Stood. — Was standing.
At his pillar. — On his stand. So 2 Kings 23:3. Kings here has, “on the stand;” LXX., ἐπὶ τῆς στάσεως αὐτοῦ; Vulg., “stantem super gradum.”
At the entering in. — In the entry. LXX., ἐπὶ τῆς εἰσόδου. Kings reads, “according to the custom.” So the Syriac and Arabic here.
And the princes. — See Note on 2 Kings 11:14. Some Hebrew MSS. here also read “singers;” one MS. has “Couriers.”
Rejoiced. — Were rejoicing and sounding.
Also the singers with instruments of music, and such as taught to sing praise. — And the minstrels (or musicians) with the instruments of music, and men leading the chanting (literally, teaching to praise). This is one of the writer’s characteristic additions to the older text.
Said. — Kings, “cried,” which is more original.