Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge, by R.A. Torrey, [ca. 1880], at sacred-texts.com
4 Kings (2 Kings) Chapter 15
Overview
Kg2 15:1, Azariah's good reign; Kg2 15:5, He dying a leper, Jotham succeeds; Kg2 15:8, Zachariah the last of Jehu's generation, reigning ill, is slain by Shallum; Kg2 15:13, Shallum, reigning a month, is slain by Menahem; Kg2 15:16, Menahem strengthens himself by Pul; Kg2 15:21, Pekahiah succeeds him; Kg2 15:23, Pekahiah is slain by Pekah; Kg2 15:27, Pekah is oppressed by Tiglath-pileser, and slain by Hoshea; Kg2 15:32, Jotham's good reign; Kg2 15:36, Ahaz succeeds him.
am 3194, bc 810
In the: Kg2 15:8, Kg2 14:16, Kg2 14:17
twenty and seventh: "This is the twenty-seventh year of Jeroboam's partnership in the kingdom with his father, who made him consort at his going to the Syrian wars. It is the sixteenth year of Jeroboam's monarchy."
Azariah: Kg2 15:13, Kg2 15:30-38, Kg2 14:21; Ch2 26:1, Ch2 26:3, Ch2 26:4, Uzziah
Kg2 12:2, Kg2 12:3, Kg2 14:3, Kg2 14:4; Ch2 26:4
the high places: Kg2 15:35, Kg2 14:4, Kg2 18:4; Kg1 15:14, Kg1 22:43; Ch2 17:6, Ch2 32:12, Ch2 34:3
am 3239-3246, bc 765-758
the Lord: Sa2 3:29; Ch2 26:16-20; Job 34:19
and dwelt: Kg2 7:3; Lev 13:46; Num 12:14; Deu 24:8
judging: Sa2 8:15, Sa2 15:2-4; Kg1 3:9, Kg1 3:28; Psa 72:1
Azariah: Dr. Kennicott complains loudly here of "the corruption in the name of this king of Judah, who is expressed by four different names in this chapter: Ozriah, Oziah, Ozrihu, and Ozihu. Our oldest Hebrew manuscript relieves us here, by reading truly, in Kg2 15:1, Kg2 15:6, Kg2 15:7, Uzziah, where the printed text is differently corrupted. This reading is called true:
1. Because it is supported by the Syriac and Arabic versions in these three verses.
2. Because the printed text itself has it so in Kg2 15:32 and Kg2 15:34 of this very chapter.
3. Because it is so expressed in the parallel place in Chronicles.
4. Because it is not Αζαριας, Azarias, but Οζιας, Ozias (Uzziah) in St. Matthew's genealogy.
they not written: Kg2 14:18; Ch2 26:5-15
am 3246, bc 758, Ch2 26:23; Isa 6:1, Uzziah
am 3231, bc 773
the thirty: "There having been an interregnum for eleven years." Kg2 15:1, Kg2 14:16, Kg2 14:17, Kg2 14:21
Zachariah: Kg2 14:29
as his: Kg2 10:29, Kg2 10:31, Kg2 13:2, Kg2 13:11, Kg2 14:24
am 3232, bc 772
smote him: "As prophesied. Amo 7:9."
slew him: Kg2 15:14, Kg2 15:25, Kg2 15:30, Kg2 9:24, Kg2 9:31; Kg1 15:28, Kg1 16:9, Kg1 16:10; Hos 1:4, Hos 1:5
am 3120, bc 884
the word: Kg2 10:30
Thy sons: Kg2 13:1, Kg2 13:10, Kg2 13:13, Kg2 14:29
And so: Kg2 9:25, Kg2 9:26, Kg2 9:36, Kg2 9:37, Kg2 10:10; Num 23:19; Zac 1:6; Mar 13:31; Joh 10:35; Joh 19:24, Joh 19:36, Joh 19:37; Act 1:16
am 3232, bc 772
Uzziah: Kg2 15:1, Azariah, Mat 1:8, Mat 1:9, Ozias
a full month: Heb. a month of days, Kg1 16:15; Job 20:15; Psa 55:23; Pro 28:2, Pro 28:17
Tirzah: Kg1 14:17, Kg1 15:21, Kg1 15:33, Kg1 16:8, Kg1 16:9, Kg1 16:15, Kg1 16:17
and smote: Kg2 15:10
Kg2 15:11; Kg1 14:19, Kg1 14:29, Kg1 22:39
Tiphsah: Kg1 4:24
all the women: Kg2 8:12; Amo 1:13
am 3232-3243, bc 772-761
nine: Kg2 15:13
am 3233, bc 771
Pul: Prideaux supposes that this Pul was the father of the famous Sardanapalus, who was called Sardan with his father's name Pul annexed, as was frequent in those times, making Sardanpul: thus Merodach, king of Babylon, was Merodach-Baladan, because he was the son Baladan. This Pul began to reign according to Usher, am 3237, the fifth year of Menahem; and he is supposed to be the same that reigned in Nineveh, when Jonah preached in that city. Ch1 5:25, Ch1 5:26; Isa 9:1
Menahem: Kg2 12:18, Kg2 16:8, Kg2 17:3, Kg2 17:4, Kg2 18:16; Hos 5:13, Hos 8:9, Hos 8:10, Hos 10:6
to confirm: Kg2 14:5; Jer 17:5
Menahem: Kg2 23:35
exacted: Heb. caused to come forth
the mighty: Rut 2:1; Sa2 19:32; Job 1:3
of each man: etc. Or, rather, as Bishop Patrick renders, "to give to the king of Assyria fifty shekels of silver for each man," i.e., in his army. It may be supposed, that Menahem compelled "the mighty men of wealth" to give much more a-piece than this sum (somewhat about 5. sterling each) and each of them in some proportion to his affluence.
