Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Chronicles 7:19
But if ye turn away, and forsake my statutes and my commandments, which I have set before you, and shall go and serve other gods, and worship them;
[See comments on 2Ch 7:12].
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(19) But.And. Kings omits, but emphasises the verb, If ye will turn, or, if turn ye will.
The order of words in the Heb. implies that -bnkem, and your children, has fallen out of the text: And if ye turn, ye and your children. So Kings, and Syriac and Arabic here. Kings adds, From after me.
And forsake.Kings, and keep not. So Syriac and Arabic.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
The Lord here takes in the whole of the people as a nation. And when we compare the sequel of the history of Israel, as a people, to what is here said, nothing can be more plain than that God, foreseeing the apostacy and corruption of his people, held forth to them the sure consequence of sin and transgression.
Fuente: Hawker’s Poor Man’s Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
2Ch 7:19-22
2Ch 7:19-22
GOD’S WARNING TO KING SOLOMON
“But if ye turn away and forsake my statutes and my commandments which I have set before you, and shall go and serve other gods, and worship them; then will I pluck them up by the roots out of my land which I have given them; and this house, which I have hallowed for my name, will I cast out of my sight, and I will make it a proverb and a byword among all peoples. And this house, which is so high, everyone that passeth by it shall be astonished, and shall say, Why hath Jehovah done this unto this land? And they shall answer, Because they forsook Jehovah, the God of their fathers, who brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, and laid hold on other gods, and worshipped them, and served them: therefore hath he brought all this evil upon them.”
This heavenly warning Solomon ignored and continued to do exactly as he pleased without regard to anything except his conceited opinions; and when he became old, his many pagan wives turned his heart away from the Lord; and he built pagan temples for every one of them. This needs no further comment, except to note that the removal of Israel from Palestine and the destruction of their temple indeed took place, exactly as God had warned.
E.M. Zerr:
2Ch 7:19. Serve and worship are two more words that are generally used interchangeably, yet have a slight distinction in meaning. The first denotes that the person performs obligations imposed by the gods, and the second refers primarily to the attitude of mind toward them.
2Ch 7:20-21. The things threatened here came to pass, and it is recorded in 2Ki 25:9. The house was destroyed by the Babylonians and never rebuilt until about 75 years later, which was after the fall of Babylon.
2Ch 7:22. The warnings given out to the people of Israel were so well known that when the calamity came the public understood why it was.
Fuente: Old and New Testaments Restoration Commentary
if ye turn away: Lev 26:14, Lev 26:33-46, Deu 28:15, Deu 28:36, Deu 28:37-68, 1Sa 12:25, 1Ch 28:9
shall go: Deu 4:23-27, Jos 23:15, Jos 23:16, 1Ki 9:6, 1Ki 9:7, 1Ki 11:4-8
Reciprocal: Num 32:15 – if ye turn 2Ch 12:2 – because Ezr 5:12 – he gave Pro 4:2 – forsake Jer 1:16 – who have Jer 2:17 – in that Jer 9:13 – General Jer 22:5 – if Jer 26:4 – If Jer 29:18 – to be a curse Eze 7:24 – their holy places shall be defiled Heb 12:25 – turn away
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
2Ch 7:19. But if ye turn away Thou or thy seed, and forsake my statutes, &c. Thus God sets before him death as well as life, the curse as well as the blessing. He supposes it possible, that though they had this temple built to the honour of God, yet they might be drawn aside to worship other gods. For he knew how prone they were to backslide into that sin. And he threatens, if they did so, it would certainly be the ruin of both church and state. That though they had been long in that good land, and had taken deep root in it, he would pluck them up by the roots, would extirpate their whole nation, as men pluck up weeds in a garden, and throw them out upon the dunghill. And that this sanctuary would be no sanctuary to them to protect them from the judgments of God, as they imagined; but that this house, which was so high, not only for the magnificence of its structure, but for the intended ends and uses of it, should be brought down, laid in ruins, and made a cause of wonder and astonishment to every one that passed by, and to all the neighbouring nations.