Biblical Illustrator - 2 Chronicles 8:1

Biblical Illustrator - 2 Chronicles 8:1 - 8:6

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Biblical Illustrator - 2 Chronicles 8:1 - 8:6

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8:1 - 8:6
8:11 - 8:11
8:12 - 8:12
8:14 - 8:14
8:18 - 8:18

2Ch_8:1-6

That the cities.

Solomon’s military enterprises

Chiefly in acquiring cities rebuilt and taken from the enemy.

I. Cities for stores (1Ki_9:19).

II. Cities for colonisation.

III. Cities for pleasure.

IV. Cities for defence. Lessons:

1. That those who attend to the spiritual will not neglect the temporal interests of a nation.

2. That amidst the temporal interests of a nation great risks exist. Hence--

(1) Lessons of prudence.

(2) The danger of prosperity. (J. Wolfendale.)