Produced by Tiffany Vergon, David King and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. EXPOSITIONS OF HOLY SCRIPTURE ALEXANDER MACLAREN, D. D., Litt. D. EXPOSITIONS OF HOLY SCRIPTURE ALEXANDER MACLAREN, D. D., Litt. D. SECOND KINGS FROM CHAP. VIII, AND CHRONICLES, EZRA, AND NEHEMIAH ESTHER, JOB, PROVERBS AND ECCLESIASTES CONTENTS THE SECOND BOOK OF KINGS THE STORY OF HAZAEL (2 Kings viii. 9-15) IMPURE ZEAL (2 Kings x. 18-31) JEHOIADA AND JOASH (2 Kings xi. 1-16) METHODICAL LIBERALITY (2 Kings xii. 4-15) THE SPIRIT OF POWER (2 Kings xiii. 16) A KINGDOM'S EPITAPH (2 Kings xvii. 6-18) DIVIDED WORSHIP (2 Kings xvii. 33) HEZEKIAH, A PATTERN OF DEVOUT LIFE (2 Kings xviii. 5, 6) 'HE UTTERED HIS VOICE, THE EARTH MELTED' (2 Kings xix. 20-22; 28-37) THE REDISCOVERED LAW AND ITS EFFECTS (2 Kings xxii. 8-20) THE END (2 Kings xxv. 1-12) THE KING'S POTTERS (1 Chron. iv. 23) DAVID'S CHORISTERS (1 Chron. vi. 32, R.V. margin) DRILL AND ENTHUSIASM (1 Chron. xii. 33) DAVID'S PROHIBITED DESIRE AND PERMITTED SERVICE (1 Chron. xxii. 6-16) DAVID'S CHARGE TO SOLOMON (1 Chron. xxviii. 1-10) THE WAVES OF TIME (1 Chron. xxix. 30) THE SECOND BOOK OF CHRONICLES THE DUTY OF EVERY DAY (2 Chron. viii. 12-13, R.V.) CONTRASTED SERVICES (2 Chron. xii. 8) THE SECRET OF VICTORY (2 Chron. xiii. 18) ASA'S REFORMATION, AND CONSEQUENT PEACE AND VICTORY (2 Chron. xiv. 2-8) ASA'S PRAYER (2 Chron. xiv. 11) THE SEARCH THAT ALWAYS FINDS (2 Chron. xv. 15) JEHOSHAPHAT'S REFORM (2 Chron. xvii. 1-10) AMASIAH (2 Chron. xvii. 16) 'A MIRROR FOR MAGISTRATES' (2 Chron. xix. 1-11) A STRANGE BATTLE (2 Chron. xx. 12) HOLDING FAST AND HELD FAST (2 Chron. xx. 20) JOASH (2 Chron. xxiv. 2, 17) GLAD GIVERS AND FAITHFUL WORKERS (2 Chron. xxiv. 4-14) PRUDENCE AND FAITH (2 Chron. xxv. 9) JOTHAM (2 Chron. xxvii. 6) COSTLY AND FATAL HELP (2 Chron. xxviii. 23) A GODLY REFORMATION (2 Chron. xxix. 1-11) SACRIFICE RENEWED (2 Chron. xxix. 18-31) A LOVING CALL TO REUNION (2 Chron. xxx. 1-13) A STRANGE REWARD FOR FAITHFULNESS (2 Chron. xxxii. 1) MANASSEH'S SIN AND REPENTANCE (2 Chron. xxxiii. 9-16) JOSIAH (2 Chron. xxxiv. 1-13) JOSIAH AND THE NEWLY FOUND LAW (2 Chron. xxxiv. 11-28) THE FALL OF JUDAH (2 Chron. xxxvi. 11-21) EZRA THE EVE OF THE RESTORATION (Ezra i. 1-11) ALTAR AND TEMPLE (Ezra iii. 1-13) BUILDING IN TROUBLOUS TIMES (Ezra iv. 1-5) THE NEW TEMPLE AND ITS WORSHIP (Ezra vi. 14-22) GOD THE JOY-BRINGER (Ezra vi. 22) HEROIC FAITH (Ezra viii. 22, 23, 31, 32) THE CHARGE OF THE PILGRIM PRIESTS (Ezra viii. 29) THE BOOK OF NEHEMIAH A REFORMER'S SCHOOLING (Neh. i. 1-11) THE CHURCH AND SOCIAL EVILS (Neh. i. 4) 'OVER AGAINST HIS HOUSE' (Neh. iii. 28) DISCOURAGEMENTS AND COURAGE (Neh. iv. 9-21) AN ANCIENT NONCONFORMIST (Neh. v. 15) READING THE LAW WITH TEARS AND JOY (Neh. viii. 1-12) THE JOY OF THE LORD (Neh. viii. 10) SABBATH OBSERVANCE (Neh. xiii. l5-22) THE BOOK OF ESTHER THE NET SPREAD (Esther iii. 1-11)