Whereupon the princes of Israel and the king humbled themselves; and they said, The LORD is righteous.
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Gill's Exposition
Whereupon the princes of Israel and the king humbled themselves,.... Both by words acknowledging their sins, and the justice of God, and by deeds, perhaps putting on sackcloth, as was usual on such…
Barnes' Notes
They said, The Lord is righteous - i. e., they acknowledged the justice of the sentence which had gone forth against them 2Ch 12:5.
Adam Clarke
Whereupon the princes of Israel and the king humbled themselves - This is not mentioned in the parallel place, Kg1 14:25-29 : this was the sole reason why Jerusalem was not at this time totally…
Israel was very much disgraced and weakened by being divided into two kingdoms; yet the kingdom of Judah, having both the temple and the royal city, both the house of David and the house of Aaron,…
Cambridge Bible
Whereupon R.V. Then.
princes of Israel Called "princes of Judah" in 2Ch 12:5; cp. note on 2Ch 11:3.
humbled themselves i.e. they fasted and put on sackcloth; cp. 1Ki 21:27; 1Ki 21:29.
The Lordis…
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