2 Chronicles 23:11
Then they brought out the king's son, and put upon him the crown, and gave him the testimony, and made him king. And Jehoiada and his sons anointed him, and said, God save the king.
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Methodist theologian, 1762–1832
Adam Clarke
God save the king - May the king live! See on Kg2 11:12 (note).
We may well imagine the bad posture of affairs in Jerusalem during Athaliah's six years' usurpation, and may wonder that God permitted it and his people bore it so long; but after such a dark and…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
put upon him the crown, andgave him the Testimony So LXX. and Heb. both here and in 2Ki 11:12. It was the custom that the king at his accession should give a kind of charter to his people, and so "the…
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