And for the majesty that he gave him, all people, nations, and languages, trembled and feared before him: whom he would he slew; and whom he would he kept alive; and whom he would he set up; and whom he would he put down.
Ver. 19. Whom he would he slew.] De facto loquitur, non de iure. See the like 1 Samuel 8:10,17. See Trapp on " 1Sa 8:10 " See Trapp on " 1Sa 8:11 " See Trapp on " 1Sa 8:12 " See Trapp on " 1Sa 8:13 " See Trapp on " 1Sa 8:14 " See Trapp on " 1Sa 8:15 " See Trapp on " 1Sa 8:16 " See Trapp on " 1Sa 8:17 " Lactantius a telleth of a certain tyrant, qui lucem vivis, terram mortuis denegabat, who would never let his subjects rest alive or dead.
a Lib. v. cap. 11.