2 Chronicles 16:2 - Exposition

The writer of Chronicles omits the pedigree of this Benhadad King of Syria , given in the parallel "the son of Tabrimon, the son of Hezion." Benhidri is the name of Benhadad in the Assyrian monuments. The Septuagint gives Ader, which tallies with it, For Damascus , we have here Dar-mesek, instead of the more usual Dammesek of the parallel and Genesis 15:2 ; the resh representing (as in Syriac) the dagesh forte in mem. The parallel ( 1 Kings 15:18 ) says that Asa took all the silver and the gold left in the treasures, etc.; but the reading "left" should very possibly be "found," the Hebrew characters easily permitting it.