 12:18), or שָׁלֹשׁ shâlôsh; (2 Samuel 23:13), from H7969; a triple, i.e. (as a musical instrument) a triangle (or perhaps rather three-stringed lute); also (as an indefinite, great quantity) a three-fold measure (perhaps a treble ephah); also (as an officer) a general of the third rank (upward, i.e. the highest):—captain, instrument of musick, (great) lord, (great) measure, prince, three (from the margin).

third part, name of a measure, a musical instrument, maybe three-stringed, triangular shape, or three-barred, perhaps a sistrum or triangle, shield carrier, adjutant, officer, captain   20 times in 19 verses

Massa = “burden” מַשָּׂא massâʼ, mas-saw’; from H5375; a burden; specifically, tribute, or (abstractly) porterage; figuratively, an utterance, chiefly a doom, especially singing; mental, desire   66 times in 60 verses

Plat  חֶלְקָה chelqâh, khel-kaw’; feminine of H2506; properly, smoothness; figuratively, flattery; also an allotment:—field, flattering(-ry), ground, parcel, part, piece of land (ground), plat, portion, slippery place, smooth (thing).  29 times in 25 verses

27But when Ahaziah the king of Judah saw this, he fled by the way of the garden house. And Jehu followed after him, and said, Smite him also in the chariot. And they did so at the going up to Gur, which is by Ibleam. And he fled to Megiddo, and died there. 28And his servants carried him in a chariot to Jerusalem, and buried him in his sepulcher with his fathers in the city of David.

 Gur = “sojourning”; the place Ahaziah was smitten     גּוּר Gûwr, goor; the same as H1482; Gur, a place in Palestine:—Gur.   1 in 1

גּוּר gûwr, goor; or (shortened) גֻּר gur; perhaps from H1481; a cub (as still abiding in the lair), especially of the lion:—whelp, young one.  “whelp” so called as still sojourning under the care of its mother, specially used of a lion’s whelp;  ie a yound lion which is weaned and begins to seek prey for itself.   Eze 19:2, 3, 5    cub, whelp, young

Judah and Dan, both Lion’s whelps

Ibleam = “devouring the people”; a city of Manasseh apparently located in the territory of either Issachar or Asher 3 in 3

Megiddo or Megiddon = “place of crowds”;  ancient city of Canaan assigned to Manasseh and located on the southern rim of the plain of Esdraelon 6 miles (10 km) from Mount Carmel and 11 miles (18 km) from Nazareth   12 times in 12 verses

גָּדַד gâdad, gaw-dad’; a primitive root (compare H1464); to crowd; also to gash (as if by pressing into):—assemble (selves by troops), gather (selves together, self in troops), cut selves.  8 times in 8 verses

29And in the eleventh year of Joram the son of Ahab began Ahaziah to reign over Judah.

The Murder of Jezebel

30And when Jehu was come to Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it; and she painted her face, and tired her head, and looked out at a window.31And as Jehu entered in at the gate, she said, Had Zimri peace, who slew his master? 32And he lifted up his face to the window, and said, Who is on my side? who? And there looked out to him two or three eunuchs.

Tired  יָטַב yâṭab, yaw-tab’; a primitive root; to be (causative) make well, literally (sound, beautiful) or figuratively (happy, successful, right): to be good, be pleasing, be well, be glad   110 times in 102 verses

Head  רֹאשׁ rôʼsh, roshe; from an unused root apparently meaning to shake; the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, etc.):    head, top, summit, upper part, chief, total, sum, height, front, beginning     598 times in 548 verses

Looked Out שָׁקַף shâqaph, shaw-kaf’; a primitive root; properly, to lean out (of a window), i.e. (by implication) peep or gaze (passively, be a spectacle):—appear, look (down, forth, out).  To lay upon, to cover with planks  22 in 22

Window  חַלּוֹן challôwn, khal-lone’; a window (perforated)—window.   Piercing of the wall  31 times in 27 verses

Eunuchs  סָרִיס çârîyç, saw-reece’; or סָרִס çâriç; from an unused root meaning to castrate; a eunuch; by implication, valet (especially of the female apartments), and thus, a minister of state:—chamberlain, eunuch, officer.  Lexicon:  One castrated     42 times in 42 verses

33And he said, Throw her down. So they threw her down: and some of her blood was sprinkled on the wall, and on the horses: and he stepped her under foot. 34And when he was come in, he did eat and drink, and said, Go, see now this cursed woman, and bury her: for she is a king’s daughter. 35And they went to bury her: but they found no more of her than the skull, and the feet, and the palms of her hands.36Why they came again, and told him. And he said, This is the word of the LORD, which he spoke by his servant Elijah the Tishbite, saying, In the portion of Jezreel shall dogs eat the flesh of Jezebel: 37And the carcass of Jezebel shall be as dung on the face of the field in the portion of Jezreel; so that they shall not say, This is Jezebel.

Throw Her Down   שָׁמַט shâmaṭ, shaw-mat’; a primitive root; to fling down; incipiently to jostle; figuratively, to let alone, desist, remit:—discontinue, overthrow, release, let rest, shake, stumble, throw down.    o release, let drop or loose or rest or fall    9 times in 8 verses

Sprinkle  נָזָה nâzâh, naw-zaw’; a primitive root; to spirt, i.e. besprinkle (especially in expiation):—sprinkle.   to spurt, spatter, sprinkle   24 times in 22 verses

Trample  רָמַס râmaç, raw-mas’; a primitive root; to tread upon (as a potter, in walking or abusively):—oppressor, stamp upon, trample (under feet), tread (down, upon).   19 times in 19 verses

Curse  אָרַר ʼârar, aw-rar’; a primitive root; to execrate:—× bitterly curse.     63 times in 52 verses

Skull  גֻּלְגֹּלֶת gulgôleth, gul-go’-leth; by reduplication from H1556; a skull (as round); by implication, a head (in enumeration of persons):—head, every man, poll, skull.  Lexicon:  This word is also used where the single individuals of a nation are numbered   12 times in 12 verses

גָּלַל gâlal, gaw-lal’; a primitive root; to roll (literally or figuratively):—commit, remove, roll (away, down, together), run down, seek occasion, trust, wallow.   18 times in 18 verses18 times in 18 verses

Palms  כַּף kaph, kaf; from H3721; the hollow hand or palm (so of the paw of an animal, of the sole, and even of the bowl of a dish or sling, the handle of a bolt, the leaves of a palm-tree); figuratively, power:—branch, foot, hand((-ful), -dle, (-led)), hollow, middle, palm, paw, power, sole, spoon.   192 times in 180 verses

Hand  יָד yâd, yawd; a primitive word; a hand (the open one [indicating power, means, direction, etc.], in distinction from 3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great variety of applications, both literally and figuratively, both proximate and remote [as follows]:  1,615 times in 1,447 verses

dung (always of corpses) דֹּמֶן dômen, do’-men; of uncertain derivation; manure:—dung.   6 times in 6 verses

Carcase  נְבֵלָה nᵉbêlâh, neb-ay-law’; from H5034; a flabby thing, i.e. a carcase or carrion (human or bestial, often collectively); figuratively, an idol:—(dead) body, (dead) carcase, dead of itself, which died, (beast) that (which) dieth of itself.   48 times in 41 verses

Jezreel = “God sows”

   2 KINGS 10 :Jehu Slaughters Ahab’s Family

1And Ahab had seventy sons in Samaria. And Jehu wrote letters, and sent to Samaria, to the rulers of Jezreel, to the elders, and to them that brought up Ahab’s children, saying, 2Now as soon as this letter comes to you, seeing your master’s sons are with you, and there are with you chariots and horses, a fenced city also, and armor; 3Look even out the best and meet of your master’s sons, and set him on his father’s throne, and fight for your master’s house. 4But they were exceedingly afraid, and said, Behold, two kings stood not before him: how then shall we stand?

70  שִׁבְעִים shibʻîym, shib-eem’; multiple of H7651; seventy:—seventy, threescore and ten (+ -teen).    92 times in 90 verses

שֶׁבַע shebaʻ, sheh’-bah; or (masculine) (שִׁבְעָה shibʻâh); from H7650; a primitive cardinal number; seven (as the sacred full one); also (adverbially) seven times; by implication, a week; by extension, an indefinite number:   394 times in 345 verses

5And he that was over the house, and he that was over the city, the elders also, and the bringers up of the children, sent to Jehu, saying, We are your servants, and will do all that you shall bid us; we will not make any king: do you that which is good in your eyes. 6Then he wrote a letter the second time to them, saying, If you be mine, and if you will listen to my voice, take you the heads of the men your master’s sons, and come to me to Jezreel by to morrow this time. Now the king’s sons, being 70 persons, were with the great men of the city, which brought them up. 7And it came to pass, when the letter came to them, that they took the king’s sons, and slew 70 persons, and put their heads in baskets, and sent him them to Jezreel. 8And there came a messenger, and told him, saying, They have brought the heads of the king’s sons. And he said, Lay you them in two heaps at the entering in of the gate until the morning. 9And it came to pass in the morning, that he went out, and stood, and said to all the people, You be righteous: behold, I conspired against my master, and slew him: but who slew all these? 10Know now that there shall fall to the earth nothing of the word of the LORD, which the LORD spoke concerning the house of Ahab: for the LORD has done that which he spoke by his servant Elijah. 11So Jehu slew all that remained of the house of Ahab in Jezreel, and all his great men, and his kinfolks, and his priests, until he left him none remaining.

Baskets  דּוּד dûwd, dood; from the same as H1730; a pot (for boiling); also (by resemblance of shape) a basket:—basket, caldron, kettle, (seething) pot.   pot, jar, basket, kettle   7 times in 6 verses

דּוֹד dôwd, dode; or (shortened) דֹּד dôd; from an unused root meaning properly, to boil, i.e. (figuratively) to love; by implication, a love-token, lover, friend; specifically an uncle:—(well-) beloved, father’s brother, love, uncle.   61 times in 53 verses

Heaps  צִבֻּר tsibbur, tsib-boor’; from H6551; a pile:—heap.  1 in 1

Shearing  רָעָה râʻâh, raw-aw’; a primitive root; to tend a flock; i.e. pasture it; intransitively, to graze (literally or figuratively); generally to rule; by extension, to associate with (as a friend):   173 times in 144 verses

Queen  גְּבִירָה gᵉbîyrâh, gheb-ee-raw’; feminine of H1376; a mistress:—queen.  6 in 5

Juhu Slays Ahaziah’s Brothers

12And he arose and departed, and came to Samaria. And as he was at the shearing house in the way, 13Jehu met with the brothers of Ahaziah king of Judah, and said, Who are you? And they answered, We are the brothers of Ahaziah; and we go down to salute the children of the king and the children of the queen. 14And he said, Take them alive. And they took them alive, and slew them at the pit of the shearing house, even 42 men; neither left he any of them.

Ahab’s Remaining Family Killed

15And when he was departed there, he lighted on Jehonadab the son of Rechab coming to meet him: and he saluted him, and said to him, Is your heart right, as my heart is with your heart? And Jehonadab answered, It is. If it be, give me your hand. And he gave him his hand; and he took him up to him into the chariot. 16And he said, Come with me, and see my zeal for the LORD. So they made him ride in his chariot. 17And when he came to Samaria, he slew all that remained to Ahab in Samaria, till he had destroyed him, according to the saying of the LORD, which he spoke to Elijah.

Jehonadab = “Jehovah is willing”  a son of Rechab, chief of the Rechabites, in the time of Jehu and Ahab; a nephew of David  8 times in 7 verses

Rechab = “rider”  father of Jehonadab in the time of king Jehu of the northern kingdom of Israel; father of Malchijah, a leader of the district of Beth Haccerem and repairer of the wall of Jerusalem in the time of Nehemiah; one of the 2 captains whom Ishbosheth took into his service and who conspired to murder him   13 times in 13 verses

Jehu Kills the Priests of Baal

18And Jehu gathered all the people together, and said to them, Ahab served Baal a little; but Jehu shall serve him much. 19Now therefore call to me all the prophets of Baal, all his servants, and all his priests; let none be wanting: for I have a great sacrifice to do to Baal; whoever shall be wanting, he shall not live. But Jehu did it in subtlety, to the intent that he might destroy the worshippers of Baal.

A little  מְעַט mᵉʻaṭ, meh-at’; or מְעָט mᵉʻâṭ; from H4591; a little or few (often adverbial or comparative):—almost (some, very) few(-er, -est), lightly, little (while), (very) small (matter, thing), some, soon, × very.   102 times in 92 verses

Much  רָבָה râbâh, raw-baw’; a primitive root; to increase (in whatever respect)   227 times in 211 verses

Wanting  פָּקַד pâqad, paw-kad’; a primitive root; to visit (with friendly or hostile intent); by analogy, to oversee, muster, charge, care for, miss, deposit, etc.:   305 in 270

Sublety  עׇקְבָה ʻoqbâh, ok-baw’; feminine of an unused form from H6117 meaning a trick; trickery:—subtilty.    subtlety, insidiousness, craftiness  1 in 1

עָקַב ʻâqab, aw-kab’; a primitive root; properly, to swell out or up; used only as denominative from H6119, to seize by the heel; figuratively, to circumvent (as if tripping up the heels); also to restrain (as if holding by the heel):—take by the heel    to supplant, circumvent, take by the heel, follow at the heel, assail insidiously, overreach    5 times in 4 verses

20And Jehu said, Proclaim a solemn assembly for Baal. And they proclaimed it. 21And Jehu sent through all Israel: and all the worshippers of Baal came, so that there was not a man left that came not. And they came into the house of Baal; and the house of Baal was full from one end to another.22And he said to him that was over the vestry, Bring forth vestments for all the worshippers of Baal. And he brought them forth vestments.23And Jehu went, and Jehonadab the son of Rechab, into the house of Baal, and said to the worshippers of Baal, Search, and look that there be here with you none of the servants of the LORD, but the worshippers of Baal only. 24And when they went in to offer sacrifices and burnt offerings, Jehu appointed 80 men without, and said, If any of the men whom I have brought into your hands escape, he that lets him go, his life shall be for the life of him.

 Vestments  לְבוּשׁ lᵉbûwsh, leb-oosh’; or לְבֻשׁ lᵉbush; from H3847; a garment (literally or figuratively); by implication (euphemistically) a wife:—apparel, clothed with, clothing, garment, raiment, vestment, vesture.   32 times in 32 verses

לָבַשׁ lâbash, law-bash’; or לָבֵשׁ lâbêsh; a primitive root; properly, wrap around, i.e. (by implication) to put on a garment or clothe (oneself, or another), literally or figuratively:   112 times in 103 verses

25And it came to pass, as soon as he had made an end of offering the burnt offering, that Jehu said to the guard and to the captains, Go in, and slay them; let none come forth. And they smote them with the edge of the sword; and the guard and the captains cast them out, and went to the city of the house of Baal. 26And they brought forth the images out of the house of Baal, and burned them. 27And they broke down the image of Baal, and broke down the house of Baal, and made it a draught house to this day.

28Thus Jehu destroyed Baal out of Israel.

Jehu Repeats Jeroboam’s Sins

29However, from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin, Jehu departed not from after them, to wit, the golden calves that were in Bethel, and that were in Dan. 30And the LORD said to Jehu, Because you have done well in executing that which is right in my eyes, and have done to the house of Ahab according to all that was in my heart, your children of the 4th generation shall sit on the throne of Israel. 31But Jehu took no heed to walk in the law of the LORD God of Israel with all his heart: for he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam, which made Israel to sin.

Hazael Oppresses Israel

32In those days the LORD began to cut Israel short: and Hazael smote them in all the coasts of Israel; 33From Jordan eastward, all the land of Gilead, the Gadites, and the Reubenites, and the Manassites, from Aroer, which is by the river Arnon, even Gilead and Bashan.

Jehoahaz Succeeds Jehu in Israel

34Now the rest of the acts of Jehu, and all that he did, and all his might, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? 35And Jehu slept with his fathers: and they buried him in Samaria. And Jehoahaz his son reigned in his stead. 36And the time that Jehu reigned over Israel in Samaria was 28 years.

   2 KINGS 11 : Athaliah Queen in Judah

(2 Chronicles 22:10-12)

1And when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the seed royal. 2But Jehosheba, the daughter of king Joram, sister of Ahaziah, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him from among the king’s sons which were slain; and they hid him, even him and his nurse, in the bedchamber from Athaliah, so that he was not slain. 3And he was with her hid in the house of the LORD six years. And Athaliah did reign over the land.

Seed  זֶרַע zeraʻ, zeh’-rah; from H2232; seed; figuratively, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity:—× carnally, child, fruitful, seed(-time), sowing-time.    229 times in 205 verses

Royal  מַמְלָכָה mamlâkâh, mam-law-kaw’; from H4427; dominion, i.e. (abstractly) the estate (rule) or (concretely) the country (realm):—kingdom, king’s, reign, royal.  kingdom, dominion, reign, sovereignty    117 times in 113 verses

 Stole  גָּנַב gânab, gaw-nab’; a primitive root; to thieve (literally or figuratively); by implication, to deceive:—carry away, × indeed, secretly bring, steal (away), get by stealth 39 in 36

Nurse  יָנַק yânaq, yaw-nak’; a primitive root; to suck; causatively, to give milk:—milch, nurse(-ing mother), (give, make to) suck(-ing child, -ling).  32 times in 30 verses

Joash Anointed King in Judah

(2 Chronicles 23:1-11)

4And the seventh year Jehoiada sent and fetched the rulers over hundreds, with the captains and the guard, and brought them to him into the house of the LORD, and made a covenant with them, and took an oath of them in the house of the LORD, and showed them the king’s son. 5And he commanded them, saying, This is the thing that you shall do; A third part of you that enter in on the sabbath shall even be keepers of the watch of the king’s house; 6And a third part shall be at the gate of Sur; and a third part at the gate behind the guard: so shall you keep the watch of the house, that it be not broken down. 7And two parts of all you that go forth on the sabbath, even they shall keep the watch of the house of the LORD about the king. 8And you shall compass the king round about, every man with his weapons in his hand: and he that comes within the ranges, let him be slain: and be you with the king as he goes out and as he comes in.

Fetch  969 times in 909 verses

Rulers  שַׂר sar, sar; from H8323; a head person  421 in 368

Captains  כָּרִי kârîy, kaw-ree’; perhaps an abridged plural of H3733 in the sense of leader (of the flock); a life-guardsman:—captains, Cherethites (from the margin).   a group of foreign mercenary soldiers serving as a bodyguard for king David; also executioners  3 in 3

Oath  שָׁבַע shâbaʻ, shaw-bah’; a primitive root; properly to be complete, but used only as a denominative from H7651; to seven oneself, i.e. swear (as if by repeating a declaration seven times):   189 in 175

Sur = “turning aside”

Watch  מִשְׁמֶרֶת mishmereth, mish-mer’-reth; feminine of H4929; watch,  H4931 matches the Hebrew מִשְׁמֶרֶת (mishmereth),
which occurs 78 times in 69 verse

9And the captains over the hundreds did according to all things that Jehoiada the priest commanded: and they took every man his men that were to come in on the sabbath, with them that should go out on the sabbath, and came to Jehoiada the priest. 10And to the captains over hundreds did the priest give king David’s spears and shields, that were in the temple of the LORD. 11And the guard stood, every man with his weapons in his hand, round about the king, from the right corner of the temple to the left corner of the temple, along by the altar and the temple. 12And he brought forth the king’s son, and put the crown on him, and gave him the testimony; and they made him king, and anointed him; and they clapped their hands, and said, God save the king.

