[289] 2 Kings xiii. 4; "besought," literally "stroked the face of" (1 Sam. xiii. 12; 1 Kings xiii. 6).
[290] The reference is usually explained of Jeroboam II.
[291] Comp. 2 Kings ii. 12.
[292] Lit., "Make thine hand to ride upon thy bow." There is not the slightest taint of belomancy in the story (comp. Ezek. xxi. 21), nor does it allude to shooting an arrow into an enemy's country as a declaration of war (Virg., Æn., ix. 57).
[293] Aphek, a name of good omen (1 Kings xx. 26-30).
[294] Thrice. Comp. Num. xxii. 28; Exod. xxiii. 17, etc.
[295] LXX., ἐλυπήθη.
[296] See R.V., margin.
[297] Antt., IX. viii. 6.
[298] See Ecclus. xlviii. 13: "When he was dead, he prophesied in the tomb." (But the clause may be spurious.)