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ISA-11:9 ...for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the LORD,
 as the waters cover the sea.

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Mt1.1


  • Matthew being one of the twelve apostles, and early called to
  • the apostleship, and from the time of his call a constant
  • attendant on our Saviour, was perfectly well qualified to write
  • fully the history of his life. He relates what he saw and heard.
  • He is eminently distinguished for the distinctness and
  • particularity with which he has related many of our Lord's
  • discourses and moral instructions. Of these his sermon on the
  • mount, his charge to the apostles, his illustrations of the
  • nature of his kingdom, and his prophecy on mount Olivet, are
  • examples. He has also wonderfully united simplicity and energy
  • in relating the replies of his Master to the cavils of his
  • adversaries. There is not, as Dr. A. Clarke justly remarks, one
  • truth or doctrine, in the whole oracles of God, which is not
  • taught in this Evangelist. The outlines of the whole spiritual
  • system are here correctly laid down: even Paul himself has added
  • nothing: he has amplified and illustrated the truths contained
  • in this Gospel;--under the inspiration of the Holy Ghost,
  • neither he, nor any of the other apostles, have brought to light
  • one truth, the prototype of which has not been found in the
  • words and acts of our blessed Lord as related by Matthew.
  • 01 The genealogy of Christ from Abraham to Joseph
  • 18 He is miraculously conceived of the Holy Ghost by the Virgin
  • Mary, when she was espoused to Joseph
  • 19 The angel satisfies the doubts of Joseph, and declares the
  • names and office of Christ: Jesus is born
  • -Mt1.2
  • -Mt1.3
  • -Mt1.4
  • -Mt1.5
  • -Mt1.6
  • -Mt1.7
  • -Mt1.8
  • -Mt1.9
  • -Mt1.10
  • -Mt1.11
  • Jechonias. Jechonias
  • -Mt1.12
  • -Mt1.13
  • -Mt1.14
  • -Mt1.14
  • -Mt1.16
  • -Mt1.14
  • -Mt1.18
  • -Mt1.19
  • -Mt1.20
  • -Mt1.21
  • -Mt1.22
  • -Mt1.23
  • Emmanuel
  • -Mt1.24
  • -Mt1.25
  • Mt2.1
  • 01 The wise men from the east enquire after Christ
  • 03 at which Herod is alarmed
  • 09 They are directed by a star to Bethlehem, worship him, and
  • offer their presents
  • 13 Joseph flees into Egypt with Jesus and his mother
  • 16 Herod slays the children
  • 20 himself dies
  • 23 Christ is brought back again into Galilee to Nazareth
  • the Connection of the Old and New Testaments in the
  • Comprehensive Bible
  • -Mt2.2
  • -Mt2.3
  • -Mt2.4
  • -Mt2.5
  • -Mt2.6
  • -Mt2.7
  • -Mt2.8
  • -Mt2.9
  • -Mt2.10
  • -Mt2.11
  • -Mt2.12
  • -Mt2.13
  • -Mt2.14
  • -Mt2.15
  • -Mt2.16
  • -Mt2.17
  • -Mt2.18
  • -Mt2.19
  • -Mt2.20
  • -Mt2.21
  • -Mt2.22
  • -Mt2.23
  • Mt3.1
  • 01 John preaches: his office, life, and baptism
  • 07 He reprehends the Pharisees
  • 13 and baptizes Christ in Jordan
  • 00050-891230-0400
  • -Mt3.2
  • -Mt3.3
  • -Mt3.4
  • -Mt3.5
  • -Mt3.6
  • -Mt3.7
  • -Mt3.8
  • -Mt3.9
  • -Mt3.10
  • -Mt3.11
  • -Mt3.12
  • -Mt3.13
  • -Mt3.14
  • -Mt3.15
  • -Mt3.16
  • -Mt3.17
  • Mt4.1
  • 01 Christ fasting forty days, is tempted of the devil and
  • ministered unto by angels
  • 12 He dwells in Capernaum
  • 17 begins to preach
  • 18 calls Peter and Andrew
  • 21 James and John
  • 23 teaches and heals all the diseased
  • -Mt4.2
  • -Mt4.3
  • -Mt4.4
  • God is pleased to appoint; for which generally signifies a word,
  • is, by a Hebraism, here taken for a thing, like davar, in
  • Hebrew.
  • -Mt4.5
  • -Mt4.6
  • -Mt4.7
  • -Mt4.8
  • -Mt4.9
  • -Mt4.10
  • -Mt4.11
  • -Mt4.12
  • -Mt4.13
  • -Mt4.14
  • -Mt4.15
  • -Mt4.16
  • -Mt4.17
  • -Mt4.18
  • -Mt4.19
  • -Mt4.20
  • -Mt4.21
  • -Mt4.22
  • -Mt4.23
  • -Mt4.24
  • -Mt4.25
  • Mt5.1
  • 01 Christ's sermon on the mount
  • 03 Who are blessed
  • 13 the salt of the earth
  • 14 the light of the world
  • 17 He came to fulfil the law
  • 21 What it is to kill
  • 27 to commit adultery
  • 33 to swear
  • 38 He exhorts to suffer wrong
  • 43 to love our enemies
  • 48 and to labour after perfection
  • -Mt5.2
  • -Mt5.3
  • -Mt5.4
  • -Mt5.5
  • -Mt5.6
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  • -Mt5.12
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  • -Mt5.14
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  • -Mt5.17
  • -Mt5.18
  • -Mt5.19
  • -Mt5.20
  • -Mt5.21
  • -Mt5.22
  • consisting of 23 members, which punished criminals by strangling
  • or beheading.
  • punished by stoning.
  • -Mt5.23
  • -Mt5.24
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  • -Mt5.26
  • -Mt5.27
  • -Mt5.28
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  • -Mt5.38
  • -Mt5.39
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  • -Mt5.44
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  • -Mt5.47
  • -Mt5.48
  • Mt6.1
  • 01 Chirst continues his sermon on the mount, exhorting not to be
  • careful for worldly things
  • 33 but to seek God's kingdom
  • -Mt6.2
  • -Mt6.3
  • -Mt6.4
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  • -Mt6.33
  • -Mt6.34
  • Mt7.1
  • 01 Christ, continuing his sermon on the mount, reproves rash
  • judgement, etc.
  • 28 Christ ends his sermon, and the people are astonished
  • -Mt7.2
  • -Mt7.3
  • -Mt7.5
  • -Mt7.5
  • -Mt7.6
  • -Mt7.7
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  • -Mt7.5
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  • -Mt7.27
  • -Mt7.28
  • -Mt7.29
  • Mt8.1
  • 01 Christ cleanses the leper
  • 05 heals the centurion's servant
  • 14 Peter's mother in law
  • 16 and many other diseased
  • 18 shews how he is to be followed,
  • 23 stills the tempest on the sea
  • 28 drives the devils out of two men possessed
  • 31 and suffers them to go into the swine
  • -Mt8.2
  • -Mt8.3
  • -Mt8.4
  • -Mt8.5
  • this officer may be concluded to have been a Gentile. (see
  • fuller particulars under Mark 15.39).
  • -Mt8.6
  • -Mt8.7
  • -Mt8.8
  • -Mt8.9
  • -Mt8.10
  • -Mt8.11
  • recumbent posture used by the easterns at their meals
  • -Mt8.12
  • -Mt8.13
  • -Mt8.14
  • -Mt8.15
  • -Mt8.16
  • -Mt8.17
  • -Mt8.18
  • -Mt8.19
  • -Mt8.20
  • -Mt8.21
  • -Mt8.22
  • -Mt8.23
  • -Mt8.24
  • -Mt8.25
  • -Mt8.26
  • -Mt8.27
  • -Mt8.28
  • of the ancient Girgashites; but it is more probable that
  • Gergesenes was introduced by Origen upon mere conjecture; as
  • before him most copies seem to have read Gadarenes, agreeable
  • to the Parallel Passages and the ancient Syriac version. Gadara,
  • says Josephus, was the metropolis of Peraea, or the region
  • beyond Jordan; and he also observes that it was sixty furlongs,
  • or about eight miles from Tiberias. It is therefore rightly
  • placed opposite Tiberias, at the southeast end of the lake.
  • Pliny says it was called Hippodion, was one of the cities of
  • Decapolis, and had the river Hieromax, or Jarmouk, flowing
  • before it. It was of heathen jurisdiction; whence perhaps it was
  • destroyed by the Jews; but was rebuilt by Pompey, and joined to
  • the province of Syria. Augustus afterwards gave it to Herod, on
  • whose death it was again annexed to Syria. It is now called Om
  • Keis; its ruins are in a very multilated state, and when visited
  • by Burckhardt it had not a single inhabitant. The remains of the
  • sepulchral caverns in which the demoniacs abode are still to be
  • seen.
  • -Mt8.29
  • -Mt8.30
  • -Mt8.31
  • -Mt8.32
  • -Mt8.33
  • -Mt8.34
  • Mt9.1
  • 01 Christ cures one sick of the palsy
  • 09 calls Matthew from the receipt of custom
  • 10 eats with publicans and sinners
  • 14 defends his disciples for not fasting
  • 20 cures the bloody issue
  • 23 raises from death Jairus' daughter
  • 27 gives sight to two blind men
  • 32 heals a dumb man possessed of a devil
  • 36 and has compassion on the multitude
  • -Mt9.2
  • an affirmation, not a prayer or wish. The word be, however, was
  • used by our translators in the indicative plural for are. As
  • the palsy is frequently produced by intemperance, it is
  • probable, from our Lord's gracious declaration, that it was the
  • case in the present instance.
  • -Mt9.3
  • -Mt9.4
  • -Mt9.5
  • -Mt9.6
  • -Mt9.8
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  • -Mt9.32
  • -Mt9.33
  • -Mt9.34
  • -Mt9.35
  • -Mt9.36
  • -Mt9.37
  • -Mt9.38
  • Mt10.1
  • 01 Christ sends out his twelve apostles, enabling them with
  • power
  • to do miracles
  • 05 giving them their charge, teaches them
  • 16 comforts them against persecutions
  • 40 and promises a blessing to those that receive them
  • -Mt10.2
  • -Mt10.3
  • -Mt10.4
  • -Mt10.5
  • -Mt10.6
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  • -Mt10.12
  • -Mt10.13
  • -Mt10.14
  • -Mt10.15
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  • -Mt10.18
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  • -Mt10.20
  • -Mt10.21
  • -Mt10.22
  • -Mt10.23
  • -Mt10.24
  • -Mt10.25
  • -Mt10.26
  • -Mt10.27
  • -Mt10.28
  • -Mt10.29
  • the Roman penny.
  • -Mt10.30
  • -Mt10.31
  • -Mt10.32
  • -Mt10.33
  • -Mt10.34
  • -Mt10.35
  • -Mt10.36
  • -Mt10.37
  • -Mt10.38
  • -Mt10.39
  • -Mt10.40
  • -Mt10.41
  • -Mt10.42
  • Mt11.1
  • 01 John sends his disciples to Christ
  • 07 Christ's testimony concerning John
  • 16 The perverse judgment of the people
  • 20 Christ upbraids Chorazin, Bethsaida, and Capernaum
  • 25 and praising his Father's wisdom in revealing the Gospel to
  • the simple
  • 28 he calls to him all such as feel the burden of their sins.
  • -Mt11.2
  • -Mt11.3
  • -Mt11.4
  • -Mt11.5
  • -Mt11.6
  • -Mt11.7
  • -Mt11.8
  • -Mt11.9
  • -Mt11.10
  • -Mt11.11
  • -Mt11.12
  • force, and they that thrust men take, etc.
  • -Mt11.13
  • -Mt11.14
  • -Mt11.15
  • -Mt11.16
  • -Mt11.17
  • -Mt11.18
  • -Mt11.19
  • -Mt11.20
  • -Mt11.21
  • -Mt11.22
  • -Mt11.23
  • -Mt11.24
  • -Mt11.25
  • -Mt11.26
  • -Mt11.27
  • -Mt11.28
  • -Mt11.29
  • -Mt11.30
  • Mt12.1
  • 01 Christ reproves the blindness of the Pharisees concerning the
  • breach of the sabbath
  • 03 by scripture
  • 09 by reason
  • 13 and by a miracle
  • 22 He heals a man possessed that was blind and dumb
  • 24 and confuting the absurd charge of casting out devils by
  • Beelzebub, he shews that blasphemy against the Holy Ghost shall
  • never be forgiven
  • 36 Account shall be made of idle words
  • 38 He rebukes the unfaithful, who seek after a sign
  • 46 and shews who is his brother, sister, and mother.
  • -Mt12.2
  • -Mt12.3
  • -Mt12.4
  • -Mt12.5
  • -Mt12.6
  • -Mt12.7
  • humanity, rather than sacrifice.
  • -Mt12.8
  • -Mt12.9
  • -Mt12.10
  • -Mt12.11
  • such things were lawful on the sabbath day, and our Saviour very
  • properly appealed to their cacons in vindication of his
  • intention to heal the distressed man.
  • -Mt12.12
  • -Mt12.13
  • -Mt12.14
  • -Mt12.15
  • -Mt12.16
  • -Mt12.17
  • -Mt12.18
  • the Targumist, who renders, Behold my servant the Messiah, etc.
  • ha avdi mesheecha; and it was amply fulfilled in the gentle,
  • lowly, condescending and beneficent nature of Christ's miracles
  • and personal ministry, his perseverance in the midst of
  • opposition, without engaging in contentious disputation, and his
  • kind and tender dealing with weak and tempted believers.
  • -Mt12.19
  • -Mt12.20
  • -Mt12.21
  • -Mt12.22
  • -Mt12.23
  • -Mt12.24
  • -Mt12.25
  • -Mt12.26
  • -Mt12.27
  • -Mt12.28
  • -Mt12.29
  • -Mt12.30
  • -Mt12.31
  • smite with words, or reports, when applied to men denotes
  • injurious speaking, or calumny, and when used in reference to
  • God signifies speaking impiously of his nature, attributes, and
  • works.
  • -Mt12.32
  • -Mt12.33
  • -Mt12.34
  • -Mt12.35
  • -Mt12.36
  • effect, and is not calculated to produce any. Discourse, says
  • Dr. Doodridge, tending to innocent mirth, to exhilarate the
  • spirits, is not idle discourse; as the time spent in necessary
  • recreation is not idle time.
  • -Mt12.37
  • -Mt12.38
  • -Mt12.39
  • -Mt12.40
  • -Mt12.41
  • -Mt12.42
  • -Mt12.43
  • some have supposed, our Lord would scarcely have appealed to a
  • case of this kind here, to point out the real state of the
  • Jewish people, and their approaching desolation. Had this been
  • only a vulgar error, of the nonsense of which the learned
  • scribes and wise Pharisees must have been convinced, the case,
  • not being in point, because not true, must have been treated
  • with contempt by the very people for whose conviction it was
  • designed.
  • -Mt12.44
  • -Mt12.45
  • totally abandoned to diabolical influence, till the besom of
  • destruction swept them away.
  • -Mt12.46
  • -Mt12.47
  • -Mt12.48
  • -Mt12.49
  • -Mt12.50
  • Mt13.1
  • 01 The parable of the sower and the seed
  • 18 the exposition of it
  • 24 The parable of the tares
  • 31 of the mustard seed
  • 33 of the leaven
  • 36 exposition of the parable of the tares
  • 44 The parable of the hidden treasure
  • 45 of the pearl
  • 47 of the dragnet cast into the sea
  • 53 Christ is contemned of his own countrymen.
  • -Mt13.2
  • vessel kept on the lake for the use of Christ and his disciples.
  • -Mt13.3
  • comparison or similitude, in which one thing is compared with
  • another, especially spiritual things with natural, by which
  • means those spiritual things are better understood, and make a
  • deeper impression on a honest and attentive mind. In a parable,
  • a resemblance in the principal incidents is all that is
  • required; smaller matters being considered as a sort of drapery.
  • Maimonides, in Moreh Nevochim, gives an excellent rule on this
  • head: Fix it as a principle to attach yourself to the grand
  • object of the parable, without attempting to make a particular
  • application of all the circumstances and terms which it
  • comprehends.
  • -Mt13.4
  • -Mt13.5
  • -Mt13.6
  • -Mt13.7
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  • -Mt13.9
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  • -Mt13.14
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  • -Mt13.33
  • wanting a little more than a pint.
  • -Mt13.34
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  • -Mt13.38
  • -Mt13.39
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  • -Mt13.58
  • Mt14.1
  • 01 Herod's opinion of Christ
  • 03 Wherefore John Baptist was beheaded
  • 13 Jesus departs into a desert place
  • 15 where he feeds five thousand men with five loves and two
  • fishes
  • 22 He walks on the sea to his disciples
  • 34 and landing at Gennesaret, heals the sick by touch by the hem
  • of his garments
  • Malthace, and tetrarch of Galilee and Peraea, which produced a
  • revenue of 200 talents a year. He married the daughter of
  • Aretas, king of Arabia, whom he devorced in order to marry
  • Herodias, the wife of his brother Philip, who was still living.
  • Aretas, to revenge the affront which Herod had ordered his
  • daughter, declared war against him,and vanquished him after an
  • obstinate engagement. This defeat, Josephus assures us, the Jews
  • considered as a punishment for the death of John the Baptist.
  • Having gone to Rome to solicit the title of king, he was accused
  • by Agrippa of carring on a correspondence with Artabanus king of
  • Parthia, against the Romans, and was banished by the emperor
  • Caius to Lyons, and thence to Spain, where he and Herodias died
  • in exil.
  • -Mt14.2
  • -Mt14.3
  • and Berenice, and granddaughter of Herod the Great.
  • -Mt14.4
  • -Mt14.5
  • -Mt14.6
  • -Mt14.7
  • -Mt14.8
  • -Mt14.9
  • -Mt14.10
  • imprisoned and beheaded by Herod in the strong castle of
  • Machaerus, which he describes as situated about 60 stadia east
  • of Jordan, not far from where the river discharges itself into
  • the Dead Sea.
  • -Mt14.11
  • -Mt14.12
  • -Mt14.13
  • -Mt14.14
  • -Mt14.15
  • -Mt14.16
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  • -Mt14.20
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  • -Mt14.23
  • -Mt14.24
  • -Mt14.25
  • four watches; the first was from six o'clock in the evening till
  • nine, the second from nine to twelve, the third from twelve till
  • three, and the fourth from three till six; so that it probably
  • began to be daylight before our Lord came to his disciples.
  • proper manifestation of omnipotence.
  • -Mt14.26
  • -Mt14.27
  • -Mt14.28
  • -Mt14.29
  • -Mt14.30
  • -Mt14.31
  • -Mt14.32
  • -Mt14.33
  • -Mt14.34
  • which were situated the cities of Tiberias and Capernaum,
  • extending along the western shore of the lake to which it gave
  • name, about 30 stadia, or nearly four miles, in length, and
  • twenty stadia, or two miles and a half, in breadth, according to
  • Josephus.
  • -Mt14.35
  • -Mt14.36
  • Mt15.1
  • 01 Chirst reproves the Scribes and Pharisees for transgressing
  • God's commandments through their own traditions,
  • 10 teaches how that which goes into the mouth does not defile a
  • man
  • 21 He heals the daughter of the woman of Canaan
  • 29 and other great multitudes
  • 32 and with seven loaves and a few little fishes feeds four
  • thousand men, beside women and children
  • -Mt15.2
  • deliver, hand down, exactly agreeing with the original, from I
  • deliver, transmit. Among the Jews it signifies what is called
  • oral law, which they say has been successively handed down from
  • Moses, through every generation, to Judah the Holy, who compiled
  • and digested it into the Mishneh, to explain which the two
  • Gemaras, or Talmuds, called the Jerusalem and Babylonish, were
  • composed. Of the estimation in which these were held by the
  • Jews, the following may serve as an example; The words of the
  • Scribes are lovely beyond the words of the law, for the words of
  • the law are weighty and light, but the words of the Scribes are
  • all weighty.
  • -Mt15.3
  • -Mt15.4
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  • -Mt15.25
  • -Mt15.26
  • dog. The Jews, while they boasted of being the children of God,
  • gave the name of dogs to the heathen, for their idolatry, etc.
  • -Mt15.27
  • -Mt15.28
  • commended her faith, and assured her that her daughter was
  • healed.
  • -Mt15.29
  • -Mt15.30
  • -Mt15.31
  • -Mt15.32
  • -Mt15.33
  • -Mt15.34
  • -Mt15.35
  • -Mt15.36
  • -Mt15.37
  • -Mt15.39
  • -Mt15.39
  • Mt16.1
  • 01 The Pharisees require a sign
  • 05 Jesus warns his disciples of the leaven of the Pharisees and
  • Sadducees
  • 13 The people's opinion of Christ
  • 16 and Peter's confession of him
  • 21 Jesus foreshews his death
  • 23 reproves Peter for dissuading him from it
  • 24 and admonishes those that will follow him, to bear the cross
  • -Mt16.2
  • -Mt16.3
  • -Mt16.4
  • wicked
  • -Mt16.5
  • -Mt16.6
  • -Mt16.7
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  • -Mt16.13
  • Paneas, from the mountain of Panium, or Hermon, at the foot of
  • which it was situated, near the springs of Jordan; but Philip
  • the tetrarch, the son of Herod the Great, having rebuilt it,
  • gave it the name of Caesarea in honour of Tiberius, the reigning
  • emperor, and he added his own name to it, to distinguish it from
  • another Caesarea on the coast of the Mediterranean. It was
  • afterwards named Neronias by the young Agrippa, in honour of
  • Nero; and in the time of William of Tyre, it was called Belinas.
  • It was, according to Josephus, a day's journey from Sidon, to
  • Abulfeda, a journey of a day and a half from Damascus. Many have
  • confounded it with Dan, or Leshem; but Eusebius and Jerome
  • expressly affirm that Dan was four miles from Paneas, on the
  • road to Tyre. It is now called Banias, and is described, by
  • Seetzen, as a hamlet of about twenty miserable huts, inhabited
  • by Mohammedans; but Burckhardt says it contains about 150
  • houses, inhabited by Turks, Greeks, etc.
  • -Mt16.14
  • -Mt16.15
  • -Mt16.16
  • -Mt16.17
  • -Mt16.18
  • -Mt16.19
  • -Mt16.20
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  • -Mt16.22
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  • -Mt16.24
  • -Mt16.25
  • -Mt16.26
  • -Mt16.27
  • -Mt16.28
  • our Lord was about to set up, by the destruction of the Jewish
  • nation and polity, and the diffusion of the gospel throughout
  • the world.
  • Mt17.1
  • 01 The transfiguration of Christ
  • 14 He heals the lunatic
  • 22 foretells his own passion
  • 24 and pays tribute
  • -Mt17.3
  • -Mt17.4
  • -Mt17.5
  • -Mt17.6
  • -Mt17.7
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  • -Mt17.9
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  • -Mt17.11
  • -Mt17.12
  • -Mt17.13
  • -Mt17.14
  • -Mt17.15
  • and full of the moon. This is the case in some kinds of madness
  • and epilepsy. This youth was no doubt epileptic; but it was
  • evidently either produced or taken advantage of by a demon or
  • evil spirit.
  • -Mt17.16
  • -Mt17.17
  • -Mt17.18
  • -Mt17.19
  • -Mt17.20
  • increasing faith, like a grain of mustard seed, which, from
  • being the least of seeds, becomes the greatest of all herbs.
  • -Mt17.21
  • -Mt17.22
  • -Mt17.23
  • -Mt17.24
  • male among the Jews paid yearly for the support of the temple,
  • and which was continued by them, wherever dispersed, till after
  • the time of Vespasian.
  • -Mt17.25
  • -Mt17.17
  • -Mt17.27
  • 2s. 6d., after 5s. the ounce. that take
  • Mt18.1
  • 01 Christ warns his disciples to be humble and harmless
  • 07 to avoid offences
  • 10 and not to dispise the little ones
  • 15 teaches how we are to deal with our brethren when they offend
  • us
  • 21 and how oft to forgive them
  • 23 which he sets forth by a parable of the king that took
  • account of his servants
  • 32 and punished him who shewed no mercy to his fellow
  • -Mt18.2
  • -Mt18.3
  • -Mt18.4
  • -Mt18.5
  • -Mt18.6
  • Syria as well as in Greece, especially in cases of parricide.
  • That it was customary in Greece we learn from Suidas, and the
  • scholiast on the Equites of Aristophanes: When a person was
  • drowned, they hung a weight about his neck.
  • -Mt18.7
  • -Mt18.8
  • -Mt18.9
  • -Mt18.10
  • -Mt18.11
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  • -Mt18.13
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  • -Mt18.21
  • -Mt18.22
  • -Mt18.23
  • -Mt18.24
  • notation. According to Prideaux, the Roman talent was equal to
  • 216l; ten thousand of which would amount to 2,160,000l. If the
  • Jewish talent of silver be designed, which is estimated by the
  • same learned writer at 450l., this sum amounts to 4,500,000l.;
  • but if the gold talent is meant, which is equal to 7200l., then
  • the amount is 72,000,000l. This immense sum represents our
  • boundless obligations to God, and our utter incapacity, as
  • sinners infinitely indebted to Divine justice, of paying one
  • mite out of the talent.
  • shillings the ounce is 187l.10s.
  • -Mt18.25
  • -Mt18.26
  • -Mt18.27
  • -Mt18.28
  • convey one seventh of the meaning. This would amount to about
  • 3l.2s.6d. English; which was not one six hundred thousandth part
  • of the 10,000 talents, even calculating them as Roman talents.
  • after five shillings the ounce is sevenpence half-penny.
  • -Mt18.29
  • -Mt18.30
  • -Mt18.31
  • -Mt18.32
  • -Mt18.33
  • -Mt18.34
  • -Mt18.35
  • Mt19.1
  • 01 Christ heals the sick
  • 03 answers the Pharisees concerning divorcement
  • 10 shews when marriage is necessary
  • 13 receives little children
  • 16 instructs the young man how to attain eternal life
  • 20 and how to be pefect
  • 23 tells his disciples how hard it is for a rich man to enter
  • into the kingdom of God
  • 27 and promises reward to those that forsake any thing to follow
  • him.
  • previous to his crucifixion; but he appears to have taken in a
  • large compass in his journey, and passed through the district
  • east of Jordan. Some learned men, however, are of opinion, that
  • instead of beyond Jordan, we should render, by the side of
  • Jordan, especially with a genitive, sometimes signifies.
  • -Mt19.2
  • -Mt19.3
  • -Mt19.4
  • -Mt19.5
  • implies; a beautiful metaphor, forcibly intimating that nothing
  • but death can separate them.
  • -Mt19.6
  • must pull equally in order to bring it on. Among the ancients,
  • they put a yoke upon the necks of a new married couple, or
  • chains on their arms, to shew that they were to be one, closely
  • united, and pulling equally together in all the concerns of
  • life.
  • -Mt19.7
  • -Mt19.8
  • -Mt19.9
  • -Mt19.10
  • -Mt19.11
  • -Mt19.12
  • -Mt19.13
  • -Mt19.14
  • -Mt19.15
  • -Mt19.16
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  • -Mt19.19
  • -Mt19.20
  • -Mt19.21
  • -Mt19.22
  • -Mt19.23
  • -Mt19.24
  • accuse our doctrine of falsity, shall find the gates of heaven
  • shut; nor shall he enter till a camel shall pass through the eye
  • of a needle. It was a common mode of expression among the Jews
  • to declare any thing that was rare or difficult.
  • -Mt19.25
  • -Mt19.26
  • -Mt19.27
  • -Mt19.28
  • -Mt19.29
  • -Mt19.30
  • -Mt20.1
  • 01 Christ by the similitude of the labourers in the vineyard,
  • shews that God is debtor unto no man
  • 17 foretells his passion
  • 20 by answering the mother of Zebedee's children, teaches his
  • disciples to be lowly
  • 29 and gives two blind men their sight
  • equity of God's dealings, even when the first are placed last,
  • and the last first.
  • -Mt20.2
  • after five shillings the ounce is sevenpence halfpenny.
  • -Mt20.3
  • -Mt20.4
  • -Mt20.5
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  • -Mt20.20
  • -Mt20.21
  • -Mt20.22
  • -Mt20.23
  • not mine to give, except to them for whom it is prepared of my
  • Father.
  • -Mt20.24
  • -Mt20.25
  • -Mt20.26
  • -Mt20.27
  • -Mt20.28
  • -Mt20.29
  • -Mt20.30
  • -Mt20.31
  • -Mt20.32
  • -Mt20.33
  • -Mt20.34
  • -Mt21.1
  • 01 Christ rides into Jerusalem upon an ass
  • 12 drives the buyers and sellers out of the temple
  • 17 curses the fig-tree
  • 23 puts to silence the priests and elders
  • 28 and rebukes them by the similitude of the two sons
  • 33 and the husbandmen who slew such as were sent to them
  • Olivet, and somewhat nearer to Jerusalem than Bethany.
  • -Mt21.2
  • -Mt21.3
  • -Mt21.4
  • -Mt21.5
  • -Mt21.6
  • -Mt21.7
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  • -Mt21.9
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  • -Mt21.12
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  • -Mt21.15
  • -Mt21.16
  • -Mt21.17
  • Olives, on the road to Jericho; fifteen stadia, (jno 11.18) or
  • nearly two miles, as Jerome states, from Jerusalem. This village
  • is now small and poor, and the cultivation of the soil around it
  • is much neglected; but it is a pleasant, romantic spot, shaded
  • by the mount of Olives, and abounding in vines and long grass.
  • It consists of from thirty to forty dwellings inhabited by about
  • 600 Mohammedans, for whose use there is a neat little mosque
  • standing on an eminence. Here they shew the ruins of a sort of
  • castle as the house of Lazarus, and a grotto as his tomb; and
  • the house of Simon the leper, of Mary Magdalene and of Martha,
  • and the identical tree which our Lord cursed, are among the
  • monkish curiosites of the place.
  • -Mt21.18
  • -Mt21.19
  • -Mt21.20
  • -Mt21.21
  • -Mt21.22
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  • -Mt21.26
  • -Mt21.27
  • -Mt21.28
  • -Mt21.29
  • -Mt21.30
  • -Mt21.31
  • -Mt21.32
  • -Mt21.33
  • denotes the Supreme Being; the family, the Jewish nation; the
  • vineyard, Jerusalem; the fence, the Divine protection; the
  • wine-press, the law and sacrificial rites; the tower, the
  • temple;
  • and the husbandmen, the priests and doctors of the law
  • -Mt21.34
  • -Mt21.35
  • -Mt21.37
  • -Mt21.37
  • -Mt21.38
  • -Mt21.39
  • -Mt21.40
  • -Mt21.41
  • destruction upon themselves which was literally executed about
  • forty years afterwards by the Roman armies
  • -Mt21.42
  • -Mt21.43
  • -Mt21.44
  • -Mt21.45
  • -Mt21.46
  • -Mt22.1
  • 01 The parable of the marriage of the king's son
  • 09 The vocation of the Gentiles
  • 12 The punishment of him that wanted the wedding garment
  • 15 Tribute ought to be paid to Cesar
  • 23 Christ confutes the Sadducees for the resurection
  • 34 answers the lawyer, which is the first and great commandment
  • 41 and puzzles the Pharisees by a question abou the Messias
  • -Mt22.2
  • -Mt22.3
  • -Mt22.4
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  • -Mt22.15
  • -Mt22.16
  • in their choice of companions, their affected praise, and the
  • artful and difficult questions they proposed.
  • -Mt22.17
  • -Mt22.18
  • -Mt22.19
  • -Mt22.20
  • -Mt22.21
  • and premises. They held that wherever the money of any king is
  • curent, there the inhabitants acknowledge that king for their
  • lord. Now, by admitting that this was Caesar's coin, and by
  • consenting to receive it as the current coin of their country,
  • they in fact acknowledged their subjection to his government,
  • and of course their obligation to pay the tribute demanded of
  • them. This answer was full of consummate wisdom, and it
  • completely defeated the insidious designs of his enemies. He
  • avoided rendering himself odious to the Jewish people by
  • opposing their notions of liberty, or appearing to pay court to
  • the emperor, without exposing himself to the charge of sedition
  • and disaffection to the Roman government
  • -Mt22.22
  • Matthew 22:22
  • -Mt22.23
  • Matthew 22:23
  • -Mt22.24
  • Matthew 22:24
  • -Mt22.25
  • Matthew 22:25
  • -Mt22.26
  • -Mt22.27
  • -Mt22.28
  • -Mt22.29
  • Matthew 22:29
  • -Mt22.30
  • Matthew 22:30
  • -Mt22.31
  • Matthew 22:31
  • -Mt22.32
  • Matthew 22:32
  • -Mt22.33
  • Matthew 22:33
  • -Mt22.34
  • Matthew 22:34
  • -Mt22.35
  • Matthew 22:35
  • -Mt22.36
  • Matthew 22:36
  • -Mt22.37
  • Matthew 22:37
  • -Mt22.38
  • -Mt22.39
  • Matthew 22:39
  • -Mt22.40
  • Matthew 22:40
  • -Mt22.41
  • Matthew 22:41
  • -Mt22.42
  • Matthew 22:42
  • -Mt22.43
  • Matthew 22:43
  • -Mt22.44
  • Matthew 22:44
  • several of the Jews. Rabbi JODEN says, `In the world to come,
  • the
  • Holy Blessed God shall cause the king Messiah to sit at his
  • right
  • hand, as it is written, The Lord said to my Lord,' etc. So Rabbi
  • Moses Hadarson; and Saadias Gaon says, `This is Messiah our
  • righteousness, as it is written, The Lord said to my Lord,' etc
  • -Mt22.45
  • Matthew 22:45
  • -Mt22.46
  • Matthew 22:46
  • -Mt23.1
  • Matthew 23:1
  • the evil examples, of the Scribes and Pharisees.
  • 5-12 His disciples must beware of their ambition
  • 13-33 He denounces eight woes against their hypocrisy and
  • blindness
  • 34-39 and prophesies of the destruction of Jerusalem
  • -Mt23.2
  • Matthew 23:2
  • -Mt23.3
  • Matthew 23:3
  • -Mt23.4
  • Matthew 23:4
  • -Mt23.5
  • Matthew 23:5
  • -Mt23.6
  • Matthew 23:6
  • -Mt23.7
  • Matthew 23:7
  • -Mt23.8
  • Matthew 23:8
  • -Mt23.9
  • Matthew 23:9
  • -Mt23.10
  • -Mt23.11
  • Matthew 23:11
  • -Mt23.12
  • Matthew 23:12
  • -Mt23.13
  • Matthew 23:13
  • -Mt23.14
  • Matthew 23:14
  • knowledge of the law, on which account the women were subject to
  • them, as pretending to be dear to God.
  • That these were long we learn from Bab. Berachoth, where we are
  • told that the very religious prayed nine hours a day.
  • -Mt23.15
  • Matthew 23:15
  • -Mt23.16
  • Matthew 23:16
  • -Mt23.17
  • Matthew 23:17
  • -Mt23.18
  • Matthew 23:18
  • -Mt23.19
  • Matthew 23:19
  • -Mt23.20
  • -Mt23.21
  • Matthew 23:21
  • -Mt23.22
  • Matthew 23:22
  • -Mt23.23
  • Matthew 23:23
  • Dill is a species of plant of the pentandria digynia class,
  • growing native in Spain and Portugal. The root is fusiform and
  • long; stems, erect-groved, jointed, branched, and about two feet
  • in height; leaves, doubly pinnated, sweet and odorous; flowers,
  • flat, terminal umbels; corolla, five ovate, concave, yellow
  • petals, with apexes inflected; germen, like that of fennel;
  • seeds,
  • scarcely the length of a carraway seed, but broader and flatter,
  • of a brown colour, aromatic, sweetish odour, and warmish,
  • pungent taste.
  • cummin. is a plant of the same class as ditt: it rises eight or
  • ten inches on a slender round procumbent, branching stem;
  • leaves,
  • a dark green, narrow, linear, and pointed; flowers, purple, in
  • numerous four rayed umbels; corolla, five unequal petals,
  • inflected, and notched at the apex; seeds, oblong, striated, of
  • a
  • brown colour, strong, heavy odour, and warm, bitterish taste.
  • -Mt23.24
  • Matthew 23:24
  • -Mt23.25
  • Matthew 23:25
  • -Mt23.26
  • Matthew 23:26
  • -Mt23.27
  • Matthew 23:27
  • -Mt23.28
  • Matthew 23:28
  • -Mt23.29
  • Matthew 23:29
  • -Mt23.30
  • Matthew 23:30
  • -Mt23.31
  • Matthew 23:31
  • -Mt23.32
  • Matthew 23:32
  • -Mt23.33
  • Matthew 23:33
  • -Mt23.34
  • Matthew 23:34
  • -Mt23.35
  • Matthew 23:35
  • -Mt23.36
  • Matthew 23:36
  • -Mt23.37
  • Matthew 23:37
  • -Mt23.38
  • Matthew 23:38
  • -Mt23.39
  • Matthew 23:39
  • -Mt24.1
  • Matthew 24:1
  • 3-28 what and how great calamaties shall be before it
  • 29-35 the signs of his coming in judgment
  • 36-41 And because that day and hour are unknown
  • 42-51 we ought to watch like good sevants, expecting every
  • moment
  • our Master's coming
  • -Mt24.2
  • Matthew 24:2
  • Josephus says that `Caesar gave ordrs that they should now
  • demolish the whole city and temple, except the three towers
  • Phaselus, Hippicus, and Mariamne, and a part of the western
  • wall;
  • but all the rest was laid so completely even with the ground, by
  • those who dug it up from the foundation, that there was nothing
  • left to make those who came thither believe that it had ever
  • been
  • inhabited.'
  • -Mt24.3
  • Matthew 24:3
  • -Mt24.4
  • Matthew 24:4
  • -Mt24.5
  • Matthew 24:5
  • -Mt24.6
  • Matthew 24:6
  • -Mt24.7
  • Matthew 24:7
  • -Mt24.8
  • Matthew 24:8
  • -Mt24.9
  • Matthew 24:9
  • -Mt24.10
  • Matthew 24:10
  • -Mt24.11
  • Matthew 24:11
  • -Mt24.12
  • Matthew 24.12
  • -Mt24.13
  • Matthew 24:13
  • -Mt24.14
  • Matthew 24:14
  • -Mt24.15
  • Matthew 24:15
  • -Mt24.16
  • Matthew 24:16
  • -Mt24.17
  • Matthew 24:17
  • -Mt24.18
  • Matthew 24:18
  • -Mt24.19
  • Matthew 24:19
  • -Mt24.20
  • Matthew 24:20
  • -Mt24.21
  • Matthew 24:21
  • -Mt24.22
  • Matthew 24:22
  • -Mt24.23
  • Matthew 24:23
  • -Mt24.24
  • Matthew 24:24
  • -Mt24.25
  • Matthew 24:25
  • -Mt24.26
  • Matthew 24:26
  • Our Lord not only foretells the appearance of these imposters,
  • but
  • also the manner and circumstance of their conduct. Accordingly,
  • Josephus says that many imposters persuaded the people to follow
  • them to the desert, promising them signs and wonders done by the
  • providence of God. (See also Ac 21.38). One persuaded the people
  • to go up into the temple, which being set on fire by the Romans,
  • 6000 perished in the flames.
  • -Mt24.27
  • Matthew 24:27
  • -Mt24.28
  • Matthew 24:28
  • -Mt24.29
  • Matthew 24:29
  • -Mt24.30
  • Matthew 24:30
  • -Mt24.31
  • Matthew 24:31
  • -Mt24.32
  • Matthew 24:32
  • -Mt24.33
  • Matthew 24:33
  • -Mt24.34
  • Matthew 24:34
  • -Mt24.35
  • Matthew 24:35
  • -Mt24.36
  • Matthew 24:36
  • -Mt24.37
  • Matthew 24:37
  • -Mt24.38
  • Matthew 24:38
  • -Mt24.39
  • Matthew 24:39
  • -Mt24.40
  • Matthew 24:40
  • -Mt24.41
  • Matthew 24:41
  • the [] was a hand-mill composed of two stones; `the uppermost of
  • which is turned round by a small handle of wood or iron that is
  • placed in the rim. When this stone is large, or expedition
  • required, a second person is called to assist; and as it is
  • usual
  • for women alone to be concerned in this employment, who seat
  • themselves over against each other with the millstone between
  • then,
  • we may see not only the propriety of the expressionm Ex 11.5'
  • but
  • the force of this.-
  • -Dr. Shaw
  • -Mt24.42
  • Matthew 24:42
  • -Mt24.43
  • Matthew 24:43
  • -Mt24.44
  • Matthew 24:44
  • -Mt24.45
  • Matthew 24:45
  • -Mt24.46
  • Matthew 24:46
  • -Mt24.47
  • Matthew 24:47
  • -Mt24.48
  • Matthew 24:48
  • -Mt24.49
  • Matthew 24:49
  • -Mt24.50
  • Matthew 24:50
  • -Mt24.51
  • Matthew 24:51
  • -Mt25.1
  • Matthew 25:1
  • 14-30 and of the talents
  • 31-46 Also the escription of the last judgment
  • -Mt25.2
  • Matthew 25:2
  • -Mt25.3
  • Matthew 25:3
  • -Mt25.4
  • Matthew 25:4
  • -Mt25.5
  • Matthew 25:5
  • -Mt25.6
  • Matthew 25:6
  • -Mt25.7
  • Matthew 25:7
  • -Mt25.8
  • Matthew 25:8
  • -Mt25.9
  • Matthew 25:9
  • -Mt25.10
  • Matthew 25:10
  • -Mt25.11
  • Matthew 25:11
  • -Mt25.12
  • Matthew 25:12
  • -Mt25.13
  • Matthew 25:13
  • -Mt25.14
  • Matthew 25:14
  • -Mt25.15
  • Matthew 25:15
  • `A talent is 187l. 10s'
  • -Mt25.16
  • Matthew 25:16
  • -Mt25.17
  • Matthew 25:17
  • -Mt25.18
  • Matthew 25:18
  • -Mt25.19
  • Matthew 25:19
  • -Mt25.20
  • Matthew 25:20
  • -Mt25.21
  • Matthew 25:21
  • -Mt25.22
  • Matthew 25:22
  • -Mt25.23
  • Matthew 25:23
  • -Mt25.24
  • Matthew 25:24
  • Our Lord placed the example of negligence in him to whom the
  • least
  • was committed, probably to `intimate' says Doddridge, `that we
  • are
  • accountable for the smallest advantage with which we are
  • entrusted;
  • but it cannot imply that they who have received much will
  • ordinarily
  • pass their account best; for it is too plain, in fact, that
  • most of
  • those whose dignity, wealth, and genius give them the greatest
  • opportunities of service, seem to forget that they have any
  • Master
  • in heaven to serve, or any future reckoning to expect; and many
  • render themselves much more criminal than this wicked and
  • slothful
  • servant who hid his talents in the earth.'
  • -Mt25.25
  • Matthew 25:25
  • -Mt25.26
  • Matthew 25:26
  • -Mt25.27
  • Matthew 25:27
  • -Mt25.28
  • Matthew 25:28
  • -Mt25.29
  • Matthew 25:29
  • -Mt25.30
  • Matthew 25:30
  • -Mt25.31
  • Matthew 25:31
  • -Mt25.32
  • Matthew 25:32
  • -Mt25.33
  • Matthew 25:33
  • -Mt25.34
  • Matthew 25:34
  • -Mt25.35
  • Matthew 25:35
  • -Mt25.36
  • Matthew 25:36
  • -Mt25.37
  • Matthew 25:37
  • -Mt25.38
  • Matthew 25:38
  • -Mt25.39
  • Matthew 25:39
  • -Mt25.40
  • Matthew 25:40
  • -Mt25.41
  • Matthew 25:41
  • -Mt25.42
  • Matthew 25:42
  • -Mt25.44
  • Matthew 25:44
  • -Mt25.45
  • Matthew 25:45
  • -Mt25.46
  • Matthew 25:46
  • -Mt26.1
  • Matthew 26:1
  • 3-5 The rulers conspire against him
  • 6-13 The woman annoints his feet
  • 14-16 Judas bargains to betray him
  • 17-25 Christ eats his passover
  • 26-29 institutes his holy supper
  • 30-35 foretells the desertion of his disciples, and Peter's
  • denial
  • 36-46 prays in the garden
  • 47-56 and being betrayed by a kiss
  • 57-68 is carried to Caiaphas
  • 69-75 and denied of Peter
  • -Mt26.2
  • Matthew 26:2
  • -Mt26.3
  • Matthew 26:3
  • This was Joseph, surnamed Caiaphas, who succeeded Simon son of
  • Camith, in the high-priesthood, about A.D. 25. About two years
  • after our Lord's death he was deposed by the Vitellius governor
  • of
  • Syria; and unable to bear his disgrace, and perhaps the stings
  • of
  • conscience for the murder of Christ, he killed himself about A.
  • D.
  • 35.
  • -Mt26.4
  • Matthew 26:4
  • -Mt26.5
  • Matthew 26:5
  • -Mt26.6
  • Matthew 26:6
  • -Mt26.7
  • Matthew 26:7
  • -Mt26.8
  • Matthew 26:8
  • -Mt26.9
  • Matthew 26:9
  • -Mt26.10
  • Matthew 26:10
  • -Mt26.11
  • Matthew 26:11
  • -Mt26.12
  • Matthew 26:12
  • -Mt26.13
  • Matthew 26:13
  • -Mt26.14
  • Matthew 26:14
  • -Mt26.15
  • Matthew 26:15
  • Probably shekels or staters, as some read, which, reckoning the
  • the shekels at 3s. with Prideaux, would amount to about 4l 10s.
  • the
  • price for the meanest slave! (See Ex 21.32)
  • -Mt26.16
  • Matthew 26:16
  • -Mt26.17
  • Matthew 26:17
  • -Mt26.18
  • Matthew 26:18
  • -Mt26.19
  • Matthew 26:19
  • -Mt26.20
  • Matthew 26:20
  • -Mt26.21
  • Matthew 26:21
  • -Mt26.22
  • Matthew 26:22
  • -Mt26.23
  • Matthew 26:23
  • -Mt26.24
  • Matthew 26:24
  • -Mt26.25
  • Matthew 26:25
  • -Mt26.26
  • Matthew 26:26
  • -Mt26.27
  • Matthew 26:27
  • -Mt26.28
  • Matthew 26:28
  • -Mt26.29
  • Matthew 26:29
  • -Mt26.30
  • Matthew 26:30
  • -Mt26.31
  • Matthew 26:31
  • -Mt26.32
  • Matthew 26:32
  • -Mt26.33
  • Matthew 26:33
  • -Mt26.34
  • Matthew 26:34
  • -Mt26.35
  • Matthew 26:35
  • -Mt26.36
  • Matthew 26:36
  • Gethsemane was a garden at the foot of the Mount of Olives,
  • beyond
  • the brook Cedron; an even plat of ground, says Maundrell, not
  • above
  • fifty-seven yards square, where are shewn some old olive trees
  • supposed to identify the spot to shich our Lord was wont to
  • resort.
  • -Mt26.37
  • Matthew 26:37
  • -Mt26.38
  • Matthew 26:38
  • -Mt26.39
  • Matthew 26:39
  • -Mt26.40
  • Matthew 26:40
  • -Mt26.41
  • Matthew 26:41
  • -Mt26.42
  • Matthew 26.42
  • -Mt26.43
  • Matthew 26:43
  • -Mt26.44
  • Matthew 26:44
  • -Mt26.45
  • Matthew 26:45
  • you have thus far failed to watch, sleep on the rest of the
  • time,
  • and take your rest, if you can.'
  • -Mt26.46
  • Matthew 26.46
  • -Mt26.47
  • Matthew 26:47
  • -Mt26.48
  • Matthew 26.48
  • -Mt26.49
  • Matthew 26:49
  • from [] intensive, and [] to kiss, still pretending the most
  • affectionate attachment to our Lord.
  • -Mt26.50
  • Matthew 26:50
  • Rather, `Companion, [] against whom ([] the reading of the best
  • MSS.) art thou come?'
  • -Mt26.51
  • Matthew 26:51
  • -Mt26.52
  • Matthew 26:52
  • -Mt26.53
  • Matthew 26:53
  • or choose was a particular divsion or battalion of the Roman
  • army,
  • which at diffrent times contained different numbers. In the
  • time of
  • our Saviour it probably consisted of 6200 foot and 300 horse,
  • twelve
  • of which would amount ot 78,000 men.
  • -Mt26.54
  • Matthew 26:54
  • -Mt26.55
  • Matthew 26:55
  • -Mt26.56
  • Matthew 26:56
  • -Mt26.57
  • Matthew 26:57
  • -Mt26.58
  • Matthew 26:58
  • -Mt26.59
  • Matthew 26:59
  • -Mt26.60
  • Matthew 26:60
  • -Mt26.61
  • Matthew 26:61
  • The words of our Lord were widely different from this statement
  • of
  • them; so that the testimony of these witnesses was false,
  • though it
  • had the semblence of truth.
  • -Mt26.62
  • Matthew 26:62
  • -Mt26.63
  • Matthew 26:63
  • -Mt26.64
  • Matthew 26:64
  • -Mt26.65
  • Matthew 26:65
  • -Mt26.66
  • Matthew 26:66
  • -Mt26.67
  • Matthew 26:67
  • [], `smote him with their fists,' as theophylact interprets
  • [], `smote him on the cheek with the open hand,' as Suidas
  • renders.
  • They offered him every indignity, in all its various and
  • vexatious
  • forms.
  • -Mt26.68
  • Matthew 26:68
  • -Mt26.69
  • Matthew 26:69
  • -Mt26.70
  • Matthew 26.70
  • -Mt26.71
  • Matthew 26:71
  • -Mt26.72
  • Matthew 26.72
  • -Mt26.73
  • Matthew 26:73
  • -Mt26.74
  • Matthew 26:74
  • -Mt26.75
  • Matthew 26:75
  • -Mt27.1
  • Matthew 27:1
  • 3-18 Judas hangs himself
  • 19 Pilate, admonished of his wife
  • 20-26 and being urged by the multitude, washes his hands, and
  • looses
  • Barabbas
  • 27-32 Christ is mocked and crowned with thorns
  • 33-38 crucified
  • 39-49 reviled
  • 50-61 dies, and is buried
  • 62-66 his sepulchre is sealed and watched
  • -Mt27.2
  • Matthew 27:2
  • Pontius Pilate governed Judea ten years under the emperor
  • Tiberius,
  • from his 13th to his 23rd year A.D. 26 to 36; but, having
  • exercised
  • great cruelties against the Samaritans, they complained to
  • Vitellius, governor of Syria, who sent Marcellus, of of his
  • friends,
  • to superintend Judea, and ordered Pilate to Rome, to give an
  • account
  • of his conduct to Tiberius. The emperor was dead before he
  • arrived;
  • but it is an ancient tradition, that he was banished to Vienne
  • in
  • Dauphiny, where he was reduced to such extremity that he killed
  • himself with his own sword two years after
  • -Mt27.3
  • Matthew 27:3
  • -Mt27.4
  • Matthew 27:4
  • -Mt27.5
  • Matthew 27:5
  • -Mt27.6
  • Matthew 27:6
  • The Jews considered it was strictly forbidden by the Divine law
  • to
  • bring any filthy or iniquitous gain into the temple. For this
  • reason they now refused to allow this money to be placed in the
  • chest in the temple, amongst the former contributions for its
  • repairs. In this, they were right enough, but by the very act of
  • refusing this money, they proved themselves to be gross
  • perverters
  • of the spirit of God's requirements: they saw not that it was
  • much
  • less lawful for them, who had hired Judas to this sordid action,
  • to
  • be employed in the service of the temple. Those that `bear the
  • vessels of the Lord,' ought to be holy. Thus our Lord's words,
  • `Ye blind guides! ye strain at a gnat and swallow a camel.'
  • -Mt27.7
  • Matthew 27:7
  • -Mt27.8
  • Matthew 27:8
  • -Mt27.9
  • Matthew 27:9
  • The words here quoted are not found in Jeremiah, but in
  • Zecariah;
  • and a variety of conjectures have been formed, in order to
  • reconcile
  • this discrepancy. The most probable opinion seems to be, that
  • the
  • name of the prophet was originally omitted by the Evangelist,
  • and
  • that the name of Jeremiah was added by some subequent copyist.
  • It
  • is omitted in two MSS of the twelfth century, in the Syriac,
  • later
  • Persic, two of the Itala, and in some other Latin copies; and
  • what
  • renders it highly probable that the original reading was [], by
  • the
  • prophet, is, that St. Matthew frequently omits the name of the
  • prophet in his quotations. See ch 1.22 2.5,15 13.35 21.4 This
  • omission is approved of by Bengel, Dr. A. Clarke,and Horne.
  • Israel.
  • -Mt27.10
  • Matthew 27:10
  • -Mt27.11
  • Matthew 27:11
  • -Mt27.12
  • Matthew 27:12
  • -Mt27.13
  • Matthew 27:13
  • -Mt27.14
  • Matthew 27:14
  • -Mt27.15
  • Matthew 27:15
  • -Mt27.16
  • Matthew 27:16
  • -Mt27.17
  • Matthew 27:17
  • -Mt27.18
  • Matthew 27:18
  • according to that of Solomon
  • -Mt27.19
  • Matthew 27:19
  • -Mt27.20
  • Matthew 27:20
  • -Mt27.21
  • Matthew 27:21
  • -Mt27.22
  • Matthew 27:22
  • -Mt27.23
  • Matthew 27:23
  • -Mt27.24
  • Matthew 27:24
  • -Mt27.25
  • Matthew 27:25
  • -Mt27.26
  • Matthew 27:26
  • This of itself was a severe , the flesh being
  • generally cut by the whips used for this purpose.
  • -Mt27.27
  • Matthew 27:27
  • -Mt27.28
  • Matthew 27:28
  • St. Mark calls it a purple robe; but by [] is denoted whatever
  • is of
  • a dazzling red; and the sords [], scarlet, and [], purple, are
  • not unfrequently interchanged.
  • -Mt27.29
  • Matthew 27:29
  • -Mt27.30
  • Matthew 27:30
  • -Mt27.31
  • Matthew 27:31
  • -Mt27.32
  • Matthew 27:32
  • -Mt27.33
  • Matthew 27:33
  • -Mt27.34
  • Matthew 27:34
  • St. Mark says [wine mingled with myrrh]; but as the sour wine
  • used
  • by the Roman soldiers and common people was termed [] wine, and
  • [] vinegar, (vin aigre, French) is [sour wine]; and as [] gall
  • is
  • applied to bitters of any kind, it is not difficult to
  • reconcile the
  • two accounts.
