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When he killed them, then they inquired after him. They returned and sought God earnestly.
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Repentance Born of Crisis
Commentators unanimously observe that Israel's return to God was a direct reaction to His severe judgment. This turning was often superficial and temporary, lasting only as long as the affliction. Scholars like Albert Barnes and John Gill describe it as a "hollow" repentance done "in show and appearance," a prompt but ultimately insincere effort to escape punishment rather than a genuine change of heart.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
When he slew them - When he came forth in his wrath and cut them down by the plague, by fiery serpents, or by their enemies.
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19th Century
Baptist
When he slew them, then they sought him: and they returned and inquired early after God. And they remembered that God was their rock, and the h…
16th Century
Protestant
When he slew them, then they sought him. By the circumstance recorded here, it is intended to aggravate their guilt. When, under a convict…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
When he slew them Some of them, the spies particularly; or when he threatened to slay them, or was about to do it:
Sin dispirits people and takes away their courage. Forgetfulness of God's works is the cause of disobedience to His laws. This narrative relates a …
