2 Chronicles 19 - Introduction
XIX. JEHU THE SON OF HANANI DENOUNCES THE ALLIANCE WITH AHAB. The whole chapter is original, so far as regards the Book of Kings.... [ Continue Reading ]
XIX. JEHU THE SON OF HANANI DENOUNCES THE ALLIANCE WITH AHAB. The whole chapter is original, so far as regards the Book of Kings.... [ Continue Reading ]
JEHOSHAPHAT... RETURNED TO HIS HOUSE IN PEACE. — A contrast with the fate of Ahab is suggested. (Comp. 2 Chronicles 18:27; 2 Chronicles 18:34; and _ibid._ 16.) IN PEACE. — In _wholeness, soundness, i.e., unhurt. _... [ Continue Reading ]
AND JEHU THE SON OF HANANI THE SEER. — The seer whose father had suffered for his reproof of Asa (2 Chronicles 16:7), and who had himself already witnessed against Baasha, king of Israel (1 Kings 16:1). TO MEET HIM. — _Unto his presence_ (1 Chronicles 12:17; 2 Chronicles 15:2). KING. — _The king._... [ Continue Reading ]
NEVERTHELESS. — Yet the Divine wrath will not pursue thee to destruction, for _there are good things found in thee._ (So 2 Chronicles 12:12; comp. also 1 Kings 14:13.) THOU HAST TAKEN AWAY THE GROVES. — _Thou hast consumed_ (or _exterminated_)_ the Ashçrahs._ (Deuteronomy 13:6; 2 Kings 23:24.) So As... [ Continue Reading ]
FURTHER PROCEEDINGS IN THE REFORM OF JUSTICE AND RELIGION. (4) AND HE WENT OUT AGAIN. — This refers to the former Visitation or Royal Commission for the instruction of the people in the sacred Law (2 Chronicles 17:7). FROM BEER-SHEBA, the southern, to _the hill country of Ephraim,_ the northern li... [ Continue Reading ]
AND HE SET. — _Appointed,_ or _stationed._ THE FENCED CITIES. — As being the chief centres of each district. CITY BY CITY. — _For every city,_ according to the Law, Deuteronomy 16:18, “in all thy gates.” (Comp. 1 Chronicles 23:4; 1 Chronicles 26:29.) The judges would be Levites, and probably also... [ Continue Reading ]
YE JUDGE NOT FOR MAN, BUT FOR THE LORD. — ’Tis _not for man that ye will judge, but for Jehovah,_ as His vicegerents, and ministers of His will. (Comp. Romans 13:1.) WHO IS WITH YOU IN THE JUDGMENT. — This rightly gives the sense of the brief words: “and with you in word of doom.” _i.e.,_ Jehovah wi... [ Continue Reading ]
WHEREFORE. — _And._ THE FEAR OF THE LORD. — _A dread,_ or _awe, of Jehovah._ (See 2 Chronicles 17:10.) TAKE HEED AND DO (a _hendiadys, i.e., act heedfully. deal warily_). INIQUITY — _i.e.,_ want of equity, unfairness, injustice _i’avlah_). To the marginal references add the prohibition, Deuterono... [ Continue Reading ]
DID ... SET. — _Appointed some of the Levites._ CHIEF OF THE _FATHERS._ — _Heads of the clans of families._ (Comp. Exodus 18:21; Deuteronomy 1:15, where the judicial functions of the family ‘chiefs are said to have been ordained by Moses.) The 6,000 Levites set apart by David to be writers (_shôterî... [ Continue Reading ]
THUS. — Viz., as 2 Chronicles 19:10 explains. THEM. — The members of the Superior Court; just as the ordinary judges had been charged (2 Chronicles 19:6). PERFECT HEART. — i.e., _integrity._ (See 2 Chronicles 15:17; 2 Chronicles 16:9.)... [ Continue Reading ]
AND. — _To wit._ CAUSE. — _Rîbh,_ “controversy” (2 Chronicles 19:8). SHALL COME TO YOU. — i.e., be referred to you as the Supreme Court of Appeal. OF. — _From your brethren_ — _i.e.,_ not your judicial brethren, but your fellow-countrymen. THAT DWELL IN THEIR CITIES. — In the various country tow... [ Continue Reading ]
AND BEHOLD. — For the form of the sentence, comp. 1 Chronicles 28:21. AMARIAH THE CHIEF PRIEST. — Rather, _High Priest_ (_ha-rosh_)_,_ the Head (2 Chronicles 24:6). Vulg., “sacerdos et pontifex vester.” In 1 Chronicles 6:11 Amariah is the fifth from Zadok, the famous High Priest of David and Solomo... [ Continue Reading ]