2 Chronicles 25:11 - Exposition

Strengthened himself . The hithp, conjugation of our already familiar verb חָזַק ; it was not a healthy strengthening, and this may be considered denoted in the fact that the work was all his own, and that he wrought himself up. The valley of salt. Commonly supposed to be the plain south of the Salt Sea, but according to Stanley, more probably a "ravine near Petra" ( 1 Chronicles 18:12 ; 2 Samuel 8:13 ). (For the association of Seir with Edom, see Genesis 36:17-20 ; 2 Chronicles 20:10 .)