THE HOLY BIBLE (Darby Translation) Darby's Notes on 2 Kings

1:8a garment: Or 'a hairy man.'
1:13b life: Lit. 'soul,' 'souls.'
2:14a also: Or 'Even he.' or 'Yea, he (Jehovah).'
2:23a up: Others, 'Come up.'
3:2b column: Or perhaps 'image,' or 'statue' see 1Kings 14:23.
3:4c wool: Or 'to the king of Israel the wool of,' &c.
3:9d army: Or 'camp.'
3:16a ditches: Or 'dykes.'
3:20b offered: Olah: see Lev. 14:20.
3:25c the: Lit. 'her.'
4:3d be: Lit. 'make it not ...'
4:8a wealthy: Strictly, 'great.'
4:10b walls: Or 'upon the wall.'
4:12c, 4:19c servant: Heb. 'young man,' as ver. 19, and often.
4:13d care: Or 'alacrity.'
4:16e come: Or 'at this time of the year' lit. 'life', as ver. 17; Gen. 18:14.
4:18f one: Lit. 'the.'
4:22g asses: Here, 'she-asses.'
4:23h well: Lit. 'Peace,' so also (4 times) in ver. 26.
5:2a on: Lit. 'was before.'
5:10b wash: Or 'bathe:' so vers. 12, 13.
5:12c Abanah: Or 'the Amanah.'
5:17d offer: 'Do' as Deut. 12:27: see 1Kings 3:15; 18:23.
5:18e Rimmon: A Syrian idol.
5:18f bow down: Or 'worship.'
5:20a servant: As chs. 4:12; 6:15, &c.
5:22b well: Lit. 'Is it peace? And he said, Peace.'
6:1c dwell: Or 'sit.'
6:24a army: Or 'camp.'
6:25b silver-pieces: Or 'shekels of silver.'
6:26c Help: Lit. 'Save;' and so ver. 27.
7:1a measure: Heb. Seah: see 1Kings 18:32.
7:6b army: Or 'camp.'
8:3b land: See Ruth 1:1.
8:4c servant: Lit. 'young man' as elsewhere.
8:6d chamberlain: Or 'eunuch.'
8:19a always: Lit. 'all the days.'
9:8a left: As 1Kings 14:10: see Deut. 32:36.
9:10b plot: Or 'portion,' 'allotment;' and so vers. 21, 25, 26, 36, 37.
9:24a hand: Lit. 'filled his hand with the bow.'
9:26b saith: See Gen. 22:16.
9:31c Zimri: Or 'Had Zimri peace ...?'
9:32a chamberlains: Or 'eunuchs.'
10:1b letters: Or 'a letter,' as vers 2, 6, 7, but here it is the plural.
10:1c guardians: Or 'nursing-fathers:' see vers. 5 and 6 and Num. 11:12, &c.
10:12d meeting-place: Or 'Beth-Eked.'
10:13a queen: See 1Kings 15:13.
10:15b greeted: Lit. 'blessed.'
10:25c city: Others, 'buildings' or 'citadel' of Baal.
10:26d columns, 10:27d column: Or 'images:' see ch. 3:2.
11:21a Jehoash: Joash, as ch. 11:2.
12:10a scribe: Or 'secretary.'
12:20b Millo: The citadel of Zion: see 2Sam. 5:9; 1Kings 9:15.
14:5a slew: Lit. 'smote.'
14:25a plain: The Arabah: see Josh. 3:16.
14:26b left: See Deut. 32:36.
14:28c how: Or 'might with which.'
15:5d house: Or 'hospital;' and so 2Chron. 26:21.
15:18a days: Others read 'In his days,' placing these words before 'Pul,' ver. 19.
16:13a burned, 16:15a burn: Strictly, 'burn as incense:' see Lev. 1:9; Ex. 29:13; 2Chron. 28:3; 29:11.
16:15b by: Others, 'to consider.'
17:10a columns: See ch. 3:2.
17:15b statutes: As ver. 37 and Ex. 12:24.
17:15c vain: Or 'vanity.'
17:21d from: Or 'He (Jehovah) rent Israel from.'
17:24e Babylon: Heb. 'Babel:' see Gen. 10:10.
17:30a Cuth: Called 'Cuthah,' ver. 24.
17:32b classes: As 1Kings 13:33; lit. 'from the ends:' see Gen. 19:4.
