2 Kings 25:24

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24 And Gedaliah swore unto them and to their men, and said to them, Fear not to be servants of the Chaldeans: dwell in the land, and serve the king of Babylon, and it shall be well with you.


Commentarius in hunc versum  

By Henry MacLagan

Verse 24. And it is the testimony of the lelter of the Word falsified to the men of the church, in such a state, that they should not fear evil results from the falsities of the love of dominion, so long as they abide in apparent good, even under the evil of the prevailing love of ruling in the general church, because*this love protects those who are in good.