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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Gill's Exposition
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…
Barnes' Notes
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.
Adam Clarke
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…
Here are, I. Orders given to the prophet to bewail the fall of the royal family, which had long made so great a figure by virtue of a covenant of royalty made with David and his seed, so that the…
Captivity of Jehoahaz in Egypt
2. How was thy mother a lioness! among the lions;
In the midst of young lions she couched she reared her whelps.
3. And she brought up one of her whelps he grew a…
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