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John Gill's Exposition on 1 Kings 8:36
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John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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Then hear thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of thy servants, and of thy people Israel, etc.] By removing the judgment of drought upon them: that thou teach them the good way wherein they should walk; the way of worship and duty prescribed by the Lord which was good in itself, and good for them, good things being enjoyed by them that walk therein; and this the Lord sometimes teaches by afflictions, as well as by his word; but whenever he does it, it is by his Spirit, and then afflictions are blessings, (<19A419>Psalm 104:19 <140627>2 Chronicles 6:27) where the same phrase is differently rendered: and give rain upon the land which thou hast given to thy people for an inheritance; as he did at the prayer of Elijah, (<590518>James 5:18). Ver. 37 If there be in the land famine, etc.] Through want of rain, or any other cause, as there had been a three years’ famine in the time of David, and it is supposed it might be again, though Canaan was a land flowing with milk and honey: if there be pestilence; as there had been, for David’s numbering the people: blasting; or blights, occasioned by the east wind: mildew; a kind of clammy dew, which falling on plants, corn, etc. corrupts and destroys them, (see <300409>Amos 4:9), locust, or if there be caterpillar; creatures very pernicious to the fruits of the earth, and cause a scarcity of them, (see <290104>Joel 1:4), if their enemy besiege them in the land of their cities; so that they cannot go out to gather the increase of the earth, or till their land: whatsoever plague, whatsoever sickness there be; whatever stroke from the hand of God, or what judgment or calamity soever befalls.
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