14For out of prison he cometh to reign; whereas also he that is born in his kingdom becometh poor.
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Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph, and they brought him hastily out of the dungeon: and he shaved himself, and changed his raiment, and came in unto Pharaoh.
He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth the needy out of the dunghill; …
The breath of our nostrils, the anointed of the LORD, was taken in their pits, of whom we said, Under his shadow we shall live among the heathen.
To set up on high those that be low; that those which mourn may be exalted to safety.
So Jehoiakim slept with his fathers: and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his stead.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 13-16)Solomon was himself a king, and therefore may be allowed to speak more freely than another concerning the vanity of kingly state and dignity, which he shows here to be an uncertain thing; he had before said so (Prov. 27:24; The crown doth not endure to every generation ), and his son found it so. Nothing is more slippery than the highest post of honour without wisdom and the people’s love. I. A ki…
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