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31881 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 314.25 (Matthew Henry)
… sinners God makes quick work with. It is a very bad character that is here given him. He not only kept up Jeroboam’s idolatry, but the worship of Baal likewise …
31882 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 316.18 (Matthew Henry)
… honourable character, as the reason why he thus lamented the loss of him. (1.) He himself had lost the guide of his youth: My father, my father. He saw his own condition …
31883 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 316.27 (Matthew Henry)
… bad character of these children. He knew what a generation of vipers those were, and what mischievous enemies they would be to God’s prophets if they should …
31884 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 318.3 (Matthew Henry)
… their character and state. 2. That he had the reputation of a godly man. Elisha knew him to be one that feared the Lord, else he would have been unworthy of the honour …
31885 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 319.3 (Matthew Henry)
… his character, something that blemishes and diminishes him, some allay to his grandeur, some damp to his joy; he may be very happy, very good, yet, in something …
31886 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 327.1 (Matthew Henry)
… character in general ( 2 Kings 13:1, 13:2 ), the trouble he was brought into ( 2 Kings 13:3 ), and the low ebb of his affairs, 2 Kings 13:7. 2. His humiliation before God, and …
31887 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 328.1 (Matthew Henry)
… good character, 2 Kings 14:1-14:4. (2.) The justice he executed on the murderers of his father, 2 Kings 14:5, 14:6. (3.) His victory over the Edomites, 2 Kings 14:7. (4.) His war with …
31888 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 328.13 (Matthew Henry)
… . His character was the same with that of the rest of those kings: He did that which was evil ( 2 Kings 14:24 ), for he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam; he kept up …
31889 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 329.11 (Matthew Henry)
… high character, stating that he was pious towards God, just towards men, and laid out himself for the public good,—that, whatever was amiss, he took care to have …
31890 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 330.2 (Matthew Henry)
… general character of the reign of Ahaz. Few and evil were his days—few, for he died at thirty-six—evil, for we are here told, 1. That he did not that which was right …
31891 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 336.1 (Matthew Henry)
… general character ( 2 Kings 22:1, 22:2 ), we have a particular account of the respect he paid I. To God’s house, which he repaired, 2 Kings 22:3-22:7 II. To God’s book, which …
31892 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 343.4 (Matthew Henry)
… his character: He was more honourable than his brethren, qualified above them by the divine grace and dignified above them by the divine providence; they …
31893 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 369.6 (Matthew Henry)
… . Men’s characters appear in their choices and desires. What wouldst thou have ? tries a man as much as, What wouldst thou do ? Thus God tried whether Solomon was …
31894 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 380.1 (Matthew Henry)
… general character of Rehoboam and his reign, with the conclusion of it, 2 Chronicles 12:13-12:16 .
31895 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 381.1 (Matthew Henry)
… his character was no better than his father’s—he “walked in the sins of his father, and his heart was not right with God,” 1 Kings 15:2, 15:3. But here we find him more …
31896 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 381.6 (Matthew Henry)
… (a character perhaps borrowed from Judges 11:3 ), men that did not act from any steady principle, but were given to change, and men of Belial, that were for shaking …
31897 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 381.7 (Matthew Henry)
… to God: “ But as for us ( 2 Chronicles 13:10 ) we have not forsaken God. Jehovah is our God, the God of our fathers, the God of Israel, who is able to protect us, and give us …
31898 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 382.2 (Matthew Henry)
… general character ( 2 Chronicles 14:2 ): He did that which was good and right in the eyes of the Lord his God. 1. He aimed at pleasing God, studied to approve himself …
31899 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 385.4 (Matthew Henry)
… excellent character that is here given him. 1. He walked in the ways of his father David. In the characters of the kings, David’s ways are often made the standard …
31900 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 387.4 (Matthew Henry)
… of God has dignified ought not to debase themselves. Let God’s people be of God’s mind. (2.) That God was displeased with him for doing this: “ There is wrath upon …