Bible Commentaries

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

2 Kings 15

Verse 1

To reign - Solely and fully to exercise his regal power.


Verse 5

A leper - The cause whereof see 2 Chronicles 26:16 .


Verse 8

Six months - After the throne had been vacant several years, thro' the dissentions that were in the kingdom.


Verse 13

Full moon - That dominion seldom lasts long, which is founded in blood and falsehood.


Verse 30

Twentieth year - The meaning is, that he began his reign in the twentieth year after the beginning of Jotham's reign; or, which is the same thing, in the fourth year of Ahaz, son of Jotham.


Verse 33

To reign - Alone: for he had reigned before this, as his father's deputy.


Verse 35

Gate - Not of the temple, but of one of the courts of the temple, probably that which led to the king's palace.

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