And they tarried till they were ashamed: and, behold, he opened not the doors of the parlour; therefore they took a key, and opened [them]: and, behold, their lord [was] fallen down dead on the earth.
Ver. 25. And they tarried till they were ashamed,] viz., Of their long staying, and not looking after their lord.
And, behold, their lord was fallen down dead.]
“ Ad generum Cereris sine caede et sanguine pauci
Descendunt reges, et sicca morte tyranni. ”
God, when he hath chastised his children, doth many times cast the rod into the fire: witness the persecutors in all ages, many of whom came to untimely ends. Most of the Caesars, till Constantine, got nothing by their adoption or designation, nisi ut citius interficerentur, but to be the sooner slain.