stayed not: Kg2 15:29, Kg2 17:3, Kg2 17:4, Kg2 18:14-17
am 3232-3243, bc 772-761, Kg2 15:15
am 3243, bc 761
and reigned two years: Kg2 21:19; Kg1 15:25, Kg1 16:8, Kg1 22:51; Job 20:5
am 3243-3245, bc 761-759, Kg2 15:9, Kg2 15:18
am 3245, bc 759
conspired: Kg2 15:10, Kg2 9:14
with Argob: From the contstruction of the Hebrew Text, it would appear that Argob and Arieh were slain with the king, and that the fifty Gileadites were conspirators with Pekah.
am 3245-3265, bc 759-739
the two: Kg2 15:2, Kg2 15:8, Kg2 15:13, Kg2 15:23
Pekah: Kg2 15:25, Kg2 15:37; Isa 7:1, Isa 7:4, Isa 7:9
evil: Kg2 15:9, Kg2 15:18, Kg2 13:2, Kg2 13:6, Kg2 21:2
Tiglathpileser: Some suppose Tiglath-pileser to be the son of Sardanapalus, but the learned Prideaux makes him the same as Arbaces the Mede, called by Alian, Thelgamus, and by Castor, Ninus Junior, who, with Belesis, headed the conspiracy against Sardanapalus, and fixed his royal seat at Nineveh, as Belesis, called in Scripture Baladan (Isa 39:1), did his at Babylon. He reigned nineteen years, from am 3257 to am 3276. Kg2 16:7; Ch1 5:6, Ch1 5:26; Ch2 28:20, Ch2 28:21, Tiglath-pilneser, Isa 9:1
Ijon: Kg1 15:20; Ch2 16:4, Abel-beth-maachah, Sa2 20:14, Sa2 20:15
Janoah: Jos 16:6, Janohah
Hazor: Jos 11:1, Jos 11:10, Jos 11:13, Jos 12:19; Jdg 4:2
Gilead: Num 32:1, Num 32:40; Deu 3:15; Amo 1:3, Amo 1:13
Galilee: Jos 20:7; Kg1 9:11; Isa 9:1, Isa 9:2; Mat 4:15, Mat 4:16
carried them: Kg2 17:6, Kg2 17:23; Lev 26:32, Lev 26:38, Lev 26:39; Deu 4:26, Deu 4:27, Deu 28:25, Deu 28:64, Deu 28:65; Isa 1:7, Isa 7:20
am 3265, bc 739
and smote: Hos 10:3, Hos 10:7, Hos 10:15
reigned: "After an anarchy for some years."
in the twentieth: "In the fourth year of Ahaz, in the twentieth year after Jotham had begun to reign." - Usher. Kg2 15:32, Kg2 15:33, Kg2 16:1, Kg2 17:1; Ch2 28:4-6, Ch2 28:16; Isa 7:1-9, Isa 8:6
am 3246, bc 758
Jotham: Kg2 15:7; Ch1 3:12; Ch2 27:1-9; Mat 1:9
Jotham: Uzziah, Kg2 15:1, Kg2 15:7, Kg2 15:13, Kg2 15:17, Kg2 15:23, Kg2 15:27, Kg2 14:21; Ch1 3:12, Azariah
am 3246-3262, bc 758-742
Jerusha: Ch2 27:1, Jerushah
according: Kg2 15:3, Kg2 15:4; Ch2 26:4, Ch2 26:5, Ch2 27:2
Howbeit: Kg2 15:4, Kg2 18:4; Ch2 32:12
the higher gate: Ch2 27:3-9
the rest: Kg2 15:6, Kg2 15:7; Ch2 27:4-9
am 3262, bc 742
In those days: "At the end of Jotham's reign." This Jotham died at forty-one. He was too great a blessing to be continued long to such an unworthy people. His death was a judgment, especially considering the character of Ahaz, his son and successor. for we read (Kg2 16:3) Ahaz made his son pass through the fire. This son may have been Hezekiah, who served the Lord, and whose prayer in sickness was most graciously herd and answered. Isa. 38:1-22
began: Kg2 10:32; Sa1 3:12; Jer 25:29; Luk 21:28
to send: Deu 28:48; Psa 78:49; Isa 10:5-7; Jer 16:16, Jer 43:10
Rezin: Kg2 16:5; Ch2 28:6; Isa 7:1, Isa 7:8; Hos 5:12, Hos 5:13
Pekah: Kg2 15:27