Matthew Poole Commentary - 1 Kings 5:7

Matthew Poole Commentary - 1 Kings 5:7 - 5:7

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Matthew Poole Commentary - 1 Kings 5:7 - 5:7

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5:1 - 5:1
5:2 - 5:2
5:3 - 5:3
5:4 - 5:4
5:5 - 5:5
5:6 - 5:6
5:7 - 5:7
5:8 - 5:8
5:9 - 5:9
5:10 - 5:10
5:11 - 5:11
5:12 - 5:12
5:13 - 5:13
5:14 - 5:14
5:15 - 5:15
5:16 - 5:16
5:17 - 5:17
5:18 - 5:18

He rejoiced greatly; being an ingenuous prince, a lover of excellency, and a faithful friend to David and to his house.

Blessed be the Lord; for though it be not probable that he was a sincere proselyte, because he did not endeavour the instruction of his people, and the extirpation of their gross idolatry, which by God’s blessing and Solomen’s help he might easily have effected; yet he had sufficient information concerning the nature and excellency of the God of Israel, and had honourable thoughts of him, as also divers other heathens had, 1Sa_4:8 Dan_6:16; /APC 2Ma 3:3.