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281 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 238.3 (Matthew Henry)
… his house should serve the Lord. 2. That Hophni and Phinehas, the sons of Eli, were the men that were now chiefly employed in the service of the house of God; and …
282 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 256.14 (Matthew Henry)
… day of his distress. In the psalm he penned the night before he had lifted up his prayer to God, and now he takes the first opportunity of waiting upon Samuel …
283 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 257.4 (Matthew Henry)
… of prayer for the continuance of them. By this it appears that the family David was of was a very religious family, a house that had a church in it. 3. The arguments …
284 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 275.24 (Matthew Henry)
… the churches give him the glory of these two. David desired the performance of God’s promise for the honour, not of his own name, but of God’s. Thus the Son of David …
285 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 300.13 (Matthew Henry)
… made of that in all this prayer, that was taken for granted), but a house of prayer for all people; and herein it was a type of the gospel church; see Isaiah 56:7; compared …
286 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 301.7 (Matthew Henry)
… increase the revenues of the crown for the benefit of his successors. Among the rest, he built Gezer, which Pharaoh took out of the hands of the Canaanites, and …
287 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 333.6 (Matthew Henry)
… have the prayers of our friends for us. In begging to have them we honour God, we honour prayer, and we honour our brethren. (2.) When we desire the prayers of others …
288 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 363.2 (Matthew Henry)
… it. Of the twenty-four chief men of the priests sixteen were of the house of Eleazar and eight of Ithamar; for the house of Ithamar may well be supposed to have …
289 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 368.11 (Matthew Henry)
… think of. If any good have got possession of our hearts, or the hearts of our friends, it is good by prayer to commit the custody of it to the grace of God: “Lord, keep …
290 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 373.2 (Matthew Henry)
… the house, than they had been in the tabernacle. But the ark, with the mercy-seat and the cherubim, was the same; for the presence and the grace of God are the same …
291 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 412.9 (Matthew Henry)
… have the dignity and honour of the priesthood must take along with them the trust and duty of it. The prophet is foretelling the return of God’s people and …
292 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 422.15 (Matthew Henry)
… type of the holy joy of the gospel church. The conversion of the nations to the faith of Christ is foretold under the figure of this feast ( Zechariah 14:16 ); they …
293 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 425.4 (Matthew Henry)
… said of one of the Levites that he had the oversight of the outward business of the house of God, Nehemiah 11:16. The priests were chief managers of the business …
294 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 524.14 (Matthew Henry)
… are the children of the King of kings. These attend the throne of the Lord Jesus daily with their prayers and praises, which is really their honour, and he is …
295 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 537.7 (Matthew Henry)
… against the designs of the church’s enemies, as the prophet does ( Hosea 9:14; Give them, O Lord! what wilt thou give them? Give them a miscarrying womb and dry breasts …
296 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 547.1 (Matthew Henry)
… ) from the house of Obed-edom to the tent he had pitched for it in Zion; for the first words are the prayer which Moses used at the removing of the ark, Numbers 10 …
297 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 555.6 (Matthew Henry)
… broke the arrows of the bow; it was done in the field of battle, and yet it is said to be done in the sanctuary, because done in answer to the prayers which God’s …
298 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 559.10 (Matthew Henry)
… to the Messiah, the Son of David, the protector and Saviour of the church and the keeper of the vineyard. (1.) He is the man of God’s right hand, to whom he has sworn …
299 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 562.10 (Matthew Henry)
… against the Israel of God. They said, Let us take to ourselves the houses of God in possession ( Psalms 83:12 ), the pleasant places of God (so the word is), by which we …
300 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 563.6 (Matthew Henry)
… glory. The Chaldee reads it, They go from the house of the sanctuary to the house of doctrine; and the pains which they have taken about the law shall appear before …