2 Kings 23:33

Contextual Overview

³¹ Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months. His mother was Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah from Libnah. ³¹ Jehoahaz was twenty and three years old when he began to reign; and he reigned three months in Jerusalem: and his mother’s name was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah. ³¹ Jehoahaz was twenty and three years old when he began to reign; and he reigned three months in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah. ³¹ Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he became king, and he was king in Jerusalem for three months. His mother's name was Hamutal, who was the daughter of Jeremiah from Libnah. ³¹ Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he became king, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. His mother was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah, from Libnah. ³¹ Jehoahaz [was] twenty and three years old when he began to reign; and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. And his mother's name [was] Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah. ³¹ Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he began to reign; and he reigned three months in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah. ³¹Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he became king, and he reigned for [only] three months in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Hamutal daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah. ³¹ Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah. ³¹ Joachaz was of thre and twenti yeer, whanne he bigan to regne, and he regnede thre monethis in Jerusalem; the name of his modir was Amychal, douyter of Jeremye of Lobna.

Bible Verse Review
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put him: 2 Chronicles 36:3, 2 Chronicles 36:4, Ezekiel 19:3, Ezekiel 19:4

Riblah: Theodoret (in Jeremiah 46:1-28), expressly affirms that Riblah or Reblatha was in his time called Emesa. שלח הו וףפים ח וגכבטב פחע םץם ךבכןץלוםחע לוףחע. Emesa was a city of Syria, situated on the Orontes, and, according to the Antonine Itinerary, 18 miles from Laodicea ad Libanum. It is now called Homs, or Hems, about eight hours, or twenty-four miles se of Hamah or Hamath, in the road to Damascus. The present town only occupies about one quarter of the space contained within the ancient walls, which apparently date from the time of the Saracens. Here is nothing remarkable, except a Roman sepulchre, and a large castle in ruins. 2 Kings 25:6, Numbers 34:11, Jeremiah 39:5, Jeremiah 39:6, Jeremiah 52:9, Jeremiah 52:10, Jeremiah 52:26, Jeremiah 52:27

Hamath: Numbers 13:21, 1 Kings 8:65

that he might not reign: or, because he reigned

put: etc. Heb. set a mulct upon the land. 2 Kings 18:14, Exodus 21:22, 2 Chronicles 36:3, Proverbs 19:19

Reciprocal: 2 Kings 23:29 - Pharaohnechoh 2 Kings 23:35 - the silver 2 Chronicles 33:11 - bound him Nehemiah 9:32 - on our kings Isaiah 7:18 - bee Jeremiah 2:16 - Also the Lamentations 1:1 - how is Zechariah 9:2 - Hamath

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Pharaohnechoh put him in bands at Riblah in the land of Hamath,.... Places in Syria; Hamath was formerly a kingdom in Syria, and Riblah is said by Jerom c to be Antioch of Syria, near to which was the fountain of Daphne; and in the Targums of Jonathan and Jerusalem on Numbers 34:11. Daphne is put for Riblah; and Josephus d says Antioch was by Daphne of Syria; and in the Apocrypha:

"Which when Onias knew of a surety, he reproved him, and withdrew himself into a sanctuary at Daphne, that lieth by Antiochia.'' (2 Maccabees 4:33)

Daphne is said to be by Antioch; with which place Pompey was greatly delighted, because of the pleasantness of it, and the abundance of waters about it e: hither, it is probable, Jehoahaz went with an army to avenge his father's death on the king of Egypt, or to assist the king of Babylon, or both; and here Pharaoh met with him, and took him, and bound him; he seems to be of a martial spirit, from Ezekiel 19:3

that he might not reign in Jerusalem; whither afterwards the king of Egypt came, and took it; and so Herodotus f says that after he had conquered the Syrians at Migdol, he took Cadytis, a great city of Syria, which seems to be Jerusalem, the holy city;

and put the land to a tribute of one hundred talents of silver, and a talent of gold; the land of Judah; and one hundred talents, according to Bunting g, amounted to 37,500 pounds of our money; and a talent of gold, according to Brerewood h, was 4,500 pounds; but Bishop Cumberland i makes it 5,067 pounds, three shillings, and ten pence; a talent of gold could not be so large in Homer's time, since he speaks of seven of them given at once in a way of hospitality k.

c Comment. in Ezekiel. xlvii. fol. 261. C. d Antiqu. l. 17. c. 2. sect. 3. e Rufi Fest. Breviar. Eutrop. Hist. Rom. l. 6. f Ut supra. (Chronic. Secil. 18. p. 568.) g Ut supra, (Travels, &c.) p. 288. h De Ponder & Pret. Vet. Num. c. 4. i Scripture Weights and Measures, ch. 4. p. 21. k Odyss. 9. ver. 258. & Odyss. 24. ver. 321.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Pharaoh-Nechoh, after bringing Phoenicia and Syria under his rule, and penetrating as far as Carchemish, returned to Southern Syria, and learned what had occurred at Jerusalem in his absence. He sent orders to Jehoahaz to attend the court which he was holding at Riblah, and Jehoahaz fell into the trap Ezekiel 19:4.

Riblah still retains its name. It is situated on the Orontes, in the Coele-Syrian valley, near the point where the valley opens into a wide and fertile plain. Neco seems to have been the first to perceive its importance. Afterward Nebuchadnezzar made it his headquarters during his sieges of Jerusalem and Tyre 2 Kings 25:21; Jeremiah 39:5; Jeremiah 52:9-10, Jeremiah 52:26.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 33. Nechoh put him in bands — But what was the cause of his putting him in bands? It is conjectured, and not without reason, that Jehoahaz, otherwise called Shallum, raised an army, met Nechoh in his return from Carchemish, fought, was beaten, taken prisoner, put in chains; and taken into Egypt, where he died; 2Ch 23:34, and Jeremiah 22:11-12. Riblah or Diblath, the place of this battle, was probably a town in Syria, in the land or district of Hamath.