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- 2 Chronicles
- Chapter 23
- Verse 3
2 Chronicles 23:3
And all the congregation made a covenant with the king in the house of God. And he said unto them, Behold, the king's son shall reign, as the LORD hath said of the sons of David.
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Barnes' Notes
By “all the congregation” here is meant the persons referred to in 2Ch 23:2.
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
made a covenant Cp. 1Ch 11:3 (note).
hath said of R.V. hath spoken concerning. Cp. 2Sa 7:16; 1Ch 17:17.
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