  • -Mt27.35
  • Matthew 27:35
  • -Mt27.36
  • Matthew 27:36
  • -Mt27.37
  • Matthew 27:37
  • -Mt27.38
  • Matthew 27:38
  • -Mt27.39
  • Matthew 27:39
  • -Mt27.40
  • Matthew 27:40
  • -Mt27.41
  • Matthew 27:41
  • -Mt27.42
  • Matthew 27:42
  • -Mt27.43
  • Matthew 27:43
  • -Mt27.44
  • Matthew 27:44
  • -Mt27.45
  • Matthew 27:45
  • That this general darkness was wholly pretenatural is evident
  • from
  • this, that it happened at the passover, which was celebrated
  • only at
  • the full moon, a time in which it was impossible for the sun to
  • be
  • eclipsed, natural eclipses happening only at the time of the new
  • moon. (See Introduction to the Comprehensive Bible, p.59)
  • -Mt27.46
  • Matthew 27:46
  • -Mt27.47
  • Matthew 27:47
  • -Mt27.48
  • Matthew 27:48
  • -Mt27.49
  • Matthew 27.49
  • -Mt27.50
  • Matthew 27:50
  • -Mt27.51
  • Matthew 27:51
  • -Mt27.52
  • Matthew 27:52
  • -Mt27.53
  • Matthew 27:53
  • -Mt27.54
  • Matthew 27:54
  • -Mt27.55
  • Matthew 27:55
  • -Mt27.56
  • Matthew 27:56
  • -Mt27.57
  • Matthew 27:57
  • -Mt27.58
  • Matthew 27:58
  • -Mt27.59
  • Matthew 27:59
  • -Mt27.60
  • Matthew 27:60
  • -Mt27.61
  • Matthew 27:61
  • -Mt27.62
  • Matthew 27:62
  • -Mt27.63
  • Matthew 27:63
  • -Mt27.64
  • Matthew 27:64
  • -Mt27.65
  • Matthew 27:65
  • -Mt27.66
  • Matthew 27:66
  • Every thing was here done which human policy and prudence could,
  • to
  • prevent a resurrection, which these very precautions had the
  • most
  • direct tendency to authenticate and establish.
  • -Mt28.1
  • Matthew 28:1
  • 9,10 He himself appears unto them
  • 11-15 The chief priests give the soldiers money to say that he
  • was
  • stolen out of his sepulchre
  • 16,17 Christ appears to his disciples
  • 18-20 and sends them to baptize and teach all nations
  • The Hebrew word Schabbath, from which our English word is
  • derived,
  • signifies rest, and is applied to all solemn festivals, equally
  • with
  • that one day of every week devoted to the worship of God; Eze
  • 20.21,
  • `they polluted my sabbaths.' Three evangelists say, the
  • transaction
  • recorded in this verse, occured upon the first day of the week,
  • early in the morning, about sunrising, and John says while it
  • was
  • yet dark. [] does not signify `in the evening of sabbath,' but
  • `sabbaths.' Hence, the great feast having been concluded, the
  • term
  • `end of the sabbaths' denotes the time very clearly. Again, it
  • may
  • be observed that the Jews, speaking of their passover, sometimes
  • speak according to their civil computation, wherein they
  • measured
  • thier days from sun-rising to sun-rising. Sometimes according to
  • their sacred computation, which was from sun-set to sun-set.
  • This
  • reconciles Nu 28.18, which seems to make the fourteenth day of
  • the
  • first month, the first day of unleavened bread.
  • -Mt28.2
  • Matthew 28:2
  • -Mt28.3
  • Matthew 28:3
  • -Mt28.4
  • Matthew 28:4
  • -Mt28.5
  • Mathew 28:5
  • -Mt28.6
  • Matthew 28:6
  • -Mt28.7
  • Matthew 28:7
  • -Mt28.8
  • Matthew 28:8
  • -Mt28.9
  • Matthew 28:9
  • -Mt28.10
  • Matthew 28:10
  • -Mt28.11
  • Matthew 28:11
  • -Mt28.12
  • Matthew 28:12
  • -Mt28.13
  • Matthew 28:13
  • -Mt28.14
  • Matthew 28:14
  • -Mt28.15
  • Matthew 28:15
  • -Mt28.16
  • Matthew 28:16
  • -Mt28.17
  • Matthew 28:17
  • -Mt28.18
  • Matthew 28:18
  • -Mt28.19
  • Matthew 28:19
  • -Mt28.20
  • Matthew 28:20
  • -Mr1.1
  • 01 The office of John the Baptist
  • 09 Jesus is baptized
  • 12 tempted
  • 14 he preaches
  • 16 calls Peter, Andrew, James, and John
  • 23 heals one that had a devil
  • 29 Peter's mother in law
  • 32 many diseased persons
  • 40 and cleanses the leper.
  • -Mr1.2
  • texts.
  • -Mr1.3
  • -Mr1.4
  • -Mr1.5
  • -Mr1.6
  • -Mr1.7
  • -Mr1.8
  • -Mr1.9
  • -Mr1.10
  • -Mr1.11
  • -Mr1.12
  • necessarily imply any violence; but seems to intimate the energy
  • of that impulse on our Lord, by which he was inwardly
  • constrained to retire from society.
  • -Mr1.13
  • -Mr1.14
  • -Mr1.15
  • mat 21.31,32 lu 24.47 ac 2.36-38 20.21 2ti 2.25,26
  • -Mr1.16
  • -Mr1.17
  • -Mr1.18
  • -Mr1.19
  • -Mr1.20
  • -Mr1.21
  • confines of Zebulun, and Naphtali, on the western border of the
  • lake of Tiberias, and in the land of Gennasereth, where Josephus
  • places a spring of excellent water called Capernaum. Dr.
  • Lightfoot places it between Tiberias and Tarichea, about two
  • miles from the former; and Dr. Richardson, in passing through
  • the plain of Gennasereth, was told by the natives that the ruins
  • of Capernaum were quite near. The Arab station and ruins
  • mentioned by Mr. Buckingham, said to have been formerly called
  • Capharnaoom, situated on the edge of the lake from nine to
  • twelve miles N.N.E. of Tiberias, bearing the name of Talhewn, or
  • as Burckhardt writes it, Tel Houm, appear too far north for its
  • site.
  • -Mr1.22
  • -Mr1.23
  • -Mr1.24
  • -Mr1.25
  • -Mr1.26
  • -Mr1.27
  • -Mr1.28
  • -Mr1.29
  • -Mr1.30
  • -Mr1.31
  • -Mr1.32
  • -Mr1.33
  • -Mr1.34
  • -Mr1.35
  • -Mr1.36
  • -Mr1.37
  • -Mr1.38
  • -Mr1.39
  • Josephus, on the west by Ptolemais and mount Carmel; on the
  • south by the country of Samaria and Scythopolis, on the river
  • Jordan; on the east by the cantons of Hyppos, Gadara, and
  • Gaulon; and on the north by the confines of the Tyrians. It was
  • divided into Lower and Upper Galilee; Upper Galilee, so called
  • from its being mountainous, was termed Galilee of the Gentiles
  • because inhabited, says Strabo, by Egyptians, Arabians, and
  • Phoenicians, and comprehended the tribes of Asher and Naphtali;
  • the Lower Galilee contained the tribes of Zebulun and Issachar,
  • and was sometimes termed the Great Field. It was, says Josephus,
  • very populous and rich, containing 204 cities and towns.
  • -Mr1.40
  • -Mr1.41
  • -Mr1.42
  • -Mr1.43
  • -Mr1.44
  • -Mr1.45
  • -Mr2.1
  • 01 Christ followed by multitudes
  • 03 heals one sick of the palsy
  • 13 calls Matthew from the receipt of custom
  • 15 eats with Publicans and sinners
  • 18 excuses his disciples for not fasting
  • 23 and for plucking the ears of corn on the sabbath day.
  • -Mr2.2
  • -Mr2.3
  • -Mr2.4
  • -Mr2.5
  • the consequence of sin. There is no death without sin, nor any
  • chastisement without iniquity; and that no diseased person could
  • be healed of his disease till his sins were blotted out. Our
  • Lord, therefore, as usual, appeals to their received opinions,
  • and asserts his high dignity, by first forgiving the sins, and
  • then healing the body of the paralytic.
  • -Mr2.6
  • -Mr2.7
  • -Mr2.8
  • -Mr2.9
  • -Mr2.10
  • -Mr2.11
  • -Mr2.12
  • -Mr2.13
  • -Mr2.14
  • -Mr2.15
  • -Mr2.16
  • -Mr2.17
  • -Mr2.18
  • -Mr2.19
  • -Mr2.20
  • -Mr2.21
  • -Mr2.22
  • -Mr2.23
  • -Mr2.24
  • -Mr2.25
  • -Mr2.26
  • Ahimelech was then high priest at Nob; and from other passages,
  • that Abiathar was his son. Various conjectures have been formed
  • in order to solve this difficulty; and some, instead of
  • untying, have cut the knot, by pronouncing it an interpolation.
  • The most probable opinion seems to be, that both father and son
  • had two names, the father being also called Abiathar; and this
  • appears almost certain from 2sa 8.17 1ch 18.16, where Ahimelech
  • seems evidently termed Abiathar, while Abiathar is called
  • Ahimelech or Abimelech.
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  • 01 Christ heals the withered hand
  • 10 and many other infirmities
  • 11 rebukes the unclean spirit
  • 13 chooses his twelve apostles
  • 22 convinces the blasphemy of casting out devils by Beelzebub
  • 31 and shews who are his brother, sister, and mother.
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  • wickedness, and with commiseration for the calamites which they
  • would thereby bring on themselves.
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  • a native of Canaan. Xavaav, which would have been Xavavaos, but
  • from the Hebrew kana, to be zelous, whence he is called in Greek
  • Znhwrns, Zelotes, or the Zealot, from snhow, to be zealous.
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  • they said, It ( the mob ) is mad.' This, however, is contrary to
  • all the versions; and appears an unnatural construction.
  • friends. or, kinsmen
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  • 01 The parable of the sower
  • 14 and the meaning thereof
  • 21 We must communicate the light of our knowledge to others
  • 26 The parable of the seed growing secretly
  • 30 and of the mustard seed
  • 35 Christ stilleth the tempest on the sea

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  • seeing they see, and do not perceive, and hearing they hear, and
  • do not understand.' The expression appears to be proverbial; and
  • relates to those who might see what they now overlook through
  • inattention and folly.
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  • as.
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  • tetradynamia siliquosa class, distinguished by its yellow
  • cruciform flowers, with expanding calyx, and its pods smooth,
  • square, and close to the stem. Its seed was probably the
  • smallest known to the Jews; and though its ordinary height does
  • not exceed four feet, yet a species grows to the height of from
  • three to five cubits, with a tapering, ligneous stalk, and
  • spreading branches. is less than.
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  • 01 Christ delivering the possessed of the legion of devils
  • 13 they enter into the swine
  • 22 He is entreated by Jarirus to go and heal his daughter
  • 25 He heals the woman of the bloody issue
  • 35 and raises from death Jairus' daughter
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  • were dispossessed on this occasion; but Mark and Luke omit the
  • mention of one (who was perhaps not so remarkable). That these
  • wretched men were not merely made, as some suppose, but really
  • possessed of evil spirits, appears clearly from the language
  • employed, as well as from the narrative itself. St. Matthew
  • expressly affirms that they were possessed with devils, or
  • demoniacs; St. Mark says he had an unclean spirit, a fallen
  • spirit; and St. Luke asserts, that he had evils (or demons) a
  • long time, and was called Legion, because many devils were
  • entered into him. With supernatural strength the demons burst
  • asunder the chains and fetters with which he was bound; they
  • address Christ as the Son of the most high God; they beseech him
  • to suffer them to enter into the swine; and when he had given
  • them leave, they went out and entered into the swine.
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  • considers the therapeutics of the Jewish physicians, in
  • reference to diseases of this kind (for an account of which, see
  • Drs. Lightfoot and Clarke). She was, therefore, a fit patient
  • for the Great Physician.
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  • were sufficient to prove the reality of the cure; to have
  • permitted the presence of more, might have savoured of
  • ostentation.
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  • version, the proper translation of which is given by the
  • evangelist. Damsel
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  • to life, but was also restored to perfect health; and to
  • intimate, that though raised to life by extraordinary power, she
  • must be continued in existence, as before, by the use of
  • ordinary means. The advice of a heathen, on another subject, is
  • quite applicable: When the miraculous power of God is necessary,
  • let the ordinary means be used. To act otherwise would be to
  • tempt God.
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  • 01 Christ is contemned of his countrymen
  • 07 He gives the twelve power over unclean spirits.
  • 14 Divers opinions of Christ
  • 16 John the Baptist is imprisoned, beheaded, and buried
  • 30 The apostles return from preaching
  • 34 The miracle of five loaves and two fishes
  • 45 Christ walks on the sea
  • 53 and heals all that touch him
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  • coats, neither shoes, nor yet staves; but this precept plainly
  • means, Go just as you are; take no other coat, shoes, or staff
  • than what you already have.
  • something less than a farthing.
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  • the foot and ankle with straps.
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  • speculor, to took about, spy, properly denotes a sentinel; and
  • as these sentinels kept guard at the palaces of kings, and the
  • residences of Roman governors, so they were employed in other
  • offices besides guarding, and usually performed that of
  • executioners. As, however, we learn from Josephus, that Herod
  • was at this very time engaged in war with Aretas, king of
  • Arabia, in consequence of Herod's having divorced his daughter
  • in order to marry Herodias, his brother Philip's wife; and as
  • this event occurred at an entertainment given at the castle of
  • Machaerus, while his army was on its march against his
  • father-in-law; we are furnished with an additional reason why a
  • speculator, or sentinel, should have been employed as an
  • executioner; and are thus enabled to discover such a latent and
  • undesigned coincidence as clearly evinces the truth of the
  • evangelical narrative.
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  • arranged as to be a hundred in rank, or depth, and fifty in
  • front, or file; which would make the number just five thousand,
  • and will reconcile this account with St. Luke's, who only speaks
  • of their sitting down by fifties.
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  • according to Josephus, was situated on the sea of Gennesareth,
  • in the lower Gaulonitis, consequently on the east of the lake,
  • as Pliny states, and at the beginning of the mountainous
  • country; and it was raised from a village to the honour of
  • a city by Philip, and called Julias in honour of the emperor's
  • daughter. Some learned men, however, are of opinion that the
  • Bethsaida mentioned in the gospels was a different place; and
  • that it was situated on the western shore of the sea of
  • Tiberias, in Galilee, near Chorazin and Capernaum, with which it
  • is associated. and Bishop Pococke mentions the reuins of a town
  • or large village in the plain of Huttin, about two miles west of
  • the lake, still bearing the name of Baitsida, which he thinks
  • occupies its site.
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  • 01 The Pharisees find fault with the disciples for eating with
  • unwashed hands
  • 08 They break the commandment of God by the traditions of men
  • 14 Meat defiles not the man
  • 24 He heals the Syro-phenician woman's daughter of an unclean
  • spirit
  • 31 and one that was deaf, and stammered in his speech
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  • Theophylact. which Dr. Lightfoot illustrates by a tradition from
  • the Talmudical tracts, that when they washed their hands, they
  • washed the fist up to the joint of the arm. The Jews laid great
  • stress on these washings, or baptisms, considering eating with
  • unwashen hands no ordinary crime, and feigning that an evil
  • spirit, called Shibta, has a right to sit on the food of him who
  • thus eats, and render it hurtful. the tradition
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  • among the Jews on such occasions; by which the Pharisees
  • released a child from supporting his parents; and even deemed it
  • sacrilege if he afterwards gave anything for their use.
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  • may bring guilt upon himself by eating to excess, and a Jew, by
  • eating what was forbidden by the Mosaic law; yet still the
  • pollution would arise from the wickedness of the heart, and be
  • just proportionable to it, which is all our Lord asserts.
  • Nothing
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  • evil
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  • evidently could not, by their natural efficacy, avail to produce
  • so wonderful an effect. As the ears of the deaf appear closed,
  • he applies his fingers to intimate that he would open them; and
  • as the tongue of the dumb seems to be tied, or to cleave to the
  • palate, he touches it, to intimate he would give loose and free
  • motion to it. He accommodated himself to the weakness of those
  • who might not indeed doubt his power, but fancy some external
  • sign was requisite to healing. It was also thus made manifest,
  • that this salutiferous power came from Himself, and that He who
  • by one word, had healed the man, must be Divine.
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  • 01 Christ feeds the people miraculously
  • 10 refuses to give a sign to the Pharisees
  • 14 admonishes his disciples to beware of the leaven of the
  • Pharisees, and of the leaven of Herod
  • 22 gives a blind man his sight
  • 27 acknowledges that he is the Christ who should suffer and rise
  • again
  • 34 and exhorts to patience in persecution for the profession of
  • the gospel
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  • thousand men, besides women and children. fed with seven loaves
  • or rather cakes and a few small fishes! Here there must have
  • been a manifest creation of substance--for, they all ate, and
  • were filled.
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  • Gennesareth, in the district of Magdala, and not far from the
  • city of that name.
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  • 01 Jesus is transfigured
  • 11 He instructs his disciples concerning the coming of Elias
  • 14 casts forth a deaf and dumb spirit
  • 30 foretells his death and resurrection
  • 33 exhorts his disciples to humility
  • 38 bidding them not to prohit such as are not against them, nor
  • to give offence to any of the faithful.
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  • the most zealous reformer and prophet of the Jewish church; and
  • their presence implied that the ministry of Christ was attested
  • by the law and the prophets.
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  • epileptic persons, some have ventured to assert that it was no
  • real possession; but the evangelist expressly affirms that he
  • had a dumb spirit which tare him, that our Lord charged him to
  • come out of him.
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  • contended, could our Lord with any propriety have thus addressed
  • it? If the demoniacal possession had been false, or merely a
  • vulgar error, would our Lord, the Revealer of truth, have thus
  • established falsehood, sanctioned error, or encouraged
  • deception, by teaching men to ascribe effects to the malice and
  • power of evil spirits, which they had no agency in producing?
  • Impossible! Such conduct is utterly unworthy the sacred
  • character of the Redeemer.
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  • 01 Christ disputes with the Pharisees touching divorcement
  • 13 blesses the children that are brought unto him
  • 17 resolves a rich man how he may inherit life everlasting
  • 23 tells his disciples of the danger of riches
  • 28 promises rewards to them that forsake any thing for the
  • gospel
  • 32 foretells his death aand resurrection
  • 35 bids the two ambitious suitors to think rather of sufffering
  • with him
  • 46 and restores to Bartimeus his sight.
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  • indefinable awe which the apostles began to feel for Jesus,
  • which the mighty miracles he wrought, and the air of majesty and
  • authority he now assumed, were calculated to inspire.
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  • their mother; but though she made the request as from herself,
  • yet it is evident that they had set her upon the business; and
  • the therefore Jesus, knowing whence it came, immediately
  • addressed the sons.
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  • nigh unto Jericho and afterwards records an event which took
  • place in that city. But the words may be rendered, When he was
  • nigh Jericho, which is equally true of him who is gone a little
  • way from it, as of him who is come near it; and as it is
  • probable that Jesus stayed some days in the neighbourhood, this
  • might occur as he went out of the city during that time, and he
  • might afterwards re-enter it.
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  • 01 Christ rides with triumph into Jerusalem
  • 12 curses the fruitless fig-tree
  • 15 purges the temple
  • 20 exhorts his disciples to stedfastness of faith, and to
  • forgive their enemies
  • 27 and defends the lawfulness of his actions by the witness of
  • John, who was a man sent of God.
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  • class of plants, seldom rising above twelve feet, but sending
  • off from the bottom many spreading branches. The leaves are of a
  • dark green colour, nearly a span long, smooth, and irregularly
  • divided into from three to five deep rounded lobes; and the
  • fruit grows on short and thick stalks, of a purplish colour, and
  • contains a soft, sweet, and fragrant pulp, intermixed with
  • numerous small seeds.
  • of ripe figs was not yet, is not the reason why our Lord did not
  • find any fruit on the tree, because the fig is of that class of
  • vegetables in which the fruit is formed in its immature state
  • before the leaves are seen. But as the fruit is of a pulpy
  • nature, the broad, thick leaves come out in profusion to protect
  • it from the rays of the sun during the time it is ripening. If
  • the words, for the time, however, are read as a parenthesis,
  • they then become a reason why Jesus Christ should look for
  • fruit, because the season for gathering not having fully come,
  • it would remove all suspicion that the fruit had been gathered:
  • while the presence of the leaves incontestably proved the
  • advance of the tree to the state in which fruit is found.
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  • for all nations. a den
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  • way-side, and was therefore not private, but public property; so
  • that the destruction of it really injured no one. Our Lord was
  • pleased to make use of this miracle to prefigure the speedy ruin
  • of the Jewish nation, on account of its unfruitfulness under
  • greater advantages than any other people enjoyed at that day;
  • and, like all the rest of his miracles, it was done with a
  • gracious intention, to alarm his countrymen, and induce them to
  • repent.
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  • 01 In a parable of the vineyard let out to wicked husbandmen
  • Christ foretells the reprobation of the Jews, and the calling of
  • the Gentiles
  • 13 He avoids the snare of the Pharisees and Herodians about
  • paying tribute to Cesar
  • 18 convicts the Sadducees of error, who denied the resurrection
  • 28 resolves the scribe, who questioned of the first commandment
  • 35 refutes the opinion that the scribes held of Christ
  • 38 bidding the people to beware of their ambition and hypocrisy
  • 41 and commends the poor widow for her two mites, above all
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  • the Sadducees admitted as Devine, our Lord confutes them by an
  • appeal to these books, and proves that they professed to hold
  • sacred. He not only rectified their opinions, but so explained
  • the doctrine as to overthrow the erroneous decision of the
  • Pharisees, that if two brothers married one woman, she should
  • be restored at the resurrection to the first.
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  • money.
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  • 01 Christ foretells the destruction of the temple
  • 09 the persecutions for the gospel
  • 10 that the gospel must be preached to all nations
  • 14 that great calamities shall happen to the Jews
  • 24 and the manner of his coming to judgment
  • 32 the hour whereas being known to none, every man is to watch
  • and pray, that we be not found unprovided, when he comes to each
  • one particularly by death.
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  • woman in travail.
  • -Mr13.9
  • courts of judicature in each city: see Mat 5.22. For the
  • fulfilment of these predictions, see note on mat ch 24.
  • -Mr13.10
  • -Mr13.11
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  • -Mr13.37
  • -Mr14.1
  • 01 A conspiracy against Christ
  • 03 Precious ointment is poured on his head by a woman
  • 10 Judas sells his Master for money
  • 12 Christ himself foretells how he shall be betrayed by one of
  • his disciples
  • 22 after the passover prepared, and eaten, institutes his last
  • supper
  • 26 declares aforehand the flight of all his disciples, and
  • Peter's denial
  • 43 Judas betrays him with a kiss
  • 46 He is apprehended in the garden
  • 53 falsely accused and impiously condemned of the Jews council
  • 65 shamefully abused by them
  • 66 and thrice denied of Peter
  • -Mr14.2
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  • -Mr14.4
  • -Mr14.5
  • -Mr14.6
  • -Mr14.7
  • -Mr14.8
  • that Matthew and Mark should have introduced this story out of
  • its place--that Lazarus, if he made this feast (which is not
  • expressly said by John,) should have made use of Simon's house,
  • as more convenient--and that Mary should have poured this
  • ointment on Christ's head and body, as well as on his
  • feet,--than that, within the compass of four days, Christ should
  • have been twice anointed with so costly a perfume; and that the
  • same value set upon the ointment, and the same words used in
  • defence of the woman, and all this in the presence of many of
  • the same persons; all which improbable particulars must be
  • admitted, if the stories be considered as different. The rebuke
  • which Judas received from Christ at this function determined
  • him in his resolution to betray his Master; and therefore
  • Christ's rebuke and Judas's revenge, are united, as cause and
  • effect, by Matthew and Mark.
  • -Mr14.9
  • -Mr14.10
  • -Mr14.11
  • -Mr14.12
  • -Mr14.13
  • -Mr14.14
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  • -Mr14.16
  • -Mr14.17
  • -Mr14.18
  • -Mr14.19
  • -Mr14.20
  • -Mr14.21
  • -Mr14.22
  • whether expressed or understood, being often equivalent to
  • signifies or represents.
  • -Mr14.23
  • -Mr14.24
  • -Mr14.25
  • -Mr14.26
  • term the great Hallel, or praise, and always sing at the paschal
  • festivity, they went.
  • -Mr14.27
  • -Mr14.28
  • -Mr14.29
  • -Mr14.30
  • -Mr14.31
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  • -Mr14.38
  • -Mr14.39
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  • -Mr14.46
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  • -Mr14.49
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  • -Mr14.58
  • -Mr14.59
  • -Mr14.60
  • -Mr14.61
  • -Mr14.62
  • always considered by the Jews as a description of the Messiah.
  • Our Saviour, therefore, now in his lowest state of humiliation,
  • asserted his claims as the Messiah, who shall appear in the
  • clouds of heaven, as the judge of the world.
  • -Mr14.63
  • -Mr14.64
  • -Mr14.65
  • -Mr14.66
  • -Mr14.67
  • -Mr14.68
  • -Mr14.69
  • another, as St. Matthew states, she who was the janitrix, or
  • door-keeper
  • -Mr14.70
  • produced by Lightfoot, and Schoetgen, it appears that the
  • Galileans used a very corrupt dialect and pronunciation;
  • interchanging the gutturals, and other letters, and so blending
  • or dividing words as to render them unintelligible, or convey a
  • contrary sense. Thus when a Galilean would have asked, whose is
  • this lamb, he pronounced the first word so confusedly that it
  • could not be known whether he meant an ass, wine, wool, or a
  • lamb. A certain woman intending to say to a judge, My lord, I
  • had a picture which they stole; and it was so great, that if you
  • had been placed in it, your feet would not have touched the
  • ground, so spoiled it by her pronunciation, that her words
  • meant, Sir slave, I had a beam, and they stole thee away; and it
  • was so great, that if they had hung thee on it, thy feet would
  • not have touched the ground.
  • -Mr14.71
  • -Mr14.72
  • he began to weep
  • -Mr15.1
  • 01 Jesus brought bound, and accused before Pilate
  • 06 Upon the clamour of the common people, the murderer Barabbas
  • is loosed, and Jesus delivered up to be crucified
  • 16 He is crowned with thorns, spit on, and mocked
  • 21 faints in bearing his cross
  • 27 hangs between two thieves
  • 29 suffers the triumphing reproaches of the Jews
  • 39 but is confessed by the centurion to be the Son of God
  • 42 and is honourably buried by Joseph
  • -Mr15.2
  • -Mr15.3
  • -Mr15.4
  • -Mr15.5
  • -Mr15.6
  • -Mr15.7
  • -Mr15.8
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  • -Mr15.11
  • -Mr15.12
  • -Mr15.13
  • -Mr15.14
  • -Mr15.15
  • -Mr15.16
  • house of the praetor, a military, and sometimes a civil
  • officer.
  • -Mr15.17
  • -Mr15.18
  • -Mr15.19
  • -Mr15.20
  • -Mr15.21
  • -Mr15.22
  • -Mr15.23
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  • -Mr15.27
  • -Mr15.28
  • -Mr15.29
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  • -Mr15.37
  • -Mr15.38
  • -Mr15.39
  • commander of a century, or 100 men. In order to have a proper
  • notion of his office, it may be desirable to explain the
  • construction and array of the Roman legion. Each legion was
  • divided into ten cohorts, each cohort into three maniples, and
  • each maniple into two centuries; so that there were thirty
  • maniples, and sixty centuries in a legion, which, if the century
  • had always, as the word imports, consisted of 100 soldiers,
  • would have formed a combined phalanx of 6000 men. The number in
  • a legion, however, varied at different periods; in the time of
  • Polybius it was the hastati, or spearmen, occupied the front;
  • the principes, the second line; the triarii, (also called
  • pilani, from their weapon, the pilam,) the third. The centurions
  • were appointed by the tribunes, and generally selected from the
  • common soldiers according to their merit; although the office
  • was sometimes obtained for money, or through the favour of the
  • consuls. Their badge was a vine rod, or sapling.
  • -Mr15.40
  • -Mr15.41
  • -Mr15.42
  • -Mr15.43
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  • -Mr16.1
  • 01 An Angel declares the resurrection of Christ to three women
  • 09 Christ himself appears to Mary Magdalene
  • 12 to two going into the country
  • 14 then to the apostles
  • 15 whom he send forth to preach the gospel
  • 19 and ascends into heaven
  • -Mr16.2
  • the sepulchre, and, in consequence of that, two distinct reports
  • to the disciples; that Mary Magdalene, with the other Mary and
  • Salome, set out not only early, but very early in the morning,
  • before the time appointed to meet Joanna and the other women
  • there. (lu 24.10). This interpretation, which is adopted by
  • several eminent writers, is very probable, and reconciles the
  • apparent discrepancy in the evangelists.
  • -Mr16.3
  • -Mr16.4
  • -Mr16.5
  • mentioned by St. Matthew. The latter sat in the porch of the
  • tomb, and had assumed a terrible appearance to overawe the
  • guard. (Mat 28.1) But this appeared as a young man, within the
  • sepulchre, in the inner apartment. The two angels spoken of by
  • St. John (ch 20.11) appeared some time after these; but whether
  • they were the same or different cannot be ascertained; nor
  • whether the angels which manifested themselves to the second
  • party of women, recorded by St. Luke (ch 24.4) were the same or
  • different.
  • -Mr16.6
  • -Mr16.7
  • -Mr16.8
  • -Mr16.9
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  • -Mr16.11
  • -Mr16.12
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  • -Mr16.17
  • -Mr16.18
  • should not lose their life by poison, and there is neither
  • record nor tradition to disprove it. But it is worthy of remark,
  • that Mohammed, who styled himself the apostle of God, lost his
  • life by poison; and, had he been a true prophet, or a true
  • apostle of God, he would not have fallen into the snare.
  • -Mr16.19
  • -Mr16.20
  • -Lu1.1
  • The Gospel According to Luke
  • CONCLUDING REMARKS
  • Luke, to whom this Gospel has been uniformly attributed from the
  • earliest ages of the Christian church, is generally allowed to
  • have been the 'beloved physician' mentioned by St. Paul,
  • (Col.iv,14;) and as he was the companion of that apostle, in all
  • his labours and sufferings, for many years, (Ac. xvi.12; xx.1-6;
  • xxvii.1,2; xxviii.13-16 2ti iv.11 phile 24,) and wrote 'the Acts
  • of the Apostles,' which conclude with a brief account of St.
  • Paul's imprisonment at Rome, we may be assured that he had the
  • Apostle's sanction to what he did; and probably this Gospel was
  • written some time before that event, about A.D. 63 or 64, as is
  • generally supposed. He would appear, from Col iv.10,11, and his
  • intimate acquaintance with the Greek language, as well as from
  • his
  • Greek name [xxxxxx], to have been of Gentile extraction; and
  • according to Eusebius and others, he was a native of Antioch.
  • But, from the Hebraisms occuring in his writings, and especially
  • from his accurate knowledge of the Jewish rites, ceremonies, and
  • customs, it is highly probable that he was a Jewish proselyte,
  • and
  • afterwards converted to Christianity. Though he may not have
  • been, as some have affirmed, one of the seventy disciples, and
  • an
  • eye-witness of our Saviour's miracles, yet his intercourse with
  • the apostles, and those who were eye-witnesses of the works and
  • ear witnesses of the words of Christ, renders him an
  • unexceptional
  • witness, if considered merely as an historian; and the early and
  • unanimous reception of his Gospel as divinely inspired is
  • sufficient to satisy every reasonable person.
  • 5-25 The conception of John the Baptist
  • 26-38 and of Christ
  • 39-56 The prophecy of Elizabeth and of Mary, concerning Christ
  • 57-66 The nativity and acircumcision of John
  • 67-75 The prophecy of Zacharias, both of Christ
  • 76-80 and of John
  • measure; and is applied to a ship fully laden, to a tree in full
  • bearing, etc. Hence it implies that fulness of evidence by
  • which
  • any fact is supported, and also that confidence, or feeling of
  • assent, by which facts so supported are believed.
  • -Lu1.2
  • Luke 1:2
  • -Lu1.3
  • Luke 1:3
  • -Lu1.4
  • Luke 1:4
  • -Lu1.5
  • Luke 1:5
  • -Lu1.6
  • Luke 1:6
  • -Lu1.7
  • Luke 1:7
  • -Lu1.8
  • Luke 1:8
  • -Lu1.9
  • Luke 1:9
  • -Lu1.10
  • Luke 1:10
  • -Lu1.11
  • Luke 1:11
  • -Lu1.12
  • Luke 1:12
  • -Lu1.13
  • Luke 1:13
  • -Lu1.14
  • Luke 1:14
  • -Lu1.15
  • Luke 1:15
  • -Lu1.16
  • Lu 1:16
  • -Lu1.17
  • Luke 1:17
  • -Lu1.18
  • Luke 1:18
  • -Lu1.19
  • Luke 1:19
  • -Lu1.20
  • Luke 1:20
  • imperfection or debility of the organs of speech, as in dumbness
  • yet, thou shalt not be able to speak. This was at once a proof
  • of
  • the severity and mercy of God; of severity, in condeming him to
  • nine months' silence for his unbelief; of mercy, in rendering
  • his
  • punishment temporary, and the means of making others rejoice in
  • the events predicted.
  • -Lu1.21
  • Luke 1:21
  • -Lu1.22
  • Luke 1.22
  • -Lu1.23
  • Luke 1:23
  • -Lu1.24
  • Luke 1:24
  • -Lu1.25
  • Luke 1:25
  • -Lu1.26
  • Luke 1:26
  • -Lu1.27
  • Luke 1:27
  • -Lu1.28
  • Luke 1:28
  • -Lu1.29
  • Luke 1:29
  • -Lu1.30
  • Luke 1:30
  • -Lu1.31
  • Luke 1:31
  • -Lu1.32
  • Luke 1:32
  • -Lu1.33
  • Luke 1:33
  • -Lu1.34
  • Luke 1:34
  • -Lu1.35
  • Luke 1:35
  • -Lu1.36
  • Luke 1:36
  • -Lu1.37
  • Luke 1:37
  • -Lu1.38
  • Luke 1:38
  • -Lu1.39
  • Luke 1:39
  • situated in the hill country of Judea, (Jos 11.21; 21.11,13,)
  • about 25 miles south of Jerusalem, and nearly 100 from Nazareth.
  • Such was the intense desire of Mary's mind to visit and
  • communicate with her relative Elisabeth, that she scrupled not
  • to
  • undertake this long journey to effect her purpose.
  • -Lu1.40
  • Luke 1:40
  • -Lu1.41
  • Luke 1:41
  • -Lu1.42
  • Luke 1:42
  • -Lu1.43
  • Luke 1:43
  • -Lu1.44
  • Luke 1:44
  • -Lu1.45
  • Luke 1:45
  • -Lu1.46
  • Luke 1:46
  • -Lu1.47
  • Luke 1:47
  • -Lu1.48
  • Luke 1:48
  • -Lu1.49
  • Luke 1:49
  • -Lu1.50
  • Luke 1:50
  • -Lu1.51
  • Luke 1:51
  • -Lu1.52
  • Luke 1:52
  • -Lu1.53
  • Luke 1:53
  • -Lu1.54
  • Luke 1:54
  • -Lu1.55
  • Luke 1:55
  • -Lu1.56
  • Luke 1:56
  • -Lu1.57
  • Luke 1:57
  • -Lu1.58
  • Luke 1:58
  • -Lu1.59
  • Luke 1:59
  • -Lu1.60
  • Luke 1:60
  • -Lu1.61
  • Luke 1:61
  • -Lu1.62
  • Luke 1:62
  • -Lu1.63
  • Luke 1:63
  • -Lu1.64
  • Luke 1:64
  • -Lu1.65
  • Luke 1:65
  • -Lu1.66
  • Luke 1:66
  • -Lu1.67
  • Luke 1:67
  • -Lu1.68
  • Luke 1:68
  • -Lu1.69
  • Luke 1:69
  • -Lu1.70
  • Luke 1:70
  • -Lu1.71
  • Luke 1:71
  • -Lu1.72
  • Luke 1:72
  • -Lu1.73
  • Luke 1:73
  • -Lu1.74
  • Luke 1:74
  • -Lu1.75
  • Luke 1:75
  • -Lu1.76
  • Luke 1:76
  • -Lu1.77
  • Luke 1:77
  • -Lu1.78
  • Luke 1:78
  • -Lu1.79
  • Luke 1.79
  • -Lu1.80
  • Luke 1:80
  • -Lu2.1
  • Luke 2:1
  • 6,7 The nativity of Christ
  • 8-14 An angel relates it to the shepherds, and many sing praises
  • to God for it,
  • 15-20 The shepherds glorify God
  • 21 Christ is circumcised
  • 22-24 Mary purified
  • 25-38 Simeon and Anna prophesy of Christ
  • 39,40 who increases in wisdom
  • 41-50 questions in the temple with the doctors
  • 51,52 and is obedient to his parents
  • -Lu2.2
  • Luke 2:2
  • -Lu2.3
  • Luke 2:3
  • -Lu2.4
  • Luke 2:4
  • -Lu2.5
  • Luke 2:5
  • -Lu2.6
  • Luke 2:6
  • -Lu2.7
  • Luke 2:7
  • -Lu2.8
  • Luke 2:8
  • -Lu2.9
  • Luke 2:9
  • -Lu2.10
  • Luke 2:10
  • -Lu2.11
  • Luke 2:11
  • -Lu2.12
  • Luke 2:12
  • -Lu2.13
  • Luke 2:13
  • -Lu2.14
  • Luke 2:14
  • -Lu2.15
  • Luke 2:15
  • -Lu2.16
  • Luke 2:16
  • -Lu2.17
  • Luke 2:17
  • -Lu2.18
  • Luke 2:18
  • -Lu2.19
  • Luke 2:19
  • -Lu2.20
  • Luke 2:20
  • -Lu2.21
  • Luke 2:21
  • -Lu2.22
  • Luke 2:22
  • -Lu2.23
  • Luke 2:23
  • -Lu2.24
  • Luke 2:24
  • -Lu2.25
  • Luke 2:25
  • -Lu2.26
  • Luke 2:26
  • corresponding to []
  • -Lu2.27
  • Luke 2:27
  • -Lu2.28
  • Luke 2:28
  • -Lu2.29
  • Luke 2:29
  • -Lu2.30
  • Luke 2:30
  • -Lu2.31
  • Luke 2:31
  • -Lu2.32
  • Luke 2:32
  • -Lu2.33
  • Luke 2:33
  • -Lu2.34
  • Luke 2:34
  • -Lu2.35
  • Luke 2:35
  • -Lu2.36
  • Luke 2:36
  • -Lu2.37
  • Luke 2:37
  • -Lu2.38
  • Luke 2:38
  • -Lu2.39
  • Luke 2:39
  • Lower Galilee, according to Eusebius, fifteen miles east of
  • Legio,
  • near mount Tabor, and, according to D'Arvieux, about eight
  • leagues, or accordind to Maundrell, seven liours, or about
  • twenty
  • miles S.E. of Acre. It is one of the principal towns of the
  • Pashalic of Acre, containing a population of about 3000 souls,
  • of
  • whom 500 are turks, the remainder being Christians. It is
  • delightfully situated on elevated ground, in a valley,
  • encompassed
  • by mountains.
  • -Lu2.40
  • Luke 2:40
  • -Lu2.41
  • Luke 2:41
  • -Lu2.42
  • Luke 2:42
  • -Lu2.44
  • Luke 2:44
  • -Lu2.45
  • Luke 2:45
  • -Lu2.46
  • Luke 2:46
  • -Lu2.47
  • Luke 2:47
  • -Lu2.48
  • Luke 2:48
  • -Lu2.49
  • Luke 2:49
  • -Lu2.50
  • Luke 2:50
  • -Lu2.51
  • Luke 2:51
  • -Lu2.52
  • Luke 2:52
  • -Lu3.1
  • Luke 3:1
  • 19,20 his testimony of Christ
  • 21,22 Christ, baptized, receives testimony from heaven
  • 23-38 The age and geneology of Christ from Joseph upwards
  • Djedour, according to Burckhardt, and comprising all the flat
  • country south of Djebel Kessoue as far as Nowa, east of Djebel
  • el
  • Sheikh, or mount Hermon, and west of the Hadj road. Trachonitis,
  • according to Strablo and Ptolemy, comprehended all the uneven
  • country on the east of Auranitis, now Haouran, from near
  • Damascus
  • to Bozra, now called El Ledja and Djebel Haouran. Abilene was a
  • district in the valley of Lebanon, so called from Abila its
  • chief
  • town, eighteen miles N. of Damascus, according Antoninus.
  • -Lu3.2
  • Luke 3:2
  • -Lu3.3
  • Luke 3:3
  • -Lu3.4
  • Luke 3:4
  • -Lu3.5
  • Luke 3:5
  • -Lu3.6
  • Luke 3:6
  • -Lu3.7
  • Luke 3:7
  • -Lu3.8
  • Luke 3:8
  • -Lu3.9
  • Luke 3:9
  • -Lu3.10
  • Luke 3:10
  • -Lu3.11
  • Luke 3:11
  • -Lu3.12
  • Luke 3:12
  • -Lu3.13
  • Luke 3:13
  • -Lu3.14
  • Luke 3:14
  • -Lu3.15
  • Luke 3:15
  • -Lu3.16
  • Luke 3:16
  • -Lu3.17
  • Luke 3:17
  • -Lu3.18
  • Luke 3:18
  • -Lu3.19
  • Luke 3:19
  • -Lu3.20
  • Luke 3:20
  • -Lu3.21
  • Luke 3:21
  • -Lu3.22
  • Luke 3:22
  • -Lu3.23
  • Luke 3:23
  • The real father of Joseph was Jacob (Mat 1.16); but having
  • married
  • the daughter of Heli, and being perhaps adopted by him, he was
  • called his son, and as such was entered in the public registers;
  • Mary not being mentioned, because the Hebrews never permitted
  • the
  • name of a woman to enter the genealogical tables, but inserted
  • her
  • husband as the son of him who was in reality, but his
  • father-in-law. Hence it appears that St. Matthew, who wrote
  • principally for the Jews, traces the pedigree of Jesus Christ
  • though whom the promises were given to the Jews, to David, and
  • from David through the line of Solomon, to Jacob, the father of
  • Joseph, the reputed or legal father of Christ; and that St.
  • Luke,
  • who wrote for the Gentiles, extends his genealogy upwards from
  • Heli, the father of Mary, through the line of Nathan, to David,
  • and from David to Abraham, and from Abraham to Adam, who was
  • the
  • immediate 'son of God' by creation, and to whom the promise of
  • the
  • Saviour was given in behalf of himself and all his posterity.
  • The
  • two branches of descent from David, by Solomon and Nathan, being
  • thus united in the persons of Mary and Joseph, Jesus the son of
  • Mary re-united in himself all the blood, privileges, and rights,
  • of the whole family of David; in consequence of which he is
  • emphatically called 'the Son of David.'
  • -Lu3.24
  • Luke 3:24
  • -Lu3.25
  • Luke 3:25
  • -Lu3.26
  • Luke 3:26
  • -Lu3.27
  • Luke 3:27
  • -Lu3.28
  • Luke 3:28
  • -Lu3.29
  • Luke 3:29
  • -Lu3.30
  • Luke 3:30
  • -Lu3.31
  • Luke 3:31
  • -Lu3.32
  • Luke 3:32
  • -Lu3.33
  • Luke 3:33
  • -Lu3.34
  • Luke 3:34
  • -Lu3.35
  • Luke 3:35
  • -Lu3.36
  • Luke 3:36
  • genealogies, but only in the Septuagint; from which, prbably,
  • the
  • evangelist transcribed the register, as sufficiently exact for
  • his
  • purpose, and as more generally suited to command attention.
  • here, from Nathan downwards, as in Joseph's geneaology, yet
  • there
  • appears no sufficient evidence that the same persons were
  • intended, different persons often bearing the same name.
  • -Lu3.37
  • Luke 3:37
  • -Lu3.38
  • Luke 3:38
  • -Lu4.1
  • Luke 4:1
  • 14-15 He begins to preach
  • 16-32 The people of Nazareth admire his gracious words, but
  • being
  • offended, seek to kill him.
  • 33-37 He cures one possesed of a devil
  • 38,39 Peter's mother-in-law
  • 40 and divers other sick persons
  • 41 The devils acknowledge Christ, and are reproved for it,
  • 42-44 He preaches through the cities of Galilee
  • -Lu4.2
  • Luke 4:2
  • -Lu4.3
  • Luke 4:3
  • -Lu4.4
  • Luke 4:4
  • -Lu4.5
  • Luke 4:5
  • -Lu4.6
  • Luke 4:6
  • -Lu4.7
  • Luke 4:7
  • -Lu4.8
  • Luke 4:8
  • -Lu4.9
  • Luke 4:9
  • -Lu4.10
  • Luke 4:10
  • -Lu4.11
  • Luke 4:11
  • -Lu4.12
  • Luke 4:12
  • -Lu4.13
  • Luke 4:13
  • -Lu4.14
  • Luke 4:14
  • -Lu4.15
  • Luke 4:15
  • -Lu4.16
  • Luke 4:16
  • -Lu4.17
  • Luke 4:17
  • anciently (as they are still in the synagogues) written on skins
  • of parchment, and rolled on two rollers, beginning on each end,
  • so
  • that in reading from right to left, they rolled off with the
  • left
  • hand while they rolled on with the right.
  • -Lu4.18
  • Luke 4:18
  • -Lu4.19
  • Luke 4:19
  • -Lu4.20
  • Luke 4:20
  • -Lu4.21
  • Luke 4:21
  • -Lu4.22
  • Luke 4:22
  • -Lu4.23
  • Luke 4:23
  • -Lu4.24
  • Luke 4:24
  • -Lu4.25
  • Luke 4:25
  • -Lu4.26
  • Luke 4:26
  • iterranean, is called Zarphand by the Arabian geographer Sherif
  • Ibn Idris, who places it twenty miles N. of Tyre, and ten S. of
  • Sidon; but its real distance from Tyre is about fifteen miles,
  • the
  • whole distance from that city to Sidon being only twenty-five
  • miles. Maundrell states that the place shewn him for this city,
  • called Sarphan, consisted of only a few houses, on the tops of
  • the
  • mountains, within about half a mile of the sea; between which
  • there were ruins of considerable extent.
  • -Lu4.27
  • Luke 4:27
  • -Lu4.28
  • Luke 4:28
  • -Lu4.29
  • Luke 4:29
  • -Lu4.30
  • Luke 4:30
  • -Lu4.31
  • Luke 4:31
  • -Lu4.32
  • Luke 4:32
  • -Lu4.33
  • Luke 4:33
  • -Lu4.34
  • Luke 4:34
  • -Lu4.35
  • Luke 4:35
  • -Lu4.36
  • Luke 4:36
  • -Lu4.37
  • Luke 4:37
  • Clarke. The people are represented as struck with astonishment,
  • and the sound goes out through all the coasts; in allusion to
  • the
  • propagation of sound by a smart stroke upon any substance.
  • -Lu4.38
  • Luke 4:38
  • -Lu4.39
  • Luke 4:39
  • -Lu4.40
  • Luke 4:40
  • -Lu4.41
  • Luke 4:41
  • -Lu4.42
  • Luke 4:42
  • -Lu4.43
  • Luke 4:43
  • -Lu4.44
  • Luke 4:44
  • Is. 9.1,2 assert that Galilee was the place where the Messiah
  • should first appear. Thus also Is 2.19, 'When he shall arise to
  • smite terribly the earth,' is expounded in the book Zohar, as
  • referring to the Messiah: 'When he shall arise; [], and shall
  • be
  • revealed in the land of Galilee.'
  • -Lu5.1
  • Luke 5:1
  • 4-11 in a miraculous taking of fishes, shews how he will make
  • him and his partners fishers of men
  • 12-15 cleanses the leper
  • 16 prays in the wilderness
  • 17-26 heals one sick of the palsy
  • 27-28 calls Matthew the Publican
  • 29-32 eats with sinners, as being the physician of souls
  • 33-35 foretells the fastings and afflictions of the apostles
  • after
  • his ascension
  • 36-39 and illustrates the matter by the parable of old bottles
  • and
  • worn garments
  • -Lu5.2
  • Luke 5.2
  • -Lu5.3
  • Luke 5:3
  • -Lu5.4
  • Luke 5:4
  • -Lu5.5
  • Luke 5.5
  • -Lu5.6
  • Luke 5:6
  • -Lu5.7
  • Luke 5:7
  • -Lu5.8
  • Luke 4:8
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  • Luke 5:9
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  • Luke 5:10
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  • Luke 5:11
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  • Luke 5:11
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  • Luke 5:13
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  • Luke 5:14
  • -Lu5.15
  • Luke 5:15
  • -Lu5.16
  • Luke 5:16
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  • Luke 5:17
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  • Luke 5:18
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  • Luke 5:19
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  • Luke 5:20
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  • Luke 5:21
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  • Luke 5:22
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  • Luke 5:23
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  • Luke 5:24
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  • Luke 5:25
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  • Luke 5:26
  • -Lu5.27
  • Luke 5:27
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  • Luke 5:28
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  • Luke 5:29
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  • Luke 5:30
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  • Luke 5:31
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  • Luke 5:32
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  • Luke 5:33
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  • Luke 5:34
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  • Luke 5:35
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  • Luke 5:36
  • -Lu5.37
  • Luke 5:37
  • -Lu5.38
  • Luke 5:38
  • -Lu5.39
  • Luke 5:39
  • -Lu6.1
  • Luke 6:1
  • 12-16 chooses apostles
  • 17-19 heals the diseased
  • 20-49 preaches to his disciples before the people
  • -Lu6.2
  • Luke 6:2
  • -Lu6.3
  • Luke 6:3
  • -Lu6.4
  • Luke 6:4
  • -Lu6.5
  • Luke 6:5
  • -Lu6.6
  • Luke 6:6
  • -Lu6.7
  • Luke 6:7
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  • Luke 6:8
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  • Luke 6:9
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  • Luke 6:10
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  • Luke 6:11
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  • Luke 6:12
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  • Luke 6:13
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  • Luke 6:14
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  • Luke 6:15
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  • Luke 6:16
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  • Luke 6:17
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  • Luke 6:18
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  • Luke 6:19
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  • Luke 6:20
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  • Luke 6:21
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  • Luke 6:22
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  • -Lu6.24
  • Luke 6:24
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  • Luke 6:25
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  • Luke 6:26
  • -Lu6.27
  • Luke 6:27
  • -Lu6.28
  • Luke 6:28
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  • Luke 6.29
  • -Lu6.30
  • Luke 6:30
  • -Lu6.31
  • Like 6:31
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  • Luke 6:32
  • -Lu6.33
  • Luke 6:33
  • -Lu6.34
  • Luke 6:34
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  • Luke 6:35
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  • Luke 6:36
  • -Lu6.37
  • Luke 6:37
  • -Lu6.38
  • Luke 6:38
  • -Lu6.39
  • Luke 6:39
  • -Lu6.40
  • Luke 6:40
  • as his master.
  • -Lu6.41
  • Luke 6:41
  • -Lu6.42
  • Luke 6:42
  • -Lu6.43
  • Luke 6:43
  • -Lu6.44
  • Luke 6:44
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  • Luke 6:45
  • -Lu6.46
  • Luke 6:46
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  • Luke 6.47
  • -Lu6.48
  • Luke 6:48
  • -Lu6.49
  • Luke 6:49
  • -Lu7.1
  • Luke 7:1
  • than in any of the Jews,
  • 10 heals his servant, being absent
  • 11-17 raises from death the widow's son at Nain
  • 18-23 answers John's messengers with the declaration of his
  • miracles
  • 24-30 testifies to the people what opinion he had of John
  • 31-35 inveighs against the Jews, who with neither the manners of
  • John nor of Jesus could be won
  • 36-50 and suffering his feet to be washed and anoited by a woman
  • who was a sinner, he shews how he is a friend to sinners, to
  • forgive them their sins, upon their repentance
  • -Lu7.2
  • Luke 7:2
  • -Lu7.3
  • Luke 7:3
  • -Lu7.4
  • Luke 7:4
  • -Lu7.5
  • Luke 7:5
  • -Lu7.6
  • Luke 7:6
  • -Lu7.7
  • Luke 7:7
  • -Lu7.8
  • Luke 7:8
  • -Lu7.9
  • Luke 7:9
  • -Lu7.10
  • Luke 7:10
  • -Lu7.11
  • Luke 7:11
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  • Luke 7:12
  • -Lu7.13
  • Luke 7:13
  • -Lu7.14
  • Luke 7:14
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  • Luke 7:15
  • -Lu7.16
  • Luke 7:16
  • -Lu7.17
  • Luke 7:17
  • -Lu7.18
  • Luke 7:18
  • -Lu7.19
  • Luke 7:19
  • sign from heaven, and the miraculous impulse which made him
  • acknowledge Jesus the Messiah, we shall be constrained to think
  • that he sent to Christ, not for his own satisfaction, but for
  • that
  • of his disciples.
  • -Lu7.20
  • Luke 7:20
  • -Lu7.21
  • Luke 7:21
  • disorders.
  • -Lu7.22
  • Luke 7:22
  • -Lu7.23
  • Luke 7:23
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  • Luke 7:24
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  • Luke 7:25
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  • Luke 7:26
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  • Luke 7:27
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  • Luke 7:28
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  • Luke 7:29
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  • Luke 7:31
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  • Luke 7:32
  • -Lu7.33
  • Luke 7:33
  • -Lu7.34
  • Luke 7:34
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  • Luke 7:35
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  • Luke 7:36
  • -Lu7.37
  • Luke 7:37
  • -Lu7.38
  • Luke 7:38
  • -Lu7.39
  • Luke 7:39
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  • Luke 7:40
  • -Lu7.41
  • Luke 7:41
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  • Luke 7:42
  • -Lu7.43
  • Luke 7:43
  • -Lu7.44
  • Luke 7:44
  • -Lu7.45
  • Luke 7:45
  • Many have supposed that this person was Mary Magdalene, and
  • Mary,
  • the sister of Lazarus. But there is no indication in the gospel
  • history, that Mary Magdalene was the sister of Lazarus; but on
  • the
  • contrary, it would appear that they were perfectly distint
  • persons, the sister of Lazarus residing at Bethany, while Mary
  • Magdalene appears to have resided at Magdala, east of Jordan, a
  • distance of nearly ninety miles. Add to this, that our Saviour
  • seems to have been now in or near Nain, not at Bethany; and the
  • woman appears from the recital to have been previously unknown
  • to
  • him.
