Expositions of Holy Scripture - Second Kings Chapters VIII to End and Chronicles, Ezra, - and Nehemiah. Esther, Job, Proverbs, and Ecclesiastes

Alexander Maclaren

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Title: Expositions of Holy Scripture Second KingsChapters VIII to End and Chronicles, Ezra, and
Nehemiah. Esther, Job, Proverbs, and
Ecclesiastes
Author: Alexander Maclaren
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Produced by Tiffany Vergon, David King and the
Online Distributed Proofreading Team.EXPOSITIONS OF HOLY
SCRIPTURE
ALEXANDER MACLAREN, D. D., Litt. D.
EXPOSITIONS OF HOLY SCRIPTURE
ALEXANDER MACLAREN, D. D., Litt. D.
SECOND KINGS FROM CHAP. VIII, AND
CHRONICLES, EZRA, AND NEHEMIAH
ESTHER, JOB, PROVERBS AND
ECCLESIASTES
CONTENTS
THE SECOND BOOK OF KINGS
THE STORY OF HAZAEL (2 Kings viii. 9-15)
IMPURE ZEAL (2 Kings x. 18-31)
JEHOIADA AND JOASH (2 Kings xi. 1-16)METHODICAL LIBERALITY (2 Kings xii. 4-15)
THE SPIRIT OF POWER (2 Kings xiii. 16)
A KINGDOM'S EPITAPH (2 Kings xvii. 6-18)
DIVIDED WORSHIP (2 Kings xvii. 33)
HEZEKIAH, A PATTERN OF DEVOUT LIFE (2
Kings xviii. 5, 6)
'HE UTTERED HIS VOICE, THE EARTH MELTED'
(2 Kings xix. 20-22; 28-37)
THE REDISCOVERED LAW AND ITS EFFECTS (2
Kings xxii. 8-20)
THE END (2 Kings xxv. 1-12)
THE KING'S POTTERS (1 Chron. iv. 23)
DAVID'S CHORISTERS (1 Chron. vi. 32, R.V.
margin)
DRILL AND ENTHUSIASM (1 Chron. xii. 33)
DAVID'S PROHIBITED DESIRE AND PERMITTED
SERVICE (1 Chron. xxii. 6-16)
DAVID'S CHARGE TO SOLOMON (1 Chron. xxviii.
1-10)
THE WAVES OF TIME (1 Chron. xxix. 30)
THE SECOND BOOK OF CHRONICLESTHE DUTY OF EVERY DAY (2 Chron. viii. 12-13,
R.V.)
CONTRASTED SERVICES (2 Chron. xii. 8)
THE SECRET OF VICTORY (2 Chron. xiii. 18)
ASA'S REFORMATION, AND CONSEQUENT
PEACE AND VICTORY (2 Chron. xiv. 2-8)
ASA'S PRAYER (2 Chron. xiv. 11)
THE SEARCH THAT ALWAYS FINDS (2 Chron.
xv. 15)
JEHOSHAPHAT'S REFORM (2 Chron. xvii. 1-10)
AMASIAH (2 Chron. xvii. 16)
'A MIRROR FOR MAGISTRATES' (2 Chron. xix. 1-
11)
A STRANGE BATTLE (2 Chron. xx. 12)
HOLDING FAST AND HELD FAST (2 Chron. xx.
20)
JOASH (2 Chron. xxiv. 2, 17)
GLAD GIVERS AND FAITHFUL WORKERS (2
Chron. xxiv. 4-14)
PRUDENCE AND FAITH (2 Chron. xxv. 9)JOTHAM (2 Chron. xxvii. 6)
COSTLY AND FATAL HELP (2 Chron. xxviii. 23)
A GODLY REFORMATION (2 Chron. xxix. 1-11)
SACRIFICE RENEWED (2 Chron. xxix. 18-31)
A LOVING CALL TO REUNION (2 Chron. xxx. 1-
13)
A STRANGE REWARD FOR FAITHFULNESS (2
Chron. xxxii. 1)
MANASSEH'S SIN AND REPENTANCE (2 Chron.
