15Shalt thou reign, because thou closest thyself in cedar? did not thy father eat and drink, and do judgment and justice, and then it was well with him?
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And like unto him was there no king before him, that turned to the LORD with all his heart, and with all his soul, and with all his might, according to all the law of Moses; neither after him arose there any like him.
Say ye to the righteous, that it shall be well with him: for they shall eat the fruit of their doings.
Blessed art thou, O land, when thy king is the son of nobles, and thy princes eat in due season, for strength, and not for drunkenness!
Take away the wicked from before the king, and his throne shall be established in righteousness.
The king by judgment establisheth the land: but he that receiveth gifts overthroweth it.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 10-19)Kings, though they are gods to us, are men to God, and shall die like men ; so it appears in these verses, where we have a sentence of death passed upon two kings who reigned successively in Jerusalem, two brothers, and both the ungracious sons of a very pious father. I. Here is the doom of Shallum, who doubtless is the same with Jehoahaz, for he is that son of Josiah king of Judah who reigned in…
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