9Then they said one to another, We do not well: this day is a day of good tidings, and we hold our peace: if we tarry till the morning light, some mischief will come upon us: now therefore come, that we may go and tell the king's household.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace; that bringeth good tidings of good, that publisheth salvation; that saith unto Zion, Thy God reigneth!
Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others.
But if ye will not do so, behold, ye have sinned against the LORD: and be sure your sin will find you out.
Behold upon the mountains the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace! O Judah, keep thy solemn feasts, perform thy vows: for the wicked shall no more pass through thee; he is utterly cut off.
The first shall say to Zion, Behold, behold them: and I will give to Jerusalem one that bringeth good tidings.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 3-11)We are here told, I. How the siege of Samaria was raised in the evening, at the edge of night ( 2 Kgs. 7:6 , 7 ), not by might or power, but by the Spirit of the Lord of hosts, striking terror upon the spirits of the besiegers. Here was not a sword drawn against them, not a drop of blood shed, it was not by thunder or hailstones that they were discomfited, nor were they slain, as Sennacherib’s arm…
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