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John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And he took the rulers over hundreds, and the captains, and the guard,.... Of which 2 Kings 11:4 and all the people of the land; as many as were assembled together on this occasion: and they brought down the king from the house of the Lord; the temple, which was built on an eminence: and came by the way of the gate to the king's house; the gate of...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And all the people of the land rejoiced,.... That one of the house of David was set upon the throne, which they might fear was extinct, as it very near was; the lamp of David was almost quenched, only this single life left, from whom a line of kings proceeded, and the King Messiah; the promise of God cannot fail see Psalms 132:11, this occasioned...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Seven years old was Jehoash when he began to reign. Being a year old when his father was killed and having been hid six years in the temple.