1Sa 14:52, 1Ki 9:22-23, 10:26, 12:4, 10, 2Ch 26:10-15 | TSK | STEP

My little finger.A proverbial mode of expression: "My little finger is thicker than my father's thigh." As much as the thigh surpasses the little finger in thickness, so much does my power exceed that of my father; and the use I shall make of it to oppress and tax you shall be in proportion.

2Ch 10:10,11; Pr 10:14; 18:6,7; 28:25; 29:23; Isa 47:6

2 Chronicles 26:10-15

digged many wells. or, cut out many cisterns.

Ge 26:18-21

he had much.

2Ki 3:4; 1Ch 27:26-31

Carmel. or, fruitful fields.

2Ki 19:23; Isa 29:17

husbandry. Heb.ground.

went out.

2Ki 5:2

an army. Heb. the power of an army. three hundred.

11:1; 13:3; 14:8; 17:14-19

slings to cast stone. Heb. stones of slings.

Jud 20:16; 1Sa 17:49

cunning men.

2:7,14; Ex 31:4

to shoot arrows.These engines, it is probable, bore some resemblance to the {balistæ} and {catapultæ} of the Romans, which were employed for throwing stones and arrows, and were in reality the mortars and carcasses of antiquity. With respect to the towers which Uzziah built in the wilderness, (ver. 10,) Mr. Harmer appears to have given a truer view of the subject than commentators in general have done, who suppose that they were conveniences made only for sheltering the shepherds from bad weather, or to defend them from incursions of enemies; for they might rather be designed to keep the nations that pastured there in awe, and also to induce them quietly to pay the tribute to which the 8th verse seems to refer. William of Tyre describes a country not far from the Euphrates as inhabited by Syrian and Armenian Christians, who fed great flocks and herds there, but were kept in subjection to the Turks, in consequence of their living among them in strong places.

spread far. Heb. went forth.

Mt 4:24