And if thy people Israel be put to the worse. — See margin. Kings has a different construction, “when thy people Israel are smitten.” (Comp. 2 Chronicles 6:26.)

Because they have sinned.When or if they sin (so also in 2 Chronicles 6:26). LXX., ἐὰν ἁμάρτωσίν. Vuig., “peccabunt enim tibi,” as a parenthesis. Syriac and Arabic, “when.” Kings, if (’asher) they sin, a rarer usage.

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