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1361 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 236.1 (Matthew Henry)
… former chapter, to applaud the decency of Ruth’s behaviour, and to show what good use we may make of the account given us of it; but in this chapter we shall have …
1362 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 237.1 (Matthew Henry)
… this chapter we have the wedding between Boaz and Ruth, in the circumstances of which there was something uncommon, which is kept upon record for the illustration …
1363 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 238.1 (Matthew Henry)
… this chapter. I. Here is her affliction—she was childless, and this affliction aggravated by her rival’s insolence, but in some measure balanced by her husband’s …
1364 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 241.1 (Matthew Henry)
… foregoing chapters concerning the ruin of Eli’s house here begin to be fulfilled; how long after does not appear, but certainly not long. Such sinners God …
1365 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 242.1 (Matthew Henry)
… chapter, I. How the Philistines triumphed over the ark ( 2 Samuel 5:1, 5:2 ), and, II. How the ark triumphed over the Philistines, 1. Over Dagon their god, 2 Samuel 5:3-5:5. 2 …
1366 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 243.1 (Matthew Henry)
… this chapter we have the return of the ark to the land of Israel, whither we are now gladly to attend it, and observe, I. How the Philistines dismissed it, by the …
1367 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 243.2 (Matthew Henry)
… 6:5 ), and yet it is not mentioned in the foregoing chapter; so God let them know that wherever they carried the ark, so long as they carried it captive, they should …
1368 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 244.1 (Matthew Henry)
… this chapter we have, I. The eclipsing of the glory of the ark, by its privacy in Kirjath-jearim for many years, 1 Samuel 7:1, 7:2. II. The appearing of the glory of Samuel …
1369 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 245.1 (Matthew Henry)
… the chapter before, under Samuel’s administration, that, methinks, it is a pity to find him so quickly, as we do in this chapter, old, and going off, and things working …
1370 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 246.1 (Matthew Henry)
… this chapter, which begins the story of Saul, their first king, and, by strange steps of Providence, brings him to Samuel to be anointed privately, and so to be …
1371 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 249.1 (Matthew Henry)
… foregoing chapter; in this chapter we have Samuel’s speech to them, when he resigned the government into the hands of Saul, in which, I. He clears himself from …
1372 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 250.1 (Matthew Henry)
… this chapter. I. Saul appears here a very silly prince. 1. Infatuated in his counsels, 1 Samuel 13:1-13:3. 2. Invaded by his neighbours, 1 Samuel 13:4, 13:5. 3. Deserted by …
1373 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 253.1 (Matthew Henry)
… this chapter begins the story of David, one that makes as great a figure in the sacred story as almost any of the worthies of the Old Testament, one that both …
1374 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 255.1 (Matthew Henry)
… foregoing chapter we left David in triumph; now in this chapter we have, I. The improvement of his triumphs; he soon became, 1. Saul’s constant attendant, 1 Samuel …
1375 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 260.15 (Matthew Henry)
… this chapter, gives us cause to suspect that he would not now have left pursuing David, and gone to oppose the Philistines, if some private interests of his …
1376 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 261.11 (Matthew Henry)
… :5 ): If there be iniquity in my hands, then let the enemy persecute my soul and take it, putting in a parenthesis, with reference to the story of this chapter, Yea …
1377 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 262.1 (Matthew Henry)
… this chapter gives us instances of the troubles of David. If one vexation seems to be over, we must not be secure; a storm may arise from some other point, as here …
1378 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 264.1 (Matthew Henry)
… this chapter, in which, though, I. We find, to his praise, that he prudently took care of his own safety and his family’s ( 1 Samuel 27:2-27:4 ) and valiantly fought Israel’s …
1379 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 266.1 (Matthew Henry)
… foregoing chapter. In this chapter we find how David, who kept close to God, when he was in a strait was extricated and brought off by the providence of God, without …
1380 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 268.1 (Matthew Henry)
… foregoing chapter we had David conquering, yea, more than a conqueror. In this chapter we have Saul conquered and worse than a captive. Providence ordered …