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301 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 260.15 (Matthew Henry)
… the land ( 1 Samuel 23:27 ), probably that part of the land where his own estate lay, which would be seized, or at least spoiled, by the invaders; for the little …
302 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 262.4 (Matthew Henry)
… into the world, for man is born like the wild ass’s colt and foolishness is bound up in our hearts. 2. His family: He was of the house of Caleb, but was indeed of another …
303 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 262.36 (Matthew Henry)
… at the door. Observe, (1.) How extravagant he was in the entertainment of his company: He held a feast like the feast of a king, so magnificent and abundant, though …
304 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 263.12 (Matthew Henry)
… from the inheritance of the Lord, the holy land. It should be more comfortable to us to think of God’s title to our estates and his interest in them then of our …
305 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 267.13 (Matthew Henry)
… their estates, was to give them the mouths without the meat. What joy could they have of their families if they had nothing to maintain them with? Was this to …
306 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 274.10 (Matthew Henry)
… and the interests of his kingdom with their houses and estates, for that is the way to bring a blessing upon all they have. The ark is a guest which none shall …
307 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 275.3 (Matthew Henry)
… :2 ) the stateliness of his own habitation ( I dwell in a house of cedar ) and compared with that the meanness of the habitation of the ark ( the ark dwells within curtains …
308 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 277.9 (Matthew Henry)
… (for the great God does not), but should encourage them. (3.) He gives him, by grant from the crown, all the land of Saul his father, that is, his paternal estate, which …
309 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 277.11 (Matthew Henry)
… . 2. The management of the estate is committed to Ziba, who knew what it was and how to make the most of it, in whom, having been his father’s servant, he might confide …
310 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 281.18 (Matthew Henry)
… knew the state of his flocks and looked well to his herds. Those who have no other care about their estates in the country than how to spend them in the town take …
311 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 284.2 (Matthew Henry)
… Mephibosheth’s estate settled upon himself. Shall the prospect of advantage in this world make men generous to the rich? and shall not the belief of an abundant …
312 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 285.13 (Matthew Henry)
… to the justice of God. When the wicked are thus snared in the work of their own hands, and sunk in a pit of their own digging, the Lord is known by the judgment which …
313 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 287.14 (Matthew Henry)
… usurp the government, 2 Samuel 19:27. How much mischief is it in the power of a wicked servant to do to the best master! 2. He gratefully acknowledged the king’s …
314 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 287.24 (Matthew Henry)
… called the habitation of Chimham, allotted to him, probably, not out of the crown-lands or the forfeited estates, but out of David’s paternal estate.
315 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 292.20 (Matthew Henry)
… great estate. He gave as a king ( 2 Samuel 24:23 ); though an ordinary subject, he had the spirit of a prince. In the Hebrew it is, He gave, even the king to the king, whence …
316 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 299.2 (Matthew Henry)
… in the king’s presence ,) and this was richly wainscoted with cedar, from the floor to the roof, 1 Kings 7:7. He had there also another court within the porch, nearer …
317 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 299.14 (Matthew Henry)
… is, 1. The making of the gold work of the temple, which it seems was done last, for with it the work of the house of God ended. All within doors was gold, and all made …
318 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 303.10 (Matthew Henry)
… estates, and lays men’s honour in the dust. 2. Yet the mitigations of it are very kind, for David’s sake ( 1 Kings 11:12, 11:13 ), that is, for the sake of the promise …
319 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 309.10 (Matthew Henry)
… when the ravens fed him. It was in compassion to the low estate of his handmaiden that God sent the prophet to her, not to beg of her, but to board with her, and he …
320 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 309.13 (Matthew Henry)
I. The sickness and death of the child. For aught that appears he was her only son, the comfort of her widowed estate. He was fed miraculously, and yet that did not …