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1 Kings Chapter
Sixteen
New King James Version (NKJV)
INTRODUCTION TO 1 KINGS 16
This
chapter contains a prophecy of the ruin of the family of Baasha, and an account
of his death, 1 Kings 16:1, and
of his son's reigning in his stead two years, who was slain by Zimri one of his
captains, 1 Kings 16:8, and
who reigned but seven days, 1 Kings 16:15, and
the people being divided between Tibni and Omri, the party for the latter
prevailed, and he was made king, and reigned twelve years, 1 Kings 16:21, and
was succeeded by his son Ahab, a very wicked prince, 1 Kings 16:29, and
the chapter is concluded with the rebuilding of Jericho, 1 Kings 16:34.
1 Kings 16:1 Then
the word of the Lord
came to Jehu the son of Hanani, against Baasha, saying:
YLT
1And a word of Jehovah is
unto Jehu son of Hanani, against Baasha, saying,
Then the word of the Lord came to Jehu the son of Hanani,.... The seer
that reproved Asa, 2 Chronicles 16:7,
so that this man was the son of a prophet then living, and was a young man; for
we hear of him several years after reproving Jehoshaphat, 2 Chronicles 19:2,
and as a writer of history, 2 Chronicles 20:34,
the prophecy that came to him from the Lord was
against Baasha; king of Israel:
saying; as follows.
1 Kings 16:2 2 “Inasmuch as I lifted you
out of the dust and made you ruler over My people Israel, and you have walked
in the way of Jeroboam, and have made My people Israel sin, to provoke Me to
anger with their sins,
YLT
2`Because that I have raised
thee up out of the dust, and appoint thee leader over My people Israel, and
thou walkest in the way of Jeroboam, and causest My people Israel to sin -- to
provoke Me to anger with their sins;
Forasmuch as I exalted thee out of the dust,.... From a
very low estate, and mean family:
and made thee prince over my people Israel; as they were
of right, and ought to have been; and though Baasha got the kingdom by
treachery and murder, yet the translation of the kingdom to him was according
to the appointment of God, and by his overruling providence; and even his act
of killing Nadab was a fulfilment of a prophecy of his; and had he done it in
obedience to the will of God, and in vengeance for his sin, would not have been
blameworthy, since then he would have been an executioner of the, justice of
God:
and thou hast walked in the way of Jeroboam, and hast made my people
Israel to sin, to provoke me to anger with their sins; committing
and encouraging the same idolatrous practices, so very provoking to God.
1 Kings 16:3 3 surely I will take away
the posterity of Baasha and the posterity of his house, and I will make your
house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat.
YLT
3lo, I am putting away the
posterity of Baasha, even the posterity of his house, and have given up thy
house as the house of Jeroboam son of Nebat;
Behold, I will take away the posterity of Baasha, and the
posterity of his house,.... By death, there shall be none of his family remaining in any
branch of it:
and I will make thy house like the house of Jeroboam the son of
Nebat; execute the same judgment on it, and in the same manner, their
sins being alike.
1 Kings 16:4 4 The dogs shall eat whoever
belongs to Baasha and dies in the city, and the birds of the air shall eat
whoever dies in the fields.”
YLT
4him who dieth of Baasha in
a city do the dogs eat, and him who dieth of his in a field do fowl of the
heavens eat.'
Him that dieth of Baasha in the city shall the dogs eat, and him
that dieth of his in the fields shall the fowls of the air eat. They should
not have burial, which is just the same that was threatened to and executed on
Jeroboam's family, 1 Kings 14:11.
1 Kings 16:5 5 Now the rest of the acts
of Baasha, what he did, and his might, are they not written in the book
of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
YLT
5And the rest of the matters
of Baasha, and that which he did, and his might, are they not written on the
book of the Chronicles of the kings of Israel?
Now the rest of the acts of Baasha, and what he did, and his might,
are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? As those of
Jeroboam and Nadab were, 1 Kings 14:19.
1 Kings 16:6 6 So Baasha rested with his
fathers and was buried in Tirzah. Then Elah his son reigned in his place.
YLT
6And Baasha lieth with his
fathers, and is buried in Tirzah, and Elah his son reigneth in his stead.
So Baasha slept with his fathers,.... Or died, not a violent,
but natural, death:
and was buried in Tirzah; where was the royal
palace of the kings of Israel:
and Elah his son reigned in his stead; yet but a
short time.