Spears  חֲנִית chănîyth, khan-eeth’; from H2583; a lance (for thrusting, like pitching a tent):—javelin, spear.  47 in 40

shield שֶׁלֶט sheleṭ, sheh’-let; from H7980; probably a shield (as controlling, i.e. protecting the person):—shield.  7 in 7

Temple  בַּיִת bayith, bah’-yith; probably from H1129 abbreviated; a house  2,055 times in 1,718

Right  יְמָנִי yᵉmânîy, yem-aw-nee’; from H3231; right (i.e. at the right hand):—(on the) right (hand).   33 in 19

יָמַן yâman, yaw-man’; a primitive root; to be (physically) right  4 in 4

Corner  כָּתֵף kâthêph, kaw-thafe’; from an unused root meaning to clothe; the shoulder (proper, i.e. upper end of the arm; as being the spot where the garments hang); figuratively, side-piece or lateral projection of anything:—arm, corner, shoulder(-piece), side, undersetter.   shoulder, shoulder-blade, side, slope    67 times in 58 verses

Altar  מִזְבֵּחַ mizbêach  402 in 338

Crown  נֶזֶר nezer, neh’-zer; or נֵזֶר nêzer; from H5144; properly, something set apart, i.e. (abstractly) dedication (of a priet or Nazirite); hence (concretely) unshorn locks; also (by implication) a chaplet (especially of royalty):—consecration, crown, hair, separation.  25 times in 22 verses   “diadem”

Anointed  מָשַׁח mâshach, maw-shakh’; a primitive root; to rub with oil, i.e. to anoint; by implication, to consecrate; also to paint:—anoint, paint.   to smear, anoint, spread a liquid    69 times in 66 verses

God Save  חָיָה châyâh, khaw-yaw’; a primitive root (compare H2331, H2421); to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revive:   to live, have life, remain alive, sustain life, live prosperously, live for ever, be quickened, be alive, be restored to life or health    271 times in 235 verses  live 153x

 

The Death of Athaliah

(2 Chronicles 23:12-15)

13And when Athaliah heard the noise of the guard and of the people, she came to the people into the temple of the LORD. 14And when she looked, behold, the king stood by a pillar, as the manner was, and the princes and the trumpeters by the king, and all the people of the land rejoiced, and blew with trumpets: and Athaliah rent her clothes, and cried, Treason, Treason. 15But Jehoiada the priest commanded the captains of the hundreds, the officers of the host, and said to them, Have her forth without the ranges: and him that follows her kill with the sword. For the priest had said, Let her not be slain in the house of the LORD. 16And they laid hands on her; and she went by the way by the which the horses came into the king’s house: and there was she slain.

Pillar  עַמּוּד ʻammûwd, am-mood’; or עַמֻּד ʻammud; from H5975; a column (as standing); also a stand, i.e. platform:   110 times in 84 verses

Trumpeters  חֲצֹצְרָה chătsôtsᵉrâh, khats-o-tser-aw’   trumpet, clarion   29 times in 27 verses

Treason  קֶשֶׁר qesher, keh’-sher; from H7194; an (unlawful) alliance:—confederacy, conspiracy, treason.   16 times in 13 verses

קָשַׁר qâshar, kaw-shar’; a primitive root; to tie, physically   44 times in 44 verses

Ranges  שְׂדֵרָה sᵉdêrâh, sed-ay-raw’; from an unused root meaning to regulate; a row, i.e. rank (of soldiers), story (of rooms):—board, range.  row, rank (of soldiers)   4 times in 4 verses

Jehoiada Restores the Worship of God

(2 Chronicles 23:16-21)

17And Jehoiada made a covenant between the LORD and the king and the people, that they should be the LORD’s people; between the king also and the people. 18And all the people of the land went into the house of Baal, and broke it down; his altars and his images broke they in pieces thoroughly, and slew Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars. And the priest appointed officers over the house of the LORD.19And he took the rulers over hundreds, and the captains, and the guard, and all the people of the land; and they brought down the king from the house of the LORD, and came by the way of the gate of the guard to the king’s house. And he sat on the throne of the kings. 20And all the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was in quiet: and they slew Athaliah with the sword beside the king’s house.

 Mattan = “a gift”  a priest of Baal in Jerusalem in the time of Athaliah;  father of Shephatiah in the time of Jeremiah

Break in Pieces  שָׁבַר shâbar, shaw-bar’; a primitive root; to burst (literally or figuratively):      152 times in 145 verses

Quite  שָׁקַט shâqaṭ, shaw-kat’; a primitive root; to repose (usually figurative):—appease, idleness, (at, be at, be in, give) quiet(-ness), (be at, be in, give, have, take) rest, settle, be still.   to be quiet, be tranquil, be at peace, be quiet, rest, lie still, be undisturbed   41 times in 41 verses

21Seven years old was Jehoash when he began to reign.

   2 KINGS 12 : Joash Repairs the Temple

(2 Chronicles 24:1-3)

1In the 7th year of Jehu Jehoash began to reign; and 40 years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Zibiah of Beersheba. 2And Jehoash did that which was right in the sight of the LORD all his days wherein Jehoiada the priest instructed him. 3But the high places were not taken away: the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places.

Jehoash = “given by the Lord”  son of king Ahaziah and the 8th king of Judah   son of king Jehoahaz and the 12th king of the northern kingdom of Israel   יְהוֹאָשׁ Yᵉhôwʼâsh, yeh-ho-awsh’; from H3068 and (perhaps) H784; Jehovah-fired; Jehoash, the name of two Israelite kings:—Jehoash.   17 times in 16 verses

Zibiah = “roe”  a native of Beersheba, wife of king Ahaziah and mother of king Joash both of Judah   Lexicon:  a female gazelle   2 times in 2 verses

4And Jehoash said to the priests, All the money of the dedicated things that is brought into the house of the LORD, even the money of every one that passes the account, the money that every man is set at, and all the money that comes into any man’s heart to bring into the house of the LORD, 5Let the priests take it to them, every man of his acquaintance: and let them repair the breaches of the house, wherever any breach shall be found.

 Repair  חָזַק châzaq, khaw-zak’; a primitive root; to fasten upon; hence, to seize, be strong (figuratively, courageous, causatively strengthen, cure, help, repair, fortify), obstinate; to bind, restrain, conquer:  290 times in 266 verses

Breach  בֶּדֶק bedeq, beh’-dek; from H918; a gap or leak (in a building or a ship):—breach, calker.  10 times in 8 verses

6But it was so, that in the 23rd year of king Jehoash the priests had not repaired the breaches of the house. 7Then king Jehoash called for Jehoiada the priest, and the other priests, and said to them, Why repair you not the breaches of the house? now therefore receive no more money of your acquaintance, but deliver it for the breaches of the house. 8And the priests consented to receive no more money of the people, neither to repair the breaches of the house.

9But Jehoiada the priest took a chest, and bored a hole in the lid of it, and set it beside the altar, on the right side as one comes into the house of the LORD: and the priests that kept the door put therein all the money that was brought into the house of the LORD. 10And it was so, when they saw that there was much money in the chest, that the king’s scribe and the high priest came up, and they put up in bags, and told the money that was found in the house of the LORD.

Chest  אָרוֹן ʼârôwn, aw-rone’; or אָרֹן ʼârôn; from H717 (in the sense of gathering); a box:—ark, chest, coffin.   202 times in 174 verses

Bored  נָקַב nâqab, naw-kab’; a primitive root; to puncture     25 times in 24 verses

Door  סַף çaph, saf; from H5605, in its original sense of containing; a vestibule (as a limit); also a dish (for holding blood or wine):—bason, bowl, cup, door (post), gate, post, threshold.     a spreading out, basin, goblet, bowl  basin, goblet   threshold, sill, door-keeper   32 times in 28 verses

11And they gave the money, being told, into the hands of them that did the work, that had the oversight of the house of the LORD: and they laid it out to the carpenters and builders, that worked on the house of the LORD,12And to masons, and hewers of stone, and to buy timber and hewed stone to repair the breaches of the house of the LORD, and for all that was laid out for the house to repair it. 13However, there were not made for the house of the LORD bowls of silver, snuffers, basins, trumpets, any vessels of gold, or vessels of silver, of the money that was brought into the house of the LORD: 14But they gave that to the workmen, and repaired therewith the house of the LORD. 15Moreover they reckoned not with the men, into whose hand they delivered the money to be bestowed on workmen: for they dealt faithfully. 16The trespass money and sin money was not brought into the house of the LORD: it was the priests’.

Work  מְלָאכָה mᵉlâʼkâh, mel-aw-kaw’; from the same as H4397; properly, deputyship, i.e. ministry; generally, employment (never servile) or work (abstractly or concretely); also property (as the result of labor):—business, cattle, industrious, occupation, ( -pied), officer, thing (made), use, (manner of) work((-man), -manship).  167 times in 149 verses

Carpenters  חָרָשׁ chârâsh, khaw-rawsh’; from H2790; a fabricator or any material:—artificer, (+) carpenter, craftsman, engraver, maker, mason, skilful, (+) smith, worker, workman, such as wrought.   craftsman, artisan, engraver, graver, artificer    33 times in 32 verses

חָרַשׁ chârash, khaw-rash’; a primitive root; to scratch, i.e. (by implication) to engrave, plough; hence (from the use of tools) to fabricate (of any material); figuratively, to devise (in a bad sense);  74 times in 66 verses

Builders  בָּנָה bânâh, baw-naw’; a primitive root; to build (literally and figuratively):   376 times in 345 verses

Mason  גָּדַר gâdar, gaw-dar’; a primitive root; to wall in or around:—close up, fence up, hedge, inclose, make up (a wall), mason, repairer.  10 times in 10 verses

Repair  חׇזְקָה chozqâh, khoz-kaw’; feminine of H2392; vehemence (usually in a bad sense):—force, mightily, repair, sharply.  H2394 matches the Hebrew חָזְקָה (chozqah), which occurs 6 times in 6 verses  force, might, strength, violence

Snuffers  מְזַמְּרָה mᵉzammᵉrâh, mez-am-mer-aw’; from H2168; a tweezer (only in the plural):—snuffers.   5 in 5

זָמַר zâmar, zaw-mar’; a primitive root (compare H2167, H5568, H6785); to trim (a vine):—prune.

Basons  מִזְרָק mizrâq, miz-rawk’; from H2236; a bowl (as if for sprinkling):—bason, bowl.  32 times in 32 verse

Gath = “winepress”  one of the five royal or chief cities of the Philistines and the native city of Goliath    H1661 matches the Hebrew גַּת (Gath), which occurs 33 times in 31 verses

The Reign of Joash Ends

(2 Chronicles 24:23-27)

17Then Hazael king of Syria went up, and fought against Gath, and took it: and Hazael set his face to go up to Jerusalem. 18And Jehoash king of Judah took all the hallowed things that Jehoshaphat, and Jehoram, and Ahaziah, his fathers, kings of Judah, had dedicated, and his own hallowed things, and all the gold that was found in the treasures of the house of the LORD, and in the king’s house, and sent it to Hazael king of Syria: and he went away from Jerusalem.

19And the rest of the acts of Joash, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? 20And his servants arose, and made a conspiracy, and slew Joash in the house of Millo, which goes down to Silla. 21For Jozachar the son of Shimeath, and Jehozabad the son of Shomer, his servants, smote him, and he died; and they buried him with his fathers in the city of David: and Amaziah his son reigned in his stead.

Millo = “rampart” or “mound” a place near Shechem; site unknown; a part of the fortifications of Jerusalem  10 times in 9 verses

Silla = “a highway”  the scene of the murder of king Joash of Judah; site unknown 1 in 1  סִלָּא Çillâʼ, sil-law’; from H5549; an embankment; Silla, a place in Jerusalem:—Silla.

סָלַל çâlal, saw-lal’; a primitive root; to mound up (especially a turnpike); figurative, to exalt; reflexively, to oppose (as by a dam):—cast up, exalt (self), extol, make plain, raise up.  12 times in 10 verses

Jozachar = “Jehovah remembers” a servant of king Joash of Judah and one of his murderers; also called ‘Zabad’  יוֹזָכָר Yôwzâkâr, yo-zaw-kawr’; from H3068 and H2142; Jehovah-remembered; Jozacar, an Israelite:—Jozachar.

זָכַר zâkar, zaw-kar’; a primitive root; also as denominative from H2145 properly, to mark (so as to be recognized), i.e. to remember; by implication, to mention; to be male:   236 times in 223 verses

Shimeath = “report”  an Ammonitess, mother of Jozachar or Zabad, one of the assassins of king Joash of Judah   שִׁמְעַת Shimʻath, shim-awth’; feminine of H8088; annunciation; Shimath, an Ammonitess:—Shimath.

שֵׁמַע shêmaʻ, shay’-mah; from H8085; something heard, i.e. a sound, rumor, announcement; abstractly, audience:—bruit, fame, hear(-ing), loud, report, speech, tidings.  18 times in 17 verses

שָׁמַע shâmaʻ, shaw-mah’; a primitive root; to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.):  1,161 times in 1,072 verses

Jehozabad = “Jehovah has endowed”  son of Shomer, a Moabitish woman, who murdered Joash, king of Judah  a Benjamite, captain of 180,000 armed men, in the days of Jehoshaphat  a Korhite Levite, 2nd son of Obededom, and one of the porters of the temple and of the storehouse there in the time of David

Shomer = “keeper”  son of Jehozabad or Shimrith the Moabitess and one of the conspirators who slew king Joash of Judah  2 times in 2 verse

שָׁמַר shâmar, shaw-mar’; a primitive root; properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.: to watch  468 times in 440 verses

Amaziah = “Jehovah is mighty” a king of Judah, son Joash, father of Azariah; a priest of Bethel under Jeroboam II; father of Joshah, of the tribe of Simeon; a Levite tabernacle singer in David’s day  40 times in 39 verses

   2 KINGS 13 : Jehoahaz’s Wicked Reign in Israel

1In the 23rd year of Joash the son of Ahaziah king of Judah Jehoahaz the son of Jehu began to reign over Israel in Samaria, and reigned 17 years. 2And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, and followed the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which made Israel to sin; he departed not therefrom. 3And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel, and he delivered them into the hand of Hazael king of Syria, and into the hand of Benhadad the son of Hazael, all their days. 4And Jehoahaz sought the LORD, and the LORD listened to him: for he saw the oppression of Israel, because the king of Syria oppressed them. 5(And the LORD gave Israel a savior, so that they went out from under the hand of the Syrians: and the children of Israel dwelled in their tents, as beforetime. 6Nevertheless they departed not from the sins of the house of Jeroboam, who made Israel sin, but walked therein: and there remained the grove also in Samaria.) 7Neither did he leave of the people to Jehoahaz but 50 horsemen, and 10 chariots, and 10,000 footmen; for the king of Syria had destroyed them, and had made them like the dust by threshing. 8Now the rest of the acts of Jehoahaz, and all that he did, and his might, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? 9And Jehoahaz slept with his fathers; and they buried him in Samaria: and Joash his son reigned in his stead.

Jehoahaz = “Jehovah has seized” a king of Judah and son of Josiah; a king of the northern kingdom of Israel and son of Jehu; a king of Judah and son of Jehoram (Ahaziah)  20 times in 19 verses

אָחַז ʼâchaz, aw-khaz’; a primitive root; to seize (often with the accessory idea of holding in possession):   67 times in 63 verses

Dust  עָפָר ʻâphâr, aw-fawr’; from H6080; dust (as powdered or gray); hence, clay, earth, mud:—ashes, dust, earth, ground, morter, powder, rubbish.  110 times in 103 verses

Threshing  דּוּשׁ dûwsh, doosh; or דּוֹשׁ dôwsh; or דִּישׁ dîysh; a primitive root; to trample or thresh:—break, tear, thresh, tread out (down), at grass  15 times in 14 verses

Thousand  1000  אֶלֶף ʼeleph, eh’-lef; prop, the same as H504; hence (the ox’s head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand:—thousand.    505 times in 391 verses

Jehoash’s Wicked Reign in Israel

10In the 37th year of Joash king of Judah began Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz to reign over Israel in Samaria, and reigned 16 years. 11And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD; he departed not from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel sin: but he walked therein. 12And the rest of the acts of Joash, and all that he did, and his might with which he fought against Amaziah king of Judah, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? 13And Joash slept with his fathers; and Jeroboam sat on his throne: and Joash was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel.

Elisha’s Final Prophecy

14Now Elisha was fallen sick of his sickness whereof he died. And Joash the king of Israel came down to him, and wept over his face, and said, O my father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and the horsemen thereof. 15And Elisha said to him, Take bow and arrows. And he took to him bow and arrows. 16And he said to the king of Israel, Put your hand on the bow. And he put his hand on it: and Elisha put his hands on the king’s hands. 17And he said, Open the window eastward. And he opened it. Then Elisha said, Shoot. And he shot. And he said, The arrow of the LORD’s deliverance, and the arrow of deliverance from Syria: for you shall smite the Syrians in Aphek, till you have consumed them. 18And he said, Take the arrows. And he took them. And he said to the king of Israel, Smite on the ground. And he smote thrice, and stayed. 19And the man of God was wroth with him, and said, You should have smitten five or six times; then had you smitten Syria till you had consumed it: whereas now you shall smite Syria but thrice.

 Sickness חֳלִי chŏlîy, khol-ee’; from H2470; malady, anxiety, calamity:—disease, grief, (is) sick(-ness).  24 times in 22 verses

Eastward  קֶדֶם qedem, keh’-dem; or קֵדְמָה qêdᵉmâh; from H6923; the front, of place (absolutely, the fore part, relatively the East) or time (antiquity); often used adverbially (before, anciently, eastward)   east, antiquity, front, that which is before, aforetime   87 times in 83 verses

Shoot  יָרָה yârâh, yaw-raw’; or (2 Chronicles 26:15) יָרָא yârâʼ; a primitive root; properly, to flow as water (i.e. to rain); transitively, to lay or throw (especially an arrow, i.e. to shoot); figuratively, to point out (as if by aiming the finger), to teach  84 times in 75 verses

Arrow  חֵץ chêts, khayts; from H2686; also by interchange for H6086 properly, a piercer, i.e. an arrow; by implication, a wound; figuratively, (of God) thunder-bolt; the shaft of a spear:— archer, arrow, dart, shaft, staff, wound.  53 times in 50 verses

Aphek or Aphik = “enclosure”; a Canaanite city near Jezreel; a city in territory of Asher; a city northeast of Beirut in Transjordan   9 times in 9 verses

Thrice  שָׁלוֹשׁ shâlôwsh, shaw-loshe’; or שָׁלֹשׁ shâlôsh; masculine שְׁלוֹשָׁה shᵉlôwshâh; or שְׁלֹשָׁה shᵉlôshâh; a primitive number; three; occasionally (ordinal) third, or (multiple) thrice:   430 times in 381 verses   3, 300, third

5:22  And Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah three ^H7969 hundred years, and begat sons and daughters:

6 Six  שֵׁשׁ shêsh, shaysh; masculine שִׁשָּׁה shishshâh; a primitive number; see H7797six (as an overplus beyond five or the fingers of the hand); as ordinal sixth:—six(-teen, -teenth), sixth.     215 times in 203 verses

20And Elisha died, and they buried him. And the bands of the Moabites invaded the land at the coming in of the year. 21And it came to pass, as they were burying a man, that, behold, they spied a band of men; and they cast the man into the sepulcher of Elisha: and when the man was let down, and touched the bones of Elisha, he revived, and stood up on his feet.

Bands   גְּדוּד gᵉdûwd, ghed-ood’; from H1413; a crowd (especially of soldiers):—army, band (of men), company, troop (of robbers).   34 times in 29 verses

גָּדַד gâdad, gaw-dad’; a primitive root (compare H1464); to crowd; also to gash (as if by pressing into):

Bones  עֶצֶם ʻetsem, eh’tsem; from H6105; a bone (as strong); by extension, the body; figuratively, the substance, i.e. (as pronoun) selfsame:  126 in 108

22But Hazael king of Syria oppressed Israel all the days of Jehoahaz. 23And the LORD was gracious to them, and had compassion on them, and had respect to them, because of his covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and would not destroy them, neither cast he them from his presence as yet.

24So Hazael king of Syria died; and Benhadad his son reigned in his stead. 25And Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz took again out of the hand of Benhadad the son of Hazael the cities, which he had taken out of the hand of Jehoahaz his father by war. 3 times did Joash beat him, and recovered the cities of Israel.

   2 KINGS 14 : Amaziah’s Good Reign in Judah

(2 Chronicles 25:1-4)

1In the second year of Joash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel reigned Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah. 2He was 25 years old when he began to reign, and reigned 29 years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem.3And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, yet not like David his father: he did according to all things as Joash his father did.4However, the high places were not taken away: as yet the people did sacrifice and burnt incense on the high places. 5And it came to pass, as soon as the kingdom was confirmed in his hand, that he slew his servants which had slain the king his father. 6But the children of the murderers he slew not: according to that which is written in the book of the law of Moses, wherein the LORD commanded, saying, The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, nor the children be put to death for the fathers; but every man shall be put to death for his own sin.

 Jehoaddan = “Jehovah delights”  wife of king Joash and mother of king Amaziah of Judah 2 in 2

7He slew of Edom in the valley of salt 10,000, and took Selah by war, and called the name of it Joktheel to this day.

