_In the second year of Joash _. .. _ And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord._ AMAZIAH This is, in few but comprehensive words, the character of Amaziah, king of Judah. The commendatory part of it is with the sacred chroniclers a sort of general expression for the obedience of Jewi... [ Continue Reading ]
_Come, let us look one another in the face._ LOOKING IN THE FACE Let us look one another in the face.” Such was the message of a king to a king. The whole transaction was hypocritical, and we cannot read of it without loathing. Separate the words from the original surroundings, however, and they c... [ Continue Reading ]
_The thistle that was in Lebanon sent to the cedar._ THE PARABLE OF JEHOASH I. three things led to the utterance of this short parable. 1. A relative success. 2. An under-estimate of a superior. 3. An insolent challenge. (1) Success is a relative term, and must be estimated with reference to th... [ Continue Reading ]
_Now the rest of the acts of Jeroboam._ LIFE-RE-LIVED There is a moment when a man’s life is re-lived on earth. It is in that hour in which the coffin lid is shut down, just before the funeral, when earth has seen the last of him for ever. Then the whole life is, as it were, lived over again in th... [ Continue Reading ]