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4351. Gershonites

1 Chronicles 23:7-11

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Louis C. Jonker

... 1999], p. 59) and Klein (1 Chronicles, p. 455), subordination would have been indicated with the Hebrew expression ʿal yad (instead of leyad, used here), a term that is used in quite a few instances in Chronicles. Dirksen does not agree with this view. He is of the opinion that the expression indeed denotes subordination. But he adds: “Of course this does not mean less respect. The writer holds that priests and Levites both have their indispensable function within the order of the cult, while emphasizing ...

4352. Kohathites

1 Chronicles 23:12-20

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Louis C. Jonker

4353. Merarites

1 Chronicles 23:21-32

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Louis C. Jonker

4354. Jehoshaphat Appoints Judges

2 Chronicles 19:4-11

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Louis C. Jonker

... (the alliance with Ahab). Additional Notes 17:7–9 and 19:4–11 Critical discussion in the past has probed the relationship between 17:7–9 and the account of Jehoshaphat’s judicial reforms narrated in 19:4–11. The consensus view is that the latter account may reflect a pre-Deuteronomic phase in the development of the monarchical judiciary. But Knoppers argues instead that “the Chronicler draws on both past tradition and present reality” in order “to shape the present. . . . The Chronicler ...

4355. The End of Jehoshaphat's Reign

2 Chronicles 20:31--21:3

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Louis C. Jonker

... attempt by the Chronicler to link the Jehoram narrative to the Ahabite line of the northern kingdom (Athaliah, the daughter of Ahab of Israel, was married to Jehoram). Jehoram’s horrendous deed of killing all his brothers would then be related to the nonlegitimate northern kingdom (in the Chronicler’s view) and not to the Davidide Judah. Whatever the case may be, we should not ignore that the distinction between Judah and Israel is blurred here.

4356. Contributions for Worship

2 Chronicles 31:2-21

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Louis C. Jonker

... of righteousness.) What characterized all of Hezekiah’s actions was that he sought (darash) his God and worked wholeheartedly, with the result that he prospered (31:21). The seeking of God is characteristic of a good king in the Chronicler’s view, and this inclination leads to blessing from Yahweh. Additional Notes 31:1–21 The elaborate description of the voluntary offerings and priestly duties in 31:2–19 is actually a substitution for the Deuteronomist’s reference to the Nehushtan mentioned in ...

4357. The Book of Law Found

2 Chronicles 34:14-33

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Louis C. Jonker

... .” The Chronicler first describes this event: while they were bringing out the money that had been taken into the temple of the LORD, Hilkiah the priest found the Book of the Law of the LORD that had been given through Moses (34:14). The consensus view among scholars is that the book was probably an early form of the book of Deuteronomy and that this find played an influential role in the development of the Deuteronomistic movement that continued over a period, with some ups and downs, into the exile. The ...

4358. Josiah Celebrates the Passover

2 Chronicles 35:1-19

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Louis C. Jonker

... the expectation of a proper Passover celebration that would take place on the right date. Here, in the Josiah account, that expectation is now fulfilled. The insertion of the date (not present in the Deuteronomist’s version) signifies the Chronicler’s view that Josiah’s Passover is the climax of the cultic development under the Judahite monarchy (see Additional Note on 35:1–19). The information contained in 35:2–17 belongs completely to the Chronicler’s own material. Second Chronicles 35:2 ...

4359. Later Opposition Under Xerxes and Artaxerxes

Ezra 4:6-24

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Leslie C. Allen

... feasible. 4:3 For the literary setting of this incident in the reign of Cyrus, see Halpern, “Historiographic Commentary,” pp. 103–16. 4:5 Counselors: The Persian royal “advisers” (NIV) or “counselors” (NRSV) mentioned in 7:14–15, 28; 8:25 may be in view. 4:6 The beginning of his reign: The precise reference is to his “accession year” (NRSV), the period from the end of 486 to April 485, when the first full regnal year began. Xerxes inherited an Egyptian revolt, which would have made him ...

4360. Completion and Dedication of the Temple

Ezra 6:13-18

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Leslie C. Allen

... was destroyed. The narrator recapitulated the opening of his story, the proclamation of Cyrus at God’s behest (1:1), speaking of Cyrus’ decree in line with 5:17; 6:3. He could now refer to the extra decree of Darius, with verses 8 and 11–12 in view. He even referred to the future king Artaxerxes, assuring his readers that he was not always as hostile as he was in 4:7–23. He could be thinking of the next phase in the ongoing story, Artaxerxes’ embellishment of the temple mentioned in 7:27. But we ...

4361. The Passover

Ezra 6:19-22

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Leslie C. Allen

4362. The Return to Jerusalem

Ezra 8:15-36

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Leslie C. Allen

... for the safety of the journey. It is a religious counterpart to the literary tribute paid to divine help earlier in the text. The sin offering got rid of the uncleanness of exile, as was suggested in 6:17, and it is even more obviously in view here. The last clause in verse 35 draws attention to the quality of the other sacrifices in that they took the form of a burnt offering. As thank offerings, they might have been partial sacrifices in which the meat was returned to the sacrificer for a sacred ...

4363. Priests and Levites

Nehemiah 12:1-26

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Leslie C. Allen

... Unni in v. 9, corresponds to a singer Abda in 11:17. Meshullam corresponds to Shallum in 7:45 (= Ezra 2:42) and 1 Chr. 9:17, 19. 12:26 In the days of . . . and in the days of: The overall context suggests that only one general period is in view. The epithets governor . . . priest and scribe depend respectively on 5:14 and 8:1, 2, 9 (the Heb. term for “governor” in 8:9 is different).

