met him] Ordered by the divine providence (v. 26.) as Chap. 20. 36. 2 Kings 2:24. slew him] Judgement beginneth at the house of God, 1 Peter 4:17. and saints are signes, Ezekiel 24:24. stood by] Being restrained from devouring it, as Daniel 6:22. God in judgement remembred mercy, and gave this visible evidence of his souls salvation. So Levit. 10. 2, 5.