Amaziah his son, Azariah his son, Jotham his son,
With Josiah the regular succession broke. His sons were pawns: Jehoahaz dethroned by Egypt, Jehoiakim set up by Pharaoh, Zedekiah by Nebuchadnezzar. They were mere vassals of foreign powers, and the independent kingship of David truly ended at Josiah's death.
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Commenting on 1 Chronicles 3:10-16
Satan argues that sorrow must match sin's demerit exactly, but this fails: the injury of even the least sin is infinite because done against infinite God. The gospel's rule asks not an impossible proportion but a sincere, evangelical one, and that transforms the soul.
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Commenting on Ephesians 6:10-20
The crown passed in direct line from father to son for seventeen descents, a rare thing, and the fruit of David's piety. But when the succession grew tangled near the captivity, brother to brother and nephew to uncle, the glory of that house began to eclipse, and the descendants after the return were mostly obscure names. Only Zerubbabel shone among them.
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Commenting on 1 Chronicles 3:10-24