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Selected Verse: 2 Chronicles 20:5 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| 2Ch 20:5 |
King James |
And Jehoshaphat stood in the congregation of Judah and Jerusalem, in the house of the LORD, before the new court, |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| Jehoshaphat stood . . . in the house of the Lord, before the new court--that is, the great or outer court (Ch2 4:9) called the new court, probably from having been at that time enlarged or beautified. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| The new court - In Solomon's Temple there were two courts. One of these had probably been renovated by Jehoshaphat or by his father, Asa Ch2 15:8, and was known as "the new court." |
| Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
| When the inhabitants of Judah and Jerusalem had assembled themselves in the house of God, Jehoshaphat came forth before the new court and made supplication in fervent prayer to the Lord. The new court is the outer or great court of the temple, which Solomon had built (Ch2 4:9). It is here called the new court, probably because it had been restored or extended under Jehoshaphat or Asa. This court was the place where the congregation assembled before God in the sanctuary. Jehoshaphat placed himself before it, i.e., at the entrance into the court of the priests, so that the congregation stood opposite to him. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| The house - Largely so called, in the court of the people, upon that brazen scaffold which Solomon had erected. New court - Before the priests court: which is called the new court, because it had lately been renewed when the altar was renewed. |
9 Furthermore he made the court of the priests, and the great court, and doors for the court, and overlaid the doors of them with brass.
8 And when Asa heard these words, and the prophecy of Oded the prophet, he took courage, and put away the abominable idols out of all the land of Judah and Benjamin, and out of the cities which he had taken from mount Ephraim, and renewed the altar of the LORD, that was before the porch of the LORD.
9 Furthermore he made the court of the priests, and the great court, and doors for the court, and overlaid the doors of them with brass.