Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Chronicles 21:7
Howbeit the LORD would not destroy the house of David, because of the covenant that he had made with David, and as he promised to give a light to him and to his sons forever.
7. the house of David ] In 2 Kin. Judah, a term sparingly used in Chron.; cp. 2Ch 11:3 (note).
a light ] R.V. a lamp. Thus figuratively applied the Heb. word is written nr; ordinarily “lamp” is nr in Heb.
for ever ] R.V. alway (as in 2 Kin.). Heb. literally, “all the days.”
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Verse 7. To give a light to him] To give him a descendant.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
Because of the covenant that he had made with David; for which, in 2Ki 8:19, it is for David his servants sake, i.e. not for Davids merits, but for Gods free promise and covenant, as it is here explained.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
[See comments on 2Ch 21:5].
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(7) The Lord would not destroy the house of David . . .An exegetical (not arbitrary, as Thenius asserts) expansion of The Lord would not destroy Judah, for the sake of David his servant (Kings).
The covenant that he had made with David.Literally, for David. So Isa. 55:3, I will make an everlasting covenant for you, even the sure mercies of David. This construction is generally used of the stronger imposing conditions on the weaker. (Comp. Jos. 9:6; 1Sa. 11:1-2.) In the Pentateuch, God makes a covenant with (im or eth) His people (Gen. 15:16; Exo. 24:8).
To give a light to him and to his sons.Literally, a lamp. Some critics find another deviation here, and render 1Ki. 8:19, to give a lamp to him in respect of his sons. But many Hebrew MSS., and the LXX., Vulg., and Targum of that passage, read, and to his sons, as here. Syriac, On account of the oaths which he sware to David, to give to him a burning lamp, and to his sons all the days.
For ever.All the days.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
God’s covenant love is a point of so much importance to be attended to in the history of the church, that the Holy Ghost hath caused it to be recorded both here and in the parallel, history, 2Ki 8:19 . Sweet thought! that the love of God to his people, founded as it is in covenant faithfulness, and originating as it doth, not in man’s merit, but God’s free grace, is not lost or forfeited, either to the church at large, or the individual who is the happy object of it, from undeservings. Psa 89:30-35 .
Fuente: Hawker’s Poor Man’s Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
2Ch 21:7 Howbeit the LORD would not destroy the house of David, because of the covenant that he had made with David, and as he promised to give a light to him and to his sons for ever.
Ver. 7. As he promised to give a light to him. ] Successionem stirpis regiae et splendidae. Out of this “light,” or lamp, came at length that “Sun of righteousness,” “the Light of the world,” Christ Jesus. See on 2Ki 8:19 .
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
the covenant. Compare 2Sa 7:12-17.
as = according as.
a light = a lamp. Compare 1Ki 15:4; 1Ki 11:36. The word always refers to this promise to David.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
Howbeit: 2Ch 22:11, Isa 7:6, Isa 7:7
because: 2Sa 23:5, Psa 89:28-34, Psa 89:39, Jer 33:20-26
as he promised: 2Sa 7:12-17, 1Ki 11:13, 1Ki 11:36, 2Ki 8:19, Psa 132:11, Psa 132:17, 18-135:21; Luk 1:69, Luk 1:79
light: Heb. lamp, or candle
Reciprocal: 1Ki 15:4 – give him 2Ch 23:3 – as the Lord Isa 7:13 – O house Isa 59:15 – displeased him Jer 33:21 – may