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<center><h1>Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary
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on the Whole Bible</h1>
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<P><FONT SIZE=+3>Second Kings</FONT></P>
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<TABLE WIDTH="100%" BORDER=0>
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<LI><A HREF="MHC12001.HTM">Chapter 1</A>
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<LI><A HREF="MHC12002.HTM">Chapter 2</A>
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<LI><A HREF="MHC12003.HTM">Chapter 3</A>
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<LI><A HREF="MHC12004.HTM">Chapter 4</A>
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<LI><A HREF="MHC12005.HTM">Chapter 5</A>
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<LI><A HREF="MHC12006.HTM">Chapter 6</A>
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<LI><A HREF="MHC12007.HTM">Chapter 7</A>
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<LI><A HREF="MHC12008.HTM">Chapter 8</A>
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<LI><A HREF="MHC12009.HTM">Chapter 9</A>
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<LI><A HREF="MHC12010.HTM">Chapter 10</A>
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<LI><A HREF="MHC12011.HTM">Chapter 11</A>
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<LI><A HREF="MHC12012.HTM">Chapter 12</A>
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<LI><A HREF="MHC12013.HTM">Chapter 13</A>
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<LI><A HREF="MHC12014.HTM">Chapter 14</A>
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<LI><A HREF="MHC12015.HTM">Chapter 15</A>
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<LI><A HREF="MHC12016.HTM">Chapter 16</A>
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<LI><A HREF="MHC12017.HTM">Chapter 17</A>
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<LI><A HREF="MHC12018.HTM">Chapter 18</A>
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<LI><A HREF="MHC12019.HTM">Chapter 19</A>
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<LI><A HREF="MHC12020.HTM">Chapter 20</A>
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<LI><A HREF="MHC12021.HTM">Chapter 21</A>
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<LI><A HREF="MHC12022.HTM">Chapter 22</A>
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<LI><A HREF="MHC12023.HTM">Chapter 23</A>
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<LI><A HREF="MHC12024.HTM">Chapter 24</A>
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<LI><A HREF="MHC12025.HTM">Chapter 25</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 SECOND BOOK OF</FONT></P>
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<P><FONT SIZE=+3><B>K I N G S.</B></FONT>
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This second book of the Kings (which the LXX., numbering from Samuel,
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called the <I>fourth</I>) is a continuation of the former book; and,
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some think, might better have been made to begin with the
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=1Ki+22:51-53">fifty-first
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verse of the foregoing chapter</A>,
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where the reign of Ahaziah begins. The former book had an illustrious
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beginning, in the glories of the kingdom of Israel, when it was entire;
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this has a melancholy conclusion, in the desolations of the kingdoms of
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Israel first, and then of Judah, after they had been long broken into
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two: for a kingdom divided against itself cometh to destruction. But,
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as Elijah's mighty works were very much the glory of the former book,
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towards the latter end of it, so were Elisha's the glory of this,
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towards the beginning of it. These prophets out-shone their princes;
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and therefore, as far as they go, the history shall be accounted for in
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them. Here is,
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I. Elijah fetching fire from heaven and ascending in fire to heaven,
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=2Ki+1:1-2:25"><I>ch.</I> i. and ii.</A>
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II. Elisha working many miracles, both for prince and people,
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Israelites and foreigners,
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=2Ki+3:1-7:20"><I>ch.</I> iii.-vii.</A>
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III. Hazael and Jehu anointed, the former for the correction of Israel,
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the latter for the destruction of the house of Ahab and the worship of
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Baal,
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=2Ki+8:1-10:36"><I>ch.</I> viii.-x.</A>
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IV. The reign of several of the kings, both of Judah and Israel,
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=2Ki+11:1-16:20"><I>ch.</I> xi.-xvi.</A>
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V. The captivity of the ten tribes,
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=2Ki+17:1-41"><I>ch.</I> xvii.</A>
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VI. The good and glorious reign of Hezekiah,
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=2Ki+18:1-20:21"><I>ch.</I> xviii.-xx.</A>
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VII. Manassah's wicked reign, and Josiah's good one,
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=2Ki+21:1-23:37"><I>ch.</I> xxi-xxiii.</A>
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VIII. The destruction of Jerusalem by the king of Babylon,
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=2Ki+24:1-25:30"><I>ch.</I> xxiv. and xxv.</A>
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This history, in the several passages of it, confirms that observation
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of Solomon, <I>That righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is the
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reproach of any people.</I></P>
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