The Biblical Illustrator - 2 Kings 17:24-41
2 Kings 17:24-41And the King of Assyria brought men from Babylon.Subjects worth thinking aboutThis fragment of Israelitish history brings under our notice four subjects which run through all human history, and which find their illustration in the events of modern as well as ancient life.I. The tyranny of man. Here we find the Assyrians committing two great enormities on the men of Israel, driving them out of their own land into Assyria, and taking possession of their own country and home.II.... read more
The Biblical Illustrator - 2 Kings 17:7-25
2 Kings 17:7-25For so it was, that the children of Israel had sinned.A great privilege, wickedness, and ruinI. A great national privilege. We learn herefrom that the Infinite Governor of the world had given them at least three great advantages, political freedom, right to the ]and, and the highest spiritual teaching. He had given them,1. Political freedom. For ages they had been in political bondage, the mere slaves of despots; but here we are told that God had “brought them out of the land of... read more