2 Chronicles 12:1
_Israel, in his dominions. The kingdom of Jeroboam had long before apostatized, though there were still many true servants of God, who would not bend the knee before Baal, ver. 12. (Haydock)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Israel, in his dominions. The kingdom of Jeroboam had long before apostatized, though there were still many true servants of God, who would not bend the knee before Baal, ver. 12. (Haydock)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Troglodites, who dwell in caverns, near the Red Sea. Pliny ([Natural History?] v. 8., and vi. 29.) speaks of the city Suca, which in Hebrew means a tent, as here we read succiyim, (Haydock) "dwelling in tents;" which some explain of the Arabs, who are called Scenites, on the same account. (Tirinus)... [ Continue Reading ]
_A little help. I will not suffer them to be quite destroyed. Hebrew also signifies, "shortly." (Calmet) --- Fall, ( stillabit) like drops of water, even to the last. (Haydock) --- How soon is God appeased! (Tirinus) --- Even when he punishes, he does not let the whole flood of his indignation fall... [ Continue Reading ]
_Bearers. Hebrew, "runners," as the guards attended the king on foot._... [ Continue Reading ]
_For even. Protestants, "and also in Judah things went well;" (Haydock) or, "he spoke good words even to Juda." (Calmet) --- Septuagint, "for even in Juda there were good words, and in all pleasing." Words are often put for works. (Haydock) --- The Lord regarded the fidelity of some, and the humilit... [ Continue Reading ]
_Lord, with sincerity, being actuated only by a servile fear. He died impenitent. (Calmet)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_And diligently. Hebrew, "in their genealogical accounts." (Haydock) See chap. xiii. 22._... [ Continue Reading ]
CHAPTER XII.... [ Continue Reading ]