_Now when the adversaries of Judah and Benjamin heard._ THE PROPOSAL OF THE SAMARITANS TO THE JEWS I. The proposal made by the Samaritans 1. Plausible in its form. 2. But evil in itself. (1) They were not Israelites. (2) They did not worship Jehovah as the true God. To have received such a peo... [ Continue Reading ]
_Then the people of the land weakened the hands of the people of Judah._ THE HOSTILITY OF THE SAMARITANS TO THE JEWS I. The tactics of the wicked. If they cannot bend the good to their wishes and aims by plausible pretences, they alter their tactics and betake themselves to unscrupulous opposition... [ Continue Reading ]
_Now because we have maintenance from the king’s palace._ GOOD CAUSE FOR GREAT ZEAL I. We acknowledge a very gracious fact. 1. We have been maintained from the King’s palace-- (1) In things temporal. (2) In things spiritual. 2. Our maintenance from the King’s palace has cost His Majesty dear.... [ Continue Reading ]
_That search may be made in the book of the records of thy fathers._ CHURCH REGISTERS in a general view, all human records are interesting, if they are scarcely more than registers of names. Those names are always appended to some act or event, however concisely stated, and thus these mere catalog... [ Continue Reading ]
_Them sent the king an answer._ THE TEMPORARY TRIUMPH OF THE WICKED I. Examine the letter of the king. This letter suggests-- 1. That the subtlety of the wicked frequently obtains a temporary triumph over the good. 2. That one generation frequently suffers through the sins of another and earlier... [ Continue Reading ]