1 Kings 11:38

1Ki 11:38 And it shall be, if thou wilt hearken unto all that I command thee, and wilt walk in my ways, and do [that is] right in my sight, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as David my servant did; that I will be with thee, and build thee a sure house, as I built for David, and will give Israel unto thee.

Ver. 38. If thou wilt hearken. ] Here were fair premonitions and promises to this foul sinner; but all was worse than spilt upon him, save that for this he was the more severely punished.

And build thee a sure house. ] Such impious princes as build upon mines of gunpowder are soon blown up by the roots, as Shallum, Jer 22:11 Zimri, Caesar Borgia., &c.