Expositions of Holy Scripture: Deuteronomy to Second Kings

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MacLaren's expositions

Text from Christian Classics Ethereal Library; in the public domain.

Contents

1. God’s Faithfulness
2. The Lesson of Memory
3. The Eating of the Peace-offering
4. Prophets and the Prophet
5. A Choice of Masters
6. The Spirit of the Law
7. God’s True Treasure in Man
8. The Eagle and its Brood
9. Their Rock and Our Rock
10. God and His Saints
11. Israel the Beloved
12. ‘At the Bush’
13. Shod for the Road
14. A Death in the Desert
15. The New Leader’s Commission
16. The Charge to the Soldier of the Lord
17. The Untrodden Path and the Guiding Ark
18. ‘The Waters Saw Thee; They Were Afraid’
19. Stones Crying Out
20. The Captain of the Lord’s Host
21. The Siege of Jericho
22. Rahab
23. Achan’s Sin, Israel’s Defeat
24. The Sun Stayed
25. Unwon but Claimed
26. Caleb—A Green Old Age
27. The Cities of Refuge
28. The End of the War
29. The National Oath at Shechem
30. A Summary of Israel’s Faithlessness and God’s Patience
31. Israel’s Obstinacy and God’s Patience
32. Recreant Reuben
33. ‘All Things are Yours’
34. Love Makes Suns
35. Gideon’s Altar
36. Gideon’s Fleece
37. ‘Fit, though Few’
38. A Battle without a Sword
39. Strength Profaned and Lost
40. A Gentle Heroine, A Gentile Convert
41. The Child Prophet
42. Faithlessness and Defeat
43. Repentance and Victory
44. ‘Make Us a King’
45. The Old Judge and the Young King
46. The King after Man’s Heart
47. Samuel’s Challenge and Charge
48. Old Truth for a New Epoch
49. Saul Rejected
50. The Sherpherd-king
51. The Victory of Unarmed Faith
52. A Soul’s Tragedy
53. Jonathan, the Pattern of Friendship
54. Love for Hate, the True Quid pro Quo
55. Love and Remorse
56. SAUL
57. What Doest Thou Here?
58. The Secret of Courage
59. At the Front or the Base
60. The End of Self-Will
61. The Bright Dawn of a Reign
62. One Fold and One Shepherd
63. Death and Life from the Ark
64. The Ark of the House of Obed-edom
65. The Promised King and Temple-Builder
66. David’s Gratitude
67. David and Jonathan’ Son
68. ‘More than Conquerors through Him’
69. Thou Art the Man
70. David and Nathan
71. God’ Banished Ones
72. Pardoned Sin Punished
73. A Loyal Vow
74. Ittai of Gath
75. The Wail of a Broken Heart
76. Barzillai
77. David’s Hymn of Victory
78. The Dying King’s Last Vision and Psalm
79. The Royal Jubilee
80. A Libation to Jehovah
81. David Appointing Solomon
82. A Young Man’s Wise Choice of Wisdom
83. The Great Gain of Godliness
84. Great Preparation for a Great Work
85. Building in Silence
86. The King ‘Blessing’ His People
87. ‘The Matter of a Day in Its Day’
88. Promises and Threatenings
89. A Royal Seeker After Wisdom
90. The Fall of Solomon
91. The New Garment
92. How to Split a Kingdom
93. Political Religion
94. The Record of Two Kings
95. A Prophet’s Strange Providers
96. Elijah Standing before the Lord
97. Obadiah
98. The Trial by Fire
99. Elijah’s Weakness, and Its Cure
100. Putting on the Armour
101. Royal Murderers
102. Ahab and Elija
103. Unpossessed Possessions
104. Ahab and Micaiah
105. The Chariot of Fire
106. The Translation of Elijah and the Ascension of Christ
107. Elijah’s Translation and Elisha’s Deathbed
108. Gentleness Succeeding Strength
109. When the Oil Flows
110. A Miracle Needing Effort
111. Naaman’s Wrath
112. Naaman’s Imperfect Faith
113. Sight and Blindness
114. ‘Impossible,—Only I Saw It’
115. Silent Christians