2 Chronicles 28:7 - Exposition

The king's son . This can scarcely mean the child of Ahaz, considering Ahaz's age; some think a brother of the present king, son of Jotham, may be intended. We have also to fall back upon the use of the phrase, "king's son," for some special official of the king or court (see note on 2 Chronicles 18:25 ; and its parallel, 1 Kings 22:26 ). The governor of the house ; Revised Version, ruler. We have probably a sufficient clue to this designation in 1 Kings 4:6 ; and the designation itself, 2 Chronicles 18:3 ; 2 Kings 18:18 ; 2 Chronicles 19:11 . Next to the king ; Hebrew, מִשְׁנֵה הַמֶּלֶךְ ; literally, therefore, the next of the king, the general meaning of which expression cannot be doubtful, but the exacter scope and functions of the person under the kings of the divided kingdom thus designated is less certain. It is naturally to be supposed his place may have been king's deputy in councils in his absence, or in and over the city itself, when he was at a distance with an army.