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Barnes' Notes on 1 Chronicles 29:20

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Albert Barnes (1798–1870) · 19th-century historical commentary
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Worshipped the Lord, and the king - The same outward signs of reverence were accorded by the customs of the Jews (as of the Oriental nations generally) to God and to their monarchs (see 1 Kings 1:31). But the application of the terms to both in the same passage, which occurs nowhere in Scripture but here, is thought to indicate a time when a long servitude under despotic lords had orientalized men’s mode of speech. return to 'Top of Page'
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