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E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 2 Chronicles 16:1

In the, &c. This chapter is complementary to 1 Kings 15:17-24 . six and thirtieth. The thirty-sixth year of the kingdom: i.e. from the disruption of the kingdom of Judah. This agrees with all the other dates and lengths of reigns. See App-50 and note on p. 57. reign. See note on 2 Chronicles 15:19 . came up against. There had been quiet between the two kingdoms as such (2 Chronicles 14:1 ; 2 Chronicles 15:19 ), though there had been border fighting (1 Kings 15:16 , 1 Kings 15:32 ). let... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 2 Chronicles 16:2

treasures = treasuries. the LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4 . read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 2 Chronicles 16:3

There is. Supply ellipsis ( App-6 ) by "Let there be". read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 2 Chronicles 16:4

store cities = the storehouses of the cities. Septuagint reads "the surrounding cities". read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 2 Chronicles 16:1

THE CONCLUSION OF THE REIGN OF ASA;HIS REBUKE BY THE PROPHET;BAASHA; THE KING OF ISRAEL; BEGINS TO FORTIFY RAMAH"In the sixth and thirtieth year of the reign of Asa, Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah, and built Ramah, that he might not suffer any one to come unto or go in to Asa king of Judah. Then Asa brought out silver and gold out of the treasures of the house of Jehovah and of the king's house, and sent to Benhadad king of Syria, that dwelt at Damascus, saying, There is a league... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - 2 Chronicles 16:1

2 Chronicles 16:1. In the six-and-thirtieth year of the reign— In the twenty-sixth year; Houbigant: for Baasha died in the twenty-sixth year of Asa. read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - 2 Chronicles 16:3

2 Chronicles 16:3. There is a league between me and thee— Let there be a league, I pray thee, between me and thee. Houbigant. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - 2 Chronicles 16:1

1-6. In the six and thirtieth year of the reign of Asa, Baasha . . . came up against Judah—Baasha had died several years before this date ( :-), and the best biblical critics are agreed in considering this date to be calculated from the separation of the kingdoms, and coincident with the sixteenth year of Asa's reign. This mode of reckoning was, in all likelihood, generally followed in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel, the public annals of the time ( :-), the source from which the... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - 2 Chronicles 16:4

4. Ben-hadad . . . sent the captains of his armies . . . and they smote . . . Abelmaim—"The meadow of waters," supposed to have been situated on the marshy plain near the uppermost lake of the Jordan. The other two towns were also in the northern district of Palestine. These unexpected hostilities of his Syrian ally interrupted Baasha's fortifications at Ramah, and his death, happening soon after, prevented his resuming them. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - 2 Chronicles 16:5

1-6. In the six and thirtieth year of the reign of Asa, Baasha . . . came up against Judah—Baasha had died several years before this date ( :-), and the best biblical critics are agreed in considering this date to be calculated from the separation of the kingdoms, and coincident with the sixteenth year of Asa's reign. This mode of reckoning was, in all likelihood, generally followed in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel, the public annals of the time ( :-), the source from which the... read more

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