4364. Advancement is Meaningless

Ecclesiastes 4:13-16

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Elizabeth Huwiler

... of the segment as a whole, however, does not depend on knowing the details of the story. The passage offers a multifaceted rejection of the value of royal status. A king may be an old fool, come from nothing, or lose power. The world at large, viewed in historical terms, does not care about a king. Additional Notes 4:14 The youth: Hb. is unclear, simply using “he” rather than an explicit subject. It is also possible that this verse refers to the king. May have . . . or may have: NIV here understands Hb ...

4365. A Prophecy Against Jerusalem

Isaiah 22:1-25

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John Goldingay

... described in chapters 36–37. The poem here does presuppose some occasion when Jerusalem has been threatened, besieged, and relieved. This has produced understandable rejoicing, but the story is not over, and eventually the city’s destruction will come. The usual critical view is that the poem has been expanded in the light of Jerusalem’s fall in 587 B.C., though it is difficult to know precisely which elements originate with which situation. But evidently the passage works with an arc that extends ...

4366. Praise to the Lord

Isaiah 25:1-12

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John Goldingay

... Israel much later than Isaiah’s day. Many come from the period after the last of the OT writings (“apocalypsis” is the Greek word in the title of the NT book of “Revelation”). Many apocalypses focus on world disaster and renewal. The traditional critical view is thus that this material comes from a yet later period than that of the actual arrangement of chapters 13–23, and that these are in fact the latest chapters in the book. But precisely because they refer hardly at all to specific nations ...

4367. A Song of Praise

Isaiah 26:1-21

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John Goldingay

4368. Deliverance of Israel

Isaiah 27:1-13

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John Goldingay

4369. Everlasting Salvation for Zion

Isaiah 51:1-16

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John Goldingay

... :1–52:12 as 49:7–50:3) receive more attention. The first subsection introduces a motif that runs through the section: there are four double occurrences of the verb “waken/awake” (50:4; 51:9, 17; 52:1). There is no reason to resist taking the obvious view that the “I” in 50:4–9 is the prophet, as in 40:1–6. Before the notion of “servant songs” sidetracked the interpretation of Isaiah 40–55, commentators could assume so. 51:1–3 Three times in verses 1–8 Yahweh bids the people to pay ...

4370. The Cup of the Lord's Wrath

Isaiah 51:17--52:12

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John Goldingay

... 52:12 as 49:7–50:3) receive more attention. The first subsection introduces a motif that runs through the section: there are four double occurrences of the verb “waken/awake” (50:4; 51:9, 17; 52:1). There is no reason to resist taking the obvious view that the “I” in 50:4–9 is the prophet, as in 40:1–6. Before the notion of “servant songs” sidetracked the interpretation of Isaiah 40–55, commentators could assume so. 51:17–23 Throughout these prophecies in chapters 40–55, as far as we ...

4371. Sin, Confession and Redemption

Isaiah 59:1-21

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John Goldingay

... other kinds of servants matter for their own sake. They matter for the sake of Yahweh and for the sake of those they serve or address. Additional Note 59:21 The fact that this verse alone within 59:15b–21 has no corresponding element in 63:1–6 supports the view that 59:21 belongs with 60:1–22 rather than with 59:15b–20.

4372. Judgment and Hope

Isaiah 66:1-24

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John Goldingay

... religion (57:3–13 and 14–21, see especially v. 15). The comment recurs here, in reworked form, in an equivalent position in the last major section. Like prophecies such as those of Haggai, Zechariah, and Malachi, these chapters generally have rather a high view of the temple and its significance (see, e.g., 60:13), but lest it should be overestimated it is here put in its place. The chapters thus achieve the same balance as Solomon’s prayer in 1 Kings 8. That prayer enthuses over the temple ...

4373. Message to Shemaiah

Jeremiah 29:24-32

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Tremper Longman III

Letters to Babylon and Back: Chapters 27 and 28 describe a prophetic conflict concerning the status of the 597 B.C. exiles to Babylon and the future of those who remain behind. Jeremiah represented the view that the former would stay in exile and the latter were under judgment. Hananiah attacked Jeremiah and optimistically stated that all would end well in just a short period of time. The present chapter continues the same note of prophetic conflict. However, rather than two prophets in contact physically ...

4374. Jeremiah Buys a Field

Jeremiah 32:1-44

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Tremper Longman III

... place within the walls of Jerusalem which was encircled by the Babylonian army. Furthermore, Jeremiah himself has been confined in the courtyard of the guard of the royal palace of Judah. The prophet was thought to be a collaborator since he advocated the view that Zedekiah ought to capitulate to Nebuchadnezzar. As verses 3–5 state, he was preaching that there was no way Zedekiah could hold out against the Babylonians. God will hand the city and its king over to their enemies. Zedekiah’s fate will ...

4375. Promise of Restoration

Jeremiah 33:1-26

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Tremper Longman III

... exiles, the rebuilding of their ruined cities, and the reconciliation of their spiritual lives.” The restoration of God’s people and their purification, as well as the rebuilding of the city, will bring God renown. It is the praise not of God’s people in view here, but of the nations. It may well be significant that the words for fear here (be in awe, pkhd and tremble, rgz) are not the one used positively in Proverbs for the beginning of wisdom (yrʾ). However, many commentators from the past (Calvin ...

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