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John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And all Judah rejoiced at the oath,.... The greater part of them; for some there might be who were dissemblers: for they had sworn with all their heart; in the sincerity and uprightness of their souls: and sought him with their whole desire; none being more or so desirable as he: and he was found of them: and favoured them with his presence: and...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Ver. 16-18. And also concerning Maachah the mother of Asa the king,.... Or rather his grandmother, 1 Kings 15:10, he removed her from being queen; the Septuagint version is, "that she should not minister to Astarte"; which was the goddess of the Zidonians; of this and the two next verses, [See comments on 1 Kings 15:13], [See comments on 1 Kings...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
[See comments on 2 Chronicles 15:16].
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
[See comments on 2 Chronicles 15:16].
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And there was no more war unto the thirty fifth year of the reign of Asa. That is, from the Ethiopian war to that time; after that there was no war with any foreign enemy; there were animosities and discords, bickerings and hostilities of some sort continually between Asa and Baasha king of Israel, as long as he lived, see 1 Kings 15:16.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
INTRODUCTION TO 2 CHRONICLES 16 Baasha coming up against Judah, and building Ramah, Asa made a league with the king of Syria, and hired him to make a diversion in his favour, and cause Baasha to leave off building, which succeeded, 2 Chronicles 16:1, for which he was reproved by a prophet of the Lord, with whom he was so angry for it as to put him...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
In the thirty and sixth year of the reign of Asa Baasha king of Israel came up against Judah,.... How this is to be reconciled with the reign of Baasha, which was but twenty four years, and was begun in the third of Asa, and therefore must have been dead nearly ten years before this year of Asa's reign, [See comments on 1 Kings 15:17] where, and...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
[See comments on 2 Chronicles 16:1].
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
[See comments on 2 Chronicles 16:1].
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
[See comments on 2 Chronicles 16:1].
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
[See comments on 2 Chronicles 16:1].
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
[See comments on 2 Chronicles 16:1].
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And at that time Hanani the seer came to Asa king of Judah,.... Being sent by the Lord to reprove him: and said unto him, because thou hast relied on the king of Syria; on the covenant he made with him, on the promises the Syrian king made to him upon receiving his money, and so trusted to an arm of flesh, and even an Heathen king: and not relied...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Were not the Ethiopians and the Lubim a huge host, with very many chariots and horsemen?.... They were no less than 1,000,000 men, and three hundred chariots, 2 Chronicles 14:9, the Lubim were the Libyans, a people near Egypt, that dwelt in Africa; according to an Arabic writer (l), they were the Nubians: yet, because thou didst rely on the Lord,...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
For the eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth,.... The eyes of his omniscience are everywhere, and the eyes of his mercy and goodness, of his care and providence, are here and there, and in every place throughout the whole world at once, see Zechariah 4:10, to show himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Then Asa was wroth with the seer,.... For this faithful reproof of him, which was another instance of his sin and folly: and put him in a prison house; in a very strait place, in which he could not turn himself, what we call "little ease"; some say it was the stocks, others a pillory he put him into: for he was in a rage with him because of this...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And, behold, the acts of Asa, first and last,.... [See comments on 1 Kings 15:23].
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And Asa in the thirty ninth year of his reign was diseased in his feet,.... This was about two years before his death, and his disease is generally thought to be the gout in his feet, and a just retaliation for putting the prophet's feet into the stocks: until his disease was exceeding great; it increased upon him, and became very severe and...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And Asa slept with his fathers, and died in the forty first year of his reign. See 1 Kings 15:10.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And they buried him in his own sepulchres which he had made for himself in the city of David,.... Where was the burying place of the kings of Judah; here Asa had ordered a vault to be made for himself and his family, and therefore called sepulchres, because of the several cells therein to put separate bodies in: and laid him in the bed; not only...