1 Kings 16:7 7 And also the word of the Lord came by the
prophet Jehu the son of Hanani against Baasha and his house, because of all the
evil that he did in the sight of the Lord in provoking Him to anger
with the work of his hands, in being like the house of Jeroboam, and because he
killed them.
YLT
7And also by the hand of
Jehu son of Hanani the prophet a word of Jehovah hath been concerning Baasha,
and concerning his house, and concerning all the evil that he did in the eyes
of Jehovah to provoke Him to anger with the work of his hands, to be like the
house of Jeroboam, and concerning that for which he smote him.
And also by the hand of the prophet Jehu, the son of Hanani, came
the word of the Lord against Baasha, and against his house,.... Which is
here repeated, as Abarbinel thinks, because in the former prophecy the
threatening was on account not of his own sin, but because he made Israel to
sin; but here it is because of his own evil works, as it follows:
even for all the evil that he did in the sight of the Lord, in
provoking him to anger with the work of his hands, in being like the house of
Jeroboam: worshipping the golden calves as they did:
and because he killed him; either Jeroboam; for,
according to Dr. LightfootF2Works, vol. 1. p. 79. , he was alive
this year; rather Nadab the son of Jeroboam, who it is certain was slain by Baasha;
though it may refer, as Abarbinel thinks, to the whole house of Jeroboam;
though it was agreeable to the will of God, yet was not done by Baasha with any
regard to it, but to gratify his malice and ambition, and therefore punishable
for it.
1 Kings 16:8 8 In the twenty-sixth year
of Asa king of Judah, Elah the son of Baasha became king over Israel, and
reigned two years in Tirzah.
YLT
8In the twenty and sixth
year of Asa king of Judah reigned hath Elah son of Baasha over Israel in
Tirzah, two years;
In the twenty sixth year of Asa king of Judah began Elah the son
of Baasha to reign over Israel in Tirzah, two years. Not complete,
for he died in the twenty seventh of Asa, 1 Kings 16:10 he
reigned just the time that Nadab the son of Jeroboam did, 1 Kings 15:25.
1 Kings 16:9 9 Now his servant Zimri,
commander of half his chariots, conspired against him as he was in
Tirzah drinking himself drunk in the house of Arza, steward of his house
in Tirzah.
YLT
9and conspire against him
doth his servant Zimri (head of the half of the chariots) and he [is] in Tirzah
drinking -- a drunkard in the house of Arza, who [is] over the house in Tirzah.
And his servant Zimri, captain of half his chariots,.... His
military chariots; there were two captains of them, and this was one of them;
so the Targum,
"one
of the two masters or captains of the chariots:'
conspired against him, as he was in Tirzah drinking himself drunk
in the house of Arza, steward of his house in Tirzah; who had the
charge of his wine and other liquors, to which he was addicted beyond measure;
and this was a fit opportunity for Zimri to fall upon him, and slay him, when
he was drunk, and off his guard, and his army at the same time was besieging
Gibbethon, 1 Kings 16:15 so
that there was a very great likeness in what befell the family of Baasha, to
that of the family of Jeroboam; for as the son of the one, and of the other,
reigned but two years, so they were both slain by their servants, and both at a
time when Gibbethon was besieged; the Targum takes this Arza to be the temple
of an idol so called, near the royal palace.
1 Kings 16:10 10 And Zimri went in and
struck him and killed him in the twenty-seventh year of Asa king of Judah, and
reigned in his place.
YLT
10And Zimri cometh in and
smiteth him, and putteth him to death, in the twenty and seventh year of Asa
king of Judah, and reigneth in his stead;
And Zimri went in and smote him, and killed him,.... When in
his drunken fit: and this was
in the twenty seventh year of Asa; when Elah had not
reigned two full years:
and reigned in his stead; that is, Zimri; his
reign was short indeed, but seven days, 1 Kings 16:15.
1 Kings 16:11 11 Then it came to pass, when
he began to reign, as soon as he was seated on his throne, that he
killed all the household of Baasha; he did not leave him one male, neither of
his relatives nor of his friends.
YLT
11and it cometh to pass in
his reigning, at his sitting on his throne, he hath smitten the whole house of
Baasha; he hath not left to him any sitting on the wall, and of his redeemers,
and of his friends.
