Then David said to all the assembly, “Now bless the LORD your God!” All the assembly blessed the LORD, the God of their fathers, and bowed down their heads and prostrated themselves before the LORD and the king.
ExplanationCommentary
Verse 20. Then is not in Hebrew or Septuagint Bible.—The same term is used, to express the outward adoration which they shewed to God, and the civil respect which was due to the king: pari gestu, says Grotius, animo diverso. Calmet.—How then will Protestants prove that we are guilty of idolatry, when we bow down before the cross, and so forth unless they pretend to know the secrets of hearts? Prot. they “bowed down their heads, (Septuagint knees) and worshipped the Lord and the king.” Bible.—The exterior set was the same, but the intention determined the application. See Exodus 20. Worthington.