John Gill's Exposition on 2 Chronicles 24:20

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And the Spirit of the Lord came upon Zechariah the son of Jehoiada the priest, etc.] The spirit of prophecy, as the Targum; he was moved and influenced by it to speak what is after related: which stood above the people; in a desk, or sort of pulpit, in which the priests stood when they taught the people, that they might be the better heard, like that which Ezra used, (<160804>Nehemiah 8:4) and said unto them, thus saith God; being moved and directed by his Spirit, he spake in his name: why transgress ye the command of the Lord, that ye cannot prosper? by committing idolatry, than which nothing could more hinder prosperity, both in things spiritual and temporal, in soul and body: because ye have forsaken the Lord, he hath also forsaken you; because they had forsaken the worship of God, as the Targum, God had forsaken them, and was about to give them up into the hand of their enemies.

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