And it came to pass when he began to reign, as soon as he sat on
his throne,.... Perhaps the very first day,
that he slew all the house of Baasha; his whole
family, all the children that he had, that there might be none to make
pretensions to the throne:
he left him not one that pisseth against a wall, neither of his
kinsfolks nor of his friends; not any that might avenge the blood of his
family, that might have a right or inclination to do it.
1 Kings 16:12 12 Thus Zimri destroyed all
the household of Baasha, according to the word of the Lord, which He
spoke against Baasha by Jehu the prophet,
YLT
12And Zimri destroyeth the
whole house of Baasha, according to the word of Jehovah, that He spake
concerning Baasha, by the hand of Jehu the prophet:
Thus did Zimri destroy all the house of Baasha, according to the
word of the Lord, which he spoke against Baasha by Jehu the prophet. That not only
his posterity, but all any way related to him, should be cut off; yea, it seems
to have been carried further, even to all that were in any connection with him
in point of friendship, see 1 Kings 16:3.
1 Kings 16:13 13 for all the sins of Baasha
and the sins of Elah his son, by which they had sinned and by which they had
made Israel sin, in provoking the Lord God of Israel to anger
with their idols.
YLT
13concerning all the sins of
Baasha, and the sins of Elah his son, that they sinned, and that they caused
Israel to sin to provoke Jehovah, God of Israel, with their vanities.
For all the sins of Baasha, and the sins of Elah his son,.... By which
it appears that the son trod in the steps of his father, and was therefore cut
off:
by which they sinned, and by which they made Israel to sin, in
provoking the Lord God of Israel to anger with their vanities; their idols,
which had nothing in them, and cannot be of any service to their worshippers;
and to serve such, and neglect the worship of the true God, and draw others
into the same iniquity, must be very provoking to the most High.
1 Kings 16:14 14 Now the rest of the acts
of Elah, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the
chronicles of the kings of Israel?
YLT
14And the rest of the matters
of Elah, and all that he did, are they not written on the book of the
Chronicles of the kings of Israel?
Now the rest of the acts of Elah, and all that he did, are they
not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? See 1 Kings 16:5.
1 Kings 16:15 15 In the twenty-seventh year
of Asa king of Judah, Zimri had reigned in Tirzah seven days. And the people were
encamped against Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines.
YLT
15In the twenty and seventh
year of Asa king of Judah, reigned hath Zimri seven days in Tirzah; and the
people are encamping against Gibbethon, which [is] to the Philistines;
In the twenty and seventh year of Asa king of Judah did Zimri
reign seven days in Tirzah, &c. Until the army under Omri came and
took the palace, and destroyed him:
and the people were encamped against Gibbethon, which belongeth to
the Philistines; it was besieged in Nadab's time, but upon his death, by Baasha,
the siege was raised; or however, if then taken, it was recovered by the
Philistines, and now besieged again by the Israelites, see 1 Kings 15:27.
1 Kings 16:16 16 Now the people who were
encamped heard it said, “Zimri has conspired and also has killed the king.” So
all Israel made Omri, the commander of the army, king over Israel that day in
the camp.
YLT
16and the people who are
encamping hear, saying, `Zimri hath conspired, and also hath smitten the king;'
and all Israel cause Omri head of the host to reign over Israel on that day in
the camp.
And the people that were encamped heard say, Zimri hath conspired,
and hath also slain the king,.... Tidings came to the army of what he had
done, which was displeasing to them:
wherefore all Israel made Omri, the captain of the host, king over
Israel that day in the camp; that is, all Israel that were in the army
proclaimed Omri, their general, king; just as the Roman army declared
Vespasian, their general, emperor of Rome, and as several of the emperors were
chosen.
1 Kings 16:17 17 Then Omri and all Israel
with him went up from Gibbethon, and they besieged Tirzah.
YLT
17And Omri goeth up, and all
Israel with him, from Gibbethon, and they lay siege to Tirzah.
And Omri went up from Gibbethon, and all Israel with him,.... He, and
the army under him, broke up the siege of that place, and marched to Tirzah;
which, according, to BuntingF3Travels, &c. p. 162. were thirty
six miles distant from each other: and they besieged Tirzah; the royal city, in
which Zimri was.
