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Selected Verse: 2 Chronicles 34:32 - King James

Verse	Translation	Text
2Ch 34:32	King James	And he caused all that were present in Jerusalem and Benjamin to stand to it. And the inhabitants of Jerusalem did according to the covenant of God, the God of their fathers.

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Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
And Benjamin - It is scarcely possible that the text here can be sound. "Benjamin" is never put in contrast with "Jerusalem," but always with Judah. The reading may be corrected from the parallel passage Kg2 23:3; "And he caused all those that were present in Jerusalem to stand to the covenant."

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]

And Benjamin - It is scarcely possible that the text here can be sound. "Benjamin" is never put in contrast with "Jerusalem," but always with Judah. The reading may be corrected from the parallel passage Kg2 23:3; "And he caused all those that were present in Jerusalem to stand to the covenant."

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]
To stand to it - He caused them to engage by an oath or covenant, that they would observe the laws of God, as his predecessors had formerly done, and which indeed they were before obliged to do.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]

To stand to it - He caused them to engage by an oath or covenant, that they would observe the laws of God, as his predecessors had formerly done, and which indeed they were before obliged to do.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826
To stand to it - It is likely that he caused them all to arise when he read the terms of the covenant, and thus testify their approbation of the covenant itself, and their resolution to observe it faithfully and perseveringly.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826

To stand to it - It is likely that he caused them all to arise when he read the terms of the covenant, and thus testify their approbation of the covenant itself, and their resolution to observe it faithfully and perseveringly.

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