18<\/strong>. they left the house of the Lord<\/em> ] Cp. 2Ch 29:6<\/span>, “[they] have turned away their faces from the habitation of the<\/em> Lord.” These phrases are a kind of euphemism meaning “to commit apostasy.”<\/p>\n served groves and idols<\/em> ] R.V. served the Asherim and the idols<\/strong>; cp. 2Ch 14:3<\/span> (note).<\/p>\n wrath<\/em> ] Heb. qeeph<\/em>; cp. 2Ch 19:2<\/span> (note).<\/p>\n wrath came<\/em> ] Cp. 2Ch 24:25-26<\/span>.<\/p>\n their trespass<\/em> ] R.V. their guiltiness<\/strong>; cp. 2Ch 19:10<\/span> (A.V. and R.V.).<\/p>\n By Hazael of Syria; of which see 2Ki 12:17<\/span>,18<\/span> <\/P> <\/p>\n 18. wrath came upon Judah andJerusalem<\/B>The particular mention of Jerusalem as involved inthe sin implies that the neglect of the temple and the consequentidolatry received not only the king’s toleration, but his sanction;and it naturally occurs to ask how, at his mature age, such a totalabandonment of a place with which all his early recollections wereassociated can be accounted for. It has been suggested that what hehad witnessed of the conduct of many of the priests in the carelessperformance of the worship, and especially their unwillingness tocollect the money, as well as apply a portion of their revenues forthe repairs of the temple, had alienated and disgusted him [LECLERC].<\/P><\/p>\n And they left the house of the Lord God of their fathers<\/strong>,…. Came no more to the temple at Jerusalem, forsook the worship and service of it:<\/p>\n and served groves and idols<\/strong>; worshipped idols in groves, which were upon high places:<\/p>\n and wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem for this their trespass<\/strong>: their idolatry, and particularly on these princes, the Syrian army coming against them, and destroying them, 2Ch 24:23<\/span>.<\/p>\n (18) And they left the house of the Lord.<\/strong>They,<\/em> viz., the apostate princes and their following, ceased to attend the legal worship of the Temple.<\/p>\n And served groves and idols.<\/strong>Rather, the Ashrim<\/em> and the idols.<\/em> (See Note on 2Ch. 14:3<\/span>.)<\/p>\n And wrath came.<\/strong>2Ch. 19:2<\/span>; 2Ch. 19:10<\/span>; 1Ch. 27:24<\/span>. In this case the Divine wrath (Num. 1:53<\/span>) manifested itself in a Syrian invasion (2Ch. 24:23<\/span>, seq.<\/em>).<\/em><\/p>\n Upon Judah and Jerusalem.<\/strong>The sin of the nobles, allowed and perhaps imitated by the king, involved the nation in its penal consequences (Comp. 1 Chronicles 21<\/span>)<\/p>\n 18<\/strong>. <\/strong> They left <\/strong> King and princes left, and multitudes of the people soon followed them. <\/p>\n Left the house of the Lord <\/strong> Forsook the temple service. <\/p>\n Groves and idols <\/strong> The Asherah <\/em> worship involved idolatry. See note on 1Ki 14:15<\/span>.<\/p>\n 2Ch 24:18 And they left the house of the LORD God of their fathers, and served groves and idols: and wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem for this their trespass.<\/p>\n Ver. 18. And wrath came upon Judah.<\/strong> ] Let our church forsakers chew on this: let them see what good patriots they are.<\/p>\n groves. Hebrew. ‘Asherah. See App-42. <\/p>\n idols = grievous images. <\/p>\n wrath came. From Jehovah. Compare verses: 2Ch 24:23-24. <\/p>\n groves (See Scofield “Deu 16:21”). See Scofield “Jdg 3:7”. <\/p>\n And they left: 2Ch 24:4, 2Ch 21:13, 2Ch 33:3-7, 1Ki 11:4, 1Ki 11:5, 1Ki 14:9, 1Ki 14:23 <\/p>\n wrath: 2Ch 19:2, 2Ch 28:13, 2Ch 29:8, 2Ch 32:25, 2Ch 36:14-16, Jos 22:20, Jdg 5:8, 2Sa 24:1, Hos 5:10, Hos 5:11, Hos 5:14, Zep 1:4-6, Eph 5:6 <\/p>\n Reciprocal: Jos 7:1 – committed Jos 24:31 – served Jdg 2:19 – when the Jdg 3:7 – the groves Jdg 8:33 – as soon 2Ch 22:4 – they were his 2Ch 24:23 – princes 2Ch 36:15 – the Lord Neh 13:6 – But Jer 17:2 – their altars<\/p>\n 2Ch 24:18. And they left the house of the Lord God The king and princes, who a while ago so zealously repaired the temple, now forsook the temple! So inconstant a thing is man! So little confidence is to be put in him! It is probable that these great men at first only worshipped in the groves and on the high places themselves; yet they had their emissaries, who persuaded the people to join with them. So that the house of God was soon deserted by them, and they proceeded to worship idols. And wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem They were soon punished by the hand of Hazael, king of Syria.<\/p>\n And they left the house of the LORD God of their fathers, and served groves and idols: and wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem for this their trespass. 18. they left the house of the Lord ] Cp. 2Ch 29:6, “[they] have turned away their faces from the habitation of the Lord.” These phrases are … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Chronicles 24:18”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11707","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-commentary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11707","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11707"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11707\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11707"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11707"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11707"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
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