1 Kings 16:18 18 And it happened, when
Zimri saw that the city was taken, that he went into the citadel of the king’s
house and burned the king’s house down upon himself with fire, and died,
YLT
18And it cometh to pass, at
Zimri's seeing that the city hath been captured, that he cometh in unto a high
place of the house of the king, and burneth over him the house of the king with
fire, and dieth,
And it came to pass, that when Zimri saw that the city was taken,.... That
Omri, and the army with him, had got into it, being a place not much fortified,
and Zimri not having force enough to defend it against such an army:
that he went into the palace of the king's house; into the
innermost and most splendid, as well as the strongest part of it:
and burnt the king's house over him with fire, and he died; that he might
not fall into the hands of his rival, who he might fear would use him ill, and
that he might not enjoy the royal palace; though Kimchi thinks that Omri set
fire to the palace, and burnt it over the head of Zimri, in which he perished;
and this sense the text will bear.
1 Kings 16:19 19 because of the sins which
he had committed in doing evil in the sight of the Lord, in walking in
the way of Jeroboam, and in his sin which he had committed to make Israel sin.
YLT
19for his sins that he
sinned, to do the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah, to walk in the way of
Jeroboam, and in his sin that he did, to cause Israel to sin;
For his sins which he sinned in doing evil in the sight of the
Lord,.... In the former part of his life, as well as now:
in walking in the way of Jeroboam, and in his sin which he did to
make Israel sin; worshipping the golden calves, which he might do while a captain
of the chariots, and also since he usurped the crown, sacrificing to them by
way of thanksgiving, for being in possession of the kingdom; and though his
reign was so short, he might give plain and strong intimations that he should
continue the worship of idols.
1 Kings 16:20 20 Now the rest of the acts
of Zimri, and the treason he committed, are they not written in the book
of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
YLT
20and the rest of the matters
of Zimri, and his conspiracy that he made, are they not written on the book of
the Chronicles of the kings of Israel?
Now the rest of the acts of Zimri, and his treason that he
wrought, are they not written in the book of the kings of Israel? What he did
both before and after his usurpation, during the seven days he was king, and
the manner of his conspiracy, and success in it.
1 Kings 16:21 21 Then the people of Israel
were divided into two parts: half of the people followed Tibni the son of
Ginath, to make him king, and half followed Omri.
YLT
21Then are the sons of Israel
parted into halves; half of the people hath been after Tibni son of Ginath to
cause him to reign, and the half after Omri;
Then were the people of Israel divided into two parts,.... About the
succession in the kingdom:
half the people followed Tibni the son of Ginath, to make him king: these were
the friends of Zimri, or however such who did not like that the army should
impose a king upon them; who this Tibni was is not said:
and half followed Omri; the general of the army,
perhaps the whole of that.
1 Kings 16:22 22 But the people who
followed Omri prevailed over the people who followed Tibni the son of Ginath.
So Tibni died and Omri reigned.
YLT
22and stronger are the people
that are after Omri than the people that are after Tibni son of Ginath, and
Tibni dieth, and Omri reigneth.
But the people that followed Omri prevailed against the people
that followed Tibni the son of Ginath,.... Very probably they
had a battle, in which the latter were worsted:
so Tibni died; in the battle:
and Omri reigned; took possession of the throne, his rival
being slain.
1 Kings 16:23 23 In the thirty-first year
of Asa king of Judah, Omri became king over Israel, and reigned twelve
years. Six years he reigned in Tirzah.
YLT
23In the thirty and first
year of Asa king of Judah reigned hath Omri over Israel twelve years; in Tirzah
he hath reigned six years,
In the thirty first year of Asa king of Judah began Omri to reign
over Israel twelve years,.... Which are to be reckoned not from the thirty first of Asa;
for Ahab the son of Omri began to reign in his thirty eighth year, and so his
reign would be but seven or eight years; but they are reckoned from the twenty
seventh of Asa, the beginning of it, when Elah was slain by Zimri, and he died,
which to the end of the thirty eight of Asa make twelve years; for the
division, according to the Jewish chronologyF4Seder Olam Rabba, c.
17. p. 45. , lasted four years; Jarchi says fiveF5So Tzemach David,
par. 1. fol. 11. 2. ; and from the beginning of that his reign is reckoned,
though he did not reign over all Israel, or completely, until the thirty first
of Asa, when Tibni died:
six years reigned he in Tirzah; the royal city of the
kings of Israel, from Jeroboam to this time, and the other six he reigned in
Samaria, built by him, as in the next verse.
