2 Chronicles 16:8

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 2 Chronicles 16:7-14

Here is, I. A plain and faithful reproof given to Asa by a prophet of the Lord, for making this league with Baasha. The reprover was Hanani the seer, the father of Jehu, another prophet, whom we read of 1 Kgs. 16:1; 2 Chron. 19:2. We observed several things amiss in Asa's treaty with Benhadad. But that which the prophet here charges upon him as the greatest fault he was guilty of in that matter is his relying on the king of Syria and not on the Lord his God, 2 Chron. 16:7. He thought that,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 16:8

Were not the Ethiopians and the Lubim a huge host, with very many chariots and horsemen ?.... They were no less than 1,000,000 men, and three hundred chariots, 2 Chronicles 14:9 , the Lubim were the Libyans, a people near Egypt, that dwelt in Africa; according to an Arabic writer F12 Abulpharag. Hist. Dynast. dyn. 3. p. 57. , they were the Nubians: yet, because thou didst rely on the Lord, he delivered them into thine hand ; and with equal ease could and would have delivered the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 16:1-14

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 16:1-14

The disappointing relapse of what had seemed tried worth, knowledge, and proved goodness. Mournful to the last degree is the impression made on us by what we are given to learn last of the career of King Asa. It is a reversal—not the reversal from bad to good, but of what seemed good and seemed sure, to bad. The humiliating lesson and fresh illustration of human caprice and weakness must be in like spirit and with proportionate humility noted and learned by ourselves. It is, indeed, a... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 16:7-8

The very impressive episode of four verses begun by the seventh verse is not found in the parallel. The fact furnishes clear indication that our compiler was not indebted to the writer of Kings for material. And the moral aspects of the matter here preserved by the compiler of Chronicles show the paramount reasons why he would not miss bringing it to the front for the returned people's better religious education. Presumably Hanani the seer is the father of that other faithful seer and... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 16:7-10

The king and the prophet. I. THE PROPHET 'S MESSAGE TO THE KING . ( 2 Chronicles 16:7-9 .) 1 . The prophet ' s name. Hanani, "Favourable" (Gesenius); otherwise unknown, though conjectured to be the father of "Jehu the son of Hanani," who announced to Baasha the ruin of his house ( 1 Kings 16:1 ), and afterwards appeared at the court of Jehoshaphat ( 2 Chronicles 19:2 ), having probably been obliged to flee from the northern kingdom on account of his ill-omened... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Chronicles 16:7-10

The rebuke of Hanani and his imprisonment by Asa, omitted by the writer of Kings, are among the most important of the additions to Asa’s history for which we are indebted to the author of Chronicles.2 Chronicles 16:7Escaped out of thine hand - Hanani means, “Hadst thou been faithful, and opposed in arms the joint host of Israel and Syria, instead of bribing the Syrian king to desert to thy side, the entire host would have been delivered into thy hand, as was Zerah’s. But now it is escaped from... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Chronicles 16:8

2 Chronicles 16:8 . And the Lubims Either the Libyans in Africa, or another people possibly descended from them, but now seated in some part of Arabia. See on 2 Chronicles 12:3. read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 16:1-14

Reformation under Asa (14:1-16:14)God’s blessings on Asa showed his pleasure with those who removed Canaanite customs and restored the Levitical order of worship. God rewarded Asa by giving him a remarkable victory over a large and powerful army that invaded from the south. This sign of God’s pleasure encouraged Asa to continue his reforms with greater boldness (14:1-15:19; see notes on 1 Kings 15:9-15).When, however, Asa trusted in outside help instead of trusting in God, he displeased God and... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 2 Chronicles 16:8

Were not. ? Figure of speech Erotesis. read more

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