  • -Lu7.46
  • Luke 7:46
  • -Lu7.47
  • Luke 7:47
  • -Lu7.48
  • Luke 7:48
  • -Lu7.49
  • Luke 7:49
  • -Lu7.50
  • Luke 7:50
  • -Lu8.1
  • Luke 8:1
  • 4-15 Christ, after he had preached from place to place, attended
  • by his apostles, propounds the parable of the sower,
  • 16-18 and the candle,
  • 19-21 declares who are his mother, and brethren
  • 22-25 rebukes the winds
  • 26-36 casts the legion of devils out of the man into the herd of
  • swine,
  • 37-42 is rejected by the Gaderenes,
  • 43-48 heals the woman of her bloody issue
  • 49-56 and raises from death Jairus's daughter
  • -Lu8.2
  • Luke 8:2
  • -Lu8.3
  • Luke 8:3
  • -Lu8.4
  • Luke 8:4
  • -Lu8.5
  • Luke 8:5
  • -Lu8.6
  • Luke 8:6
  • -Lu8.7
  • Luke 8:7
  • -Lu8.8
  • Luke 8:8
  • -Lu8.9
  • Luke 8:9
  • -Lu8.10
  • Luke 8:10
  • -Lu8.11
  • Luke 8:11
  • -Lu8.12
  • Luke 8:12
  • -Lu8.13
  • Luke 8:13
  • -Lu8.14
  • Luke 8:14
  • -Lu8.15
  • Luke 8:15
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  • Luke 8:16
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  • Luke 8:17
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  • Luke 8.18
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  • Luke 8:19
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  • Luke 8.20
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  • Luke 8:21
  • -Lu8.22
  • Luke 8:22
  • -Lu8.23
  • Luke 8:23
  • -Lu8.24
  • Luke 8:24
  • of the wind, it was necessary to remove the cause of the
  • commotion
  • before the effect would cease. But who, by simply saying 'Peace,
  • be still,' (Mar 4.39) could do this but God? One word of our
  • Lord
  • can change the face of nature, and calm the troubled ocean, as
  • well as restore peace to the disconsolate soul.
  • -Lu8.25
  • Luke 8:25
  • -Lu8.26
  • Luke 8:26
  • -Lu8.27
  • Luke 8:27
  • -Lu8.28
  • Luke 8:28
  • -Lu8.29
  • Luke 8:29
  • -Lu8.30
  • Luke 8:30
  • -Lu8.31
  • Luke 8:31
  • many of these fallen spirits are detained; and to which some,
  • who
  • may, like these, have been permitted for a while to range at
  • large, are sometimes by Divine justice and power remanded.'
  • -Lu8.32
  • Luke 8:32
  • -Lu8.33
  • Luke 8:33
  • and the reality of diabolicalagency; 'for,' says Dr. Doddridge,
  • 'it was self-evident that a herd of swine could not be
  • confederates in any fraud; their death, therefore, in this
  • instructive circumstance, was ten thousand times a greater
  • blessing to mankind than if they had been slain for food, as was
  • intended.
  • -Lu8.34
  • Luke 8:34
  • -Lu8.35
  • Luke 8:35
  • -Lu8.36
  • Luke 8:36
  • -Lu8.37
  • Luke 8:37
  • -Lu8.38
  • Luke 8:38
  • -Lu8.39
  • Luke 8:39
  • -Lu8.40
  • Luke 8:40
  • -Lu8.41
  • Luke 8:41
  • -Lu8.42
  • Luke 8:42
  • -Lu8.43
  • Luke 8:43
  • -Lu8.44
  • Luke 8:44
  • -Lu8.45
  • Luke 8:45
  • Epiphanius, 'but that he might not be himself the divulger of
  • the
  • miracle, and that the woman, hearing the question, and drawing
  • near, might testify the singular benefit she had received, and
  • that, in consequence of her declaration, she might presently
  • hear
  • from his lips, that her faith had saved her; and by this means,
  • others might be excited to come and be healed of their
  • disorders.'
  • -Lu8.46
  • Luke 9:46
  • -Lu8.47
  • Luke 8:47
  • -Lu8.48
  • Luke 8:48
  • -Lu8.49
  • Luke 8:49
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  • Luke 8:50
  • -Lu8.51
  • Luke 8:51
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  • Luke 8:52
  • -Lu8.53
  • Luke 8:53
  • -Lu8.54
  • Luke 8:54
  • -Lu8.55
  • Luke 8:55
  • strongly implies, that at death the soul not only exists
  • separately, but returns and is re-united to the body, when it is
  • raised from the dead.
  • -Lu8.56
  • Luke 8:56
  • -Lu9.1
  • Luke 9:1
  • 7-9 Herod desires to see Christ
  • 10-11 The apostles return
  • 12-17 Christ feeds five thousand
  • 18-22 enquires what opinion the world had of him; fortells his
  • passion;
  • 23-27 proposes to all the pattern of his patience
  • 28-36 The transfiguration
  • 37-42 He heals the lunatic
  • 43-45 again forwarns his disciples of his passion
  • 46-50 commends humility
  • 51-56 bids them to shew mildness towards all, without desire of
  • revenge
  • 57-62 Divers would follow him, but upon conditions
  • -Lu9.2
  • Luke 9:2
  • -Lu9.3
  • Luke 9:3
  • -Lu9.4
  • Luke 9:4
  • -Lu9.5
  • Luke 9:5
  • -Lu9.6
  • Luke 9:6
  • -Lu9.7
  • Luke 9.7
  • properly signfies a prince, or ruler over a quarter of any
  • region; and had its origin from Galatia, which was governed by
  • four princes. In the New Testament, however, it denotes a
  • prince,
  • or king, who reigns over the fourth part of a former kingdom. By
  • Herod's will his kingdom was thus divided among his sons:
  • Archelaus had one-half, consisting of Idumea, Judea, and
  • Samaria;
  • Herod Antipas, one fourth, consisting of Galilee and Perea; and
  • Philip the remaining fourth, consisting of Batanea, Trachonitis,
  • and Aurantis.
  • -Lu9.8
  • Luke 9.8
  • -Lu9.9
  • Luke 9:9
  • -Lu9.10
  • Luke 9:10
  • -Lu9.11
  • Luke 9:11
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  • Luke 9:12
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  • Luke 9:13
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  • Luke 9:14
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  • Luke 9:15
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  • Luke 9:16
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  • Luke 9:17
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  • Luke 9:18
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  • Luke 9:19
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  • Luke 9.20
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  • Luke 9:21
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  • Luke 9.22
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  • Luke 9:23
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  • Luke 9:24
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  • Luke 9:25
  • -Lu9.26
  • Luke 9:26
  • -Lu9.27
  • Luke 9:27
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  • Luke 9:28
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  • Luke 9:29
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  • Luke 9:30
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  • Luke 9:31
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  • Luke 9:32
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  • Luke 9:33
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  • Luke 9:34
  • -Lu9.35
  • Luke 9:35
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  • Luke 9:36
  • -Lu9.37
  • Luke 9:37
  • -Lu9.38
  • Luke 9:39
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  • Luke 9:39
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  • Luke 9:40
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  • Luke 9:41
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  • Luke 9:42
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  • Luke 9:44
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  • Luke 9:45
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  • Luke 9:46
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  • Luke 9:47
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  • Luke 9:48
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  • Luke 9:55
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  • Luke 9:56
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  • Luke 9:57
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  • Luke 9:58
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  • Luke 9:59
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  • Luke 9:60
  • -Lu9.61
  • Luke 9:61
  • -Lu9.62
  • Luke 9:62
  • -Lu10.1
  • Luke 10:1
  • miracles, and to preach
  • 13-16 pronounces a woe against certain cities
  • 17-22 The seventy return with joy; he shews them wherein to
  • rejoice
  • and thanks his Father for his grace
  • 23,24 magnifies the happy state of his church
  • 25-37 teaches the lawyer how to attain eternal life, and to take
  • every one for his neighbor that needs his mercy
  • 38-42 reprehends Martha, and commends Mary her sister
  • Rather, seventy others, as Dr. Campbell renders; for the
  • expression [other seventy] implies that there were seventy sent
  • before, which was not the case: it seems to refer to the twelve
  • apostles whom our Lord had previously chosen
  • -Lu10.2
  • Luke 10:2
  • -Lu10.3
  • Luke 10:3
  • -Lu10.4
  • Luke 10:4
  • -Lu10.5
  • Luke 10:5
  • -Lu10.6
  • Luke 10:6
  • -Lu10.7
  • Luke 10:7
  • -Lu10.8
  • Luke 10:8
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  • Luke 10:9
  • -Lu10.10
  • Luke 10:10
  • -Lu10.11
  • Luke 10:11
  • -Lu10.12
  • Luke 10:12
  • -Lu10.13
  • Luke 10:13
  • -Lu10.14
  • Luke 10:14
  • -Lu10.15
  • Luke 10:15
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  • Luke 10:16
  • -Lu10.17
  • Luke 10:17
  • -Lu10.18
  • Luke 10:18
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  • Luke 10:19
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  • Luke 10:20
  • -Lu10.21
  • Luke 10:21
  • -Lu10.22
  • Luke 10:22
  • he said.'
  • -Lu10.23
  • Luke 10:23
  • -Lu10.24
  • Luke 10:24
  • -Lu10.25
  • Luke 10:25
  • -Lu10.26
  • Luke 10:26
  • -Lu10.27
  • Luke 10:27
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  • Luke 10:28
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  • Luke 10:29
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  • Luke 10:31
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  • Luke 10:32
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  • Luke 10:33
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  • Luke 10:34
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  • Luke 10:35
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  • Luke 10:36
  • -Lu10.37
  • Luke 10:37
  • -Lu10.38
  • Luke 10:38
  • -Lu10.39
  • Luke 10:39
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  • Luke 10:40
  • -Lu10.41
  • Luke 10:41
  • -Lu10.42
  • Luke 10:42
  • -Lu11.1
  • Luke 11:1
  • 11-13 assuring us that God will give all good things to them
  • that
  • ask him
  • 14-26 He, casting out a dumb devil, rebukes the blasphemous
  • Pharisees
  • 27,28 and shews who are blessed
  • 29-36 preaches to the people
  • 37-54 and reprehends the outward shew of holiness in the
  • Pharisees,
  • scribes, and lawyers
  • -Lu11.2
  • Luke 11:2
  • -Lu11.3
  • Luke 11:3
  • -Lu11.4
  • Luke 11:4
  • -Lu11.5
  • Luke 11:5
  • -Lu11.6
  • Luke 11:6
  • -Lu11.7
  • Luke 11:7
  • -Lu11.8
  • Luke 11:8
  • -Lu11.9
  • Luke 11:9
  • -Lu11.10
  • Luke 11:10
  • -Lu11.11
  • Luke 11:11
  • -Lu11.12
  • Luke 11:12
  • -Lu11.13
  • Luke 11:13
  • -Lu11.14
  • Luke 11:14
  • -Lu11.15
  • Luke 11:15
  • -Lu11.16
  • Luke 16:11
  • -Lu11.17
  • Luke 11:17
  • -Lu11.18
  • Luke 11:18
  • -Lu11.19
  • Luke 11:19
  • -Lu11.20
  • Luke 11:20
  • For the destruction of the kingdom of Satan plainly implies the
  • setting up of the kingdom of God. The reasoning of the Pharisees
  • (ver 17, and Mat 12.24,25,) was not expressed, and Jesus
  • [knowing
  • their thoughts], gave ample proof of his omniscience. This, with
  • our Lord's masterly confutation of their reasonings, by a
  • conclusion drawn from their own premises, one would have
  • supposed
  • might have humbled and convinced those men; but the most
  • conclusive reasoning, and the most astonishing miracles, were
  • lost
  • upon a people who were obstinately determined to disbelieve
  • every
  • thing that was good relative to Jesus of Nazareth.
  • -Lu11.21
  • Luke 11:21
  • -Lu11.22
  • Luke 11:22
  • -Lu11.23
  • Luke 11:23
  • -Lu11.24
  • Luke 11:24
  • -Lu11.25
  • Luke 11:25
  • -Lu11.26
  • Luke 11:26
  • -Lu11.27
  • Luke 11:27
  • -Lu11.28
  • Luke 11:28
  • -Lu11.29
  • Luke 11:29
  • -Lu11.30
  • Luke 11:30
  • -Lu11.31
  • Luke 11:31
  • -Lu11.32
  • Luke 11:32
  • -Lu11.33
  • Luke 11:33
  • -Lu11.34
  • Luke 11:34
  • -Lu11.35
  • Luke 11:35
  • -Lu11.36
  • Luke 11:36
  • shining
  • -Lu11.37
  • Luke 11:37
  • -Lu11.38
  • Luke 11:38
  • -Lu11.39
  • Luke 11:39
  • -Lu11.40
  • Luke 11:40
  • -Lu11.41
  • Luke 11:41
  • -Lu11.42
  • Luke 11:42
  • -Lu11.43
  • Luke 1:43
  • -Lu11.44
  • Luke 11:44
  • -Lu11.45
  • Luke 11:45
  • -Lu11.46
  • Luke 11:46
  • -Lu11.47
  • Luke 11:47
  • -Lu11.48
  • Luke 11:48
  • -Lu11.49
  • Luke 11:49
  • the [], or Word of God, that is, our Lord himslef; this being a
  • dignified and oriental mode of expression of [I say], as it is
  • in
  • the parallel passage.
  • -Lu11.50
  • Luke 11:50
  • -Lu11.51
  • Luke 11:51
  • -Lu11.52
  • Luke 11:52
  • -Lu11.53
  • Luke 11:53
  • -Lu11.54
  • Luke 11:54
  • -Lu12.1
  • Luke 12:1
  • fearfulness in publishing his doctrine
  • 13-21 warns the people to beware of covetousness, by the parable
  • of the rich man who set up greater barns
  • 22-30 We must not be over careful of earthly things
  • 31,32 but seek the kingdom of God
  • 33,34 give alms
  • 35-40 be ready at a knock to open to our Lord whensoever he
  • comes
  • 41-48 Christ's ministers are to see to their charges
  • 49-53 and look for persecution
  • 54-56 The people must take this time of grace
  • 57-59 because it is a fearful thing to die without
  • reconciliation
  • -Lu12.2
  • Luke 12:2
  • -Lu12.3
  • Luke 12:3
  • The houses in Judea being flat roofed, with a balustrade round
  • about, were used for the purpose of taking the air, sleeping,
  • and
  • prayer, and, it seems, for announcing things in the most publick
  • manner. So among the Turks, a [crier] announces the hours of
  • public worship from the minaret or tower of the mosque.
  • -Lu12.4
  • Luke 12:4
  • -Lu12.5
  • Luke 12:5
  • -Lu12.6
  • Luke 12:6
  • -Lu12.7
  • Luke 12:7
  • -Lu12.8
  • Luke 12:8
  • -Lu12.9
  • Luke 12:9
  • -Lu12.10
  • Luke 12:10
  • -Lu12.11
  • Luke 12:11
  • -Lu12.12
  • Luke 12:12
  • -Lu12.13
  • Luke 12:13
  • -Lu12.14
  • Luke 12:14
  • -Lu12.15
  • Luke 12:15
  • -Lu12.16
  • Luke 12:16
  • -Lu12.17
  • Luke 12:17
  • -Lu12.18
  • Luke 12:18
  • -Lu12.19
  • Luke 12.19
  • -Lu12.20
  • Luke 12:20
  • -Lu12.21
  • Luke 12:21
  • -Lu12.22
  • Luke 12.22
  • -Lu12.23
  • Luke 12:23
  • -Lu12.24
  • Luke 12:24
  • The raven is a species of the corvus, or crow tribe, of the
  • order
  • Picae, known by its large size, its plumage being of a bluish
  • black, and tail roundish at the end. It was probably
  • selected by our Lord as being unclean.
  • -Lu12.25
  • Luke 12:25
  • -Lu12.26
  • Luke 12:26
  • -Lu12.27
  • Luke 12.27
  • -Lu12.28
  • Luke 12:28
  • -Lu12.29
  • Luke 12:29
  • -Lu12.30
  • Luke 12:30
  • -Lu12.31
  • Luke 12:31
  • -Lu12.32
  • Luke 12:32
  • -Lu12.33
  • Luke 12:33
  • -Lu12.34
  • Luke 12:34
  • -Lu12.35
  • Luke 12:35
  • -Lu12.36
  • Luke 12:36
  • -Lu12.37
  • Luke 12:37
  • -Lu12.38
  • Luke 12:38
  • -Lu12.39
  • Luke 12:39
  • -Lu12.40
  • Luke 12:40
  • -Lu12.41
  • Luke 12:41
  • -Lu12.42
  • Luke 12:42
  • -Lu12.43
  • Luke 12:43
  • -Lu12.44
  • Luke 12:44
  • -Lu12.45
  • Luke 12:45
  • -Lu12.46
  • Luke 12:46
  • -Lu12.47
  • Luke 12:47
  • -Lu12.48
  • Luke 12:48
  • -Lu12.49
  • Luke 12:49
  • -Lu12.50
  • Luke 12:50
  • -Lu12.51
  • Luke 12:51
  • -Lu12.52
  • Luke 12:52
  • -Lu12.53
  • Luke 12:53
  • -Lu12.54
  • Luke 12:54
  • -Lu12.55
  • Luke 12:55
  • -Lu12.56
  • Luke 12:56
  • -Lu12.57
  • Luke 12:57
  • -Lu12.58
  • Luke 12:58
  • -Lu12.59
  • Luke 12:59
  • -Lu13.1
  • Luke 13:1
  • Galileansm and others,
  • 6-9 The fruitless fig-tree may not stand
  • 10-17 He heals the crooked woman
  • 18-21 shews the powerful working of the word in the hearts of
  • his
  • chosen, by the parable of the grain of mustard seed, and of
  • leaven
  • 22-30 exhorts to enter in at the strait gate
  • 31-35 and reproves Herod and Jerusalem
  • The Galileans are frequently mentioned by Josephus as the most
  • turbulent and seditious people, being upon all occasions ready
  • to
  • disturb the Roman authority. It is uncertain to what event our
  • Lord refers; but is probable that they were the followers of
  • Judas
  • Gaulonitis, who opposed paying tributre to Caesar and submitting
  • to the Roman government. A party of them coming to Jerusalem
  • during one of the great festivals, and presenting their
  • oblations
  • in the court of the temple, Pilate treacherously sent a company
  • of
  • soldiers, who slew them and `mingled their blood with their
  • sacrifices.'
  • -Lu13.2
  • Luke 13:2
  • -Lu13.3
  • Luke 13:3
  • -Lu13.4
  • Luke 13:4
  • -Lu13.5
  • Luke 13:5
  • -Lu13.6
  • Luke 13:6
  • -Lu13.7
  • Luke 3:7
  • -Lu13.8
  • Luke 13:8
  • -Lu13.9
  • Luke 13:9
  • -Lu13.10
  • Luke 13:10
  • -Lu13.11
  • Luke 13:11
  • -Lu13.12
  • Luke 13:12
  • -Lu13.13
  • Luke 13:13
  • -Lu13.14
  • Luke 13:14
  • -Lu13.15
  • Luke 13:15
  • -Lu13.16
  • Luke 13:16
  • -Lu13.17
  • Luke 13.17
  • -Lu13.18
  • Luke 3:18
  • -Lu13.19
  • Luke 13:19
  • -Lu13.20
  • Luke 13:20
  • -Lu13.21
  • Luke 13:21
  • -Lu13.22
  • Luke 13:22
  • -Lu13.23
  • Luke 13:23
  • -Lu13.24
  • Luke 13:24
  • -Lu13.25
  • Luke 13:25
  • -Lu13.26
  • Luke 13:26
  • -Lu13.27
  • Luke 13:27
  • -Lu13.28
  • Luke 13:28
  • -Lu13.29
  • Luke 13.29
  • -Lu13.30
  • Luke 13:30
  • -Lu13.31
  • Luke 13:31
  • -Lu13.32
  • Luke 13:32
  • This was probably Herod Antipas, tetrarch of Galilee, who is
  • described by Josephus as a crafty and incestuous prince, with
  • which the character given him by our Lord, and the naratives of
  • the evangelists, exactly coincides
  • -Lu13.33
  • Luke 13:33
  • -Lu13.34
  • Luke 13:34
  • -Lu13.35
  • Luke 13:35
  • -Lu14.1
  • Luke 14:1
  • 7-11 teaches humility
  • 12-14 to feast the poor
  • 15-24 under the parable of the great supper, shows how worldly
  • minded men, who contemn the word of God, shall be shut out of
  • heaven
  • 25-33 Those who will be his disciples, to bear their cross must
  • make their accounts beforehand, lest with shame they revolt
  • from him afterward
  • 34,35 and become altogether unprofitable, like salt that has
  • last
  • its savour
  • -Lu14.2
  • Luke 14:2
  • -Lu14.3
  • Luke 14:3
  • -Lu14.4
  • Luke 14:4
  • -Lu14.5
  • Luke 14:5
  • -Lu14.6
  • Luke 14:6
  • -Lu14.7
  • Luke 14:7
  • -Lu14.8
  • Luke 14:8
  • That there were among the Jews of these times many disputes
  • about
  • seats at banquets, we learn both from Josephus and the Rabbins;
  • nor were these matters unattended to by the Greeks and Romans.
  • Similar admonitions to this of our Lord, also occur in the
  • Rabbinical writers. Rabbi Akiba said, Go two or three seats
  • lower
  • than the place that belongs to thee, and sit there till they say
  • to thee, Go up higher; but do not take the uppermost seat, lest
  • they say unto thee, Come down: for it is better they should say
  • unto thee, Go up, Go up than they should say, Go down, Go down.
  • -Lu14.9
  • Luke 14:9
  • -Lu14.10
  • Luke 14:10
  • -Lu14.11
  • Luke 14:11
  • -Lu14.12
  • Luke 14:12
  • -Lu14.13
  • Luke 14:13
  • -Lu14.14
  • Luke 14:14
  • -Lu14.15
  • Luke 14:15
  • -Lu14.16
  • Luke 14:16
  • -Lu14.17
  • Luke 14:17
  • -Lu14.18
  • Luke 14:18
  • -Lu14.19
  • Luke 14:19
  • -Lu14.20
  • Luke 14:20
  • -Lu14.21
  • Luke 14:21
  • -Lu14.22
  • Luke 14:22
  • -Lu14.23
  • Luke 14.23
  • -Lu14.24
  • Luke 14:21
  • -Lu14.25
  • Luke 14.25
  • -Lu14.26
  • Luke 14:26
  • -Lu14.27
  • Luke 14:27
  • -Lu14.28
  • Luke 14:28
  • -Lu14.29
  • Luke 4:29
  • -Lu14.30
  • Luke 14:30
  • -Lu14.31
  • Luke 14:31

  • -Lu14.32
  • Luke 14:32
  • -Lu14.33
  • Luke 14:33
  • -Lu14.34
  • Luke 14:34
  • Common salt, or muriat of soda, consists of soda in combination
  • with muriatic acid, and is for the most part an artificial
  • preparation from sea water, though found in some countries in a
  • solid and massive state. See particularly Le 2.12
  • -Lu14.35
  • Luke 14:35
  • -Lu15.1
  • Luke 15:1
  • 8-10 of the piece of silver
  • 11-32 of the prodigal son
  • -Lu15.2
  • Luke 15:2
  • -Lu15.3
  • Luke 15:3
  • -Lu15.4
  • Luke 15:4
  • -Lu15.5
  • Luke 15:5
  • -Lu15.6
  • Luke 15:6
  • -Lu15.7
  • Luke 15:7
  • -Lu15.8
  • Luke 15:8
  • an ounce, which cometh to 7.5 d., and is equal to the Roman
  • penny.
  • -Lu15.9
  • Luke 15:9
  • -Lu15.10
  • Luke 15:10
  • -Lu15.11
  • Luke 15:11
  • -Lu15.12
  • Luke 15:12
  • -Lu15.13
  • Luke 15:13
  • -Lu15.14
  • Luke 15:14
  • -Lu15.15
  • Luke 15:15
  • -Lu15.16
  • Luke 15:16
  • -Lu15.17
  • Luke 15:17
  • -Lu15.18
  • Luke 15:18
  • -Lu15.19
  • Luke 15:19
  • -Lu15.20
  • Luke 15:20
  • -Lu15.21
  • Luke 15:21
  • -Lu15.22
  • Luke 15:22
  • -Lu15.23
  • Luke 15:23
  • -Lu15.24
  • LUKE 15:24
  • -Lu15.25
  • Luke 15:25
  • -Lu15.26
  • Luke 15.26
  • -Lu15.27
  • Luke 15:27
  • -Lu15.28
  • Luke 15:28
  • -Lu15.29
  • Luke 15:29
  • -Lu15.30
  • Luke 15:30
  • -Lu15.31
  • Luke 15:31
  • -Lu15.32
  • Luke 15:32
  • -Lu16.1
  • Luke 16:1
  • 14-18 Christ reproves the hypocrisy of the covetous Pharises
  • 19-31 The parable of the rich man and Lazarus the beggar
  • -Lu16.2
  • Luke 16:2
  • -Lu16.3
  • Luke 16:3
  • -Lu16.4
  • Luke 16:4
  • -Lu16.5
  • Luke 16:5
  • -Lu16.6
  • Luke 16:6
  • quarts.'
  • -Lu16.7
  • Luke 16:7
  • `The word here interpreted a measure, in the original containeth
  • about fourteen bushels and a pottle.'
  • -Lu16.8
  • Luke 16:9
  • -Lu16.9
  • Luke 16:9
  • -Lu16.10
  • Luke 16:10
  • -Lu16.11
  • Lu 16:11
  • -Lu16.12
  • Luke 16:12
  • -Lu16.13
  • Luke 16:13
  • -Lu16.14
  • Luke 16:14
  • -Lu16.15
  • Luke 16:15
  • -Lu16.16
  • Luke 16:16
  • -Lu16.17
  • Luke 16.17
  • -Lu16.18
  • Luke 16:18
  • -Lu16.19
  • Luke 16:19
  • -Lu16.20
  • Luke 16:20
  • -Lu16.21
  • Luke 16:21
  • -Lu16.22
  • Luke 16:22
  • -Lu16.23
  • Luke 16:23
  • -Lu16.24
  • Luke 16:24
  • -Lu16.25
  • Luke 16:25
  • -Lu16.26
  • Luke 16:26
  • -Lu16.27
  • Luke 16:27
  • -Lu16.28
  • Luke 16:28
  • -Lu16.29
  • Luke 16:29
  • -Lu16.30
  • Luke 16:30
  • -Lu16.31
  • Luke 16:31
  • -Lu17.1
  • Luke 17:1
  • 3,4 and to forgive one another
  • 5,6 the power of faith
  • 6-10 How we are bound to God, and not he to us
  • 11-21 Christ heals ten lepers
  • 22-37 Of the kingdom of God, and the coming of the Son of Man
  • -Lu17.2
  • Luke 17:2
  • -Lu17.3
  • Luke 17:3
  • -Lu17.4
  • Luke 17:4
  • -Lu17.5
  • Luke 17:5
  • -Lu17.6
  • Luke 17:6
  • -Lu17.7
  • Luke 17:7
  • -Lu17.8
  • Luke 17:8
  • -Lu17.9
  • Luke 17:9
  • -Lu17.10
  • Luke 17:10
  • -Lu17.11
  • Luke 17:11
  • -Lu17.12
  • Luke 17:12
  • -Lu17.13
  • Luke 17:13
  • -Lu17.14
  • Luke 17:14
  • -Lu17.15
  • Luke 17:15
  • -Lu17.16
  • Luke 17:16
  • -Lu17.17
  • Luke 17:17
  • -Lu17.18
  • Luke 17:18
  • -Lu17.19
  • Luke 17:19
  • -Lu17.20
  • Luke 17:20
  • -Lu17.21
  • Luke 17:21
  • -Lu17.22
  • Luke 17:22
  • -Lu17.23
  • Luke 17:23
  • -Lu17.24
  • Luke 17:24
  • -Lu17.25
  • Luke 17:25
  • -Lu17.26
  • Luke 17:26
  • -Lu17.27
  • Luke 17:27
  • -Lu17.28
  • Luke 17:28
  • -Lu17.29
  • Luke 17:29
  • -Lu17.30
  • Luke 17:30
  • -Lu17.31
  • Luke 17:31
  • The flat-roofed eastern houses have stairs on the outside, by
  • which a person may ascend and descend without coming into the
  • house; and in walled cities they usually form continued
  • terraces,
  • from one end of the city to the other, terminating at the gates;
  • so that one may pass along the tops of the houses and escape
  • out
  • of the city without coming down into the street.
  • -Lu17.32
  • Luke 17:32
  • -Lu17.33
  • Luke 17:33
  • -Lu17.34
  • Luke 17:34
  • -Lu17.35
  • Luke 17:35
  • -Lu17.36
  • Luke 17:36
  • -Lu17.37
  • Luke 17:37
  • -Lu18.1
  • Luke 18:1
  • 9-14 Of the Pharisee and the publican
  • 15-17 Of children brought to Christ
  • 18-27 A ruler would follow Christ, but is hindered by his riches
  • 28-30 The reward of them that leave all for his sake
  • 31-34 He foreshews his death
  • 35-43 and restores a blind man to his sight
  • -Lu18.2
  • Luke 18:2
  • -Lu18.3
  • Luke 18:3
  • -Lu18.4
  • Luke 18:4
  • -Lu18.5
  • Luke 18:5
  • -Lu18.6
  • Luke 18:6
  • -Lu18.7
  • Luke 18:7
  • -Lu18.8
  • Luke 18:8
  • -Lu18.9
  • Luke 18:9
  • -Lu18.10
  • Luke 18:10
  • -Lu18.11
  • Luke 18:11
  • -Lu18.12
  • Luke 18:12
  • -Lu18.13
  • Luke 18:13
  • -Lu18.14
  • Luke 18:14
  • -Lu18.15
  • Luke 18:15
  • -Lu18.16
  • Luke 18:16
  • -Lu18.17
  • Luke 18:17
  • -Lu18.18
  • Luke 18:18
  • -Lu18.19
  • Luke 18:19
  • -Lu18.20
  • Luke 18:20
  • -Lu18.21
  • Luke 18:21
  • -Lu18.22
  • Luke 18:22
  • -Lu18.23
  • Luke 18:23
  • -Lu18.24
  • Luke 18:24
  • -Lu18.25
  • Luke 18:25
  • whether [] ever was so translated before, for the word for a
  • cable,
  • as the scholiast on Aristophanes expressly affirms, is written
  • []
  • not with an [], but with an []. Some few MSS., it is true, have
  • got the word [] into the text, but it is evidently an an
  • attempted
  • improvement.
  • -Lu18.26
  • Luke 18:26
  • -Lu18.27
  • Luke 18:27
  • -Lu18.28
  • Luke 18:28
  • -Lu18.29
  • Luke 18:29
  • -Lu18.30
  • Luke 18:30
  • -Lu18.31
  • Luke 18:31
  • -Lu18.32
  • Luke 18:32
  • -Lu18.33
  • Luke 18:33
  • -Lu18.34
  • Luke 18:34
  • -Lu18.35
  • Luke 18:35
  • -Lu18.36
  • Luke 18:36
  • -Lu18.37
  • Luke 18:37
  • -Lu18.38
  • Luke 18:38
  • -Lu18.39
  • Luke 18:39
  • -Lu18.40
  • Luke 18:40
  • -Lu18.41
  • Luke 18:41
  • -Lu18.42
  • Luke 18:42
  • -Lu18.43
  • Luke 18:43
  • -Lu19.1
  • Luke 19:19
  • 11-27 The ten pieces of money
  • 28-40 Christ rides into Jerusalem with triumph
  • 41-44 weeps over it
  • 45,46 drives the buyers and sellers out of the temple
  • 47,48 teaching daily in it. The rulers seek to destroy him, but
  • fear the people.
  • -Lu19.2
  • Luke 19:2
  • bably Zaccheus, who appears from his name to have been a Jew,
  • farmed the revenue of the district around Jericho, having others
  • under him, who either rented of him smaller portions, or were
  • employed as servents to collect the taxes.
  • -Lu19.3
  • Luke 19:3
  • -Lu19.4
  • Luke 19:4
  • -Lu19.5
  • Luke 19:5
  • -Lu19.6
  • Luke 19:6
  • -Lu19.7
  • Luke 19:7
  • -Lu19.8
  • Luke 19:8
  • -Lu19.9
  • Luke 19:9
  • Rather, as Elsner renders [], concerning him; for our Lord
  • speaks
  • of him in the third person
  • -Lu19.10
  • Luke 19:10
  • -Lu19.11
  • Luke 19:11
  • -Lu19.12
  • Luke 19:12
  • -Lu19.13
  • Luke 19:13
  • according to 5s the ounce, is 3l.2s.6d.'
  • -Lu19.14
  • Luke 19:14
  • -Lu19.15
  • Luke 19:15
  • -Lu19.16
  • Luke 19:16
  • -Lu19.17
  • Luke 19:7
  • -Lu19.18
  • Luke 19:18
  • -Lu19.19
  • Luke 19:19
  • -Lu19.20
  • Luke 19:20
  • -Lu19.21
  • Luke 19:21
  • -Lu19.22
  • Luke 19:22
  • -Lu19.23
  • Luke 19:23
  • -Lu19.24
  • Luke 19:24
  • -Lu19.25
  • Luke 19:25
  • -Lu19.26
  • Luke 19:26
  • -Lu19.27
  • Luke 19:27
  • -Lu19.28
  • Luke 19:28
  • -Lu19.29
  • Luke 19:29
  • -Lu19.30
  • Luke 19:30
  • -Lu19.31
  • Luke 19:31
  • -Lu19.32
  • Luke 19:32
  • -Lu19.33
  • Luke 19:33
  • -Lu19.34
  • Luke 19:34
  • -Lu19.35
  • Luke 19:35
  • -Lu19.36
  • Luke 19:36
  • -Lu19.37
  • Luke 19:37
  • -Lu19.38
  • Luke 19:38
  • -Lu19.39
  • Luke 19:39
  • -Lu19.40
  • Luke 19:40
  • -Lu19.41
  • Luke 19:41
  • -Lu19.42
  • Luke 19:42
  • -Lu19.43
  • Luke 19:43
  • Jerusalem was beseiged by Titus; who surrounded it with a wall
  • of
  • circumvallation in three days, though not less than 39 furlongs
  • in
  • circumference; and when this was effected, the Jews were so
  • enclosed on every side, that no person could escape from the
  • city,
  • and no provision could be brought in.
  • -Lu19.44
  • Luke 19:44
  • -Lu19.45
  • Luke 19:45
  • -Lu19.46
  • Luke 19:46
  • -Lu19.47
  • Luke 19:47
  • -Lu19.48
  • Luke 19:48
  • `they hung upon him hearing;' which is beautifully expressive of
  • their earnest attention, and high gratification.
  • -Lu20.1
  • Luke 20:1
  • 9-18 the parable of the vineyard
  • 19-26 of giving tribute to Caesar
  • 27-40 He convinces the Sadducees, that denied the resurrection
  • 41-44 How Christ is the Son of David
  • 45-47 He warns his disciples to beare of the scribes
  • -Lu20.2
  • Luke 20:2
  • -Lu20.3
  • Luke 20:3
  • -Lu20.4
  • Luke 20:4
  • -Lu20.5
  • Luke 20:5
  • -Lu20.6
  • Luke 20:6
  • -Lu20.7
  • Luke 20:7
  • -Lu20.8
  • Luke 20:8
  • -Lu20.9
  • Luke 20:9
  • -Lu20.10
  • Luke 20:10
  • -Lu20.11
  • Luke 20:11
  • -Lu20.12
  • Luke 20:12
  • -Lu20.13
  • Luke 20:13
  • -Lu20.14
  • Luke 20:14
  • -Lu20.15
  • -Lu20.16
  • -Lu20.17
  • -Lu20.18
  • stoning. `The place of stoning was twice as high as a man. From
  • the top of this one of the witnesses struck the culprit on the
  • loins, and felled him to the ground: if he died of this, well;
  • if not, the other witness threw a stone upon his heart,'etc.
  • Our Lord seems to refer not only to the dreadful crushing of the
  • Jews by the Romans, but also to their general dispersion to the
  • present day.
  • -Lu20.19
  • -Lu20.20
  • -Lu20.21
  • -Lu20.22
  • -Lu20.23
  • -Lu20.24
  • his titles.Julius Caesar was the first who caused his image to
  • be
  • struck on the Roman coin; and Tiberius was emperor at this time.
  • This therefore was a denarius of Caesar, as it is termed in the
  • Talmud; and consequently this was respecting the tribute
  • required by the Roman goverment. Ceasar's .
  • -Lu20.25
  • -Lu20.26
  • -Lu20.27
  • -Lu20.28
  • -Lu20.29
  • -Lu20.30
  • -Lu20.31
  • -Lu20.32
  • -Lu20.33
  • -Lu20.34
  • -Lu20.35
  • -Lu20.36
  • -Lu20.37
  • that the best informed among the Jews believed in the
  • immateriality and immortality of the soul, and that the soul of
  • righteous men were in the presence of God in a state of
  • happiness. They who lose their lives for the sake of God, live
  • unto God, as do Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and the rest of the
  • patriarchs. Not less remarkable is a passage in Shemoth Rabba,
  • Why doth Moses say, Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob? R. Abin
  • saith, The Lord said unto Moses, I look for ten men from thee,
  • as I looked for that number in Sodom. Find me out ten righteous
  • persons among the people, and I will not destroy thy people.
  • Then saith Moses, Behold, here am I, and Aaron, Eleazer, and
  • Ithamar, Phinehas, and Caleb, and Joshua; but, saith God, there
  • are but seven: where are the other three? When Moses knew not
  • what to do, he saith, O Eternal God, do those live who are dead?
  • Yes, saith God. Then saith Moses, If those that are dead do
  • live, remember Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
  • -Lu20.38
  • -Lu20.39
  • -Lu20.40
  • -Lu20.41
  • -Lu20.42
  • -Lu20.43
  • -Lu20.44
  • -Lu20.45
  • -Lu20.46
  • -Lu20.47
  • -Lu21.1
  • 01 Christ commends the poor widow
  • 05 He foretells the destruction of the temple, and of the city
  • Jerusalem
  • 25 the signs also which shall be before the last day
  • 34 He exhorts them to be watchful.
  • -Lu21.2
  • -Lu21.3
  • -Lu21.4
  • -Lu21.5
  • -Lu21.6
  • -Lu21.7
  • -Lu21.8
  • -Lu21.9
  • -Lu21.10
  • and mutual slaughter of the Jews, the open wars of different
  • tetrarchies, and the civil wars in Italy between Ohio and
  • Vitellius
  • -Lu21.11
  • -Lu21.12
  • -Lu21.13
  • -Lu21.14
  • -Lu21.15
  • -Lu21.16
  • -Lu21.17
  • -Lu21.18
  • -Lu21.19
  • -Lu21.20
  • -Lu21.21
  • and unexpectedly raised the siege, Josephus states, that many of
  • the noble Jews departed out of the city, as out of a sinking
  • ship; and when Vespasian afterwards drew towards it, a great
  • multitude fled to the mountains. And we learn from Eusebius, and
  • Epiphanius, that at this juncture, all who believed in Christ
  • left Jerusalem, and removed to Pella, and other places beyond
  • Jordan; and so escaped the general shipwreck of their country,
  • that we do not read of one who perished in Jerusalem.
  • -Lu21.22
  • -Lu21.23
  • -Lu21.24
  • -Lu21.25
  • -Lu21.26
  • -Lu21.27
  • -Lu21.28
  • -Lu21.29
  • -Lu21.30
  • -Lu21.31
  • -Lu21.32
  • -Lu21.33
  • -Lu21.34
  • -Lu21.35
  • Judea, on which these heavy judgements were to fall.'
  • -Lu21.36
  • -Lu21.37
  • -Lu21.38
  • -Lu22.1
  • 01 The Jews conspire against Christ.
  • 03 Satan prepares Judas to betray him.
  • 07 The apostles prepare the passover
  • 19 Christ institutes his holy supper
  • 21 covertly foretells of the traitor
  • 24 dehorts the rest of his apostles from ambition
  • 31 assures Peter his faith should not fail
  • 34 and yet he should deny him thrice
  • 39 He prays in the mount, and sweats blood
  • 47 is betrayed with a kiss
  • 50 he heals Malchus' ear
  • 54 he is trice denied of Peter
  • 63 shamefully abused
  • 66 and confesses himself to be the Son of God
  • -Lu22.2
  • -Lu22.3
  • -Lu22.4
  • -Lu22.5
  • -Lu22.6
  • -Lu22.7
  • -Lu22.8
  • -Lu22.9
  • -Lu22.10
  • -Lu22.11
  • -Lu22.12
  • -Lu22.13
  • -Lu22.14
  • -Lu22.15
  • -Lu22.16
  • -Lu22.17
  • -Lu22.18
  • -Lu22.19
  • -Lu22.20
  • -Lu22.21
  • -Lu22.22
  • -Lu22.23
  • -Lu22.24
  • -Lu22.25
  • -Lu22.26
  • -Lu22.27
  • -Lu22.28
  • -Lu22.29
  • -Lu22.30
  • -Lu22.31
  • -Lu22.32
  • -Lu22.33
  • -Lu22.34
  • -Lu22.35
  • -Lu22.36
  • -Lu22.37
  • -Lu22.38
  • -Lu22.39
  • -Lu22.40
  • -Lu22.41
  • -Lu22.42
  • -Lu22.43
  • -Lu22.44
  • -Lu22.45
  • -Lu22.46
  • -Lu22.47
  • -Lu22.48
  • -Lu22.49
  • -Lu22.50
  • -Lu22.51
  • -Lu22.52
  • -Lu22.53
  • -Lu22.54
  • examination. One was before the Jewish Sanhedrim, whose proper
  • province it was to try such as were accused as false prophets or
  • blasphemers. This was a kind of ecclesiastical court. The other,
  • with which the next chapter opens, was before Pilate, the Roman
  • governor of Judea at that time; he principally took cognizance
  • of criminal things, such especially as concerned the peace of
  • the country, considered as part of the Roman empire.
  • -Lu22.55
  • -Lu22.56
  • -Lu22.57
  • -Lu22.58
  • according to Matthew and Mark; yet here it is said another (man)
  • and he also answers to a man. But, as Wetstein shews, maybe, and
  • in innumerable instances applied to a female; and Matthew
  • says, she said to them that were there, and Mark, she began to
  • say to them that stood by. So that the maid gave the information
  • to those around her, and some man charged Peter with it.
  • Probably several joined in the accusation, though he answered to
  • an individual, for St. John says, They said unto him.
  • -Lu22.59
  • -Lu22.60
  • -Lu22.61
  • -Lu22.62
  • -Lu22.63
  • -Lu22.64
  • -Lu22.65
  • -Lu22.66
  • -Lu22.67
  • -Lu22.68
  • -Lu22.69
  • -Lu22.70
  • -Lu22.71
  • -Lu23.1
  • 01 Jesus is accused before Pilate, and sent to Herod
  • 08 Herod mocks him
  • 12 Herod and Pilate are made friends
  • 13 Barabbas is desired of the people, and is loosed by Pilate,
  • and Jesus is given to be crucified
  • 26 He tells the women, that lament him, the destruction of
  • Jerusalem
  • 34 prays for his enemies
  • 39 two evildoers are crucified with him
  • 46 His death
  • 50 His burial.
  • -Lu23.2
  • -Lu23.3
  • used by the Jews. When the inhabitants of Zippor, inquired
  • whether Rabbi Judah were dead, the son of Kaphra answered, Ye
  • say.
  • -Lu23.4
  • -Lu23.5
  • -Lu23.6
  • -Lu23.7
  • -Lu23.8
  • -Lu23.9
  • -Lu23.10
  • -Lu23.11
  • -Lu23.12
  • -Lu23.13
  • -Lu23.14
  • -Lu23.15
  • `he hath done nothing.'
  • -Lu23.16
  • -Lu23.17
  • -Lu23.18
  • -Lu23.19
  • -Lu23.20
  • -Lu23.21
  • -Lu23.22
  • -Lu23.23
  • -Lu23.24
  • -Lu23.25
  • -Lu23.26
  • -Lu23.27
  • -Lu23.28
  • -Lu23.29
  • Jerusalem, and the final desolation of the Jewish state; an evil
  • associated with so many miseries, that sterility, which had
  • otherwise been considered an opprobrium, was accounted a
  • circumstance most felicitous. No history can furnish us with a
  • parallel to the calamities and miseries of the Jews; rapine and
  • murder, famine and pestilence, within; fire and sword, and all
  • the terrors of war, without. Our Saviour himself wept at the
  • foresight of these calamities; and it is almost impossible for
  • persons of any humanity to read the relation of them in Josephus
  • without weeping also. He might justly affirm, if the misfortunes
  • of all from the beginning of the world, were compared with those
  • of the Jews, they would appear much inferior in the comparison.
  • -Lu23.30
  • -Lu23.31
  • -Lu23.32
  • -Lu23.33
  • -Lu23.34
  • -Lu23.35
  • -Lu23.36
  • -Lu23.37
  • -Lu23.38
  • -Lu23.39
  • -Lu23.40
  • -Lu23.41
  • -Lu23.42
  • -Lu23.43
  • -Lu23.44
  • -Lu23.45
  • -Lu23.46
  • -Lu23.47
  • -Lu23.48
  • -Lu23.49
  • -Lu23.50
  • -Lu23.51
  • -Lu23.52
  • -Lu23.53
  • -Lu23.54
  • -Lu23.55
  • -Lu23.56
  • -Lu24.1
  • 01 Christ's resurrection is declared by two angels to the women
  • that come to the sepulchre
  • 09 These report it to others
  • 13 Christ himself appears to the two disciples that went to
  • Emmaus
  • 36 afterwards he appears to the apostles, and reproves their
  • unbelief
  • 47 gives them a charge
  • 49 promises the Holy Ghost
  • 50 and so ascends into heaven
  • -Lu24.2
  • -Lu24.3
  • -Lu24.4
  • -Lu24.5
  • -Lu24.6
  • -Lu24.7
  • -Lu24.8
  • -Lu24.9
  • -Lu24.10
  • -Lu24.11
  • -Lu24.12
  • -Lu24.13
  • Luke and Josephus, sixty furlongs from Jerusalem, that is, about
  • seven miles and a half. It has generally been confounded with
  • Emmaus, a city of Judah, afterwards called Nicopolis; but Reland
  • has satisfactorily shewn that they were distinct places; the
  • latter, according to the old Itinerary of Palestine, being
  • situated 10 miles from Lydda, and 22 miles from Jerusalem.
  • D'Arvieux states, that going from Jerusalem to Rama, he took the
  • right from the high road to Rama, at some little distance from
  • Jerusalem, and travelled a good league over rocks and flint
  • stones, to the end of the valley of terebinthine trees, until he
  • reached Emmaus; which seems, by the ruins which surround it, to
  • have been formerly larger that it was in our Saviour's time. The
  • Christians, while masters of the Holy Land, re-established it a
  • little, and built several churches. Emmaus was not worth the
  • trouble of having come out of the way to see it.
  • -Lu24.14
  • -Lu24.15
  • -Lu24.16
  • -Lu24.17
  • -Lu24.18
  • -Lu24.19
  • -Lu24.20
  • -Lu24.21
  • -Lu24.22
  • -Lu24.23
  • -Lu24.24
  • -Lu24.25
  • because they had not attended to the description of the Messiah
  • by the prophets, nor to His teaching and miracles, as proofs
  • that He alone was the person described.
  • -Lu24.26
  • -Lu24.27
  • -Lu24.28
  • onwards; and so he doubtless would, had he not been withheld by
  • their friendly importunities. There is not the smallest ground
  • for founding a charge of dissimulation against our Saviour, or
  • affording any encouragement to dissimulation in others.
  • -Lu24.29
  • -Lu24.30
  • -Lu24.31
  • -Lu24.32
  • -Lu24.33
  • -Lu24.34
  • of the two disciples from Emmaus, while it is here asserted they
  • were saying, when they entered the room, `The Lord is
  • risen'.This difficulty is removed by rendering interrogatively,
  • `Has the Lord risen,'? hath.
  • -Lu24.35
  • -Lu24.36
  • -Lu24.37
  • -Lu24.38
  • -Lu24.39
  • -Lu24.40
  • -Lu24.41
  • -Lu24.42
  • -Lu24.43
  • -Lu24.44
  • -Lu24.45
  • -Lu24.46
  • -Lu24.47
  • -Lu24.48
  • -Lu24.49
  • -Lu24.50
  • -Lu24.51
  • -Lu24.52
  • -Lu24.53
  • -Joh1.1
  • John 1:1

  • John, who, according to the unanimous testimony of the ancient
  • fathers and ecclesiastical writers, was the author of this
  • Gospel,
  • was the son of Zebedee, a fisherman of Betsaida, by Samone his
  • wife, (compare Mat. X.2,with Mat XXVII 55,56 and Mar XV.40) and
  • brother of James the elder, whom 'Herod killed with the sword,'
  • (Ac XII.2.) THEOPHYLACT says that Salome was the daughter of
  • Joseph, the husband of Mary, by a fromer wife; and that
  • consequently she was our Lord's sister, and John was his nephew.
  • He followed the occupation of his father till his call to the
  • apostleship, (Mat IV,21,22, Mar I,19,20, Lu V.1-10,) which is
  • supposed to have beenwhen he was about twenty five years of age;
  • after which he was a constant eye-witness of our Lord's labours,
  • journeyings, discourses, miracles, passion, crucifixion,
  • resuuection, and ascension. After the ascension of our Lord he
  • returned with the other apostles to Jerusalem, and with the rest
  • partool of the outpouring of the Holy Spirit on the day of
  • Pentecost, by which he was eminently qualified for the office
  • for
  • the office of an Evangelist and Apostle. After the death of
  • Mary,
  • the mother of Christ, which is supposed to have taken place
  • about
  • fifteen years after the crucifixion, and probably after the
  • council held in Jerusalem about A.D. 49 or 50, (Ac XV.,) at
  • which
  • he was present, he is said by ecclesiastical writers to have
  • proceeded to Asia Minor, where he formed and presided over
  • seven
  • churches in as many cities, but chiefly at Ephesus. Thence he
  • was
  • banished by the emperor Domitianm, in the fifteenth year of his
  • reign, A.D. 95, to the isle of Patmos in the Aegean sea, where
  • he
  • wrote the Apocolypse (Re I.9) On the accesion of Nerva the
  • following year, he was recalled from exile and returned to
  • Ephesus, where he wrote his Gospel and Epistles, and died in
  • the
  • hundreth year oh his age, about A.D. 100, and in the third year
  • of
  • the emperor Trajan. It is generally believed that St. John was
  • the youngest of the twelve apostles, and that he survived all
  • the
  • rest. JEROME, in his comment on Gal. VI., says that he
  • continued
  • preaching when so enfeebled with age as to be obliged to be
  • carried into the assembly; and that, not being able to deliver
  • any
  • long discourse, his custom was to say in every meeting, 'My
  • dear
  • children, love one another.' The general current of ancient
  • writers declares that the apostle wrote his Gospel at an
  • advanced
  • period of life, with which the internal evidence perfectly
  • agrees;
  • and we may safely refer it, with CHRYSOSTOM, EPIPHANIUS, MILL,
  • LE
  • CLERC, and others, to the year 97. The design of St. John in
  • writing his Gospel is said by some to have been to supply those
  • important events which the other Evangelists had omitted, and
  • to
  • refute the notions of the Cerinthians and Nicolaitans, or
  • according to others, to refute the heresy of the Gnostics and
  • Sabians. But, though many parts of his Gospel may be
  • successfully
  • quoted against the strange doctrines held by those sects, yet
  • the
  • apostle had evidently a more general end in view than the
  • confutation of their heresies. His own words sufficiently
  • inform
  • us of his motive and design in writng this Gospel: 'These
  • things
  • are written that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the
  • Son of God; and that believing, ye might have life through his
  • name.' (ch. XX.31.) Learned men are not wholly agreed
  • concerning
  • the language in which this Gospel was originally written.
  • SALMASIUS, GROTIUS, and other writers, have imagined that St.
  • John
  • wrote it in his own native tongue, the Aramean or Syriac, and
  • that
  • it was afterwards translated into Greek. This opinion is not
  • supported by any strong arguments, and is contrdicted by the
  • unanimous voice of antiquity, which affirms that he wrote it
  • in Greek, which is the genral and most probable opinion. The
  • style of this Gospel indicates a great want of those
  • advantages which result from a learned education; but this
  • defect is amply compensated by the unexampled simplicity with
  • which he expresses the sublimest truths. One thing very
  • remarkable is an attempt to impress truths more strongly on
  • the minds of his readers, by employing the expression of them
  • both an affirmative proposition and a negative. It is
  • manifestly not without design that he commonly passes over
  • those passages of our Lord's history and teaching which had
  • been treated at large by other Evangelists, or if he touches
  • them at all, he touches them but slightly, whilst he records
  • many miracles which had been overlooked by the rest, and
  • expatiates on the sublime doctrines of the pre-existence, the
  • divinity, and the incarnation of the Word, the great ends of
  • His mission, and the blessings of His purchase.
  • Christ
  • 15-38 The testimony of John 15-38
  • 39-51 The calling of Andrew, Peter, etc.
