2 Chronicles 7:2
_Majesty; the cloud. For some time the priests were obliged to keep at a distance. They afterwards offered up many victims. (Calmet)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Majesty; the cloud. For some time the priests were obliged to keep at a distance. They afterwards offered up many victims. (Calmet)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Glory. The same word was before rendered majesty. (Haydock)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Victims, by the hands of the priests: or they slew them themselves, and presented the blood and fat to be placed on the altar by the priests._... [ Continue Reading ]
_Rams, including sheep and goats. --- People, each in their proper sphere. The priests had the chief part, as the ministers of religion. The solemnity continued for a week, and many altars were erected in the court. (Calmet)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Which music, or Psalms, ( carminum) David had composed. (Haydock) --- Because. This was the chorus of the 135th Psalm, which was sung on this occasion by some, while others played on their musical instruments. (Calmet) --- Literally, " singing by their hands." Protestants, "when David praised by th... [ Continue Reading ]
_Solemnity of tabernacles, (Menochius) which ensued after the dedication was ended._... [ Continue Reading ]
_Day. He had given them leave to depart, the day before, 3 Kings viii. 66._... [ Continue Reading ]
_Face, to appease me, that I may look down upon them in mercy. (Calmet)_... [ Continue Reading ]
CHAPTER VII.... [ Continue Reading ]