Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible

Verses 20–25 God has many ways to chastise a provoking people. Trouble comes sometimes from that point whence we least feared it ...

Verses 15–22 Amaziah survived his conqueror fifteen years. He was slain by his own subjects. Azariah, or Uzziah, seems to have b ...

Verses 32–38 Jotham showed great respect to the temple. If magistrates cannot do all they would, for the suppressing of vice and ...

Captivity of the Israelites. (7–23) The nations placed in the land of Israel. (24–41) Verses 1–6 When the measure of sin is fill ...

Verses 1–8 Hezekiah was a true son of David. Some others did that which was right, but not like David. Let us not suppose that w ...

The Assyrian army destroyed, Sennacherib (35–37) slain. Verses 1–7 Hezekiah discovered deep concern at the dishonour done to God ...

Chapter 20 Chapter Outline Hezekiah's sickness, His recovery in answer (1–11) to prayer. Hezekiah shows his treasures to the (12 ...

the justice of the sentence, and God's goodness in the respite. Yet the prospect respecting his family and nation must have give ...

more Judah was tried with a reformation. Whether the Lord bears long with presumptuous offenders, or speedily cuts them off in t ...

This is tenderness of heart, and thus he humbled himself before the Lord. Those who most fear God's wrath, are least likely to f ...

revival of a long-neglected ordinance, filled them with holy joy; and God recompensed their zeal in destroying idolatry with unc ...

might have warned him, he did that which was evil, like them. When those intrusted with the counsels of a nation act unwisely, a ...

Verses 22–30 The king of Babylon appointed Gedaliah to be the governor and protector of the Jews left their land. But the things ...

1 Chronicles The books of Chronicles are, in a great measure, repetitions of what is in the books of Samuel and of the Kings, ye ...

Chapter 2 Genealogies. —We are now come to the register of the children of Israel, that distinguished people, who were to dwell ...

Chapter 5 Genealogies. —This chapter gives some account of the two tribes and a half seated on the east side of Jordan. They wer ...

upon earth, and many illustrious men, whose names are now wholly forgotten; while the names of multitudes of the Israel of God a ...

David was brought to possess the throne of Israel after he had reigned seven years in Hebron, over Judah only. God's counsels wi ...

Chapter 13 Chapter Outline David consults about the ark. (1–5) The removal of the ark. (6–14) Verses 1–5 David said not, What ma ...

Wise and good men may be guilty of oversights, which they will correct, as soon as they are aware of them. David does not try to ...