  • -Joh1.2
  • John 1:2
  • -Joh1.3
  • John 1:3
  • -Joh1.4
  • John 1:4
  • -Joh1.5
  • John 1:5
  • -Joh1.6
  • John 1:6
  • -Joh1.7
  • John 1:7
  • -Joh1.8
  • John 1:8
  • -Joh1.9
  • John 1:9
  • -Joh1.10
  • John 1:10
  • -Joh1.11
  • John 1:11
  • -Joh1.12
  • John 1:12
  • -Joh1.13
  • John 1:13
  • -Joh1.14
  • John 1:14
  • -Joh1.15
  • John 1:15
  • -Joh1.16
  • John 1:16
  • -Joh1.17
  • John 1:17
  • -Joh1.18
  • John 1:18
  • -Joh1.19
  • John 1:19
  • -Joh1.20
  • John 1:20
  • -Joh1.21
  • John 1:21
  • -Joh1.22
  • John 1:22
  • -Joh1.23
  • John 1:23
  • -Joh1.24
  • John 1:24
  • -Joh1.25
  • John 1:25
  • -Joh1.26
  • John 1:26
  • -Joh1.27
  • John 1:27
  • -Joh1.28
  • John 1:28
  • -Joh1.29
  • John 1:29
  • -Joh1.30
  • John 1:30
  • -Joh1.31
  • John 1:31
  • -Joh1.32
  • John 1:32
  • -Joh1.33
  • John 1:33
  • -Joh1.34
  • John 1:34
  • -Joh1.35
  • John 1:35
  • -Joh1.36
  • John 1:36
  • -Joh1.37
  • John 1:37
  • -Joh1.38
  • John 1:38
  • -Joh1.39
  • John 1:39
  • -Joh1.40
  • John 1:40
  • -Joh1.41
  • John 1:41
  • -Joh1.42
  • John 1:42
  • -Joh1.43
  • John 1:43
  • -Joh1.44
  • John 1:44
  • -Joh1.45
  • John 1:45
  • -Joh1.46
  • John 1:46
  • -Joh1.47
  • John 1:47
  • -Joh1.48
  • John 1:48
  • -Joh1.49
  • John 1:49
  • -Joh1.50
  • John 1:50
  • -Joh1.51
  • John 1:51
  • -Joh2.1
  • John 2:1
  • 13 departs into Capernaum
  • 14-17 where he purges the temple of buyers and sellers
  • 18-22 He foretells his death and resurrection
  • 23-25 Many believe because of his miracles, but he will not
  • trust
  • himself with them
  • -Joh2.2
  • John 2:2
  • -Joh2.3
  • John 2:3
  • -Joh2.4
  • John 2:4
  • -Joh2.5
  • John 2:5
  • -Joh2.6
  • John 2:6
  • -Joh2.7
  • John 2:7
  • -Joh2.8
  • John 2:8
  • -Joh2.9
  • John 2:9
  • -Joh2.10
  • John 2:10
  • -Joh2.11
  • John 2.11
  • -Joh2.12
  • John 2:12
  • -Joh2.13
  • John 2:13
  • -Joh2.14
  • John 2:14
  • -Joh2.15
  • John 2:15
  • -Joh2.16
  • John 2:16
  • -Joh2.17
  • John 2:17
  • -Joh2.18
  • John 2:18
  • -Joh2.19
  • John 2:19
  • -Joh2.20
  • John 2:20
  • -Joh2.21
  • John 2:21
  • -Joh2.22
  • John 2:22
  • -Joh2.23
  • John 2:23
  • -Joh2.24
  • John 2:24
  • -Joh2.25
  • John 2:25
  • -Joh3.1
  • John 3:1
  • 14,15 of faith in his death
  • 16,17 the great love of God towards the world
  • 18-21 and the condemnation for unbelief
  • 22 Jesus baptizes in Judea
  • 23-36 The baptism, witness, and doctrine of John concerning
  • Christ
  • -Joh3.2
  • John 3:2
  • -Joh3.3
  • John 3:3
  • -Joh3.4
  • John 3:4
  • -Joh3.5
  • John 3:5
  • -Joh3.6
  • John 3:6
  • -Joh3.7
  • John 3:7
  • -Joh3.8
  • John 3:8
  • -Joh3.9
  • John 3:9
  • -Joh3.10
  • John 3:10
  • -Joh3.11
  • John 3:11
  • -Joh3.12
  • John 3:12
  • -Joh3.13
  • John 3:14
  • -Joh3.14
  • John 3:14
  • -Joh3.15
  • John 3:15
  • -Joh3.16
  • John 3:16
  • -Joh3.17
  • John 3:17
  • -Joh3.18
  • John 3:18
  • -Joh3.19
  • John 3:19
  • -Joh3.20
  • John 3:20
  • -Joh3.21
  • John 3:21
  • -Joh3.22
  • John 3:22
  • -Joh3.23
  • John 3:23
  • -Joh3.24
  • John 3:24
  • -Joh3.25
  • John 3:25
  • -Joh3.26
  • John 3:26
  • -Joh3.27
  • John 3:27
  • -Joh3.28
  • John 3:28
  • -Joh3.29
  • John 3:29
  • -Joh3.30
  • John 3:30
  • -Joh3.31
  • John 3:31
  • -Joh3.32
  • John 3:32
  • -Joh3.33
  • John 3:33
  • -Joh3.34
  • John 3:34
  • -Joh3.35
  • John 3:35
  • -Joh3.36
  • John 3:36
  • -Joh4.1
  • John 4:1
  • unto her,
  • 27-30 his disciples marvel
  • 31-38 He declares unto them his zeal for God's glory
  • 39-42 Many Samaritans believe on him
  • 43-54 He departs into Galilee, and heals the ruler's son that
  • lay
  • sick at Capernaum
  • -Joh4.2
  • John 4:2
  • -Joh4.3
  • John 4:3
  • -Joh4.4
  • John 4:4
  • -Joh4.5
  • John 4:5
  • -Joh4.6
  • John 4:6
  • have built a church, in the form of a cross, of which 'nothing
  • but
  • a few foundations' remained in the time of MAUNDRELL. He states
  • that is is situated about one third of an hour, or, about a
  • mile,
  • east of Naplosa, the ancient Sychar; and Mr. Buckingham says it
  • is
  • called Beer Samareea, or the well of Samaria, and 'stands at the
  • commencement of the round vale which is thought to be the parcel
  • of ground bought by Jacob, and which, like the narrow valley
  • east of Nabious, is rich and fertile. The mouth of the well
  • itself had an arched or vaulted building over it; and the only
  • passage down to it at this moment is by a small hole in the
  • roof'. 'It is' says MAUNDRELL, 'dug in the firm rock, and
  • contains about three yards in diameter, and thirty-five in
  • depth;
  • five of which we found full of water.'
  • -Joh4.7
  • John 4:7
  • -Joh4.8
  • John 4:8
  • -Joh4.9
  • John 4:9
  • -Joh4.10
  • John 10:4
  • -Joh4.11
  • John 4:11
  • -Joh4.12
  • John 4:12
  • -Joh4.13
  • John 4:13
  • -Joh4.14
  • John 4:14
  • -Joh4.15
  • John 4:15
  • -Joh4.16
  • John 4:16
  • -Joh4.17
  • John 4:17
  • -Joh4.18
  • John 4:18
  • -Joh4.19
  • John 4:19
  • -Joh4.20
  • John 4:20
  • -Joh4.21
  • John 4:21
  • -Joh4.22
  • John 4:22
  • -Joh4.23
  • John 4:23
  • -Joh4.24
  • John 4:24
  • -Joh4.25
  • John 4:25
  • -Joh4.26
  • John 4:26
  • -Joh4.27
  • John 4:27
  • -Joh4.28
  • John 4:28
  • -Joh4.29
  • John 4:29
  • -Joh4.30
  • John 4:30
  • -Joh4.31
  • John 4:31
  • -Joh4.32
  • John 4:32
  • -Joh4.33
  • John 4:33
  • -Joh4.34
  • John 4:34
  • -Joh4.35
  • John 4:35
  • -Joh4.36
  • John 4:36
  • -Joh4.37
  • John 4:27
  • -Joh4.38
  • John 4:38
  • -Joh4.39
  • John 4:39
  • -Joh4.40
  • John 4:40
  • -Joh4.41
  • John 4:41
  • -Joh4.42
  • John 4:42
  • -Joh4.43
  • John 4:43
  • -Joh4.44
  • John 4:44
  • -Joh4.45
  • John 4:45
  • -Joh4.46
  • John 4:46
  • visited Cana a few years ago, 'that, walking among the ruins of
  • a
  • church, we saw large massypots, answering the description given
  • of
  • the ancient vessels of the country; not preserved, but lying
  • about,disregarded by the present inhabitants, as antiquities
  • with
  • whose original use they were unacquainted. From their
  • appearance,
  • and the number of them, it was quite evident that a practice of
  • keeping water in large pots, each holding from eighteen to
  • twenty-seven gallons, was once common in the country.' (Compare
  • the account of the water pots. jno 2.6)
  • -Joh4.47
  • John 4:47
  • -Joh4.48
  • John 4:48
  • -Joh4.49
  • John 4:49
  • -Joh4.50
  • John 4:50
  • -Joh4.51
  • John 4:51
  • -Joh4.52
  • John 4:52
  • -Joh4.53
  • John 4:53
  • -Joh4.54
  • John 4:54
  • -Joh5.1
  • John 5:1
  • and thirty years,
  • 10-16 The Jews therefore cavil, and persecute him for it,
  • 17-30 He answers for himself, and reproves them, shewing by the
  • testimony of his Father,
  • 31-35 of John,
  • 36-38 of his works,
  • 39-47 and of the scriptures, who he is
  • -Joh5.2
  • John 5:2
  • situated on the east of Jerusalem, contiguous on one side to St.
  • Stephen's gate, and on the other to the area of the temple.
  • Maundrell states that, 'it is 120 paces long, and forty broad,
  • and
  • at least eight deep, but void of water. At its west end it
  • covers some old arches, now damned up. These some will have to
  • be porches, in which sat that multitude of lame, halt, and
  • blind.
  • But it is not likely, for instead of five, there are but three.'
  • -Joh5.3
  • John 5:3
  • -Joh5.4
  • John 5:4
  • by some to have been communicated by the blood of the
  • sacrifices,
  • and others have referred it to the mineral properties of the
  • waters. But, 1. The beasts for sacrifice were not washed here,
  • but in a laver in the temple. 2. No natural property could cure
  • all manner of diseases, 3. The cure only extended to the first
  • that entered. 4. It took place only at one particular time.
  • 5. As the healing was effected by immersion, it must have been
  • instantaneous; and it was never failing in it effects. All
  • which,
  • not being observed in medicinal waters, determine the cures to
  • have been miraculous, as expressly stated in the text.
  • -Joh5.5
  • John 5:5
  • -Joh5.6
  • John 5:6
  • -Joh5.7
  • John 5:7
  • -Joh5.8
  • John 5:8
  • -Joh5.9
  • John 5:9
  • -Joh5.10
  • John 5:10
  • -Joh5.11
  • John 5:11
  • -Joh5.12
  • John 5:12
  • -Joh5.13
  • John 5:3
  • -Joh5.14
  • John 5:14
  • -Joh5.15
  • John 5:15
  • -Joh5.16
  • John 5:16
  • -Joh5.17
  • John 5:17
  • -Joh5.18
  • John 5:18
  • -Joh5.19
  • John 5:19
  • ro 6.4 1co 15.12 1pe 3.18 and ver 21,25,26 with ep 1.18,19 2.5
  • and ver 28,29 ch 11.25,26 with ro 8.11 2co 4.14 phi 3.21 1th 4.
  • 14
  • ps 27.14 138.3 is 45.24 with 2co 12.9 ep 3.16 phi 4.13 col 1.11
  • ex 4.11 pr 2.6 with lu 21.15 je 17.10 with re 2.23
  • -Joh5.20
  • Jno 5:20
  • -Joh5.21
  • John 5:21
  • -Joh5.22
  • John 5:22
  • -Joh5.23
  • John 5:23
  • -Joh5.24
  • John 5:24
  • -Joh5.25
  • John 5:25
  • -Joh5.26
  • John 5:26
  • -Joh5.27
  • John 5:27
  • interpret of the Messiah
  • -Joh5.28
  • John 5:28
  • -Joh5.29
  • John 5:29
  • -Joh5.30
  • John 5:30
  • -Joh5.31
  • John 5:31
  • -Joh5.32
  • John 5:32
  • -Joh5.33
  • John 5:33
  • -Joh5.34
  • John 5:34
  • -Joh5.35
  • John 5:35
  • -Joh5.36
  • John 5:36
  • -Joh5.37
  • John 5:37
  • -Joh5.38
  • John 5:38
  • -Joh5.39
  • John 5:39
  • -Joh5.40
  • John 5:40
  • -Joh5.41
  • John 5:41
  • -Joh5.42
  • John 5:42
  • -Joh5.43
  • John 5:43
  • -Joh5.44
  • John 5:44
  • -Joh5.45
  • John 5:45
  • -Joh5.46
  • John 5:46
  • -Joh5.47
  • John 5:47
  • -Joh6.1
  • John 6:1
  • fishes,
  • 15 Thereupon the people would have made him king,
  • 16-25 but withdrawing himself, he walks on the sea to his
  • disciples
  • 26-31 reproves the people flocking after him, and all the
  • fleshly
  • hearers of his word,
  • 32-65 declares himself to be the bread of life to believers
  • 66,67 Many disciples depart from him
  • 68,69 Peter confesses him
  • 70,71 Judas is a devil
  • -Joh6.2
  • John 6:2
  • -Joh6.3
  • John 6:3
  • -Joh6.4
  • John 6:4
  • -Joh6.5
  • John 6:5
  • -Joh6.6
  • John 6:6
  • -Joh6.7
  • John 6:7
  • 6l 5s: or, reckoning the denarius, with some at 7.75d, it would
  • amount to 6l 9s 2d of our money [British] which appears to been
  • more than our Lord and all his disciples were worth of this
  • world's goods.
  • -Joh6.8
  • John 6:8
  • -Joh6.9
  • John 6:9
  • -Joh6.10
  • John 6:10
  • and, from the plenty of grass, it would be a place much more
  • suitable to purpose. This circumstance, says Dr. Paley, is
  • plainly the remark of an eye witness.
  • -Joh6.11
  • John 6:11
  • -Joh6.12
  • John 6:12
  • -Joh6.13
  • John 6:13
  • -Joh6.14
  • John 6:14
  • -Joh6.15
  • John 6:15
  • -Joh6.16
  • John 6:16
  • -Joh6.17
  • John 6:17
  • -Joh6.18
  • John 6:18
  • -Joh6.19
  • John 6:19
  • -Joh6.20
  • John 6:20
  • -Joh6.21
  • John 6:21
  • -Joh6.22
  • John 6:22
  • -Joh6.23
  • John 6:23
  • the lake to which it gave name, so called because built by Herod
  • Agrippa in honour of the emperor Tiberius; distant 30 furlongs
  • from Hippos, 60 from Gadara, 120 from Scythopolis, and 30 from
  • Tarichea. It is still called Tabaria, of Tabbareah, by the
  • natives, is situated close to the edge of the lake, has
  • tolerably
  • high but ill-built walls on three of its sides, flanked wiht
  • circular towers, and is of nearly a quadrangular from,
  • according
  • to Pococke, containing a population estimated at from 2000 to
  • 4000
  • souls.
  • -Joh6.24
  • John 6:24
  • -Joh6.25
  • John 6:25
  • -Joh6.26
  • John 6:26
  • -Joh6.27
  • John 6:27
  • -Joh6.28
  • John 6:28
  • -Joh6.29
  • John 6:29
  • -Joh6.30
  • Jno 6:30
  • -Joh6.31
  • John 6:31
  • -Joh6.32
  • John 6:32
  • -Joh6.33
  • John 6:33
  • -Joh6.34
  • John 6:34
  • -Joh6.35
  • John 6:35
  • -Joh6.36
  • John 6:36
  • -Joh6.37
  • John 6:37
  • -Joh6.38
  • John 6:38
  • -Joh6.39
  • John 6:39
  • -Joh6.40
  • John 6:40
  • -Joh6.41
  • John 6:41
  • -Joh6.42
  • John 6:42
  • -Joh6.43
  • John 6:43
  • -Joh6.44
  • John 6:44
  • -Joh6.45
  • John 6:45
  • -Joh6.46
  • John 6:46
  • -Joh6.47
  • John 6:47
  • -Joh6.48
  • John 6:48
  • -Joh6.49
  • John 6:49
  • -Joh6.50
  • John 6:50
  • -Joh6.51
  • John 6:51
  • This was one of the things which the Jews expected from the
  • Messiah, as we learn from Midrash Koheleth. 'Rabbi Berechiah, in
  • the name of Rabbi Issac said, As was the frist Redeemer, so also
  • shall be the latter. The first Redeemer made manna descend from
  • heaven, as it is said in Ex 16.4, 'And I will rain bread from
  • heaven for you' So also the latter Redeemer shall make manna
  • sescend, as it is said, Ps 72.16, 'There shall be a handful of
  • corn in the earth.' etc."
  • -Joh6.52
  • John 6:52
  • -Joh6.53
  • John 6:53
  • -Joh6.54
  • John 6:54
  • -Joh6.55
  • John 6:55
  • -Joh6.56
  • John 6:56
  • -Joh6.57
  • John 6:57
  • -Joh6.58
  • John 6:58
  • -Joh6.59
  • John 6:59
  • -Joh6.60
  • John 6:60
  • -Joh6.61
  • John 6:61
  • -Joh6.62
  • John 6:62
  • -Joh6.63
  • John 6:63
  • -Joh6.64
  • John 6:64
  • -Joh6.65
  • John 6:65
  • -Joh6.66
  • John 6:66
  • -Joh6.67
  • John 6:67
  • -Joh6.68
  • John 6:68
  • -Joh6.69
  • John 6:69
  • -Joh6.70
  • John 6:70
  • -Joh6.71
  • John 6:71
  • -Joh7.1
  • John 7:1
  • 10-13 goes up from Galilee to the feast of tabernacles,
  • 14-39 teaches in the temple,
  • 40-44 Divers opinions of him among the people
  • 45-53 The Pharisees are angry that their officers took him not,
  • and
  • chide with Nicodemus for taking his part
  • Dan, being bounded on the north by the village Annach or Dorceus
  • on the bordrs of Samaria; on the south by a village called Jarda
  • in Arabia; and extending in breadth from the river Jordan to
  • Joppa
  • and the Mediterranean, having Jerusalem in its centre
  • -Joh7.2
  • John 7:2
  • -Joh7.3
  • John 7:3
  • -Joh7.4
  • John 7:4
  • -Joh7.5
  • John 7:5
  • -Joh7.6
  • John 7:6
  • -Joh7.7
  • John 7:7
  • -Joh7.8
  • John 7:8
  • -Joh7.9
  • John 7:9
  • -Joh7.10
  • John 7:10
  • -Joh7.11
  • John 11.7
  • -Joh7.12
  • John 7:12
  • -Joh7.13
  • John 7:13
  • -Joh7.14
  • John 7:14
  • -Joh7.15
  • John 7:15
  • -Joh7.16
  • John 7:16
  • -Joh7.17
  • John 7:17
  • -Joh7.18
  • John 7:18
  • -Joh7.19
  • John 7.19
  • -Joh7.20
  • John 7:20
  • -Joh7.21
  • John 7:21
  • -Joh7.22
  • John 7:22
  • -Joh7.23
  • John 7:23
  • the law of Moses
  • circumcised member only. This reasoning was in perfect
  • accordance with the principles of the Jews. So Tanchuma,
  • 'Circum-
  • cision, which is performed on one of the 248 members of man,
  • vacates the sabbath; how much more the whole body of a man!'
  • -Joh7.24
  • John 7:24
  • -Joh7.25
  • John 7:25
  • -Joh7.26
  • John 7:26
  • -Joh7.27
  • John 7:27
  • -Joh7.28
  • John 7:28
  • -Joh7.29
  • John 7:29
  • -Joh7.30
  • John 7:30
  • -Joh7.31
  • John 7:31
  • -Joh7.32
  • John 7:32
  • -Joh7.33
  • John 7:33
  • -Joh7.34
  • John 7:34
  • -Joh7.35
  • John 7:35
  • -Joh7.36
  • John 7:36
  • -Joh7.37
  • John 7:37
  • -Joh7.38
  • John 7:38
  • -Joh7.39
  • John 7:39
  • -Joh7.40
  • John 7.40
  • -Joh7.41
  • John 4:41
  • -Joh7.42
  • John 7:42
  • -Joh7.43
  • John 7:43
  • -Joh7.44
  • John 7:44
  • -Joh7.45
  • John 7:45
  • -Joh7.46
  • John 7:46
  • -Joh7.47
  • John 7:47
  • -Joh7.48
  • John 7:48
  • -Joh7.49
  • John 7.49
  • -Joh7.50
  • John 7:49
  • -Joh7.51
  • John 7:51
  • -Joh7.52
  • John 7:52
  • -Joh7.53
  • John 7:53
  • -Joh8.1
  • John 8:1
  • 12-30 He declares himself the light of the world, and justifies
  • his doctrine,
  • 31,32 promises freedom to those who believe
  • 33-47 answers the Jews that boasted of Abraham
  • 48-58 answers their reviling, by shewing his authority and
  • dignity
  • 59 and conveys himslef from their cruelty
  • -Joh8.2
  • John 8:2
  • -Joh8.3
  • John 8:3
  • -Joh8.4
  • John 8:4
  • -Joh8.5
  • John 8:5
  • -Joh8.6
  • John 8:6
  • -Joh8.7
  • John 8:7
  • -Joh8.8
  • John 8:8
  • -Joh8.9
  • John 8:9
  • -Joh8.10
  • John 8:10
  • -Joh8.11
  • John 8:11
  • -Joh8.12
  • John 8:12
  • -Joh8.13
  • John 8:13
  • -Joh8.14
  • John 8:14
  • -Joh8.15
  • John 8:15
  • -Joh8.16
  • John 8.16
  • -Joh8.17
  • John 8:17
  • -Joh8.18
  • John 8.18
  • -Joh8.19
  • John 8:19
  • -Joh8.20
  • John 8:20
  • -Joh8.21
  • John 8:21
  • -Joh8.22
  • John 8:22
  • -Joh8.23
  • John 8:23
  • -Joh8.24
  • John 8.24
  • -Joh8.25
  • John 8:25
  • -Joh8.26
  • John 8:26
  • -Joh8.27
  • John 8:27
  • -Joh8.28
  • John 8:28
  • -Joh8.29
  • John 8:29
  • -Joh8.30
  • John 8:30
  • -Joh8.31
  • John 8:31
  • -Joh8.32
  • John 8:32
  • -Joh8.33
  • John 8:33
  • -Joh8.34
  • John 8:34
  • -Joh8.35
  • John 8:35
  • -Joh8.36
  • John 8:36
  • -Joh8.37
  • John 8:37
  • -Joh8.38
  • John 8:38
  • -Joh8.39
  • John 8:39
  • -Joh8.40
  • John 8:40
  • -Joh8.41
  • John 8:41
  • -Joh8.42
  • John 8:42
  • -Joh8.43
  • John 8:43
  • -Joh8.44
  • John 8:44
  • -Joh8.45
  • John 8:45
  • -Joh8.46
  • John 8:46
  • -Joh8.47
  • John 8:47
  • -Joh8.48
  • John 8:48
  • -Joh8.49
  • John 8:49
  • -Joh8.50
  • John 8:50
  • -Joh8.51
  • John 8:51
  • -Joh8.52
  • John 8:52
  • -Joh8.53
  • John 8:53
  • -Joh8.54
  • John 8:54
  • -Joh8.55
  • John 8:55
  • -Joh8.56
  • John 8:56
  • -Joh8.57
  • John 8:57
  • -Joh8.58
  • John 8:58
  • That our Lord by this expression asserted his divinity and
  • eternal
  • existence, as the great I AM, appears evident from the use of
  • the
  • present tense, instead of the preter, from it being in answer to
  • the Jews, who enquired wheter he had [seen Abraham], and from it
  • being thus understood by the multitude, who were exasperated at
  • it
  • to such a degree that they took up stones to stone him. The
  • ancient Jews not only believed that the Messiah was superior to
  • and Lord of all the Patriarchs, and even of angels, but that his
  • celestial nature existed with God from whom it emanated, before
  • the creation, and that the creation was effected by his
  • ministry.
  • -Joh8.59
  • John 8:59
  • -Joh9.1
  • John 9:1
  • 8-12 He is brought to the Pharisees
  • 13-34 They are offended at it, and excommunicate him
  • 35-38 but he is received of Jesus, and confesses him
  • 39-41 Who they are whom Christ enlightens
  • -Joh9.2
  • John 9:2
  • -Joh9.3
  • John 9:3
  • -Joh9.4
  • John 9:4
  • -Joh9.5
  • John 9:5
  • Our Lord here claims one of the titles given by the Jews to the
  • Divine Being. So in [Bammidbar Rabba, 15,fol 229.1, 'The
  • Israelites said to God, O Lord of the universe, thou commandest
  • us
  • to light lamps to thee, yet thou art [the light of the world]'
  • It
  • was also a title of the Messiah (see Isa 49.6; 60.1;) and in a
  • remarkable passage of [Yalkut Rubeni], fol.6, it is said on Ge.
  • 1.4,' From this we learn that the holy and blessed God saw the
  • [light of the Messiah], and his works, before the world was
  • created; and reserved it for the Messiah, and his generation,
  • under the throne of his glory. Satan said to the holy and
  • blessed
  • God, For whom dost thou reserve that light which is under the
  • throne of thy glory? God answered, For him who shall subdue
  • thee,
  • and overwhelm thee with confusion. Satan rejoined, Lord of the
  • universe, shew that person to me. God said, Come, and see him.
  • When he saw him, he was greatly agitated, and fell upon his
  • face,
  • saying, Truly this is the Messiah, who shall cast me and
  • idolators
  • into hell.'
  • -Joh9.6
  • John 9:6
  • upon the eyes of the blind man.
  • -Joh9.7
  • John 9:7
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  • John 9:8
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  • John 9:9
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  • John 9:10
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  • John 9:11
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  • John 9:12
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  • John 9:13
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  • John 9:14
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  • John 9:15
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  • John 9:16
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  • John 9:17
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  • John 9:18
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  • John 9:19
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  • John 9:20
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  • John 9:21
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  • John 9:22
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  • John 9:23
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  • John 9:24
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  • John 9:25
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  • John 9:26
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  • John 9:27
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  • John 9:28
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  • John 9.29
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  • John 9:30
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  • John 9:31
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  • John 9:32
  • It is worthy of remark, that, from the foundation of the world,
  • no
  • person [born blind] had been restored to sight, even by surgical
  • operation, till about the year 1728; when the celebrated Dr.
  • Cheselden, by couching the eyes of a young man fourteen years of
  • age, restored them to perfect vision. This was the effect of
  • well-directed surgery; that performed by Christ was wholly a
  • miracle, effected by the power of God. The simple means employed
  • could have had no effect in this case and were merely employed
  • as
  • symbols.
  • -Joh9.33
  • John 9:33
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  • John 9:34
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  • John 9:35
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  • John 9:36
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  • John 9:37
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  • John 9:38
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  • John 9:39
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  • John 9:40
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  • John 9:41
  • -Joh10.1
  • John 10:1
  • 19-22 Divers opninons of him
  • 23-30 He proves by his works that he is Christ the Son of God
  • 31-38 escapes the Jews
  • 39-42 and goes beyond Jordan, where many believe on him
  • -Joh10.2
  • John 10:2
  • -Joh10.3
  • John 10:3
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  • John 10:4
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  • John 10:5
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  • John 10:6
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  • John 10:7
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  • John 10:8
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  • John 10:9
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  • John 10:10
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  • John 10:11
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  • John 10:12
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  • John 10:13
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  • John 10:14
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  • John 10:15
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  • John 10:16
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  • John 10:17
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  • John 10:18
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  • John 10:19
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  • John 10:20
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  • John 10:21
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  • John 10:22
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  • John 10:23
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  • John 10:24
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  • John 10:25
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  • John 10:26
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  • John 10:27
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  • John 10:28
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  • John 10:29
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  • John 10:30
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  • John 10:31
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  • John 10:32
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  • John 10:33
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  • John 10:34
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  • Jno 10:35
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  • John 10:36
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  • John 10:37
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  • John 10:38
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  • John 10:39
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  • John 10:40
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  • John 10:41
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  • John 10:42
  • -Joh11.1
  • John 11:1
  • 45,46 Many Jews believe
  • 47,48 The high priests and Pharisees gather a council against
  • Christ
  • 49-53 Caiphas prophesies
  • 54 Jesus hides himself
  • 55-57 At the pasover they enquire after him, and lay wait for
  • him.
  • beyond measure great, the most stupendous of all he had hitherto
  • performed, and beyond all others calculated to evince his Divine
  • majesty, was therefore purposely recorded by the Evangelist
  • John;
  • while it was omitted by the other Evangelists, probably, as
  • Grotius supposes, because they wrote their histories during the
  • life of Lazrus, and they did not mention him for fear of
  • exciting
  • the malice of the Jews against him; as we find from ch. 12.10,
  • that they sought to put him to death, that our Lord might not
  • have
  • such a monument of his power and goodness remaining in the land.
  • -Joh11.2
  • John 11:2
  • -Joh11.3
  • John 11:3
  • -Joh11.4
  • John 11:4
  • -Joh11.5
  • John 11:5
  • -Joh11.6
  • John 11:6
  • -Joh11.7
  • John 11:7
  • -Joh11.8
  • John 11:8
  • -Joh11.9
  • John 11:9
  • -Joh11.10
  • Jno 11:10
  • -Joh11.11
  • John 11:11
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  • John 11:12
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  • John 11:13
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  • John 11.14
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  • John 11:15
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  • John 11:16
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  • John 11:17
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  • Jno 11:18
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  • John 11:19
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  • John 11:20
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  • -Joh11.44
  • linen, a few inches in breadth, brought round or sheets of linen
  • in which the corpse was involved, and by which the spices were
  • kept in contact with the flesh. In reply to sceptical
  • objections, it is sufficient to observe, that he who could raise
  • Lazarus from the dead, could, with a much less exertion of
  • power, have so loosened or removed the bandages of his feet and
  • legs as to have rendered it practicable for him to come forth.
  • Tittman well observes, that Lazarus was restored not only to
  • life but also to health, as appears from the alacrity of his
  • motion; and this would constitute a new miracle.
  • -Joh11.45
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  • -Joh11.54
  • Bethel, and apparently between that city and Jericho.
  • Accordingly we find that a desert, or wilderness, extended from
  • Jericho to Bethel called the wilderness of Bethaven in which
  • Josuha and the Israelites slew the inhabitants of Ai.
  • -Joh11.55
  • -Joh11.56
  • -Joh11.57
  • -Joh12.1
  • 01 Jesus excuses Mary anointing his feet
  • 09 The people flock to see Lazarus
  • 10 The chief priests consult to kill him
  • 12 Christ rides into Jerusalem
  • 20 Greeks desire to see Jesus
  • 23 He foretells his death
  • 37 The Jews are generally blinded
  • 42 yet many chief rulers believe, but do not confess him,
  • 44 therefore Jesus calls earnestly for confession of faith
  • -Joh12.2
  • -Joh12.3
  • India, whence was made a very valuable unguent or perfume, used
  • at the ancient baths and feasts. It is identified by Sir W.
  • Jones with the sumbul of the Persians and Arabs, and jatamansi
  • of the Hindoos; and he considers it a species of the valerian,
  • of the triandria monogynia class of plants. The root is from
  • three to twelve inches long, fibrous, sending up above the earth
  • between thirty and forty ears or spikes, from which it has its
  • name; stem, lower part perennial, upper part herbaceous,
  • sub-erect, simple, from six to twelve inches long; leaves
  • entire, smooth, fourfold, the inner radical pair petioled and
  • cordate, the rest sessile and lanceolate; pericarp, a single
  • seed crowned with a pappus.
  • -Joh12.4
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  • -Joh13.1
  • 01 Jesus washes the disciples' feet, and exhorts them to
  • humility and charity.
  • 18 He foretells and discovers to John by a token, that Judas
  • should betray him.
  • 31 commands them to love one another.
  • 36 and forewarns Peter of his denials
  • -Joh13.2
  • -Joh13.3
  • -Joh13.4
  • by which it was girdled close to his tunic, or inner coat; and
  • instead of his girdle, he tied a towel about him, that he might
  • have it in readiness to dry their feet,and that he might appear
  • as a servant. Indeed the whole action was a servile one; and
  • never performed by a superior to an inferior.
  • -Joh13.5
  • -Joh13.6
  • -Joh13.7
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  • -Joh13.38
  • -Joh14.1
  • 01 Christ comforts his disciples with the hope of heaven
  • 05 professes himself the way, the truth, and the life, and one
  • with the Father
  • 13 assures their prayers to be effectual
  • 15 requires obedience
  • 16 promises the Comforter
  • 27 and leaves his peace with them
  • -Joh14.2
  • -Joh14.3
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  • -Joh14.31
  • -Joh15.1
  • 01 The union of Christ and his members shewn under the parable
  • of the vine
  • 18 the hatred of the world
  • 26 the office of the Holy Ghost
  • -Joh15.2
  • -Joh15.3
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  • -Joh16.1
  • 01 Christ comforts his disciples by the promise of the Holy
  • Ghost, and his ascension
  • 23 assures their prayers made in his name to be acceptable
  • 33 Peace in Christ, and in the world affliction
  • -Joh16.2
  • -Joh16.3
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  • -Joh17.1
  • 01 Christ prays to his Father
  • -Joh17.2
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  • -Joh18.1
  • 01 Judas betrays Jesus
  • 06 The officers fall to the ground
  • 10 Peter smites off Malchus' ear
  • 12 Jesus is taken, and led unto Annas and Caiaphas
  • 15 Peter's denial
  • 19 Jesus examined before Caiaphas
  • 25 Peter's second and third denial
  • 28 Jesus arraigned before Pilate
  • 36 His kingdom
  • 40 The Jews prefer Barabbas
  • -Joh18.2
  • -Joh18.3
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  • -Joh18.6
  • it was thus shewn that Jesus voluntarily resigned himself into
  • their hands.
  • -Joh18.7
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  • after filling that office for fifteen years; but, being a person
  • of distinguished character, and having had no fewer than five
  • sons who had successively enjoyed the dignity of the
  • high-priesthood, and the present high priest Caiaphas being his
  • son-in-law, he must have possessed much authority in the nation.
  • It was at the palace of Caiaphas where the chief priests,
  • elders, and scribes were assembled the whole of the night to see
  • the issue of their stratagem.
  • -Joh18.25
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  • -Joh19.1
  • 01 Christ is scourged, crowned with thorns, and beaten
  • 04 Pilate is desirous to release him, but being overcome with
  • the outrage of the Jews; he delivers him to be crucified
  • 23 They cast lots for his garments
  • 25 He commends his mother to John
  • 28 He dies
  • 31 His side is pierced
  • 38 He is buried by Joseph and Nicodemus
  • -Joh19.2
  • -Joh19.3
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  • -Joh19.5
  • -Joh19.6
  • crucifixion was not a Jewish but a Roman mode of punishment. The
  • cross was made of two beams, either crossing at the top, at
  • right angles, like a T, or in the middle of their length like an
  • X; with a piece on the centre of the transverse beam for the
  • accusation, and another piece projecting from the middle, on
  • which the person sat. The cross on which our Lord suffered was
  • of the former kind, being thus represented on all old monuments,
  • coins, and crosses. The body was usually fastened to the upright
  • beam by nailing the feet to it, and on the transverse piece by
  • nailing the hands; and the person was frequently permitted to
  • hang in this situation till he perished through agony and lack
  • of food. This horrible punishment was usually inflicted only on
  • slaves for the worst of crimes.
  • -Joh19.7
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  • third, as in the parallel place
  • -Joh19.15
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  • -Joh19.17
  • translations, is supposed to have been a hill, or a rising on a
  • greater hill, on the north-west of Jerusalem.
  • -Joh19.18
  • -Joh19.19
  • title given by the Evangelists, which has been urged as
  • objection against their inspiration and veracity, has been most
  • satisfactorily accounted for by Dr. Townson; who supposes that,
  • as it was written in Hebrew, Greek, and Latin, it might have
  • slightly varied in each language; and that, as St. Luke and St.
  • John wrote for the Gentiles, they would prefer the Greek
  • inscription, that St. Matthew, addressing the Jews, would use
  • the Hebrew, and that St. Mark, writing to the Romans, would
  • naturally give the Latin. Jesus.
  • -Joh19.20
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  • -Joh19.23
  • by Josephus. woven, or wrought.
  • -Joh19.24
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  • it appears that a species of hyssop, with a reedy stalk, about
  • two feet long, grew about Jerusalem.
  • -Joh19.30
  • -Joh19.31
  • of criminals upon the cross; which was done, we are told, at the
  • instep with an iron mallet; and appears to have been a kind of
  • coup de grace, the sooner to put them out of pain.
  • -Joh19.32
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  • -Joh20.1
  • 01 Mary come to the sepulchre
  • 03 so do Peter and John, ignorant of the resurrection
  • 11 Jesus appears to Mary Magdalene
  • 19 and to his disciples
  • 24 The incredulity and confession of Thomas
  • 30 The Scripture is sufficient to salvation
  • the sepulchre twice on that morning of the resurrection. The
  • first time of her going was some short time before her
  • companions, the other Mary and Salome; and observing that the
  • stone had been removed, she returned to inform Peter and John.
  • In the meantime, the other Mary and Salome came to the
  • sepulchre, and saw the angel, as recorded by Matthew and Mark.
  • While these women returned to the city, Peter and John went to
  • the sepulchre, passing them at some distance, or going another
  • way, followed by Mary Magdalene, who stayed after their return.
  • This was her second journey; when she saw two angels, and then
  • Jesus himself, as here related; and immediately after Jesus
  • appeared to the other women, as they returned to the city. In
  • the meantime Joanna and her company arrived at the sepulchre,
  • when two angels appeared to them, and addressed them as the one
  • angel had done the other women. They immediately returned to
  • the
  • city, and by some means found the apostles before the others
  • arrived, and informed them of what they had seen; upon which
  • Peter went a second time to the sepulchre, but saw only the
  • linen clothes lying.
  • -Joh20.2
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  • more time with me now in joyful gratulations; for I am not yet
  • immediately going to ascend to my Father; you will have several
  • opportunities of seeing me again; but go and tell my disciples
  • that I shall depart to my Father and your Father
  • -Joh20.18
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  • furnishing us with a full and satisfactory demonstration of the
  • resurrection of our Lord. Throughout the devine dispensation
  • every doctrine and every important truth is gradually revealed;
  • and here we have a conspicuous instance of the progressive
  • system. An angel first declares the glorious event; the empty
  • sepulchre confirms the women's report. Christ's appearance to
  • Mary Magdalene shewed that he was alive; that the disciples at
  • Emmaus proved that it was at the least the spirit of Christ;
  • that to the eleven shewed the reality of his body; and the
  • convection given to St. Thomas proved it the self-same body that
  • had been crusified. Incredulity itself is satisfied; and the
  • convinced apostle exclaims, in joy of his heart, `My Lord and
  • my God!'
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  • -Joh21.1
  • 01 Christ appearing again to his disciples is known of then by
  • the great draught of fishes
  • 12 He dines with them
  • 15 earnestly commands Peter to feed his lambs and sheep
  • 18 foretells him of his death
  • 22 rebukes his curiosity touching John
  • 24 The conclusion
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  • and I clothe. naked. That is he was only in his vest, or under
  • garment; naked, like the hebrew arom, is frequently applied to
  • one who has merely laid aside his outer garment.
  • the LXX job 22.6
  • blanket, in which they wrapped themselves, and besides they had
  • no other. In this sense Virgil says, Nudus ara, sere nudus,
  • `plough naked, and sow naked,' strip of your upper garments.
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  • taken before the coena, or supper. durst
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  • the savior rose he appeared five times; the second day was that
  • day se'nnight; and this was the third day-or this was the third
  • appearence to any considerable number of his disciples together.
  • Though he had appeared to Mary, to the women, to the two
  • disciples, to Cephas-yet he had but twice appeared to a company
  • of them together.
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  • represent the number of miracles which Jesus wrought. But
  • however strong or strange it may appear to us of the western
  • world, we find sacred and other authors using hyperboles of the
  • like kind and signification.
  • writer, in which Jochanan is said to have `composed such a great
  • number of concepts and lessons, that if the heavens were paper,
  • and all the trees of the forest so many pens, and all the
  • children of men so many scribes,they would not suffice to write
  • all the lessons.'
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  • ACTS 1:1
  • CONCLUDING REMARKS ON THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES
  • The Acts of the Apostles is a most valuable portion of Divine
  • revelation; and, independently of its universal reception in the
  • Christian church, as an authentic and inspired production, it
  • bears the most satisfactory internal evidence of its
  • authenticity
  • and truth. St. Luke's long attendance upon St. Paul, and his
  • having been an eye-witness of many of the facts which he has
  • recorded, independently of his Divine inspiration, render him a
  • most suitable and credible historian; and his medical knowledge,
  • for he is allowed to have been a physician, enabled him both to
  • form a proper judgment of the miraculous cures which were
  • performed by St. Paul, and to give an authentic and
  • circumstantial
  • detail of them. The plainness and simplicity of the narrative
  • are
  • also strong circumstances in its favour. The history of the Acts
  • is one of the most important parts of the Sacred History, for
  • without it neither the Gospels nor epistles could have been so
  • clearly understood; but by the aid of it the the whole scheme of
  • the Christian revelation is set before us in a clear and easy
  • view.
  • 1-9 Christ, preparing his apostles to the beholding of his
  • ascension, gathers them together unto the mount Olivet,
  • commands them to expect in Jerusalem the sending down of the
  • Holy Ghost, promises after a few days to send it, and ascends
  • into heaven in their sight,
  • 10-11 After his ascension thay are warned by two angels to
  • depart,
  • and to set their minds upon the second coming
  • 12-26 They accordingly return, and, giving themselves to prayer,
  • choose Matthias apostle in the place of Judas
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  • Acts 2:1
  • 1-13 The apostles, filled with the Holy Ghost, and speaking
  • divers
  • languages, are admired by some, and derided by others
  • 14-36 whom Peter disproves
  • 37-40 he baptizes a great number that were converted
  • 41-47 who afterwards devoutly and charitably converse together;
  • the apostles working many miracles, and God daily increasing
  • his church
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  • Acts 2:1
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  • -Ac3.1
  • Acts 3:1
  • 1-11 Peter preaching to the people that came to see a lame man
  • restored to his feet
  • 12 professes the cure not to have been wrought by his or John's
  • own power or holiness, but by God, and his son Jesus, and
  • through faith in his name
  • 13-16 withal reprehending them for crucifying Jesus
  • 17,18 which because they did it through ignorance, and that
  • thereby were fulfilled God's determinate counsel, and the
  • Scriptures
  • 19-26 he exhorts them by repentence and faith to seek remission
  • of
  • their sins, and salvation in the same Jesus.
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  • Acts 3.2
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  • Acts 3:26
  • -Ac4.1
  • Acts 4:1
  • 1,2 The rulers of the Jews, offended with Peter's sermon
  • 3,4 imprison him and John
  • 5-12 After, upon examination Peter boldly avouching the lame man
  • to be healed by the name of Jesus, and that by the same Jesus
  • only we must be eternally saved.
  • 13-22 they command him and John to preach no more in that name,
  • adding also threatening,
  • 23-30 whereupon the church flees to prayer
  • 31-37 And God, by moving the place where they were assembled,
  • testifies that he heard their prayer; confirming the church
  • with the gift of the Holy Ghost, and with mutual love and
  • charity.
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  • Acts 4:2
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  • -Ac5.1
  • Acts 5:1
  • 1-11 After that Ananias and Sapphira his wife for their
  • hypocrisy,
  • at Peter's rebuke had fallen down dead
  • 12,13 and that the rest of the apostles had wrought many
  • miracles
  • 14-16 to the increase of the faith
  • 17,18 the apostles are again imprisoned
  • 19,20 but delivered by an angel bidding them preach openly to
  • all
  • 21-28 when, after their teaching accordingly in the temple
  • 29-32 and before the council
  • 33-40 they are in danger to be killed; but through the advice of
  • Gamaliel, a great counsellor among the Jews, they are kept
  • alive, and are only beaten
  • 41,42 for which they glorify God, and cease no day from
  • preaching.
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  • Acts 5:2
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  • -Ac6.1
  • Acts 6:1
  • 1,2 The apostles, desirous to have the poor regarded for their
  • bodily sustenance, as also careful themselves to dispense the
  • word of God, the food of the soul
  • 3,4 recommend
  • 5,6 and with the church's consent ordain seven chosen men to the
  • office of deaconship
  • 7 the word of God prevails
  • 8,15 Stephen, full of faith and the Holy Ghost, confuting those
  • with whom he disputed, is brought before the council, and
  • falsely accused of blasphemy against the law and the temple
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  • Acts 6:2
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  • Acts 7:1
  • 1 Stephen, permitted to answer to the accusation of blasphemy
  • 2-19 shews that Abraham worshipped God rightly, and how God
  • chose
  • the fathers
  • 20-36 before Moses was born, and before the tabernacle and
  • temple
  • were built
  • 37-43 that Moses himself witnessed of Christ
  • 44-50 and that all outward ceremonies were ordained, according
  • to
  • the heavenly pattern, to last but for a time
  • 51-53 reprehending their rebellion, and murdering of Christ, the
  • Just One, whom the prophets foretold should come into the
  • world
  • 54-60 Whereupon they stone him to death, who commends his soul
  • to
  • Jesus, and humbly prays for them
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  • Acts 7:2
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  • Acts 7:16
  • Of the two burying places of the patriarchs, one was at Hebron,
  • the cave and field which Abraham purchased of Ephron the
  • Hittite,
  • (Ge 23.16); the other in Sychem, which Jacob (not Abraham)
  • bought
  • of the sons of Emmor, (Ge 33.19) To remove this glaring
  • discrepancy, MARKLAND interprets ****, from, as it frequently
  • signifies with a genitive, and renders, 'And were carried over
  • to
  • Sychem; and afterwards from among the descendants of Emmor, the
  • father, or son, of Sychem, they were laid in the sepulchre which
  • Abraham bought for a sum of money.' This agrees with the account
  • that Josephus gives of the patriarchs; that they were carried
  • out
  • of Egypt, first to Sychem, and then to Hebron, where they were
  • buried.
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  • Acts 7:17
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  • Acts 7:43
  • In the passage of Amos, to which St. Stephen refers, it is
  • BEYOND
  • Damascus, but as Assyria and Media, to which they were carried
  • were not only BEYOND DAMASCUS, but BEYOND BABYLON itself, he
  • states that fact, and thus fixes more precisely the place of
  • their
  • captivity
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  • Acts 8:1
  • 1-8 By occasion of the persecution in Jerusalem, the church
  • being planted in Samaria, by Philip the deacon, who preached,
  • did miracles, and baptized many
  • 9-13 among the rest Simon the sorcerer, a great seducer of the
  • people
  • 14-17 Peter and John come to confirm and enlarge the church;
  • where,
  • by prayer and imposition of hands giving the Holy Ghost,
  • 18-25 when Simon would have bought the like power of them, Peter
  • sharply reproving his hypocrisy and covetousness, and ex-
  • horting him to repentance, together with John preaching the
  • word of the Lord, return to Jerusalem,
  • 26-40 but the angel sends Philip to teach and baptize the
  • Ethiopian
  • Eunuch.
  • previous chapter; there is scarcely a worse division of chapters
  • than this.
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  • Acts 8:2
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  • Acts 8:3
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  • Acts 8:5
  • had been utterly destroyed by Hyrcanus, and the city built by
  • Herod on its site was called Augusta, in honor of Augustus.
  • Samaria comprised the tract of country formerly occupied by the
  • tribes of Ephriam and Manasseh, west of Jordan, lying between
  • Judea and Galilee: beginning, says Josephus, at Ginea in the
  • great
  • plain, and ending at the toparchy of Acrabateni
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  • the same who is mentioned by Josephus, as persuading Drusilla to
  • leave her husband and live with Felix.
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  • Gaza, but to [], the way; though Gaza was situated at the
  • entrance
  • of the desert, and the ancient city was in ruins, being
  • destroyed
  • by Alexander
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  • and led blind to Damascus
  • 10-17 is called to the apostleship
  • 18,19 and is baptized by Ananias
  • 20-22 He preaches Christ boldly
  • 23-28 The Jews lay wait to kill him
  • 29,30 so do the Gecians, but he escapes both
  • 31-35 The church having rest, Peter heals Eneas of the palsy
  • 36-43 and restores Tabitha to life
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  • Maundrell states that after visiting [the place of the vision],
  • 'about half a mile distant from the city eastward,' they
  • returned
  • to the city, and 'were shewn the gate where St. Paul was let
  • down
  • in a basket. This gate is at present walled up, by reason of its
  • vicinity to the east gate, which renders it of little use.'
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  • Acts 10:1
  • for Peter,
  • 11-16 who by a vision is taught not to despise the Gentiles,
  • 17-24 and is commanded by the Spirit to go with the messenger to
  • Cesarea,
  • 25-33 Cornelius shews the occasion of his sending for him,
  • 34-43 As he preaches Christ to Cornelius and his company,
  • 44-48 the Holy Ghost falls on them, and they are baptized
  • sometimes consisting of from 555 to 1105 infantry), is not
  • unknown to the Roman writers, (See TACITUS;) and GRUTER gives an
  • inscription in which it is mentioned, which was found in the
  • Forum
  • Sempronii, on a fine marble table.
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  • denotes every kind of vessel or utensil, any thing which may be
  • considered as a receptacle; and is therefore applicable to a
  • sheet
  • [], or any thing woven from flax, tied up at the four corners,
  • which our word VESSEL is not.
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  • Acts 10:12
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  • Acts 10:13
  • direction seems to be this, say Dr. A. Clarke, 'The middle wall
  • of
  • the partition is now pulled down; the Jews and Gentiles are
  • called
  • to become one flock, under one shepherd and bishop of souls.
  • Thou, Peter, shalt open the door of faith to the Gentiles, and
  • be
  • also the minister of the circumcision. Rise up; already a
  • blessed
  • sacrifice is prepared: go and offer it to God; and let thy soul
  • feed on the fruits of his mercy,' etc.
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  • was built and superbly decorated by Herod the Great and called
  • Caeserea, in honour of Augustas Caesar, to whom he dedicated it
  • in
  • the 28th year of his reign. It was situated on the shore of the
  • Mediterranean, between Joppa and Dora, with a haven, rendered by
  • Herod the most convenient on the coast: according to IBN IDRIS
  • and
  • ABULFEDA, 30 miles from Jaffa or Joppa, 32 from Ramlay, and 36
  • from Acco or Ptolemais; and, according to Josephus, 600 stadia,
  • or
  • 75 miles from Jerusalem, though the real distance is probably
  • not
  • more than 62 miles. Nothing now remains of the former splendor
  • of
  • Caeserea: the supposed sites of the ancient edifices are mere
  • mounds of indefinable form; the waves was the ruins of the mole,
  • the tower, and the port; the whole of the surrounding country
  • is a
  • sandy desert; and not a creature except beasts of prey, resides
  • within many miles of this silent desolation.
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  • Acts 11:1
  • 5-17 makes his defence
  • 18 which is accepted
  • 19-25 The gospel being spread in Phenice, and Cyprus, and
  • Antioch
  • Barnabas is sent to confirm them
  • 26 The disciples there are first called Christians
  • 27-30 They send relief to the brethren in Juedea in time of
  • famine
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  • year of Claudius, which continued for several years, and in
  • which,
  • says Josephus, 'many died for want of food.'
  • after a reign of upwards of 13 years, he was poisoned by his
  • wife
  • Agrippina, and succeeded by Nero.
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  • prisons Peter; whom an angel delivers upon the prayers of
  • the church,
  • 20-23 Herod in his pride taking to himself the honor due to God,
  • is stricken by an angle, and dies miserably.
  • 24 After his death, the word of God prospers,
  • 25 Saul and Barnabas return to Antioch
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  • to those of the two soldiers between whom he slept. This, it
  • appears, was the Roman method of securing a prisoner, and seems
  • to be what is intimated in verse 6.
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  • the obsolete verb to wis, from the Saxon wissan, in German
  • wissen,
  • and Dutch wysen, to think, imagine, know
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  • left him, that he was fully convinced that all was real.
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  • 6-12 Of Sergius Paulus, and Elymas the sorcerer
  • 13-41 Paul preaches at Antioch that Jesus is Christ
  • 42,43 but the Jews gainsay and blaspheme, whereupon they turn to
  • 44-49 the Gentiles, of whom many believe
  • 50-52 The Jews raise a persecution against Paul and Barnabas,
  • who
  • go to Iconium
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  • beareth or feedeth her child
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  • in the place of Is 55.3, and in many others, use for that which
  • is in the Heb. mercies.'
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  • 8-18 At Lystra Paul heals a cripple, whereupon they are reputed
  • as
  • gods,
  • 19,20 Paul is stoned
  • 21-25 They pass through divers churches, confirming the
  • disciples
  • in faith and patience.
  • 26-28 Returning to Antioch, they report what God had done with
  • them
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  • Phyrgia on the north and west, Lyconia on the east, and Pam-
  • phylia on the south.
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  • Perga was a considerable city of Pamphylia, towards the sea
  • coast,
  • and near the Caystrus, famous for the temple of Diana.
  • Attalia, now Antalia, or Satalie, was a maritime city of
  • Pamphylia, the chief residence of the praefect
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  • 5-21 The apostles consult about it
  • 22-35 and send their determination by letters to the churches,
  • 36-41 Paul and Barnabas, thinking to visit the brethren
  • together,
  • disagree, and travel different ways
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  • 7-13 and being called by the Spirit from one country to another,
  • 14,15 converts Lydia
  • 16-18 and casts out a spirit of divination
  • 19-24 for which cause he and Silas are whipped and imprisoned
  • 25-30 The prison doors are opened
  • 31-34 The jailor is converted
  • 35-40 and they are delivered
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  • 5-9 and others persecute him.
  • 10-12 He is sent to Berea, and preaches there,
  • 13-15 Being persecuted by Jews from Thessalonica,
  • 16-31 he comes to Athens, and disputes and preaches the living
  • God,
  • to them unknown
  • 32-34 whereby, though some mock, many are converted unto Christ
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  • 9-11 The Lord encourages him in a vision
  • 12-17 He is accused before Gallio the deputy, but is dismissed,
  • 18-23 Afterwards passing from city to city, he strengthens the
  • disciples.
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  • 8-12 The Jews blaspheme his doctrine, which is confirmed by
  • miracles.
  • 13-15 The Jewish exorcists
  • 16-18 are beaten by the devil,
  • 19,20 Conjuring books are burnt,
  • 21-34 Demetrius, for love of gain, raises an uproar against Paul
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  • word is used in the Greek writers. The study of magic was
  • prosecuted with such zeal at Ephesus, that [], certain charms
  • or words used in incantation, became much celebrated in
  • antiquity.
