a light] Heb. lamp, or candle. A royall glory in a successour, that, as a light, may shine before his people, and govern them, chap. 15. 4. 2 Samuel 21:17. 2 Kings 8:19. Psalms 132:17.
alway] See chap. 8. 13. In the Messiah this is most properly accomplished.
I have chosen, &c.] In that God appointed Jerusalem to be the place where his temple should be (2 Chron. 3. 1. and 6. 6. Psalms 68:29. and Psalms 132:13. and Psalms 135:21.) God is said to chuse it, to put his Name there. See the Notes on chap. 8. 16. and on 2 Chronicles 6:6.