Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge, by R.A. Torrey, [ca. 1880], at sacred-texts.com
4 Kings (2 Kings) Chapter 11
Overview
Kg2 11:1, Jehoash, being saved by Jehosheba his aunt from Athaliah's massacre of the seed royal, is hid six years in the house of God; Kg2 11:4, Jehoiada, giving order to the captains, in the seventh year anoints him king; Kg2 11:13, Athaliah is slain; Kg2 11:17, Jehoiada restores the worship of God.
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the mother: Kg2 8:26, Kg2 9:27
and destroyed: A similar history is related by Mr. Bruce, as having occurred in Abyssinia. Judith "surprised the rock Damo, and slew the whole of the princes, to the number, it is said, of about 400;" while the infant king, Del Naad, was conveyed for safety to a loyal province, and afterwards restored. Mat 2:13, Mat 2:16, Mat 21:38, Mat 21:39
seed royal: Heb. seed of the kingdom, Kg2 25:25 *marg. Jer 41:1
Jehosheba: Ch2 22:11, Jehoshabeath
Joram: Kg2 8:16, Jehoram
Joash: Kg2 12:1, Kg2 12:2, Jehoash
they hid him: Kg2 8:19; Pro 21:30; Isa 7:6, Isa 7:7, Isa 37:35, Isa 65:8, Isa 65:9; Jer 33:17, Jer 33:21, Jer 33:26
in the bedchamber: Bachadar hammittoth, "in a chamber of beds;" which Sir J. Chardin thinks does not mean a room to sleep in, but a chamber used as a repository for beds; for, in the East, they sleep upon cotton mattresses, "of which they have several in great houses, against they should have occasion, and a room on purpose for them." Kg1 6:5, Kg1 6:6, Kg1 6:8, Kg1 6:10; Jer 35:2; Eze 40:45
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And Athaliah: Ch2 22:12; Psa 12:8; Mal 3:15
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the seventh: Ch2 23:1-15
the captains: Act 5:24, Act 5:26
made a covenant: Kg2 11:17, Kg2 23:3; Jos 24:25; Sa1 18:3, Sa1 23:18; Ch2 15:12, Ch2 29:10, Ch2 34:31, Ch2 34:32; Neh 9:38
took an oath: Gen 50:25; Kg1 18:10; Neh 5:12, Neh 10:29
that enter: Ch1 9:25, Ch1 23:3-6, Ch1 23:32, Ch1 24:3-6; Luk 1:8, Luk 1:9
the watch: Kg2 11:19, Kg2 16:18; Kg1 10:5; Jer 26:10; Eze 44:2, Eze 44:3, Eze 46:2, Eze 46:3
the gate of Sur: Ch1 26:13-19; Ch2 23:4, Ch2 23:5
that it be not broken down: or, from breaking up
parts: or, companies, Heb. hands
he that cometh: Kg2 11:15; Exo 21:14; Kg1 2:28-31; Ch2 23:7
the captains: Kg2 11:4; Ch1 26:26; Ch2 23:8
king David's spears: Josephus states that, for fear of creating suspicion, they came unarmed, "and Jehoiada having opened the arsenal in the temple which David had prepared, he divided among the centurions, priests, and Levites, the spears (arrows), and quivers, and all other kinds of weapons which he found there." Sa1 21:9; Sa2 8:7; Ch1 26:26, Ch1 26:27; Ch2 5:1, Ch2 23:9, Ch2 23:10
every man: Kg2 11:8, Kg2 11:10
corner: Heb. shoulder
by the altar: Exo 40:6; Ch2 6:12; Eze 8:16; Joe 2:17; Mat 23:35; Luk 11:51
he brought: Kg2 11:2, Kg2 11:4; Ch2 23:11
put the crown: Sa2 1:10, Sa2 12:30; Est 2:17, Est 6:8; Psa 21:3, Psa 89:39, Psa 132:18; Mat 27:29; Heb 2:9; Rev 19:12
the testimony: Exo 25:16, Exo 31:18; Deu 17:18-20; Psa 78:5; Isa 8:16, Isa 8:20
anointed him: Kg2 9:3; Sa1 10:1, Sa1 16:13; Sa2 2:4, Sa2 2:7, Sa2 5:3; Kg1 1:39; Lam 4:20; Act 4:27; Co2 1:21; Heb 1:9
and they clapped: Wyyakkoo kaph, "they clapped the hand," which Mr. Harmer thinks was similar to the mode in which Oriental females express their respect for persons of high rank, by gently applying one of their hands to their mouth. So Pitts relates, that in some of the towns of Barbary, the leaders of the sacred caravan being received with loud acclamations, "the very women get upon the tops of the houses to view the parade, or fine show, where they keep striking their four fingers on their lips, as fast as they can, making a joyful noise all the while." Psa 47:1, Psa 98:8; Isa 55:12
and said: Kg1 1:34; Psa 72:15-17; Dan 3:9, Dan 6:21; Mat 21:9
God save the king: Heb. Let the king live, Sa1 10:24; Sa2 16:16 *marg.
stood: The Orientals considered a seat by a pillar or column as particularly honourable.
the princes: Kg2 11:10, Kg2 11:11
all the people: Kg1 1:39, Kg1 1:40; Ch1 12:40; Pro 29:2; Luk 19:37; Rev 19:1-7
Treason: Kg2 11:1, Kg2 11:2, Kg2 9:23; Kg1 18:17, Kg1 18:18
captains: Kg2 11:4, Kg2 11:9, Kg2 11:10; Ch2 23:9, Ch2 23:14
Have: Eze 21:14
followeth: Kg2 11:8
Let: Eze 9:7
by the which: Ch2 23:15
there was she slain: Gen 9:6; Jdg 1:7; Mat 7:2; Jam 2:13; Rev 16:5-7
made a covenant: Kg2 11:4; Deu 5:2, Deu 5:3, Deu 29:1-15; Jos 24:25; Ch2 15:12-14, Ch2 29:10, Ch2 34:31; Ezr 10:3; Neh 5:12, Neh 5:13, Neh 9:38, Neh 10:28, Neh 10:29; Co2 8:5
between the king: Sa1 10:25; Sa2 5:3; Ch1 11:3; Ch2 23:16; Rom 13:1-6
went: Kg2 9:25-28, Kg2 10:26, Kg2 18:4, Kg2 23:4-6, Kg2 23:10, Kg2 23:14; Ch2 23:17, Ch2 34:4, Ch2 34:7
brake they: Kg2 18:4; Exo 32:20; Deu 12:3; Ch2 21:17; Isa 2:18; Zac 13:2
slew Mattan: Deu 13:5, Deu 13:9; Kg1 18:40; Zac 13:2, Zac 13:3
appointed: Ch2 23:18-20
officers: Heb. offices
took: Kg2 11:4-11
by the way: Kg2 11:5; Ch2 23:5, Ch2 23:19
he sat: Kg1 1:13; Ch1 29:23; Jer 17:25, Jer 22:4, Jer 22:30; Mat 19:28, Mat 25:31
rejoiced: Kg2 11:14; Ch2 23:21; Pro 11:10, Pro 29:2
slew Athaliah: Kg2 11:15