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2201 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 289.6 (Matthew Henry)
… her to David, with a design to provoke him. “It is a dangerous matter,” says bishop Hall upon this, “to offer injury to any of God’s faithful ones; if their meekness …
2202 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 290.1 (Matthew Henry)
… God had blessed him with, from first to last. We should in our praises, look as far back as we can, and not suffer time to wear out the sense of God’s favours …
2203 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 290.16 (Matthew Henry)
… it. God, having called him to fight his battles, qualified him for the service. He made him very ingenious ( He teacheth my hands to war, 2 Samuel 22:35. And this ingenuity …
2204 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 293.9 (Matthew Henry)
… manner, serviceable to him. Nathan knows he must render honour to whom honour is due, and therefore pays the king the same respect now that he finds him sick …
2205 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 293.15 (Matthew Henry)
… . Whom God calls, he will qualify, which was signified by the anointing; usurpers had it not. Christ signifies anointed, and he is the king whom God hath set upon …
2206 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 293.19 (Matthew Henry)
… made to tremble before him, and call in vain to rocks and mountains to shelter them from his wrath. He took hold on the horns of the altar, which was always looked …
2207 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 294.14 (Matthew Henry)
… head God intended to set the crown.” 2. He calls to mind the respect he had formerly shown to David his father, and that he had both ministered to him in holy things …
2208 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 294.17 (Matthew Henry)
… David, to which and to his country he had done a great deal of good service in his day, in consideration of which, it is probable, Solomon would have pardoned him …
2209 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 295.11 (Matthew Henry)
… of God to give him wisdom ( 1 Kings 3:9 ); Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart. He calls himself God’s servant, pleased with that relation to God ( Psalms …
2210 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 296.5 (Matthew Henry)
… be serviceable to him and his interest as there was occasion. These commissioners of the victualling-office, not for the army or navy (Solomon was engaged …
2211 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 298.3 (Matthew Henry)
… years to Moses, seventeen to Joshua, 299 to the Judges, forty to Eli, forty to Samuel and Saul, forty to David, and four to Solomon before he began the work, we have …
2212 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 300.4 (Matthew Henry)
… , 1. To do honour to Solomon, and to return him the thanks of the nation for all the good offices he had done in kindness to them. 2. To do honour to the ark, to pay respect …
2213 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 301.4 (Matthew Henry)
… was God’s prerogative to hallow it—to sanctify or consecrate it. Men cannot make a place holy, yet what we, in sincerity, devote to God, we may hope he will graciously …
2214 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 304.10 (Matthew Henry)
… nation, calling him the son of Jesse, no greater a man than his neighbours. How soon are good men, and their good services to the public, forgotten! The rashness …
2215 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 309.2 (Matthew Henry)
… does God suit men to the work he designs them for. Rough spirits are called to rough services. The reformation needed such a man as Luther to break the ice. Observe …
2216 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 310.19 (Matthew Henry)
… betwixt God and Baal, he that is not with God is against him .” Compare Mark 9:38, 9:39, 21:30. The service of God and the service of sin, the dominion of Christ and the …
2217 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 310.27 (Matthew Henry)
… of God’s calling their father Jacob by the name of Israel, a prince with God ( 1 Kings 18:31 ), to shame his degenerate seed, who worshipped a god which they saw could …
2218 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 311.2 (Matthew Henry)
… very serviceable to Israel at this juncture, and had all the reason in the world to depend upon God’s protection while he was doing God’s work; yet he fled. In …
2219 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 311.7 (Matthew Henry)
… forsaken God’s covenant; though they retained circumcision, that sign and seal of it, yet they had quitted his worship and service, which was the intention …
2220 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 313.18 (Matthew Henry)
… long; God is rewarding their external services with external mercies. (4.) This encourages all those that truly repent and unfeignedly believe the holy gospel …