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  • bounded on the north by the mountains of Haemus, on the south by
  • Epirus and Achaia, on the east by the Aegean sea and Thrace, and
  • on the west by the Adriatic sea; celebrated in all histories as
  • being the third kingdom which, under Alexander the Great,
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  • 01 Paul goes to Macedonia, and thence to Troas
  • 07 He celebrates the Lord's supper, and preaches
  • 09 Eutychus having fallen down dead is raised to life
  • 13 He continues his travels
  • 17 and at Miletum he calls the elders together, tells them what
  • shall befall to himself
  • 28 commits God's flock to them
  • 29 warns them of false teachers
  • 32 commends them to God
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  • called, bounded on the west by Epirus, on the east by the Aegean
  • sea, on the north by Macedonia, and on the south by the
  • Peloponnesus. In its largest acceptation it also comprehended
  • all Macedonia, Thessaly, Epirus, Peloponnesus, and the
  • circumjacent islands.
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  • 01 Paul calls at the house of Philip, whose daughters prophesy
  • 10 Agabus, foretelling what should befall him at Jerusalem, he
  • will not be dissuaded from going thither
  • 17 He comes to Jerusalem
  • 27 where he is apprehended, and in great danger, but by the
  • chief captain is rescued
  • 37 and requests, and is permitted to speak to the people.
  • of those called Cyclades, near the south-west point of Asia
  • Minor, and about fifteen miles from Halicarnassus. Rhodes is a
  • celebrated island in the same sea, southward of Caria, from
  • which it is distant about twenty miles, next to Cyprus and
  • Lesbos in extent, being 120 miles in circumference. It was
  • remarkable for the clearness of the air, and its pleasant and
  • healthy climate, and chiefly for its Colossus of brass, seventy
  • cubits high, with each finger as large as an ordinary man,
  • standing astride over the mouth of the harbour, so that ships in
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  • 01 Paul declares at large how he was converted to the faith,
  • 17 and called to his apostleship
  • 22 At the very mentioning of the Gentiles the people exclaim on
  • him
  • 24 He would have been scourged,
  • 25 but claiming the privilege of a Roman, he escapes.
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  • extraordinary conversion as a most complete demonstration of the
  • truth of Christianity; and when all the particulars of his
  • education, his previous religious principles, his zeal, his
  • enmity against Christians, and his prospects of secular honours
  • and preferments by persecuting them, are compared with the
  • subsequent part of his life, and the sudden transition from a
  • furious persecutor to a zealous preacher of the gospel, in which
  • he laboured and suffered to the end of his life, and for which
  • he died a martyr, it must convince every candid and impartial
  • person that no rational account can be given of this change,
  • except what he himself assigns; and consequently, if that be
  • true, that Christianity is Divine.
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  • was ignorant of the charge against Paul, and also of the defence
  • which the apostle had made; but as he saw that they grew more
  • and more outrageous, he supposed that Paul must have given them
  • the highest provocation, and therefore, according to the
  • barbarous and irrational practice which has existed in all
  • countries, he determined to put him to the torture, in order to
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  • Roman citizen capitally, or by inflicting stripes, or even
  • binding him; and the single expression, I am a Roman citizen,
  • arrested their severest decrees, and obtained, if not an escape,
  • at least a delay of his punishment
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  • born in that city, had the same rights and privileges as Roman
  • citizens, in consequence of a grant or charter from Julius
  • Caesar, from whom it was called Juliopolis. But if this were not
  • the case, St. Paul's father, or some of his ancestors, might
  • have been rewarded with the freedom of the city of Rome, for his
  • fidelity and bravery in some military service, as Josephus says
  • several of the Jews were; or his father might have obtained it
  • by purchase, as in the instance of the chief captain.
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  • 01 As Paul pleads his cause
  • 02 Ananias commands them to smite him
  • 07 Dissension among his accusers,
  • 11 God encourages him
  • 14 The Jews' laying wait for Paul
  • 20 is declared unto the chief captain
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  • years after this, after his house had been reduced to ashes, in
  • a tumult raised by his own son, he was besieged and taken in the
  • royal palace; where having attempted in vain to hide himself, he
  • was dragged out and slain. thou whited
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  • Jerusalem, Ananias, son of Nebedenus, was deprived of the high
  • priest's office, for certain acts of violence, and sent to Rome,
  • whence he was afterwards released, and returned to Jerusalem.
  • Between the death of Jonathan, who succeeded him and was
  • murdered by Felix, and the high priesthood of Ismael, who was
  • invested with that office by Agrippa, an interval elapsed in
  • which this dignity was vacant. This was the precise time when
  • St. Paul was apprehended; and the Sanhedrin being destitute of a
  • president, Ananias undertook to discharge the office. It is
  • probable that Paul was ignorant of this circumstance.
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  • Jews, who, from their perverted traditions, challenged to
  • themselves a right of punishing without any legal process, those
  • whom they considered transgressers of the law; and in some
  • cases, as in the case of one who had forsaken the law of Moses,
  • they thought they were justified in killing them. They therefore
  • made no scruple of acquainting the chief priests and elders with
  • their conspiracy against the life of Paul, and applying for
  • their connivance and support; who, being chiefly of the sect of
  • the Sadducces, and the apostle's bitterest enemies, were so far
  • from blaming them for it, that they gladly aided and abetted
  • them in this mode of dispatching him, and on its failure they
  • soon afterwards determined upon making a similar attempt. If
  • these were, in their bad way, conscientious men, they were under
  • no necessity of perishing for hunger, when the providence of God
  • had hindered them from accomplishing their vow; for their vows
  • of abstinence from eating and drinking were as easy to loose as
  • to bind, any of their wise men or Rabbies having power to
  • absolve them, as Dr. Lightfoot has shewn from the Talmud.
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  • 01 Paul being accused by Tertallus the orator
  • 10 answers for his life and doctrine
  • 24 He preaches Christ to the governor and his wife
  • 26 The governor hopes for a bribe, but in vain
  • 27 At last, going out of his office, he leaves Paul in prison.
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  • services to Judaea. He had entirely subdued a very formidable
  • banditti which had infested the country, and sent their captain,
  • Eliezar, to Rome; had suppressed the sedition raised by the
  • Egyptian impostor; and had quelled a very afflictive disturbance
  • which took place between the Syrians and Jews of Caesarea. But,
  • though Tertullus might truly say, 'by thee we enjoy great
  • quietness' yet it is evident that he was guilty of the grossest
  • flattery, as we have seen both from his own historians and
  • Josephus, that he was both a bad man and a bad governor
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  • 01 The Jews accuse Paul before Festus
  • 08 He answers for himself
  • 11 and appeals unto Cesar
  • 14 afterwards Festus opens his matter to king Agrippa
  • 23 and he is brought forth
  • 25 Festus clears him of having done any thing worthy of death.
  • death of Herod Agrippa, Claudius thought it imprudent to trust
  • the government in the hands of his son Agrippa, who was then but
  • seventeen years of age; and therefore, Cuspius Fadus was sent to
  • be procurator. And when afterwards Claudius had given to Agrippa
  • the tetrarchy of Philip, he nevertheless kept the province of
  • Judea in his own hands, and governed it by procurators sent from
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  • was at Cesarea, St. Paul was before the tribunal where, as a
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  • citizen, and was highly respected. The Julian law condemned
  • those magistrates, and others, as violaters of the public peace,
  • who had put to death, tortured, scourged, imprisoned, or
  • condemned any Roman citizen who had appealed to Cesar. This law
  • was so sacred and imperative, that, in the persecution under
  • Trajan, Pliny would not attempt to put to death Roman citizens,
  • who were proved to have turned Christians, but determined to
  • send them to Rome, probably because they had appealed.
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  • of his uncle Herod, king of Chalcis, A.D.28, succeeded to his
  • dominions, by the favour of the emperor Claudius. Four years
  • afterwards, Claudius removed him from that kingdom to a larger
  • one; giving him the tetrarchy of Philip, that of Lysanias, and
  • the province which Varus governed. Nero afterwards added Julias
  • in Peraea, Tariahaea, and Tiberias. Claudius gave him the power
  • of appointing the high priest among the Jews; and instances of
  • his exercising this power may be seen in Josephus. He was
  • strongly attached to the Romans, and did every thing in his
  • power to prevent the Jews from rebelling; and when he could not
  • prevail, he united his troops to those of Titus, and assisted at
  • the siege of Jerusalem. After the ruin of his country, he
  • retired with his sister Berenice to Rome where he died, aged 70,
  • about A.D. 90.
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  • 01 Paul, in the presence of Agrippa, declares his life from his
  • childhood
  • 12 and how miraculously he was converted, and called to his
  • apostleship
  • 24 Festus charges him with being mad, whereunto he answers
  • modestly
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  • 01 Paul shipping towards Rome
  • 10 foretells of the danger of the voyage
  • 11 but is not believed
  • 14 They are tossed to and fro with tempest
  • 41 and suffer shipwreck
  • 44 yet all come safe to land.
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  • Egypt, built by Alexander the Great, situated on the
  • Mediterranean and the lake Moeris, opposite the island of
  • Pharos, and about twelve miles from the western branch of the
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  • Mediterranean, 250 miles in length, 50 in breadth, and 600 in
  • circumference, lying at the entrance of the Aegean sea. Salmone,
  • now Salamina, was a city and cape on the east of the island of
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  • forming a semicircle, and perhaps by some small island in front;
  • leaving two openings, one towards the south-west, and the other
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  • directions, from N.E. round by E. to S.E.
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  • island, situated at the south-western extremity of the island of
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  • miles long and 140 broad, stretching along the eastern shores of
  • Italy on one side, and Dalmatia, Selavonia, and Macedonia on the
  • other. But the term Adria was extended far beyond the limits of
  • this gulf, and appears to have been given to an indeterminate
  • extent of sea, as we say, generally, the Levant. It is
  • observable, that the sacred historian does not say "in the
  • Adriatic gulf," but "in Adria," (that is, the Adriatic sea,
  • being understood;) which, says Hesychius, was the same as the
  • Ionian sea; and Strabo says that the Ionian gulf is a part of
  • that now called the Adriatic. But not only the Ionian, but even
  • the Sicilian sea, and part of that which washes Crete, were
  • called the Adriatic. Thus the scholiast on Dionysius Periergetis
  • says, they call this Sicilian sea Adria. And Ptogemy says that
  • Sicily was bounded on the east by the Adriatic, and that Crete
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  • vessels in ancient times had two or more rudders, which were
  • fastened to the ship by means of bands, or chains, by which they
  • were hoisted out of the water when incapable of being used.
  • These bands being loosed, the rudders would fall into their
  • proper places, and serve to steer the vessel into the creek,
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  • fifty miles from the coast of Sicily, towards Africa; and is one
  • immense rock of soft white free-stone, twenty miles long, twelve
  • in its greatest breadth, and sixty in circumference. Some,
  • however, with the learned Jacob Bryant, are of opinion that this
  • island was Melita in the Adriatic gulf, near Illyricum; but it
  • may be sufficient to observe, that the course of the Alexandrian
  • ship, first to Syracuse and then to Rhegium, proves that it was
  • the present Malta, as the proper course from the Illyrian Melita
  • would have been first to Rhegium, before it reached Syracuse, to
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  • 01 Paul, after his shipwreck, is kindly entertained of the
  • barbarians.
  • 05 The viper on his hand hurts him not
  • 08 He heals many diseases in the island
  • 11 They depart towards Rome
  • 17 He declares to the Jews the cause of his coming
  • 24 After his preaching some were persuaded, and some believed
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  • side of the island, 72 miles s. by e. of Messian, and about 112
  • of Palermo. In its ancient state of splendour it was 22 1/2 in
  • extent, according to Strabo; and such was its opulence, that
  • when the Romans took it, they found more riches than they did at
  • Carthage.
  • -Ac28.13
  • Italy, opposite Messina.
  • the kingdom of Naples, about eight miles s.w. of that city,
  • standing upon a hill in a creek opposite to Baiae.
  • -Ac28.14
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  • of the Volsci, fifty miles s. of Rome. The three taverns. was a
  • place in the Appian Way, thirty miles from Rome.
  • -Ac28.16
  • situated on the banks of the Tiber, about sixteen miles from the
  • sea; 410 miles S.S.E. of Vienna, 600 JS.E. of Paris, 730 E. by
  • N. of Madrid, 760 W. of Constantinople, and 780 S.E. of London.
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  • soldier that kept him; a mode of custody which Dr. Lardner has
  • shewn was in use among the Romans. It is in exact conformity,
  • therefore, with the truth of St. Paul's situation at this time,
  • that he declares himself to be an ambassador in a chain, and the
  • exactness if the more remarkable, as a chain is no where used in
  • the singular number to express any other kind of custody.
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  • Judaea, in the way to which he left Titus at Crete, and then
  • returned through Syria, Cilicia, Asia Minor, and Greece, to
  • Rome; where, according to primitive tradition, he was beheaded
  • by order of Nero, A.D. 66, at Aquae Saivae, three miles from the
  • city, where Constantine erected a church.
  • -Ac28.31
  • -Ro1.1
  • come to them, 9-15; What his gospel is, 16,17; God is angry with
  • sin, 18-20; What were the sins of the gentiles, 21-32;
  • -Ro1.2
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  • -Ro2.1
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  • 2.27 7.6; 14.17 jno 3.5-8 2co 3.6 phi 3.3
  • -Ro3.1
  • howbeit the law convinces them also of sin, 9-19; therefore no
  • flesh is justified by the law, 20-27; but all without
  • difference, by faith, only, 28-30; and yet the law is not
  • abolished,31
  • -Ro3.2
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  • -Ro4.1
  • before he was circumcised,10-12. By faith only he and his seed
  • received the promise, 13-15. Abraham is the father of all that
  • believe, 16-23. Our faith also shall be imputed to us for
  • righteousness, 24,25.
  • -Ro4.2
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  • 7.14
  • -Ro5.1
  • our hope,2-7; that since we were reconciled by his blood, when
  • we were enemies,8,9; we shall much more be saved, being
  • reconciled, 10,11. As sin and death came by Adam, 12-16; so much
  • more righteousness and life by Jesus Christ, 17-19. Where sin
  • abounded, grace did superabound,20,21.
  • -Ro5.2
  • 5.9,10; 8.1,30-39; 14.4 jno 5.24 1co 15.1 ep 6.13; 1pe 1.4
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  • 5.11; 8.32 le 6.30 2ch 29.24 eze 45.20 da 9.24 ep 2.16 he 2.17
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  • 5.9,10; 20.4,6; 22.5
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  • -Ro5.21
  • -Ro6.1
  • by our baptism,3-11; let not sin reign any more,12-17; because
  • we have yielded ourselves to the service of righteousness,
  • 18-22; and for that death is the wages of sin,23
  • -Ro6.2
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  • 6.27,32,33,40,50-58,68; 10.28; 17.2 tit 1.2 1pe 1.3,4
  • -Ro7.1
  • are dead to the law,4-6 Yet is not the law sin,7-11; but
  • holy, just and good,12-15; as I acknowledge, who am grieved
  • because I cannot keep it, 16-25
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  • law, there is no transgreesion; for sin is the transgression of
  • the law; the very essence of sin consists in the violation of
  • some positive law.
  • -Ro7.9
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  • 119.16,24,35,47,48,72,92,97-104,111,113,127,167,174 is 51.7
  • -Ro7.23
  • 1pe 2.11
  • -Ro7.24
  • de 22.26,27 ps 71.11; 72.12; 91.14,15; 102.20 mi 7.19
  • -Ro7.25
  • -Ro8.1
  • harm comes of the flesh, 5-12; and what good of the Spirit,
  • 13-18; The glorious deliverance all things long for, 19-28, was
  • beforehand decreed from God, 29-37 Nothing can sever us from his
  • love, 38-39
  • phi 3.9
  • -Ro8.2
  • 22.1
  • -Ro8.3
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  • 14.5
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  • 4.18,19 col 1.21 2ti 3.4 ja 4.4 1jno 2.15,16
  • -Ro8.8
  • -Ro8.9
  • 8.11 lu 11.13 1co 3.16; 6.19 2co 6.16 ga 4.6 ep 1.13,17,18; 2.22
  • 2ti 1.14 1jno 3.24; 4.4 jnude 19-21
  • -Ro8.10
  • jno 4.14; 6.54; 11.25,26; 14.19 1co 15.45 2co 5.6-8 phi 1.23 col
  • 3.3,4 he 12.23 re 7.14-17
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  • 1.14,15
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  • 3.7 he 1.14; 6.17 ja 2.5 1pe 1.4
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  • -Ro9.1
  • promise, 7-17. God's sovreignity, 18-24. The calling of the
  • Gentiles and rejecting of the jews, foretold, 25-31. The cause
  • of the Jews' stumbling, 32-33.
  • -Ro9.2
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  • vessels of wrath, carries on the similitude of the potter, by
  • which he had illustrated the sovreignity of God.
  • -Ro9.22
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  • -Ro10.1
  • the law, and that of faith, 1-10; and that all, both jew and
  • gentile, that believe, shall not be confounded, 11-17; and that
  • the gentile shall receive the word and believe, 18. Israel was
  • not ignorant of these things, 19-21.
  • -Ro10.2
  • prepares them for the harsher truths which he was about to
  • deliver.
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  • method of saving sinners."
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  • expresses it in his own language; beautifully accomodating what
  • Moses says of the law to his present purpose.
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  • words, is the application of them in a passage of Zohar, Genes
  • "These words are the servants of the Messiah and measure out
  • both the things above, and the things beneath."
  • -Ro10.19
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  • -Ro11.1
  • the rest were hardened,7-15. There is hope of their conversion,
  • 16,17. The Gentiles may not exult over them, 18-25; for there
  • is a promise of their salvation, 26-32. God's judgements are
  • unsearchable, 33-36.
  • -Ro11.2
  • having this signification.
  • -Ro11.3
  • 1ki 18.30,31;
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  • -Ro11.5
  • and goodness of God.
  • -Ro11.6
  • - that of claiming reward as a matter of right.
  • -Ro11.7
  • for the concrete. So the jews or the circumcised people are
  • called Israel, or the circumcision
  • -Ro11.8
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  • 11.14; 10.19;
  • emulation
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  • 2.4,5; 9.22,23; nu 14.18-22; de 32.39-43; jos 23.15,16;
  • off, as the gardener cuts off, with a pruning knife, dead
  • boughs, or luxuriant stems.
  • -Ro11.23
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  • 11.17,18,30
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  • -Ro12.1
  • 1 God's mercies must move us to please God
  • 3 No man must think too well of himself
  • 6 But everyone attend to the calling wherein he is placed
  • 9 Love, and many other duties are required of us
  • 19 Revenge is especially forbidden
  • -Ro12.2
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  • -Ro13.1
  • 1 Subjection, and many other duties, we owe to the magistrates
  • 8 Love is the fulfilling of the law
  • 11 Gluttony and drunkeness and the works of darkness, are out of
  • season in the times of the gospel
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  • 1 men may not contemn nor condemn one another for things
  • indifferent
  • 13 but take heed that they give no offence in
  • 15 which the apostle proves unlawful by many reasons
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  • -Ro15.1
  • 1 The strong must bear with the weak,
  • 2 We must not please ourselves,
  • 3 for Christ did not so,
  • 7 but receive one another, as Christ did us all,
  • 8 both Jews and Gentiles,
  • 15 Paul excuses his writing,
  • 28 and promises to see them,
  • 30 and requests their prayers.
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  • -Ro16.1
  • 1 Paul wills the brethren to greet many
  • 17 and advises them to take heed of those which cause
  • dissension and
  • offences
  • 21 and after sundry saluations ends with praise and thanks to
  • God
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  • 01 After his salutation and thanksgiving
  • 10 he exhorts them to unity
  • 12 and reproves their dissensions
  • 18 God destroys the wisdom of the wise,
  • 21 by the foolishness of preaching,
  • 26 and calls not the wise, mighty, and noble
  • 28 but the foolish, weak, and men of no account.
  • evident from the LXX who translate the phrase 'he shall call on
  • the name' which is active by
  • God, is not to be understood of that wisdom which had God for
  • its author, but of that wisdom which had God for its object.
  • There was, among the heathen, wisdom about natural things, that
  • is philosophy; and wisdom about God, that is, divinity. But the
  • world, in its divinity, could not, by wisdom, know God.' The
  • wisest of the heathen had no just and correct views of the
  • Divine nature; of which the works of Cicero and Lucretius are in
  • contestable proofs.
  • 01 He declares that his preaching, though it bring not
  • excellency of speech, or of human wisdom, yet consists in the
  • power of God,
  • 06 and so far excels the wisdom of this world, and human sense,
  • that the natural man cannot understand it.
  • translation of the Hebrew, but it gives the general sense.
  • things to spirtual men, spirtual things
  • state, and under the influence of his animal passions, for means
  • the inferior and sensual part of man, in oposition to the
  • understanding, or the spirit.
  • 01 Milk is fit for children
  • 03 Strife and division, arguments of a fleshly mind,
  • 07 He that planteth and he that watereth, are nothing
  • 09 The ministers are God's fellow-workmen
  • 11 Christ the only foundation
  • 16 Men the temples of God, which must be kept holy
  • 19 The wisdom of this world is foolishness with God
  • 1 In what account the ministers ought to be had.
  • 7 We have nothing which we have not received.
  • 9 The apostles spectacles to the world, angels, and men.
  • 13 The filth and offscouring of the world.
  • 15 Yet our fathers in Christ.
  • 16 Whom we ought to follow.
  • duty. Wetstien has shewn, from the classics, that this is the
  • proper signification of, I know
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  • 1 The incestuous person
  • 6 Is cause rather of shame unto them than of rejoicing.
  • 7 The old leaven is to be purged out.
  • 10 Hienous offenders are to be shamed and avoided.
  • 01 The Corinthians must not vex their brethren, in going to law
  • with them,
  • 06 especially under infidels
  • 09 The unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God,
  • 15 Our bodies are the members of Christ, and temples of the
  • Holy Ghost: they must not therefore be defiled
  • the church were competent to decide the causes which they
  • brought before the heathen magistrates.
  • 01 He treats of marriage
  • 04 shewing it to be a remedy against fornication
  • 10 and that the bond thereof ought not lightly to be dissolved
  • 20 Every man must be content with his vocation
  • 25 Virginity wherefore to be embraced
  • 35 and for what respects we may either marry, or abstain from
  • marrying.
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  • the necessities of the church, or what he calls the present
  • distress; for it would be perfectly absurd to imagine that an
  • inspired apostle would in the general, discountenance marriage,
  • since it was of the greatest importance to the existence and
  • happiness of future generations, and expressly agreeable to a
  • divine institution.
  • bought with his money. In these verses the apostle shews that
  • Christianity makes no change in our civil connections. care
  • though it generally signifies a maid, frequently denotes
  • unmarried persons of both sexes; in which sense it is evidently
  • used here by the apostle. have
  • apostle's expression is borrowed from the theatre, where this
  • means that the scene changes, and presents an appearance
  • entirely new.
  • carried a small casting net, rete, which he endeavoured to throw
  • over his adversary's head
  • state of celibacy, and render not a virgin, but virginity; but
  • such a construction of the original appears without example. It
  • appears most obvious to explain it of a parent, or guardian, who
  • had the charge of a virgin; and Kypke has shewn that this is an
  • elegant phrase for his virgin daughter, the flower.
  • Spirit of God;' for is frequently used to express not what is
  • doubtful, but what is true and certain.
  • 01 To abstain from meats offered to idols.
  • 08 we must not abuse our Christian liberty, to the offence of
  • our brethren.
  • 11 Must bridle our knowledge with charity.
  • (some religious regard to) the idol, and formerly conscience,
  • also imports
  • have we the less.
  • 01 He shews his liberty
  • 07 and that the minister ought to live by the Gospel
  • 15 yet that himself has of his own accord abstained
  • 18 to be either chargeable unto them
  • 22 or offensive unto any, in matters indifferent
  • 24 Our life is like unto a race
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  • 01 The sacraments of the Jews are types of ours,
  • 07 and their punishments,
  • 11 examples for us,
  • 13 We must flee from idolatary,
  • 21 We must not make the Lord's table the table of the devil,
  • 24 and in things indifferent we must have regard of our
  • brethren,
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  • general rule, sufficient to regulate every man's conscience and
  • practice,- that whether they eat, or drink, or whatsoever they
  • do, to do it all with an habitual aim to the glory of God; by
  • considering his precepts, and the propriety, expediency,
  • appearance, and tendency of their actions. ye eat.
  • 01 He reproves them, because in holy assemblies,
  • 04 their men prayed with their heads covered,
  • 06 and women with treir heads uncovered,
  • 17 and because generally their meetings were not for the better,
  • but for the worse,
  • 21 as, namely, in profaning with their own feast the Lord's
  • supper,
  • 25 Lastly, he calls them to the first institution thereof,
  • of her husband. Appears here to be used for the sign or token of
  • being under power or authority, that is, a veil, as Theophylact,
  • (Ecumenius, and photius explain; and so one MS. of the vulgate,
  • the Sixtine edition, and some copies of the Itala, have velamen.
  • was inflicted upon the disorderly and profane for their
  • amendment.
  • 01 spiritual gifts
  • 04 are diverse
  • 07 yet all to profit withal
  • 08 and to that end are diversely bestowed
  • 12 that by the like proportion, as the members of a natural
  • body tend all to the mutual decency
  • 22 service
  • 26 and succour of the same body
  • 27 so we should do for one another, to make up the mystical
  • body of Christ
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  • 01 all gifts
  • 03 how excellent soever, are nothing worth without charity
  • 04 the praises therof
  • 13 and prelation before hope and faith
  • 01 Prophecy is commended
  • 02 and preferred before speaking with tongues
  • 06 by a comparison drawn from musical instruments
  • 12 Both must be referred to edification
  • 22 as to their true and proper end
  • 26 The true use of each is taught
  • 27 and the abuse taxed
  • 34 Women are forbidden to speak in church
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  • but the term torah, Law, was used by the Jews to express the
  • whole Scriptures, law, prophets, and hagiographia; and they used
  • it to distinguish these Sacred Writings from the words of the
  • scribes. It is not taken from the LXX, from which it varies as
  • much as any words can differ from others where the general
  • meaning is similar. It accords much more with the Hebrew; and
  • may be considered as a translation from it; only what is said of
  • God in the third person, in the Hebrew is here expressed in the
  • first person, with the addition of , saith the Lord. Dr.
  • Randolph.
  • 01 By Christ's resurrection
  • 12 he proves the necessity of our resurrection, against all such
  • as deny the resurrection of the body
  • 21 The fruit
  • 35 and the manner thereof
  • 51 and of the changing of them that shall be found alive at the
  • last day
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  • 01 He exhorts them to relieve the want of the brethren at
  • Jerusulem,
  • 10 Commends Timothy
  • 13 and after friendly admonitions
  • 16 concludes his epistle with divers saluations.
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  • 1st Corinthians 16:19
  • 1st Corinthians 16:20
  • 1st Corinthians 16:21
  • 1st Corinthians 16.22
  • the judgment denounced.
  • 1st Corinthians 16:23
  • 1st Corinthians 16:24
  • Concluding remarks on 2nd Corinthians:
  • The most remarkable circumstance in this Epistle, observes Mr.
  • Scott, is the confidence of the Apostle in the goodness of his
  • cause, and in the power of God to bear him out in it. Opposed as
  • he then was by a powerful and sagacious party, whose authority,
  • reputation, and interest were deeply concerned, and who were
  • ready
  • to seize on every thing that could discredit him, it is
  • wonderful
  • to hear him so firmly insist upon his apostolical authority, and
  • so unreservedly appeal to the miraculous powers which he had
  • excercised and conferred at Corinth. So far from shrinking from
  • the contest, as afraid of some discovery being made,
  • unfavourable
  • to him and the common cause, he, with great modesty and meekness
  • indeed, but with equal boldness and decision, expressly declares
  • that his opposers and despisers were the ministers of Satan, and
  • menaces them with miraculous judgments, when as many of the
  • deluded hearers had been brought to repentance and re-
  • established
  • in the faith, as proper means could in a reasonable time effect.
  • It is inconceivable that a stronger internal testimony, not only
  • of integrity, but of devine inspiration, can exist. Had there
  • been any thing of imposture among the Christians, it was next to
  • impossible but such a conduct must have occasioned a disclosure
  • of
  • it. Of the effects produced by this latter epistle we have no
  • circumstantial account; for the journey which St. Paul took to
  • Corinth, after he had written it, is mentioned by St. Luke only
  • in
  • a few words, (Ac. XX.2,3) We know, however, that St. Paul was
  • there after he had written this Epistle; that the contributions
  • for the poor brethern at Jerusalem were brought to him from
  • different parts to that city (Ro XV.26;) and that, after
  • remaining
  • there several months, he sent salutations from some of the
  • principal members of that church, by whom he must have been
  • greatly respected, to the church of Rome (Ro. XVI.22,23) From
  • this time we hear no more of the false teacher and his party;
  • and
  • when CLEMENT of Rome wrote his epsitle to the Corinthians, Paul
  • was considered by them as a divine apostle, to whose authority
  • he
  • might appeal without fear of contradiction. The false teacher,
  • therefore, must either have been silenced by St. Paul, by virtue
  • of his apostolical powers, and by an act of severity which he
  • had
  • threatened, (2 Co. XIII.2,3;) or this adversary of the apostle
  • had, at that time, voluntarily quitted the place. Whichever was
  • the cause, the effect produced must operate as a confirmation of
  • our faith, and as a proof of St. Paul's divine mission.
  • Chapter 1 Preliminary Remarks
  • 1,2 Paul salutes the Corinthians
  • 3-7 he encourages them against troubles, by the comforts and
  • deliverances which God had given him, as in all his
  • afflictions,
  • 8-11 so particularly in his late danger in Asia.
  • 12-14 And calling both his own conscience and theirs to witness
  • of his sincere manner of preaching the immutable truth of
  • the gospel,
  • 15-24 he excuses his not coming to this, as proceeding not of
  • lightness, but of his lenity towards them
  • Verse 1
  • 2nd Corinthians 1:2
  • 2nd Corinthians 1:3
  • 2nd Corinthians 1:4
  • 2nd Corinthians 1:5
  • 2nd Corinthians 1:6
  • 2nd Corinthians 1:7
  • 2nd Corinthians 1:8
  • 2nd Corinthians 1:9
  • 2nd Corinthians 1:10
  • 2nd Corinthians 1:11
  • 2nd Corinthians 1:12
  • in Greek, and conversatio in Latin, are used to denote the whole
  • of a man's conduct, the tenor and practice of his life
  • 2nd Corinthians 1:13
  • 2nd Corinthians 1:14
  • 2nd Corinthians 1:15
  • 2nd Corinthians 1:16
  • 2nd Corinthians 1:17
  • 2nd Corinthians 1:18
  • 2nd Corinthians 1:19
  • 2nd Corinthians 1:20
  • 2nd Corinthians 1:21
  • 2nd Corinthians 1:22
  • 2nd Corinthians 1:23
  • 2nd Corinthians 1:24
  • 2nd Corinthians 2:1
  • 1-5 Having shown the reason why he came not to them
  • 6-9 he requires them to forgive and to comfort that
  • excommunicated person
  • 10-11 even as himself also upon his true repentance had forgiven
  • hime
  • 12,13 declaring withal why he departed from Troas to Macedonia
  • 14-17 and the happy success which God gave to his preaching in
  • all
  • places
  • 2nd Corinthians 2:2
  • 2nd Corinthians 2:3
  • 2 Corinthians 2:4
  • 2nd Corinthians 2:5
  • 2nd Corinthians 2:6
  • 2nd Corinthians 2:7
  • 2nd Corinthians 2:8
  • 2nd Corinthians 2:9
  • 2nd Corinthians 2:10
  • 2nd Corinthains 2:11
  • 2nd Corinthians 2:12
  • 2nd Corinthians
  • 2nd Corinthians 2:14
  • 2nd Corinthians 2:15
  • 2nd Corinthians 2:16
  • 2nd Corinthians 2:17
  • 2nd Corinthians 3:1
  • 1-5 Lest their false teachers should charge him with vain glory
  • he shows the faith and graces of the Corinthians to be a
  • sufficient commendation of his ministry
  • 6-11 Whereupon entering a comparison between the ministers of
  • the
  • law and of the gospel
  • 12-18 he proves that his minstry is so far the more excellent,
  • as
  • the gospel of life and liberty is more glorious than the law
  • of condemnation
  • 2nd Corinthians 3:2
  • 2nd Corinthians 3:3
  • 2nd Corinthians 3:4
  • 2nd Corinthians 3:5
  • 2nd Corinthians 3:6
  • 2nd Corinthians 3:7
  • 2nd Corinthians 3:8
  • 2nd Corinthians 3:9
  • 2nd Corinthians 3:10
  • 2nd Corinthians 3:11
  • 2nd Corinthians 3:12
  • 2nd Corinthians 3:13
  • 2nd Corinthians 3:14
  • 2nd Corinthians 3:15
  • 2nd Corinthians 3:16
  • 2nd Corinthians 3:17
  • 2nd Corinthians 3:18
  • 2nd Corinthians 4:1
  • 1-6 He declares how he has used all sincerity and faithful
  • diligence in preaching the gospel
  • 7-11 and how the troubles and persecutions which he daily
  • endured
  • for the same did redound to the praise of God's power
  • 12-15 the the benefit of the church
  • 16-18 and to the apostle's own eternal glory
  • 2nd Corinthians 4:2
  • 2nd Corinthians 4:3
  • 2nd Corinthians 4:4
  • 2nd Corinthians 4:5
  • 2nd Corinthians 4:6
  • 2nd Corinthians 4:7
  • 2co 3.5,6 12.7-9 13.4 1co 2.3-5 ep 1.19,20 2.5,8,9 col 2.12 1th
  • 1.5
  • 2nd Corinthians 4:8
  • 2nd Corinthians 4:9
  • 2nd Corinthians 4:10
  • 2nd Corinthians 4:11
  • 2nd Corinthians 4:12
  • 2nd Corinthians 4:13
  • 2nd Corinthians 4:14
  • 2nd Corinthians 4:15
  • 2nd Corinthians 4:16
  • 2nd Corinthians 4:17
  • 2nd Corinthians 4:18
  • 2nd Corinthians 5:1
  • 1-8 That in his assured hope of immortal glory
  • 9-11 and in expectation of it, and of the general judgement, he
  • labors to keep a good conscience
  • 12-13 not that he may herein boast of himself
  • 14-17 but as one that, having received life from Christ,
  • endeavors
  • to live as a new creature to Christ only
  • 18-21 and by his ministry or reconciliation, to reconcile others
  • also in Christ to God
  • 2nd Corinthians 5:2
  • 2nd Corinthians 5:3
  • 2nd Corinthians 5:4
  • 2nd Corinthians 5:5
  • 2nd Corinthians 5:6
  • 2nd Corinthians 5:7
  • 2nd Corinthians 5:8
  • 2nd Corinthians 5:10
  • 2nd Corinthains 5:10
  • 2nd Corinthians 5:11
  • 2nd Corinthians 5:12
  • 2nd Corinthians 5:13
  • 2nd Corinthains 5:14
  • 2nd Corinthians 5:15
  • 2nd Corinthians 5:16
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  • 2nd Corinthians 5:18
  • 2nd Corinthians 5:19
  • 2nd Corinthians 5:20
  • 2nd Corinthians 5:22
  • 2nd Corinthians 6:1
  • 1,2 That he has approved himslef a faithful minister of Christ
  • by his exhortations,
  • 3 and by integrity of life
  • 4-9 and by patient enduring all kinds of affliction and disgrace
  • for the gospel
  • 10-12 Of which he speaks the more boldly amongst them because
  • his
  • heart is open unto them
  • 13 and he expects the like affection from them again
  • 14-18 exhorting them to flee the society and pollutions of
  • idolaters, as being themselves temples of the living God
  • 2nd Corinthians 6:2
  • 2nd Corinthians 6:3
  • 2nd Corinthians 6:4
  • 2nd Corinthians 6:5
  • 2nd Corinthians 6.6
  • 2nd Corinthians 6.7
  • 2nd Corinthains 6:8
  • 2nd Corinthians 6:9
  • 2nd Corinthians 6:10
  • 2nd Corinthians 6:11
  • 2nd Corinthians 6:12
  • 2nd Corinthians 6:13
  • 2nd Corinthians 6:14
  • 2nd Corinthians 6:15
  • 2nd Corinthains 6:16
  • 2nd Corinthians 6:17
  • 2nd Corinthians 6:18
  • 2nd Corinthians 7:1
  • 1 He proceeds in exhorting them to purity of life
  • 2 and to bear him like affection as he does to them.
  • 3-12 Whereof lest he might seem to doubt, he declares what
  • comfort
  • he took in his afflictions by the report which Titus gave of
  • their godly sorrow, which his former epsitle had wrought in
  • them
  • 13-16 and of their loving-kindness and obedience toward Titus,
  • answerable to his former boastings of them
  • 2nd Corinthains 7:2
  • 2nd Corinthians 7:3
  • 2nd Corinthians 7:4
  • 2nd Corinthians 7:5
  • 2nd Corinthians 7:6
  • 2nd Corinthians 7:7
  • 2nd Corinthians 7:8
  • 2nd Corinthians 7:9
  • 2nd Corinthians 7:10
  • of fortune, fame, or friends; which, being separated from the
  • fear
  • and love of God, and faith in his providence and mercy,
  • frequently
  • drinks up their spirits, breaks their proud, rebellious hearts,
  • or
  • drives them to lay desperate hands on themselves
  • 2nd Corinthians 7:11
  • 2nd Corinthians 7:12
  • 2nd Corinthians 7:13
  • 2nd Corinthians 7:14
  • 2nd Corinthians 7:15
  • 2nd Corinthians 7:16
  • 2nd Corinthians 8:1
  • 1-6 He stirs them up to a liberal contribution for the poor
  • saints at Jerusalem, by the example of the Macedonians
  • 7,8 by condemnation of their former forwardness
  • 9-13 by the example of Christ
  • 14,15 and by the spritual profit that shall redound to
  • themselves
  • thereby
  • 16-24 commending to them the integrity and willingness of Titus,
  • and those other brethern, who upon his request, exhortation,
  • and commendation, were purposely come to them for this
  • business.
  • 2nd Corinthians 8:2
  • 2nd Corinthians 8:3
  • 2nd Corinthians 8:4
  • 2nd Corinthians 8:5
  • 2nd Corinthians 8:6
  • 2nd Corinthians 8:7
  • 2nd Corinthians 8:8
  • 2nd Corinthians 8:9
  • 2nd Corinthians 8:10
  • 2nd Corinthians 8:11
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  • 2nd Corinthians 8:12
  • 2nd Corinthians 8:13
  • 2nd Corinthians 8:14
  • 2nd Corinthians 8:15
  • 2nd Corinthians 8:16
  • 2nd Corinthians 8:17
  • 2nd Corinthians 8:18
  • This is generally supposed to have been St. Luke, 'whose praise
  • was in all the churches,' on account of the gospel which he had
  • written, and for many zealous services in its cause.
  • 2nd Corinthians 8:19
  • 2nd Corinthians 8:20
  • 2nd Corinthians 8:21
  • 2nd Corinthians 8:22
  • 2nd Corinthians 8:23
  • 2nd Corinthians 8:24
  • 2nd Corinthians 9:1
  • 1-5 He yields the reason why, though he knew their forwardness,
  • yet he sent Titus and his brethern beforehand,
  • 6-9 And he proceeds in stirring them up to a bountiful alms, as
  • being but a kind of sowing of seed,
  • 10-12 which shall return a great increase to them
  • 13-15 and occasion a great sacrifice of thanksgivings unto God
  • 2nd Corinthians 9:2
  • 2nd Corinthians 9:3
  • 2nd Corinthians 9:4
  • 2nd Corinthians 9:5
  • of before)
  • 2nd Corinthians 9:6
  • 2nd Corinthians 9:7
  • 2nd Corinthians 9:8
  • 2nd Corinthians 9:9
  • 2nd Corinthians 9:10
  • 2nd Corinthians 9:11
  • 2nd Corinthains 9:12
  • 2nd Corinthains 9:13
  • 2nd Corinthians 9:14
  • 2nd Corinthians 9:15
  • 2nd Corinthians 10:1
  • 1-6 Against the false apostles, who disgraced the weakness of
  • his
  • person and bodily presence, he shews the spiritual might and
  • authority with which he was armed against all adverse powers,
  • 7-11 assuring them that at his coming he will be found as mighty
  • in word as he is now in writing, being absent
  • 12-18 and withal taxing them for reaching out themselves beyond
  • their compass, and vaunting themselves of other men's labors
  • to his lowness of stature
  • 2nd Corinthians 10:2
  • 2nd Corinthians 10:3
  • 2nd Corinthains 10:4
  • 2nd Corinthians 10:5
  • 2nd Corinthians 10:6
  • 2nd Corinthians 10:7
  • 2nd Corinthians 10:8
  • 2nd Corinthians 10:9
  • 2nd Corinthians 10:10
  • 2nd Corinthians 10:11
  • 2nd Corinthians 10:12
  • 2nd Corinthians 10:13
  • 2nd Corinthians 10:14
  • 2nd Corinthains 10:15
  • 2nd Corinthians 10:16
  • 2nd Corinthians 10:17
  • 2nd Corinthians 10:18
  • 2nd Corinthians 11:1
  • 1-4 Out of his jealousy over the Corinthians, who seemed to make
  • more account of the false apostles than of him, he enters
  • into a forced commendation of himself
  • 5,6 of his equality with the chief apostles
  • 7-12 of his preaching the gospel to them freely, and without any
  • charge to them
  • 13-22 shewing that he was inferior to those deceitful workers in
  • any legal perogative,
  • 23-33 and in the service of Christ, and in all kinds of
  • sufferings
  • for his ministry, far superior
  • 2nd Corinthians 11:2
  • 2nd Corinthians 11:3
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  • 2nd Corinthians 11:6
  • 2nd Corinthians 11:7
  • 2nd Corinthians 11:8
  • 2nd Corinthians 11:9
  • 2nd Corinthians 11:10
  • not be stopped in me.)
  • 2nd Corinthians 11:11
  • 2nd Corinthians 11:12
  • 2nd Corinthians 11:13
  • 2nd Corinthians 11:14
  • 2nd Corinthians 11:15
  • 2nd Corinthians 11:16
  • 2nd Corinthians 11:17
  • 2nd Corinthians 11:18
  • 2nd Corinthians 11:19
  • 2nd Corinthians 11:20
  • 2nd Corinthains 11:21
  • 2nd Corinthians 11:22
  • 2nd Corinthians 11:23
  • 2nd Corinthians 11:24
  • 2nd Corinthians 11:25
  • 2nd Corinthians 11:26
  • 2nd Corinthians 11:27
  • 2nd Corinthians 11:28
  • 2nd Corinthians 11:29
  • 2nd Corinthians 11:30
  • 2nd Corinthians 11:31
  • 2nd Corinthians 11:32
  • This Aretas was an Arabian king, and the father-in-law of Herod
  • Antipas, upon whom he made ware in consequence of his having
  • divorced his daughter. Herod applied to Tiberius for help, who
  • sent Vitellius to reduce Aretas, and to bring him alive or dead
  • to
  • Rome. By some means or another Vitellius delayed his operations,
  • and in the mean time Tiberius died; and it is probable that
  • Aretas, who was thus snatched from ruin, availed himself of the
  • favourable state of things, and seized on Damascus, which had
  • belonged to his ancestors.
  • 2nd Corinthians 11:33
  • 2nd Corinthians 12:1
  • 1-8 For commending of his apostleship, though he might glory
  • of his wonderful revelations
  • 9,10 yet he rather chooses to glory of his infirmities
  • 11-13 blaming them for forcing him to this vain boasting
  • 14-19 He promises to come to them again; but yet altogether in
  • the
  • affection of a father
  • 20-21 although he fears he shall to his grief find many
  • offenders,
  • and public disorders there
  • 2nd Corinthians 12:2
  • 2nd Corinthians 12:3
  • 2nd Corinthians 12:4
  • 2nd Corinthians 12.5
  • 2nd Corinthians 12:6
  • 2nd Corinthians 12:7
  • 2nd Corinthians 12.8
  • 2nd Corinthians 12.9
  • 2nd Corinthians 12:10
  • 2nd Corinthians 12:11
  • 2nd Corinthians 12:12
  • 2nd Corinthians 12:13
  • 2nd Corinthians 12:14
  • See the parallel passages.)
  • 2nd Corinthians 12:15
  • 2nd Corinthians 12:16
  • 2nd Corinthians 12:17
  • 2nd Corinthians 12:18
  • 2nd Corinthians 12:19
  • 2nd Corinthians 12:20
  • 2nd Corinthians 12:21
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  • 2nd Corinthians 13:1
  • 1-4 He threatens severity, and the power of his apostleship,
  • against obstinate sinners.
  • 5,6 And, advising them to a trial of their faith,
  • 7-10 and to a reformation of their sins before his coming
  • 11-14 he concludes his epistle with a general exhortation and a
  • prayer.
  • 2nd Corinthians 13:2
  • 2nd Corinthians 13:3
  • 2nd Corinthians 13:4
  • 2nd Corinthians 13:5
  • 2nd Corinthians 13:6
  • 2nd Corinthians 13:7
  • 2nd Corinthians 13:8
  • 2nd Corinthians 13.9
  • 2nd Corinthians 13:10
  • 2nd Corinthians 13:11
  • 2nd Corinthians 13:12
  • 2nd Corinthians 13:13
  • 2nd Corinthians 13:14
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  • The Galatians, or Gallograecians, were the descendants of
  • Gauls, who migrated from their own country, and after a series
  • of disasters, got possession of a large district in Asia Minor,
  • from them called Galatia. (Pausanias,Attic. c. iv.) They are
  • mentioned by historians as a tall and valiant people, who went
  • nearly naked, and used for arms only a buckler and sword; and
  • the impetuosity of their attack os said to have been
  • irresistible. Their religion, before their conversion, was
  • extremely corrupt and superstitious: they are said to have
  • worshipped the mother of the gods, under the name of Adgistis;
  • and to have offered human sacrifices of the prisoners they took
  • in war. Though they spoke the Greek language in common with
  • almost all the inhabitants of Asia Minor, yet it appears from
  • Jerome that they retained their original Gaulish language even
  • as late as the fifth century. Christianity appears to have been
  • first planted in these regions by St. Paul himself, (ch
  • i.6;iv.13;) who visited the churches at least twice in that
  • country,(Ac.xvi.6;xviii.23.) It is evident that this epistle was
  • written soon after their reception of the gospel, as he
  • complains of their speedy apostacy from his doctrine,(ch.i.6;)
  • and as there is no notice of his second journey into that
  • country, it has been supposed, with much probability, that it
  • was written soon after his first, and consequently about A.D. 52
  • or 53. It appears that soon after the Apostle had left them,
  • some Judaizing teachers intruded themselves into the churches;
  • drawing them off from the true gospel, to depend on ceremonial
  • observances, and to the vain endeavour of `establishing their
  • own righteousness.' It was in order to oppose this false gospel
  • that St. Paul addressed the Galatians, and after saluting the
  • churches of Galatia, and establishing his apostolic commission
  • against the attacks of the false teachers, he reproves them for
  • departing from that gospel which he had preached to them, and
  • confirmed by the gift of the Holy Ghost;- proves that
  • justification is by faith alone, and not by the deeds of the
  • law, from the example of Abraham, the testimony of Scripture,
  • the curse of the law, the redemption of Christ, and the
  • Abrahamic covenant, which the law could not disannul;- shews the
  • use of the law in connection with the covenant of grace;
  • concludes that all believers are delivered from the law, and
  • made the spiritual seed of Abraham by faith in Christ;
  • illustrates his inference by God's treatment of the Jewish
  • church, which he put under the law, as a father puts a minor
  • under a guardian; shews the weakness and folly of the Galatians
  • in subjecting themselves to the law, and that by submitting
  • themselves to circumcision they become subject to the whole law,
  • and would forfeit the benefits of the covenant of grace; gives
  • them various instructions and exhortations for their Christian
  • conduct, and particularly concerning the right use of their
  • Christian freedom; and concludes with a brief summary of the
  • topics discussed, and by commending them to the grace of Christ.
  • 1 He wonders that they have so soon left him and the gospel
  • 8 and accurses those that preach any other gospel than he did
  • 11 He learned the gospel not of men, but of God
  • 14 and shews what he was before his calling
  • 17 and what he did immediately after it
  • -Ga1.2
  • -Ga1.3
  • -Ga1.4
  • -Ga1.5
  • -Ga1.6
  • -Ga1.7
  • -Ga1.8
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  • -Ga1.11
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  • -Ga1.21
  • -Ga1.22
  • -Ga1.23
  • -Ga1.24
  • -Ga2.1
  • 1 He shows when he went up to Jerusalem, and for what purpose
  • 3 and that Titus was not circumcised
  • 11 and that he resisted Peter, and told hin the reason,
  • 14 why he and others, being Jews, do believe in Christ to
  • be justified by faith, and not by works,
  • 20 and that they live not in sin, who are so justified
  • -Ga2.2
  • -Ga2.3
  • -Ga2.4
  • -Ga2.5
  • -Ga2.6
  • -Ga2.7
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  • -Ga2.17
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  • -Ga2.19
  • -Ga2.20
  • -Ga2.21
  • -Ga3.1
  • 1 He asks what moved them to leave the faith, and hang upon the
  • law
  • 6 They that believe are justified
  • 9 and blessed with Abraham
  • 10 And this he shows by many reasons
  • -Ga3.2
  • -Ga3.3
  • -Ga3.4
  • -Ga3.5
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  • -Ga3.7
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  • -Ga3.18
  • -Ga3.19
  • The Apostle, having just before been speaking of the promise
  • made to Abraham, and representing that as the rule of our
  • justification, and not the law, lest they should think he
  • derogated too much from the law, and thereby rendered it useless
  • - he thence takes occasion to discourse of the design and
  • tendency of the law, and to acquaint us with the purpose for
  • which it was given.
  • -Ga3.20
  • -Ga3.21
  • -Ga3.22
  • -Ga3.23
  • -Ga3.24
  • -Ga3.25
  • -Ga3.26
  • -Ga3.27
  • -Ga3.28
  • -Ga3.29
  • -Ga4.1
  • 1 We were under the law till Christ came, as the heir is under
  • the guardian till he be of age.
  • 5 But Christ freed us from the law;
  • 7 therefore we are servants no longer to it.
  • 14 He remembers their good will to him, and his to them;
  • 22 and shows that we are the sons of Abraham by the freewoman.
  • -Ga4.3
  • -Ga4.4
  • -Ga4.5
  • -Ga4.6
  • -Ga4.7
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  • 06000-900104-0049
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  • -Ga4.31
  • -Ga5.1
  • 1 He wills them to stand in their liberty,
  • 3 and not to observe circumcision;
  • 13 but rather love, which is the sum of the law.
  • 19 He reckons up the works of the flesh,
  • 22 and the fruits of the Spirit,
  • 25 and exhorts to walk in the Spirit.
  • -Ga5.2
  • -Ga5.3
  • -Ga5.4
  • -Ga5.5
  • -Ga5.6
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  • -Ga5.8
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  • -Ga5.26
  • -Ga6.1
  • 1 He moves them to deal mildly with a brother that has slipped,
  • 2 and to bear one another's burden;
  • 6 to be liberal to their teachers,
  • 9 and not weary of well-doing.
  • 12 He glories in nothing, save in the cross of Christ.
