Isaiah 7:6 - Exposition

Make a breach therein . The word employed means properly "making a breach in a city wall" ( 2 Kings 25:4 ; 2 Kings 2:1-25 Citron. 32:1; Jeremiah 39:2 ; Ezekiel 26:10 ), but is used also in a metaphorical sense for injuring and ruining a country (see especially 2 Chronicles 21:17 ). The son of Tabeal ; or, Tubal . "Tab-ill" appears to be a Syrian name, founded upon the same pattern as Tab-rimmon ( 1 Kings 15:18 ), rite one meaning "God is good, "the other "Rimmon is good." We cannot, however, conclude from the name that the family of Tabeal was monotheistic (Kay), for El was one of the many Syrian gods as much as Rimmon.