Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Chronicles 9:8
Blessed be the LORD thy God, which delighted in thee to set thee on his throne, [to be] king for the LORD thy God: because thy God loved Israel, to establish them forever, therefore made he thee king over them, to do judgment and justice.
8. on his throne ] The Israelite throne is God’s; the visible king occupies it only as a deputy. Cp. 1Ch 28:5 (“the throne of the kingdom of the Lord”); ibid. 1Ch 29:23 (“Solomon sat on the throne of the Lord”).
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
2Ch 9:8
Therefore made he thee king over them.
The Divine appointment of kings
I. That princes are of Divine appointment.
II. That wise and good rulers are a signal mark of the Divine love and favour to any nation.
III. The description of the regal office and dignity, both in respect of God and of the people.
IV. That on the advancement of a prince eminently qualified to serve God and his country we ought to bless God, that is, to return the tribute of praise due to Him. (Abp. Potter.)
The blessing of a Protestant king and royal family to the
nation:–
I. That it is God who maketh kings, and setteth them on their thrones as His vicegerents to do justice and judgment upon earth.
II. All kings should remember that they sit upon the throne of the Lord their God, of whom the Psalmist says, that righteousness and judgment are the habitation of His seat. They must therefore be good and just, ruling in His fear, and after His example. (John Donne, D. D.)
Fuente: Biblical Illustrator Edited by Joseph S. Exell
King for the Lord, i.e. in the Lords name and stead, both in general, because all kings have and hold their kingdoms from God, and act as his viceregents and deputies; and in a special manner, because he sat in Gods own throne and ruled over Gods peculiar people, and did in a singular and eminent manner maintain the honour and worship of God in his land, and in the eyes of all the world besides.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
[See comments on 1Ki 10:7].
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(8) On his thronei.e., Jehovahs throne. (Comp. 1Ch. 28:5.) Kings has, on the throne of Israel.
To be king for the Lord thy God.A further insistance on the idea that Solomon was but the vicegerent of Jehovah. The clause is added by the chronicler, but need not be called an evidently wilful alteration (Thenius).
To establish.This phrase is wanting in the Hebrew of Kings, but is probably original, as the LXX. there has it.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
2Ch 9:8 Blessed be the LORD thy God, which delighted in thee to set thee on his throne, [to be] king for the LORD thy God: because thy God loved Israel, to establish them for ever, therefore made he thee king over them, to do judgment and justice.
Ver. 8. To establish them for ever. ] She speaketh of the spiritual Israel.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
God. Hebrew. Elohim. App-4.
justice = righteousness.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
1Ki 10:9, Psa 18:19, Psa 22:8, Isa 42:1, Isa 62:4
Blessed: 1Ch 29:10, 1Ch 29:20, Psa 72:18, Psa 72:19, 2Co 9:12-15
which delighted: 2Sa 15:25, 2Sa 15:26
because thy God: 2Ch 2:11, Deu 7:8, 1Ch 17:22
to do judgment: 2Sa 8:15, 2Sa 23:3, 1Ki 3:28, Psa 72:2, Psa 99:4, Pro 21:3, Isa 9:7, Isa 11:1-5, Isa 32:1, Isa 32:2, Jer 33:15, Jer 33:16, Heb 1:8, Heb 1:9
Reciprocal: 1Ki 5:7 – Blessed 1Ki 10:8 – happy are these 2Ch 13:8 – the kingdom
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
2Ch 9:8. To set thee on his throne, to be king for the Lord thy God In the Lords name and stead, in a special manner, because he sat in Gods own throne, and ruled over Gods peculiar people, and did, in an eminent manner, maintain the honour of God in his land, and in the eyes of all the world. Those mercies are doubly sweet, in which we can taste the kindness and good-will of God as our God.
Fuente: Joseph Bensons Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
9:8 Blessed be the LORD thy God, which delighted in thee to set thee on his {c} throne, [to be] king for the LORD thy God: because thy God loved Israel, to establish them for ever, therefore made he thee king over them, to do judgment and justice.
(c) Meaning, that the Israelites were God’s peculiar people, and that kings are the lieutenants of God, who ought to grant to him the superiority and administer justice to all.