Blessed be the LORD God of Israel for ever and ever. And all the people said, Amen, and praised the LORD.
All the people said, Amen - (cf. Psalms 72:19-20; Psalms 106:48.) In the former the author of the doxology utters the amen himself, while in the latter the people are exhorted to say amen. This may arise from the fact that the latter psalm originally concluded with the injunction to say amen. But in this historical account of the festival, it was necessary to relate that the people obeyed this injunction on the occasion referred to, and therefore, the words "let them praise" were altered into "and they praised" (Bertheau).