vii. 6. βασιλεῦσαι, in causal sense, ‘to make...king,’ is not
common in Lxx.: 1 Sam. viii. 22, 1 Kings xii. 1, 2 Kings xi. 12
xxiii. 30, 2 Chron. xxvi. 1, are instances. In 2 Kings xiv. 21 the
reading is doubtful. viii. 19. The use of πρὸς, according to ’s text, is difficult
Perhaps it IS akin to that in John i. 1, 2, 1 John i. 2 (where see
Bp Westcott's notes). ix. 1. Schlcusner on this verse explains ταχὺ ποιεῖν, “vili facere,
vuce ficta’ ix. 5. For the construction θελήσουσιν εἰ... cf. Luke xii. 49, τί
θέλω εἰ ἤδη ἀνήφθη: Ecclus. xxiii. 14, θελήσειε εἷ μὴ ἐγεννήθης. The
latter, especially, seems to support the alternative rendering in the
note, Vol. I. p. 97. x. 14. σείσω seems due to reading ABBREV ‘Ι will make to tremble,
for ABBREV ‘I brought down.