For the Lord had made the army of the Syrians to hear the sound of chariots and the sound of horses, even the noise of a great army; and they said to one another, “Behold, the king of Israel has hired against us the kings of the Hittites and the kings of the Egyptians to attack us.”
ExplanationCommentary
Verse 6. Hethites. Septuagint “Chetteans.” Joseph. “the islands” of Cyprus, and so forth He seems to have read Cethim in the text, as they peopled Cyprus. Calmet.—See Jeremiah 2:10. Menochius.—These Hethites seem to have dwelt in the stony Arabia, (Judges 1:26) or in Syria. Bible.—Solomon had connexions with them, 3 Kennicott. 10:29. Calmet.—Angels made the noise of a mighty army, and probably appeared, as they had done to Giezi. Calmet. 6:17. Tirinus.
The word translated “Lord” is “Adonai.”