“Now the rest of the acts of Elah, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?”
King James Version (KJV)
16:13 Vanities - Idols called vanities; because they are butimaginary deities, and mere nothings; having no power to do eithergood or hurt.
16:15 Gibbethon - Which had been besieged before, but, it seems, wasthen relieved, or afterwards recovered by the Philistines; taking theadvantage of the disorders and contentions which were among their enemies.