xxxiii. 9-16)
JOSIAH (2 Chron. xxxiv. 1-13)
JOSIAH AND THE NEWLY FOUND LAW (2 Chron.
xxxiv. 11-28)
THE FALL OF JUDAH (2 Chron. xxxvi. 11-21)
EZRA
THE EVE OF THE RESTORATION (Ezra i. 1-11)
ALTAR AND TEMPLE (Ezra iii. 1-13)
BUILDING IN TROUBLOUS TIMES (Ezra iv. 1-5)
THE NEW TEMPLE AND ITS WORSHIP (Ezra vi.
14-22)GOD THE JOY-BRINGER (Ezra vi. 22)
HEROIC FAITH (Ezra viii. 22, 23, 31, 32)
THE CHARGE OF THE PILGRIM PRIESTS (Ezra
viii. 29)
THE BOOK OF NEHEMIAH
A REFORMER'S SCHOOLING (Neh. i. 1-11)
THE CHURCH AND SOCIAL EVILS (Neh. i. 4)
'OVER AGAINST HIS HOUSE' (Neh. iii. 28)
DISCOURAGEMENTS AND COURAGE (Neh. iv.
9-21)
AN ANCIENT NONCONFORMIST (Neh. v. 15)
READING THE LAW WITH TEARS AND JOY
(Neh. viii. 1-12)
THE JOY OF THE LORD (Neh. viii. 10)
SABBATH OBSERVANCE (Neh. xiii. l5-22)
THE BOOK OF ESTHER
THE NET SPREAD (Esther iii. 1-11)
ESTHER'S VENTURE (Esther iv. 10-17; v. 1-3)MORDECAI AND ESTHER (Esther iv. 14)
THE NET BROKEN (Esther viii.3-8,15-17)
THE BOOK OF JOB
SORROW THAT WORSHIPS (Job i. 21)
THE PEACEABLE FRUITS OF SORROWS
RIGHTLY BORNE
(Job v. 17-27)
TWO KINDS OF HOPE (Job viii. 14; Romans v. 5)
JOB'S QUESTION, JESUS' ANSWER (Job xiv. 14;
John xi. 25,26)
KNOWLEDGE AND PEACE (Job xxii. 21)
WHAT LIFE MAY BE MADE (Job xxii. 26-29)
'THE END OF THE LORD' (Job xlii. 1-10)
THE PROVERBS
A YOUNG MAN'S BEST COUNSELLOR (Proverbs
i. 1-19)
WISDOM'S CALL (Proverbs i. 20-33)
THE SECRET OF WELL-BEING (Proverbs iii. 1-10)
THE GIFTS OF HEAVENLY WISDOM (Proverbs iii.
11-24)
THE TWO PATHS (Proverbs iv. 10-19)
MONOTONY AND CRISES (Proverbs iv. 12)
FROM DAWN TO NOON (Proverbs iv. 18; Matt.
xiii. 43)
KEEPING AND KEPT (Proverbs iv. 23; I Peter i. 5)
THE CORDS OF SIN (Proverbs v. 22)
WISDOM'S GIFT (Proverbs viii. 21)
WISDOM AND CHRIST (Proverbs viii. 30, 31)
THE TWO-FOLD ASPECT OF THE DIVINE
WORKING (Proverbs x. 29)
THE MANY-SIDED CONTRAST OF WISDOM AND
FOLLY (Proverbs xii. 1-15)
THE POOR RICH AND THE RICH POOR
(Proverbs xiii. 7)
THE TILLAGE OF THE POOR (Proverbs xiii. 23)
SIN THE MOCKER (Proverbs xiv. 9)
HOLLOW LAUGHTER, SOLID JOY (Prov. xiv. 13;
John xv. 11)