Salt   מֶלַח melach, meh’-lakh; from H4414; properly, powder, i.e. (specifically) salt (as easily pulverized and dissolved):—salt(-pit).  28 times in 26 verse

Sela = “the rock” a place in Edom; perhaps an early name for ‘Petra’ 2 times in 2

Joktheel = “the blessedness of God” a city in the low country of Judah named next to Lachish; the name given to the cliff which was the stronghold of Edom by king Amaziah after capturing it; also called ‘Selah’ and ‘Petra’  Lexicon : Subdued by God  2 times in 2

8Then Amaziah sent messengers to Jehoash, the son of Jehoahaz son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, Come, let us look one another in the face. 9And Jehoash the king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, The thistle that was in Lebanon sent to the cedar that was in Lebanon, saying, Give your daughter to my son to wife: and there passed by a wild beast that was in Lebanon, and stepped down the thistle.10You have indeed smitten Edom, and your heart has lifted you up: glory of this, and tarry at home: for why should you meddle to your hurt, that you should fall, even you, and Judah with you?

 Thistle  חוֹחַ chôwach, kho’-akh; from an unused root apparently meaning to pierce; a thorn; by analogy, a ring for the nose:  11 times in 9 verses

Mettle  גָּרָה gârâh, gaw-raw’; a primitive root; properly, to grate, i.e. (figuratively) to anger:—contend, meddle, stir up, strive.  14 times in 13 verses

11But Amaziah would not hear. Therefore Jehoash king of Israel went up; and he and Amaziah king of Judah looked one another in the face at Bethshemesh, which belongs to Judah. 12And Judah was put to the worse before Israel; and they fled every man to their tents. 13And Jehoash king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Jehoash the son of Ahaziah, at Bethshemesh, and came to Jerusalem, and broke down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim to the corner gate, 400 cubits. 14And he took all the gold and silver, and all the vessels that were found in the house of the LORD, and in the treasures of the king’s house, and hostages, and returned to Samaria.

Beth-shemesh = “house of the sun” or “sun-temple”; a town in southwest Judah; a town in Naphtali; a town in Issachar; a town in Egypt    H1053 matches the Hebrew בֵּית  שֶׁמֶשׁ (Beyth Shemesh),  which occurs 21 times in 19 verses

400 cubits  =  7,200 inches ::  600 ft ::  200 yards

Corner  פִּנָּה pinnâh, pin-naw’; feminine of H6434; an angle; by implication, a pinnacle; figuratively, a chieftain:—bulwark, chief, corner, stay, tower.  Lexicon: used of a prince of a people, a mural tower, turning itself  28 times in 28 verses

פֵּן pên, pane; from an unused root meaning to turn; an angle (of a street or wall):—corner.

4  Four  אַרְבַּע ʼarbaʻ, ar-bah’; masculine אַרְבָּעָה ʼarbâʻâh; from H7251; four:—four.

רָבַע râbaʻ, raw-bah’; a primitive root (rather identical with H7250 through the idea of sprawling ‘at all fours’ (or possibly the reverse is the order of derivation);  To be square   12 times in 12 verses

4096 = 64²

Hostages  בֵּן bên, bane; from H1129; a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.):    4,906 times in 3,654 verses

Jeroboam II Succeeds Jehoash in Israel

15Now the rest of the acts of Jehoash which he did, and his might, and how he fought with Amaziah king of Judah, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? 16And Jehoash slept with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel; and Jeroboam his son reigned in his stead.

Uzziah Succeeds Amaziah in Judah

(2 Chronicles 26:1-5)

17And Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived after the death of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel 15 years. 18And the rest of the acts of Amaziah, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? 19Now they made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem: and he fled to Lachish; but they sent after him to Lachish, and slew him there. 20And they brought him on horses: and he was buried at Jerusalem with his fathers in the city of David. 21And all the people of Judah took Azariah, which was 16 years old, and made him king instead of his father Amaziah. 22He built Elath, and restored it to Judah, after that the king slept with his fathers.

Lachish = “invincible”  a city lying south of Jerusalem on the borders of Simeon and which belonged to the Amorites until conquered by Joshua and allotted to Judah   לָכִישׁ Lâkîysh, law-keesh’; from an unused root of uncertain meaning; Lakish, a place in Palestine:—Lachish.   H3923 matches the Hebrew לָכִישׁ (Lachiysh), which occurs 24 times in 22 verses

Azariah = “Jehovah has helped”; son of king Amaziah of Judah and king of Judah himself for 52 years; also ‘Uzziah’; the godly friend of Daniel who Nebuchadnezzar renamed Abednego; one of the three friends who with Daniel refused to make themselves unclean by eating food from the king’s table which went against the dietary laws which God had given the Jews; also one of the three who were thrown into the fiery furnace for refusing to bow down to a graven image of Nebuchadnezzar and who were saved by the angel of the Lord; also, ‘Abednego’ (05664 or 05665); son of Nathan and an officer of Solomon; perhaps David’s grandson and Solomon’s nephew; a prophet in the days of king Asa of Judah; son of king Jehoshaphat of Judah and brother to 5;  another son of king Jehoshaphat of Judah and brother to 4;; a priest, son of Ahimaaz, grandson of Zadok and high priest in the reign of king Solomon;; the high priest in the reign of king Uzziah of Judah;; a priest who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah; probably same as 18;; a Kohathite Levite, father of Joel in the reign of king Hezekiah of Judah;; a Merarite Levite, son of Jehalelel in the reign of king Hezekiah of Judah;; a Kohathite Levite, son of Zephaniah and ancestor of Samuel the prophet;; a Levite who helped Ezra in instructing the people in the law;;  son of Jeroham and one of the temple captains of Judah in the time of queen Athaliah; probably the same as 21;;  son of Maaseiah who repaired part of the wall of Jerusalem in the time of Nehemiah;;  one of the leaders who returned from Babylon with Zerubbabel;;  a man who assisted in the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem in the time of Nehemiah; probably the same as 10;;   son of Johanan, one of the captains of Ephraim in the reign of king Ahaz of Judah;;  a Judaite, son of Ethan of the sons of Zerah;;  a Judaite, son of Jehu of the family of the Jerahmeelites and descended from Jarha the Egyptian slave of Sheshan; probably one of the captains of the time of queen Athaliah and the same as 15;;  a priest, son of Hilkiah;;  a priest, son of Johanan;;  son of king Jehoram of Judah; probably clerical error for ‘Ahaziah’;;  son of Meraioth;;  son of Hoshaiah and one of the proud men who confronted Jeremiah   עֲזַרְיָה ʻĂzaryâh, az-ar-yaw’; or עֲזַרְיָהוּ ʻĂzaryâhûw; from H5826 and H3050; Jah has helped; Azarjah, the name of nineteen Israelites:—Azariah.   48 times in 44 verses

Elath or Eloth = “grove of lofty trees”;  a port on the north-east arm of the Red Sea   8 times in 6 verses

Jeroboam II Reigns in Israel

23In the 15th year of Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel began to reign in Samaria, and reigned 41 years. 24And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD: he departed not from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin. 25He restored the coast of Israel from the entering of Hamath to the sea of the plain, according to the word of the LORD God of Israel, which he spoke by the hand of his servant Jonah, the son of Amittai, the prophet, which was of Gathhepher.26For the LORD saw the affliction of Israel, that it was very bitter: for there was not any shut up, nor any left, nor any helper for Israel. 27And the LORD said not that he would blot out the name of Israel from under heaven: but he saved them by the hand of Jeroboam the son of Joash.

 Hamath = “fortress”;  the principle city of upper Syria in the valley of the Orontes    37 times in 35 verses

Plain  עֲרָבָה ʻărâbâh, ar-aw-baw’; from H6150 (in the sense of sterility); a desert; especially (with the article prefix) the (generally) sterile valley of the Jordan and its continuation to the Red Sea:—Arabah, champaign, desert, evening, heaven, plain, wilderness.    61 times in 57 verses 

Jonah = “dove”  son of Amittai and a native of Gath-hepher; 5th of the minor prophets who prophesied during the reign of Jeroboam II and whom God sent also to prophecy to Nineveh   יוֹנָה Yôwnâh, yo-naw’; the same as H3123; Jonah, an Israelite:—Jonah.   19 times in 17 verses

יוֹנָה yôwnâh, yo-naw’; probably from the same as H3196; a dove (apparently from the warmth of their mating):—dove, pigeon    32 times in 32 verses

יַיִן yayin, yah’-yin; from an unused root meaning to effervesce; wine (as fermented); by implication, intoxication:—banqueting, wine, wine(-bibber).    140 times in 134 verse

Amittai = “my truth”  the father of Jonah the prophet   אֲמִתַּי ʼĂmittay, am-it-tah’ee; from H571; veracious; Amittai, an Israelite:—Amittai.  2 times in 2

Gath-hepher or Gittah-hepher = “the winepress of digging”  home town of Jonah on the border of Zebulun   גַּת־הַחֵפֶר Gath-ha-Chêpher, gath-hah-khay’-fer; or (abridged) גִּתָּה־חֵפֶר Gittâh-Chêpher; from H1660 and H2658 with the article inserted; wine-press of (the) well; Gath-Chepher, a place in Palestine:—Gath-kephr, Gittah-kephr. 2 in 2

Affliction  עֳנִי ʻŏnîy, on-ee’; from H6031; depression, i.e. misery:—afflicted(-ion), trouble.   37 times in 37 verses

עָנָה ʻânâh, aw-naw’; a primitive root (possibly rather identical with H6030 through the idea of looking down or browbeating); to depress literally or figuratively, transitive or intransitive (in various applications, as follows):  84 times in 80 verses

Bitter  מָרָה mârâh, maw-raw’; a primitive root; to be (causatively, make) bitter (or unpleasant); (figuratively) to rebel (or resist; causatively, to provoke):—bitter, change, be disobedient, disobey, grievously, provocation, provoke(-ing), (be) rebel (against, -lious).    44 times in 43 verses

Blot  מָחָה mâchâh, maw-khaw’; a primitive root; properly, to stroke or rub; by implication, to erase; also to smooth (as if with oil), i.e. grease or make fat; also to touch, i.e. reach to:   36 times in 32 verse  (blot, put, etc)…out (17x)

Saved  יָשַׁע yâshaʻ, yaw-shah’; a primitive root; properly, to be open, wide or free, i.e. (by implication) to be safe; causatively, to free or succor:—× at all, avenging, defend, deliver(-er), help, preserve, rescue, be safe, bring (having) salvation, save(-iour), get victory.    205 times in 198 verse

28Now the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, and all that he did, and his might, how he warred, and how he recovered Damascus, and Hamath, which belonged to Judah, for Israel, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? 29And Jeroboam slept with his fathers, even with the kings of Israel; and Zachariah his son reigned in his stead.

Zechariah = “Jehovah remembers”;  11th in order of the minor prophets; a priest, son of Berechiah and grandson of Iddo, who, along with Haggai, directed the rebuilding of the temple in the days of Zerubbabel;  king of Israel, son of Jeroboam II   זְכַרְיָה Zᵉkaryâh, zek-ar-yaw’; or זְכַרְיָהוּ Zᵉkaryâhûw; from H2142 and H3050; Jah has remembered; Zecarjah, the name of twenty-nine Israelites:—Zachariah, Zechariah.  43 times in 43 verses

   2 KINGS 15 : Azariah’s Good Reign in Judah

1In the 27th year of Jeroboam king of Israel began Azariah son of Amaziah king of Judah to reign. 216 years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned 52 years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Jecholiah of Jerusalem. 3And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father Amaziah had done; 4Save that the high places were not removed: the people sacrificed and burnt incense still on the high places. 5And the LORD smote the king, so that he was a leper to the day of his death, and dwelled in a several house. And Jotham the king’s son was over the house, judging the people of the land. 6And the rest of the acts of Azariah, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? 7So Azariah slept with his fathers; and they buried him with his fathers in the city of David: and Jotham his son reigned in his stead.

53 is the 16th prime

Jecoliah or Jecholiah = “Jehovah is able”; wife of king Amaziah of Judah and mother of king Uzziah (Azariah) 2 in 2 

Jotham = “Jehovah is perfect”  son of king Uzziah of Judah by Jerushah; king of Judah for 16 years and contemporary with Isaiah and king Pekah of Israel;  son of Jahdai and a descendant of Caleb and Judah;  youngest son of Gideon who escaped from the massacre of his brothers   24 times in 24 verses

Zechariah Reigns in Israel

8In the 38th year of Azariah king of Judah did Zachariah the son of Jeroboam reign over Israel in Samaria 6 months. 9And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, as his fathers had done: he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin. 10And Shallum the son of Jabesh conspired against him, and smote him before the people, and slew him, and reigned in his stead. 11And the rest of the acts of Zachariah, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel. 12This was the word of the LORD which he spoke to Jehu, saying, Your sons shall sit on the throne of Israel to the fourth generation. And so it came to pass.

Shallum = “retribution”; son of Jabesh, conspirator and slayer of king Zachariah of the northern kingdom of Israel ending the dynasty of Jehu; assumed the throne and became the 15th king of the northern kingdom; reigned for one month and was killed by Menahem; the 3rd son of king Josiah of Judah and subsequent king of Judah; reigned for 3 months before he was taken captive to Egypt where he was placed in chains and later died;  also ‘Jehoahaz’  27 times in 26 verses

Shallum Reigns in Israel

13Shallum the son of Jabesh began to reign in the 39th year of Uzziah king of Judah; and he reigned a full month in Samaria.14For Menahem the son of Gadi went up from Tirzah, and came to Samaria, and smote Shallum the son of Jabesh in Samaria, and slew him, and reigned in his stead. 15And the rest of the acts of Shallum, and his conspiracy which he made, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel. 16Then Menahem smote Tiphsah, and all that were therein, and the coasts thereof from Tirzah: because they opened not to him, therefore he smote it; and all the women therein that were with child he ripped up.

Jabesh = “dry”  a town in the territory of Gilead; according to Eusebius, it is beyond the Jordan, 6 miles (10 km) from Pella, on the mountain road to Gerasa; site unknown but may be modern ‘Wadi Yabes’;  father of Shallum, the 15th king of the northern kingdom    24 times in 21 verses

Menahem Reigns in Israel

17In the 39th year of Azariah king of Judah began Menahem the son of Gadi to reign over Israel, and reigned 10 years in Samaria. 18And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD: he departed not all his days from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin.

 Menahem = “comforter”;  16th King;  son of Gadi and king of the northern kingdom of Israel; slew the usurper Shallum to ascend the throne and reigned for ten years; contemporary with prophets Hosea and Amos   8 times in 8 verses

נָחַם nâcham, naw-kham’; a primitive root; properly, to sigh, i.e. breathe strongly; by implication, to be sorry, i.e. (in a favorable sense) to pity, console or (reflexively) rue; or (unfavorably) to avenge (oneself):—comfort (self), ease (one’s self), repent(-er,-ing, self).   108 times in 100 verses

Gadi = “my fortune”  the Gadite father of Menahem, a king of Israel   2 times in 2 verse

Tiphsah = “cross over”;  a place at the northeast limit of Solomon’s empire; located on the Euphrates river;  a place in the northern kingdom of Israel which king Menahem attacked and where he ripped open all the pregnant women   תִּפְסַח Tiphçach, tif-sakh’; from H6452; ford; Tiphsach, a place in Mesopotamia:—Tipsah.    2 times in 2 verses

Pregnant  הָרֶה hâreh, haw-reh’; or הָרִי hârîy; (Hosea 14:1), from H2029; pregnant:—(be, woman) with child, conceive, × great.  16 times in 16 verses

הָרָה hârâh, haw-raw’; a primitive root; to be (or become) pregnant, conceive (literally or figuratively):—been, be with child, conceive, progenitor.   43 times in 42 verses

Ripped Up  בָּקַע bâqaʻ, baw-kah’; a primitive root; to cleave; generally, to rend, break, rip or open:—make a breach, break forth (into, out, in pieces, through, up), be ready to burst, cleave (asunder), cut out, divide, hatch, rend (asunder), rip up, tear, win.   51 times in 50 verses

19And Pul the king of Assyria came against the land: and Menahem gave Pul a 1000 talents of silver, that his hand might be with him to confirm the kingdom in his hand. 20And Menahem exacted the money of Israel, even of all the mighty men of wealth, of each man 50 shekels of silver, to give to the king of Assyria. So the king of Assyria turned back, and stayed not there in the land. 21And the rest of the acts of Menahem, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? 22And Menahem slept with his fathers; and Pekahiah his son reigned in his stead.

Pul = “distinguishing”;  the Babylonian name for Tiglath-pileser III, king of Assyria   פּוּל Pûwl, pool; of foreign origin; Pul, the name of an Assyrian king and of an Ethiopian tribe:—Pul.   Lex:  Perhaps interpreted as “Elephant” by the Hebrews;  The mouth, door, entrance.   4 times in 3 verses

Pekahiah Reigns in Israel

23In the 50th year of Azariah king of Judah Pekahiah the son of Menahem began to reign over Israel in Samaria, and reigned 2 years.24And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD: he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin. 25But Pekah the son of Remaliah, a captain of his, conspired against him, and smote him in Samaria, in the palace of the king’s house, with Argob and Arieh, and with him 50 men of the Gileadites: and he killed him, and reigned in his room. 26And the rest of the acts of Pekahiah, and all that he did, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.

Pekahiah = “Jehovah sees”; son of king Menahem of the northern kingdom of Israel, succeeded to the throne as the 17th king and ruled for 2 years when he was murdered by one of the captains of his army, Pekah   פְּקַחְיָה Pᵉqachyâh, pek-akh-yaw’; from H6491 and H3050; Jah has observed; Pekachjah, an Israelite king:—Pekahiah.  “Whose eyes Jehovah opened”  3 times in 3 verses

פָּקַח pâqach, paw-kakh’; a primitive root; to open (the senses, especially the eyes); figuratively, to be observant:—open.  20 times in 18 verses

Pekah = “opened”;  son of Remaliah, originally a captain of king Pekahiah of Israel, murdered Pekahiah, usurped the throne and became the 18th king of the northern kingdom of Israel  פֶּקַח Peqach, peh’-kakh; from H6491; watch; Pekach, an Israelite king:—Pekah.  “open-eyed”   11 times in 11 verses

Argob = “heap of clods|Stones” one of king Pekah’s officers; a district or area in Bashan  אַרְגֹּב ʼArgôb, ar-gobe’; from the same as H7263; stony; Argob, a district of Palestine:—Argob.  Lexicon  : “heap of stones” of a region situated beyond Jordan, in which were 60 cities subject to Og of Bashan  5 times in 5 verses

רֶגֶב regeb, reh’-gheb; from an unused root meaning to pile together; a lump of clay:—clod.  clod (of earth)

Remaliah = “protected by Jehovah”;  father of king Pekah of the northern kingdom of Israel   רְמַלְיָהוּ Rᵉmalyâhûw, rem-al-yaw’-hoo; from an unused root and H3050(perhaps meaning to deck); Jah has bedecked; Remaljah, an Israelite:—Remaliah.  Lex:  “whom Jehovah adorned”  13 times in 13 verses

Arieh = “lion” an officer of king Pekahiah 1 in 1

אֲרִי ʼărîy, ar-ee’; or (prolonged) אַרְיֵה ʼaryêh; from H717 (in the sense of violence); a lion:—(young) lion, pierce (from the margin).  lion, pictures or images of lions  80 times in 72 verses

Pekah Reigns in Israel

27In the 52nd year of Azariah king of Judah Pekah the son of Remaliah began to reign over Israel in Samaria, and reigned 20 years. 28And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD: he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin.

29In the days of Pekah king of Israel came Tiglathpileser king of Assyria, and took Ijon, and Abelbethmaachah, and Janoah, and Kedesh, and Hazor, and Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali, and carried them captive to Assyria. 30And Hoshea the son of Elah made a conspiracy against Pekah the son of Remaliah, and smote him, and slew him, and reigned in his stead, in the twentieth year of Jotham the son of Uzziah. 31And the rest of the acts of Pekah, and all that he did, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.

