2Ch 20:5-12 | Clarke

2 Chronicles 20:5-12

Verse 6

Jehoshaphat stood - What an instructive sight was this! The king who proclaimed the fast was foremost to observe it, and was on this occasion the priest of the people; offering in the congregation, without form or any premeditation, one of the most sensible, pious, correct, and as to its composition one of the most elegant prayers ever offered under the Old Testament dispensation. Verse 7

Art not thou our God - "Hast not thou, by thy Word, driven out." - Targum. Verse 8

Therein for thy name - "For the name of thy Word." - Targum. Verse 9

For thy name is in this house - "Thy Majesty is in this house." Several of Kennicott's and De Rossi's MSS., with the Vulgate, Syriac, and Arabic, add נקרא nikra, "is invoked;" Thy name is invoked in this house - here thou dwellest, and here thou art worshipped. Verse 11

They reward us - Six of Kennicott's and De Rossi's MSS. add רעה evil: "Behold, they reward us Evil." This is also the reading of the Targum. Verse 12

Wilt thou not judge them - That is, Thou wilt inflict deserved punishment upon them.