She brought up one of her cubs. He became a young lion. He learned to catch the prey. He devoured men.
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She brought up one of her cubs. He became a young lion. He learned to catch the prey. He devoured men.
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And she brought up one of her whelps: it became a young lion, and it learned to catch the prey; it devoured men.
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And she brought up one of her whelps, he became a young lion; and he learned to catch the prey, he devoured men.
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Passages linked to Ezekiel 19:3 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- 2 Kings 23:31-32 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. He did that which was evil in Yahweh’s sight, according to all that his fathers had done.
- 2 Chronicles 36:1-2 Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and made him king in his father’s place in Jerusalem. Joahaz was twenty-three years old when he began to reign; and he reigned three months in Jerusalem.
- Ezekiel 19:6 He went up and down among the lions. He became a young lion. He learned to catch the prey. He devoured men.
- Ezekiel 22:25 There is a conspiracy of her prophets within it, like a roaring lion ravening the prey. They have devoured souls. They take treasure and precious things. They have made many widows within it.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Eze 19:3 And she brought up one of her…
Eze 19:3 And she brought up one of her whelps: it became a young lion, and it learned to catch the prey; it devoured men.
Ver. 3. And she brought up one of her whelps.] This was Jehoahaz.
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It became a young llon.] Cunning and cruel, and having never a good property, though the son of good Josiah; who might better have said than that pope did of his wicked son, Caesar Borgia, Haec vitia me non commonstratore dedicit, He never learned it of his father.
It devoured men.] He was a very cannibal to his subjects, and made no more conscience to undo a poor man, to seek and suck his blood, than to eat a meal’s meat when hungry. {Psa 14:4}
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain See Eze 19:3.
See Eze 19:3.
Brought up; not as a nurse, the word is of other import, but advanced, promoted, or caused him to take the throne after the slaughter of Josiah.
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One of her whelps; this was Jehoahaz, the second son of Josiah, of whom it is said, 2Ki 23:30; 2Ch 36:1, the people made him king; for God had not made him so by primogeniture, and right of succession. They looked upon him as a warlike prince, fitter for sustaining the troubles of those martial times than his eldest. brother, and therefore strain a point of law and right.
It became a young lion; soon showed his fierce, haughty, cruel, and bloody disposition, as appears 2Ki 23:30-32, though he continued but three months, and some odd days, wherein to play his pranks.
Learned; had tutors and counsellors that showed him the method; and he, an apt scholar in an evil school, learnt apace.
To catch the prey; to seize first, and then to tear the prey, by frauds and violence to hunt, take, and devour that he took, as lions use.
Devoured; eat up, as the word notes, lived upon.
Men; man, Adam, the weaker sort; or it may be in those divided times Adam may imply such as were crushed because they were not of the tyrannizing faction: at that time Pharaoh had some that inclined to him, and perhaps these were used hardly by Jehoahaz.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And she brought up one of her whelps,.... Or…
And she brought up one of her whelps,.... Or sons, as the Targum: or, "made him to ascend" (t), as the word signifies; to mount the throne; this was Jehoahaz, whom the people of the land took and anointed him, and made him king in the stead of Josiah his father, Kg2 23:30;
it become a young lion; that is, a king, as the same Targum explains it, and a tyrannical and arbitrary one:
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and it learned to catch the prey; being instructed by evil counsellors, he soon learned to oppress his subjects, to get their substance from them, and do many evil things, as he is said to do, Kg2 23:32;
it devoured men; or a man, Adam, the people of Israel, so called, Eze 34:31; as the Jews frequently observe; it ate up and destroyed their liberties, privileges, and property.
(t) "et ascendere fecit", Pagninus, Montanus, Tigurine version.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain Brought up - Advanced, caused him to take the…
Brought up - Advanced, caused him to take the throne after the slaughter of Josiah. One - Jehoahaz the second son of Josiah. Became - Soon shewed his fierce, cruel, and bloody disposition.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 3. She brought up one of her whelps]…
Verse 3. She brought up one of her whelps] Jehoahaz, son of Josiah, whose father was conquered and slain by Pharaoh-necho, king of Egypt.
It learned to catch the prey] His reign was a reign of oppression and cruelty. He made his subjects his prey, and devoured their substance.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain Eze 19:3-4. And she brought up one of her…
Eze 19:3-4. And she brought up one of her whelps — This seems to be spoken of Jehoahaz, who, we are told, followed not the good example of his father Josiah, but the evil practices of the wicked kings his predecessors; and though we have no further account of his acts, yet, from this, there is sufficient reason to suppose that he was rapacious and injurious to his neighbours, and tyrannical and cruel; which possibly was the reason why Pharaoh-necho deposed him after he had reigned only three months, and placed his brother on the throne in his room. The nations also heard of him — The king of Egypt, hearing of his character, and probably some of his subjects having been used ill by him, deprived him of his kingly office, put him in bands, and carried him into Egypt, 2Ki 23:32; 2Ki 23:34. He was taken in their pit — This expression alludes to those pit-falls and snares which are made to take wild beasts; and as Jehoahaz is spoken of here as a young lion, the expression was quite applicable to signify his being taken prisoner.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain Compare the marginal reference. The short reign of Jehoahaz…
Compare the marginal reference. The short reign of Jehoahaz was marked by violence and idolatry, and was closed by Pharaoh-Necho’s carrying him captive into Egypt.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Whelps; Joachaz, or Sellum, (Challoner) who reigned only three…
Whelps; Joachaz, or Sellum, (Challoner) who reigned only three months, like his brother Jechonias. (Haydock) --- The four last kings were all cruel. (Worthington)
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain young lion--Jehoahaz, son of Josiah, carried captive from Riblah…
young lion--Jehoahaz, son of Josiah, carried captive from Riblah to Egypt by Pharaoh-necho (Kg2 23:33).
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (3) It became a young lion.—There can be no…
(3) It became a young lion.—There can be no doubt (see Eze_19:4) of the reference of this to Jehoahaz. After the death of Josiah, “the people of the land took Jehoahaz, the son of Josiah . . . and made him king” (2Ki_23:30). In Eze_19:6 Jehoiachin is also spoken of particularly. These two are mentioned as examples of all the other kings after Josiah. Jehoiakim and Zedekiah are simply passed over, although it may be that the prophet looked upon them as creatures of Pharaoh and Nebuchadnezzar rather than as legitimate kings of Israel. Jehoiakim, moreover, died in Jerusalem, and Zedekiah was at this moment still upon the throne.
It devoured men.—This at once keeps up the figure, and has also its special justification in the evil courses of Jehoahaz (2Ki_23:32). He is represented as growing up and being like the heathen kings around. See also, in Eze_19:2, Israel as a whole is represented as going aside from her high calling as a theocracy, and making herself “like the nations round about.”
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain The whelp, as ver. 4 shows, is Jehoahaz, also…
The whelp, as ver. 4 shows, is Jehoahaz, also known as Shallum, (Jer_22:11) who "did evil" in the sight of the Lord, (2Ki_23:32) the words that follow pointing to cruelty and oppression like that of Zedekiah. The passage finds a somewhat striking parallel in Aeschylus, "Agam.," 695-715.
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