17:35c to: Or 'worship,' as ver. 36.
18:4a columns: Or 'statues:' see chs. 3:2; 23:14.
18:4b Nehushtan: Meaning, 'Bronze' or 'Brass.'
18:7c prospered: Or 'he dealt wisely:' see 1Sam. 18:5.
18:13d *: Compare ch. 18:13 to ch. 20:19 with Isa. 36 to 39.
18:17e Rab-shakeh: Or 'the marshal, the chief chamberlain, and the chief officer.'
18:24a captain: Elsewhere 'governor.'
18:26b Syriac: Or 'Aramaic.'
18:31c peace: Lit. 'blessing:' see Gen. 33:11; 1Sam. 25:27.
18:31d cistern: Or 'well.'
18:32e when: Or 'for.'
19:3a reviling: Or 'rejection.'
19:6b servants: Heb. 'young men.'
19:9c Ethiopia: Heb. Cush.
19:15d Same: See Deut. 32:39.
19:16a him: Or 'which he hath sent.'
19:21b virgin-daughter: i.e. 'unconquered:' said of Sidon, Isa. 23:12; Babylon, Isa. 47:1; Egypt, Jer. 46:11.
19:23c field: Or 'forest of his Carmel.'
19:24d Matsor: i.e. 'Egypt;' the term 'Matsor' was applied originally to the fortified part of the country in the north-east. Isa. 19:6; 37:25; Mic. 7:12. Same word as 'fortress' in Jer. 10:17.
19:25e formed: Or 'purposed.'
19:26f powerless: Lit. 'short of hand.'
19:33a saith: As Gen. 22:16.
20:4b city: It appears to mean the 'lower town.'
20:9c that: Or 'for.'
20:11d dial: Lit. 'degrees.'
20:13a to: Some read 'was glad of.'
20:13b oil: Or 'precious ointment.'
20:18c chamberlains: Or 'eunuchs.'
21:1d Hephzibah: Meaning, 'My delight is in her.'
22:1a Josiah: Meaning,'Jehovah heals' or 'sustains.'
22:7a faithfully: Lit. 'in truth.'
22:12b Micaiah: See Note e, Judg. 17:4, meaning, 'Who is like Jah.'
22:19a saith: As Gen. 22:16.
23:2b read: Or 'one read.'
23:5c priests: Heb. chemarim, see Hos. 10:5; Zeph. 1:4: the only occurrences.
23:5d constellations: Or 'planets.'
23:7e tents: Lit. 'houses.'
23:11f by: Some read 'in.'
23:11g chamberlain: Or 'eunuch.'
23:11h suburbs: Heb. parvarim, 'the dependencies of the temple,' possibly the same as parbar, 1Chron. 26:18.
23:14a columns: Or 'statues:' see ch. 3:2.
23:20b sacrificed: 'Slaughtered,' as 1Kings 13:2.
23:26a wrath: See Jer. 15:1-4.
23:30b dead: Or perhaps 'dying:' see 2Chron. 35:24.
23:35c estimation: Or 'assessment.'
24:12a, 24:15a chamberlains: Or 'eunuchs.'
24:14b valour: Or 'all those who were wealthy,' as ch. 15:20.
24:18c *: Compare ch. 24:18 to ch. 25:21 with Jer. 52:1-27.
25:1d turrets: Or 'siege-towers,' or 'an enclosing wall;' and so Jer. 52:4: see Ezek. 4:2; 17:17; 21:22; 26:8.
25:4a plain: The Arabah: see Josh. 3:16. In ver. 5: 'the parts of the Arabah about Jericho:' so in Jer. 39:5; 52:8.
25:7b brass: Or 'with double (or 'two') chains of bronze.'
25:14c cauldrons: Or 'pots.'
25:14d copper: Or 'brass.'
25:15e censers: Or 'fire-pans.'
25:15f bowls: Or 'basons:' see 1Kings 7:40.
25:19g chamberlain: Or 'eunuch.'
25:19h captain: Or 'scribe-in-chief.'
25:21a land: or 'from their soil.'
25:22b Shaphan: With vers. 23-24. compare Jer. 40:7-9.
25:23c namely: Or 'both.'
25:25d *: With vers. 25-26, compare Jer. 41:1-3; 43:4-7.
25:27e *: With vers. 27-30, compare Jer. 52:31-34.

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