Let us go up against Judah, and vex it, and let us make a breach therein for us, and set a king in the midst of it, [even] the son of Tabeal:
Ver. 6. Let us go up against Judah and vex it.] So they had done separately, and so they think much more to do jointly. Sed aliter Deo visum est. There is a council in heaven that dasheth the mould of all contrary counsels upon earth. as Psa 2:4
And let us make a breach therein for us.] Or, Let us divide it, and share it between us, or set a king over it that may be a vassal to us both. Thus the Pope gave away England primo occupaturo, to him that should first take it in Henry VIII's days; but he reckoned without his host, as they say.
Even the son of Tabeal.] A Syrian, likely, as Tabrimmon; 1Ki 15:18 a good Rimmonite; 2Ki 5:18 so Tabeal a good god. Rimmon was the Syrian's god. The Chaldee expoundeth it, good, or right for us.