Tiglath-pileser or Tilgath-pilneser = “thou will uncover the wonderful bond”;  an Assyrian king who attacked Samaria or northern kingdom of Israel in the reign of Pekah   6 times in 6 verses

Ijon = “a ruin” a place in the north of Palestine belonging to the tribe of Naphtali

Abel Beth Maachah = “meadow of the house of Maachah”  city in northern Israel near Beth Maachah

Janoah or Janohah = “He rests” a place apparently in the north of Galilee in Naphtali, taken by Tiglath-pileser in his first incursion into Palestine  3 in 3

Kedesh = “holy place”; a city in the extreme south of Judah; same as ‘Kadesh’ and ‘Kadesh-barnea’; a city of Issachar allotted to the Gershonite Levites; a fortified Canaanite city allotted to Naphtali;  a city of refuge in Naphtali;  קֶדֶשׁ Qedesh, keh’-desh; from H6942; a sanctum; Kedesh, the name of four places in Palestine:—Kedesh.  12 times in 12 verses

קָדַשׁ qâdash, kaw-dash’; a primitive root; to be (causatively, make, pronounce or observe as) clean (ceremonially or morally):  קָדַשׁ qâdash, kaw-dash’; a primitive root; to be (causatively, make, pronounce or observe as) clean (ceremonially or morally):  173 times in 153 verse

Hazor = “castle” a royal city of northern Palestine allotted to Naphtali; one of the cities of Judah in the extreme south; a town north of Jerusalem in which the Benjamites resided after the return from exile; Jotham’s Good Reign in Judah  חָצוֹר Châtsôwr, khaw-tsore’; a collective form of H2691; village; Chatsor, the name (thus simply) of two places in Palestine and of one in Arabia:—Hazor.  19 times in 17 verses

Gilead = “rocky region” a mountainous region bounded on the west by the Jordan, on the north by Bashan, on the east by the Arabian plateau, and on the south by Moab and Ammon; sometimes called ‘Mount Gilead’ or the ‘land of Gilead’ or just ‘Gilead’. Divided into north and south Gilead  134 in 123

Hosea or Hoshea or Oshea = “salvation” family name of Joshua, the son of Nun; the 19th and last king of the northern kingdom of Israel; son of Beeri, and the first of the minor prophets; prophet to the northern kingdom of Israel in the reign of Jeroboam II; a son of Azaziah, a chief of Ephraim in the time of David;  an Israelite chief who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah   16 times in 15 verses

Elah = “An oak”  16 times in 15 verses

Uzziah = “my strength is Jehovah”;  son of king Amaziah of Judah and king of Judah himself for 52 years; also ‘Azariah’; a Kohathite Levite and ancestor of Samuel; a priest of the sons of Harim who took a foreign wife in the time of Ezra; a Judaite, father of Athaiah or Uthai; father of Jehonathan, one of David’s overseers; Lex:  “power of Jehovah”  27 times in 26 verses

(2 Chronicles 27:1-9)

32In the second year of Pekah the son of Remaliah king of Israel began Jotham the son of Uzziah king of Judah to reign. 3325 years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned 16 years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Jerusha, the daughter of Zadok. 34And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD: he did according to all that his father Uzziah had done. 35However, the high places were not removed: the people sacrificed and burned incense still in the high places. He built the higher gate of the house of the LORD. 36Now the rest of the acts of Jotham, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? 37In those days the LORD began to send against Judah Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah. 38And Jotham slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father: and Ahaz his son reigned in his stead.

Jerushah or Jerusha = “dispossessor”; the wife of king Uzziah and mother of king Jotham of Judah Lex: Possessed by a husband  2 in 2

Zadok = “righteous”   53 times in 50 verses

Ahaz = “he has grasped” king of Judah, son Jotham, father of Hezekiah; Lex:  “possessing”, “possessor”  H271 matches the Hebrew אָחָז (‘Achaz), which occurs 41 times in 39 verses

אָחַז ʼâchaz, aw-khaz’; a primitive root; to seize (often with the accessory idea of holding in possession):— be affrighted, bar, (catch, lay, take) hold (back), come upon, fasten, handle, portion, (get, have or take) possess(-ion).   67 in 63

   2 KINGS 16 : Ahaz Reigns Wickedly in Judah

(2 Chronicles 28:1-4)

1In the 17th year of Pekah the son of Remaliah Ahaz the son of Jotham king of Judah began to reign. 220 years old was Ahaz when he began to reign, and reigned 16 years in Jerusalem, and did not that which was right in the sight of the LORD his God, like David his father. 3But he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, yes, and made his son to pass through the fire, according to the abominations of the heathen, whom the LORD cast out from before the children of Israel. 4And he sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places, and on the hills, and under every green tree.

5Then Rezin king of Syria and Pekah son of Remaliah king of Israel came up to Jerusalem to war: and they besieged Ahaz, but could not overcome him. 6At that time Rezin king of Syria recovered Elath to Syria, and drove the Jews from Elath: and the Syrians came to Elath, and dwelled there to this day.

 Rezin = “firm”  king of Damascus during the reigns of kings Jotham and Ahaz of Judah;  the progenitor of a family of temple slaves who returned from captivity with Zerubbabel   11 times in 11 verses

רָצוֹן râtsôwn, raw-tsone’; or רָצֹן râtsôn; from H7521; delight (especially as shown):—(be) acceptable(-ance, -ed), delight, desire, favour, (good) pleasure, (own, self, voluntary) will, as…(what) would.  56 times in 56 verses

Elath or Eloth = “grove of lofty trees”  a port on the north-east arm of the Red Sea   8 times in 6 verses

7So Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglathpileser king of Assyria, saying, I am your servant and your son: come up, and save me out of the hand of the king of Syria, and out of the hand of the king of Israel, which rise up against me. 8And Ahaz took the silver and gold that was found in the house of the LORD, and in the treasures of the king’s house, and sent it for a present to the king of Assyria. 9And the king of Assyria listened to him: for the king of Assyria went up against Damascus, and took it, and carried the people of it captive to Kir, and slew Rezin.

Kir = “wall”  קִיר Qîyr, keer; the same as H7023; fortress; Kir, a place in Assyrian; also one in Moab:—Kir. Compare H7025.   5 in 5

Damascus Falls

(2 Chronicles 28:16-21; Amos 1:1-15)

10And king Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglathpileser king of Assyria, and saw an altar that was at Damascus: and king Ahaz sent to Urijah the priest the fashion of the altar, and the pattern of it, according to all the workmanship thereof. 11And Urijah the priest built an altar according to all that king Ahaz had sent from Damascus: so Urijah the priest made it against king Ahaz came from Damascus. 12And when the king was come from Damascus, the king saw the altar: and the king approached to the altar, and offered thereon. 13And he burnt his burnt offering and his meat offering, and poured his drink offering, and sprinkled the blood of his peace offerings, on the altar. 14And he brought also the brazen altar, which was before the LORD, from the forefront of the house, from between the altar and the house of the LORD, and put it on the north side of the altar. 15And king Ahaz commanded Urijah the priest, saying, On the great altar burn the morning burnt offering, and the evening meat offering, and the king’s burnt sacrifice, and his meat offering, with the burnt offering of all the people of the land, and their meat offering, and their drink offerings; and sprinkle on it all the blood of the burnt offering, and all the blood of the sacrifice: and the brazen altar shall be for me to inquire by. 16Thus did Urijah the priest, according to all that king Ahaz commanded.

 Uriah or Urijah = “Jehovah (Yahweh) is my light (flame)” Hittite husband of Bathsheba; a priest who built king Ahaz’ heathen altar; a priest who rebuilt Jerusalem’s wall; a prophet slain by Jehoiakim  39 times in 33 verses

Fashion  דְּמוּת dᵉmûwth, dem-ooth’; from H1819; resemblance; concretely, model, shape; adverbially, like:—fashion, like (-ness, as), manner, similitude.  25 times in 22 verses

Pattern  תַּבְנִית tabnîyth, tab-neeth’; from H1129; structure; by implication, a model, resemblance:—figure, form, likeness, pattern, similitude.  20 in 17

17And king Ahaz cut off the borders of the bases, and removed the laver from off them; and took down the sea from off the brazen oxen that were under it, and put it on the pavement of stones. 18And the covert for the sabbath that they had built in the house, and the king’s entry without, turned he from the house of the LORD for the king of Assyria.

Borders  מִסְגֶּרֶת miçgereth, mis-gheh’-reth; from H5462; something enclosing, i.e. a margin (of a region, of a panel); concretely, a stronghold:—border, close place, hole.   17 times in 14 verses

סָגַר çâgar, saw-gar‘; a primitive root; to shut up; figuratively, to surrender:   93 in 87

Bases  מְכוֹנָה mᵉkôwnâh, mek-o-naw’; or מְכֹנָה mᵉkônâh; feminine of H4349; a pedestal, also a spot:—base.  fixed resting place, base, pedestal  23 times in 18 verses

Lavar  כִּיּוֹר kîyôwr, kee-yore’; or כִּיֹּר kîyôr; from the same as H3564; properly, something round (as excavated or bored), i.e. a chafing-dish for coals or a caldron for cooking; hence (from similarity of form) a washbowl; also (for the same reason) a pulpit or platform:—hearth, laver, pan, scaffold.  pot, basin, laver, pan   23 times in 20 verses

כּוּר kûwr, koor; from an unused root meaning properly, to dig through; a pot or furnace (as if excavated):—furnace  9 times in 9

Pavement  מַרְצֶפֶת martsepheth, mar-tseh’-feth; from H7528; a pavement:—pavement   a place laid out with stones  1 in 1

רָצַף râtsaph, raw-tsaf’; a denominative from H7529; to tessellate, i.e. embroider (as if with bright stones):—pave.  to fit together, fit out, pattern 1 in 1

רֶצֶף retseph, reh’-tsef; for H7565; a red-hot stone (for baking):—coal.   1 in 1

רֶשֶׁף resheph, reh’-shef; from H8313; a live coal; by analogy lightning; figuratively, an arrow, (as flashing through the air); specifically, fever:—arrow, (burning) coal, burning heat, spark, hot thunderbolt.  flame, firebolt, spark  7 times in 6 verses

שָׂרַף sâraph, saw-raf’; a primitive root; to be (causatively, set) on fire:  to burn    117 times in 107 verses

Covert  מֵיסָךְ mêyçâk, may-sawk’; from H5526; a portico (as covered):—covert.    Covered Structure    2 times in 1 verses

סָכַךְ çâkak, saw-kak’; or שָׂכַךְ sâkak; (Exodus 33:22), a primitive root; properly, to entwine as a screen; by implication, to fence in, cover over, (figuratively) protect:—cover, defence, defend, hedge in, join together, set, shut up.  to weave together, to hedge, fence about, shut in  24 times in 23 verses    To interweave, especially boughs to make a hedge, or to construct a booth

Sabbath   108 times in 89 verses

Hezekiah Succeeds Ahaz in Judah

(2 Chronicles 28:26-27)

19Now the rest of the acts of Ahaz which he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? 20And Ahaz slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David: and Hezekiah his son reigned in his stead.

   2 KINGS 17 : Hoshea the Last King of Israel

1In the 12th year of Ahaz king of Judah began Hoshea the son of Elah to reign in Samaria over Israel nine years.

Ahaz = “he has grasped”  אָחָז ʼÂchâz, aw-khawz’; from H270; possessor; Achaz, the name of a Jewish king and of an Israelite:—Ahaz.  41 in 39

Hosea or Hoshea or Oshea = “salvation”  family name of Joshua, the son of Nun;  the 19th and last king of the northern kingdom of Israel;  son of Beeri, and the first of the minor prophets; prophet to the northern kingdom of Israel in the reign of Jeroboam II;  הוֹשֵׁעַ Hôwshêaʻ, ho-shay’-ah; from H3467; deliverer; Hoshea, the name of five Israelites:—Hosea, Hoshea, Oshea.  16 in 15

Elah  Elah = “An oak”    אֵלָה ʼÊlâh, ay-law’; the same as H424; Elah, the name of an Edomite, of four Israelites, and also of a place in Palestine:—Elah.   Lexicon:  the terebinth   16 in 15

Reign  מָלַךְ mâlak, maw-lak’; a primitive root; to reign; inceptively, to ascend the throne; causatively, to induct into royalty; hence (by implication) to take counsel:—consult, × indeed, be (make, set a, set up) king, be (make) queen, (begin to, make to) reign(-ing), rule, × surely.  350 in 284

Nine  תֵּשַׁע têshaʻ, tay’-shah; or (masculine) תִּשְׁעָה tishʻâh; perhaps from H8159through the idea of a turn to the next or full number ten; nine or (ordinal) ninth:—nine (+ -teen, + -teenth, -th).  58 in 57

2And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, but not as the kings of Israel that were before him. 3Against him came up Shalmaneser king of Assyria; and Hoshea became his servant, and gave him presents. 4And the king of Assyria found conspiracy in Hoshea: for he had sent messengers to So king of Egypt, and brought no present to the king of Assyria, as he had done year by year: therefore the king of Assyria shut him up, and bound him in prison.

Shalmaneser = “fire-worshipper”;; Assyrian king who probably reigned between Tiglath-pileser and Sargon; invaded the northern kingdom of Israel when the last king Hoshea was on the throne; forced Hoshea to pay tribute but had to reinvade when Hoshea reneged; it is uncertain whether Shalmaneser or Sargon concluded the siege which finally ended the northern kingdom;;  maybe a common name for Assyrian kings in the 8th century BC

Presents  מִנְחָה minchâh, min-khaw’; from an unused root meaning to apportion, i.e. bestow; a donation; euphemistically, tribute; specifically a sacrificial offering (usually bloodless and voluntary):—gift, oblation, (meat) offering, present, sacrifice.   211 times in 194 verses

Conspiracy  קֶשֶׁר qesher, keh’-sher; from H7194; an (unlawful) alliance:—confederacy, conspiracy, treason.  16 in 13

Israel Exiled Because of Idolatry

5Then the king of Assyria came up throughout all the land, and went up to Samaria, and besieged it 3 years.  6In the 9th year of Hoshea the king of Assyria took Samaria, and carried Israel away into Assyria, and placed them in Halah and in Habor by the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.

 Asshur or Assyria = “a step”  אַשּׁוּר ʼAshshûwr, ash-shoor’; or אַשֻּׁר ʼAshshur; apparently from H833 (in the sense of successful); Ashshur, the second son of Shem; also his descendants and the country occupied by them (i.e. Assyria), its region and its empire:—Asshur, Assur, Assyria, Assyrians. See H838.  the second son of Shem, eponymous ancestor of the Assyrians    151 times in 138 verses

Halah = “painful”;;  a city or district in Mesopotamia under Assyrian control where the Israelite captives were taken  חֲלַח Chălach, khal-akh’; probably of foreign origin; Chalach, a region of Assyria:—Halah.  3 in 3

Habor = “joining”;;; a tributary of the Euphrates River in Assyria  חָבוֹר Châbôwr, khaw-bore’; from H2266; united; Chabor, a river of Assyria:—Habor.   “joining together”  3 in 3

Gozan = “a cutting off”;;  the Mesopotamian city on or near the middle of the Euphrates where exiled Israelites were settled   גּוֹזָן Gôwzân, go-zawn’; probably from H1468; a quarry (as a place of cutting stones); Gozan, a province of Assyria:—Gozan.  5 in 5

Medes  Media or Medes or Madai = “middle land”   a people descended from the son of Japheth and who inhabited the territory of Media  land inhabited by the descendants of Japheth; located northwest of Persia proper, south and southwest of the Caspian Sea, east of Armenia and Assyria, and west and northwest of the great salt desert of Iram;  מָדַי Mâday, maw-dah’-ee; of foreign derivation; Madai, a country of central Asia:—Madai, Medes, Media.     16 times in 16 verse

7For so it was, that the children of Israel had sinned against the LORD their God, which had brought them up out of the land of Egypt, from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and had feared other gods, 8And walked in the statutes of the heathen, whom the LORD cast out from before the children of Israel, and of the kings of Israel, which they had made. 9And the children of Israel did secretly those things that were not right against the LORD their God, and they built them high places in all their cities, from the tower of the watchmen to the fenced city.

Secretly  חָפָא châphâʼ, khaw-faw’; an orthographical variation of H2645; properly, to cover, i.e. (in a sinister sense) to act covertly:—do secretly.  1 in 1

High Places   בָּמָה bâmâh, bam-maw’; from an unused root (meaning to be high); an elevation:—height, high place, wave.  102 in 92

Tower |  Elevated State | Pulpit  מִגְדָּל migdâl, mig-dawl’; also (in plural) feminine מִגְדָּלָה migdâlâh; from H1431; a tower (from its size or height); by analogy, a rostrum; figuratively, a (pyramidal) bed of flowers:—castle, flower, tower. Compare the names following.  50 in 45

Fenced  מִבְצָר mibtsâr, mib-tsawr’; also (in plural) feminine (Daniel 11:l5) מִבְצָרָה mibtsârâh; from H1219; a fortification, castle, or fortified city; figuratively, a defender:—(de-, most) fenced, fortress, (most) strong (hold).  37 in 37

Watchman  נָצַר nâtsar, naw-tsar’; a primitive root; to guard, in a good sense (to protect, maintain, obey, etc.) or a bad one (to conceal, etc.):—besieged, hidden thing, keep(-er, -ing), monument, observe, preserve(-r), subtil, watcher(-man).  63 in 62

10And they set them up images and groves in every high hill, and under every green tree: 11And there they burnt incense in all the high places, as did the heathen whom the LORD carried away before them; and worked wicked things to provoke the LORD to anger:

Images  מַצֵּבָה matstsêbâh, mats-tsay-baw’; feminine (causatively) participle of H5324; something stationed, i.e. a column or (memorial stone); by analogy, an idol:—garrison, (standing) image, pillar.  Lex:  a stature, image of an idol   32 in 31

Ashera(h) = “groves (for idol worship)”  a Babylonian (Astarte)-Canaanite goddess (of fortune and happiness), the supposed consort of Baal, her images;  sacred trees or poles set up near an altar;  אֲשֵׁרָה ʼăshêrâh, ash-ay-raw’; or אֲשֵׁירָה ʼăshêyrâh; from H833; happy; Asherah (or Astarte) a Phoenician goddess; also an image of the same:—grove. Compare H6253.  “the planet venus”

Green  רַעֲנָן raʻănân, rah-an-awn’; from an unused root meaning to be green; verdant; by analogy, new; figuratively, prosperous:—green, flourishing.  20 in 20

Incense  קָטַר qâṭar, kaw-tar’; a primitive root (identical with through the idea of fumigation in a close place and perhaps thus driving out the occupants); to smoke, i.e. turn into fragrance by fire (especially as an act of worship):—burn (incense, sacrifice) (upon), (altar for) incense, kindle, offer (incense, a sacrifice)    117 in 112

Carried Away  גָּלָה gâlâh, gaw-law’;  to denude (especially in a disgraceful sense); by implication, to exile (captives being usually stripped); figuratively, to reveal:— advertise, appear, bewray, bring, (carry, lead, go) captive (into captivity), depart, disclose, discover, exile, be gone, open, × plainly, publish, remove, reveal, × shamelessly, shew, × surely, tell, uncover.  Lex:  “to make naked; to be bald”  190 in 168

12For they served idols, whereof the LORD had said to them, You shall not do this thing. 13Yet the LORD testified against Israel, and against Judah, by all the prophets, and by all the seers, saying, Turn you from your evil ways, and keep my commandments and my statutes, according to all the law which I commanded your fathers, and which I sent to you by my servants the prophets.

 Idols  גִּלּוּל gillûwl, ghil-lool’; or (shortened) גִּלֻּל gillul; from H1556; properly, a log (as round); by implication, an idol:—idol.  48 in 45

14Notwithstanding they would not hear, but hardened their necks, like to the neck of their fathers, that did not believe in the LORD their God.

Hardened  קָשָׁה qâshâh, kaw-shaw’; a primitive root; properly, to be dense, i.e. tough or severe (in various applications):—be cruel, be fiercer, make grievous, be ((ask a), be in, have, seem, would) hard(-en, (labour), -ly, thing), be sore, (be, make) stiff(-en, (-necked)).   stubborn   29 in 28

 Neck  עֹרֶף ʻôreph, o-ref’; from H6202; the nape or back of the neck (as declining); hence, the back generally (whether literal or figurative):—back (stiff-) neck(-ed).  33 in 32  neck 17x

Believe  אָמַן ʼâman, aw-man’; a primitive root; (Isaiah 30:21; interchangeable with H541, to go to the right hand) properly, to build up or support; to foster as a parent or nurse; figuratively to render (or be) firm or faithful, to trust or believe, to be permanent or quiet; morally to be true or certain;:—hence, assurance, believe, bring up, establish, fail, be faithful (of long continuance, stedfast, sure, surely, trusty, verified), nurse, (-ing father), (put), trust, turn to the right.    to support, confirm, be faithful   108 in 102

Rejected  מָאַס mâʼaç, maw-as’; a primitive root; to spurn; also (intransitively) to disappear:—abhor, cast away (off), contemn, despise, disdain, (become) loathe(some), melt away, refuse, reject, reprobate, × utterly, vile person.  76 in 69

15And they rejected his statutes, and his covenant that he made with their fathers, and his testimonies which he testified against them; and they followed vanity, and became vain, and went after the heathen that were round about them, concerning whom the LORD had charged them, that they should not do like them.

