24So Hazael king of Syria died; and Benhadad his son reigned in his stead.
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And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though he bear long with them?
For the rod of the wicked shall not rest upon the lot of the righteous; lest the righteous put forth their hands unto iniquity.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 20-25)We must here attend, I. The sepulchre of Elisha: he died in a good old age, and they buried him; and what follows shows, 1. What power there was in his life to keep off judgments; for, as soon as he was dead, the bands of the Moabites invaded the land—not great armies to face them in the field, but roving skulking bands, that murdered and plundered by surprise. God has many ways to chastise a prov…
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