8Nevertheless they shall be his servants; that they may know my service, and the service of the kingdoms of the countries.
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Because thou servedst not the LORD thy God with joyfulness, and with gladness of heart, for the abundance of all things; …
O LORD our God, other lords beside thee have had dominion over us: but by thee only will we make mention of thy name.
O LORD, correct me, but with judgment; not in thine anger, lest thou bring me to nothing.
Yea, though they have hired among the nations, now will I gather them, and they shall sorrow a little for the burden of the king of princes.
Now these are the nations which the LORD left, to prove Israel by them, even as many of Israel as had not known all the wars of Canaan;
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-12)Israel was very much disgraced and weakened by being divided into two kingdoms; yet the kingdom of Judah, having both the temple and the royal city, both the house of David and the house of Aaron, might have done very well if they had continued in the way of their duty; but here we have all out of order there. I. Rehoboam and his people left God: He forsook the law of the Lord , and so in effect f…
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