Testified  עוּד ʻûwd, ood; a primitive root; to duplicate or repeat; by implication, to protest, testify (as by reiteration); intensively, to encompass, restore (as a sort of reduplication):—admonish, charge, earnestly, lift up, protest, call (take) to record, relieve, rob, solemnly, stand upright, testify, give warning, (bear, call to, give, take to) witness.    to return, repeat, go about, do again   49 in 40

Vanity  הֶבֶל hebel, heh’bel; or (rarely in the abs.) הֲבֵל hăbêl; from H1891; emptiness or vanity; figuratively, something transitory and unsatisfactory; often used as an adverb:—× altogether, vain, vanity.  73 in 64

Vain  הָבַל hâbal, haw-bal’; a primitive root; to be vain in act, word, or expectation; specifically to lead astray:—be (become, make) vain.  5 in 5 

16And they left all the commandments of the LORD their God, and made them molten images, even two calves, and made a grove, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served Baal.

Molten Images  מַסֵּכָה maççêkâh, mas-say-kaw’; from H5258; properly, a pouring over, i.e. fusion of metal (especially a cast image); by implication, a libation, i.e. league; concretely a coverlet (as if poured out):—covering, molten (image), vail.    a pouring, libation, molten metal, cast image, drink offering   28 in 28

Calves  עֵגֶל ʻêgel, ay-ghel; from the same as H5696; a (male) calf (as frisking round), especially one nearly grown (i.e. a steer):—bullock, calf.  35 in 35

Worshipped  שָׁחָה shâchâh, shaw-khaw’; a primitive root; to depress, i.e. prostrate (especially reflexive, in homage to royalty or God):—bow (self) down, crouch, fall down (flat), humbly beseech, do (make) obeisance, do reverence, make to stoop, worship.  172 in 166

Baal = “lord”  supreme male divinity of Phoenicians  בַּעַל Baʻal, bah’-al; the same as H1167; Baal, a Phoenician deity:—Baal, (plural) Baalim.  80 in 68:  

17And they caused their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire, and used divination and enchantments, and sold themselves to do evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger. 18Therefore the LORD was very angry with Israel, and removed them out of his sight: there was none left but the tribe of Judah only.

 

Divination  קֶסֶם qeçem, keh’-sem; from H7080; a lot; also divination (including its fee), oracle:—(reward of) divination, divine sentence, witchcraft.  11 in 11

קָסַם qâçam, kaw-sam’; a primitive root; properly, to distribute, i.e. determine by lot or magical scroll; by implication, to divine:—divine(-r, -ation), prudent, soothsayer, use (divination).  20 in 20

Enchantments  to practice divination, divine, observe signs, learn by experience, diligently observe, practice fortunetelling, take as an omen   נָחַשׁ nâchash, naw-khash’; a primitive root; properly, to hiss, i.e. whisper a (magic) spell; generally, to prognosticate:—× certainly, divine, enchanter, (use) × enchantment, learn by experience, × indeed, diligently observe.   11 times in 9 verses

19Also Judah kept not the commandments of the LORD their God, but walked in the statutes of Israel which they made. 20And the LORD rejected all the seed of Israel, and afflicted them, and delivered them into the hand of spoilers, until he had cast them out of his sight.

 Spoilers  שָׁסָה shâçâh, shaw-saw’; or שָׁשָׂה shâsâh; (Isaiah 10:13), a primitive root; to plunder:—destroyer, rob, spoil(-er).  12 in 12

21For he rent Israel from the house of David; and they made Jeroboam the son of Nebat king: and Jeroboam drove Israel from following the LORD, and made them sin a great sin. 22For the children of Israel walked in all the sins of Jeroboam which he did; they departed not from them; 23Until the LORD removed Israel out of his sight, as he had said by all his servants the prophets. So was Israel carried away out of their own land to Assyria to this day.

Israel’s Cities Resettled by Foreigners

24And the king of Assyria brought men from Babylon, and from Cuthah, and from Ava, and from Hamath, and from Sepharvaim, and placed them in the cities of Samaria instead of the children of Israel: and they possessed Samaria, and dwelled in the cities thereof. 

 Cuth = “crushing”; a place from which king Sargon of Assyria imported colonists into Israel; probably a location approx 20 (32 km) miles northeast of Babylon  2 times in 2  כּוּת Kûwth, kooth; or (feminine) כּוּתָה Kûwthâh; of foreign origin; Cuth or Cuthah, a province of Assyria:—Cuth.  2 in 2

Ava or Ivah = “ruin”  a city conquered by the Assyrians  4 times in 4 verses  עִוָּה ʻIvvâh, iv-vaw’; or עַוָּא ʻAvvâʼ; (2 Kings 17:24), for H5754; Ivvah or Avva, a region of Assyria:—Ava, Ivah.  Lex:  “overturning”   4 in 4

Hamath = “fortress” חֲמָת Chămâth, kham-awth’; from the same as H2346; walled; Chamath, a place in Syria:—Hamath, Hemath. Lex: “defence”, “citadel” a distinguished city of Syria, situated on the Orontes, on the northern frontier of the Holy Land;  called by the Greeks Epiphania   37  in 35

Sepharvaim = “the two Sipparas”  a city in Syria conquered by the king of Assyria  perhaps near the modern ‘Mosaib’ and on the Euphrates above Babylon סְפַרְוַיִם Çᵉpharvayim, sef-ar-vah’-yim; (dual); or סְפָרִים Çᵉphâriym; of foreign derivation; Sepharvajim or Sepharim:—Sepharvaim.   Lex:  Sipphara situated in Mesopotamia on teh Euphrates    6 times in 6 verses

25And so it was at the beginning of their dwelling there, that they feared not the LORD: therefore the LORD sent lions among them, which slew some of them. 26Why they spoke to the king of Assyria, saying, The nations which you have removed, and placed in the cities of Samaria, know not the manner of the God of the land: therefore he has sent lions among them, and, behold, they slay them, because they know not the manner of the God of the land.

Beginning  תְּחִלָּה tᵉchillâh, tekh-il-law’; from H2490 in the sense of opening; a commencement; relatively original (adverb, -ly):—begin(-ning), first (time).   22 in 21

Lions  אֲרִי ʼărîy, ar-ee’; or (prolonged) אַרְיֵה ʼaryêh; from H717 (in the sense of violence); a lion:—(young) lion, pierce (from the margin).   80 in 72

27Then the king of Assyria commanded, saying, Carry thither one of the priests whom you brought from there; and let them go and dwell there, and let him teach them the manner of the God of the land. 28Then one of the priests whom they had carried away from Samaria came and dwelled in Bethel, and taught them how they should fear the LORD.

29However, every nation made gods of their own, and put them in the houses of the high places which the Samaritans had made, every nation in their cities wherein they dwelled. 30And the men of Babylon made Succothbenoth, and the men of Cuth made Nergal, and the men of Hamath made Ashima, 

 Succoth-benoth = “the daughter’s booth”  Assyrian or Babylonian deity worshipped by the Babylonians in Samaria   סֻכּוֹת בְּנוֹת Çukkôwth bᵉnôwth, sook-kohth’ ben-ohth’; from H5523 and the (irregular) plural of H1323; booths of (the) daughters; brothels, i.e. idoalatrous tents for impure purpose:—Succothbenoth.

Succoth = “booths”  the site where Jacob put up booths for his cattle and built a house for himself; apparently east of the Jordan near the ford of the torrent Jabbok and later allotted to the tribe of Gad   the first stopping place of the Israelites when they left Egypt  18 times in 16 verses

Nergal = “hero”  one of the chief deities of Assyria and Babylon and worshipped by the men of Cuth  1 times in 1 verses   Lex:  Mars

According to the rabbins, his emblem was a cock^[2]and Nergal means a “dunghill cock“,^[3] although standard iconography pictured Nergal as a lion. He is a son of Enlil and Ninlil, along with Nanna and Ninurta.  In the late Babylonian astral-theological system Nergal is related to the planetMars. As a fiery god of destruction and war, Nergal doubtless seemed an appropriate choice for the red planet, and he was equated by the Greeks to the war-god Ares (Latin Mars)—hence the current name of the planet. In Assyro-Babylonian ecclesiastical art the great lion-headed colossi serving as guardians to the temples and palaces seem to symbolise Nergal, just as the bull-headed colossi probably typify Ninurta.

God of war, plague, death, and disease

Because he was a god of fire, the desert, and the Underworld and also a god from ancient paganism, later Christian writers sometimes identified Nergal as a demon and even identified him with Satan. According to Collin de Plancy and Johann Weyer, Nergal was depicted as the chief of Hell‘s “secret police“, and worked as “an honorary spy in the service of Beelzebub“

Nergal seems to represent the sun of noontime and of the summer solstice that brings destruction, high summer being the dead season in the Mesopotamian annual cycle. He has also been called “the king of sunset”.^[4] Over time Nergal developed from a war god to a god of the underworld.^[5] In the mythology, this occurred when Enlil and Ninlil gave him the underworld.^[4]

Summer Solstice :  June 20th, 2017 ::  171st day of Year

Nergal was also the deity who presides over the netherworld, and who stands at the head of the special pantheon assigned to the government of the dead (supposed to be gathered in a large subterranean cave known as Aralu or Irkalla).

“Roosting” is the action of perching aloft to sleep at day, which is done by both sexes.

The cock shall crow 3 times

Ninurta was associated with the planet Saturn, or perhaps as offspring or an aspect of Saturn. 

Ashima = “guiltiness: I will make desolate” אַשִׁימָא ʼAshîymâʼ, ash-ee-maw’; of foreign origin; Ashima, a deity of Hamath:—Ashima.   Lex:  divinity of the men of Hamath   A(c)(n)huma  ie  the planet Jupiter  1 in 1

31And the Avites made Nibhaz and Tartak, and the Sepharvites burnt their children in fire to Adrammelech and Anammelech, the gods of Sepharvaim.

Avims or Avites = “perverters” עַוִּי ʻAvvîy, av-vee’; patrial from H5755; an Avvite or native of Avvah (only plural):—Avims, Avites.  1 in 1

Tartak = “prince of darkness”   worshipped under the form of an ass   תַּרְתָּק Tartâq, tar-tawk’; of foreign derivation; Tartak, a deity of the Avvites:—Tartak.

Nibhaz = “the barker”  a deity of the Avites introduced by them into Samaria in the time of Shalmaneser; idol had the figure of a dog;  lord of darkness;  נִבְחַז Nibchaz, nib-khaz’; of foreign origin; Nibchaz, a deity of the Avites:—Nibhaz.

Sepharvites see Sepharvaim = “enumeration”   סְפַרְוִי Çᵉpharvîy, sef-ar-vee’; patrial from H5617; a Sepharvite or inhabitant of Sepharvain:—Sepharvite.  1 in 1

Adrammelech = “honour of the king”  אֲדְרַמֶּלֶךְ ʼĂdrammelek, ad-ram-meh’-lek; from H142 and H4428; splendor of (the) king; Adrammelek, the name of an Assyrian idol, also of a son of Sennacherib:—Adrammelech.    3 in 3

Adrammelek was a form of sun god related to Moloch.   Adramelech is generally depicted with a human torso, a mule’s head, a peacock tail, and the limbs of a mule or peacock.  

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Anammelech = “image of the king”  an Assyrian false god introduced to Israel during the monarchy; worshipped with rites resembling those of Molech; companion god of ‘Adrammelech’;  Lex:   from cattle and hence, the flock of  stars, ie the constellation Cepheus.  Cepheus is most commonly depicted as holding his arms aloft, praying for the gods to spare the life of Andromeda  עֲנַמֶּלֶךְ ʻĂnammelek, an-am-meh’-lek; of foreign origin; Anammelek, an Assyrian deity:—Anammelech.  1 in 1

32So they feared the LORD, and made to themselves of the lowest of them priests of the high places, which sacrificed for them in the houses of the high places. 33They feared the LORD, and served their own gods, after the manner of the nations whom they carried away from there.

34To this day they do after the former manners: they fear not the LORD, neither do they after their statutes, or after their ordinances, or after the law and commandment which the LORD commanded the children of Jacob, whom he named Israel; 35With whom the LORD had made a covenant, and charged them, saying, You shall not fear other gods, nor bow yourselves to them, nor serve them, nor sacrifice to Fthem:36But the LORD, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt with great power and a stretched out arm, him shall you fear, and him shall you worship, and to him shall you do sacrifice. 37And the statutes, and the ordinances, and the law, and the commandment, which he wrote for you, you shall observe to do for ever more; and you shall not fear other gods. 38And the covenant that I have made with you you shall not forget; neither shall you fear other gods. 39But the LORD your God you shall fear; and he shall deliver you out of the hand of all your enemies. 40However, they did not listen, but they did after their former manner. 41So these nations feared the LORD, and served their graven images, both their children, and their children’s children: as did their fathers, so do they to this day. 

2 related but distinct concepts that shaped the history of Israel ware “exile” and “diaspora”.  The “exile” is teh forced removal of the majorit of hte population, especially of the skilled and upper class people, from their homeland to another country.  There were several Jewish exiles.  

The first was the exile of the SIraelites of the northern kingdom carried out by the Assyrians.  It occurred in 2 phases, first in 734 bc under Teglath-Pileser III and then in 722 under Shalmaneser and his successor, Sargon II when teh City of Samaria was destroyed and the northern kingdom ceased to exxist.  The net major exile involved the destruction of the southern kingdom and the city of jerusalem.  It, too, took place in several phases, all under teh Babylonian king Nebuchadnezzar II, the most terrible of which was in 586bc.  When Solom’s temple was destroyed and teh dynasty of David came to an end.

The third major exile of the Jews took place under the Romans and also was in 2 phases.  In ad 70 the Roman General/emperor Titus destroyed Jerusalem and Herod’s Temple.  A second Jewish rebellion called the Bar Kokhba revolt, after the name of its Jewish leader took place under Emperor Hadrian in the years ad 132-136.  This was bloody struggle, and at the end  the victorious Romans decreed that no Jew would be allowed to live in Judea.  All of these events involved exile, the forcible deportation of Jews from the Holy land by their conquerors  

The “Diaspora” is the scattering of Jews across the world.  This process began around the time of the destruction of Samaria and it continued in the aftermath of he Babylonian eile.  The story of Esther for example, involves Jews dispersed across the Persian Empire;  This dispersion persisted even though the Persians allowed the Jews to return to their traditional homeland.  We know of some specific Jewish enclaves.  For example, there was in the 5th century bc a jewish community in Elephantine (southern Egypt) and beginning in the 3rd century bc, there was another such community in Alexandria in Northern Egypt.  The Jewish Diaspora involved places as diverse  as ancient Rome, spain, yemen, iraq, russia, germany, and us.  It conditues to this day even though theres is now a Jewish homeland in Israel.  Esther also accurately characterizes the experience of Jews in Diaspora.  On the one hand, the Jews are a positive contribution o their host countries and are often highly successful, but on teh other hand, they are relentlessly and unjustly persecuted.

Exile and Dispora are the punishments God imposed on Israel for idolatry and unbelief.  Deut 29

But this is not the whole story.  The prophets also claimed that God would restore David’s fallen dynasty and give Israel a New covenant to replace the one they had broken.  The tue end of of exile will be when Israel turns to their Messiah, Jesus, mourning over Him whom they have pierced.

   2 KINGS 18 : Hezekiah Destroys Idolatry in Judah

(2 Chronicles 29:1-2)

1Now it came to pass in the 3rd year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, that Hezekiah the son of Ahaz king of Judah began to reign.225 years old was he when he began to reign; and he reigned 29 years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name also was Abi, the daughter of Zachariah. 3And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that David his father did. 4He removed the high places, and broke the images, and cut down the groves, and broke in pieces the brazen serpent that Moses had made: for to those days the children of Israel did burn incense to it: and he called it Nehushtan. 5He trusted in the LORD God of Israel; so that after him was none like him among all the kings of Judah, nor any that were before him. 6For he held to the LORD, and departed not from following him, but kept his commandments, which the LORD commanded Moses.

 Abi = “my father” 1 in 1

Brasen  copper, bronze נְחֹשֶׁת nᵉchôsheth, nekh-o’-sheth; for H5154; copper, hence, something made of that metal, i.e. coin, a fetter; figuratively, base (as compared with gold or silver):—brasen, brass, chain, copper, fetter (of brass), filthiness, steel.   141 times in 119 verses

Serpent  נָחָשׁ nâchâsh, naw-khawsh’; from H5172; a snake (from its hiss):—serpent.  31 times in 28 verses

Nehushtan = “a thing of brass”  name by which the brazen serpent made by Moses in the wilderness was worshipped in the time of king Hezekiah of Judah before he destroyed it  נְחֻשְׁתָּן Nᵉchushtân, nekh-oosh-tawn’; from H5178; something made of copper, i.e. the copper serpent of the Desert:—Nehushtan.  1 times in 1 verses

7And the LORD was with him; and he prospered wherever he went forth: and he rebelled against the king of Assyria, and served him not.8He smote the Philistines, even to Gaza, and the borders thereof, from the tower of the watchmen to the fenced city.

9And it came to pass in the 4th year of king Hezekiah, which was the 7th year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, that Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against Samaria, and besieged it. 10And at the end of 3 years they took it: even in the 6th year of Hezekiah, that is in the 9th year of Hoshea king of Israel, Samaria was taken. 11And the king of Assyria did carry away Israel to Assyria, and put them in Halah and in Habor by the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes: 12Because they obeyed not the voice of the LORD their God, but transgressed his covenant, and all that Moses the servant of the LORD commanded, and would not hear them, nor do them.

Shalmaneser = “fire-worshipper”  Assyrian king who probably reigned between Tiglath-pileser and Sargon; invaded the northern kingdom of Israel when the last king Hoshea was on the throne; forced Hoshea to pay tribute but had to reinvade when Hoshea reneged; it is uncertain whether Shalmaneser or Sargon concluded the siege which finally ended the northern kingdom;  maybe a common name for Assyrian kings in the 8th century BC

Halah = “painful” a city or district in Mesopotamia under Assyrian control where the Israelite captives were taken 3 in 3

Habor = “joining”  a tributary of the Euphrates River in Assyria   3 times in 3 verses

Gozan = “a cutting off”  the Mesopotamian city on or near the middle of the Euphrates where exiled Israelites were settled  גּוֹזָן Gôwzân, go-zawn’; probably from H1468; a quarry (as a place of cutting stones); Gozan, a province of Assyria:—Gozan.   5 times in 5 verses

Sennacherib Invades Judah

(2 Chronicles 32:1-8; Psalm 46:1-11; Psalm 47:1-9; Psalm 48:1-14)

13Now in the 14th year of king Hezekiah did Sennacherib king of Assyria come up against all the fenced cities of Judah, and took them. 14And Hezekiah king of Judah sent to the king of Assyria to Lachish, saying, I have offended; return from me: that which you put on me will I bear. And the king of Assyria appointed to Hezekiah king of Judah 300 talents of silver and 30 talents of gold. 15And Hezekiah gave him all the silver that was found in the house of the LORD, and in the treasures of the king’s house. 16At that time did Hezekiah cut off the gold from the doors of the temple of the LORD, and from the pillars which Hezekiah king of Judah had overlaid, and gave it to the king of Assyria.

Sennacherib = “Sin multiplied brothers” (Sin = the moon)  son of Sargon, father of Esarhaddon, and king of Assyria from 705- 681 BC; attacked Judah during the reign of king Hezekiah and Judah was delivered when in response to the prayer of Hezekiah an angel smote 185,000 Assyrian soldiers  סַנְחֵרִיב Çanchêrîyb, san-khay-reeb’; of foreign origin; Sancherib, an Assyrian king:—Sennacherib.  13 times in 13 verses

Sennacherib Threatens Jerusalem

(2 Chronicles 32:9-19)

17And the king of Assyria sent Tartan and Rabsaris and Rabshakeh from Lachish to king Hezekiah with a great host against Jerusalem. And they went up and came to Jerusalem. And when they were come up, they came and stood by the conduit of the upper pool, which is in the highway of the fuller’s field. 18And when they had called to the king, there came out to them Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, which was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph the recorder.

