4Then said he, What have they seen in thine house? And Hezekiah answered, All that is in mine house have they seen: there is nothing among my treasures that I have not shewed them.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
And Joshua said unto Achan, My son, give, I pray thee, glory to the LORD God of Israel, and make confession unto him; and tell me now what thou hast done; hide it not from me.
He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy.
If I covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding mine iniquity in my bosom:
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-4)Hence we may learn these lessons:—1. That humanity and common civility teach us to rejoice with our friends and neighbours when they rejoice, and to congratulate them on their deliverances, and particularly their recoveries from sickness. The king of Babylon, having heard that Hezekiah had been sick, and had recovered, sent to compliment him upon the occasion. If Christians be unneighbourly, heath…
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