1 Kings 16:24 24 And he bought the hill of
Samaria from Shemer for two talents of silver; then he built on the hill, and
called the name of the city which he built, Samaria, after the name of Shemer, owner
of the hill.
YLT
24and he buyeth the mount
Samaria from Shemer, with two talents of silver, and buildeth [on] the mount,
and calleth the name of the city that he hath built by the name of Shemer, lord
of the hill -- Samaria.
And he bought the hill of Samaria of Shemer, for two talents of
silver,.... A talent of silver, according to BrerewoodF6De
Ponder. & Pret. c. 4. , was of our money three hundred and seventy five
pounds, so that this hill was purchased at seven hundred and fifty pounds:
and built on the hill, and called the name of the city which he
built, after the name of Shemer, owner of the hill, Samaria; its name from
him was Shomeron, which is the Hebrew name for Samaria; which, according to
BuntingF7Ut supra, (Travels, &c.) p. 163. was six miles from
Tirzah, and ever after the royal seat of the kings of Israel.
1 Kings 16:25 25 Omri did evil in the eyes
of the Lord,
and did worse than all who were before him.
YLT
25And Omri doth the evil
thing in the eyes of Jehovah, and doth evil above all who [are] before him,
But Omri wrought evil in the eyes of the Lord,.... Openly
and publicly, as if it were in defiance of him:
and did worse than all that were before him; taking no
warning by the judgments inflicted on them, which aggravated his sins; and
besides, he not only worshipped the calves, as the rest, and drew Israel by his
example into the same, as they did, but he published edicts and decrees,
obliging them to worship them, and forbidding them to go to Jerusalem, called
"the statutes of Omri", Micah 6:16.
1 Kings 16:26 26 For he walked in all the
ways of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and in his sin by which he had made Israel
sin, provoking the Lord
God of Israel to anger with their idols.
YLT
26and walketh in all the way
of Jeroboam son of Nebat, and in his sin that he caused Israel to sin, to
provoke Jehovah, God of Israel, with their vanities.
For he walked in the way of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, in his sin
wherewith he made Israel to sin,.... Worshipping the calves;
to provoke the Lord God of Israel to anger with their vanities; these, and
whatsoever idols else were worshipped by him, see 1 Kings 16:13.
1 Kings 16:27 27 Now the rest of the acts
of Omri which he did, and the might that he showed, are they not written
in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
YLT
27And the rest of the matters
of Omri that he did, and his might that he got, are they not written on the
book of the Chronicles of the kings of Israel?
Now the rest of the acts of Omri, which he did, and his might
which he showed, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the
kings of Israel? Where those of the preceding kings were written, see 1 Kings 14:19.
1 Kings 16:28 28 So Omri rested with his
fathers and was buried in Samaria. Then Ahab his son reigned in his place.
YLT
28And Omri lieth with his
fathers, and is buried in Samaria, and Ahab his son reigneth in his stead.
So Omri slept with his fathers,.... Died a natural
death:
and was buried in Samaria; the city he had built,
and now the royal seat and metropolis of the kingdom:
and Ahab his son reigned in his stead; of whom much
is said in the following history.
1 Kings 16:29 29 In the thirty-eighth year
of Asa king of Judah, Ahab the son of Omri became king over Israel; and Ahab
the son of Omri reigned over Israel in Samaria twenty-two years.
YLT
29And Ahab son of Omri hath
reigned over Israel in the thirty and eighth year of Asa king of Judah, and
Ahab son of Omri reigneth over Israel in Samaria twenty and two years,
And in the thirty fifth year of Asa king of Judah began Ahab the
son of Omri to reign over Israel,.... At the latter end of
it, the same year his father died, see 1 Kings 16:23.
and Ahab the son of Omri reigned over Israel in Samaria twenty two
years; the same number of years Jeroboam did, 1 Kings 14:20.
1 Kings 16:30 30 Now Ahab the son of Omri
did evil in the sight of the Lord, more than all who were
before him.
YLT
30and Ahab son of Omri doth
the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah above all who [are] before him.
And Ahab the son of Omri did evil in the sight of the Lord, above
all that were before him. Adding other idols to the calves, and those
more abominable than they; since the other kings pretended to worship God in
them, but he worshipped other gods besides him, as the following verses show.