 Tartan – field marshal, general, or commander;  a title used by the Assyrian military  2 times in 2 verses

Rab-saris, chief eunuch, a high ranking Babylonian official  3 in 3

Rabshakeh  chief cupbearer, chief of the officers?  רַבְשָׁקֵה Rabshâqêh, rab-shaw-kay’; from H7227 and H8248; chief butler; Rabshakeh, a Babylonian official:—Rabshakeh.   16 times in 16 verses

שָׁקָה shâqâh, shaw-kaw’; a primitive root; to quaff, i.e. (causatively) to irrigate or furnish a potion to:—cause to (give, give to, let, make to) drink, drown, moisten, water. See H7937, H8354.    83 times in 72 verses

Conduit  תְּעָלָה tᵉʻâlâh, teh-aw-law’; from H5927; a channel (into which water is raised for irrigation); also a bandage or plaster (as placed upon a wound):—conduit, cured, healing, little river, trench, watercourse.   healing (of new flesh and skin forming over wound)   conduit, water course, trench   11 times in 11 verses

Upper  עֶלְיוֹן ʻelyôwn, el-yone’; from H5927; an elevation, i.e. (adj.) lofty (comparison); as title, the Supreme:—(Most, on) high(-er, -est), upper(-most).   Highest, Most High   53 times in 53 verses    53 is 16th prime

Pool  בְּרֵכָה bᵉrêkâh, ber-ay-kaw’; from H1288; a reservoir (at which camels kneel as a resting-place):—(fish-) pool.  17 times in 15 verses  Lex:  The cup of a fountain;  There were 2 such ponds to the west of Jerusalem formed by the waters of the fountain Shiloah;  Isaiah 22:11 The Kings Pool

Highway  מְסִלָּה mᵉçillâh, mes-il-law’; from H5549; a thoroughfare (as turnpiked), literally or figuratively; specifically a viaduct, a staircase:—causeway, course, highway, path, terrace.   highway, raised way, public road    27 times in 26 verses

Fullers  כָּבַס kâbaç, kaw-bas’; a primitive root; to trample; hence, to wash (properly, by stamping with the feet), whether literal (including the fulling process) or figurative:—fuller, wash(-ing).  

Field  שָׂדֶה sâdeh, saw-deh’; or שָׂדַי sâday; from an unused root meaning to spread out; a field (as flat):—country, field, ground, land, soil  333 times in 309 verses

Eliakim = “God raises” or “God sets up” the son of Hilkiah, master of Hezekiah’s household; Josiah’s son, enthroned by Pharaoh; a priest who assisted Nehemiah   אֶלְיָקִים ʼElyâqîym, el-yaw-keem’; from H410 and H6965; God of raising; Eljakim, the name of four Israelites:—Eliakim  12 times in 12 verses

Hilkiah = “my portion is Jehovah”  father of Eliakim, an officer of Hezekiah; a Merarite Levite, son of Amzi   34 times in 31 verses

Shebna = “vigour”  a person of high position in the court of king Hezekiah of Judah; subsequently the secretary of Hezekiah   9 times in 9 verses

Joah = “Jehovah is brother”  11 times in 10 verses

Asaph = “gatherer” the father of Hezekiah’s secretary; a son of Berechiah, chief Levite musician under David; a Persian officer over the royal forest  אָסָף ʼÂçâph, aw-sawf’; from H622; collector; Asaph, the name of three Israelites, and of the family of the first:—Asaph.   46 times in 41 verses

Recorder  זָכַר zâkar, zaw-kar’; a primitive root; also as denominative from H2145 properly, to mark (so as to be recognized), i.e. to remember; by implication, to mention; to be male:   236 times in 223 verses

19And Rabshakeh said to them, Speak you now to Hezekiah, Thus said the great king, the king of Assyria, What confidence is this wherein you trust? 20You say, (but they are but vain words,) I have counsel and strength for the war. Now on whom do you trust, that you rebel against me? 21Now, behold, you trust on the staff of this bruised reed, even on Egypt, on which if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it: so is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all that trust on him. 22But if you say to me, We trust in the LORD our God: is not that he, whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah has taken away, and has said to Judah and Jerusalem, You shall worship before this altar in Jerusalem? 23Now therefore, I pray you, give pledges to my lord the king of Assyria, and I will deliver you 2,000 horses, if you be able on your part to set riders on them. 24How then will you turn away the face of one captain of the least of my master’s servants, and put your trust on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen? 25Am I now come up without the LORD against this place to destroy it? The LORD said to me, Go up against this land, and destroy it.

 Bruised  רָצַץ râtsats, raw-tsats’; a primitive root; to crack in pieces, literally or figuratively:—break, bruise, crush, discourage, oppress, struggle together.   19 times in 18 verses

Reed  קָנֶה qâneh, kaw-neh’; from H7069; a reed (as erect); by resemblance a rod (especially for measuring), shaft, tube, stem, the radius (of the arm), beam (of a steelyard):—balance, bone, branch, calamus, cane, reed,   62 times in 38 verses   

reed, stalk, bone, balances,  stalk,water-plant, reed,calamus (aromatic reed),derived meanings:  measuring-rod, reed (as unit of measure – 6 cubits), beam (of scales – for scales themselves),shaft (of lampstand), branches (of lampstand), shoulder-joint

6 cubits = 108 inches ::  9 feet ::  3 yards

Lean  סָמַךְ çâmak, saw-mak’; a primitive root; to prop (literally or figuratively); reflexively, to lean upon or take hold of (in a favorable or unfavorable sense):—bear up, establish, (up-) hold, lay, lean, lie hard, put, rest self, set self, stand fast, stay (self), sustain.   48 times in 47 verses

26Then said Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, and Shebna, and Joah, to Rabshakeh, Speak, I pray you, to your servants in the Syrian language; for we understand it: and talk not with us in the Jews’ language in the ears of the people that are on the wall. 27But Rabshakeh said to them, Has my master sent me to your master, and to you, to speak these words? has he not sent me to the men which sit on the wall, that they may eat their own dung, and drink their own urine with you?

28Then Rabshakeh stood and cried with a loud voice in the Jews’ language, and spoke, saying, Hear the word of the great king, the king of Assyria: 29Thus said the king, Let not Hezekiah deceive you: for he shall not be able to deliver you out of his hand: 30Neither let Hezekiah make you trust in the LORD, saying, The LORD will surely deliver us, and this city shall not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria.31Listen not to Hezekiah: for thus said the king of Assyria, Make an agreement with me by a present, and come out to me, and then eat you every man of his own vine, and every one of his fig tree, and drink you every one the waters of his cistern: 32Until I come and take you away to a land like your own land, a land of corn and wine, a land of bread and vineyards, a land of oil olive and of honey, that you may live, and not die: and listen not to Hezekiah, when he persuades you, saying, The LORD will deliver us. 33Has any of the gods of the nations delivered at all his land out of the hand of the king of Assyria? 34Where are the gods of Hamath, and of Arpad? where are the gods of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivah? have they delivered Samaria out of my hand? 35Who are they among all the gods of the countries, that have delivered their country out of my hand, that the LORD should deliver Jerusalem out of my hand?

 Hena = “troubling”;  a city in Mesopotamia which the Assyrian kings reduced shortly before the time of Sennacherib;  Lex:  afterwards called Ana, situated at a ford of the Euphrates  3 in 3

Ava or Ivah = “ruin”  a city conquered by the Assyrians  4 in 4

36But the people held their peace, and answered him not a word: for the king’s commandment was, saying, Answer him not. 37Then came Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, which was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph the recorder, to Hezekiah with their clothes rent, and told him the words of Rabshakeh.

   2 KINGS 19 : Isaiah’s Message of Deliverance

1And it came to pass, when king Hezekiah heard it, that he rent his clothes, and covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house of the LORD. 2And he sent Eliakim, which was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the priests, covered with sackcloth, to Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz.

Isaiah or Jesaiah or Jeshaiah = “Jehovah has saved”  the major prophet, son of Amoz, who prophesied concerning Judah and Jerusalem during the days of kings Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah of Judah; author of the prophetic book by his name; tradition has it that he was sawn asunder in the trunk of a carob tree by king Manasseh and that this is the incident referred to in Heb 11:37;  son of Hananiah, brother of Pelatiah, and grandson of Zerubbabel;  a Benjamite;  one of the 6 sons of Jeduthun;  son of Rehabiah, a descendant of Moses through Gershom, and an ancestor of a Levite treasurer in the time of David;  son of Athaliah and chief of the house of Elam who returned with Ezra;  a chief of the descendants of Merari who returned with Ezra   39 times in 39 verses

Amoz = “strong”  אָמוֹץ ʼÂmôwts, aw-mohts’; from H553; strong;  13 in 13

3And they said to him, Thus said Hezekiah, This day is a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and blasphemy; for the children are come to the birth, and there is not strength to bring forth. 4It may be the LORD your God will hear all the words of Rabshakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master has sent to reproach the living God; and will reprove the words which the LORD your God has heard: why lift up your prayer for the remnant that are left. 5So the servants of king Hezekiah came to Isaiah. 6And Isaiah said to them, Thus shall you say to your master, Thus said the LORD, Be not afraid of the words which you have heard, with which the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed me.

Trouble  צָרָה tsârâh, tsaw-raw’; feminine of H6862; tightness (i.e. figuratively, trouble); transitively, a female rival:—adversary, adversity, affliction, anguish, distress, tribulation, trouble.    73 times in 72 verses

Rebuke  תּוֹכֵחָה tôwkêchâh, to-kay-khaw’; and תּוֹכַחַת tôwkachath; from H3198; chastisement; figuratively (by words) correction, refutation, proof (even in defence):   28 times in 28 verses

Blasphemy  נְאָצָה nᵉʼâtsâh, neh-aw-tsaw’; or נֶאָצָה neʼâtsâh; from H5006; scorn:—blasphemy  5 in 5 

Birth  מִשְׁבֵּר mishbêr, mish-bare’; from H7665; the orifice of the womb (from which the fœtus breaks forth):—birth, breaking forth.  Lex:  matrix, mouth of the womb,  3 in 3

שָׁבַר shâbar, shaw-bar’; a primitive root; to burst (literally or figuratively):—break (down, off, in pieces, up), broken (-hearted), bring to the birth, crush, destroy, hurt,   152 times in 145 verses

7Behold, I will send a blast on him, and he shall hear a rumor, and shall return to his own land; and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land.

Blast רוּחַ rûwach, roo’-akh; from H7306; wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the sky; by resemblance spirit, but only of a rational being (including its expression and functions):   378 times in 348 verses

 

 

Sennacherib’s Blasphemous Letter

(Isaiah 37:8-13)

8So Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah: for he had heard that he was departed from Lachish. 9And when he heard say of Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, Behold, he is come out to fight against you: he sent messengers again to Hezekiah, saying,10Thus shall you speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying, Let not your God in whom you trust deceive you, saying, Jerusalem shall not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria. 11Behold, you have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands, by destroying them utterly: and shall you be delivered? 12Have the gods of the nations delivered them which my fathers have destroyed; as Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the children of Eden which were in Thelasar? 13Where is the king of Hamath, and the king of Arpad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, of Hena, and Ivah?

Libnah = “pavement”  a royal city of the Canaanites in the southwest captured by Joshua; allocated to Judah and made a Levitical city; a station between Sinai and Kadesh of Israel during their wilderness wanderings   לִבְנָה Libnâh, lib-naw’; a place in the Desert and one in Palestine:—Libnah.  18 times in 17 verses

Tirhakah = “he searched out the pious: he searched out the waiter”  king of Ethiopia and Egypt in the time of Sennacherib  2 in 2

Cush | Ethiopia = “black”   30 in 30

Fight  לָחַם lâcham, law-kham’; a primitive root; to feed on; figuratively, to consume; by implication, to battle (as destruction):—devour, eat, × ever, fight(-ing), overcome, prevail, (make) war(-ring).  to fight, do battle, make war    177 times in 171 verses

Gozan = “a cutting off”

Haran = “mountaineer”  a son of Caleb by his concubine Ephah;  the city to which Abraham migrated when he left Ur of the Chaldees and where he stayed until his father died before leaving for the promised land; located in Mesopotamia in Padan-aram at the foot of Mount Masius between the Khabour and the Euphrates   חָרָן Chârân, kaw-rawn’; parched;   12 times in 11 verses

Rezeph = “a hot stone” a place conquered by Assyria

Eden = “pleasure” ; a place conquered by Assyria; probably located in the northwest of Mesopotamia   עֶדֶן ʻEden, eh’-den; from H5727; pleasure; Eden, a place in Mesopotamia:—Eden.    3 times in 3

עָדַן ʻâdan, aw-dan’; a primitive root; to be soft or pleasant; figuratively and reflexively, to live voluptuously:—delight self.

Telassar or Thelasar = “Assyrian hill”; a city conquered and held by the Assyrians located apparently in Mesopotamia

Hezekiah’s Prayer

14And Hezekiah received the letter of the hand of the messengers, and read it: and Hezekiah went up into the house of the LORD, and spread it before the LORD. 15And Hezekiah prayed before the LORD, and said, O LORD God of Israel, which dwell between the cherubim, you are the God, even you alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth; you have made heaven and earth. 16LORD, bow down your ear, and hear: open, LORD, your eyes, and see: and hear the words of Sennacherib, which has sent him to reproach the living God. 17Of a truth, LORD, the kings of Assyria have destroyed the nations and their lands, 18And have cast their gods into the fire: for they were no gods, but the work of men’s hands, wood and stone: therefore they have destroyed them. 19Now therefore, O LORD our God, I beseech you, save you us out of his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that you are the LORD God, even you only.

cherubim כְּרוּב kᵉrûwb, ker-oob’; of uncertain derivation; a cherub or imaginary figure:—cherub, (plural) cherubims.  91 times in 66 verses

Destruction of Sennacherib Prohesied

20Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah, saying, Thus said the LORD God of Israel, That which you have prayed to me against Sennacherib king of Assyria I have heard.  21This is the word that the LORD has spoken concerning him; The virgin the daughter of Zion has despised you, and laughed you to scorn; the daughter of Jerusalem has shaken her head at you.  22Whom have you reproached and blasphemed? and against whom have you exalted your voice, and lifted up your eyes on high? even against the Holy One of Israel.

 Virgin  בְּתוּלָה bᵉthûwlâh, beth-oo-law’; feminine passive participle of an unused root meaning to separate; a virgin (from her privacy); sometimes (by continuation) a bride; also (figuratively) a city or state:—maid, virgin.   50 times in 50 verses

Scorn  לָעַג lâʻag, law-ag’; a primitive root; to deride; by implication (as if imitating a foreigner) to speak unintelligibly:—have in derision, laugh (to scorn), mock (on), stammering.   to mock, deride, ridicule  18 times in 18 verses

23By your messengers you have reproached the LORD, and have said, With the multitude of my chariots I am come up to the height of the mountains, to the sides of Lebanon, and will cut down the tall cedar trees thereof, and the choice fir trees thereof: and I will enter into the lodgings of his borders, and into the forest of his Carmel.  24I have dig and drunk strange waters, and with the sole of my feet have I dried up all the rivers of besieged places.  25Have you not heard long ago how I have done it, and of ancient times that I have formed it? now have I brought it to pass, that you should be to lay waste fenced cities into ruinous heaps.  26Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were dismayed and confounded; they were as the grass of the field, and as the green herb, as the grass on the house tops, and as corn blasted before it be grown up.

27But I know your stayed, and your going out, and your coming in, and your rage against me.  28Because your rage against me and your tumult is come up into my ears, therefore I will put my hook in your nose, and my bridle in your lips, and I will turn you back by the way by which you came.  29And this shall be a sign to you, You shall eat this year such things as grow of themselves, and in the second year that which springs of the same; and in the third year sow you, and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat the fruits thereof. 30And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah shall yet again take root downward, and bear fruit upward. 31For out of Jerusalem shall go forth a remnant, and they that escape out of mount Zion: the zeal of the LORD of hosts shall do this.

Rage   רָגַז râgaz, raw-gaz’; a primitive root; to quiver (with any violent emotion, especially anger or fear):—be afraid, stand in awe, disquiet, fall out, fret, move, provoke, quake, rage, shake, tremble, trouble, be wroth.  41 times in 40 verses

Hook  חָח châch, khawkh; once (Ezekiel 29:4) חָחִי châchîy; from the same as H2336; a ring for the nose (or lips):—bracelet, chain, hook.   H2397 matches the Hebrew חָח (chach),  which occurs 8 times in 7

Nose  אַף ʼaph, af; from H599; properly, the nose or nostril; hence, the face, and occasionally a person;   s 276 times in 269 verses

Bridle  מֶתֶג metheg, meh-theg; from an unused root meaning to curb; a bit:—bit, bridle.  4 in 4

Lips  שָׂפָה sâphâh, saw-faw’; or (in dual and plural) שֶׂפֶת sepheth; probably from H5595 or H8192 through the idea of termination (compare H5490); the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language; by analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.):  176 in 164

Reap  קָצַר qâtsar, kaw-tsar’; a primitive root; to dock off, i.e. curtail (transitive or intransitive, literal or figurative); especially to harvest (grass or grain):     49 times in 46 verses

Vineyards  כֶּרֶם kerem, keh’-rem; from an unused root of uncertain meaning; a garden or vineyard:—vines, (increase of the) vineyard(-s), vintage.  93 in 82

Fruits  פְּרִי pᵉrîy, per-ee’; from H6509; fruit (literally or figuratively):—bough, (first-)fruit(-ful), reward.   119 in 107

Springeth  =  volunteer grain;  grain that shoots up of itself the second year, without replanting  2 in 2

Root  שֶׁרֶשׁ sheresh, sheh’-resh; from H8327; a root (literally or figuratively):—bottom, deep, heel, root.  33 in 32

Upward  מַעַל maʻal, mah’al; from H5927; properly,the upper part, used only adverbially with prefix upward, above, overhead, from the top, etc.:  138 in 134

Downward  מַטָּה maṭṭâh, mat’-taw; from H5786 with directive enclitic appended; downward, below or beneath; often adverbially with or without prefixes:—beneath, down(-ward), less, very low, under(-neath).   19 in 18

32Therefore thus said the LORD concerning the king of Assyria, He shall not come into this city, nor shoot an arrow there, nor come before it with shield, nor cast a bank against it. 33By the way that he came, by the same shall he return, and shall not come into this city, said the LORD. 34For I will defend this city, to save it, for my own sake, and for my servant David’s sake.

Sennacherib Slain

(2 Chronicles 32:20-23)

35And it came to pass that night, that the angel of the LORD went out, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians an 185,000: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses. 36So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, and dwelled at Nineveh. 37And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons smote him with the sword: and they escaped into the land of Armenia. And Esarhaddon his son reigned in his stead.

Worship  שָׁחָה shâchâh, shaw-khaw’; a primitive root; to depress, i.e. prostrate (especially reflexive, in homage to royalty or God):—bow (self) down, crouch, fall down (flat), humbly beseech, do (make) obeisance, do reverence, make to stoop, worship  172 in 164

Zion = “parched place”  Lex:  “sunny place”, a “sunny mountain”  154 times in 154 verses

צִיּוּן tsîyûwn, tsee-yoon’; from the same as H6723 in the sense of conspicuousness (compare H5329); a monumental or guiding pillar:—sign, title, waymark.   signpost, monument, market, cippus, pillar  3 times in 3 verse

Escaped  פְּלֵיטָה pᵉlêyṭâh, pel-ay-taw’; or פְּלֵטָה pᵉlêṭâh; feminine of H6412; deliverance; concretely, an escaped portion:—deliverance, (that is) escape(-d), remnant.  28 times in 28 verse

Zeal  קִנְאָה qinʼâh, kin-aw’; from H7065; jealousy or envy:—envy(-ied), jealousy, ×sake, zeal.    43 times in 41 verses

Corpse פֶּגֶר peger, peh’gher; from H6296; a carcase (as limp), whether of man or beast; figuratively, an idolatrous image:—carcase, corpse, dead body.   22 times in 21 verses

Sennacherib = “Sin multiplied brothers” (Sin = the moon)

Sin  or Nanna  was the god of the moon in the Mesopotamian mythology of Akkad, Assyria and Babylonia. Nanna is a Sumerian deity, the son of Enlil and Ninlil, and became identified with Semitic Sin. The two chief seats of Nanna’s/Sin’s worship were Ur in the south of Mesopotamia and Harran in the north. A moon god by the same name was also worshipped in pre-Islamic South Arabia.  Sin/Nanna himself is indicated in the form of a crescent.

Nineveh = “abode of Ninus”  capital of the ancient kingdom of Assyria; located on the east bank of the Tigris river, 550 miles (880 km) from its mouth and 250 miles (400 km) north of Babylon   17 times in 16 verses

Ninus (Greek: Νίνος), according to Greek historians writing in the Hellenistic period and later, was accepted as the eponymous founder of Nineveh (also called Νίνου πόλις “city of Ninus” in Greek), ancient capital of Assyria. His name is not attested on the Assyrian King List or in any cuneiform literature; he does not seem to represent any one personage known to modern history, and is more likely a conflation of several real and/or fictional figures of antiquity, as seen to the Greeks through the mists of time.

