Shalman. Sayce thinks he is Salamanu, king of Moab,. tributary of Tiglath-Pileser III (Compare Hosea 1:1); therefore. contemporary of Hosea.
Beth-arbel. Hebrew. Beth-'arbeel = house of the ambush of GOD (Hebrew El. App-4. IV). Hebrew margin reads Beth. 'arbel, so as to disguise the name El and avoid the supposed offensive expression.
the mother, &c. Compare Hosea 13:16.