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4161 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 6, p. 182.1 (Alfred Edersheim)
… which Jehovah had in their presence laid upon Ahab, on the day they two had ridden behind the king as his attendants, when he had gone to take possession of the …
4162 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 6, p. 183.2 (Alfred Edersheim)
… with all his heart.” For the whole movement of Jehu was ostensibly for the purpose of abolishing the worship of Baal, and restoring that of Jehovah, the …
4163 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 6, p. 184.2 (Alfred Edersheim)
… of Jehovah, which He spake by His servant Elijah the Tishbite.” And so there was testimony in Israel for Jehovah and His Word in the judgments upon Ahab and his …
4164 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 6, p. 189.2 (Alfred Edersheim)
… for Jehovah,” shows that he and his tribe were identified with the service of Jehovah in the land. All this throws fresh light on the special injunction which …
4165 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 6, p. 190.2 (Alfred Edersheim)
… of Jehovah to and by Elijah was being fulfilled—Hazael made king of Syria, Jehu king of Israel, and the house of Ahab destroyed, root and branches—they would …
4166 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 6, p. 191.1 (Alfred Edersheim)
… for Jehovah. The first measure of the conqueror was to repeat in Samaria what he had done in Jezreel, and to kill all related to or connected with the family …
4167 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 6, p. 193.1 (Alfred Edersheim)
… of Jehovah. Rather did king and people stray farther from the LORD their God. Of the succeeding events in Jehu’s reign, which lasted no less than twenty-eight …
4168 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 6, p. 193.2 (Alfred Edersheim)
… of Jehovah was once more forsaken for that of “groves and idols, and wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem for this their trespass” ( 2 Chronicles 24:18 ).
4169 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 6, p. 193.3 (Alfred Edersheim)
… of Jehovah, shed the blood of Zechariah, which, according to Jewish legend, could not be wiped out, but continued to bubble on the stones, till the Assyrians entered …
4170 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 7, p. 8.1 (Alfred Edersheim)
… of Jehovah, but to that under the form of the golden calves instituted by Jeroboam ( 1 Kings 12:27-33 ). In short it was an attempt to reverse the whole previous policy …
4171 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 7, p. 9.1 (Alfred Edersheim)
… , “Athaljah” (“Jehovah oppresseth”), seems significant. She possessed all the evil qualities of her mother Jezebel, without her queenly bearing and courage; all …
4172 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 7, p. 12.1 (Alfred Edersheim)
… of Jehovah and the transference of its dedicated things to the service of Baalim, which had been begun by the sons of Athaliah ( 2 Chronicles 24:7 ), must have been …
4173 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 7, p. 18.3 (Alfred Edersheim)
… to Jehovah; while by the second the king similarly bound himself to the people, no doubt to. rule in accordance with the law as laid down in the Book of Deuteronomy …
4174 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 7, p. 21.2 (Alfred Edersheim)
“And Joash did that which was right in the sight of Jehovah all the days of Jehoiada the priest” ( 2 Chronicles 24:2 ).
4175 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 7, p. 21.3 (Alfred Edersheim)
… of Jehovah, God of their fathers, and served groves and idols: and wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem for this their trespass” ( vers. 17, 18 ). And as if to mark this …
4176 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 7, p. 22.1 (Alfred Edersheim)
… and Jehovah, he was at least equally careful to secure the constitutional rights and liberties of the people by another covenant between them and their …
4177 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 7, p. 22.2 (Alfred Edersheim)
… of Jehovah all the days of Jehoiada the priest” ( 2 Chronicles 24:2 ).It has been proposed to translate, “all his days” viz., all Joash’s life long—but this is impossible …
4178 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 7, p. 24.2 (Alfred Edersheim)
… of Jehovah ( 2 Chronicles 24:7 ). The initiative in the proposed restoration was taken by the king himself, although it is impossible to determine in what year …
4179 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 7, p. 25.1 (Alfred Edersheim)
… of Jehovah,” viz., to superintend the building operations. According to 2 Chronicles 24:12, these were Levites, and men of such trusted character that it was deemed …
4180 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 7, p. 26.1 (Alfred Edersheim)
… of Jehovah would stand in marked contrast with the lascivious services of Asherah (Astarte—“groves” in the A.V.) and of idols, probably the sacred trees of Astarte …