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1401 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 313.1 (Matthew Henry)
… this chapter leads us into his garden, and gives us an account of some ill things (and ill indeed they proved to him) relating to his domestic affairs. I. Ahab is …
1402 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 314.1 (Matthew Henry)
This chapter finishes the history of Ahab’s reign. It was promised in the close of the foregoing chapter that the ruin of his house should not come in his days …
1403 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 315.3 (Matthew Henry)
… the chapter before ( 1 Kings 22:47 ), till, in the wicked reign of Joram, they broke that yoke ( 2 Kings 8:22 ) as the Moabites did now. If men break their covenants with …
1404 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 319.1 (Matthew Henry)
… this chapter. I. The cleansing of Naaman, a Syrian, a stranger, from his leprosy, and there, 1. The badness of his case, 2 Kings 5:1. 2. The providence that brought him …
1405 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 327.1 (Matthew Henry)
This chapter brings us again to the history of the kings of Israel, and particularly of the family of Jehu. We have here an account of the reign, I. Of his son Jehoahaz …
1406 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 328.1 (Matthew Henry)
This chapter continues the history of the succession in the kingdoms both of Judah and Israel. I. In the kingdom of Judah here is, 1. The entire history (as much …
1407 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 329.1 (Matthew Henry)
… this chapter, I. The history of two of the kings of Judah is briefly recorded:—1. Of Azariah, or Uzziah, 2 Kings 15:1-15:7. 2. Of Jotham his son, 2 Kings 15:32-15:38. II. The history …
1408 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 329.4 (Matthew Henry)
… this chapter ( 2 Kings 15:12 ) that so it came to pass. See how punctual God is to his promises. These calamities God long designed for Israel, and they deserved them …
1409 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 330.1 (Matthew Henry)
This chapter is wholly taken up with the reign of Ahaz; and we have quite enough of it, unless it were better. He had a good father, and a better son, and yet was himself …
1410 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 333.1 (Matthew Henry)
… foregoing chapter, and left it besieged, insulted, threatened, terrified, and just ready to be swallowed up by the Assyrian army. But in this chapter we have …
1411 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 339.1 (Matthew Henry)
… this chapter we have, I. The utter destruction of Jerusalem by the Chaldeans, the city besieged and taken ( 2 Kings 25:1-25:4 ), the houses burnt ( 2 Kings 25:8, 25:9 ), and …
1412 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 339.9 (Matthew Henry)
… that chapter of threatenings might be fulfilled, after all the rest, Deuteronomy 28:68; The Lord shall bring thee into Egypt again. These events are more largely …
1413 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 340.1 (Matthew Henry)
This chapter and many that follow it repeat the genealogies we have hitherto met with in the sacred history, and put them all together, with considerable …
1414 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 343.1 (Matthew Henry)
… this chapter we have, I. A further account of the genealogies of the tribe of Judah, the most numerous and most famous of all the tribes. The posterity of Shobal …
1415 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 344.1 (Matthew Henry)
… chapter gives us some account of the two tribes and a half that were seated on the other side Jordan. I. Of Reuben, 1 Chronicles 5:1-5:10. II. Of Gad, 1 Chronicles 5:11 …
1416 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 346.1 (Matthew Henry)
… this chapter we have some account of the genealogies, I. Of Issachar, 1 Chronicles 7:1-7:5. II. Of Benjamin, 1 Chronicles 7:6-7:12. III. Of Naphtali, 1 Chronicles 7:13. IV …
1417 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 352.1 (Matthew Henry)
… foregoing chapter we have David made king, by which the civil government was happily settled. In this chapter care is taken about religion. I. David consults …
1418 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 353.1 (Matthew Henry)
… this chapter we have, I. David’s kingdom established, 1 Chronicles 14:1, 14:2. II. His family built up, 1 Chronicles 14:3-14:7. III. His enemies, the Philistines, routed …
1419 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 357.1 (Matthew Henry)
… foregoing chapter; here follows immediately that which one might reasonably expect, an account of his prosperity; for those that seek first the kingdom …
1420 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 361.1 (Matthew Henry)
… former chapter and in the beginning of this. There, in the pride of his heart, he was numbering the people; here, in his humility, preparing for the service of God …