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2221 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 …
2222 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 …
2223 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 …
2224 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 …
2225 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 …
2226 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 …
2227 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 …
2228 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 …
2229 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 …
2230 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 …
2231 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 …
2232 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 …
2233 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 …
2234 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 …
2235 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 …
2236 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 …
2237 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 …
2238 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 …
2239 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 315.13 (Matthew Henry)
… obedience to the king, dares engage in that service which had been fatal to the last undertakers. This is as impudent and imperious as the last, and more in haste …
2240 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 316.14 (Matthew Henry)
… angels to do the will go God, even in the meanest services, for the good of those that shall be heirs of salvation. Elijah must remove to the world of angels, and …