3And he was with her hid in the house of the LORD six years. And Athaliah did reign over the land.
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And now we call the proud happy; yea, they that work wickedness are set up; yea, they that tempt God are even delivered.
And he was with them hid in the house of God six years: and Athaliah reigned over the land.
The wicked walk on every side, when the vilest men are exalted.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-3)God had assured David of the continuance of his family, which is called his ordaining a lamp for his anointed ; and this cannot but appear a great thing, now that we have read of the utter extirpation of so many royal families, one after another. Now here we have David’s promised lamp almost extinguished and yet wonderfully preserved. I. It was almost extinguished by the barbarous malice of Athali…
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