  • -Ga6.2
  • -Ga6.3
  • -Ga6.4
  • -Ga6.5
  • 06050-891229-1810
  • -Ga6.6
  • Galatians 6:6
  • -Ga6.7
  • Galatians 6:7
  • -Ga6.8
  • Galatians 6:8
  • -Ga6.9
  • Galatians 6:9
  • -Ga6.10
  • Galatians 6:10
  • -Ga6.11
  • Galatians 6:11
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  • Galatians 6:12
  • -Ga6.13
  • Galatians 6:13
  • -Ga6.14
  • Galatians 6:14
  • -Ga6.15
  • Galatians 6:15
  • -Ga6.16
  • Galatians 6:16
  • -Ga6.17
  • Galatians 6:17
  • -Ga6.18
  • Galatians 6:18
  • -Eph1.1
  • Ephesians 1:1
  • 3 and thanksgiving for the Ephesians
  • 4,5 he treats of our election
  • 6-10 and adoption by grace
  • 11,12 which is the true and proper fountain of man's salvation
  • 13-15 And because the height of this mystery cannot be easily
  • attained unto
  • 16-23 he prays that they may come to the full knowledge and
  • possession thereof in Christ
  • -Eph1.2
  • Ephesians 1:2
  • -Eph1.3
  • Ephesians 1:3
  • -Eph1.4
  • Ephesians 1:4
  • -Eph1.5
  • Ephesians 1:5
  • -Eph1.6
  • Ephesians 1:6
  • -Eph1.7
  • Ephesians 1:7
  • -Eph1.8
  • Ephesians 1:8
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  • Ephesians 1:9
  • -Eph1.10
  • Ephesians 1:10
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  • Ephesians 1:11
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  • Ephesians 1:12
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  • Ephesians 1:13
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  • Ephesians 1:14
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  • Ephesians 1:15
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  • Ephesians 1:16
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  • Ephesians 1:17
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  • Ephesians 1:21
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  • Ephesians 1:22
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  • Ephesians 1:23
  • -Eph2.1
  • Ephesians 2:1
  • grace
  • 10-22 he declares that we are made for good works: and being
  • brought near by Christ, should not live as Gentiles and
  • foreigners, as in time past, but as citizens with the
  • saints, and the family of God
  • -Eph2.2
  • Ephesians 2:2
  • -Eph2.3
  • Ephesians 2:3
  • -Eph2.4
  • Ephesians 2:4
  • -Eph2.5
  • Ephesians 2:5
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  • Ephesians 2:6
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  • Ephesians 2:7
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  • Eohesians 2:8
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  • Ephesians 2:9
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  • Ephesians 2:10
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  • Ephesians 2:11
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  • Ephesians 2:12
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  • Ephesians 2:13
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  • Ephesians 2:14
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  • Ephesians 2:15
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  • Ephesians 2:16
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  • Ephesians 2:17
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  • Ephesians 2:18
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  • Ephesians 2:19
  • -Eph2.20
  • Ephesians 2:20
  • -Eph2.21
  • Ephesians 2:21
  • -Eph2.22
  • Ephesians 2:22
  • -Eph3.1
  • Ephesians 3:1
  • known to Paul by revelation
  • 8-12 and to him was that grace given, that he should preach it
  • 13 He desires them not to faint for his tribulation
  • 14-21 and prays that they may perceive the great love of Christ
  • toward them
  • -Eph3.2
  • Ephesians 3:2
  • -Eph3.3
  • Ephesians 3:3
  • -Eph3.4
  • Epehisans 3:4
  • -Eph3.5
  • Ephesians 3:5
  • -Eph3.6
  • Ephesians 3:6
  • -Eph3.7
  • Ephesians 3:7
  • -Eph3.8
  • Ephesians 3:8
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  • Ephesians 3:9
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  • Ephesians 3:10
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  • Ephesians 3:11
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  • Ephesians 3:12
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  • Ephesians 3:13
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  • Ephesians 3:14
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  • Ephesians 3:15
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  • Ephesians 3.16
  • -Eph3.17
  • Ephesians 3:17
  • -Eph3.18
  • Ephesians 3:18
  • -Eph3.19
  • Ephesians 3:19
  • -Eph3.20
  • Ephesians 3:20
  • -Eph3.21
  • Ephesians 3:21
  • -Eph4.1
  • Ephesians 4:1
  • 7-10 and declares that God gives divers gifts unto men
  • 11-15 that his church might be edified
  • 16,17 and grow up in Christ
  • 18-23 He calls them from the impurity of the Gentiles
  • 24 to put on the new man
  • 25-28 to cast off lying
  • 29-32 and corrupt communication
  • -Eph4.2
  • Ephesians 4:2
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  • Ephesians 4:3
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  • Ephesians 4:4
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  • Ephesians 4:5
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  • Ephesians 4:6
  • -Eph4.7
  • Ephesians 4:7
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  • Ephesians 4:8
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  • Ephesians 4:9
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  • Ephesians 4:10
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  • Ephesians 4:11
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  • Ephesians 4:12
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  • Ephesians 4:13
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  • Ephesians 4:14
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  • Ephesians 4:15
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  • Ephesians 4:16
  • -Eph4.17
  • Ephesians 4:17
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  • Ephesians 4:18
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  • Ephesians 4:19
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  • Ephesians 4:20
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  • Ephesians 4:21
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  • Ephesians 4:22
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  • Ephesians 4:23
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  • Ephesians 4:24
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  • Ephesians 4:25
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  • Ephesians 4:26
  • -Eph4.27
  • Ephesians 4:27
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  • Ephesians 4:28
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  • Ephesians 4:29
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  • Ephesians 4:30
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  • Ephesians 4:31
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  • Ephesians 4:32
  • -Eph5.1
  • Ephesians 5:1
  • 3 to flee fornication
  • 4-6 and all uncleanness
  • 7-14 not to converse with the wicked
  • 15-17 to walk warily
  • 18-21 and to be filled with the Spirit
  • 22-24 he descends to the particular duties, how wives ought to
  • obey
  • their husbands
  • 25-31 and husbands ought to love their wives
  • 32,33 even as Christ does his church
  • -Eph5.2
  • Ephesians 5:2
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  • Ephesians 5:3
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  • Ephesians 5:4
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  • Ephesians 5:5
  • -Eph5.6
  • Ephesians 5:6
  • -Eph5.7
  • Ephesians 5:7
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  • Ephesians 5:8
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  • Ephesians 5:9
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  • Ephesians 5:10
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  • Ephesians 5:11
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  • Ephesians 5:12
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  • Ephesians 5:13
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  • Ephesians 5:14
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  • Ephesians 5:15
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  • Ephesians 5:16
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  • Ephesians 5:17
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  • Ephesians 5:18
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  • Ephesians 5:19
  • instrument, properly denotes such sacred songs or poems as are
  • sung to stringed instruments, and may here refer to those of
  • David; [] from [] to sing, celebrate, praise, signifies songs
  • in honour of God; and songs [] from [] to sing, denotes any
  • regular poetic composition adapted to singing, and is here
  • restricted to those which are spiritual.
  • -Eph5.20
  • Ephesians 5:20
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  • Ephesians 5:21
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  • Ephesians 5:22
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  • Ephesians 5:23
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  • Ephesians 5:24
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  • Ephesians 5:25
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  • Ephesians 5:29
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  • Ephesians 5:30
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  • Ephesians 5:31
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  • Ephesians 5:32
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  • Ephesians 5:33
  • -Eph6.1
  • Ephesians 6:1
  • 5-9 of servants towards their masters
  • 10-12 Our life is a warfare, not only against flesh and blood,
  • but
  • also spiritual enemies
  • 13-17 The complete armour of a Christian
  • 18-20 and how it ought to be used
  • 21-24 Tychius is commended
  • -Eph6.2
  • Ephesians 6:2
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  • Ephesians 6:3
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  • Ephesians 6:4
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  • Ephesians 6:5
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  • Ephesians 6:6
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  • Ephesians 6:7
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  • Ephesians 6:8
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  • Ephesians 6:13
  • defensive, from [], all, and [], armour
  • -Eph6.14
  • Ephesians 6:14
  • The [], or breastplate, consisted of two parts; one of which
  • covered the whole region of the thorax or breast, and the other
  • the back, as far down as the front part extended.
  • -Eph6.15
  • Ephesians 6.15
  • -Eph6.16
  • Ephesians 6:16
  • door,[], made of wood and coveredwith hides.
  • -Eph6.17
  • Ephesians 6:17
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  • Ephesians 6:18
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  • Ephesians 6:19
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  • Ephesians 6:20
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  • Ephesians 6:21
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  • Ephesians 6:22
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  • Ephesians 6:23
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  • Ephesians 6:24
  • -Php1.1
  • Philippians 1:2
  • CONCLUDING REMARKS ON THE EPISTLE TO THE PHILIPPIANS
  • The Church at Philippi in Macedonia was planted by the apostle
  • Paul about A.D. 53, (Ac xvi. 9-40) and it appears he visited
  • them
  • again, A>D> 60, though no particulars are recorded concerning
  • that
  • visit (Ac xx.6) The Philippians were greatly attached to St.
  • Paul, and testified their affection by sending him supplies,
  • even
  • when labouring for other churches, (ch iv. 15,16; 2Co xi. 9;)
  • and
  • when they heard that he was under confinement at Rome, they sent
  • Epaproditus, one of their pastors, to him with a present, lest
  • he
  • should want necessaries during his imprisonment, (ch 11.25; iv
  • 10,
  • 14-18) The more immediate occasion of the Epistle was the return
  • of Epaphrodites, by whom the apostle sent it as a grateful
  • acknowledgement of their kindness; which occured towards the
  • close
  • of his first imprisonment, about the end of A.D. 62, or the
  • commencement of 63.
  • them, for the fruits of their faith, and fellowship in his
  • sufferings
  • 9-11 daily praying to him for their increase in grace
  • 12-20 he shews what good the faith of Christ had received by his
  • troubles at Rome
  • 21-26 and how ready he is to glorify Christ either by his life
  • or
  • death
  • 27 exhorting them to unity
  • 28-30 and to fortitude in persecution
  • -Php1.2
  • Philippians 1:2
  • -Php1.3
  • Philippians 1:3
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  • Philippians 1:4
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  • Philippians 1:5
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  • Philippians 1:6
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  • Philippians 1:7
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  • Philippians 1:8
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  • Philippians 1:9
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  • Philippians 1:10
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  • Philippians 1:11
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  • Philippians 1:12
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  • Philippians 1:13
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  • Philippians 1:14
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  • Philippians 1:15
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  • Philippians 1:17
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  • Philippians 1:22
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  • Philippians 1:24
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  • Philippians 1:26
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  • Philippians 1:27
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  • Philippians 1:28
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  • Philippians 1:29
  • -Php1.30
  • Philippians 1:30
  • -Php2.1
  • Philippians 2:1
  • by the example of Christ's humility and exaltation
  • 12-15 to a careful proceeding in the way of salvation, that they
  • be as lights to the wicked world
  • 16-18 and comforts to him their apostle, who is now ready to be
  • offered up to God
  • 19-30 He hopes to send Timothy to them, and Epaphroditus also
  • -Php2.2
  • Philippians 2:2
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  • -Php2.3
  • Philippians 2:3
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  • Philippians 2:4
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  • Philippians 2:5
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  • Philippians 2:6
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  • Philippians 2:7
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  • Philippians 2:8
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  • Philippians 2:9
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  • Philippians 2:10
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  • Philippians 2:11
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  • Philippians 2:12
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  • Philippians 2:13
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  • Philippians 2.14
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  • Philippians 2:15
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  • Philippians 2:16
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  • Philippians 2:17
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  • Philippians 2:18
  • -Php2.19
  • Philippians 2:19
  • -Php2.20
  • Philippians 2:20
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  • Philippians 2:21
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  • Philippians 2:22
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  • Philippians 2:23
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  • Philippians 2.24
  • -Php2.25
  • Philippians 2:25
  • -Php2.26
  • Philippians 2:26
  • -Php2.27
  • Philippians 2:27
  • -Php2.28
  • Philippians 2:28
  • -Php2.29
  • Philippians 2:29
  • -Php2.30
  • Philippians 2:30
  • -Php3.1
  • Philippians 3:1
  • circumcison
  • 4-6 shewing that himself has greater cause than they to trust in
  • the righteousness of the law
  • 7-11 which notwithstanding he counts as dung and loss, to gain
  • Christ and his righteousness
  • 12-14 therein acknowledging his own imperfection
  • 15,16 He exhorts them to be thus minded
  • 17 and to imitate him
  • 18-21 and to decline the ways of carnal Christians
  • -Php3.2
  • Philippians 3:2
  • -Php3.3
  • Philippians 3:3
  • -Php3.4
  • Philippians 3:4
  • -Php3.5
  • Philippians 3:5
  • -Php3.6
  • Philippians 3:6
  • -Php3.7
  • Philippians 3:7
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  • Philippians 3:8
  • -Php3.9
  • Philippians 3.9
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  • Philippians 3:10
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  • Philippians 3:11
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  • Philippians 3:12
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  • Philippians 3:13
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  • Philippians 3:14
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  • Philippians 3:15
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  • Philippians 3:16
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  • Philippians 3.17
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  • Philippians 3:18
  • -Php3.19
  • Philippians 3:19
  • -Php3.20
  • Philippians 3:20
  • -Php3.21
  • Philippians 3:21
  • -Php4.1
  • Philippians 4:1
  • 4-9 he proceeds to general exhortations
  • 10-18 shewing how he rejoiced at the liberality towards him
  • lying in
  • prison, not so much for for the supply of his own wants as
  • for the grace of God in them
  • 19-23 And so he concludes with prayer and salutations
  • 06300-900101-1252
  • -Php4.2
  • Philippians 4:2
  • -Php4.3
  • Philippians 4:3
  • -Php4.4
  • Philippians 4:4
  • -Php4.5
  • Philippians 4:5
  • -Php4.6
  • Philippians 4:6
  • -Php4.7
  • Philippians 4:7
  • -Php4.8
  • Philippians 4:8
  • -Php4.9
  • Philippians 4:9
  • -Php4.10
  • Philippians 4:10
  • -Php4.11
  • Philippians 4.11
  • -Php4.12
  • Philippians 4:12
  • -Php4.13
  • Philippians 4:13
  • -Php4.14
  • Philippians 4:14
  • -Php4.15
  • Philippians 4:15
  • -Php4.16
  • Philippians 4:16
  • -Php4.17
  • Philippians 4:17
  • -Php4.18
  • Philippians 4:18
  • -Php4.19
  • Philippians 4:19
  • -Php4.20
  • Philippians 4:20
  • -Php4.21
  • Philippians 4:21
  • -Php4.22
  • Philippians 4:22
  • emperor of Rome; but it is not improbable that the empress
  • Poppaea was favourably inclined to Christianity, as JOSEPHUS
  • relates
  • that [] `she was a worshipper of the true God.' Jerome states,
  • (in Philem.) that St. Paul had converted many in Cesar's family;
  • for
  • `being by the emperor cast into prison, he became more known to
  • his family, and turned the house of Christ's persecution into a
  • church.'
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  • Philippians 4:23
  • -Col1.1
  • 1 After salutation Paul thanks God for their faith
  • 7 Confirms the doctrine of Epaphras
  • 9 Prays further for their increase in grace
  • 14 Describes the true Christ
  • 21 Encourages them to receive Jesus Christ and commends
  • his own ministry
  • Concluding Remarks on the Epistle to the Colossians
  • Colosse was a large and populous city of Phrygia Pacatiana, in
  • Asia Minor, seated on an eminence to the south of the river
  • Meander. It is supposed to have occupied a site now covered
  • with ruins, near the village of Konous or Khonas, and about
  • twenty miles N.W. of Degnizlu. By whom, or at what time, the
  • church at Colosse was founded is wholly uncertain; but it would
  • appear from the apostle's declaration, ch. 2.1, that he was not
  • the honoured instrument. It appears from the tenor of this
  • epistle to have been, upon the whole, in a very flourishing
  • state; but some difficulties having arisen among them, they sent
  • Epaphras to Rome, where the apostle was now imprisoned, to
  • acquaint him with the state of their affairs. It is remarkable
  • for a peculiar pathos and ardour, which is generally ascribed to
  • the extraordinary divine consolations enjoyed by the apostle
  • during his sufferings for the sake of Christ. Whoever, says
  • Michaelis, would understand the Epistles to the Ephesians and
  • Colossians, must read them together. The one is in most places
  • a commentary on the other; the meaning of single passages in one
  • epistle, which, if considered alone, might be variously
  • interpreted, being determined by the parallel passages in the
  • other epistle.
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  • 1 Paul still exhorts them to be constant in Christ
  • 8 To beware of philosophy, and vain traditions
  • 18 worshipping of angels
  • 20 Legal ceremonies, which are ended in Christ
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  • 1 He shows where we should seek Christ
  • 5 He exhorts to mortificatiion
  • 10 To put of the old man and put on Christ
  • 12 Exorting to charity, humility, and other several duties
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  • 01 He exhorts them to be fervent in prayer
  • 05 to walk wisely toward them that are not yet come to the true
  • knowledge of Christ
  • 10 He salutes them, and wishes them all prosperity
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  • to any business or occasion or opportunity of doing any thing;
  • and consequently a door of utterance is an opportunity of
  • preaching the gospel sucessfully
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  • Minor, between which, and equidistant from each, was situated
  • Colosse. Laodicea was seated near the Lycus, about 63 miles east
  • of Ephesus; and became one of the largest and richest towns in
  • Phrygia, vying in power with the maritime cities. It is now
  • called Eski-hissar, the old castle; and besides the whole
  • surface within the city's wall being strewed with pedestals and
  • fragments, the ruins of an amphitheatre, a magnificent odeum,
  • and other public buildings, attest its former splendour and
  • magnificence. But, when visited by Dr. Chandler, all was silence
  • and solitude; and a fox, first discovered by his ears peeping
  • over a brow, was the only inhabitant of Laodicea. Hierapolis,
  • now Pambouk
  • -Kaiesi, was situated, according to the Itinerary,
  • six miles N. of Laodicea; and its ruins are now about a mile and
  • a half in circumference.
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  • 1 Paul craves their prayers for himself
  • 3 Testifies what confidence he has in them
  • 5 makes requests to God on their behalf
  • 6 gives them divers precepts, especially to shun idleness,
  • and ill company
  • 16 and then concludes with prayer and salutation
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  • CONCLUDING REMARKS ON THE FIRST EPISTLE TO TIMOTHY
  • This Epistle bears the impress of it genuiness and authenticity,
  • which are corroborated by the most decisive external evidence;
  • and
  • its Divine inspiration is attested by the exact accomplishment
  • of
  • the prediction which it contains respecting the the apostacy in
  • the latter days. This prophecy is similar in the general subject
  • to that in the second Epistle to the Thessalonians, though it
  • differs in the particular circumstances; and exactly corresponds
  • with that of the prophet Daniel on the same subject, (Da. xi.
  • 38.)
  • This important prediction might be more correctly rendered, `Now
  • the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some
  • shall
  • apostasize from the faith, giving heed to erroneous spirits, and
  • doctrines concerning demons, through the hypocrisy of liars,
  • having their consciences seared with a hot iron, forbidding to
  • marry, and commanding to abstain from meats,' etc. How
  • applicable
  • these particulars are to the corruptions of the Church of Rome
  • need scarcely be insisted on. The worship of saints in that
  • church is essentially the same with the worship of demons among
  • the heathen; which has been established in the world by books
  • forged in the name of the Apostles and saints, by lying legends
  • of
  • their lives, by false miracles ascribed to their relics, and by
  • fabulous dreams and relations; while celibacy was enjoined and
  • practised under pretense of chastity, and abstinence under
  • pretence of devotion. None but the SPIRIT OF GOD could foresee
  • and foretell these remarkable events.
  • him by Paul at his going to Macedonia
  • 5-10 Of the right use and end of the law
  • 11-19 Of Saint Paul's calling to be an apostle
  • 20 and Hymeneus and Alexander
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  • 1st Timothy 2:1
  • reason why.
  • 9-11 How women should be attired,
  • 12-14 They are not permitted to teach
  • 15 They shall be saved, notwithstanding the testimonies of God's
  • wrath, in childbirth, if they continue in faith
  • 1st Timothy 2:2
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  • 1st Timothy 3:1
  • 14 and to what end Saint Paul wrote to Timothy of these things
  • 15,16 Of the church, and the plessed truth therein taught and
  • professed
  • 1st Timothy 3:2
  • 1st Timothy 3:3
  • one in wine
  • 1st Timothy 3:4
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  • departure from the faith
  • 6-16 And to the end that Timothy might not fail in doing his
  • duty
  • he furnishes him with divers precepts, belonging thereto
  • 1st Timothy 4:2
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  • 1st Timothy 5:1
  • 3-16 Of widows
  • 17-22 Of elders
  • 23 A precept for Timothy's health
  • 24,25 Some men's sins go before unto judgment, and some men's
  • follow after,
  • 1st Timothy 5:2
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  • 1st Timothy 6:1
  • 3-5 Not to have fellowship with newfangled teachers
  • 6-9 Godliness is great gain
  • 10 and love of money the root of all evil
  • 11-16 What Timothy is to fly, and what to follow
  • 17-19 and whereof to admonish the rich
  • 20,21 To keep the purity of true doctrine, and to avoid profane
  • janglings
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  • 2nd Timothy 1:1
  • Timothy himself, his mother, and grandmother
  • 6,7 He is exhorted to stir up the gift of God which was in him
  • 8-12 to be stedfast and patient in persecution
  • 13,14 and to persist in the form and truth of that doctrine
  • which
  • he had learned of him
  • 15-18 Phygellus and Hermogenes, and such like, are noted, and
  • Onesiphorus is highly commended
  • 2nd Timothy 1:2
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  • 2nd Timothy 2:1
  • to do the duty of a faithful servant of the the Lord in
  • dividing the word aright, and staying profane and vain
  • babblings
  • 17,18 Of Hymeneus and Philetus
  • 19-21 The foundation of the Lord is sure
  • 22-26 He is taught whereof to beware, and what to follow after,
  • and in what to follow after, and in what manner the servant
  • of the Lord ought to behave himself
  • 2nd Timothy 2:2
  • 2nd Timothy 2:3
  • 2nd Timothy 2:4
  • 2nd Timothy 2:5
  • 2nd Timothy 2:6
  • labouring first, must be partaker of the fruits
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  • 2nd Timothy 3:1
  • 6-9 describes the enemies of the truth
  • 10-15 expounds unto him his own example
  • 16,17 and commends the holy scriptures
  • 2nd Timothy 3:2
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  • 2nd Timothy 4:1
  • 6-8 certifies him of the nearness of his death
  • 9-13 wills him to come speedily unto him, and to bring Marcus
  • with
  • him, and certains things which he wrote for
  • 14,15 warns him to beware of Alexander the smith
  • 16-18 informs him what had befallen him at his first answering
  • 19-22 and soon after he concludes
  • 2nd Timothy 4:2
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  • Titus 1:1
  • 6-10 How they that are to be chosen ministers ought to be
  • qualified
  • 11 The mouths of evil teachers to be stopped
  • 12-16 and what manner of men they be
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  • 1 Direction given to Titus both for his doctrine and his life
  • 10 Of the duty of servants, and in general of all Christians
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  • 1 Titus is further directed by Paul concerning things that he
  • 5 should and should not teach
  • 10 He is to reject obstinate heretics
  • 12 Tells Titus when and where to meet him
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  • -Heb1.1
  • Hebrews 1:1
  • 4-14 is preferrred above the angles, both in person and office
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  • 5-13 and that because he vouchsafed to take our nature upon him
  • 14-18 as it was necessary
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  • Abraham he taketh hold.
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  • Hebrews 3:1
  • 7-19 therefore if we believe not in him, we shall be more worthy
  • of punishment that hardhearted Israel
  • -Heb3.2
  • Hebrews 3:2
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  • Hebrews 4:1
  • 12,13 The power of God's word
  • 14,15 By our high priest Jesus, the Son of God
  • 16 we may and must go boldly to the throne of grace
  • -Heb4.2
  • Hebrews 4:2
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  • Hebrews 5:1
  • 11-14 Negligence in the knowledge thereof is reproved
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  • Hebrews 5:2
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  • Hebrews 6:1
  • 11 but to be stedfast
  • 12 diligent, and patient to wait upon God
  • 13-20 because God is most sure in his promise
  • -Heb6.2
  • Hebrews 6:2
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  • Hebrews 6:3
  • -Heb6.4
  • Hebrews 6:4
  • -Heb6.5
  • Hebrews 6:5
  • -Heb6.6
  • Hebrews 6:6
  • -Heb6.7
  • Hebrews 6:7
  • -Heb6.8
  • Hebrews 6:8
  • -Heb6.9
  • Hebrews 6:9
  • -Heb6.10
  • Hebrews 6:10
  • -Heb6.11
  • Hebrews 6:11
  • -Heb6.12
  • Hebrews 6:12
  • -Heb6.13
  • Hebrews 6:13
  • -Heb6.14
  • Hebrews 6:14
  • -Heb6.15
  • Hebrews 6:15
  • -Heb6.16
  • Hebrews 6:16
  • -Heb6.17
  • Hebrews 6:17
  • -Heb6.18
  • Hebrews 6:18
  • -Heb6.19
  • Hebrews 6:19
  • -Heb6.20
  • Hebrews 6:20
  • -Heb7.1
  • Hebrews 7:1
  • 11-28 and so far more excellent than the priests of Aaron's
  • order
  • -Heb7.2
  • Hebrews 7:2
  • -Heb7.3
  • Hebrews 7:3
  • mother are not inscribed among the geneologies; and therefore it
  • was not known who he was.
  • -Heb7.4
  • Hebrews 7:4
  • -Heb7.5
  • Hebrews 7:5
  • -Heb7.6
  • Hebrews 7:6
  • -Heb7.7
  • Hebrews 7:7
  • -Heb7.8
  • Hebrews 7:8
  • -Heb7.9
  • Hebrews 7:9
  • -Heb7.10
  • Hebrews 7:10
  • -Heb7.11
  • Hebrews 7:11
  • God
  • -Heb7.12
  • Hebrews 7:12
  • -Heb7.13
  • Hebrews 7:13
  • -Heb7.14
  • Hebrews 7:14
  • -Heb7.15
  • Hebrews 7:15
  • -Heb7.16
  • Hebrews 7:16
  • -Heb7.17
  • Hebrews 7:17
  • -Heb7.18
  • Hebrews 7:18
  • -Heb7.19
  • Hebrews 7:19
  • completion. the bringing in. or, it was the bringing in
  • -Heb7.20
  • Hebrews 7:20
  • -Heb7.21
  • Hebrews 7:21
  • -Heb7.22
  • Hebrews 7:22
  • -Heb7.23
  • Hebrews 7:23
  • -Heb7.24
  • Hebrews 7:24
  • `a priesthood that passeth not away from him.'
  • from one to another
  • -Heb7.25
  • Hebrews 7:25
  • -Heb7.26
  • Hebrews 7:26
  • -Heb7.27
  • Hebrews 7:27
  • -Heb7.28
  • Hebrews 7:28
  • -Heb8.1
  • Hebrews 8:1
  • of Aaron is abolished
  • 7-13 and the temporal covenant with the fathers, by the eternal
  • covenant of the Gospel
  • by profane writers.
  • 06950-891225-2110
  • -Heb8.2
  • Hebrews 8:2
  • -Heb8.3
  • Hebrews 8:3
  • -Heb8.4
  • Hebrews 8:4
  • as freewill offerings.
  • -Heb8.5
  • Hebrews 8:5
  • renders.
  • -Heb8.6
  • Hebrews 8:6
  • -Heb8.7
  • Hebrews 8:7
  • -Heb8.8
  • Hebrews 8:8
  • -Heb8.9
  • Hebrews 8:9
  • -Heb8.10
  • Hebrews 8:10
  • -Heb8.11
  • Hebrews 8:11
  • -Heb8.12
  • Hebrews 8:12
  • -Heb8.13
  • Hebrews 8:13
  • -Heb9.1
  • Hebrews 9:1
  • 11-28 which are far inferior to the dignity and perfection of
  • the
  • blood and sacrifice of Christ
  • -Heb9.2
  • Hebrews 9:2
  • -Heb9.3
  • Hebrews 9:3
  • -Heb9.4
  • Hebrews 9:4
  • -Heb9.5
  • Hebrews 9:5
  • -Heb9.6
  • Hebrews 9:6
  • -Heb9.7
  • Hebrews 9:7
  • -Heb9.8
  • Hebrews 9:8
  • -Heb9.9
  • Hebrews 9:9
  • -Heb9.10
  • Hebrews 9:10
  • -Heb9.11
  • Hebrews 9:11
  • -Heb9.12
  • Hebrews 9:12
  • -Heb9.13
  • Hebrews 9:13
  • -Heb9.14
  • Hebrews 9:14
  • -Heb9.15
  • Hebrews 9:15
  • -Heb9.16
  • Hebrews 9:16
  • -Heb9.17
  • Hebrews 9.17
  • -Heb9.18
  • Hebrews 9:18
  • -Heb9.19
  • Hebrews 9.19
  • -Heb9.20
  • Hebrews 9:20
  • Verses 16,17 may be better rendered `For where a covenant is,
  • there must necessarily be the death of that by which it is
  • confirmed; for a covenant is confirmed over dead victims, and
  • does
  • not avail while that by which it is confirmed liveth.'
  • -Heb9.21
  • Hebrews 9:21
  • -Heb9.22
  • Hebrews 9:22
  • -Heb9.23
  • Hebrews 9:23
  • -Heb9.24
  • Hebrews 9:24
  • -Heb9.25
  • Hebrews 9:25
  • -Heb9.26
  • Hebrews 9:26
  • -Heb9.27
  • Hebrews 9:27
  • -Heb9.28
  • Hebrews 9:28
  • -Heb10.1
  • Hebrews 10:1
  • 10-13 The sacrifice of Christ's body one offered
  • 14-18 for ever hath taken away sins
  • 19-39 An exhortation to hold fast the faith with patience and
  • thanksgiving
  • -Heb10.2
  • Hebrews 10:2
  • elsewhere, for consciousness.
  • -Heb10.3
  • Hebrews 10:3
  • -Heb10.4
  • Hebrews 10:4
  • There were essential defects in these sacrifices. 1st-- They
  • were
  • not of the same nature with those who sinned. 2nd-- They were
  • not
  • of sufficient value to make satisfaction for the affronts done
  • to
  • the justice and government of God. 3rd-- The beasts offered up
  • under the law could not consent to put themselves in the
  • sinner's
  • room and place. The atoning sacrfice must be one capable of
  • consenting, and must voluntarily substitute himself in the
  • sinner's stead: Christ did so
  • -Heb10.5
  • Hebrews 10:5
  • -Heb10.6
  • Hebrews 10:6
  • -Heb10.7
  • Hebrews 10:7
  • -Heb10.8
  • Hebrews 10:8
  • -Heb10.9
  • Hebrews 10:9
  • -Heb10.10
  • Hebrews 10:10
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  • -Heb10.11
  • Hebrews 10:11
  • -Heb10.12
  • Hebrews 10:12
  • -Heb10.13
  • Hebrews 10:13
  • -Heb10.14
  • Hebrews 10:14
  • -Heb10.15
  • Hebrews 10:15
  • -Heb10.16
  • Hebrews 10:16
  • -Heb10.17
  • Hebrews 10:17
  • -Heb10.18
  • Hebrews 10:18
  • -Heb10.19
  • Hebrews 10:19
  • -Heb10.20
  • Hebrews 10:20
  • -Heb10.21
  • Hebrews 10:21
  • -Heb10.22
  • Hebrews 10:22
  • -Heb10.23
  • Hebrews 10:23
  • -Heb10.24
  • Hebrews 10:24
  • -Heb10.25
  • Hebrews 10:25
  • -Heb10.26
  • Hebrews 10:26
  • -Heb10.27
  • Hebrews 10:27
  • -Heb10.28
  • Hebrews 10:28
  • -Heb10.29
  • Hebrews 10:29
  • -Heb10.30
  • Hebrews 10:30
  • -Heb10.31
  • Hebrews 10:31
  • -Heb10.32
  • Hebrews 10:32
  • -Heb10.33
  • Hebrews 10:33
  • -Heb10.34
  • Hebrews 10:34
  • for yourselves
  • -Heb10.35
  • Hebrews 10:35
  • -Heb10.36
  • Hebrews 10:36
  • -Heb10.37
  • Hebrews 10:37
  • -Heb10.38
  • Hebrews 10:38
  • -Heb10.39
  • Hebrews 10:39
  • -Heb11.1
  • Hebrews 11:1
  • 6 Without faith we cannot please God
  • 7-10 The worthy fruits thereof in the fathers of old time
  • 11-40 No comments given
  • -Heb11.2
  • Hebrews 11:2
  • -Heb11.3
  • Hebrews 11:3
  • -Heb11.4
  • Hebrews 11:4
  • -Heb11.5
  • Hebrews 11:5
  • -Heb11.6
  • Hebrews 11:6
  • -Heb11.7
  • Hebrews 11:7
  • -Heb11.8
  • Hebrews 11:8
  • -Heb11.9
  • Hebrews 11:9
  • -Heb11.10
  • Hebrews 11:10
  • -Heb11.11
  • Hebrews 11:11
  • -Heb11.12
  • Hebrews 11:12
  • -Heb11.13
  • Hebrews 11:13
  • -Heb11.14
  • Hebrews 11:14
  • -Heb11.15
  • Hebrews 11:15
  • -Heb11.16
  • Hebrews 11:16
  • -Heb11.17
  • Hebrews 11:17
  • -Heb11.18
  • Hebrews 11:18
  • -Heb11.19
  • Hebrews 11:19
  • -Heb11.20
  • Hebrews 11:20
  • -Heb11.21
  • Hebrews 11:21
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  • -Heb11.22
  • Hebrews 11:22
  • -Heb11.23
  • Hebrews 11:23
  • our translators render [] in Acts 7:20; which was in their time
  • the sense of proper, from the French propre.
  • -Heb11.24
  • Hebrews 11:24
  • -Heb11.25
  • Hebrews 11:25
  • -Heb11.26
  • Hebrews 11:26
  • -Heb11.27
  • Hebrews 11:27
  • -Heb11.28
  • Hebrews 11:28
  • -Heb11.29
  • Hebrews 11:29
  • -Heb11.30
  • Hebrews 11:30
  • -Heb11.31
  • Hebrews 11:31
  • -Heb11.32
  • Hebrews 11:32
  • -Heb11.33
  • Hebrews 11:33
  • -Heb11.34
  • Hebrews 11:34
  • -Heb11.35
  • Hebrews 11:35
  • -Heb11.36
  • Hebrews 11:36
  • -Heb11.37
  • Hebrews 11:37
  • -Heb11.38
  • Hebrews 11:38
  • -Heb11.39
  • Hebrews 11:39
  • -Heb11.40
  • Hebrews 11:40
  • The apostle in the early part of the chapter having given us a
  • general account of the grace of faith, proceeds to set before us
  • some illustrious examples of it in Old Testament times. The
  • leading instance and example of faith recorded is that of
  • righteous Abel: one of the first saints and the first martyr for
  • religion--one who lived by faith and died for it, and therefore
  • a
  • fit pattern for the Hebrews to imitate. It is observeable that
  • the Holy Spirit has not thought fit to say any thing here of the
  • faith of our first parents; and yet the church of God has
  • generally, by a pious charity, taken it for granted that God
  • gave
  • them repentence and faith in the promised seed; that he
  • instructed
  • them in the mystery of sacrificing, that they instructed their
  • children in it, and that they found mercy with God, after they
  • had
  • ruined themselves and all their posterity. But God has left the
  • matter still under some doubt, as a warning to all who have
  • great
  • talents given to them, and a great trust reposed in them, that
  • they do not prove unfaithful, since God would not curol our
  • first
  • parents among the number of believers in this blessed calender.
  • -Heb12.1
  • Hebrews 12:1
  • 22-29 A commendation of the new testament above the old
  • -Heb12.2
  • Hebrews 12:2
  • -Heb12.3
  • Hebrews 12:3
  • -Heb12.4
  • Hebrews 12:4
  • -Heb12.5
  • Hebrews 12:5
  • -Heb12.6
  • Hebrews 12:6
  • -Heb12.7
  • Hebrews 12.7
  • -Heb12.8
  • Hebrews 12:8
  • -Heb12.9
  • Hebrews 12:9
  • -Heb12.10
  • Hebrews 12:10
  • -Heb12.11
  • Hebrews 12.11
  • -Heb12.12
  • Hebrews 12:12
  • -Heb12.13
  • Hebrews 12:13
  • -Heb12.14
  • Hebrews 12:14
  • -Heb12.15
  • Hebrews 12:15
  • -Heb12.16
  • Hebrews 12:16
  • -Heb12.17
  • He 12:17
  • -Heb12.18
  • Hebrews 12:18
  • -Heb12.19
  • Hebrews 12.19
  • -Heb12.20
  • Hebrews 12:20
  • -Heb12.21
  • Hebrews 12:21
  • -Heb12.22
  • Hebrews 12:22
  • -Heb12.23
  • Hebrews 12:23
  • -Heb12.24
  • Hebrews 12:24
  • -Heb12.25
  • Hebrews 12:25
  • -Heb12.26
  • Hebrews 12:26
  • -Heb12.27
  • Hebrews 12:27
  • -Heb12.28
  • Hebrews 12:28
  • -Heb12.29
  • Hebrews 12:29
  • -Heb13.1
  • Hebrews 13:1
  • 4 to honest life
  • 5,6 to avoid covetousness
  • 7,8 to regard God's preachers
  • 9 to take heed of strange doctrines
  • 10-15 to give alms
  • 16 to confess Christ
  • 17 to give alms
  • 18,19 to pray for the apostles
  • 20-25 The conclusion
  • -Heb13.2
  • Hebrews 13:2
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  • -Heb13.3
  • Hebrews 3:3
  • -Heb13.4
  • Hebrews 13:4
  • -Heb13.5
  • Hebrews 13:15
  • -Heb13.6
  • Hebrews 13:6
  • -Heb13.7
  • Hebrews 13:7
  • -Heb13.8
  • Hebrews 13:8
  • -Heb13.9
  • Hebrews 13:9
  • -Heb13.10
  • Hebrews 13:10
  • -Heb13.11
  • Hebrews 13.11
  • -Heb13.12
  • Hebrews 13:12
  • -Heb13.13
  • Hebrews 13:13
  • -Heb13.14
  • Hebrews 13:14
  • -Heb13.15
  • Hebrews 13:15
  • -Heb13.16
  • Hebrews 13:16
  • -Heb13.17
  • Hebrews 13:17
  • -Heb13.18
  • Hebrews 13:18
  • -Heb13.19
  • Hebrews 13:19
  • -Heb13.20
  • Hebrews 13:20
  • -Heb13.21
  • Hebrews 13:21
  • -Heb13.22
  • Hebrews 13:22
  • -Heb13.23
  • Hebrews 13:23
  • -Heb13.24
  • Hebrews 13:24
  • -Heb13.25
  • Hebrews 13:25
  • -Jas1.1
  • James 1:1
  • CONCLUDING REMARKS ON THE EPISTLE OF JAMES:
  • James, the son of Alpheus, the brother of Jacob, and the near
  • relation of our Lord, called also {James the Less} probably
  • because he was of lower stature, or younger, the the other
  • James,
  • the son of Zebedee, is generally allowed to be the writer of
  • this
  • Epistle; and the few that have doubted this have assigned very
  • slight reasons for their dissent, and advanced very weak
  • arguments
  • on the other side. It is recorded in ecclesiastical history, and
  • the book of the Acts of the Apostles confirms the fact, that he
  • generally resided at Jerusalem, superintending the churches in
  • that city, and in the neighboring places, to the end of his
  • life,
  • which was terminated by martyrdom about A.D. 62. This epistle
  • appears to have been written but a short time before his death;
  • and it is probable that the sharp rebukes and awful warnings
  • given
  • in it to his countrymen excited that persecuting rage which
  • terminated his life. It is styled {Catholic} or {General}
  • because
  • it was not addressed to any particular church, but to the Jewish
  • nation throughout their dispersions. Though its genuineness was
  • doubted for a considerable time, yet its insertion in the
  • ancient
  • Syriac version, which was executed at the close of the first, or
  • the beginning of the second century, and the citation of, or
  • allusion to it, by Clement of Rme, Hermas, and Ignatious, and
  • its
  • being quoted by Origen, Jerome, Athanasius, and most of the
  • subsequent ecclesiastical writers, as well as it internal
  • evidence, are amply sufficient to prove the point.
  • 5-12 to ask patience of God
  • 13-18 and in our trials not to impute our weakness, or sins, to
  • him
  • 19-25 but rather to hearken to the word, to meditate on it, and
  • to
  • do thereafter
  • 26,27 Otherwise men may seem, but never be, truly religious
  • -Jas1.2
  • James 1:2
  • -Jas1.3
  • James 1:3
  • -Jas1.4
  • James 1:4
  • -Jas1.5
  • James 1:5
  • -Jas1.6
  • James 1:6
  • -Jas1.7
  • James 1:7
  • -Jas1.8
  • James 1:8
  • -Jas1.9
  • James 1:9
  • -Jas1.10
  • James 1:10
  • -Jas1.11
  • James 1:11
  • -Jas1.12
  • James 1:12
  • -Jas1.13
  • James 1:13
  • -Jas1.14
  • James 1:14
  • -Jas1.15
  • James 1:15
  • -Jas1.16
  • James 1:16
  • -Jas1.17
  • James 1:17
  • -Jas1.18
  • James 1:18
  • -Jas1.19
  • James 1.19
  • -Jas1.20
  • James 1:20
  • -Jas1.21
  • James 1:21
  • -Jas1.22
  • James 1:22
  • -Jas1.23
  • James 1:23
  • -Jas1.24
  • James 1:24
  • -Jas1.25
  • James 1:25
  • -Jas1.26
  • James 1:26
  • -Jas1.27
  • James 1:27
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  • -Jas2.1
  • 1-12 It is not agreeable to Christian profession to regard
  • the rich, and to despise the poor brethern
  • 13 rather we are to be loving and merciful
  • 14-16 and not to boast of faith where no deeds are
  • 17,18 which is but a dead faith
  • 19,20 the faith of the devils
  • 21-24 not of Abraham
  • 25,26 nor of Rahab.
  • -Jas2.2
  • -Jas2.3
  • -Jas2.4
  • -Jas2.5
  • -Jas2.6
  • -Jas2.7
  • -Jas2.8
  • -Jas2.9
  • -Jas2.10
  • precepts of the law has broken the yoke, disolved the
  • covenant, and has exposed the law to contempt; and so has he
  • done who has only broken one precept;' they also taught, 'that
  • he who observed any principal command was equal to him who
  • kept the whole law,' and gave for an example the forsaking of
  • idolatry. To correct this false doctrine was the object St.
  • James had in view.
  • -Jas2.11
  • -Jas2.12
  • -Jas2.13
  • -Jas2.14
  • -Jas2.15
  • -Jas2.16
  • -Jas2.17
  • -Jas2.18
  • -Jas2.19
  • -Jas2.20
  • -Jas2.21
  • -Jas2.22
  • -Jas2.23
  • -Jas2.24
  • -Jas2.25
  • -Jas2.26
  • -Jas3.1
  • 1-4 We are not rashly or arrogantly to reprove others,
  • 5-12 but rather to bridle the tongue, a little member, but
  • a powerful instrument of much good, and great harm.
  • 13-18 They who are truly wise are mild and peaceable without
  • envying and strife.
  • -Jas3.2
  • -Jas3.3
  • -Jas3.4
  • -Jas3.5
  • -Jas3.6
  • -Jas3.7
  • -Jas3.8
  • -Jas3.9
  • -Jas3.10
  • -Jas3.11
  • -Jas3.12
  • -Jas3.13
  • -Jas3.14
  • -Jas3.15
  • -Jas3.16
  • -Jas3.17
  • -Jas3.18
  • -Jas4.1
  • 1-3 We are to strive against covetousness,
  • 4 intemperance,
  • 5-10 pride,
  • 11,12 detraction and rash judgement of others,
  • 13-17 and not to be confident in the good success of worldly
  • business, but mindful ever of the uncertainty of this
  • life, to commit ourselves and all our affairs to God's
  • providence.
  • -Jas4.2
  • -Jas4.3
  • -Jas4.4
  • -Jas4.5
  • -Jas4.6
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  • -Jas4.7
  • -Jas4.8
  • -Jas4.9
  • -Jas4.10
  • -Jas4.11
  • -Jas4.12
  • -Jas4.13
  • -Jas4.14
  • -Jas4.15
  • -Jas4.16
  • -Jas4.17
  • -Jas5.1
  • 1-6 Wicked rich men are to fear God's vengeance.
  • 7-11 We ought to be patient in afflictions, after the example
  • of the prophets, and Job,
  • 12 to forbear swearing,
  • 13 to pray in adversity, to sing in prosperity,
  • 14-18 to acknowledge mutually our several faults, to pray one
  • for another,
  • 19,20 and to reduce a straying brother to the truth.
  • -Jas5.2
  • -Jas5.3
  • -Jas5.4
  • -Jas5.5
  • -Jas5.6
  • -Jas5.7
  • -Jas5.8
  • -Jas5.9
  • -Jas5.10
  • -Jas5.11
  • -Jas5.12
  • -Jas5.13
  • -Jas5.14
  • -Jas5.15
  • -Jas5.16
  • -Jas5.17
  • -Jas5.18
  • -Jas5.19
  • -Jas5.20
  • As the design of this Epistle is excellent, remarks Dr.
  • Macknight,
  • so is its execution, in the judgement of the best critics, does
  • not
  • fall short of its design. Ostervald says of the first Epistle of
  • Peter, 'it is one of the finest books in the New Testament'.
  • Erasamus
  • pronounces it to be 'worthy of the prince of the Apostles, and
  • full of
  • apostolical dignity and authority;' and adds, 'it is sparing in
  • words,
  • but full of sense.' 'As the true Church of Christ', says Dr.
  • Clarke,
  • 'has generally been in a state of suffering, the Epistles of St.
  • Peter
  • have ever been most highly prized by all believers. That which
  • we
  • have just finished is an admirable letter, containing some of
  • the
  • most important maxims and consolations for the Church in the
  • wilderness. No Christian can read it without deriving from it
  • both
  • light and life. Ministers especially should study it well, that
  • they
  • may know how to comfort their flocks when in persecution and
  • adversity. He never speaks to good in any spiritual case who is
  • not
  • furnished out of the Divine treasury. God's word invite,
  • solicit, and
  • command assent: on them a man may confidently rely. The words
  • of man
  • may be true, but they are not infallible: this is the character
  • of
  • God's word alone.' To these valuable remarks on the varied
  • excellences
  • and uses of this inimitable Epistle, it may be only necessary
  • to add,
  • that it is not only important in these respects, but is a rich
  • treasury of Christian doctrines and duties from which the mind
  • may be
  • enriched and the heart improved, with the most enobling
  • sentiments.
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  • 1 He exhorts them to cease from sin by the example of Christ,
  • and the consideration of the general end that now approches,
  • 12 and comforts them against persecution
  • 1 He exhorts the elders to feed their flocks
  • 5 the younger to obey
  • 8 and all to be sober, watchful, and constant in the faith
  • 9 and to resist the cruel adversary the devil
  • jno 17.3
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  • ro 12.6
  • ge 13.13;19.7,8 ps 120.5 je 9.1-6;23.9
  • 3.15; 2.21 ep 2.20 1jno 4.6 jude 1.17
  • ro 2.5 phi 1.28 2th 2.3 1ti 6.9 re 17.8,11
  • 2.1 phi 3.19 1pe 2.8 jude 4.1
  • 1 John 1:1
  • life, by a communion with God
  • 5-10 to which we must adjoin holiness of life, to testify the
  • truth of that our communion and profession of faith, as also
  • to assure us of the forgiveness of our sins by Christ's death
  • 1 John 1:2
  • 1 John 1:3
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  • 1 John 1:5
  • 1 John 1:6
  • 1 John 1:7
  • 1 John 1:8
  • 1 John 1:9
  • 1 John 1:10
  • 1 John 2:1
  • 3-8 Rightly to know God is to keep his commandments
  • 9-14 to love our brethren
  • 15-17 and not to love the world
  • 18,19 We must beware of seducers
  • 20-29 from whose decents the godly are safe, preserved by
  • perserverance in faith, and holiness of life
  • 1 John 2:2
  • 1 John 3:3
  • 1 John 2:4
  • 1 John 2:5
  • 1 John 2:6
  • 1 John 2:7
  • 1 John 2:8
  • 1 John 2:9
  • 1 John 2:10
  • 1 John 2.11
  • 1 John 2:12
  • 1ST JOHN 2:13
  • 1st John 2.14
  • 1st John 2:15
  • 1st John 2:16
  • 1st John 2:17
  • 1st John 2:18
  • 1st John 2:19
  • 1st John 2.20
  • 1st John 2:21
  • 1st John 2:22
  • 1st John 2:23
  • 1st John 2:24
  • 1st John 2.25
  • 1st John 2:26
  • 1st John 2.27
  • 1st John 2:28
  • 1st John 2:29
  • 1st John 3:1
  • us his sons,
  • 3-10 who therefore ought obediently to keep his commandments
  • 11-24 as also to love one another as brethren
  • 1st John 3:2
  • 1st John 3:3
  • 1st John 3:4
  • 1st John 3.5
  • 1st John 3:6
  • 1st John 3.7
  • 1st John 3:8
  • 1st John 3:9
  • 1st John 3:10
  • 1st John 3:11
  • 1st John 3:12
  • 1st John 3:13
  • 1st John 3:14
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  • 1st John 3.16
  • 1st John 3:17
  • 1st John 3.18
  • 1st John 3:19
  • 1st John 3:20
  • 1st John 3:21
  • 1st John 3:22
  • 1st John 3:23
  • 1st John 3:24
  • 1st John 4:1
  • 7-21 and exhorts to brotherly love
  • 1st John 4:2
  • 1st John 4:3
  • 1st John 4:4
  • 1st John 4.5
  • 1st john 4.6
  • 1st John 4.7
  • 1st John 4.8
  • 1st John 4.9
  • 1st John 4.10
  • 1st John 4.11
  • 1st John 4:12
  • 1st John 4:13
  • 1st John 4.14
  • 1st John 4:15
  • 1st John 4:16
  • 1st John 4.17
  • 1st John 4:18
  • 1st John 4.19
  • 1st John 4:20
  • 1st John 4.21
  • 1st John 5:1
  • 3-8 which to the faithful are not grievous
  • 9-13 Jesus is the Son of God
  • 14-21 and able to hear our prayers
  • 1st John 5:2
  • 1st John 5:3
  • 1st John 4:4
  • 1st John 5:5
  • 1st John 5:6
  • 1st John 5:7
  • 1st John 5:8
  • 1st John 5.9
  • 1st John 5:10
  • 1st John 5.11
  • 1st John 5:12
  • 1st John 5:13
  • 1st John 5:14
  • 1st John 5:15
  • 1st John 5:16
  • 1st John 5:17
  • 1st John 5:18
  • 1st John 5:19
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  • 1st John 5:21
  • 2nd John 1:1
  • persevere in Christian love and belief,
  • 8,9 lest they lose the reward of their former profession,
  • 10-13 and to have nothing to do with those seducers that bring
  • not
  • the true doctrine of Christ Jesus
  • 2nd John 1:2
  • 2nd John 1:3
  • 2nd John 1:4
  • 2nd John 1:5
  • 2nd John 1.6
  • 2nd John 1:7
  • 2nd John 1:8
  • that ye receive, etc'
  • 2nd John 1:9
  • 2nd John 1:10
  • 2nd John 1:11
  • 2nd John 1:12
  • 2nd John 1:13
  • 3rd John 1:1
  • 5,6 and hospitality
  • 7,8 to true preachers
  • 9,10 complaining of the unkind dealing of ambitious Diotrophes
  • on
  • the contrary side.
  • 11 whose evil example is not to be followed
  • 12-14 and gives special testimony to the good report of
  • Demetrius
  • 3rd John 1:2
  • 3rd John 1:3
  • 3rd John 1:4
  • 3rd John 1:5
  • 3rd John 1:6
  • This is a literal and proper rendering of the original [] by
  • which
  • the antecedent to the possessive pronoun {his}, in the next
  • verse
  • becomes immediately apparent. In a manner worthy of God, and of
  • your relations and obligations to Him, and such as He can
  • approve.
  • 3rd John 1.7
  • 3rd John 1:8
  • 3rd John 1:9
  • church, of which Diotrephes was most probably an officer; and
  • being one, magnified himself in his office; he loved such
  • pre-eminence, and behaved haughtily in it.
  • 3rd John 1:10
  • 3rd John 1:11
  • therefore refers to Gaius
  • 3rd John 1:12
  • 3rd John 1:13
  • 3rd John 1:14
  • where else as a mutual address among Christians, several MSS
  • read
  • [], brethren.
  • -Jude1.1
  • 1 He exhorts them to be constant in the profession of the
  • faith.
  • 4 False teachers are crept in to seduce them, for whose evil
  • doctrine and manners horrible punishment is prepared,
  • 20 whereas the godly, by the assistance of the Holy Spirit,
  • and prayers to God, may persevere, and grow in grace, and
  • keep themselves, and recover others out of the snares of those
  • deceivers,
  • Concluding remarks on the Epistle of Jude
  • St. Jude, says Origen, has written an Epistle in a few lines
  • indeed, but full of vigorous expressions of heavenly grace.
  • He briefly and forcibly represents the detestable doctrines
  • and practices of certain false teachers, generally supposed
  • to be the impure Gnostics, Nicolaitans and followers of Simon
  • Magus; and reproves these profligate perverters of sound
  • principles, and patrons of lewdness with a holy indignation and
  • just severity; while at the same time he exhorts all sound
  • Christians, with genuine apostolic charity, to have tender
  • compassion on these deluded wretches, and to endeavour
  • vigorously to reclaim them from the ways of hell, and pluck
  • them as brands out of the fire. There is a great similarity in
  • sentiment and style between this Epistle and the second chapter
  • of the second Epistle of Peter. Both writers are nearly alike
  • in vehemence and holy indignation against impudence and
  • lewdness, and against those who insidiously undermine chastity,
  • purity, and sound principles.
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  • The book of Revelation of St. John the Divine
  • Notes from "The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge" (not
  • necessarily
  • the opinions of the person typing in the data to
  • computer database.)
  • The obscurity of this prophecy, which has been urged against its
  • genuineness, necessarily results from the highly figurative and
  • symbolical language in which it is delivered, and is, in fact,
  • a strong
  • internal proof of its authenticity and divine origin. 'For it
  • is a
  • part of this prophecy' as Sir Isaac Newton justly remarks,
  • 'that it
  • should not be understood before the last age of the world; and
  • therefore it makes for the credit of the prophecy that it is
  • not yet
  • understood. The folly of interpreters has been to foretell
  • times and
  • things by this prophecy, as if God designed to make them
  • prophets. By
  • this rashness they have not only exposed themselves, but
  • brought the
  • prophecy also into contempt. The design of God was much
  • otherwise. He
  • gave this, and the prophecies of the Old Testament, not to
  • gratify
  • men's curiosities by enabling them to foreknow things, but that,
  • after
  • that they were fulfilled, they might be interpreted by the
  • event; and
  • his own providence, not the interpreter's, be then manifested
  • thereby
  • to the world. For the event of things, predicted many ages
  • before,
  • will then be a convincing argument that the world is governed by
  • Providence. For, as the few and obscure prophecies concerning
  • Christ's
  • first coming were for setting up the Christian religion, which
  • all
  • nations have since corrupted, so the many and clear prophecies
  • concerning the things to be done at Christ's second coming, are
  • not
  • only for predicting, but also for effecting a recovery and
  • re-establishment of the long-lost truth, and setting up a
  • kingdom
  • wherein dwells righteousness. The event will prove the
  • Apocolypse; and
  • this prophecy, thus proved and understood, will open the old
  • prophets;
  • and all together will make known the true religion, and
  • establish it.
  • There is already so much of the prophecy fulfilled, that as
  • many as
  • will take pains in this study may see sufficient instances of
  • God's
  • promise; but then, the signal revolutions predicted by all the
  • holy
  • prophets, will at once both turn men's eyes upon considering the
  • predictions, and plainly interpret them. Till then we must
  • content
  • ourselves with interpreting what hath already been fulfilled.'
  • And, as
  • Mr. Weston observes, 'if we were in possession of a complete and
  • particular history of Asia, not only of great events, without
  • person
  • or place, names or dates, but of the exactest biography,
  • geography,
  • topography, and chronology, we might, perhaps, still be able to
  • explain
  • and appropriate more circumstances recorded in the Revelation,
  • under
  • the emperors of the East and the West, and in Arabia, Persia,
  • Tartary,
  • and Asia, the seat of the most important revolutions with which
  • the
  • history of Christianity has ever been interwoven and closely
  • connected.' History is the great interpreter of prophecy.
  • 'Prophecy
  • is, as I may say.' observes Bp Newton, 'history anticipated and
  • tracted; history is prophecy accomplished and dilated; and the
  • prophecies of Scripture contain the fate of the most
  • considerable
  • nations, and the substance of the most memorable transactions
  • in the
  • world, from the earliest to the latest times. Daniel and St.
