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John Gill's Exposition on 2 Kings 23:33
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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And Pharaohnechoh put him in bands at Riblah in the land of Hamath, etc.] Places in Syria; Hamath was formerly a kingdom in Syria, and Riblah is said by Jerom f295 to be Antioch of Syria, near to which was the fountain of Daphne; and in the Targums of Jonathan and Jerusalem on (<043411>Numbers 34:11). Daphne is put for Riblah; and Josephus f296 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 f297: 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 (<261903>Ezekiel 19:3) that he might not reign in Jerusalem; whither afterwards the king of Egypt came, and took it; and so Herodotus f298 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 f299 , amounted to 37,500 pounds of our money; and a talent of gold, according to Brerewood f300, was 4,500 pounds; but Bishop Cumberland f301 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 f302.
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