Matthew Poole and continuators on 2 Chronicles 26:5
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2 Chronicles26:5
5 And he sought God in the days of Zechariah , who had understanding in the visions of God : and as long as he sought the LORD, God made him to prosper.
i. e. He persisted in the True Religion and Worship of God.
As long as he lived. Compare ch. 24. 2.
Who was a very knowing and experienced Person. Or, who made him understanding; or, who instructed him; who was his Tutor and Teacher, and had great Authority and Influence upon him; and so restrained from those Exorbitancies to which he was otherwise inclined.
Either 1. In Prophetical Visions, which he either received from God himself; or understood and explained the Prophetical Visions of others, which was a special Gift of God: Of which see Gen. 41. 15. Dan. 1. 17. & 2. 19. Or, 2. In the Law and Word of God, which sometimes cometh under that Name, as Prov. 29. 18. and Isa. 22. 1, 5.
Marginal references: Heb. in the seeing of G[illegible: 1+ letters]d.
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