2 Kings 16:9

16:9

attacked <05927> [A.M. 3264. B.C. 740. went up.]

[Foretold.]

Damascus <01834> [Damascus. Heb. Dammesek. Kir.]

Josephus informs us that this place was in Upper Media; and it is clear that it must be understood of some city or country in the dominions of the king of Assyria. It is highly probable that it was the country on the banks of the river [Kuros,] Cyrus, or Kyrus, now called Kur, or Kura; and we find cities called Cyropolis, Cyrena, and Carine, mentioned by writers as lying in these parts, and a part of Media, called Syromedia, as it is thought, from the Syrians who were carried captive thither.

executed Rezin <07526 04191> [slew Rezin.]

Amos 1:5

1:5

break <07665> [break.]

Wicked Valley <0206 01237> [the plain of Aven. or, Bikath-aven.]

Probably Heliopolis, now Baalbek, situated between Libanus and Antilibanus, 56 miles N. W. of Damascus, according to Antoninus, and celebrated for its temple of the sun.

Beth <05731 01004> [the house of Eden. or, Beth-eden.]

Probably the village of Eden, in Mount Lebanon, marks the site of this place. It is delightfully situated by the side of a most rich and cultivated valley, contains about 400 or 500 families, and is, according to modern authorities, about 20 miles S. E. of Tripoli, and five miles from the cedars.

people <05971> [the people.]