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3461 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 778.18 (Matthew Henry)
… to Baal, not in corners, as men ashamed or afraid of being discovered, but upon the tops of their houses ( Jeremiah 32:29 ), in defiance of God’s justice. (2.) They designed …
3462 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 811.10 (Matthew Henry)
… of Baal, or of the grove, which Manasseh made and set in the temple ( 2 Kings 21:7, 33:3 ), which Josiah removed, but his successors, it seems, replace there, as probably …
3463 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 811.18 (Matthew Henry)
… it Baal—a lord, which God made to be a servant to the universe (for such the sun is, and so his name Shemesh signified, Deuteronomy 4:19 ), and in adoring the borrowed …
3464 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 819.6 (Matthew Henry)
… gods, Baal and Moloch, and all the senseless rabble of the pagan deities.
3465 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 823.14 (Matthew Henry)
… of Baal-peor (he polluted them, that is, her permitted them to pollute themselves, in their own gifts, Ezekiel 20:26 ), and of the most barbarous idolatries, as in …
3466 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 823.17 (Matthew Henry)
… and Baal, that they should have no comfort or benefit from either. 1. They should have no benefit by their consulting in private with the prophets of the Lord …
3467 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 823.21 (Matthew Henry)
… , if Baal, then follow him; if you will serve your idols, do, and take what comes of it; but then do not pretend relation to God and a religious regard to him, nor pollute …
3468 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 826.2 (Matthew Henry)
… of Baal ( 1 Kings 16:31 ), set up that other god, that dunghill-god, in competition with Jehovah ( 1 Kings 18:21 ), as a vile adulteress dotes on her lovers, because they …
3469 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 826.3 (Matthew Henry)
… of Baal had been brought into the kingdom of Judah, but had been by the reforming kings worked out again; and at the time of the captivity of the ten tribes, which …
3470 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 831.16 (Matthew Henry)
… of Baal into Israel ( 1 Kings 16:31 ); so that God had been much dishonoured by the Zidonians. Now, says he, I will be glorified, I will be sanctified. The Zidonians were …
3471 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 846.7 (Matthew Henry)
… so Baal signifies), but which were really the carcases of kings, not only lifeless and useless, but loathsome and abominable as dead carcases, in their high …
3472 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 862.19 (Matthew Henry)
… of Baal-Semen, the lord of heaven, but never introduced among the Syrians till Antiochus introduced it. Thus shall he do in the most strong holds, in the temple …
3473 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 864.6 (Matthew Henry)
… of Baal. God approved of what he did ( 2 Kings 10:30 ): Thou has done well in executing that which is right in my eyes; and yet here God will avenge that blood upon the …
3474 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 865.2 (Matthew Henry)
… to Baal reason the case with those that had, and endeavour to convince them with such arguments as are here put into their mouths. Note, Private persons may …
3475 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 865.13 (Matthew Henry)
… made Baal (so the margin reads it), that is, the image of Baal. Note, It is a very great dishonour to the God of heaven to make those gifts of his providence the food …
3476 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 865.18 (Matthew Henry)
… the Baals they have made gods of, from the days of their fathers unto this day.” We read of their worshipping Baal as long ago as the time of the Judges, and, for aught …
3477 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 865.23 (Matthew Henry)
… of Baal shall not be mentioned, not any of the Baals that in the days of Baalim had made so great a noise with, O Baal! hear us; O Baal! hear us. The very names of Baalim …
3478 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 867.18 (Matthew Henry)
… of Baal-peor, Numbers 25:1, 25:2. To punish them for that God gave up their wives and daughters to the like vile affections: They committed whoredom and adultery …
3479 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 868.7 (Matthew Henry)
… and Baal, Ezekiel 14:3. (2.) When they fell in their iniquity, or found themselves falling by it, they sought the Lord; but they did not seek him early, and therefore …
3480 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 870.14 (Matthew Henry)
… and Baal; sometimes they seemed zealous for God, but at other times as hot for Baal. Note, It is sad to think how many, who, after a sort, profess religion, are made …