- and he leaneth:
- This verse should probably, as many learned men have supposed, be read in the past, and not in the future tense: "In this thing the Lord pardon thy servant, that when my master went into the house of Rimmon to worship there, and he leaned on my hand, and I worshipped in the house of Rimmon; in that I have worshipped in the house of Rimmon, the Lord pardon thy servant in this thing." Rimmon is supposed by Selden to the same with Elion, a god of the Phoenicians, borrowed undoubtedly from the Elyon of the Hebrews, one of the names of God. "Then a lordª on¹ whose¹ handª the kingª leanedª° answeredª°¹ the manª of God,ª and said,ª° Behold,¹ [if] the LORDª would makeª° windowsª in heaven,ª might this¹ thingª be?¹ And he said,ª° Behold,¹ thou shalt seeª° [it] with thine eyes,ª but shalt not¹ eatª° thereof.¹¹" {2Kg 7:2} + "And the kingª appointedª°¹ the lordª on¹ whose¹ handª he leanedª° to have the charge of¹ the gate:ª and the peopleª trode²° upon¹ him in the gate,ª and he died,ª° as¹ the manª of Godª had said,ª° who¹ spakeª° when the kingª came downª° to¹ him." {2Kg 7:17}
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