The figures of King Ninus and Queen Semiramis first appear in the history of Persia written by Ctesias of Cnidus (c. 400 BC), who claimed, as court physician to Artaxerxes II, to have access to the royal historical records.^[1] Ctesias’ account was later expanded on by Diodorus Siculus.  Ninus continued to be mentioned by European historians (e.g. Alfred the Great), even up until knowledge of cuneiform enabled a more precise reconstruction of Assyrian and Babylonian history from the mid 19th century onwards.

He was said to have been the son of Belus or Bel, a name that may represent a Semitic title such as Ba’al, “lord”. According to Castor of Rhodes (apud Syncellus p. 167), his reign lasted 52 years, its commencement falling in 2189 BC according to Ctesias. He was reputed to have conquered the whole of western Asia in 17 years with the help of Ariaeus, king of Arabia, and to have founded the first empire, defeating the legendary kings Barzanes of Armenia (whom he spared) and Pharnus of Media (whom he had crucified).

Ctesias (as known from Diodorus) also related that after the death of Ninus, his widow Semiramis, who was rumored to have murdered Ninus, erected to him a temple-tomb, 9 stadia high and 10 stadia broad, near Babylon, where the story of Pyramus and Thisbe (Πύραμος; Θίσβη) was later based. She was further said to have made war on the last remaining independent monarch in Asia, king Stabrobates of India, but was defeated and wounded, abdicating in favour of her son Ninyas.

A number of historians, beginning with the Roman Cephalion (c. AD 120) asserted that Ninus’ opponent, the king of Bactria, was actually Zoroaster (or first of several to bear this name), rather than Oxyartes.

Ninus was first identified in the Recognitions (part of Clementine literature) with the biblical Nimrod, who, the author says, taught the Persians to worship fire. In many modern interpretations of the Hebrew text of Genesis 10, it is Nimrod, the son of Cush, who founded Nineveh; other translations (e.g., the KJV) render the same Torah verse as naming Ashur (Assyria), son of Shem, as the founder of Nineveh.

More recently, the identification in Recognitions of Nimrod with Ninus (and also with Zoroaster, as in Homilies) formed a major part of Alexander Hislop‘s thesis in the 19th century tract The Two Babylons.

Nisroch = “the great eagle”;  an idol of Nineveh worshipped by Sennacherib; symbolised by the eagle-headed human figure  2 times in 2 verses

Adrammelech = “honour of the king”  or “Adar is prince” or “Adar is Counsellor, Decider”;  an idol or god of the Sepharvites, introduced to Israel by Shalmaneser the fifth;  the son and murderer of Sennacherib

 Sharezer or Sherezer = “prince of fire”  son of king Sennacherib of Assyria and murderer of his father;  an Israelite whom the people sent to the house of God to pray in the time of the prophet Zechariah and king Darius

Ararat = “the curse reversed: precipitation of curse”;  a mountainous region of eastern Armenia, between the river Araxes and the lakes Van and Oroomiah, the site where Noah’s ark came to rest;  (TWOT) the mountain where Noah’s ark came to rest  4 times in 4 verses

Esarhaddon = “Ashur has given a brother”;  king of Assyria in the seventh-century BC

   2 KINGS 20 :Hezekiah’s Illness and Recovery

(2 Chronicles 32:24-31)

1In those days was Hezekiah sick to death. And the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz came to him, and said to him, Thus said the LORD, Set your house in order; for you shall die, and not live. 2Then he turned his face to the wall, and prayed to the LORD, saying, 3I beseech you, O LORD, remember now how I have walked before you in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in your sight. And Hezekiah wept sore. 4And it came to pass, before Isaiah was gone out into the middle court, that the word of the LORD came to him, saying,5Turn again, and tell Hezekiah the captain of my people, Thus said the LORD, the God of David your father, I have heard your prayer, I have seen your tears: behold, I will heal you: on the third day you shall go up to the house of the LORD. 6And I will add to your days 15 years; and I will deliver you and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria; and I will defend this city for my own sake, and for my servant David’s sake. 7And Isaiah said, Take a lump of figs. And they took and laid it on the boil, and he recovered.

Lump   דְּבֵלָה dᵉbêlâh, deb-ay-law’; from an unused root (akin to H2082) probably meaning to press together; a cake of pressed figs:—cake (lump) of figs.   5 times in 5 verses

Fig  תְּאֵן tᵉʼên, teh-ane’; or (in the singular, feminine) תְּאֵנָה tᵉʼênâh; perhaps of foreign derivation the fig (tree or fruit):—fig (tree).   39 times in 35 verses

 boil, inflamed spot, inflammation, eruption שְׁחִין shᵉchîyn, shekh-een’; from an unused root probably meaning to burn; inflammation, i.e. an ulcer:—boil, botch.  13 times in 12 verses :  Lexicon: an inflamed ulcer, a boil, used of a kind of black leprosy endemic in Egypt, called by physicians elephantiasis, from the skin being covered with black scales, and the feet swelling up;  

8And Hezekiah said to Isaiah, What shall be the sign that the LORD will heal me, and that I shall go up into the house of the LORD the 3rd day? 9And Isaiah said, This sign shall you have of the LORD, that the LORD will do the thing that he has spoken: shall the shadow go forward ten degrees, or go back ten degrees? 10And Hezekiah answered, It is a light thing for the shadow to go down ten degrees: no, but let the shadow return backward ten degrees. 11And Isaiah the prophet cried to the LORD: and he brought the shadow ten degrees backward, by which it had gone down in the dial of Ahaz.

Hezekiah Shows Treasures to Babylon

(Isaiah 39:1-2)

12At that time Berodachbaladan, the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a present to Hezekiah: for he had heard that Hezekiah had been sick. 13And Hezekiah listened to them, and showed them all the house of his precious things, the silver, and the gold, and the spices, and the precious ointment, and all the house of his armor, and all that was found in his treasures: there was nothing in his house, nor in all his dominion, that Hezekiah showed them not. 14Then came Isaiah the prophet to king Hezekiah, and said to him, What said these men? and from from where came they to you? And Hezekiah said, They are come from a far country, even from Babylon. 15And he said, What have they seen in your house? And Hezekiah answered, All the things that are in my house have they seen: there is nothing among my treasures that I have not showed them.

 Berodach-baladan = “worshipper of Baal” variation of   Merodach-baladan = “Marduk has given a son”

Baladan = “Bel (is his) lord)”;  the father of Merodach-baladan to whom Hezekiah revealed the riches of his treasures

Babel or Babylon = “confusion (by mixing)”   262 times in 233 verses

16And Isaiah said to Hezekiah, Hear the word of the LORD. 17Behold, the days come, that all that is in your house, and that which your fathers have laid up in store to this day, shall be carried into Babylon: nothing shall be left, said the LORD. 18And of your sons that shall issue from you, which you shall beget, shall they take away; and they shall be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon. 19Then said Hezekiah to Isaiah, Good is the word of the LORD which you have spoken. And he said, Is it not good, if peace and truth be in my days?

Dominion  מֶמְשָׁלָה memshâlâh, mem-shaw-law’; feminine of H4474; rule; also (concretely in plural) a realm or a ruler:—dominion, government, power, to rule.   17 times in 16 verses

Palace  הֵיכָל hêykâl, hay-kawl’; probably from H3201 (in the sense of capacity); a large public building, such as a palace or temple:—palace, temple.  80 times in 76 verses

Manasseh Succeeds Hezekiah

20And the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, and all his might, and how he made a pool, and a conduit, and brought water into the city, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? 21And Hezekiah slept with his fathers: and Manasseh his son reigned in his stead.

   2 KINGS 21 :Manasseh’s Idolatrous Reign in Judah

(2 Chronicles 33:1-9)

1Manasseh was 12 years old when he began to reign, and reigned 55 years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Hephzibah. 2And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, after the abominations of the heathen, whom the LORD cast out before the children of Israel. 3For he built up again the high places which Hezekiah his father had destroyed; and he reared up altars for Baal, and made a grove, as did Ahab king of Israel; and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them. 4And he built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD said, In Jerusalem will I put my name. 5And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the LORD. 6And he made his son pass through the fire, and observed times, and used enchantments, and dealt with familiar spirits and wizards: he worked much wickedness in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger. 7And he set a graven image of the grove that he had made in the house, of which the LORD said to David, and to Solomon his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all tribes of Israel, will I put my name for ever: 8Neither will I make the feet of Israel move any more out of the land which I gave their fathers; only if they will observe to do according to all that I have commanded them, and according to all the law that my servant Moses commanded them. 9But they listened not: and Manasseh seduced them to do more evil than did the nations whom the LORD destroyed before the children of Israel.

Hephzi-bah = “my delight is in her”; the queen of King Hezekiah and mother of Manasseh;  a name for Jesusalem (fig.)

Observed Times  עָנַן ʻânan, aw-nan’; a primitive root; to cover; used only as a denominative from H6051, to cloud over; figuratively, to act covertly, i.e. practise magic:—× bring, enchanter, Meonemin, observe(-r of) times, soothsayer, sorcerer.   (Piel) to make appear, produce, bring (clouds);  (Poel) to practise soothsaying, conjure;  to observe times, practice soothsaying or spiritism or magic or augury or witchcraft;  soothsayer, enchanter, sorceress, diviner, fortuneteller, barbarian, Meonenim (participle)   11 times in 11 verses

עָנָן ʻânân, aw-nawn’; from H6049; a cloud (as covering the sky), i.e. the nimbus or thunder-cloud:—cloud(-y).  87 times in 80 verses

Enchantments  to practice divination, divine, observe signs, learn by experience, diligently observe, practice fortunetelling, take as an omen   נָחַשׁ nâchash, naw-khash’; a primitive root; properly, to hiss, i.e. whisper a (magic) spell; generally, to prognosticate:   11 times in 9 verses

Familiar Spirits ; water skin bottle; ; necromancer;  necromancer, one who evokes the dead;  ghost, spirit of a dead one;  practice of necromancy; one that has a familiar spirit;   Lexicon:  a soothsayer who evokes the manes of the dead by the power of incantations and magical songs, in order to give answers as to future or doubtful things, a python   17 times in 16 verses

Wizard  a knower, one who has a familiar spirit;  a familiar spirit, soothsayer, necromancer (meton)  יִדְּעֹנִי yiddᵉʻônîy, yid-deh-o-nee’; from H3045; properly, a knowing one; specifically, a conjurer; (by implication) a ghost:—wizard.  11 times in 11 verses

Graven Image  פֶּסֶל peçel, peh’-sel; from H6458; an idol:—carved (graven) image.  31 times in 31 verse

Ashera(h) = “groves (for idol worship)” אֲשֵׁרָה ʼăshêrâh, ash-ay-raw’; or אֲשֵׁירָה ʼăshêyrâh; from H833; happy; Asherah (or Astarte) a Phoenician goddess; also an image of the same:—grove.  “Venus”

Forever  עוֹלָם ʻôwlâm, o-lawm’; or עֹלָם ʻôlâm; from H5956; properly, concealed, i.e. the vanishing point; generally, time out of mind (past or future), i.e. (practically) eternity; frequentatively, adverbial (especially with prepositional prefix) always:—  long duration, antiquity, futurity, for ever, ever, everlasting, evermore, perpetual, old, ancient, world    439 times in 414 verses

Seduce  תָּעָה tâʻâh, taw-aw’; a primitive root; to vacillate, i.e. reel or stray (literally or figuratively); also causative of both:  err (17x)   51 times in 45 verses

Manasseh’s Idolatries Rebuked

(2 Chronicles 33:10-20)

10And the LORD spoke by his servants the prophets, saying, 11Because Manasseh king of Judah has done these abominations, and has done wickedly above all that the Amorites did, which were before him, and has made Judah also to sin with his idols: 12Therefore thus said the LORD God of Israel, Behold, I am bringing such evil on Jerusalem and Judah, that whoever hears of it, both his ears shall tingle. 13And I will stretch over Jerusalem the line of Samaria, and the plummet of the house of Ahab: and I will wipe Jerusalem as a man wipes a dish, wiping it, and turning it upside down. 14And I will forsake the remnant of my inheritance, and deliver them into the hand of their enemies; and they shall become a prey and a spoil to all their enemies; 15Because they have done that which was evil in my sight, and have provoked me to anger, since the day their fathers came forth out of Egypt, even to this day.

 Idols  גִּלּוּל gillûwl, ghil-lool’; or (shortened) גִּלֻּל gillul; from H1556; properly, a log (as round); by implication, an idol:—idol.   48 times in 45 verses

גָּלַל gâlal, gaw-lal’; a primitive root; to roll (literally or figuratively):—commit, remove, roll (away, down, together), run down, seek occasion, trust, wallow.   18 times in 18 verses

Ears  אֹזֶן ʼôzen, o’-zen; from H238; broadness. i.e. (concrete) the ear (from its form in man):— advertise, audience, displease, ear, hearing, show.    187 times in 179 verses

Tingle  צָלַל tsâlal, tsaw-lal’; a primitive root (identical with through the idea of vibration); to tinkle, i.e. rattle together (as the ears in reddening with shame, or the teeth in chattering with fear):—quiver, tingle.    4 times in 4 verses

Line  קַו qav, kav; or קָו qâv; from H6960 (compare H6961); a cord (as connecting), especially for measuring; figuratively, a rule; also a rim, a musical string or accord:—line. Compare H6978.   cord, line, measuring-line    21 times in 15 verses

Plummet  מִשְׁקֶלֶת mishqeleth, mish-keh’-leth; or מִשְׁקֹלֶת mishqôleth; feminine of H4948 or H4947; a weight, i.e. a plummet (with line attached):—plummet.   level, levelling tool or instrument, plummet  2 in 2

Dish  צַלַּחַת tsallachath, tsal-lakh’-ath; from H6743; something advanced or deep, i.e. a bowl; figuratively, the bosom:—bosom, dish.

צָלַח tsâlach, tsaw-lakh’; or צָלֵחַ tsâlêach; a primitive root; to push forward, in various senses (literal or figurative, transitive or intransitive):  to go over or through as a river   67 times in 64 verses

Wipe  מָחָה mâchâh, maw-khaw’; a primitive root; properly, to stroke or rub; by implication, to erase; also to smooth (as if with oil), i.e. grease or make fat; also to touch, i.e. reach to:—abolish, blot out, destroy, full of marrow, put out, reach unto   36 times in 32 verses

Turning  הָפַךְ hâphak, haw-fak’; a primitive root; to turn about or over; by implication, to change, overturn, return, pervert:  94 times in 92 verses

16Moreover Manasseh shed innocent blood very much, till he had filled Jerusalem from one end to another; beside his sin with which he made Judah to sin, in doing that which was evil in the sight of the LORD. 17Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh, and all that he did, and his sin that he sinned, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? 18And Manasseh slept with his fathers, and was buried in the garden of his own house, in the garden of Uzza: and Amon his son reigned in his stead.

Uzza or Uzzah = “strength”  a man slain by Jehovah for touching the sacred ark; a Benjamite of the sons of Ehud;  ancestor of a family of temple slaves who returned from exile with Zerubbabel;  a Merarite Levite;   the garden where kings Manasseh and Amon of Judah were buried  14 times in 14 verses

Amon = “skilled workman” or “master workman” 17 times in 17 verses

אָמוֹן ʼâmôwn, aw-mone’; from H539, probably in the sense of training; like H542skilled, i.e. an architect:—one brought up.

אָמַן ʼâman, aw-man’; a primitive root; (Isaiah 30:21; interchangeable with H541, to go to the right hand) properly, to build up or support; to foster as a parent or nurse; figuratively to render (or be) firm or faithful, to trust or believe, to be permanent or quiet; morally to be true or certain;   H539 matches the Hebrew אָמַן (‘aman),  which occurs 108 times in 102 verses

Amon’s Evil Reign in Judah

(2 Chronicles 33:21-25)

19Amon was 22 years old when he began to reign, and he reigned 2 years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Meshullemeth, the daughter of Haruz of Jotbah. 20And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, as his father Manasseh did.21And he walked in all the way that his father walked in, and served the idols that his father served, and worshipped them: 22And he forsook the LORD God of his fathers, and walked not in the way of the LORD. 23And the servants of Amon conspired against him, and slew the king in his own house. 24And the people of the land slew all them that had conspired against king Amon; and the people of the land made Josiah his son king in his stead. 25Now the rest of the acts of Amon which he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? 26And he was buried in his sepulcher in the garden of Uzza: and Josiah his son reigned in his stead.

Meshullemeth = “friend”;  daughter of Haruz of Jotbah, wife of king Manasseh of Judah, and mother of king Amon of Judah   מְשֻׁלָּם Mᵉshullâm, mesh-ool-lawm’; from H7999; allied; Meshullam, the name of 17 Israelites:—Meshullam.

Haruz = “zealous”

חֲרוּץ chărûwts, khaw-roots’; or חָרֻץ châruts; passive participle of H2782; properly, incised or (active) incisive; hence (as noun masculine or feminine) a trench (as dug), gold (as mined), a threshing-sledge (having sharp teeth); (figuratively) determination; also eager:   18 times in 17 verses    sharp-pointed, sharp, diligent

Jotbah = “pleasing”  יׇטְבָה Yoṭbâh, yot-baw’; from H3190; pleasantness; Jotbah, a place in Palestine:—Jotbah.

יָטַב yâṭab, yaw-tab’; a primitive root; to be (causative) make well, literally (sound, beautiful) or figuratively (happy, successful, right):—be accepted, amend, use aright, benefit, be (make) better, seem best, make cheerful, be comely, be content   110 times in 102

   2 KINGS 22 :Josiah’s Good Reign in Judah

(2 Chronicles 34:1-2)

1Josiah was 8 years old when he began to reign, and he reigned 31 years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Jedidah, the daughter of Adaiah of Boscath. 2And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, and walked in all the way of David his father, and turned not aside to the right hand or to the left.

Josiah = “whom Jehovah heals”  son of Amon by Jedidah who succeeded his father to the throne of Judah and reigned for 31 years; his reign is noteworthy for the great revivals back to the worship of Jehovah which he led;  a returned exile and son of Zephaniah at whose house took place the solemn and symbolical crowning of Joshua the high priest in the time of Zechariah the prophet   53 times in 48 verses

 8 Eight  שְׁמֹנֶה shᵉmôneh   109 in 105

Jedidah = “beloved”

Adaiah = “Jehovah has adorned Himself”; maternal grandfather of king Josiah of Judah and native of Boscath in the lowlands of Judah; a Gershonite Levite and ancestor of Asaph; a Benjamite, son of Shimhi; a priest, son of Jehoram; ancestor of Maaseiah, one of the captains who supported Jehoiada; a descendant of Bani who had a foreign wife in the time of Ezra; a descendant of another Bani who had a foreign wife in the time of Ezra; a descendant of Pharez of the tribe of Judah  9 times in 9 verses

Bozkath or Boscath = “rocky height”; a city in Judah in the lowlands toward the Philistines, home of Josiah’s mother  בׇּצְקַת Botsqath, bots-cath’;  a swell of ground;

Josiah Repairs the Temple

(2 Chronicles 34:8-13)

3And it came to pass in the 18th year of king Josiah, that the king sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah, the son of Meshullam, the scribe, to the house of the LORD, saying, 4Go up to Hilkiah the high priest, that he may sum the silver which is brought into the house of the LORD, which the keepers of the door have gathered of the people: 5And let them deliver it into the hand of the doers of the work, that have the oversight of the house of the LORD: and let them give it to the doers of the work which is in the house of the LORD, to repair the breaches of the house, 6To carpenters, and builders, and masons, and to buy timber and hewn stone to repair the house. 7However, there was no reckoning made with them of the money that was delivered into their hand, because they dealt faithfully.

Shaphan  שָׁפָן shâphân, shaw-fawn’; from H8226; a species of rock-rabbit (from its hiding), i.e. probably the hyrax:—coney.   rock badger, coney, the hyrax;  Lexicon :  a quadruped which chews the cud like a rabbit, and is remarked for its cunning    34 times in 28 verses

Azaliah = “Jehovah (Yahweh) has reserved (set apart)” 

Hilkiah Finds the Book of the Law

(2 Chronicles 34:14-21)

8And Hilkiah the high priest said to Shaphan the scribe, I have found the book of the law in the house of the LORD. And Hilkiah gave the book to Shaphan, and he read it. 9And Shaphan the scribe came to the king, and brought the king word again, and said, Your servants have gathered the money that was found in the house, and have delivered it into the hand of them that do the work, that have the oversight of the house of the LORD. 10And Shaphan the scribe showed the king, saying, Hilkiah the priest has delivered me a book. And Shaphan read it before the king.

