2 Kings 10:30

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30 And the LORD said unto Jehu, Because thou hast done well in executing that which is right in mine eyes, and hast done unto the house of Ahab according to all that was in mine heart, thy children of the fourth generation shall sit on the throne of Israel.


Commentary on this verse  

By Henry MacLagan

Verse 30. And yet, it is according to Divine Providence, that the church in its imperfection may be instrumental in promoting Divine Truth and Divine Good by the repression of self-love and its falsities, and that when this happens the continuance of such a state of the church is permitted until the fulness of time, when a new state is possible.