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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)