Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Chronicles 6:16
Now therefore, O LORD God of Israel, keep with thy servant David my father that which thou hast promised him, saying, There shall not fail thee a man in my sight to sit upon the throne of Israel; yet so that thy children take heed to their way to walk in my law, as thou hast walked before me.
16. yet so that ] R.V. if only.
walk in my law ] In 1Ki 8:25, walk before me. The Chronicler characteristically introduces a reference to the Law of the Lord (the trah). In Samuel and Kings neither David nor Solomon ever mentions this.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
[See comments on 2Ch 5:1].
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(16) Now therefore.And now. So in 2Ch. 6:17.
Keep that which thou hast promisedi.e., Thy further promise. See the fulfilment of the former promise, as described in 2Ch. 6:10, supr.
There shall not fail thee.See margin. Authorised Version follows LXX., ; and Vulg., non deficiet ex te.
To sit.Heb., sitting; LXX., .
Yet so that.Only if; assigning a single condition; provided that. . . . LXX., ; Vulg., ita tamen si custodierint.
Take heed to.Heb., keep (2Ch. 6:14-16).
In my law.The only variant from 1Ki. 8:25. The chronicler has avoided a seeming tautology, as elsewhere. Syriac, before me in the Law.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
to sit = sitting.
yet so = if only. Same condition as 2Sa 7:14. Conditional to Solomon, but unconditional to David, as the Land was to Abraham (Genesis 15). Therefore the throne must, and will yet be, filled by David’s son and David’s Lord.
as = according as.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
keep: Eze 36:37, Joh 15:14, Joh 15:15
saying: 2Ch 7:18, 2Sa 7:12-16, 1Ki 2:4, 1Ki 6:12, Psa 132:12
There shall not fail thee a man: Heb. There shall not a man be cut off
to walk: Psa 26:3, Psa 119:1
Reciprocal: 1Ki 8:25 – thy children 2Ki 10:31 – walk 2Ch 23:3 – as the Lord Neh 10:29 – to walk Psa 132:11 – Of the fruit