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8161 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 245.14 (Matthew Henry)
… to run before his chariots. This is the chief grandeur of princes, and the imaginary glory of great men, to have a multitude of attendants. And whence must he …
8162 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 250.5 (Matthew Henry)
… than run upon death among the Philistines, they buried themselves alive in caves and thickets, 1 Samuel 13:6. See what work sin makes; it exposes men to perils …
8163 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 251.20 (Matthew Henry)
… them running. Canaan flowed with honey, and here is an instance of it. They sucked honey out of the rock, the flinty rock ( Deuteronomy 32:13 ); yet, for fear of the curse …
8164 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 254.11 (Matthew Henry)
… yet run to the camp. Jesse, we thought, was privy to his being anointed, and yet industriously kept him thus mean and obscure, probably to hide him from the eye …
8165 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 255.9 (Matthew Henry)
… in running from it as he did lately in running upon Goliath. Yet his safety must be ascribed to the watchful eye of God’s providence upon him, saving his servant …
8166 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 256.10 (Matthew Henry)
… wall, running at him so violently that he struck the javelin into the wall ( 1 Samuel 19:10 ), so strong was the devil in him, so strong his own rage and passion. Perhaps …
8167 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 258.10 (Matthew Henry)
… to run counter to his promises, for the trial of his people’s faith, and the glorifying of his name, in the accomplishment of his counsels, notwithstanding …
8168 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 262.40 (Matthew Henry)
… his running into this irregularity; for, when the knot of conjugal affection is once loosed, it is scarcely ever tied fast again. When David could not keep his …
8169 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 263.4 (Matthew Henry)
… , should run the risk of it rather than himself. Whether David was prompted to do this by his own courage, or by an extraordinary impression upon his spirits …
8170 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 265.7 (Matthew Henry)
… will run into that forsake God and are forsaken of him?
8171 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 268.5 (Matthew Henry)
… , but running upon a heinous sin, and with it entailing upon his own name a mark of perpetual infamy, as felo de se—a self-murderer. Jonathan, who received his death …
8172 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 269.3 (Matthew Henry)
… to run himself through with his own spear, none of his attendants being willing to do it for him; and, it seems, he could not do it dexterously for himself: his hand …
8173 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 270.13 (Matthew Henry)
… in running: he was as light of foot as a wild roe ( 2 Samuel 2:18 ); this he got the name of by swift pursuing, not swift flying. Yet, we may suppose, he was not comparable …
8174 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 270.16 (Matthew Henry)
… of running from it. Asahel’s fall was not only Abner’s security from him, but put a full stop to the conqueror’s pursuit and gave Abner time to rally again; for …
8175 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 279.13 (Matthew Henry)
… to run upon the same attempts which they found had been fatal. 2. He slyly orders the messenger to soothe it with telling him that Uriah the Hittite was dead …
8176 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 281.2 (Matthew Henry)
… not run in the blood, but corruption does. We do not find that David’s children imitated him in his devotion; but his false steps they trod in, and in those did …
8177 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 283.3 (Matthew Henry)
… shall run before his chariots ( 1 Samuel 8:11 ); and this is Absalom’s manner. Fifty footmen (in rich liveries we may suppose) running before him, to give notice of …
8178 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 284.11 (Matthew Henry)
… long run. But,
8179 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 285.9 (Matthew Henry)
… , without running any hazard. For, if they could raise such vast numbers as they promised themselves, wherever they found David they could not fail to crush …
8180 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 285.13 (Matthew Henry)
… those run upon that are impatient of contempt. That will break a proud man’s heart that will not break a humble man’s sleep. 2. He thought himself endangered …