2 Kings 15:8-12 - The Pulpit Commentary - Bible Study & Commentary

2 Kings 15:8-12 - Exposition

REIGN OF ZACHARIA OVER ISRAEL . FULFILLMENT OF THE PROMISE MADE JEHU . The writer has nothing to record of Zachariah but his murder by Shallum after a reign of six months. 2 Kings 15:8 , 2 Kings 15:9 , and 2 Kings 15:11 contain the usual formula. 2 Kings 15:10 gives the only event that needed record. 2 Kings 15:12 recalls to the reader's attention a previous passage, in which a prophecy had been mentioned, whereof Zachariah's reign was the fulfillment.

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Rev. Joseph S. Exell M.A. served as the editor of Clerical World, The Homiletical Quarterly and the Monthly Interpreter. Exell was also the editor for several other large commentary sets like The Men of the Bible, The Preacher's Homiletic Library and The Biblical Illustrator. Henry Donald Maurice Spence-Jones was the Vicar and Rural Dean of St. Pancras, London and the principal of Gloucester Theological College.... Show more

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2 Kings 15:8-12 - Exposition

2 Kings 15:8-12 - Exposition

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