[213] Striking hands was a sign of good faith (Job xvii. 3; Prov. xxii. 26). [214] He did it "in subtilty" (בְצָקְבָה). This substantive occurs nowhere else, but is connected with the name Jacob. LXX., ἐν πτερνισμῷ, "in taking by the heel," with reference to the name Jacob, "supplanter." [215] Lit., "mouth to mouth." LXX., στόμα εἰς στόμα. [216] Ver. 22, מֶלְחָּהַה, _Vestiarum_, occurs here only. The LXX. omits it or puts it in Greek letters. Targum, κάμπτραι, "chests" Sil. Italicus (iii. 23) describes the robes of the priests of the Gaditanian Hercules,-- "_Nec discolor ulli, Ante aras cultus; velantur corpora lino Et Pelusiaco præfulget stamine vertex._" KEIL, _ad loc._ It was a mixture of "the rich dye of Tyre and the rich web of Nile." [217] The phrase may be impersonal, "when one [_i.e._, they] had finished the sacrifice"; but the narrative seems to imply that Jehu offered it himself (LXX., ὡς συνετέλεσαν ποιοῦντες τὴν ὁλοκαύτωσιν Vulg., _cum completum esset holocaustum_). [218] A.V., images; R.V., pillars. [219] Comp. Ezra vi. 11; Dan. ii. 5. [220] Amos i. 11. [221] Amos ii. 1. [222] Hos. i. 4. [223] Psalm lxxvi. 10. [224] Jehu 842-814. Jehoahaz 814-797. Joash 797-781. Jeroboam II. 781-740. Zechariah 740. [225] 2 Kings viii. 12. [226] Isa. xiii. 11-16; Hos. x. 14, xiii. 16; Nah. iii. 10. [227] Amos i. 3, 4. [228] Amos i. 6-15. [229] See Appendix I., Schrader, _Keilinschriften u. das Alte Test._, 208 ff.; Sayce, _Records of the Past_, v. 41; Layard, _Nineveh_, p. 613; Rawlinson, _Herodotus_, i. 469. He is twice mentioned in inscriptions of Shalmaneser II. (861-825). He is called Ja-hu-a, son of Omri. The name of Omri was familiar in Nineveh; for Ahab had fought as a vassal of Assyria at the battle of Karkar, and Samaria was called Beth-Khumri. Shalmaneser would not trouble himself with the fact that Jehu had extirpated the old dynasty. His black stêlè was found by Layard, and is figured in _Monuments of Nineveh_, i., pl. 53. The name of Jehu was first deciphered by Dr. Hincks in 1851. [230] Schrader (E. T.), ii. 199. [231] Mic. vi. 16. [232] 2 Kings xiii. 6. CHAPTER XIV _ATHALIAH_ (B.C. 842-836)--_JOASH BEN-AHAZIAH OF JUDAH_ (B.C. 836-796) 2 KINGS xi. 1-xii. 21 "Par cette fin terrible, et due à ses forfaits, Apprenez, Roi des Juifs, et n'oubliez jamais, Que les rois dans le ciel ont un juge sevère, L'innocence un vengeur, et les orphelins un père!" RACINE, _Athalie_. "Regardless of the sweeping whirlwind's sway, That, hushed in grim repose, expects its evening prey." GRAY.