17And the word of the LORD came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,
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When he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them: he forgetteth not the cry of the humble.
And the angel of the LORD said unto Elijah, Go down with him: be not afraid of him. And he arose, and went down with him unto the king. …
And he said unto him, Went not mine heart with thee, when the man turned again from his chariot to meet thee? Is it a time to receive money, and to receive garments, and oliveyards, and vineyards, and sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and maidservants?
For, behold, the LORD cometh out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: the earth also shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 17-29)In these verses we may observe, I. The very bad character that is given of Ahab ( 1 Kgs. 21:25 , 26 ), which comes in here to justify God in the heavy sentence passed upon him, and to show that though it was passed upon occasion of his sin in the matter of Naboth (which David’s sin in the matter of Uriah did too much resemble), yet God would not have punished him so severely if he had not been gui…
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