 Hilkiah = “my portion is Jehovah”

11And it came to pass, when the king had heard the words of the book of the law, that he rent his clothes. 12And the king commanded Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and Achbor the son of Michaiah, and Shaphan the scribe, and Asahiah a servant of the king’s, saying, 13Go you, inquire of the LORD for me, and for the people, and for all Judah, concerning the words of this book that is found: for great is the wrath of the LORD that is kindled against us, because our fathers have not listened to the words of this book, to do according to all that which is written concerning us.

Ahikam = “my brother has risen (arisen)”   אֲחִיקָם ʼĂchîyqâm, akh-ee-kawm’; from H251 and H6965; brother of rising (i.e. high); Achikam, an Israelite:—Ahikam.  20 times in 20 verses

Achbor = “mouse”  father of king Baal-hanan of Edom;  son of Michaiah and contemporary of king Josiah of Judah   7 times in 7 verses

Asaiah = “made by Jehovah”  8 times in 8 verses

Huldah’s Prophecy

(2 Chronicles 34:22-28)

14So Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam, and Achbor, and Shaphan, and Asahiah, went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas, keeper of the wardrobe; (now she dwelled in Jerusalem in the college;) and they communed with her. 15And she said to them, Thus said the LORD God of Israel, Tell the man that sent you to me, 16Thus said the LORD, Behold, I will bring evil on this place, and on the inhabitants thereof, even all the words of the book which the king of Judah has read: 17Because they have forsaken me, and have burned incense to other gods, that they might provoke me to anger with all the works of their hands; therefore my wrath shall be kindled against this place, and shall not be quenched. 18But to the king of Judah which sent you to inquire of the LORD, thus shall you say to him, Thus said the LORD God of Israel, As touching the words which you have heard; 19Because your heart was tender, and you have humbled yourself before the LORD, when you heard what I spoke against this place, and against the inhabitants thereof, that they should become a desolation and a curse, and have rent your clothes, and wept before me; I also have heard you, said the LORD. 20Behold therefore, I will gather you to your fathers, and you shall be gathered into your grave in peace; and your eyes shall not see all the evil which I will bring on this place. And they brought the king word again.

Huldah = “weasel or mole”; a prophetess in the time of Josiah whom Josiah asked for an authoritative opinion on the book of the law which Hilkiah found  חֻלְדָּה Chuldâh, khool-daw’; feminine of H2467; Chuldah, an Israelitess:—Huldah.

Prophetess = “wife of a prophet”;  ancient type endowed with gift of song (Miriam);  wife of Isaiah the prophet

Shallum = “retribution”

Tikvath or Tikvah = “hope”  Lex:  a rope, expectation, hope   3 times in 3 verses

תִּקְוָה tiqvâh, tik-vaw’; from H6960; (compare  H6961) literally a cord (as an attachment); figuratively, expectancy    34 times in 33 verses

Harhas = “very poor” חַרְחַס Charchaç, khar-khas’; from the same as H2775; perhaps shining; Charchas, an Israelite:—Harhas.

חֶרֶס chereç, kheh’-res; or (with a directive enclitic) חַרְסָה charçâh; from an unused root meaning to scrape; also perhaps from the mediating idea of H2777the sun   4 times in 4 verses

College  מִשְׁנֶה mishneh, mish-neh’; from H8138; properly, a repetition, i.e. a duplicate (copy of a document), or a double (in amount); by implication, a second (in order, rank, age, quality or location):—college, copy, double, fatlings, next, second (order), twice as much.   double, copy, second, repetition  s 35 times in 34 verses

שָׁנָה shânâh, shaw-naw’; a primitive root; to fold, i.e. duplicate (literally or figuratively); by implication, to transmute (transitive or intransitive):  to repeat or do something a second time  22 times in 21

Tender  רָכַךְ râkak, raw-kak’; a primitive root; to soften (intransitively or transitively), used figuratively:—(be) faint(-hearted), mollify, (be, make) soft(-er), be tender.   to be tender, be soft, be weak; contrite  8 times in 8 verses

   2 KINGS 23 :Josiah Renews the Covenant

(2 Chronicles 34:29-33)

1And the king sent, and they gathered to him all the elders of Judah and of Jerusalem. 2And the king went up into the house of the LORD, and all the men of Judah and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem with him, and the priests, and the prophets, and all the people, both small and great: and he read in their ears all the words of the book of the covenant which was found in the house of the LORD. 3And the king stood by a pillar, and made a covenant before the LORD, to walk after the LORD, and to keep his commandments and his testimonies and his statutes with all their heart and all their soul, to perform the words of this covenant that were written in this book. And all the people stood to the covenant.

Pillar  עַמּוּד ʻammûwd, am-mood’; or עַמֻּד ʻammud; from H5975; a column (as standing); also a stand, i.e. platform:—× apiece, pillar.   110 in 84

Josiah Destroys Idolatry

(2 Chronicles 34:3-7)

4And the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, and the priests of the second order, and the keepers of the door, to bring forth out of the temple of the LORD all the vessels that were made for Baal, and for the grove, and for all the host of heaven: and he burned them without Jerusalem in the fields of Kidron, and carried the ashes of them to Bethel. 5And he put down the idolatrous priests, whom the kings of Judah had ordained to burn incense in the high places in the cities of Judah, and in the places round about Jerusalem; them also that burned incense to Baal, to the sun, and to the moon, and to the planets, and to all the host of heaven. 6And he brought out the grove from the house of the LORD, without Jerusalem, to the brook Kidron, and burned it at the brook Kidron, and stamped it small to powder, and cast the powder thereof on the graves of the children of the people. 7And he broke down the houses of the sodomites, that were by the house of the LORD, where the women wove hangings for the grove. 8And he brought all the priests out of the cities of Judah, and defiled the high places where the priests had burned incense, from Geba to Beersheba, and broke down the high places of the gates that were in the entering in of the gate of Joshua the governor of the city, which were on a man’s left hand at the gate of the city.

Idolatrous  כָּמָר kâmâr, kaw-mawr’; from H3648; properly, an ascetic (as if shrunk with self-maceration), i.e. an idolatrous priest (only in plural):—Chemarims (idolatrous) priests.   one who goes bout in black attire, mourning, an ascetic, a monk

Planets  מַזָּלָה mazzâlâh, maz-zaw-law’; apparently from H5140 in the sense of raining; a constellation, i.e. Zodiacal sign (perhaps as affecting the weather):—planet.   Mazzaroth;  Lex:  The Hebrews gave this name to the 12 signs of the Zodiac, the circle of palaces; these were imagined to be the lodging places of the sun during the 12 months, and they rendered to them a superstitious worship.

נָזַל nâzal, naw-zal’; a primitive root; to drip, or shed by trickling:—distil, drop, flood, (cause to) flow(-ing), gush out, melt, pour (down), running water, stream   17 times in 16 verse

Powder עָפָר ʻâphâr, aw-fawr’; from H6080; dust (as powdered or gray); hence, clay, earth, mud  110 in 103

Wove  אָרַג ʼârag, aw-rag’; a primitive root; to plait or weave:—weaver(-r).  13 times in 13 verses

Hangings  בַּיִת bayith, bah’-yith; probably from H1129 abbreviated; a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.):—court, daughter, door, +dungeon, family, + forth of, × great as would contain, hangings,  2,055 times in 1,718

Sodomites  קָדֵשׁ qâdêsh, kaw-dashe’; from H6942; a (quasi) sacred person, i.e. (technically) a (male) devotee (by prostitution) to licentious idolatry:—  male temple prostitute    6 times in 6 verses   prostituting himself in Venus or Astarte’s honour

9Nevertheless the priests of the high places came not up to the altar of the LORD in Jerusalem, but they did eat of the unleavened bread among their brothers. 10And he defiled Topheth, which is in the valley of the children of Hinnom, that no man might make his son or his daughter to pass through the fire to Molech.11And he took away the horses that the kings of Judah had given to the sun, at the entering in of the house of the LORD, by the chamber of Nathanmelech the chamberlain, which was in the suburbs, and burned the chariots of the sun with fire. 12And the altars that were on the top of the upper chamber of Ahaz, which the kings of Judah had made, and the altars which Manasseh had made in the two courts of the house of the LORD, did the king beat down, and broke them down from there, and cast the dust of them into the brook Kidron. 13And the high places that were before Jerusalem, which were on the right hand of the mount of corruption, which Solomon the king of Israel had built for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Zidonians, and for Chemosh the abomination of the Moabites, and for Milcom the abomination of the children of Ammon, did the king defile. 14And he broke in pieces the images, and cut down the groves, and filled their places with the bones of men.

Defiled  טָמֵא ṭâmêʼ, taw-may’; a primitive root; to be foul, especially in a ceremial or moral sense (contaminated):—defile (self), pollute (self), be (make, make self, pronounce);  to be unclean, become unclean, become impure;  sexually, religiously, or ceremonially   H2930 matches the Hebrew טָמֵא (tame’),  which occurs 161 times in 142 verses

 Tophet or Topheth = “place of fire”;  a place in the southeast end of the valley of the son of Hinnom south of Jerusalem.  Lexicon : spittle, that which is spit upon, welll known form the human sacrifiecs there offered to Moloch, artificial mounds on which those sacrifices were offered   9 times in 8 verses   

תֹּפֶת tôpheth, to’-feth; from the base of H8608; a smiting, i.e. (figuratively) contempt:—tabret.

Hinnom = “lamentation” a valley (deep and narrow ravine) with steep, rocky sides located southwest of Jerusalem, separating Mount Zion to the north from the hill of evil counsel’ and the sloping rocky plateau of the ‘plain of Rephaim’ to the south   13 times in 11 verses

Molech | Milcom = “king”  the god of the Ammonites and Phoenicians to whom some Israelites sacrificed their infants in the valley of Hinnom;  

His stature was of brass, with a human form, but the head of an ox; it was hollow within, and heated from below, and the children to be sacrificed were cast into its arms, and in like manner is the statue of Saturn among the Carthaginians described by Diodorus.

Nathan-melech = “the gift of the king”

Suburbs  Parbar = “open apartment”;  a structure or building attached to the west side of Solomon’s temple

Chamber  לִשְׁכָּה lishkâh, lish-kaw’; from an unused root of uncertain meaning; a room in a building (whether for storage, eating, or lodging):—chamber, parlour.   room, chamber, hall, cell    47 times in 41 verses

15Moreover the altar that was at Bethel, and the high place which Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin, had made, both that altar and the high place he broke down, and burned the high place, and stamped it small to powder, and burned the grove. 16And as Josiah turned himself, he spied the sepulchers that were there in the mount, and sent, and took the bones out of the sepulchers, and burned them on the altar, and polluted it, according to the word of the LORD which the man of God proclaimed, who proclaimed these words. 17Then he said, What title is that that I see? And the men of the city told him, It is the sepulcher of the man of God, which came from Judah, and proclaimed these things that you have done against the altar of Bethel. 18And he said, Let him alone; let no man move his bones. So they let his bones alone, with the bones of the prophet that came out of Samaria. 19And all the houses also of the high places that were in the cities of Samaria, which the kings of Israel had made to provoke the Lord to anger, Josiah took away, and did to them according to all the acts that he had done in Bethel. 20And he slew all the priests of the high places that were there on the altars, and burned men’s bones on them, and returned to Jerusalem.

Josiah Restores the Passover

(2 Chronicles 35:1-19)

21And the king commanded all the people, saying, Keep the passover to the LORD your God, as it is written in the book of this covenant.22Surely there was not held such a passover from the days of the judges that judged Israel, nor in all the days of the kings of Israel, nor of the kings of Judah; 23But in the 18th year of king Josiah, wherein this passover was held to the LORD in Jerusalem.

24Moreover the workers with familiar spirits, and the wizards, and the images, and the idols, and all the abominations that were spied in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem, did Josiah put away, that he might perform the words of the law which were written in the book that Hilkiah the priest found in the house of the LORD. 25And like to him was there no king before him, that turned to the LORD with all his heart, and with all his soul, and with all his might, according to all the law of Moses; neither after him arose there any like him.

26Notwithstanding the LORD turned not from the fierceness of his great wrath, with which his anger was kindled against Judah, because of all the provocations that Manasseh had provoked him with. 27And the LORD said, I will remove Judah also out of my sight, as I have removed Israel, and will cast off this city Jerusalem which I have chosen, and the house of which I said, My name shall be there.

Josiah’s Death

(2 Chronicles 35:20-24)

28Now the rest of the acts of Josiah, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? 29In his days Pharaohnechoh king of Egypt went up against the king of Assyria to the river Euphrates: and king Josiah went against him; and he slew him at Megiddo, when he had seen him. 30And his servants carried him in a chariot dead from Megiddo, and brought him to Jerusalem, and buried him in his own sepulcher. And the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and anointed him, and made him king in his father’s stead.

Jehoahaz Succeeds Josiah

(2 Chronicles 36:1-4)

31Jehoahaz was 23 years old when he began to reign; and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah. 32And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his fathers had done. 33And Pharaohnechoh put him in bands at Riblah in the land of Hamath, that he might not reign in Jerusalem; and put the land to a tribute of an 100 talents of silver, and a talent of gold. 

Pharaoh-necho = “great house-he is smitten”

Bands  אָסַר ʼâçar, aw-sar’; a primitive root; to yoke or hitch; by analogy, to fasten in any sense, to join battle:—bind, fast, gird, harness, hold, keep, make ready, order, prepare, prison(-er), put in bonds, set in array, tie.   73 times in 64 verses

Riblah = “fertility”  a place on the eastern boundary of Israel;  a town in the land of Hamath on the great road between Babylon and Palestine   רִבְלָה Riblâh, rib-law’; from an unused root meaning to be fruitful; fertile; Riblah, a place in Syria:—Riblah.    11 in 11 

Tribute  עֹנֶשׁ ʻônesh, o’-nesh; from H6064; a fine:—punishment, tribute.

34And Pharaohnechoh made Eliakim the son of Josiah king in the room of Josiah his father, and turned his name to Jehoiakim, and took Jehoahaz away: and he came to Egypt, and died there. 35And Jehoiakim gave the silver and the gold to Pharaoh; but he taxed the land to give the money according to the commandment of Pharaoh: he exacted the silver and the gold of the people of the land, of every one according to his taxation, to give it to Pharaohnechoh.

Taxed  עָרַךְ ʻârak, aw-rak’; a primitive root; to set in a row, i.e. arrange, put in order (in a very wide variety of applications):   to arrange, set or put or lay in order, set in array, prepare, order, ordain, handle, furnish, esteem, equal, direct, compare    78 times in 71 verses

Exacted  נָגַשׂ nâgas, naw-gas’; a primitive root; to drive (an animal, a workman, a debtor, an army); by implication, to tax, harass, tyrannize;     to press, drive, oppress, exact, exert demanding pressure   23 times in 23 verses

Taxation  עֵרֶךְ ʻêrek, eh’rek; from H6186; a pile, equipment, estimate:—equal, estimation, (things that are set in) order, price, proportion,   33 times in 29 verses

Jehoiakim’s Evil Reign in Judah

(2 Chronicles 36:5-8)

36Jehoiakim was 25 years old when he began to reign; and he reigned 11 years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Zebudah, the daughter of Pedaiah of Rumah. 37And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his fathers had done.

Zebudah = “given”

Pedaiah = “Jehovah has ransomed”

Rumah = “height”

רוּם rûwm, room; a primitive root; to be high actively, to rise or raise (in various applications, literally or figuratively):   195 times in 185 verses   to rise, rise up, be high, be lofty, be exalted

   2 KINGS 24 :Babylon Controls Jehoiakim

1In his days Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up, and Jehoiakim became his servant three years: then he turned and rebelled against him. 2And the LORD sent against him bands of the Chaldees, and bands of the Syrians, and bands of the Moabites, and bands of the children of Ammon, and sent them against Judah to destroy it, according to the word of the LORD, which he spoke by his servants the prophets. 3Surely at the commandment of the LORD came this on Judah, to remove them out of his sight, for the sins of Manasseh, according to all that he did; 4And also for the innocent blood that he shed: for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood; which the LORD would not pardon. 5Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

Jehoiachin’s Evil Reign in Judah

(2 Chronicles 36:9-10)

6So Jehoiakim slept with his fathers: and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his stead. 7And the king of Egypt came not again any more out of his land: for the king of Babylon had taken from the river of Egypt to the river Euphrates all that pertained to the king of Egypt.

 Jehoiachin = “Jehovah establishes”  king of Judah, son of Jehoiakim, and the next to last king of Judah before the Babylonian captivity; kingship lasted for 3 months and 10 days before he surrendered to Nebuchadnezzar who took him to Babylon and imprisoned him for 36 years when he was finally released    10 times in 8 verses

8Jehoiachin was 18 years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months. And his mother’s name was Nehushta, the daughter of Elnathan of Jerusalem. 9And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father had done.

Nehushta = “brass”  daughter of Elnathan, wife of king Jehoiakim of Judah and mother of king Jehoiachin of Judah   נְחֻשְׁתָּא Nᵉchushtâʼ, nekh-oosh-taw’; from H5178; copper; Nechushta, an Israelitess:—Nehushta.

נְחֹשֶׁת nᵉchôsheth, nekh-o’-sheth; for H5154; copper, hence, something made of that metal, i.e. coin, a fetter; figuratively, base (as compared with gold or silver):—brasen, brass, chain, copper, fetter (of brass), filthiness, steel.   141 times in 119 verses

Elnathan = “God has given”  7 times in 5 verses

Deportation to Babylon

(Lamentations 1:1-22)

10At that time the servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up against Jerusalem, and the city was besieged. 11And Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came against the city, and his servants did besiege it. 12And Jehoiachin the king of Judah went out to the king of Babylon, he, and his mother, and his servants, and his princes, and his officers: and the king of Babylon took him in the 8th year of his reign. 13And he carried out there all the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king’s house, and cut in pieces all the vessels of gold which Solomon king of Israel had made in the temple of the LORD, as the LORD had said. 14And he carried away all Jerusalem, and all the princes, and all the mighty men of valor, even 10,000 captives, and all the craftsmen and smiths: none remained, save the poorest sort of the people of the land.

 Nebuchadnezzar or Nebuchadrezzar = “may Nebo protect the crown”  the great king of Babylon who captured Jerusalem and carried Judah captive    60 times in 59 verses  Lex:  The prince of the god Mercury, Nebo is the prince of the gods

Both the construction of the Hanging Gardens of Babylon and the destruction of Jerusalem‘s temple are ascribed to him

In Akaddian  “O god Nabu, preserve/defend my firstborn son”

 

Smiths  מַסְגֵּר maçgêr, mas-gare’; from H5462; a fastener, i.e. (of a person) a smith, (of a thing) a prison:—prison, smith.   a shutting up, locksmith, smith, dungeon, enclosure, builder of bulwarks

Poorest  דַּלָּה dallâh, dal-law’; from H1802; properly, something dangling, i.e. a loose thread or hair; figuratively, indigent:—hair, pining sickness, poor(-est sort).   hair, threads, thrum (threads of warp hanging in loom)   8 times in 8 verses

15And he carried away Jehoiachin to Babylon, and the king’s mother, and the king’s wives, and his officers, and the mighty of the land, those carried he into captivity from Jerusalem to Babylon. 16And all the men of might, even seven thousand, and craftsmen and smiths a thousand, all that were strong and apt for war, even them the king of Babylon brought captive to Babylon.

17And the king of Babylon made Mattaniah his father’s brother king in his stead, and changed his name to Zedekiah.

Mattaniah = “gift of Jehovah”   16 times in 16 verses

Zedekiah = “Jehovah is righteous”

Zedekiah King of Judah

(2 Chronicles 36:11-14; Jeremiah 1:1-3)

18Zedekiah was 21 years old when he began to reign, and he reigned 11 years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah. 19And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that Jehoiakim had done. 20For through the anger of the LORD it came to pass in Jerusalem and Judah, until he had cast them out from his presence, that Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.

Hamutal = “father-in-law is protection”  Lexicon : connection by marriage “of the dew”

Jeremiah = “whom Jehovah has appointed”יִרְמְיָה Yirmᵉyâh, yir-meh-yaw’; or יִרְמְיָהוּ Yirmᵉyâhûw; from H7311 and H3050; Jah will rise; Jirmejah, the name of eight or nine Israelites:—Jeremiah. 147 times in 133 verses

The great image that God revealed to Nebuchadnezzar in a dream was interpreted by the prophet Daniel. Each section represents a world-ruling superpower. Each succeeding metal is less valuable, but each succeeding metal is stronger, as each empire was more powerful than the last.

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