18, 19. (Compare Pr 15:33). Haughtiness and pride imply self-confidence which produces carelessness, and hence

     21. And upon a set day Herod . . . made an oration unto them—to the Tyrians and Sidonians especially.

     22, 23. the people gave a shout, &c.—JOSEPHUS' account of his death is remarkably similar to this [Antiquities, 19.8.2]. Several cases of such deaths occur in history. Thus was this wretched man nearer his end than he of whom he had thought to make a public spectacle.