C. F. Keil and Franz Delitzsch on 2 Chronicles 17:12
Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament. Browse this work.
Read 2 Chronicles 17. Compare commentaries on this chapter.
Source and publication rights
Public domain. Public Domain. Source edition.
Berean Blue opens December 1, 2026. Explore this passage in the app preview.
2 Chronicles17:12
2Ch 17:12 Description of Jehoshaphat’s power. - 2Ch 17:12. And Jehoshaphat became ever greater, sc. in power. The partic. הולך expresses the continuous advance in greatness, cf. Ew. §280, b, as the infin. absol. does elsewhere, e.g., Gen 8:3. למעלה עד as in 2Ch 16:12. - He built castles in Judah. בּירניּות, only here and in 2Ch 27:4, from בּירנית, derivative formed from בּירה by the Syriac termination נית-, fem. of ן-: castle, fortress. On מסכּנות ערי cf. 2Ch 8:4.
C. F. Keil and Franz Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament, 2 Chronicles 17:12. Public domain.
Permanent link. Source edition.