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4121 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 296.7 (Matthew Henry)
… by choice, but over all the neighbouring kingdoms, who were his subjects by constraint. All the princes from the river Euphrates, north-east to the border of …
4122 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 304.11 (Matthew Henry)
… the choice of his ambassador as before of his counsellors. 2. Some think he was also unadvised in quitting his ground, and making so much haste to Jerusalem …
4123 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 310.19 (Matthew Henry)
… our choice whom we will serve, Joshua 24:15. If we can find one that has more right to us, or will be a better master to us, than God, we may take him at our peril. God demands …
4124 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 311.7 (Matthew Henry)
… , of choice, their advocate, but now he is necessitated to be their accuser, before God. Thus John 5:45; There is one that accuseth you, even Moses, whom you trust. Those …
4125 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 311.12 (Matthew Henry)
… of choice and not by constraint, not pressed men, but volunteers. 3. That it was a pleasant and acceptable call to him, which appears by the farewell-feast he made …
4126 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 313.12 (Matthew Henry)
… ; of choice, and as his own act and deed, he submitted to the dominion of sin. It was no excuse of his crimes that Jezebel his wife stirred him up to do wickedly, and …
4127 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 316.24 (Matthew Henry)
… the choice of Elisha: “Let us first be sure that Elijah has quite gone. Can we think Elijah thus neglected by heaven, that chosen vessel thus cast away as a vessel …
4128 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 317.17 (Matthew Henry)
… 700 choice men, and with them sallied out upon the intrenchments of the king of Edom, who, being but a mercenary in this expedition, would not, he hoped, make any …
4129 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 319.4 (Matthew Henry)
… of choice seek their masters’ good. The Jews in Babylon were to seek the peace of the land of their captivity. Jeremiah 29:7. Elisha had not cleansed any leper …
4130 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 322.6 (Matthew Henry)
… his choice of the true religion, which was the more needful now because, it should seem, he was not out of his place (for Hazael is supposed to be captain of that …
4131 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 322.20 (Matthew Henry)
… the choice of those whom they would recommend themselves to and take their measures from, and whose good opinion they value themselves by. Jehoram chose …
4132 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 323.15 (Matthew Henry)
… the choice of proper instruments to be employed in his work. But it is not much for any man’s reputation to be known by his fury. He that has rule over his own spirit …
4133 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 324.12 (Matthew Henry)
… the choice which their ancestors made of an inheritance on that side Jordan, which Moses reproved them for, Numbers 32:1-32:42 Now Hazael did what Elisha foresaw …
4134 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 334.10 (Matthew Henry)
… his choice whether the sun should go back or go forward; for it was equal to Omnipotence, and it would be the more likely to confirm his faith if he chose that …
4135 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 337.15 (Matthew Henry)
… this choice is fatal. Philippians 3:17, 3:18. 2. Doing ill, no wonder that he fared ill. He was but three months a prince, and was then made a prisoner, and lived and died …
4136 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 344.4 (Matthew Henry)
… the choice of grace. The advantages of the birthright were dominion and a double portion. Reuben having forfeited these, it was thought too much that both …
4137 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 344.13 (Matthew Henry)
… their choices may expect to fare accordingly.
4138 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 346.9 (Matthew Henry)
… were choice and mighty men of valour, chief of the princes ( 1 Chronicles 7:40 ), and perhaps it was their wisdom that they coveted not to make their trained bands …
4139 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 360.8 (Matthew Henry)
… his choice whether he will be punished by war, famine, or pestilence; for punished he must be, and by one of these. Thus, for his further humiliation, he is put into …
4140 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 361.2 (Matthew Henry)
… makes choice of-ground that pertained to a Jebusite, and perhaps there was not a spot of ground besides, in or about Jerusalem, that did so—a happy presage of …