2 Kings 24:16

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16 and all the men of valour seven thousand, and the artificers and the smiths a thousand, the whole [are] mighty men, warriors; and the king of Babylon bringeth them in a captivity to Babylon.


Commentarius in hunc versum  

By Henry MacLagan

Verse 16. Also every doctrine of the church by which holiness is promoted, and every natural affection internal and external by which the truth is supported, and by which conflict against evil and falsity is maintained, even all these are made subservient to the love of dominion.