1 Kings 16:31 31 And it came to pass, as
though it had been a trivial thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the
son of Nebat, that he took as wife Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal, king of the
Sidonians; and he went and served Baal and worshiped him.
YLT
31And it cometh to pass --
hath it been light his walking in the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat? -- then he
taketh a wife, Jezebel daughter of Ethbaal, king of the Zidonians, and goeth
and serveth Baal, and boweth himself to it,
And it came to pass, as if it had been a light thing for him to
walk in the sin of Jeroboam the son of Nebat,.... To worship the
golden calves he set up:
that he took to wife Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the
Zidonians; who is called Ithobalus and Itobalus king of the Tyrians, by
Heathen historiansF8Menander apud Joseph. Antiqu. l. 8. c. 13. sect.
1, 2. & contr. Apion. l. 1. c. 21. Diodor. Sicul. apud Junium in loc. ;
and, by Theophilus of AntiochF9Ad Autolye. l. 3. p. 132. ,
Juthobalus, priest of Astarte; for Tyre and Zidon were under one king. This
woman was not only of another nation, and an idolater, but a very filthy woman,
and is made the emblem of the whore of Rome, Revelation 2:20.
and went and served Baal, and worshipped him that is, went
to Zidon and Tyre, and worshipped his wife's gods, which were either Jupiter
Thalassius, the god of the Zidoaians, or Hercules, whom the Tyrians worshipped.
1 Kings 16:32 32 Then he set up an altar
for Baal in the temple of Baal, which he had built in Samaria.
YLT
32and raiseth up an altar for
Baal, in the house of the Baal, that he built in Samaria;
And he reared up an altar for Baal in the house of Baal, which he
had built in Samaria. That he might not go so far as Tyre or Zidon; and for his wife's
convenience also he built a temple in Samaria for Baal, and erected an altar
there to offer sacrifices upon it unto him; so open and daring was he in his
idolatrous practices.
1 Kings 16:33 33 And Ahab made a wooden
image.[a] Ahab did
more to provoke the Lord
God of Israel to anger than all the kings of Israel who were before him.
YLT
33and Ahab maketh the shrine,
and Ahab addeth to do so as to provoke Jehovah, God of Israel, above all the
kings of Israel who have been before him.
And Ahab made a grove,.... About the temple of
Baal, or elsewhere, in which he placed an idol, and where all manner of
filthiness was secretly committed; or rather "Asherah", rendered
"grove", is Astarte, the goddess of the Zidonians, an image of which
Ahab made:
and Ahab did more to provoke the Lord God of Israel to anger than
all the kings of Israel that were before him: his idolatries being
more open and barefaced, and without any excuse, presence, or colour, as well
as more numerous.
1 Kings 16:34 34 In his days Hiel of Bethel
built Jericho. He laid its foundation with Abiram his firstborn, and with his
youngest son Segub he set up its gates, according to the word of the Lord, which He had
spoken through Joshua the son of Nun.[b]
YLT
34In his days hath Hiel the
Beth-Elite built Jericho; in Abiram his first-born he laid its foundation, and
in Segub his youngest he set up its doors, according to the word of Jehovah that
He spake by the hand of Joshua son of Nun.
And in his days did Hiel the Bethelite build Jericho,.... Which was
forbidden by Joshua under an anathema; but this man, either ignorant of that
adjuration of Joshua, or in contempt and defiance of it, and knowing it might
please the king and queen, set about the rebuilding of it; and it being done by
the leave and under the authority of Ahab, is mentioned together with his
wicked actions:
he laid the foundation thereof in Abiram his firstborn: that is, his
firstborn died as soon as he laid the foundation of the city, but this did not
deter him from going on with it:
and set up the gates thereof in his youngest son Segub; all the rest
of his children died as he was rebuilding the city, until only his youngest son
was left, and he was taken off by death just as he had finished it, signified
by setting up the gates of it: all which was
according to the word of the Lord, which he spake by Joshua the
son of Nun: between four hundred and five hundred years ago. It was after
this a place of great note, and so continued many hundreds of years; See Gill
on Joshua 6:26 but is
now, as Mr. Maundrell saysF11Journey from Aleppo, &c. p. 81. , a
poor nasty village of the Arabs.
──《John Gill’s
Exposition of the Bible》
New King James
Version (NKJV)