2 Chronicles 17:9 BSB

2 Chronicles 17:9

They taught throughout Judah, taking with them the Book of the Law of the LORD. They went throughout the towns of Judah and taught the people.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And they taught in Judah, having the book of the law of Jehovah with them; and they went about throughout all the cities of Judah, and taught among the people.

KJV

And they taught in Judah, and had the book of the law of the Lord with them, and went about throughout all the cities of Judah, and taught the people.

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Commentary

1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

There is no reasonable doubt that this “book of the law” was the Pentateuch - nearly, if not quite, in the shape in which we now have it. Copies of the whole Law were, no doubt, scarce; and therefore Jehoshaphat’s commission took care to carry a copy with them.

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Original language & word study

12 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַֽיְלַמְּדוּ֙	vay.la.me.Du	and they taught	H3925 →
בִּֽיהוּדָ֔ה	bi.hu.Dah	in Judah	H3063 →
וְעִ֨מָּהֶ֔ם	ve.'I.ma.Hem	and [was] with them	H5973 →
סֵ֖פֶר	Se.fer	[the] book of	H5612 →
תּוֹרַ֣ת	to.Rat	[the] law of	H8451 →
יְהוָ֑ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
וַיָּסֹ֙בּוּ֙	vai.ya.So.bu	and they went round	H5437 →
בְּכָל־	be.khol	in all	H3605 →
עָרֵ֣י	'a.Rei	[the] cities of	H5892 →
יְהוּדָ֔ה	ye.hu.Dah	Judah	H3063 →
וַֽיְלַמְּד֖וּ	vay.la.me.Du	and they taught	H3925 →
בָּעָֽם׃	ba.'Am	among the people	H5971 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
John 5:46
If you had believed Moses, you would believe Me, because he wrote about Me.
leads to
- Deuteronomy 18:15
  The LORD your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers. You must listen to him.
- Deuteronomy 18:18–19
  I will raise up for them a prophet like you from among their brothers. I will put My words in his mouth, and he will tell them everything I command him.
- John 1:45
  Philip found Nathanael and told him, “We have found the One Moses wrote about in the Law, the One the prophets foretold—Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.”
- Numbers 24:17–18
  I see him, but not now; I behold him, but not near. A star will come forth from Jacob, and a scepter will arise from Israel. He will crush the skulls of Moab and…
Through
John 5:39
You pore over the Scriptures because you presume that by them you possess eternal life. These are the very words that testify about Me,
leads to
- Luke 24:27
  And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, He explained to them what was written in all the Scriptures about Himself.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Luke 24:44
  Jesus said to them, “These are the words I spoke to you while I was still with you: Everything must be fulfilled that is written about Me in the Law of Moses, the Prophets,…
- 2 Peter 1:19–21
  We also have the word of the prophets as confirmed beyond doubt. And you will do well to pay attention to it, as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day…
- Acts 26:22–23
  But I have had God’s help to this day, and I stand here to testify to small and great alike. I am saying nothing beyond what the prophets and Moses said would happen: