2Ki 23:33-35, 2Ch 35:20-24, Jer 46:2 | TSK | STEP | put him. Riblah.Theodoret (in Jer ch. 46,) expressly affirms that Riblah or Reblatha was in his time called Emesa. [Kome de estin he Reblatha tes nun kaloumenes Emeses.] Emesa was a city of Syria, situated on the Orontes, and, according to the Antonine Itinerary, 18 miles from Laodicea ad Libanum. It is now called Homs, or Hems, about eight hours, or twenty-four miles S.E. of Hamah or Hamath, in the road to Damascus. The present town only occupies about one quarter of the space contained within the ancient walls, which apparently date from the time of the Saracens. Here is nothing remarkable, except a Roman sepulchre, and a large castle in ruins. Hamath. that he might not reign. or, because he reigned. put, etc.Heb. set a mulct upon the land.

2 Kings 23:33-35

put him.

Riblah.Theodoret (in Jer ch. 46,) expressly affirms that Riblah or Reblatha was in his time called Emesa. [Kome de estin he Reblatha tes nun kaloumenes Emeses.] Emesa was a city of Syria, situated on the Orontes, and, according to the Antonine Itinerary, 18 miles from Laodicea ad Libanum. It is now called Homs, or Hems, about eight hours, or twenty-four miles S.E. of Hamah or Hamath, in the road to Damascus. The present town only occupies about one quarter of the space contained within the ancient walls, which apparently date from the time of the Saracens. Here is nothing remarkable, except a Roman sepulchre, and a large castle in ruins.

25:6; Nu 34:11; Jer 39:5,6; 52:9,10,26,27

Hamath.

Nu 13:21; 1Ki 8:65

that he might not reign. or, because he reigned. put, etc.Heb. set a mulct upon the land.

18:14; Ex 21:22; 2Ch 36:3; Pr 19:19

Eliakim.

Jos 18:18; 2Ch 36:3,4

the son.

1Ch 3:15

turned.

24:17; Ge 41:45; Da 1:7

Jehoiakim."Called Jakim, Mt 1:11."

he came.

Jer 22:11,12; Eze 19:3,4

the silver.

taxed.

15:19,20

2 Chronicles 35:20-24

A.M. 3394. B.C. 610. temple. Heb. house. Necho.Pharaoh, the lame, says the Targumist.

2Ki 23:29,30

Pharaoh-necho.

Jer 46:2-12

Charchemish.

Isa 10:9

What.

2Sa 16:10; Mt 8:29; Joh 2:4

house wherewith I have war. Heb. house of my war. God.

2Ki 18:25; Isa 36:10

forbear thee.

25:19

Nevertheless.Josiah's conduct in this affair has been treated with great severity; and he has been charged with engaging rashly in an unjust war, and disregarding the express command of God. But Scripture no where condemns him; and Pharaoh, in marching through Josiah's territories, against his will, certainly committed an act of hostility. It is evident that Josiah was in possession of the whole land of Israel (ch. 26:6); and probably he held the northern parts of it as a grant from the king of Babylon; and was not only in alliance with him, but bound to guard his frontiers against hostile invaders. He may, therefore, be fairly justified from the charge of unjustly meddling in a war that did not belong him. It is true the ambassadors assured Josiah, that "God had commanded Pharaoh to make haste;" and he is therefore said not to have "hearkened to the words of Necho, from the mouth of God." But Necho produced no proof that he was a prophet of Jehovah; and the word he employed, {elohim,} may denote gods or idols; and critics have noticed that the expression, "from the mouth of God," is not used when the true God is meant.

but disguised.

18:29; 1Ki 14:2; 22:30,34

the mouth.

21; 18:4-6; Jos 9:14

Megiddo.

Jud 5:19; 2Ki 9:27; 23:30; Zec 12:11

Megiddon.

Re 16:16

Armageddon.

the archers.

18:33; Ge 49:23; 2Ki 9:24; La 3:13

wounded. Heb. made sick.