2 Chronicles 29:1
_Abia. The last syllable is neglected, 4 K. xviii. 2. H. --- Some assert that she was a descendant of the high priest, who had been stoned. S. Jerom, Trad. C. xxiv. 20. T._... [ Continue Reading ]
_Abia. The last syllable is neglected, 4 K. xviii. 2. H. --- Some assert that she was a descendant of the high priest, who had been stoned. S. Jerom, Trad. C. xxiv. 20. T._... [ Continue Reading ]
_Reign, in the assembly, which met to recognize his authority. Lyranus --- Them, adorning them with plates of gold, 4 K. xviii. 16._... [ Continue Reading ]
_Street, or court, before the eastern gate. C._... [ Continue Reading ]
_Sanctuary, or temple, v. 7. The Jews suppose that idols had been placed in the very sanctuary: (Lyranus) but why then were the doors shut? C._... [ Continue Reading ]
_Sanctuary, or court of the priests, where the victims were slain. The blood of some was taken into the most holy place, on the day of expiation. C._... [ Continue Reading ]
_Trouble. Heb. zuae, (H.) is rendered vexation, Isaias xxviii. 19. Sept. "ecstasy." The Jews were frequently driven from their homes. M. --- There were at a loss what to do, confounded and despised. H._... [ Continue Reading ]
_Wives. C. xxviii. 8. C. --- So had the wives and family of king Joram been treated, C. xxi. H._... [ Continue Reading ]
_Covenant, swearing to observe the law given by Moses. M. _... [ Continue Reading ]
_Negligent. Heb. adds, "now," when every thing tends to open your eyes. H._... [ Continue Reading ]
_Cedron, as Josias did with the idolatrous altars, 4 K. xxiii. 12. The priests brought what was unclean from the inner temple into the porch. H. --- This labour lasted eight days, as the cleansing of the porches had done. C. D._... [ Continue Reading ]
_Month, Nisan, corresponding with our March, (M.) when Ezechias began his reign. Salien, the year of the world 3309._... [ Continue Reading ]
_Defiled. Heb. "cast out (C.) in his." --- Forth. Heb. and Sept. "We have prepared and purified, behold they are," &c. H._... [ Continue Reading ]
_Seven. Only one was prescribed for sins of ignorance, Lev. iv. 13, 22. S. Jerom, Trad. --- But the late transgressions were of a different nature; and the king consults his zeal, rather than what he was absolutely obliged to do. --- Juda, to expiate the sins of the royal family, of priests, and peo... [ Continue Reading ]
_They laid. The king and princes of the people confessed their sins, Lev. iv. 15._... [ Continue Reading ]
_Prophet. Moses had not required music, except on some occasions, Num. x. 10. But David acted by God's authority. The institution was designed to promote piety, and a love for religious meetings. Such sacred ceremonies are not to be considered as human inventions, for it was, &c. They command our ut... [ Continue Reading ]
CHAPTER XXIX. _ Prepared, or ordained. M. --- Heb. "with the instruments, by David."_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Princes of the priests. H. --- Words; psalms. T. --- Asaph, so famous for music. He had composed some psalms, (C.) and twelve bear his name. T. --- But he might only have set them to music, (H.) or his band sung them. D. --- Knee. Prot. "head." Sept. "they prostrated themselves."_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Added. Heb. and Sept. "answered," a term used in Scripture, though no question had been proposed. H. --- Filled. You are, in some sense, priests. Prot. "you have consecrated yourselves." The people brought victims but the priests poured the blood round the altar, v. 34. H._... [ Continue Reading ]
_Sheep, for peace-offerings. Junius) C. --- They destined these victims for the use of the temple, (T.) that none might be wanting afterwards. C._... [ Continue Reading ]
_Holocausts, as the law required, Lev. i. 6. See C. xxxv. 11. The skin might be taken off other victims, by laics. --- Priests. Syriac, "The Levites were more timid, or reserved than the priests, to purify themselves." C. --- Both are indirectly accused of negligence, C. xxx. 15. The Hebrew seems to... [ Continue Reading ]
_Because. Heb. and Sept. "that the Lord had disposed his people, for the thing was done suddenly," (H.) to place no obstacle to this sudden change from one extreme to the other, at a time when the king was scarcely established on the throne. C. --- Thus the people of England rejoiced, when the Catho... [ Continue Reading ]