  • John,
  • with regard to those latter times, are more copius and
  • particular than
  • the other prophets. They exhibit a series and succession of the
  • most
  • important events from the first of the four great empires to the
  • consumation of all things. Their prophecies may really be said
  • to be a
  • summary of the history of the world; and the history of the
  • world is
  • the best comment upon their prophecies....and the more you know
  • of
  • ancient and modern times, and the farther you search into the
  • truth of
  • history, the more you will be satisfied of the truth of
  • prophecy.' The
  • Revelation was designed to supply the place of that continued
  • succession of prophets, which demonstrated the continued
  • providence of
  • God to the patriarchal and Jewish churches. 'The majority of
  • commentators on the Apocolypse,' says Mr. Townsend, 'generally
  • acted on
  • these principles of interpretation. They discover in this Book
  • certain
  • predictions of events which were fulfilled soon after they were
  • announced; they trace in the history of later years various
  • coincidences, which so fully agree with the various parts of the
  • Apocolypse, that they are justly entitled to consider them as
  • the
  • fulfillment of its prophecies; and, by thus tracing the one God
  • of
  • Revelation through the clouds of the dark ages, through the
  • storms of
  • revolutions and wars, through the mighty convulsions which at
  • various
  • periods have agitated the world, their interpretations, even
  • when they
  • are most contrdictory, when they venture to speculate
  • concerning the
  • future, are founded on so much undoubted truth that they have
  • materially confirmed the wavering faith of thousands. Clouds and
  • darkness must cover the brightness of the throne of God, till
  • it shall
  • please him to enable us to bear the brighter beams of his glory.
  • In
  • the mean time, we trace his footsteps in the sea of the Gentile
  • world,
  • his path in the mighty waters of the ambitions and clashing
  • passions of
  • man. We rejoice to anticipate the day when bondage of Rome,
  • which
  • would perpetuate the intellectual and spritual slavery of man,
  • shall be
  • overthrown, and day-spring of united knowledge and holiness
  • bless the
  • world.'
  • 1-3 The preface
  • 4-6 John's salutation to to the seven churches of Asia
  • 7- The coming of Christ
  • 8-20 His glorius power and majesty
  • Revelation Chapter 1, Verse 1
  • -Re1.2
  • Revelation 1:2
  • -Re1.3
  • Revelation 1:3
  • -Re1.4
  • Revelation 1:4
  • -Re1.5
  • Revelation 1:5
  • -Re1.6
  • Revelation 1:6
  • -Re1.7
  • Revelation 1:7
  • -Re1.8
  • Revelation 1:8
  • -Re1.9
  • Revelation 1:9
  • -Re1.10
  • Revelation 1:10
  • -Re1.11
  • Revelation 1:11
  • -Re1.12
  • Revelation 1:12
  • -Re1.13
  • Revelation 1:13
  • -Re1.14
  • Revelation 1:14
  • -Re1.15
  • Revelation 1:15
  • -Re1.16
  • Revelation 1:16
  • -Re1.17
  • Revelation 1:17
  • -Re1.18
  • Revelation 1:18
  • -Re1.19
  • Revelation 1:19
  • -Re1.20
  • Revelation 1:20
  • -Re2.1
  • Revelation 2:1
  • -Re2.2
  • Revelation 2:2
  • -Re2.3
  • Revelation 2:3
  • -Re2.4
  • Revelation 2:4
  • -Re2.5
  • Revelation 2:5
  • -Re2.6
  • Revelation 2:6
  • -Re2.7
  • Revelation 2:7
  • -Re2.8
  • Revelation 2:8
  • -Re2.9
  • Revelation 2:9
  • -Re2.10
  • Revelation 2:10
  • -Re2.11
  • Revelation 2:11
  • -Re2.12
  • Revelation 2:12
  • residence of the Attalian kings, is situated on the river Caicus
  • about sixty miles north of Smyrna, in long 27 deg E. lat 39 deg
  • 11 mins north. It still retains some measure of its ancient
  • importance; containing a population of 15,000 souls, and having
  • nine or ten mosques, two churches, and one synagogue
  • -Re2.13
  • Revelation 2:13
  • -Re2.14
  • Revelation 2:14
  • -Re2.15
  • Revelation 2:15
  • -Re2.16
  • Revelation 2:16
  • -Re2.17
  • Revelation 2:17
  • -Re2.18
  • Revelation 2:18
  • -Re2.19
  • Revelation 2:19
  • -Re2.20
  • Revelation 2:20
  • -Re2.21
  • Revelation 2:21
  • -Re2.22
  • Revelation 2:22
  • -Re2.23
  • Revelation 2:23
  • -Re2.24
  • Revelation 2:24
  • -Re2.25
  • Revelation 2:25
  • -Re2.26
  • Revelation 2:26
  • -Re2.27
  • Revelation 2:27
  • -Re2.28
  • Revelation 2.28
  • -Re2.29
  • Revelation 2:29
  • -Re3.1
  • Revelation 3:1
  • The angel of the church of Sardis is reproved, 1,2; exhorted to
  • repent,
  • and threatened if he does not repent, 3-7. The angel of the
  • church of
  • Philadelphia, 8,9, is approved for his diligence and patience,
  • 10-14;
  • the angel of Laodecia rebuked for being neither hot nor cold,
  • 15-18,
  • and admonished to be more zealous, 19. Christ stands at the
  • door and
  • knocks, 20-22.
  • -Re3.2
  • Revelation 3:2
  • -Re3.3
  • Revelation 3:3
  • -Re3.4
  • Revelation 3:4
  • -Re3.5
  • Revelation 3:5
  • -Re3.6
  • Revelation 3:6
  • -Re3.7
  • Revelation 3:7
  • Philadelphia, so called for its founder, Attalus Philadelphus,
  • still
  • exists in the town called Allabshebr, 'the city of God,' 'a
  • column in
  • the town of ruins.' It is situated on the slopes of three or
  • four
  • hills, the roots of mount Tmolus, by the river Cogamus, twenty
  • seven
  • miles E.S.E. from Sardis, about long. 28 deg 40 min, lat 38 deg
  • 23 min.
  • The number of houses is said to be about 3000, of which 250 are
  • Greek,
  • the rest Turkish; and the Christians have twenty-five places of
  • worship, five of them large and regular churches, a resident
  • bishop,
  • and twenty inferior clergy.
  • -Re3.8
  • Revelation 3:8
  • -Re3.9
  • Revelation 3:9
  • -Re3.10
  • Revelation 3:10
  • -Re3.11
  • Revelation 3:11
  • -Re3.12
  • Revelation 3:12
  • -Re3.13
  • Revelation 3:13
  • See notes from Revelation 2:7
  • -Re3.14
  • Revelation 3:14
  • -Re3.15
  • Revelation 3:15
  • -Re3.16
  • Revelation 3:16
  • -Re3.17
  • Revelation 3:17
  • -Re3.18
  • Revelation 3:18
  • -Re3.19
  • Revelation 3:19
  • -Re3.20
  • Revelation 3:20
  • -Re3.21
  • Revelation 3:21
  • -Re3.22
  • Revelation 3:22
  • -Re4.1
  • Revelation 4:1
  • 1-3 John sees the throne of God in heaven
  • 4,5 The four and twenty elders
  • 6-9 The four beasts full of eyes before and behind
  • 10-11 The elders lay down their crowns, and worship him that
  • sat on
  • the throne
  • -Re4.2
  • Revelation 4:2
  • -Re4.3
  • Revelation 4:3
  • -Re4.4
  • Revelation 4:4
  • -Re4.5
  • Revelation 4:5
  • -Re4.6
  • Revelation 4:6
  • -Re4.7
  • Revelation 4:7
  • -Re4.8
  • Revelation 4:8
  • -Re4.9
  • Revelation 4:9
  • -Re4.10
  • Revelation 4:10
  • -Re4.11
  • Revelation 4:11
  • -Re5.1
  • Revelation 5:1
  • 1-8 The book sealed with seven seals
  • 9-11 which only the Lamb that was slain is worthy to open
  • 12-14 Therefore the elders praise him, and confess that he
  • redeemed
  • them with his blood
  • -Re5.2
  • Revelation 5:2
  • -Re5.3
  • Revelation 5:3
  • -Re5.4
  • Revelation 5:4
  • -Re5.5
  • Revelation 5:5
  • -Re5.6
  • Revelation 5:6
  • priesthood
  • As a horn is the emblem of power and seven the number of
  • perfection, the seven horns may denote the almighty power of
  • Jesus Christ
  • His infinite knowledge and wisdom; especially 'the treasures of
  • wisdom' laid up in him, to be communicated to the Church by
  • 'the seven spirits of God', i.e. the Holy Spirit
  • -Re5.7
  • Revelation 5:7
  • -Re5.8
  • Revelation 5:8
  • -Re5.9
  • Revelation 5:9
  • -Re5.10
  • Revelation 5:10
  • -Re5.11
  • Revelation 5:11
  • -Re5.12
  • Revelation 5:20
  • -Re5.13
  • Revelation 5:13
  • -Re5.14
  • Revelation 5:14
  • -Re6.1
  • Revelation 6:1
  • The opening of the seals in order, and what followed thereupon,
  • containing a prophecy to the end of the world.
  • -Re6.2
  • Revelation 6:2
  • This seems to be a representation of the person and dignity of
  • Christ, and the mild and beneficent triumphs of his Gospel over
  • all the powers of paganism.
  • -Re6.3
  • Revelation 6:3
  • See on verse 1, ch 4.7
  • -Re6.4
  • Revelation 6:4
  • -Re6.5
  • Revelation 6:5
  • -Re6.6
  • Revelation 6:6
  • wine quart and the twelfth part of a quart
  • -Re6.7
  • Revelation 6:7
  • -Re6.8
  • Revelation 6:8
  • -Re6.9
  • Revelation 6:9
  • -Re6.10
  • Revelation 6:10
  • This seal seems a prediction of the terrible persecution of the
  • church under Dioclesian and Maximian, from A.D. 270 to 304,
  • which
  • lasted longer, and was far more bloody, than any or all by which
  • it was preceeded, whence it was called 'the era of the martyrs.'
  • -Re6.11
  • Revelation 6:11
  • -Re6.12
  • Revelation 6:12
  • -Re6.13
  • Revelation 6:13
  • -Re6.14
  • Revelation 6:14
  • -Re6.15
  • Revelation 6:15
  • -Re6.16
  • Revelation 6:16
  • -Re6.17
  • Revelation 6:17
  • -Re7.1
  • Revelation 7:1
  • 1-3 An angel seals the servants of God in their foreheads
  • 4-8 The number of them that were sealed, of the tribes of Israel
  • a certain number
  • 9-13 Of all the other nations an innumerable multitude, which
  • stand
  • before the throne, clad in white robes, and palms in their
  • hands
  • 14-17 Their robes were washed in the blood of the Lamb
  • -Re7.2
  • Revelation 7:2
  • -Re7.3
  • Revelation 7:3
  • -Re7.4
  • Revelation 7:4
  • -Re7.5
  • Revelation 7:5
  • -Re7.6
  • Revelation 7:6
  • -Re7.7
  • -Re7.9
  • Revelation 7:9
  • -Re7.10
  • Revelation 7:10
  • -Re7.11
  • Revelation 7:11
  • -Re7.12
  • Revelation 7:12
  • -Re7.13
  • Revelation 7:13
  • -Re7.14
  • Revelation 7:14
  • -Re7.15
  • Revelation 7:15
  • -Re7.16
  • Revelation 7:16
  • -Re7.17
  • Revelation 7:17
  • -Re8.1
  • Revelation 8:1
  • 1 At the opening of the seventh seal
  • 2-5 Seven angels have seven trumpets given them
  • 6-8 Four of them sound their trumpets and great plagues follow
  • 9-13 Another angel puts incense to the prayers of the saints
  • on the golden altar
  • -Re8.2
  • Revelation 8:2
  • -Re8.3
  • Revelation 8:3
  • -Re8.4
  • Revelation 8:4
  • -Re8.5
  • Revelation 8:5
  • -Re8.6
  • Revelation 8:6
  • -Re8.7
  • Revelation 8:7
  • -Re8.8
  • Revelation 8:8
  • -Re8.9
  • Revelation 8:9
  • -Re8.10
  • Revelation 8:10
  • -Re8.11
  • Revelation 8:11
  • -Re8.12
  • Revelation 8:12
  • -Re8.13
  • Revelation 8:13
  • -Re9.1
  • Revelation 9:1
  • 1 At the sounding of the fifth angel, a star falls from heaven,
  • to whom is given the key to the bottomless pit.
  • 2-11 He opens the pit, and there come forth beasts like
  • scorpions
  • 12 the first Woe is past
  • 13 The sixth trumpet sounds
  • 14-21 Four angels are let loose, that were bound
  • -Re9.2
  • Revelation 9:2
  • -Re9.3
  • Revelation 9:3
  • -Re9.4
  • Revelation 9:4
  • chiefly prevailed)
  • -Re9.5
  • Revelation 9:5
  • body, state, or empire; and accordingly, however they desolated
  • the Greek and Latin churches, they could not extirpate then, nor
  • gain possesion of the empire.)
  • each day denoting a year, amount to 150 years; and accordingly,
  • from the time that Mohammed began to propagate his imposture
  • A.D. 612, the building of Bagdad, when they ceased from their
  • ravages, A.D. 763, are just 150 years.)
  • -Re9.6
  • Revelation 9:6
  • -Re9.7
  • Revelation 9:7
  • -Re9.8
  • Revelation 9.8
  • -Re9.9
  • Revelation 9:9
  • -Re9.10
  • Revelation 9:10
  • -Re9.11
  • Revelation 9:11
  • -Re9.12
  • Revelation 9:12
  • -Re9.13
  • Revelation 9:13
  • -Re9.14
  • Revelation 9:14
  • -Re9.15
  • Revelation 9:15
  • -Re9.16
  • Revelation 9:16
  • -Re9.17
  • Revelation 9:17
  • colors, for which the Turks have always been remarkable. The
  • 'four angels bound in the Euphrates' denote their four sultanies
  • bordering on that river, where they were contined till after the
  • period of the crusades. The time for which they were prepared,
  • 'an hour, and a day, and a month, and a year,' computing a year
  • for each day amounts to 391 years, 15 days; and from their
  • first
  • conquest over the Christians, A.D. 1281, the the taking of
  • Cameniec from the Poles, A.D. 1672, which was the last conquest
  • by
  • which their dominion was extended, is exactly that period.)
  • -Re9.18
  • Revelation 9.18
  • -Re9.19
  • Revelation 9:19
  • -Re9.20
  • Revelation 9:20
  • escaped destruction, still persisted in their idolatrous worship
  • of demons, etc.)
  • -Re9.21
  • Revelation 9:21
  • -Re10.1
  • Revelation 10:1
  • 1-5 A mighty strong angel appears with a book open in his hand
  • 6-8 He swears by him that lives for ever, that there shall be
  • no more time
  • 9-11 John is commanded to take and eat the book
  • -Re10.2
  • Revelation 10:2
  • -Re10.3
  • Revelation 10:3
  • -Re10.4
  • Revelation 10:4
  • -Re10.5
  • Revelation 10:5 and 10:6
  • these glorious things which 'the mystery of God should be
  • finished.) Another interpretation might be "without further
  • delay"
  • -Re10.6
  • Revelation 10:6
  • -Re10.7
  • Revelation 10:7
  • -Re10.8
  • Revelation 10:08
  • -Re10.9
  • Revelation 10:9
  • -Re10.10
  • Revelation 10:10
  • -Re10.11
  • Revelation 10:11
  • -Re11.1
  • Revelation 11:1
  • 1-5 The two witnesses prophesy
  • 6 They have power to shut heaven, that it rain not
  • 7 The beast shall fight against them, and kill them
  • 8-10 They lie unburied
  • 11-13 and after three and a half days rise againg
  • 14 The second woe is past
  • 15-19 The seventh trumpet sounds
  • -Re11.2
  • Revelation 11:2
  • -Re11.3
  • Revelation 11:3
  • they may prophesy)
  • -Re11.4
  • Revelation 11:4
  • -Re11.5
  • Revelation 11:5
  • -Re11.6
  • Revelation 11:6
  • -Re11.7
  • Revelation 11:7
  • -Re11.8
  • Revelation 11:8
  • -Re11.9
  • Revelation 11:9
  • -Re11.10
  • Revelation 11:10
  • -Re11.11
  • Revelation 11:11
  • -Re11.12
  • Revelation 11:12
  • -Re11.13
  • Revelation 11.13
  • -Re11.14
  • Revelation 11:14
  • -Re11.15
  • Revelation 11:15
  • -Re11.16
  • Revelation 11.16
  • -Re11.17
  • Revelation 11.17
  • -Re11.18
  • Revelation 11.18
  • -Re11.19
  • Revelation 11.19
  • -Re12.1
  • Revelation 12:1
  • 1-3 A woman clothed with the sun travails 4,5 The great dragon
  • stands before her, ready to devour her child 6 When she is
  • delivered she flees into the wilderness 7-12 Michael and his
  • angels fight with the dragon and prevail 13-17 The dragon,
  • being
  • cast down into the earth, persecutes the woman
  • -Re12.2
  • Revelation 12:2
  • -Re12.3
  • Revelation 12:3
  • -Re12.4
  • Revelation 12:4
  • -Re12.5
  • Revelation 12:5
  • -Re12.6
  • Revelation 12:6
  • -Re12.7
  • Revelation 12:7
  • -Re12.8
  • Revelation 12:8
  • -Re12.9
  • Revelation 12:9
  • -Re12.10
  • Revelation 12:10
  • -Re12.11
  • Revelation 12:11
  • -Re12.12
  • Revelation 12:12
  • -Re12.13
  • Revelation 12:13
  • -Re12.14
  • Revelation 12:14
  • -Re12.15
  • Revelation 12:15
  • -Re12.16
  • Revelation 12:16
  • -Re12.17
  • Revelation 2:17
  • -Re13.1
  • Revelation 13:1
  • 1-10 A beast rises out of the sea with seven heads and ten horns
  • to whom the dragon gives his power
  • 11-13 Another beast comes out of the earth
  • 14 causes an image to be made of the former beast
  • 15 and that men should worship it
  • 16-18 and receive his mark
  • -Re13.2
  • Revelation 13.2
  • -Re13.3
  • Revelation 13:3
  • -Re13.4
  • Revelation 13:4
  • -Re13.5
  • Revelation 13:5
  • -Re13.6
  • Revelation 13:6
  • -Re13.7
  • Revelation 13:7
  • -Re13.8
  • Revelation 13:8
  • -Re13.9
  • Revelation 13:9
  • -Re13.10
  • Revelation 13:10
  • -Re13.11
  • Revelation 13:11
  • -Re13.12
  • Revelation 13:12
  • -Re13.13
  • Revelation 13:13
  • -Re13.14
  • Revelation 13:14
  • -Re13.15
  • Revelation 13:15
  • -Re13.16
  • Revelation 13:16
  • -Re13.17
  • Revelation 13:17
  • -Re13.18
  • Revelation 13:18
  • -Re14.1
  • Revelation 14:1
  • 1-5 The Lamb standing on mount Sion with his company
  • 6-7 An angel preaches the gospel
  • 8-14 The fall of Babylon
  • 15-19 the harvest of the world
  • 20 The winepress of the wrath of God
  • -Re14.2
  • Revelation 14:2
  • -Re14.3
  • Revelation 14:3
  • -Re14.4
  • Revelation 14:4
  • -Re14.5
  • Revelation 14:5
  • -Re14.6
  • Revelation 14:6
  • -Re14.7
  • Revelation 14.7
  • -Re14.8
  • Revelation 14:8
  • -Re14.9
  • Revelation 14:9
  • -Re14.10
  • Revelation 14:10
  • -Re14.11
  • Revelation 14:11
  • -Re14.12
  • Revelation 14:12
  • -Re14.13
  • Revelation 14:13
  • -Re14.14
  • Revelation 14:14
  • -Re14.15
  • Revelation 14:15
  • -Re14.16
  • Revelation 14:16
  • -Re14.17
  • Revelation 14:17
  • -Re14.18
  • Revelation 14:18
  • -Re14.19
  • Revelation 14:19
  • -Re14.20
  • Revelation 14:20
  • -Re15.1
  • Revelation 15:1
  • 1,2 The seven angels with the seven last plagues
  • 3-6 The song of them that overcame the beast
  • 7,8 The seven vials full of the wrath of God
  • -Re15.2
  • Revelation 15:2
  • -Re15.3
  • Revelation 15:3
  • -Re15.4
  • Revelation 15:4
  • -Re15.5
  • Revelation 15:5
  • -Re15.6
  • Revelation 15:6
  • -Re15.7
  • Revelation 15:7
  • -Re15.8
  • Revelation 15:8
  • -Re16.1
  • Revelation 16:1
  • 1-5 The angels pour out their vials of wrath
  • 6-14 The plagues that follow
  • 15-21 Christ comes as a thief. Blessed are they that watch
  • -Re16.2
  • Revelation 16:2
  • -Re16.3
  • Revelation 16:3
  • -Re16.4
  • Revelation 16:4
  • -Re16.5
  • Revelation 16:5
  • -Re16.6
  • Revelation 16:6
  • -Re16.7
  • Revelation 16:7
  • -Re16.8
  • Revelation 16:8
  • -Re16.9
  • Revelation 16:9
  • -Re16.10
  • Revelation 16:10
  • -Re16.11
  • Revelation 16:11
  • -Re16.12
  • Revelation 16:12
  • -Re16.13
  • Revelation 16:13
  • -Re16.14
  • Revelation 16:14
  • -Re16.15
  • Revelation 16:15
  • -Re16.16
  • Revelation 16:16
  • -Re16.17
  • Revelation 16:17
  • -Re16.18
  • Revelation 16:18
  • -Re16.19
  • Revelation 16:19
  • -Re16.20
  • Revelation 16:20
  • -Re16.21
  • Revelation 16:21
  • -Re17.1
  • Revelation 17:1
  • 1-4 A woman arrayed in purple and scarlet, with a golden cup
  • in her hand sits upon the beast
  • 5-8 which is great Babylon, the mother of all abominations
  • 9-11 The interpretation of the seven heads
  • 12,13 and the ten horns
  • 14,15 The victory of the Lamb
  • 16-18 punishment of the whore
  • -Re17.2
  • Revelation 17:2
  • -Re17.3
  • Revelation 17:3
  • -Re17.4
  • Revelation 17:4
  • -Re17.5
  • Revelation 17:5
  • -Re17.6
  • Revelation 17:6
  • -Re17.7
  • Revelation 17:7
  • -Re17.8
  • Revelation 17:8
  • persecuting power, when under the Pagan emperors; it ceased to
  • be
  • so when it became Christian; and became so again under the Roman
  • pontiffs, and shall 'go into perdition.'
  • -Re17.9
  • Revelation 17:9
  • -Re17.10
  • Revelation 17:10
  • -Re17.11
  • Revelation 17:11
  • -Re17.12
  • Revelation 17:12
  • -Re17.13
  • Revelation 17:13
  • -Re17.14
  • Revelation 17:14
  • -Re17.15
  • Revelation 17:15
  • -Re17.16
  • Revelation 17:10
  • The ten horns, which the angel explained of 'ten kings' or
  • kingdoms, and which one exalted and supported the ecclesiastial
  • tyranny, will hate, desolate, strip, and devour her. They will
  • be
  • the principal instruments in the destruction of popery and the
  • ruin of Rome itself.
  • -Re17.17
  • Revelation 17:17
  • -Re17.18
  • Revelation 17:18
  • The city which, at the time of the vision, 'reigned over the
  • kings
  • of the earth,' was undoubtedly Rome; and from its foundation, it
  • has, in different ways, accomplished this object to the present
  • time.
  • -Re18.1
  • Revelation 18:1
  • 1-3 Babylon is fallen
  • 4-8 People commanded to depart out of her
  • 9-19 The kings of the earth, with the merchants and mariners,
  • lament over her
  • 20-24 The saints rejoice for the judgements of God upon her
  • -Re18.2
  • Revelation 18:2
  • -Re18.3
  • Revelation 18:3
  • -Re18.4
  • Revelation 18:4
  • -Re18.5
  • Revelation 18:5
  • -Re18.6
  • Revelation 18:6
  • -Re18.7
  • Revelation 18:7
  • -Re18.8
  • Revelation 18:8
  • -Re18.9
  • Revelation 18:9
  • -Re18.10
  • Revelation 18:10
  • -Re18.11
  • Revelation 18:11
  • -Re18.12
  • Revelation 18:12
  • -Re18.13
  • Revelation 18:13
  • masses, bulls, etc.)
  • -Re18.14
  • Revelation 18:14
  • -Re18.15
  • Revelation 18:15
  • -Re18.16
  • Revelation 18:16
  • -Re18.17
  • Revelation 18:17
  • -Re18.18
  • Revelation 18:18
  • -Re18.19
  • Revelation 18:19
  • -Re18.20
  • Revelation 18:20
  • It is peculiarly worthy of remark, that the apostles, who are
  • idol-
  • atrously honoured at Rome, and daily worshipped, should be
  • specially mentioned as rejoicing in her fall; as if it 'avenged
  • them' on her, for the dishonor cast on their characters, while
  • it
  • vindicated the glory of God
  • -Re18.21
  • Revelation 18:21
  • she should never rise again; which is further illustrated by
  • varied emphatical expressions taken from the ancient prophets.
  • But Rome is still standing and flourishing, and honoured by many
  • nations as the metropolis of the Christian world; she still
  • resounds with singers and musicians; she still excels in arts,
  • which serve for pomp and luxury; she still abounds with candles,
  • and lamps, and torches, burning even by day, as well as by
  • night;
  • and consequently this prophecy has not been, but remains to
  • fulfilled.
  • -Re18.22
  • Revelation 18:22
  • -Re18.23
  • Revelation 18:23
  • -Re18.24
  • Revelation 18:24
  • -Re19.1
  • Revelation 19:1
  • 1-6 God is praised in heaven for judging the great whore and
  • avenging the blood of his saints
  • 7-9 The marriage of the Lamb
  • 10-16 The angel will not be worshipped
  • 17-21 The fowls called to the great slaughter
  • -Re19.2
  • Revelation 19:2
  • -Re19.3
  • Revelation 19:3
  • -Re19.4
  • Revelation 19:4
  • -Re19.5
  • Revelation 19:5
  • -Re19.6
  • Revelation 19:6
  • -Re19.7
  • Revelation 19:7
  • -Re19.8
  • Revelation 19:8
  • -Re19.9
  • Revelation 19:9
  • -Re19.10
  • Revelation 10:9
  • -Re19.11
  • Revelation 19:11
  • -Re19.12
  • Revelation 19:12
  • -Re19.13
  • Revelation 19:13
  • -Re19.14
  • Revelation 19:14
  • -Re19.15
  • Revelation 19:15
  • -Re19.16
  • Revelation 19:16
  • -Re19.17
  • Revelation 19:17
  • -Re19.18
  • Revelation 19:18
  • -Re19.19
  • Revelation 19:19
  • -Re19.20
  • Revelation 19:20
  • -Re19.21
  • Revelation 19:21
  • -Re20.1
  • Revelation 20:1
  • 1-5 Satan bound for a thousand years
  • 6 The first resurrection; the blessed that have part therein
  • 7 Satan let loose again
  • 8,9 Gog and Magog
  • 10,11 The devils cast into the lake of fire and brimstone
  • 12-15 The last and general resurrection (Typist's note: there is
  • no such thing as a 'general resurrection' there is a
  • resurrection of the saved at the rapture and of the lost
  • after the millenium)
  • -Re20.2
  • Revelation 20.2
  • -Re20.3
  • Revelation 20:3
  • -Re20.4
  • Revelation 20.4
  • -Re20.5
  • Revelation 20:5
  • -Re20.6
  • Revelation 20:6
  • -Re20.7
  • Revelation 20:7
  • -Re20.8
  • Revelation 20:8
  • -Re20.9
  • Revelation 20:9
  • -Re20.10
  • Revelation 20:10
  • -Re20.11
  • Revelation 20:11
  • -Re20.12
  • Revelation 20:12
  • -Re20.13
  • Revelation 20:13
  • -Re20.14
  • Revelation 20:14
  • -Re20.15
  • Revelation 20:15
  • -Re21.1
  • Revelation 21:1
  • 1-9 A new heaven and a new earth
  • 10-22 The heavenly Jerusalem with a full description thereof
  • 23 She needs no sun, the glory of God being her light
  • 24-27 The kings of the earth bring their riches unto her
  • -Re21.2
  • Revelation 21:2
  • -Re21.3
  • Revelation 21:3
  • -Re21.4
  • Revelation 21:4
  • -Re21.5
  • Revelation 21:5
  • -Re21.6
  • Revelation 21:6
  • -Re21.7
  • Revelation 21:7
  • -Re21.8
  • Revelation 21:8
  • -Re21.9
  • Revelation 21:9
  • -Re21.10
  • Revelation 21:10
  • -Re21.11
  • Revelation 21:11
  • -Re21.12
  • Revelation 21.12
  • -Re21.13
  • Revelation 21:13
  • -Re21.14
  • Revelation 21:14
  • -Re21.15
  • Revelation 21:15
  • -Re21.16
  • Revelation 21:16
  • The square form of this city probably denotes its stability;
  • while
  • its vast dimensions, being 1500 miles on each side, are
  • emblematical of magnificence, and of its capability of
  • containing
  • all the multitude of inhabitants which should ever enter it,
  • however immense or innumerable
  • -Re21.17
  • Revelation 21:17
  • -Re21.18
  • Revelation 21:18
  • -Re21.19
  • Revelation 21:19
  • -Re21.20
  • Revelation 21:20
  • -Re21.21
  • Revelation 21:20
  • latively glorius, beyond all comparison with anything ever seen
  • on earth
  • -Re21.22
  • Revelation 21:22
  • -Re21.23
  • Revelation 21:23
  • -Re21.24
  • Revelation 21:24
  • -Re21.25

  • Revelation 21:25
  • -Re21.26
  • Revelation 21:26
  • -Re21.27
  • Revelation 21.27
  • -Re22.1
  • Revelation 22:1
  • 1 The river of the water of life
  • 2-4 The tree of life
  • 5-8 The light of the city of God is himself
  • 9-17 The angel will not be be worshipped
  • 18-21 Nothing may be be added to the word of God, nor taken
  • therefrom
  • -Re22.2
  • Revelation 22:2
  • original, 'a tree of life;' for there were three trees; one in
  • the
  • street, and one on each side of the river)
  • -Re22.3
  • Revelation 22:3
  • -Re22.4
  • Revelation 22:4
  • -Re22.5
  • Revelation 22:5
  • -Re22.6
  • Revelation 22:6
  • -Re22.7
  • Revelation 22:7
  • -Re22.8
  • Revelation 22:8
  • -Re22.9
  • Revelation 22.9
  • -Re22.10
  • Revelation 22:10
  • -Re22.11
  • Revelation 22:11
  • -Re22.12
  • Revelation 22:12
  • -Re22.13
  • Revelation 22:13
  • -Re22.14
  • Revelation 22.14
  • -Re22.15
  • Revelation 22:15
  • -Re22.16
  • Revelation 22:16
  • -Re22.17
  • Revelation 22:17
  • -Re22.18
  • Revelation 22:18
  • -Re22.19
  • Revelation 22:19
  • -Re22.20
  • Revelation 22:20
  • -Re22.21
  • Revelation 22:21
  • -Ge1.1
  • 01 God creates \\heaven\\ and \\earth\\
  • 03 the light
  • 04 the firmament
  • 07 separates the dry land
  • 10 forms the sun, moon, and stars
  • 15 fishes and fowls
  • 21 cattle, wild beasts, and creeping things
  • 25 creates man in his own image, blesses him
  • 27 grants the fruits of the earth for food
  • -Ge1.2
  • -Ge1.3
  • -Ge1.4
  • between the darkness.
  • -Ge1.5
  • was, and the morning was
  • -Ge1.6
  • -Ge1.7
  • -Ge1.8
  • -Ge1.9
  • -Ge1.10
  • -Ge1.11
  • -Ge1.12
  • -Ge1.13
  • -Ge1.14
  • different world from that rendered light, in ver 3. the day from
  • the night. between the day and between the night.
  • -Ge1.15
  • -Ge1.16
  • -Ge1.17
  • -Ge1.18
  • -Ge1.19
  • -Ge1.20
  • more conformable to the original, and reconciles this passage
  • with ch. 2.19. The word fowl, from the Saxon fleon, to fly,
  • exactly corresponds to the original, which denotes every thing
  • that flies, whether bird or insect.
  • -Ge1.21
  • -Ge1.22
  • -Ge1.23
  • -Ge1.24
  • of the earth, wild animals; especially such as live on flesh;
  • and creeping things, reptiles; or all the different genera of
  • serpents, worms, and such animals as have no feet.
  • -Ge1.25
  • -Ge1.26
  • earth of which he was formed, or from the blush or flesh-tint of
  • the human countenance: the name is intended to designate the
  • species.
  • -Ge1.27
  • -Ge1.28
  • -Ge1.29
  • -Ge1.30
  • -Ge1.31
  • -Ge2.1
  • 01 The first Sabbath
  • 04 Further particulars concerning the manner of creation
  • 08 The planting of the garden of Eden and its situation
  • 15 Man is placed in it; and the tree of knowledge only forbidden
  • 18 The animals are named by Adam
  • 19 The making of woman, and the institution of marriage
  • -Ge2.2
  • the sixth day, which is probably the true reading; as t, which
  • stands for six, might easily be changed into T, which denotes
  • seven.
  • to weariness, but to action; as the Divine Being can neither
  • know fatigue, nor stand in need of rest.
  • -Ge2.3
  • -Ge2.4
  • -Ge2.5
  • -Ge2.6
  • -Ge2.7
  • -Ge2.8
  • -Ge2.9
  • -Ge2.10
  • name of a place, and was, most probably, situated in Armenia,
  • near the souces of the great rivers Euphrates, Tigris, Phasis,
  • and Araxes.
  • -Ge2.11
  • -Ge2.12
  • stone, so called from a Greek word signifying man's nail, to the
  • colour of which it nearly approached.
  • -Ge2.13
  • -Ge2.14
  • -Ge2.15
  • -Ge2.16
  • -Ge2.17
  • -Ge2.18
  • -Ge2.19
  • -Ge2.20
  • -Ge2.21
  • -Ge2.22
  • -Ge2.23
  • -Ge2.24
  • and Samaritan read, they two; as is also read in several of the
  • Parallel Passages.
  • -Ge2.25
  • -Ge3.1
  • 01 The serpent deceived Eve
  • 06 Both she and Adam transgress the divine command, and fall
  • into sin and misery
  • 08 God arraigns them
  • 14 The serpent is cursed
  • 15 The promised seed
  • 16 The punishment of mankind.
  • 21 Their first clothing
  • 22 Their expulsion from paradise.
  • reads cachash, a liar or deceiver.
  • -Ge3.2
  • -Ge3.3
  • -Ge3.4
  • -Ge3.5
  • -Ge3.6
  • -Ge3.7
  • -Ge3.8
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  • 01 The birth, occupation, and offering of Cain and Abel
  • 08 Cain murders his brother Abel
  • 11 The curse of Cain
  • 17 Has a son called Enoch, and builds a city, which he calls
  • aftr his name
  • 18 His descendants, with Lumech and his two wives
  • 15 The birth of Seth
  • 16 And Enos
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  • days. Either at the end of the year, or of the week, i.e. on the
  • Sabbath.
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  • greater than that it may be forgiven.
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  • that those who found him should not kill him.
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  • ver 12.
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  • my wound, etc.
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  • themselves by the name of the Lord.
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  • 01 Recapitulation of the creation of man
  • 03 The genealogy, age, and death of the patriarchs from Adam to
  • Noah
  • 32 The godliness and translation of Enoch
  • 25 The brith of Noah, etc.
  • account, history, or any kind of writing.
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  • Hebrew Text, the Samaritan, the LXX., and Josephus. The LXX.
  • adds 100 years to each of the patriarchs Adam, Seth, Enos,
  • Cainan, Mahalaleel, and Enoch, before the birth of their sons;
  • while they take 20 from the age of Methuselah, and add 6 to that
  • of Lamech. Thus the space from the creation to the deluge is
  • made 2242 years, according to the Vatican copy, but 2262 by the
  • Alexandrine; and the sum total by Josephus is 2265, by the
  • Smaritan 1307, and the Hebrew Text, 1656. The sum total from the
  • Deluge to the 70th year of Terah, according to these
  • authorities, is, Heb. 292. Sam. 942; Sept. Vat 1172; alex. 1072,
  • and Josephus 1002.
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  • and caused the flood
  • 8 Noah finds grace
  • 9-13 His generations, etc.
  • 14-22 The order, form, dimensions, and end of the ark
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  • The Hebrew word signifies not only the imagination, but also the
  • puposes and desires.
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  • length, 50 in breadth, and 30 in height (ver 15) its size was
  • equal to 547 feet long, 91 feet broad, and 54 feet high; and it
  • is
  • computed to had been 81,062 tons burthen. These dimensions were
  • sufficient to contain all the animals in it, and food for more
  • than
  • a year
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  • ark, and the flood begins
  • 17-20 The increase and continuance of the flood for forty days
  • 21-23 All flesh is destroyed
  • 24 Its duration
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  • The first month was Tisri, which answers to the latter end of
  • September and first half of October; the second was Marchesvan,
  • which answers to part of October and part of November.
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  • search has been made, conspire in one uniform, universal proof
  • that they all had the sea spread over their highest summits;
  • shells, skeletons of fish, etc., having been found there.
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  • afforded of the universality of this fact: the moose deer, a
  • native of America, has been found buried in Ireland; elephants,
  • native of Asia and Africa, in the midst of England; crocodiles,
  • natives of the Nile, in the heart of Germany; and shell fish,
  • never known in any but the American seas, with the entire
  • skeletons of whales, in the most inland counties of England.
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  • fountains of the great deep, and the raining forty days and
  • nights, had raised the waters fifteen cubits, or twenty-two feet
  • and a half, above the highest mountain; after which forty days,
  • it
  • appears to have continued at this height one hundred and fifty
  • days more.
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  • 4,5 The ark rests on Ararat
  • 6-12 Noah sends forth a raven and then a dove
  • 13-19 Noah, being commanded, goes forth from the ark
  • 20-22 He builds an altar, and offers sacrifice, which God
  • accepts,
  • and promises to curse the earth no more.
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  • That is, of the year, not of the deluge.
  • Ararat is generally understood to be Armenia, as it is rendered
  • elsewhere, in which there is a great chain of mountains, like
  • the
  • Alps or the Pyrenees, upon the highest part of which, called by
  • some, `The Finger Mountain,' the ark is supposed to have rested.
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  • year, of 365 days; for he entered it on the 17th day of the 2nd
  • month, in the 600th year of his life, and continued it it till
  • the
  • 27th day of the 2nd month, in the 601st year of his life, as we
  • see above.
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  • distinct parts, called quarters or seasons; but there are six
  • divisions in the text, which obtained in Palestine among the
  • Hebrews, and exist among the Arabs to the present day. According
  • to this gracious promise, the heavenly bodies have preserved
  • their
  • courses, the seasons their successions, and the earth its
  • increase
  • for the use of man.
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  • 4-7 Blood and murder are forbidden
  • 8-17 God's covenant, of which the rainbow was constituted a
  • pledge
  • 18,19 Noah's family replenish the world
  • 20 Noah plants a vineyard
  • 21-24 Is drunken, and mocked by his son
  • 25 Curses Canaan
  • 26 blesses Shem
  • 27-29 Prays for Japeth, and dies
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  • The devoted nations, which God destroyed before Israel, were
  • descended from Canaan: and so were the Phoenicians and
  • Cartheginians, who were at length subjugated with dreadful
  • destruction by the Greeks and Romans. The Africans, who have
  • been
  • bought and sold like beasts, were also his posterity.
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  • Japeth. Japeth denotes enlargement, and how wonderfully have his
  • boundaries been enlarged; for not only Europe, but Asia Minor,
  • part of Armenia, Iberia, the whole of the vast regions of Asia
  • north of Taurus, and probably America, fell to the share of his
  • posterity.
  • These words may mean either that God or that Japeth shall dwell
  • in the tents of Shem. In either sense the prophecy has been
  • literally fulfilled
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  • 2-5 Japeth
  • 6,7 Ham
  • 8-20 Nimrod the first monarch, and the descendents of Canaan
  • 21-32 The sons of Shem
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  • Ham signifies burnt or black; and this name was peculiarly
  • significant of the regions alloted to his family. To the
  • Cushites, or descendants of Cush, were alloted the hot southern
  • regions of Asia, along the shores of the Persian Gulf, Susiana
  • or
  • Chusistan, etc.; to the sons of Canaan, Palestine and Syria; to
  • the sons of Mizraim, Egypt and Libya in Africa.
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  • Shem signifies name or renown; and his, indeed, was great both
  • in
  • a temporal and spritual sense, inasmuch as he was destined to be
  • the lineal ancestor of the promised Seed of the woman, to which
  • Noah might allude in his pious ejaculation
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  • Any man who can barely read his Bible, and has but heard of such
  • people as the Assyrians, Elamites, Lydians, Medes, Ionians, and
  • Thracians, will readily acknowledge that Asshur, Elam, Lud,
  • Madia,
  • javan, and Tiras, grandsons of Noah, were their respective
  • founders.
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  • 2-4 The building of Babel
  • 5-9 It is interrupted by the confusion of tongues, and the
  • builders dispersed
  • 10-26 The generations of Shem
  • 27-30 The generations of Terah, the father or Abram
  • 31,32 Terah, with Abram and Lot, remove from Ur to Haran
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  • for a journey or the execution of a purpose.
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  • that is, Confusion. The tower of Babel, Herodotus informs us,
  • was
  • a furlong or 660 feet, in length and breadth; and, according to
  • Strabo, it rose to the same altitude. It was of a pyramidical
  • form, consisting of eight square towers, gradually decreasing in
  • breadth, with a winding ascent on the outside, so very broad as
  • to
  • allow horses and carriages to pass each other, and even to turn.
  • This magnificent structure is so completely destroyed that its
  • very site is doubtful; and when supposed to discovered, in all
  • cases exhibiting a heap of rubbish.
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  • being Abram's wife; yet Abram afterwards said, " she is the
  • daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother."
  • (Ge 20.12) Probably Haran was the eldest son of Terah, and Abram
  • was his youngest by another wife; and and thus Sarai was the
  • daughter, or grand-daughter of Terah, Abram's father, but not of
  • his mother.
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  • Ur was probably the place called Ouri, in Mesopotamia, two days
  • journey from Nisbis, in the way to the river Tigris
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  • 4,5 He departs with Lot from Haran, and comes to Canaan
  • 6 He journeys through Canaan
  • 7-9 which is promised to him in a vision
  • 10 He is driven by famine into Egypt
  • 11-13 Fear makes him feign his wife to be his sister
  • 14-17 Pharaoh, having taken her from him, by plagues is
  • compelled
  • to restore her
  • 18-20 He reproves Abram, whom he dismisses
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  • So called from Canaan the son of Ham, lies between the
  • Mediterranean sea on the west, the wilderness of Rarn, Idumea,
  • and
  • Egypt on the south, the mountains of Arabia on the east, and the
  • mountains of lebanon and Phoenecia on the north. Its length,
  • from
  • Dan to Beersheba, is about 200 miles, and its breadth, form the
  • Mediterranean sea to its eastern borders, about 90.
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  • The word rendered `plain' should be rendered `oak,' or according
  • to Celsius, the turpentine-tree.'
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  • `ruler,' or `king,' or `father of his country.'
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  • 6,7 Strife arises between Abram's herdsmen and those of Lot
  • 8,9 Abram meekly refers it to Lot to choose his part of the
  • country
  • 10-13 and Lot goes to Sodom
  • 14-17 God renews the promise to Abram
  • 18 He removes to Hebron, and there builds an altar
  • The south of Canaan; as in leaving Egypt, it is said he `came
  • from the south,' (ver 3) and the southern part of the promised
  • land lay north-east of Egypt
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  • Bethel by Jacob, and so called when Moses wrote, for its first
  • name was Luz
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  • their tents in the land.
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  • plain of Jordan, the Syriac reads `Zoan,' which was situated in
  • the south of Eqypt, and in a well-watered country.
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  • allies
  • 12-13 Lot is taken prisoner
  • 14-16 Abram rescues him
  • 17-20 Melchizedek blesses Abram at his return, who gives him
  • tithes
  • 21-24 The rest of the spoil, his partners having had their
  • portions
  • he restores to the king the king of Sodom
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  • afterwards reigned.
  • beyond Jordan, 10 miles west-ward from Medeba, and afterwards
  • belonged to Sihon, king of Heshbon
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  • Places where asphaltus or bitumen sprung out of the ground: this
  • substance which is properly denoted by the word `slime,' abounds
  • in these parts.
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  • 4,5 God promises him a son, and a multiplying of his seed
  • 6 Abram is justified by faith
  • 7-21 Canaan is promised again, and confirmed by a sign, and a
  • vision, prophetic of the condition of his posterity till
  • brought out of Egypt
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  • 4-6 Hagar, being afflicted for despising her mistress, runs away
  • 7-12 An angel commands her to return and submit herself,
  • promises
  • her a numerous posterity, and shews their character and
  • condition.
  • 13,14 Hagar names the place, and returns to Sarai
  • 15 Ishmael is born
  • 16 The age of Abram
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  • The desert of Shur being between the south of Canaan, where
  • Hebron
  • was situated, and Egypt, it is likely that Hagar was returning
  • to
  • her own country.
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  • The word rendered `wild' also denotes the `wild ass;' the
  • description of which animal in Job 39.5-8, affords the very best
  • representation of the wandering, lawless, freebooting life of
  • the
  • Bedouin and other Arabs, the descendants of Ishmael.
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  • Abraham, in token of a greater blessing
  • 9-14 Circumcision is instituted
  • 15,16 Sarai's name is changed to Sarah, and she is blessed
  • 17-22 Isaac is promised, and the time of his birth fixed
  • 23-27 Abrahm and Ishmael are circumcised
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  • in allusion to Abraham's laughing, verse 17. By this Abraham did
  • not express his unbelief or weakness of faith, but his joy at
  • the
  • prospect of the fulfilment of so glorius a promise; and to this
  • our Lord evidently alludes in John 8.56
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  • Ishmael, retain the rite of circumcision to this day; and the
  • latter perform it, as the other Mahometanus also do, at the age
  • of
  • thirteen.
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  • 9-15 Sarah is reproved for laughing at the promise of a son
  • 16-22 The destruction of Sodom is revealed to Abraham
  • 23-33 Abraham makes intercession for the inhabitants
  • In these verse we have a delightful picture of genuine and
  • primitive hospitality: a venerable father sits at the tent door,
  • not only to enjoy the current of refreshing air, but that if he
  • saw any weary and exhasuted travellers, he might invite them to
  • rest and refresh themselves during the heat of the day, and the
  • same custom still continues in the east. It was not the custom,
  • nor was there any necessity, for strangers to knock at the door,
  • or to speak first, but to stand till they were invited.
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  • In those ancient times, shoes such as ours, were not in use;
  • and the
  • foot was protected only with sandals or soles, fastened round
  • the
  • foot with straps. It was, therefore, not only necessary from
  • motives
  • of cleanliness, but also a very great refreshment, in so hot a
  • country to get the feet washed at the end of a day's journey;
  • and
  • this is the first thing that Abraham proposes.
  • Rest in the shade was the second requisite for the refreshment
  • of
  • a weary traveller.
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  • This was the third requisite, and is introduced in its proper
  • order; as eating immediately after exertion or fatigue is very
  • unwholesome.
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  • This is spoken figuratively; and as the jewish writers speak,
  • according to the language of men. So eyes, ears, hands, and
  • other
  • members of the body are attributed to God, for effecting those
  • things which men cannot accomplish without these members.
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  • The two, whom we suppose to have been created angels, departed
  • at
  • this time; and accordingly two entered Sodom at evening: while
  • the
  • one, called Jehovah throughout the chapter, continued with
  • Abraham, who "stood yet before the Lord."-
  • -Scott.
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  • 4-11 The vicious Sodomites are smitten with blindness
  • 12-14 Lot is warned, and in vain warns his sons-in-law
  • 15-23 He is directed to flee with his family to the mountains,
  • but obtains leave to go to Zoar.
  • 24,25 Sodom and Gomorrah are destroyed
  • 26-28 Lot's wife becomes a pillar of salt
  • 29,30 Lot dwells in a cave
  • 31-38 The incestuous origin of Ammon
  • refering to those mentioned in the preceding chapter, and there
  • called `men.' It seems (from ch. 18. ver 22,) that these two
  • angels were sent to Sodom, while the third, who was the Lord or
  • jehovah, remained with Abraham
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  • said unto him, for we lodge in the street;' where, nevertheless,
  • the negation is understood. know the disposition of the
  • inhabitants, and appearing in the character of mere travellers,
  • they preferred the open street to any house; but not yet willing
  • to make themselves known, as Lot presssed them vehemently, and
  • as
  • they knew him to be a righteous man, they consented to take
  • shelter under his hospitable roof.
  • -Ge19.3
  • -Ge19.4
  • -Ge19.5
  • -Ge19.6
  • Two words are here used for door: the first {pethach}, which is
  • the {door-way}, at which Lot went out; the latter, {deleth}, the
  • {leaf} of the door, which he shut after him when out.
  • -Ge19.7
  • -Ge19.8
  • -Ge19.9
  • -Ge19.10
  • -Ge19.11
  • The word {sanverim}, rendered `blindness,' and wich occurs only
  • here, and in 2ki 6.18, is supposed to denote {dazzlings,
  • deceptions, or confusions} of sight from excessive light; being
  • derived by Schultens, who is followed by Parkhurst, from the
  • Arabic {sana} which signifies a flash, or or, light. The
  • Targums,
  • in both places where it occurs, render it by {erruptions} or
  • {flashes} of light, or as Mercer, in Robertson, explains the
  • Chaldee word, {irradiations.}
  • -Ge19.12
  • -Ge19.13
  • -Ge19.14
  • -Ge19.15
  • -Ge19.16
  • -Ge19.17
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  • -Ge19.23
  • -Ge19.24
  • The word rendered `brimstone,' (q.d. brennestone, or
  • brinnestone,
  • id est burning-stone,) is always rendered by the LXX. `sulphur,'
  • and seems to denote a {meteorous inflammable matter.}
  • -Ge19.25
  • -Ge19.26
  • This unhappy woman, says the Rev. T. Scott, `looked back,'
  • contrary to God's express command, perhaps with a hope of
  • returning, which latter supposition is favoured by our Lord's
  • words, `Let him not {return back}: remember Lot's wife.'
  • She was, therefore, instantaneously struck dead and petrified,
  • and
  • thus remained to after ages a visible monument of the Divine
  • displeasure.
  • -Ge19.27
  • -Ge19.28
  • -Ge19.29
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  • This name is generally interpreted of the father; from {mo}, of,
  • and {av}, a father.
  • -Ge19.38
  • people.
  • -Ge20.1
  • 2 Denies his wife, who is taken by Abimelech
  • 3-8 Abimelech is reproved for her in a dream
  • 9-13 He rebukes Abraham
  • 14,15 Restores Sarah
  • 16 and reproves her
  • 17,18 Abimelech and his family are healed at Abraham's prayer
  • Gerar was a city of Arabia Petraea, under a king of the
  • Philistines
  • 25 miles from Eleutheropolis beyond Daroma, in the south of
  • Judah.
  • From ch 10.19, it appears to have been situated in the angle
  • where
  • the south and west sides of Canaan met, and to have been not far
  • from Gaza. Jerome, in his Hebrew Traditions on Genesis, says,
  • from Gerar to Jerusalem was three days' journey. There was a
  • wood
  • near Gerar, spoken of Theodoret; and a brook (ch. 26.26) on
  • which
  • was a monastery, notice by Sozomen.
  • -Ge20.2
  • -Ge20.3
  • -Ge20.4
  • -Ge20.5
  • -Ge20.6
  • -Ge20.7
  • signifies one who {foretels} future events, byt also an
  • {intercessor, instructor}.
  • abilities; hence Aaron, because he was the spokesman of Moses to
  • the Egyptian king, is called a prophet.
  • -Ge20.8
  • -Ge20.9
  • -Ge20.10
  • -Ge20.11
  • -Ge20.12
  • Ebn Batrik, in his annals, among other ancient traditions, has
  • preserved the following: `Terah first married {Yona}, by whom he
  • had Abraham; afterwards he married {Tehevita}, by whom he had
  • Sarah.'
  • -Ge20.13
  • -Ge20.14
  • -Ge20.15
  • -Ge20.16
  • What these pieces were is not certain; but it is probable they
  • were {shekels}, as it is so understood by the Targum; and the
  • LXX.
  • render it {didrachma}, by which the Hebrew shekel is rendered in
  • ch. 23.15,16
  • Or, `behold IT (the 1000 shekels) is to thee,' etc.
  • -Ge20.17
  • -Ge20.18
  • -Ge21.1
  • 6,7 Sarah's joy
  • 8 Isaac is weaned
  • 9-14 Hagar and Ishmael are cast forth
  • 15,16 Hagar in distress
  • 17-21 The angel relieves and comforts her
  • 23-34 Abimelech's covenant with Abraham at Beer-sheba
  • -Ge21.2
  • -Ge21.3
  • -Ge21.4
  • -Ge21.5
  • -Ge21.6
  • Sarah most likely remembered the circumstance mentioned in
  • ch. 18.12; and also the name Isaac, which implies {laughter}.
  • -Ge21.7
  • -Ge21.8
  • -Ge21.9
  • -Ge21.10
  • The word rendered `cast out,' signifies also to {divorce}
  • -Ge21.11
  • -Ge21.12
  • -Ge21.13
  • -Ge21.14
  • So called when Moses wrote; but not before Abraham's covenant
  • with
  • Abimelech, ver. 31. Such instances of the figure prolepsis are
  • not unfrequent in the Pentatuch.
  • -Ge21.15
  • him from the intensity of the heat.
  • -Ge21.16
  • -Ge21.17
  • -Ge21.18
  • -Ge21.19
  • -Ge21.20
  • -Ge21.21
  • -Ge21.22
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  • -Ge21.24
  • -Ge21.25
  • Wells of water were of great consequence in those hot countries
  • especially where the flocks were nunerous; because water was
  • scarce, and digging to find it was attended with the expense of
  • much time and labour.
  • -Ge21.26
  • `Wot,' though used for the present, is the past tense of the
  • almost obsolete word `to wit,' from the Saxon {witan}, to know.
