He did that which was evil in the LORD’s sight. He didn’t depart all his days from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, with which he made Israel to sin.
ExplanationCommentary
Verse 18. Days. During which Jeroboam or Manahem swayed the sceptre. Calmet.—The Septuagint refer all his days to the following verse, ( Bible.) which seems to intimate that the tribute was required annually, as may be gathered from the Vulg. veniebat. Menochius.—But Phul probably received the talents only once, to indemnify him for his trouble. He was perhaps the father of Sardanapalus, who joined his name, Phul, to his own, Sardan; as Merodach assumed that of Baladan. Isaiah 39:1. Profane authors style the father of Sardanapalus, Anacindaraxes, and so forth Phul was the first of the Assyrian monarchs who came into the land of Israel, where we shall find them too often in the sequel. He probably repented on the preaching of Jonas, and averted the scourge ( Calmet.) which fell upon the city during the reign of his son. Bible.