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<P><FONT SIZE=+3>First Kings</FONT></P>
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<LI><A HREF="MHC11001.HTM">Chapter 1</A>
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<LI><A HREF="MHC11002.HTM">Chapter 2</A>
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<LI><A HREF="MHC11003.HTM">Chapter 3</A>
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<LI><A HREF="MHC11004.HTM">Chapter 4</A>
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<LI><A HREF="MHC11005.HTM">Chapter 5</A>
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<LI><A HREF="MHC11006.HTM">Chapter 6</A>
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<LI><A HREF="MHC11007.HTM">Chapter 7</A>
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<LI><A HREF="MHC11008.HTM">Chapter 8</A>
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<LI><A HREF="MHC11009.HTM">Chapter 9</A>
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<LI><A HREF="MHC11010.HTM">Chapter 10</A>
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<LI><A HREF="MHC11011.HTM">Chapter 11</A>
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<LI><A HREF="MHC11012.HTM">Chapter 12</A>
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<LI><A HREF="MHC11013.HTM">Chapter 13</A>
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<LI><A HREF="MHC11014.HTM">Chapter 14</A>
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<LI><A HREF="MHC11015.HTM">Chapter 15</A>
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<LI><A HREF="MHC11016.HTM">Chapter 16</A>
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<LI><A HREF="MHC11017.HTM">Chapter 17</A>
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<LI><A HREF="MHC11018.HTM">Chapter 18</A>
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<LI><A HREF="MHC11019.HTM">Chapter 19</A>
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<LI><A HREF="MHC11020.HTM">Chapter 20</A>
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<LI><A HREF="MHC11021.HTM">Chapter 21</A>
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<LI><A HREF="MHC11022.HTM">Chapter 22</A>
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<P><B>AN</B></P>
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<P><FONT SIZE=+2>EXPOSITION,</FONT></P>
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<P><FONT SIZE=+1>W I T H P R A C T I C A L O B S E R V A T I O N S,</FONT></P>
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<P><FONT SIZE=-1>OF THE FIRST BOOK OF</FONT></P>
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<P><FONT SIZE=+3><B>K I N G S.</B></FONT>
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Many histories are books of kings and their reigns, to which the
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affairs of their kingdoms are reduced; this is a piece of honour that
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has commonly been paid to crowned heads. The holy Scripture is the
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history of the kingdom of God among men, under the several
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administrations of it; but there the King is one and his name one. The
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particular history now before us accounts for the affairs of the
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kingdoms of Judah and Israel, yet with special regard to the kingdom of
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God among them; for still it is a sacred history, much more instructive
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and not less entertaining than any of the histories of the kings of the
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earth, to which (those of them that are of any certainty) it is prior
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in time; for though there were kings in Edom before there was any king
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in Israel,
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Ge+36:31">Gen. xxxvi. 31</A>
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(foreigners, in that point of state, got the precedency), yet the
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history of the kings of Israel lives, and will live, in holy Writ, to
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the end of the world, whereas that of the kings of Edom is long since
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buried in oblivion; for the honour that comes from God is durable,
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while the honour of the world is like a mushroom, which comes up in a
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night and perishes in a night.--The Bible began with the story of
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patriarchs, and prophets, and judges, men whose converse with heaven
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was more immediate, the record of which strengthens our faith, but is
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not so easily accommodated to our case, now that we expect not visions,
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as the subsequent history of affairs like ours under the direction of
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common providence; and here also we find, though not many types and
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figures of the Messiah, yet great expectations of him; for not only
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prophets, but kings, desired to see the great mysteries of the gospel,
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Lu+10:24">Luke x. 24</A>--The
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two books of Samuel are introductions to the books of the Kings, as
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they relate the origin of the royal government in Saul and of the royal
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family in David. These two books give us an account of David's
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successor, Solomon, the division of his kingdom, and the succession of
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the several kings both of Judah and Israel, with an abstract of their
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history down to the captivity. And as from the book of Genesis we may
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collect excellent rules of economics, for the good governing of
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families, so from these books we may collect rules of politics, for the
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directing of public affairs. There is in these books special regard had
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to the house and lineage of David, from which Christ came. Some of his
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sons trod in his steps, and others did not. The characters of the kings
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of Judah may be thus briefly given:--David the devout, Solomon the
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wise, Rehoboam the simple, Abijah the valiant, Asa the upright,
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Jehoshaphat the religious, Jehoram the wicked, Ahaziah the profane,
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Joash the backslider, Amaziah the rash, Uzziah the mighty, Jotham the
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peaceable, Ahaz the idolater, Hezekiah the reformer, Manasseh the
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penitent, Amon the obscure, Josiah the tender-hearted, Jehoahaz,
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Jehoiakim, Jehoiachin, and Zedekiah, all wicked, and such as brought
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ruin quickly on themselves and their kingdom. The number of the good
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and bad is nearly equal, but the reigns of the good were generally long
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and those of the bad short, the consideration of which will make the
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state of Israel not altogether so bad in this period as at first it
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seems. In this first book we have,
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I. The death of David,
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=1Ki+1:1-2:46"><I>ch.</I> i. and ii.</A>
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II. The glorious reign of Solomon, and his building the temple
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(<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=1Ki+3:1-10:29"><I>ch.</I> iii.-x.</A>),
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but the cloud his sun set under,
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=1Ki+11:1-43"><I>ch.</I> xi.</A>
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III. The division of the kingdoms in Rehoboam, and his reign and
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Jeroboam's,
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=1Ki+12:1-14:31"><I>ch.</I> xii.-xi<I>v.</I></A>
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IV. The reigns of Abijah and Asa over Judah, Baasha and Omri over
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Israel,
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=1Ki+15:1-16:34"><I>ch.</I> xv. and xvi.</A>
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V. Elijah's miracles,
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=1Ki+17:1-19:21"><I>ch.</I> xvii.-xix.</A>
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VI. Ahab's success against Benhadad, his wickedness and fall,
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=1Ki+20:1-22:53"><I>ch.</I> xx.-xxii.</A>
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And in all this history it appears that kings, though gods to us, are
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men to God, mortal and accountable.</P>
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