The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 16:5-6
War of Ahazleith Pekah and Rezin. read more
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Spence, H. D. M., etc.
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 16:5-7
God's punishments of a nation's sins are often long delayed, but, when they come, it is not by degrees, but suddenly, violently, and at once. This subject may best be treated, as the last, under three heads, viz. I. THE SINS OF JUDAH . Though, on the whole, less guilty than her sister, Ephraim, still Judah had, from the division of the kingdom of Solomon, been more or less unfaithful to Jehovah in several respects. 1. An unauthorized and illegitimate high-place worship,... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 16:5-9
The-Syro-Israelitish war. Again was the truth to be verified that national sins bring in their train national calamities. God is not mocked. He vindicates the reality of his moral government by visiting the transgressor with manifest strokes of his displeasure. In addition to the invasion of Pekah and Rezin spoken of below, we read of assaults of the Edomites and of the Philistines, by which Judah was brought very low ( 2 Chronicles 28:17-19 ). The kingdom also was brought into a state of... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 16:6
At that time Rezin, King of Syria recovered Elath to Syria. The Syrians had certainly never previously been masters of Elath, which had always hitherto been either Jewish or Edomite (see 1 Kings 9:26 ; 1 Kings 22:48 ; 2 Kings 14:22 ). Hence it seems to be necessary that we should either translate the Hebrew verb צֵשִׁיב by "gained," "conquered," instead of "recovered;" or else change אַרַם , "Syria," into אֱדֹם "Edom." The Syrians could "recover" Elath for Edom; they could... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 16:7
So Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglath-pileser King of Assyria, saying. This appeal to man rather than to God, this trust in "an arm of flesh," was exactly what Isaiah had been endeavoring to prevent, what he viewed as unfaithfulness, and as inevitably drawing down God's wrath both upon king and kingdom. Ahaz was young, was weak, and had no doubt a large body of advisers, who considered the prophet to be a fanatic, who had no belief in supernatural aid, and who thought that in any emergency... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 16:7-9
Expedition of Tiglath-pileser against Pekah and Rezin . In the extremity of his danger, when the confederacy had declared itself, or perhaps later, when he had suffered terrible defeats, and was about. to be besieged in his capital ( 2 Chronicles 28:5 , 2 Chronicles 28:6 ), Ahaz invoked the aid of Tiglath-pileser, sent him all the treasure on which he could lay his hands ( 2 Kings 16:8 ), offered to place himself and his kingdom under the Assyrian monarch's suzerainty, and entreated... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 16:8
And Ahaz took the silver and gold that was found in the house of the Lord, and in the treasures of the king's house. Hitherto the temple treasures had been diverted from their proper use, and secularized for the sole purpose (except in one instance) of buying off the hostility of foreign foe, who threatened the city and the temple itself with destruction (see 1 Kings 14:26 ; 2 Kings 12:18 ; 2 Kings 14:14 ). Now, as on one former occasion ( 1 Kings 15:18 ), they were utilized to... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 16:9
And the King of Assyria hearkened unto him. Overtures of the kind were almost certain to be accepted. The great conquering monarchs of the East were always glad to receive small states into their alliance for a time, and even to allow them a shadow of independence, while they made use of their services against their near neighbors. Tiglath-pileser was already bent on conquering Samaria and Damascus, and could not fail to perceive that their subjugation would be greatly facilitated by his... read more
Albert Barnes
Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Kings 16:6
Either during the siege, or on breaking up from before Jeruasalem, Rezin made an expedition to the lied Sea coast, and became master of the city which had belonged to Judaea about 70 years (marginal reference). Most moderns render this verse, “Rezin recovered (or restored) Elath to Edom ... and the Edomites came to Elath.” On the resemblance of the words Aram and Edom in the original, see 2 Samuel 8:12 note. read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 16:1-20
A people's king and priest; or, kinghood and priesthood. "In the seventeenth year of Pekah," etc. Throughout all lands, almost throughout all times, two functionaries have been at the head of the peoples, too often treading them down by oppression, and fattening on them by their greed. One of these functionaries was not, among the Jews, of Divine ordinations; for the Almighty is represented as saying, "They have set up kings, but not by me: they have made princes, and I knew it not." Let... read more