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The Pulpit Commentary — 1 Kings
Joseph Hammond [1839-1912] · 502,085 words · 545 reading sections
The Pulpit Commentary — 1 Kings — Section 541
his wife. Jehoshaphat's heart was lifted up with the abundanoe of his "riches and honour," and "joined affinity with Ahab" (see 2 Chron. xviii. 1). He became too great to be content with an humble match for his son, and sacrificed godliness to grandeur. He has many imitators in this. (2) Unequal yoking has ever been pr…
851 wordsSECTION 542The Pulpit Commentary — 1 Kings — Section 542
God of no.ture to His revealed will, the word of the Lorcl. They meet us there. It is in vain we seek to rest upon the plainest words ; they are explo.ined a.wa.y. Hell is a superstitious dream, and the cross of the disciples of Christ a. mere figure of speech, with no bard, stem reality behind it. 8. Tliey are poss…
884 wordsSECTION 543The Pulpit Commentary — 1 Kings — Section 543
. Vers. 41-5~.-Two,Lif~ Stories. I. JEHOSHAPHAT's.. 1. He prolonged the good t11ftuence of hu, .fathers re~n. J udah's thought was still kept under the light of truth, and its life more fully led into the ways of God: he completed his father's refor~s. (ve~. 46) •. The continuance o_f God's work anywhere is as impor…
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CHAPTER I. --- THEME The Wisdom of Solomon's Choice PA.Ott 60 1'IlEllB PAGE The Chamber of Sickness .. 12 Solomon's Judgment e. Foreshadowing Adonijah's History and its Lessons .. 13 of the Judgment to come 63 Adonije.h and the Lord's Anointed .. 15 11 Let it be neither mine nor thine, The Jewish Prophet: an Examp…
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TIIEMR FAOB TREIIB PA.OD The Hand of God 500 Sin's Friendships, o.nd whe.t they leo.d to 528 Wisdom in Counsel 501 Guilt and Mercy .. 529 False Mercy 502 Naboth'e Vineyard 630 Veiled Mercies 504 Resisted Mercy 504 CHAPTER XXII. The Neglected Opportunity 505 The Deo.th of Ahe.b o.nd the Defeo.t of Israel .. 542 CHAPT…
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