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4As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of the youth.
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Children's children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children are their fathers.
Her children arise up, and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praiseth her.
For, lo, I will raise and cause to come up against Babylon an assembly of great nations from the north country: and they shall set themselves in array against her; from thence she shall be taken: their arrows shall be as of a mighty expert man; none shall return in vain.
Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-5)We are here taught to have a continual regard to the divine Providence in all the concerns of this life. Solomon was cried up for a wise man, and would be apt to lean to his own understanding and forecast, and therefore his father teaches him to look higher, and to take God along with him in his undertakings. He was to be a man of business, and therefore David instructed him how to manage his busi…
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