Charles Ellicott Commentary 2 Chronicles 33:8

Charles Ellicott Commentary

2 Chronicles 33:8

1819–1905
Anglican
Charles Ellicott
Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott Commentary

2 Chronicles 33:8

1819–1905
Anglican
SCRIPTURE

"neither will I any more remove the foot of Israel from off the land which I have appointed for your fathers, if only they will observe to do all that I have commanded them, even all the law and the statutes and the ordinances [given] by Moses." — 2 Chronicles 33:8 (ASV)

Remove. —Kings has a less common expression, "cause to wander."

From out of (upon) the land (ground) which I have appointed. —Kings, with which the versions agree, has the certainly original "from the ground which I gave."

So that.If only.

And the statutes and the ordinances. —An explanatory addition. Kings has, "And according to all the Torah that Moses my servant commanded them."

By the hand. —By the ministry or instrumentality. The phrase is a characteristic interpretation of what we read in 2 Kings 21:8; for it carefully notes that the authority of the Lawgiver was not primary but derived.