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341 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 385.10 (Matthew Henry)
… greatly. The armies, we may suppose, were dispersed all the country over, and each man resided for the most part on his own estate; but they appeared often, to be …
342 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 396.8 (Matthew Henry)
… it. The conquerors are here reproved, [1.] For the cruelty of the slaughter they had made in the field. They had indeed shed the blood of war in war; we suppose that …
343 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 398.17 (Matthew Henry)
… . The Levites (whose office it was, Deuteronomy 33:10 ) taught the people the good knowledge of the Lord, read and opened the scriptures, and instructed the congregation …
344 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 399.7 (Matthew Henry)
… their estates bring a blessing upon all they have: Since they began to bring in the offerings the Lord has blessed his people. See for this Haggai 2:19. “Try me …
345 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 403.5 (Matthew Henry)
… towards the people’s. The princes ( 2 Chronicles 35:8 ), that is, the chief of the priests, the princes of the holy tribe, rulers of the house of God, bore the priests …
346 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 404.8 (Matthew Henry)
… value the comfort and continuance of our estates, keep that worm from the root of them. 4. The remainder of the people that escaped the sword were carried captives …
347 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 408.10 (Matthew Henry)
… because the prophets of the God of Israel had foretold the famishing and perishing of all the gods of the heathen, Zephaniah 2:11, 10:11. 2. How the people concurred …
348 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 412.7 (Matthew Henry)
… the throne of grace was to seek of God the right way, that is, to commit themselves to the guidance of the divine Providence, to put themselves under the divine …
349 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 414.10 (Matthew Henry)
… . Within the time limited the generality of the people met at Jerusalem and made their appearance in the street of the house of God, Ezra 10:9. Those that had no …
350 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 416.5 (Matthew Henry)
… to the temper of the climate. (3.) He assigns the ruins of Jerusalem as the true cause of his grief. Note, All the grievances of the church, but especially its desolations …
351 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 419.17 (Matthew Henry)
… by the estates they raised; but Nehemiah, for his part, got nothing, except the satisfaction of doing good: Neither bought we any land, Nehemiah 5:16. Say not then …
352 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 419.18 (Matthew Henry)
… in the king of Persia’s court and his own estate in Judea: the reason he gives for this piece of self-denial is, Because the bondage was heavy upon the people …
353 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 422.11 (Matthew Henry)
… spiritual, the joy of the Lord, joy in the goodness of God, under the direction and government of the grace of God, joy arising from our interest in the love and …
354 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 432.11 (Matthew Henry)
… honours, the numerousness of his family, and the high posts to which he was advanced, that he was the darling of the prince and the idol of the court; and yet all …
355 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 433.7 (Matthew Henry)
… the world. Mordecai rises no higher than the king’s gate, while proud ambitious Haman gets the king’s ear and heart; but, though the aspiring rise fast, the humble …
356 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 434.11 (Matthew Henry)
… regard the low estate of his handmaiden and scatter the proud in the imagination of their hearts, Luke 1:48, 1:51. Compare with this that promise made to the Philadelphian …
357 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 435.1 (Matthew Henry)
… an estate for himself; and all his estate, being confiscated for treason, is given to Esther and Mordecai, Esther 8:1, 8:2. II. His plot was to ruin the Jews; and as to …
358 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 435.2 (Matthew Henry)
… his estate was forfeited to the crown, and the king gave it all to Esther, in recompence for the fright that wicked man had put her into and the vexation he had …
359 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 435.5 (Matthew Henry)
… for the preventing of the mischief that Haman had designed. 1. The king knew, and informed the queen, that, according to the constitution of the Persian government …
360 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 436.8 (Matthew Henry)
… seize the goods and estates of the Jews, Esther 3:13. But the Jews would not do so by them, [1.] That they might, to the honour of their religion, evidence a holy and generous …