And it was told the house of David, saying, Syria is confederate with Ephraim. And his heart was moved, and the heart of his people, as the trees of the wood are moved with the wind.
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Gill's Exposition
And it was told the house of David,.... Ahaz, and his family, the princes of the blood, his court and counsellors; who had intelligence of the designs and preparations of the Syrians and Israelites…
Barnes' Notes
And it was told the house of David - That is, the royal family; or the king and princes; the government. Ahaz was the descendant and successor of David. Syria is confederate with Ephraim - Ephraim was…
The prophet Isaiah had his commission renewed in the year that king Uzziah died, Isa 6:1. Jotham his son reigned, and reigned well, sixteen years. All that time, no doubt, Isaiah prophesied as he was…
Cambridge Bible
the house of David (Cf. Isa 7:7; Isa 7:7) either the court (ch. Isa 22:22) or the royal family (1Sa 20:16, &c.), which must have formed a numerous and powerful caste, and must have exercised a…
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