  • -Ge21.27
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  • -Ge21.31
  • alluding to the seven ewe lambs. The verb rendered `to swear' is
  • derived from the word translated seven.
  • -Ge21.32
  • -Ge21.33
  • a plantation, an orchard, a cultivated field, and an oak; but it
  • may denote a kind of tararisk, as it is rendered by Gesenius,
  • the
  • same with the Arabic {athl}.
  • Dr. Shuckford justly contends, that the expression rendered,
  • `he called on the name,' signifies, `he invoked in the name.'
  • -Ge21.34
  • -Ge22.1
  • 3-10 He gives proof of his faith and obedience
  • 11,12 The angel prevents him
  • 13 Isaac is exchanged for a ram
  • 14 The place is called Jehovah-jireh
  • 15-19 Abraham is again blessed
  • 20-24 The genrations of Nahor unto Rebekah
  • -Ge22.2
  • -Ge22.3
  • -Ge22.4
  • -Ge22.5
  • -Ge22.6
  • -Ge22.7
  • -Ge22.8
  • -Ge22.9
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  • -Ge22.11
  • -Ge22.12
  • -Ge22.13
  • -Ge22.14
  • The meaning is, that God, in the greatest difficulties, when all
  • human assistance is vain, will make a suitable provision for the
  • deliverance of those who trust in Him.
  • -Ge22.15
  • -Ge22.16
  • -Ge22.17
  • -Ge22.18
  • -Ge22.19
  • -Ge22.20
  • -Ge22.21
  • Kemuel might have given name to the Kamilites, a people of
  • Syria,
  • mentioned by Strabo, to the west of the Euphrates.
  • -Ge22.22
  • -Ge22.23
  • -Ge22.24
  • Felix: there is a city called Maca towards the straits of Ormus.
  • -Ge23.1
  • 3-18 The purchase of the field and cave of Machpelah
  • 19,20 where Sarah is buried
  • death, and burial are distinctly noted in the Sacred writings.
  • -Ge23.2
  • For the convenience of feeding his numerous flocks, Abrahm had
  • several places of temporary residence; and it is likely, that
  • while he sojourned at Beer-sheba, as we find he did fron ver.
  • 19 of
  • the preceeding chapter, Sarah died at Hebron, which was 24 miles
  • distant.
  • -Ge23.3
  • -Ge23.4
  • -Ge23.5
  • -Ge23.6
  • -Ge23.7
  • -Ge23.8
  • -Ge23.9
  • -Ge23.10
  • Or, sitting (as the word frequently deonotes) among the children
  • of Heth, at the gate of the city, where all public business was
  • transacted. Ephron, though a chief man, might have been
  • personally unknown to Abraham; but now he answers for himself,
  • making a free tender of the field and cave to Abraham, in the
  • presence of all the people, which amounted to a legal conveyance
  • to the Patriarch.
  • -Ge23.11
  • -Ge23.12
  • -Ge23.13
  • -Ge23.14
  • -Ge23.15
  • Though the words `is worth' are not in the Text, yet they are
  • clearly implied, to adapt the Hebrew to the English idiom. A
  • shekel, according to the general opinion, was equal in value to
  • about 2s. 6d. of our money, but according to Dr. Prideaux, 3s
  • English. In those early times, money was given in weight; for it
  • is said (ver 16.) that `Abraham weighed' {wayishkal}, the
  • silver;
  • and hence, we find that it was a certain weight which afterwards
  • passed as a current coin; for the word shekel is not only used
  • to
  • denote a piece of sliver, but also to weigh.
  • -Ge23.16
  • -Ge23.17
  • -Ge23.18
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  • 10,11 The servant's journey
  • 12,13 His prayer
  • 14 His sign
  • 15-17 Rebekah meets him
  • 18-21 fulfils his sign
  • 22 receives jewels
  • 23,24 shews her kindred
  • 25 invites him home
  • 26,27 The servant blesses God
  • 29-33 Laban entertains him
  • 34-49 The servant shows his message
  • 50-57 Laban and Bethuel approve it
  • 58-61 Rebekah consents to go, and departs
  • 62-67 Isaac meets and marries her
  • -Ge24.2
  • -Ge24.3
  • -Ge24.4
  • worldly policy, or any of those motives which usually govern men
  • in the settlement of their children. No mention is made of
  • riches, or honours, or natural accomplishments, but merely of
  • what
  • related to God.-
  • -Fuller.
  • -Ge24.5
  • -Ge24.6
  • -Ge24.7
  • -Ge24.8
  • -Ge24.9
  • -Ge24.10
  • -Ge24.11
  • -Ge24.12
  • -Ge24.13
  • -Ge24.14
  • -Ge24.15
  • -Ge24.16
  • -Ge24.17
  • -Ge24.18
  • -Ge24.19
  • -Ge24.20
  • -Ge24.21
  • -Ge24.22
  • have been an ear-ring, or a `jewel for the forehead,' but `a
  • jewel
  • for the nose, a nose-ring,' which is in use throughout Arabia
  • and
  • Persia, particularly among young women. It is very properly
  • translated [], `an ornament for the nose,' by Symmachus; and Sir
  • John Chardin informs us, that `it is a custom in almost all the
  • East, for the women to wear rings in their noses, in the left
  • nostrikl, which is bored low down in the middle. These rings are
  • of gold, and have commonly two pearls and one ruby between,
  • placed
  • in the ring. I never saw a girl or young woman in Arabia or in
  • all
  • Persia, who did not wear a ring after this manner in her
  • nostril.'
  • The word rendered `bracelet,' from a root which signifies `to
  • join
  • or couple together,' may imply whatever may clasp round the arms
  • and legs; for rings and ornaments are worn round both by females
  • in India and Persia. The small part of the leg, and the whole
  • arm, from the shoulder to the wrist, are generally decorated in
  • this way. As these were given to Rebekah for `her hands,' it
  • sufficiently distinguishes them from similar ornaments for the
  • ankles.
  • -Ge24.23
  • -Ge24.24
  • -Ge24.25
  • -Ge24.26
  • -Ge24.27
  • -Ge24.28
  • Some have conjectured from this, that her father Bethuel was
  • dead;
  • and the person called Bethuel, (ver. 50) was a younger brother.
  • This is possible; but as Dr. A. clarke remarks, the mother's
  • house
  • might be mentioned were even the father alive; for in Asiatic
  • countries, the women have apartments entirely separate from
  • those
  • of the men, in which their little children and grown-up
  • daughters
  • reside with them. This was probably the case here; though, from
  • the whole narrative, it is very probable that Bethuel was dead,
  • as
  • the whole business appears to be conducted by Rebekah's
  • brothers.
  • -Ge24.29
  • -Ge24.30
  • -Ge24.32
  • Straw, by the eastern mode of threshing, was cut or shattered,
  • and
  • reduced to a kind of chaff. With this, sometimes mixed with a
  • little barley, the eastern people still feed their labouring
  • beasts as they anciently did.
  • -Ge24.33
  • -Ge24.34
  • -Ge24.35
  • -Ge24.36
  • -Ge24.37
  • The Canaanites were infected with gross idolatry; and
  • consequently
  • not proper persons with whom to form so intimate a conexion;
  • especially as Jehovah had shown Abraham thay they were filling
  • up
  • their measure of iniquity, and were doomed to destruction.
  • -Ge24.38
  • settled; and where he himslef had remained some time with his
  • father Terah. Nahor did not dwell at Ur of the Chaldees, but at
  • Haran in Mesopotamia. The true worship of God seems to have been
  • in some measure preserved in this family, though afterwards
  • corrupted.
  • -Ge24.39
  • We may see, says Calmet, by this and other passages of
  • Scripture,
  • (Jos 9.18) what the sentiments of the ancients were relative to
  • an
  • oathe. They believed that they were bound precisely by what was
  • spoken, and had no liberty to interpret the intentions of those
  • by
  • whom the oath was made.
  • -Ge24.40
  • -Ge24.41
  • -Ge24.42
  • -Ge24.43
  • -Ge24.44
  • contirvance, or chance, are matters of appointment with God; and
  • the persuation of this does not prevent, but rather encourage,
  • the
  • use of all proper means; at the same time that it confines us to
  • proper means, and delivers the mind from useless anxiety about
  • consequences.
  • -Ge24.45
  • -Ge24.46
  • -Ge24.47
  • -Ge24.48
  • -Ge24.49
  • -Ge24.50
  • These seem both to be brothers, of whom laban was the eldest and
  • chief: the opinion of Josephus appears to be very correct, that
  • Bethuel, the father, had been dead some time.
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  • -Ge24.52
  • -Ge24.53
  • The original word denotes {vessels, utensils, instruments,
  • furniture, or dress}; and these presented by Abraham's servant
  • might have be of various kinds.
  • No mention is made of her father
  • This term, rendered `precious things,' as may be seen in the
  • parallel texts, is used to express exquisite fruits or
  • delicacies,
  • and precious plants or flowers: but here it may mean gifts in
  • general, though rather of an inferior kind to those mentioned
  • above
  • -Ge24.54
  • -Ge24.55
  • -Ge24.56
  • -Ge24.57
  • -Ge24.58
  • -Ge24.59
  • -Ge24.60
  • large family being always considered, in ancient times, as a
  • proof
  • of the peculiar blessing and favour of God.
  • -Ge24.61
  • -Ge24.62
  • -Ge24.63
  • They who acknowledge God in all their ways, will find him
  • present
  • to direct their paths, and make their way prosperous; and when
  • the
  • prayer of faith meets with an immediate answer, the glory ought
  • as speedily to be rendered to God in solemn praise and
  • thanksgiving.
  • -Ge24.64
  • -Ge24.65
  • -Ge24.66
  • -Ge24.67
  • Sarah, being dead, her tent, which, according to the custom of
  • the
  • east, was distinct from that of Abraham, became now appropriated
  • to the use of Rebekah.
  • -Ge25.1
  • 5,6 The division of his goods
  • 7-10 His age, death, and burial
  • 11 God blesses Isaac
  • 12-16 The generations of Ishmael
  • 17,18 His age and death
  • 19-21 Isaac prays for Rebekah, being barren
  • 22,23 The children strive in her womb
  • 24-26 The birth of Esau and Jacob
  • 27,28 Their different characters and pursuits
  • 29-34 Esau sells his birthright
  • -Ge25.2
  • -Ge25.3
  • -Ge25.4
  • -Ge25.5
  • all things.'
  • -Ge25.6
  • Arabia Deserta, which was eastward of beer-sheba, where Abraham
  • dwelt.
  • -Ge25.7
  • -Ge25.8
  • -Ge25.9
  • -Ge25.10
  • -Ge25.11
  • -Ge25.12
  • -Ge25.13
  • From Nebajoth sprang the Nabatheans, who inhabited Arabia
  • Petraea;
  • from Kedar, the Cedereans, who dwelt near the NNabatheans;
  • and from Jetur, the Itureans, who inhabited a small tract of
  • country east of Jordan, which afterwards belonged to Manasseh.
  • -Ge25.14
  • -Ge25.15
  • More than 300 MSS. and printed editions read {Hadad}, as in 1ch
  • 1.30
  • These are evidently the same people mentioned in 1ch 5.19, who,
  • with the Itureans, assisthed Hagarenes against the Israelites,
  • but
  • were overcome by the two tribes of Reuben and Gad, and the
  • half-tribe of Manasseh.
  • -Ge25.16
  • denote here `towers,' fortified rocks, or mountain tops, and
  • fastnesses of various kinds in woods and hilly countries; but it
  • rather means, `shepherds' cots,' surrounded by sufficient
  • enclosures to prevent the cattle form straying, as the cognate
  • Syriac word {teyaro}, and Arabic {tawar}, signify `a sheep-fold.
  • '
  • -Ge25.17
  • -Ge25.18
  • -Ge25.19
  • -Ge25.20
  • -Ge25.21
  • -Ge25.22
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  • -Ge25.24
  • -Ge25.25
  • The word {Esau} has been generally considered to imply {made,
  • formed, or perfected; or perfect, robust, etc.} But it appears
  • to
  • be a dialectical variation of the Arabia {atha} to be covered
  • with
  • hair; whence {athai}, hairy, as no doubt the word Esau imports,
  • in
  • allusion to the circumstance of his being covred with red hair
  • or
  • down at his birth.
  • -Ge25.26
  • -Ge25.27
  • -Ge25.28
  • -Ge25.29
  • -Ge25.30
  • pottage.
  • This, we are informed, (verse 34) was of lentiles, a sort of
  • pulse.
  • -Ge25.31
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  • instructs and blesses him
  • 7-11 He is reproved by Abimilech for denying his wife
  • 12-17 He grows rich, and the Philistines envy his property
  • 18-22 He digs Esek, Sitnah, and Rehoboth
  • 23-33 God appears to him at Beer-sheba, and blesses him; and
  • Abimilech makes a covenant with him
  • 34,35 Esau's wives
  • -Ge26.2
  • -Ge26.3
  • -Ge26.4
  • -Ge26.5
  • -Ge26.6
  • -Ge26.7
  • -Ge26.8
  • -Ge26.9
  • -Ge26.10
  • -Ge26.11
  • -Ge26.12
  • The author of the "History of the Piratical States of Barbary"
  • observes, (p.44) that the Moors of that country are divided into
  • tribes like the Arabians, and like them dwell in tents, formed
  • in
  • itenerant villages; that `these wanderers farm lands of the
  • inhabitants of the towns, sow and cultivate them, paying their
  • rent with the produce, such as fruits, corn, wax, etc. They are
  • very skillful in choosing the most advantagous soils for every
  • season, and very careful to avoid the Turkish troops, the
  • violence
  • of the one little suiting the purpose of the other.' It is
  • natural to suppose, that Isaac possessed the like sagacity, when
  • he sowed in the land of Gerar, nad received that year an
  • hundred-fold.
  • -Ge26.13
  • Dr. Adam clarke remarks, that there is a strange and observable
  • occurrence of the same term in the original, which is literally,
  • `And the man was GREAT, and he went, going on, and was GREAT,
  • until that he was exceeding GREAT.' How simple is this language,
  • and yet how forcible!
  • -Ge26.14
  • -Ge26.15
  • hence, this mode of injuring new settlers, or revenging
  • themselves
  • on their enemies, is still resorted to among the inhabitants.
  • -Ge26.16
  • Dr. A. Clarke observes, that this is the first instance on
  • record
  • of what was termed among the Greeks, {ostracism}, i.e., the
  • banishment of person from the state, of whose power, influence,
  • or
  • riches, the people were jealous.
  • -Ge26.17
  • -Ge26.18
  • Houbigant contends, that instead of {bimey}, `in the days,' we
  • should read, {avdey, `servants;' agreeably to the Samaritan,
  • Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate: `And Isaac digged again the
  • wells
  • of water which the {servants} of Abraham his father had digged.'
  • -Ge26.19
  • -Ge26.20
  • -Ge26.21
  • -Ge26.22
  • The wells in Arabia are genrally dug in the rock: their mouths
  • are
  • about six feet in diameter, and they are from nineteen to twenty
  • feet in depth. But Niebuhr informs us, that many wells are from
  • 160 to 170 feet deep.
  • -Ge26.23
  • -Ge26.24
  • -Ge26.25
  • -Ge26.26
  • Phicol, as well as Abimelech, `father king,' seems to have been
  • a
  • name of office or dignity among the Philistines; for it is not
  • probable that they were the same as are mentioned in the days of
  • Abraham.
  • -Ge26.27
  • -Ge26.28
  • -Ge26.29
  • -Ge26.30
  • -Ge26.31
  • -Ge26.32
  • -Ge26.33
  • hundred years before this, in the time of Abraham; but as the
  • well, from which it had its name originally, was closed up by
  • the
  • Philistines, the name of the place might have been abolished
  • with
  • the well; when, therefore, Isaac re-opened it, he restored the
  • ancient name of the place.
  • -Ge26.34
  • -Ge26.35
  • -Ge27.1
  • 6-13 Rebekah instructs jacob to obtain the blessing
  • 14-29 Jacob, feigning to be Esau, obtains it
  • 30-32 Esau brings venison
  • 33 Isaac trembles
  • 34-40 Esau complains, and by importunity obtains a blessing
  • 41 He threatens Jacob's life
  • 42-46 Rebekah disappoints him, by sending Jacob away
  • -Ge27.2
  • -Ge27.3
  • -Ge27.4
  • The blessing, says Dr. A. Clarke, which Isaac was to confer on
  • his
  • son, was a species of {divine right}, and must be communicated
  • with appropriate ceremonies. As eating and drinking were used
  • among the Sasiatics on almost all religious occasions, and
  • especially in making and confirming covenants, it is reasonable
  • to
  • suppose, that something of this kind was essentially necessary
  • on
  • this occasion; and that Isaac could not convey the {right}, till
  • he had eaten of the meat provided for the purpose by {him} who
  • was to receive the blessing.
  • -Ge27.5
  • -Ge27.6
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  • -Ge27.8
  • -Ge27.9
  • is uncertain, but its name declares it nature.
  • -Ge27.10
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  • garment that great men used to wear, (Lu 20.46; 15.22) The
  • priest
  • aftwerwards in the law had `holy garments' to minister in, (Ex
  • 28.2-4). Whether the first-born before the law had such to
  • minister in is not certain: for, had they been {common}
  • garments,
  • why did not Esau himself or his wives keep them? But being, in
  • likelihood, holy robes, received from their ancestors, the
  • mother
  • of the family kept them in sweet chests, from mother and the
  • like;
  • whereupon it is said (ver 27) `Isaac smelled the smell of his
  • garments.'
  • -Ge27.16
  • Travellers inform us, that the Eastern goats have long, fine,
  • and
  • beautiful hair, of the most delicate silky softness; indeed the
  • animals generally in those hot countires are not covered with so
  • thick a coat of hair as they are in more northernly regionsl so
  • that Isaac might easily be deceived, when his eyes were dim, and
  • his feeling no less impared than his sight.
  • -Ge27.17
  • -Ge27.18
  • -Ge27.19
  • -Ge27.20
  • -Ge27.21
  • -Ge27.22
  • How wonderful, says Mr. Scott, is that difference which there is
  • betwixt the faces and the voices of the several individuals of
  • the
  • human species! Scarcely any two of the innumerable millions are
  • exactly alike in either, and yet the difference cannot be
  • defined
  • or described! The power, wisdom, and kindness of our Creator
  • should be admired and adored in this remarkable circumstance;
  • for
  • they are very visible. This description of Jacob is not unaptly
  • accommodated to the character of a hypocrite: his voice, his
  • language, is that of a Christian; his hand, or conduct, that of
  • an
  • ungodly maid: but the judgment will proceed from God, the Judge
  • of
  • all, at the last day, as in the present cand, not by the voice,
  • but by the hands.
  • -Ge27.23
  • -Ge27.24
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  • -Ge27.26
  • -Ge27.27
  • A field where aromatic plants, flowers, fruits, and spices grew
  • in
  • abundance, with which these garments (see ver. 15) of Esau might
  • probably have been perfumed by being laid up with them.
  • -Ge27.28
  • -Ge27.29
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  • -Ge27.32
  • -Ge27.33
  • greatly.
  • -Ge27.34
  • -Ge27.35
  • -Ge27.36
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  • -Ge27.39
  • advantage, the two brothers should be much alike. (See verse 28)
  • Esau had cattle, beasts, and substance in abundance, and he went
  • to dwell in Mount Seir of his own accord. When the Israelites
  • desired leave to pass through the territories of Edom, the
  • country
  • abounded with {fruitful fields and vineyards}.
  • -Ge27.40
  • -Ge27.41
  • -Ge27.42
  • -Ge27.43
  • -Ge27.44
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  • -Ge27.46
  • -Ge28.1
  • 6-9 Esau marries Mahalath the daughter of Ismael
  • 10-17 Jacob journeys, and has a vision of a ladder
  • 18,19 The stone of Beth-el
  • 20-22 Jacob's vow
  • -Ge28.2
  • -Ge28.3
  • -Ge28.4
  • -Ge28.5
  • Whoever observes jacob's life, after he had surreptitiously
  • obtained his father's blessing, will perceive that he enjoyed
  • very little worldly felicity. His brother purposed to murder
  • him, to avoid which he was forced to flee from his father's
  • house; his uncle Laban deceived him, as he had deceived his
  • father, and treated him with great rigour; after a servitude of
  • 21 years, he was obliged to leave him in a clandestine manner,
  • not without danger of being brought back, or murdred by his
  • enraged brother; no sooner were these fears over, than he
  • experienced the baseness of his son Reuben, in defiling his bed;
  • he had next to bewail the treachgery and cruelty of Simeon and
  • Levi twords the Shechemites; then he had to feel the loss of his
  • beloved wife; he was next imposed upon by his own sons, and had
  • to lament the supposed untimely end Joseph; and to complete all,
  • he was forced by famine to go into Egypt, and there died, in a
  • strange land. So just, wonderful, and instructive are all the
  • ways of Providence!
  • -Ge28.6
  • -Ge28.7
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  • -Ge28.11
  • {one} stone.
  • -Ge28.12
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  • -Ge28.14
  • -Ge28.15
  • -Ge28.16
  • -Ge28.17
  • -Ge28.18
  • The practice of setting up stones as a memorial by travellers
  • still exists in Persia, and other parts of the East.
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  • -Ge28.19
  • i.e., the house of God
  • -Ge28.20
  • -Ge28.21
  • -Ge28.22
  • -Ge29.1
  • 9-12 He becomes acquainted with Rachel
  • 13-17 Laban entertains him
  • 18-22 He is deceived by Laban with leah
  • 28-31 He marries also Rachel, and serves for her seven years
  • more
  • 32 Leah bears Reuben
  • 33 Simeon
  • 34 Levi, and
  • 35 Judah
  • Euphrates, are called {Kedem}, or the East, in the Sacred
  • Writings.
  • -Ge29.2
  • In Arabia, and other places in the East, they cover up their
  • wells
  • of water, lest the sand, which is put in motion by the winds,
  • should fill and quite stop them up. So great was their care not
  • to leave the well open any length of time, that they waited till
  • the flocks were all gathered together before they began to draw
  • water, and when they had finished, the well was immediately
  • closed
  • again.
  • -Ge29.3
  • Instead of {haadarim}, the flocks the Samaritan reads {haroin},
  • `the shepherds,' as does also the Arabic in Walton's Polyglott.
  • This verse describes what was usually done by some mutual
  • compact
  • among the shepherds, and shows the purpose for which the flocks
  • lay by the well; for the stone was not removed till all the
  • flocks
  • had been collected. Scott.
  • -Ge29.4
  • -Ge29.5
  • -Ge29.6
  • -Ge29.7
  • -Ge29.8
  • -Ge29.9
  • In those primitive times, a pastoral life was not only
  • considered
  • useful but honourable: nor was it beneath the dignity of the
  • daughters of the most opulent chiefs to carry water from the
  • well,
  • or thend the sheep. Jacob, Moses, and David were shepherds.
  • -Ge29.10
  • -Ge29.11
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  • -Ge29.13
  • -Ge29.14
  • -Ge29.15
  • -Ge29.16
  • -Ge29.17
  • -Ge29.18
  • In ancient times, it was a custom among many nations to give
  • dowries for their wives; but Jacob, being poor, offered for
  • Rachel
  • seven year's service.
  • -Ge29.19
  • -Ge29.20
  • -Ge29.21
  • -Ge29.22
  • -Ge29.23
  • -Ge29.24
  • -Ge29.25
  • -Ge29.26
  • -Ge29.27
  • -Ge29.28
  • The public marriage feast made on this occasion, seems to have
  • formed the regular method of recognising the marriage, and
  • lasted
  • seven days: it would therefore have been improper to have broken
  • off the solemnities to which all the men of the place had been
  • invited (ver. 22) and probably Laban wished to keep the fraud
  • from
  • the public eye. It is perfectly plain that Jacob did not serve
  • seven more years before he got Rachel to wife.
  • -Ge29.29
  • -Ge29.30
  • -Ge29.31
  • -Ge29.32
  • -Ge29.33
  • -Ge29.34
  • -Ge29.35
  • (See ch 30.17, etc.)
  • -Ge30.1
  • Jacob
  • 5-8 Bilhah bears Dan and Naphtali
  • 9-13 Leah gives Ailpah her maid, who bears Gad and Asher
  • 14-16 Reuben finds mandrakes, with which leah buys her husband's
  • company of Rachel
  • 17-21 Leah bears Issachar, Zebulun, and Dinah
  • 22-24 Rachel bears Joseph
  • 25,26 Jacob desires to depart
  • 27-36 Laban detains him on a new agreement
  • 37-43 Jacob's policy, whereby he becomes rich
  • the breast that harbours them, vexatious to all around, and
  • introductory to much impatience and ungodliness. `Who is able to
  • stand before envy.'
  • -Ge30.2
  • -Ge30.3
  • -Ge30.4
  • -Ge30.5
  • -Ge30.6
  • -Ge30.7
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  • -Ge30.11
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  • -Ge30.14
  • The mandrake may be the Hebrew {dudaim}: it is so rendered by
  • all
  • the ancient versions, and is a spedies of melon, of an agreeable
  • odour. Hasselquist, speaking of Nazareth in Galilee, says, `What
  • I found most remarkable at this village was the great number of
  • mandrakes which grew in a vale below it. I had not the pleasure
  • of seeing this plant in blossom, the fruit now (May 5th, O. S.)
  • hanging ripe on the stem, which lay withered on the ground. From
  • the season in which this mandrake blossoms and ripens fruit, one
  • might form a conjecture that it was Rachel's {dudaim}. These
  • were
  • brought her in the wheat harvest, which in Galilee is in the
  • month
  • of May, about this time, and the mandrake was now in fruit.' The
  • Abbee Mariti describes it as growing `low like a lettuce, to
  • which
  • its leaves have a great resemblence, except that they have a
  • dark
  • green colour. The flowers are purple, and the root is for the
  • most part forked. The fruit, when ripe in the beginning of May,
  • is of the size and colour of a small apple, exceedingly ruddy,
  • and
  • of a most agreeable odour. Our guide thought us fools for
  • suspecting it to be unwholesome.'
  • -Ge30.15
  • -Ge30.16
  • -Ge30.17
  • -Ge30.18
  • -Ge30.19
  • -Ge30.20
  • -Ge30.21
  • -Ge30.22
  • -Ge30.23
  • therefore was reckoned a reproach. The intense desire of having
  • children, observable among the Jewish women, arose not only from
  • this reproach of barrenness, but from the hope of being the
  • mother
  • of the promised seed, and Him in whom all the nations of the
  • earth
  • were to be blessed.
  • -Ge30.24
  • -Ge30.25
  • -Ge30.26
  • -Ge30.27
  • -Ge30.28
  • -Ge30.29
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  • -Ge30.31
  • -Ge30.32
  • -Ge30.33
  • Supply the ellipsis by inserting `if found,' after `stolen' and
  • the sense will be clear.
  • -Ge30.34
  • -Ge30.35
  • From this it appears, that, as Jacob had agreed to take all the
  • parti-coloured for his wages, and was now only beginning to act
  • on this agreement, and consequently had as yet no right to any
  • cattle, therefore Laban separated from the flock all such cattle
  • as Jacob might afterwards clain in consequence of his bargain,
  • leaving only the black and white with jacob.
  • -Ge30.37
  • Livneh is the white poplar, so called from the whiteness of its
  • leaves, bark, and wood, from {lavan} to be white.
  • say, that {luz} is not the `hazel' but the almond-tree, as the
  • word denotes both in Arabic and Syriac.
  • the bark naturally peeling off, and leaving the trunk naked, as
  • its root {dram}, signifies.
  • -Ge30.38
  • -Ge30.39
  • -Ge30.40
  • -Ge30.41
  • As the means which Jacob used would not in general produce
  • similar effects, nay, probably the experiment was never in any
  • other instance tried with effect, it is more in harmony with
  • Divine truth to suppose that he was directed by some Divine
  • intimation; and rendered successful, if not by a direct miracle,
  • yet at least by the Lord's giving a new and uncommon bias to the
  • tendency of natural causes.
  • -Ge30.42
  • -Ge30.43
  • his providence.
  • -Ge31.1
  • departs secretly
  • 19 Rachel steals her father's images
  • 22-33 Laban pursues after him, and complains of the wrong
  • 34-35 Rachel's strategem to hide the images
  • 36-42 Jacob's complaint of laban
  • 43-55 The covenant of Laban and Jacob at Galeed
  • `Glory,' is here used for `wealth,' riches or property; since
  • those who possess riches, generally make them the subject of
  • glory. The original word {cavod}, signifies both `glory,' and
  • `weight.'
  • -Ge31.2
  • -Ge31.3
  • -Ge31.4
  • -Ge31.5
  • -Ge31.6
  • -Ge31.7
  • The Hebrew, {aseeth monim}, is literally, as Aquilla renders,
  • `ten numbers;' and Symmachus, `ten times in number;' which
  • probably implies an indefinite number:
  • -Ge31.8
  • -Ge31.9
  • -Ge31.10
  • The original word, {beroodim}, from {barad}, `hail' means marked
  • with withe spots like hail; to which our word {grisled} from the
  • old french {gresle}, now {grele}, hail, perfectly agrees; hence
  • {gresle}, spotted with white on a dark ground.
  • -Ge31.11
  • -Ge31.12
  • -Ge31.13
  • -Ge31.14
  • -Ge31.15
  • -Ge31.16
  • -Ge31.17
  • -Ge31.18
  • -Ge31.19
  • idolatrous purposes, as they are termed {gods} by Laban in
  • verse 30. The Targums of Onkelos and Jonathan render it,
  • {tzalmanaya, `images;' the LXX and Theodoret, [] `idols;'
  • Aquilla,
  • [], `figures;' and the Persian, {asterlabha,} `astrolabes.'
  • -Ge31.20
  • -Ge31.21
  • -Ge31.22
  • -Ge31.23
  • -Ge31.24
  • -Ge31.25
  • -Ge31.26
  • -Ge31.27
  • -Ge31.28
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  • -Ge31.32
  • This was rash, and might have produced fatal effects; but jacob
  • was partial to Rachel, and did not suspect her; and he was
  • indignant at being accused of a crime which he deeply abhorred
  • -Ge31.33
  • -Ge31.34
  • The word, {car}, rendered `furniture,' properly denotes `a large
  • round pannier,' placed one on each side of a camel, for a
  • person,
  • especially women, to ride in. It is a hamper, like a cradle,
  • having a back, head, and sides, like a great chair. Noryson
  • describes them as `two long chairs like cradles, covered with
  • red
  • cloth, to hang on the two sides of the camel.' Hanway calls the
  • {kedgavays}, which `are a kind of covered chairs, which the
  • Persians hang over their camels in the manner of panniers, and
  • are
  • big enough for one person to sit in.' Thevenot, who calls then
  • {counes}, says that they lay over them a cover, which keeps then
  • both from the rain and sun; and Maillet describes them as
  • covered
  • cages, hanging on each side of a camel. The late Editor of
  • Calmet
  • has furnished a correct delineation of these {cars}, as seen on
  • one side of a camel, copied from Dalton's Prints of Egyptian
  • Figures.
  • -Ge31.35
  • -Ge31.36
  • -Ge31.37
  • -Ge31.38
  • -Ge31.39
  • -Ge31.40
  • -Ge31.41
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  • -Ge31.43
  • -Ge31.44
  • their malice; and then, though they have no love for his people,
  • they will pretend to it, and try to make a merit of necessity.
  • SCOTT.
  • -Ge31.45
  • -Ge31.46
  • The word {gal}, rendered `heap' probably signifies a {round}
  • heap
  • or circle; probably like the Druidical reamins in this country,
  • which have been traced in India, Persia, Western Asia, Greece,
  • and
  • Northern Europe. These usually consist of irregular circles of
  • large stones, with a principal one in the midst; the former
  • probably being used for seats, and the latter for an altar;
  • corresponding to the stone set up as a pillar by Jacob, and the
  • heap of stones collected by his brethren. They appear to have
  • been used, as {Gilgal} undoubtedly was,
  • people. For a satisfactory elucidation of the subject, consult
  • the Fragments to Calmet Nos. 156, 735, 736
  • -Ge31.47
  • i.e., the heap of witness
  • i.e., the heap of witness
  • [heb]
  • -Ge31.48
  • -Ge31.49
  • i.e., a beacon, or watch-tower
  • -Ge31.50
  • -Ge31.51
  • `Thou hast set up,' with one Heb. and one Sam MS.
  • -Ge31.52
  • -Ge31.53
  • For {avihem} `Their father,' several MSS. read {avichem},
  • `Your father,' for Terah was an idolater:
  • -Ge31.54
  • -Ge31.55
  • -Ge32.1
  • 3-5 His message to Esau
  • 6-8 He is afraid of Esau's coming
  • 9-12 He prays for deliverance
  • 13-23 He sends a present to Esau, and passes the brook Jabbok
  • 24-30 He wrestles with an angel at Peniel, where he is called
  • Israel
  • 31,32 He halts
  • -Ge32.2
  • the present Djezan.
  • -Ge32.3
  • The land, or mountains, of Seir was situated south and east of
  • the
  • Dead Sea; forming a continuation of the eastern Syrain chain of
  • mountains, beginning with Antilibanus, and extending from thence
  • to the eastern gulf of the Red Sea.
  • -Ge32.4
  • -Ge32.5
  • -Ge32.6
  • -Ge32.7
  • -Ge32.8
  • -Ge32.9
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  • -Ge32.11
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  • -Ge32.13
  • had put in his power or possession.
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  • particularly valuable; for among the Arabs they constitute a
  • principal part of their riches; being every way so serviceable,
  • that the providence of God appears peculiarly kind and wise in
  • providing such animals for those countries where no other animal
  • could be of equal service. The she camel gives milk continually,
  • not ceasing even when with young; the milk of which, when mixed
  • with three parts of water, affords the most pleasant and
  • wholesome
  • beverage.
  • -Ge32.15
  • -Ge32.16
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  • -Ge32.18
  • -Ge32.19
  • -Ge32.20
  • -Ge32.21
  • -Ge32.22
  • its rise in the mountains of Gilead, and falls into the Jordan
  • to
  • the south of the alke of Gennesareth. It is now called the
  • Zerka.
  • -Ge32.23
  • -Ge32.24
  • -Ge32.25
  • -Ge32.26
  • -Ge32.27
  • -Ge32.28
  • Or, according to the LXX., Vulgate, Houbigant, Dathe, and
  • Rosenmuller, `because thou hast power with God, thous shalt also
  • prevail with men.' There is a beautiful antithesis between the
  • two terms, with [], Elohim, god, the Almighty, with [], anashim,
  • weak, feeble men, as the word imports; seeing thou hast had
  • power
  • with the Almighty, surely thou shalt prevail over perishing
  • mortals.
  • -Ge32.29
  • -Ge32.30
  • Peniel, or Penuel, was evidently situated near the ford of
  • Jabbok,
  • on the north of that stream, about forty miles from Jerusalem.
  • -Ge32.31
  • -Ge32.32
  • -Ge33.1
  • 17 Jacob comes to Succoth
  • 18-20 At Shalem he buys a field, and builds an altar, called
  • El-elohe
  • -Israel
  • -Ge33.2
  • -Ge33.3
  • -Ge33.4
  • -Ge33.5
  • -Ge33.6
  • -Ge33.7
  • -Ge33.8
  • to thee.
  • -Ge33.9
  • thine.
  • -Ge33.10
  • To accept a present from an inferior was a customary pledge of
  • friendship; but returning it implied disaffection. It was on
  • this
  • ground that Jacob was so urgent with Esau to receive his
  • present.
  • -Ge33.11
  • -Ge33.12
  • -Ge33.14
  • -Ge33.15
  • -Ge33.16
  • -Ge33.17
  • the brook Jabbol and that river, about 40 miles from Jerusalem,
  • and consequently near Penuel; where a city was afterwards built,
  • which Joshua assigned to the tribe of Gad. Jerome says, that
  • Succoth was in the district of Scythopolis; and the Jews inform
  • us, that the name of Darala was sometime after applied to it.
  • -Ge33.18
  • The word Shalem, in the Samaritan Shalom, should probably be
  • rendered `in peace,' or `in safety;' as it is translated by the
  • Chaldee, Arabic, Coverdale, and Matthewes.
  • situated in a narrow valley, abounding with springs, between
  • Mounts Ebal and Gerizim, having the former on the north, and the
  • latter on the south; 10 miles from Shiloh, and 34 from
  • Jerusalem.
  • It became the capital of Samaria, after the ruin of the city of
  • that name.
  • -Ge33.19
  • pieces of money. or, lambs.
  • -Ge33.20
  • -Ge34.1
  • 4-12 He sues to marry her
  • 13-19 The sons of Jacob offer the condition of circumcision to
  • the
  • Shechemites
  • 20-24 Hamor and Shechem persuade them to accept it
  • 25-29 The sons of Jacob upon that advantage slay them, and spoil
  • their city.
  • 30,31 Jacob reproves Simeon and Levi
  • -Ge34.2
  • -Ge34.3
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  • -Ge34.5
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  • On the practice of purchasing wives, De La Roque says, "Properly
  • speaking, a young man who would marry must purchase his wife;
  • and
  • fathers among the Arabs are never so happy as when they have
  • many
  • daughters. They form part of the riches of the house.
  • Accordingly, when a young man would treat with a person whod
  • daughter he is inclined to marry, he says to him, `Will you give
  • me your daughter for fifty sheep, for six camels, or for a dozen
  • cows? according to the rank of her family, and the circumstances
  • of him who desires to marry her."
  • -Ge34.13
  • -Ge34.14
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  • -Ge34.16
  • -Ge34.17
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  • -Ge34.24
  • In thus falling into this measure, the shechemites must either
  • have had great affection for their chief and his son, or have
  • been
  • under the influence of the most passive obedience. The petty
  • princes of Asia have always been absolute and despotic; their
  • subjects paying them the most prompt and blind obedience. The
  • following instance will sufficiently illustrate and confirm this
  • statement: Abu Thater, chief of the Carmathians, about the year
  • 930, with only 500 horse, went to lay siege to Bagdad: the
  • khalif's general marched out to sieze him; but before the
  • attack,
  • sent an officer to summon him to surrender. `How many men has
  • the
  • khalif's general?' said Abu Thaher; `30,000,' replied the
  • officer.
  • `Among them all,' says the Carmathian chief,`has he got three
  • like
  • mine?' Then ordering his followers to approach, he commanded one
  • to stab himself, another to throw himself from a precipice, and
  • a
  • third to plunge into the Tigris: all three instantly obeyed, and
  • perished! Then turning to the officer, he said `He who has such
  • troops need not value the number of his enemies.!
  • -Ge34.25
  • -Ge34.26
  • -Ge34.27
  • -Ge34.28
  • -Ge34.29
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  • -Ge34.31
  • -Ge35.1
  • 2-5 He purges his house of idols
  • 6,7 He builds an altar at Bethel
  • 8 Deborah dies at Allon-bachuth
  • 9-15 God blesses Jacob at Bethel
  • 16-21 Rachel travails of Benjamin, and dies in the way to Edar
  • 22 Reuben lies with Bilhah
  • 23-26 The sons of Jacob
  • 27 Jacob comes to Isaac at Hebron
  • 28,29 The age, death, and burial of Isaac
  • -Ge35.2
  • -Ge35.3
  • -Ge35.4
  • These rings were not worn as mere ornaments, but for super-
  • stitous purposes; perhaps as amulets or charms, first
  • consecrated
  • to some false god, or formed under some constellation, and
  • stamped
  • with magical characters. Maimonides mentions rings and jewels of
  • this kind, with the image of the sun, moon, etc. impressed upon
  • them and St. Augustine describes them (Epist. 73,) as used for
  • this execrable purpose.
  • -Ge35.5
  • -Ge35.6
  • -Ge35.7
  • -Ge35.8
  • -Ge35.9
  • -Ge35.10
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  • -Ge35.13
  • -Ge35.14
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  • -Ge35.17
  • -Ge35.18
  • age, (ch 44.20,) which Jerome renders Benjamin, id est filius
  • dextrae, Benjamin, that is, `the sone of the right hand.'
  • -Ge35.19
  • -Ge35.20
  • -Ge35.21
  • -Ge35.22
  • In the Hebrew text, a break is here left in the verse, opposite
  • to which there is a Masoretic note, which states taht `there is
  • a hiatus in the verse.' This hiatus the LXX. thus supplies []
  • `and it appeared evil in his sight.'
  • -Ge35.23
  • -Ge35.24
  • -Ge35.25
  • -Ge35.26
  • -Ge35.27
  • -Ge35.28
  • -Ge35.29
  • -Ge36.1
  • 6-8 His removal to mount Seir
  • 9-14 His sons
  • 15-19 The dukes which descended of his sons
  • 20-30 The sons and dukes of Seir the Horite
  • 24 and finds mules
  • 31-39 The kings of Edom
  • 40-43 The dukes that descended of Esau
  • 09000-900605-2255
  • -Ge36.2
  • We ought, most probably, to read here and in verse 14, as in
  • verse 20, `the son of Zibeon;' which is the reading of the
  • Samaritan, Septuagant, (and Syriac, in ver 2,) and which
  • Houbigant and Kennicott contend to be genuine.
  • -Ge36.3
  • -Ge36.4
  • -Ge36.5
  • -Ge36.6
  • -Ge36.7
  • -Ge36.8
  • -Ge36.9
  • -Ge36.10
  • -Ge36.11
  • -Ge36.12
  • -Ge36.13
  • -Ge36.14
  • -Ge36.15
  • from B.C. cir 1575, to B.C. cir. 1533
  • The word {duke} is from the Latin {dux}, a captain or leader,
  • from
  • {duco}, to lead, guide; which is the exact import of the Hebrew
  • [], {alluph}, from [], to lead, guide; and is here applied to
  • heads of families, chieftans, or princes, who were mightly
  • leaders.
  • -Ge36.16
  • As it is certain from verse 4, that Eliphaz was Esau's son by
  • Adah, and from verses 11 and 12 that Eliphaz had but {six} sons,
  • `Teman, Omar, Zepho, Gatam, Kenaz, and Amalek;' as is is also
  • certain, from verses 5, 14 that {Korah} was the son of {Esau}
  • (not Eliphaz) by {Aholibamah}; and as the words {duke Korah} are
  • omitted by both the Samaritan Text and Version, Dr. Kennicott
  • pronounces them to be an interpolation.
  • -Ge36.17
  • -Ge36.18
  • -Ge36.19
  • -Ge36.20
  • -Ge36.21
  • -Ge36.22
  • -Ge36.23
  • -Ge36.24
  • -Ge36.25
  • -Ge36.26
  • -Ge36.27
  • -Ge36.28
  • -Ge36.29
  • -Ge36.30
  • cir 1575
  • -Ge36.31
  • Moses may here allude to the promise which God made to jacob
  • (ge 35.11) that kings should proceed from him; and here state
  • that
  • these kings reigned before that prophecy began to be fulfilled.
  • -Ge36.32
  • -Ge36.33
  • Bozrah, Bezer, or Bostra, was situated in Arabia Deserta, and
  • the
  • eastern part of Edom; and, according to Eusebius, was 24 miles
  • from Edrei. It afterwards belonged to Moab, and was given by
  • Moses to Reuben, but again reverted to Edom. It is now called
  • {Bozra}; and is described by Burckhardt as the largest town in
  • the
  • Haouran, including its ruins, though only inhabited by about
  • twelve or fifteen families. It is situated in the open plain,
  • two
  • hours distant from Aare, and is at present the last inhabited
  • place in the south-east extremity of the haouran. It is of an
  • oval shape, it greatest length being from east to west; and its
  • circumference three quaters of an hour.
  • -Ge36.34
  • Eusebius places Teman, or Thaeman, which probably gave name to
  • `the land of Teamin,' in Arabia Petraea, five miles from Petra,
  • and says there was a Roman garrison there.
  • -Ge36.35
  • -Ge36.36
  • -Ge36.37
  • -Ge36.38
  • -Ge36.39
  • -Ge36.40
  • A.M. cir 2513, B.C. cir 1491
  • -Ge36.41
  • -Ge36.42
  • -Ge36.43
  • -Ge37.1
  • 5-11 His two dreams
  • 12-17 Jacob sends him to visit his brethren
  • 18-20 His brethren conspire his death
  • 21-24 Reuben saves him
  • 25-30 They sell him to the Ishmeelites,
  • 31-35 His father, deceived by the coat covered with blood,
  • mourns
  • for him
  • 36 He is sold to Potiphar in Egypt.
  • journings.
  • -Ge37.2
  • actions of Jacob and his sons; for in this general sense the
  • original must be taken, as in the whole ensuing history there
  • is
  • no genealogy of jacob's family.
  • -Ge37.3
  • {Kethoneth passim}, a coat made of stripe of different coloured
  • cloth.
  • -Ge37.4
  • could not speak peace to him,' i.e., they would not accost him
  • in
  • a friendly manner: they would not even wish him well, in the
  • eastern mode of salutation of, Peace be to thee! It is not an
  • unusual thing for an Arab or Turk to hesitate to return the
  • {salam}, if given by a Christian, or by one of whom he has not
  • a
  • favourable opinion; and this may always be considered as an act
  • of
  • {hostility}.
  • -Ge37.5
  • -Ge37.6
  • -Ge37.7
  • -Ge37.8
  • -Ge37.9
  • -Ge37.10
  • -Ge37.11
  • -Ge37.12
  • -Ge37.13
  • -Ge37.14
  • -Ge37.15
  • -Ge37.16
  • -Ge37.17
  • -Ge37.18
  • -Ge37.19
  • -Ge37.20
  • -Ge37.21
  • -Ge37.22
  • -Ge37.23
  • -Ge37.24
  • -Ge37.25
  • Nechoth, is rendered by the LXX. `incense;' Syriac, `resin'
  • Samaritan, `basalm;' Acquila, `storax;' which is followd by
  • Bochart. This drug is abundant in Syrai, and here Moses joins
  • with it resin, honey, and myrrh; which agrees with the nature
  • of
  • the storax, which is the resin of a tree of the same name, of a
  • reddish colour, and peculiarly pleasant fragrance.
  • Tzeri, which in Arabic, as a verb, is {to flow}, seems to be a
  • common name, as balm or balsam with us, for many of those oily,
  • reisous substances, which flow spontaneously, or by incision,
  • from
  • various trees or plants; accordingly the ancients have
  • generally
  • interpreted it {resin}.
  • the same as the Arabic {ladan}, Greek [], and Latin {ladanum}.
  • -Ge37.26
  • -Ge37.27
  • -Ge37.28
  • -Ge37.29
  • -Ge37.30
  • -Ge37.31
  • -Ge37.32
  • -Ge37.33
  • -Ge37.34
  • -Ge37.35
  • -Ge37.36
  • But the word signifies not only eunuchs, but also chamberlains,
  • courtiers, and officers
  • executioners.
  • -Ge38.1
  • 6,7 Er's marriage with Tamar, and death
  • 8-10 The trespass of Onan
  • 11 Tamar is reserved for Shelah
  • 12 Judah's wife dies
  • 12-26 Tamar deceives Judah
  • 27-30 She bears twins, Pharez and Zarah
  • As there cannot be above 23 years from the selling of Joseph,
  • unto
  • Israel's going down into Egypt; and it is impossible that Judah
  • should take a wife, and by her have three sons successively,
  • and
  • Shelah, the youngest, marriageabe when Judah begat Pharez of
  • Tamar, and Pharez be grown up, married, and have two sons, all
  • within so short a period, Mr. Ainsworth conceives that the
  • {time}
  • here spoken of is soon after Jacob's coming to Shechem, (Ch. 33)
  • We have accordingly adapted the chronology to correspond with
  • that
  • time.
  • An inhabitant of Adullam, a city of Cannan, afterwares given to
  • Judah, situated in the southern part of that tribe, west of
  • Hebron.
  • -Ge38.2
  • -Ge38.3
  • -Ge38.4
  • -Ge38.5
  • Chezib is said, by Eusebius and Jerome, to have been situated
  • near Adullam, and to be then uninhabited
  • -Ge38.6
  • -Ge38.7
  • -Ge38.8
  • -Ge38.9
  • -Ge38.10
  • -Ge38.11
  • -Ge38.12
  • Timnath is, in all probability, that in the border of Judah,
  • between Jerusalem and Diospolis, given to Dan, and mentioned in
  • the history of Samson as belonging to the Philistines.
  • -Ge38.13
  • -Ge38.14
  • {ainayim} means `the two fountains,' or `double fountain;'
  • while
  • others regard it as a proper name, and the same as {Enaim}, a
  • city
  • of Judah, (Jos 15.34) So the LXX. render it {Enan}.
  • -Ge38.15
  • -Ge38.16
  • -Ge38.17
  • -Ge38.18
  • a {ring-seal}, with which impressions were made to ascertain
  • property, etc. From Je 22.24, we find that it was worn on the
  • hand; though it might also have been suspended fron the neck by
  • a
  • ribband, as the Arabs still wear it.
  • {wreath} for the arm or neck, a {twisted collar}, or {bracelet}.
  • In the former sense the LXX. render it by [], and Aquila and
  • Symmachus renders it by {armillam}. It may have been a collar
  • by
  • which the signet was suspended; though its being used in the
  • plural seems to favor the opinion of its being a bracelet.
  • -Ge38.19
  • -Ge38.20
  • -Ge38.21
  • -Ge38.22
  • -Ge38.23
  • -Ge38.24
  • -Ge38.25
  • -Ge38.26
  • -Ge38.27
  • -Ge38.28
  • -Ge38.29
  • {this breach} against thee?
  • -Ge38.30
  • -Ge39.1
  • 7-12 He resists his mistress's temptation
  • 13-19 He is falsely accused by her
  • 20 He is cast into prison
  • 21-23 God is with him there, and he is advanced by the keeper
  • of
  • prison
  • -Ge39.2
  • -Ge39.3
  • -Ge39.4
  • -Ge39.5
  • -Ge39.6
  • person and beautiful in countenance.' Joseph's beauty is so
  • celebrated in the East, that a handsome man is frequently
  • compared
  • to him; and the Persian poets vie with each other in
  • descriptions
  • of his comeliness.
  • -Ge39.7
  • -Ge39.8
  • -Ge39.9
  • -Ge39.10
  • -Ge39.11
  • -Ge39.12
  • -Ge39.13
  • -Ge39.14
  • The base affection of this woman being disappinted, was changed
  • into rancorous hatred, and she exults in the opportunity of
  • being
  • revenged on Joseph. She begins her accusation in the affected
  • language of offended modesty, rage, and disdain, by charging her
  • husband, whom we may reasonably assume she did not greatly love,
  • with being an accessory to the indignity she pretended to have
  • received: `He hath brought in a {Hebrew},' a very abomination to
  • an Egyptian, `to mock us,' insult and treat me in a base,
  • unworthy
  • manner.
  • -Ge39.15
  • -Ge39.16
  • -Ge39.17
  • -Ge39.18
  • -Ge39.19
  • -Ge39.20
  • according to some; or, `the watch or guard house,' from the
  • Arabic
  • {sahara} to watch, according to others.
  • -Ge39.21
  • -Ge39.22
  • -Ge39.23
  • -Ge40.1
  • Joseph is charged with them
  • 5-19 He interprets their dreams
  • 20-22 They are accomplished according to his interpretation
  • 23 The ingratitude of the butler, in forgetting Joseph
  • {Maskeh}, from {shakah}, to give drink, is the same as {saky}
  • among the Arabians and Persians, and signifies a {cup-bearer}.
  • -Ge40.2
  • -Ge40.3
  • doubtless had his {personal} liberty. This place, we learn from
  • the preceding chapter, verse 20, was the king's prison. All the
  • officers in the employment of the ancient kings of Egypt,
  • according to Drodorus Siculus, were taken from the most
  • illustrious
  • families of the priesthood in the country; no slave or common
  • person being ever permitted to serve in the presence of the
  • king.
  • As these persons were of the most noble families, it is natural
  • to
  • expect they would be put, when accused, into the {state prison}.
  • -Ge40.4
  • may signify, as many suppose, a {complete year}. see Ge 4.3 24.
  • 55;
  • and as Pharaoh called them to an account on his birthday, (ver
  • 20)
  • Calmet supposes they had offended on the preceding birthday,
  • and
  • thus had been one whole year in prison.
  • -Ge40.5
  • -Ge40.6
  • -Ge40.7
  • -Ge40.8
  • -Ge40.9
  • -Ge40.10
  • -Ge40.11
  • From this we find that {wine} anciently was the mere expressed
  • juice of the grape, without fermentation. The {saky}, or cup-
  • bearer, took the bunch, pressed the juice into the cup, and
  • instantly delivered it to his master.
  • -Ge40.12
  • -Ge40.13
  • -Ge40.14
  • -Ge40.15
  • -Ge40.16
  • -Ge40.17
  • -Ge40.18
  • -Ge40.19
  • office from thee.
  • -Ge40.20
  • -Ge40.21
  • -Ge40.22
  • -Ge40.23
  • -Ge41.1
  • 9-32 Joseph interprets them
  • 33-45 He gives Pharaoh counsel, and is highly advanced, and
  • married
  • 46-49 The seven years of plenty
  • 50-52 He begets children
  • 53-57 The famine begins
  • complete solar revolutions; as a month of days is a full month.
  • -Ge41.2
  • {achoo} is generally supposed to denote (see Job 8.11); so
  • called,
  • according to Mr. Parkhurst, from its fitness for making ropes,
  • or
  • the like, to connect or join things together, from {achah} to
  • join, connect: thus the Latin {juncus}, a bulrsuh, {a jungendo},
  • from {joining}, for the same reason. He supposes it to be that
  • sort of reed growing near the Nile which Hasselquist describes
  • as
  • `having scarce any branches, but numerous leaves, which are
  • narrow, smooth, channelled on the upper surface, and the plant
  • about eleven feet high. The Egyptians make {ropes} of the
  • leaves.'
  • -Ge41.3
  • -Ge41.4
  • -Ge41.5
  • A species of wheat, which grows in Egypt, bears, when perfect,
  • seven ears on one stalk, as its natural conformation. it
  • differs
  • from ours in having a solid stem, or at least a stem full of
  • pith,
  • in order to yield sufficient nourishment and support to so
  • great a
  • weight as the ears which it bears.
  • -Ge41.6
  • -Ge41.7
  • -Ge41.8
  • The word here used (chartummim) may mean no more than
  • interpreters
  • of abtruse or difficult subjects; especially of dreams and
  • visions, which formed a considerable part of the ancient pagan
  • religion; and the Egyptian priests were the first who professed
  • this art. The word may be of affinity with, or derived from, the
  • Persian {chiradmand}, wise, leared, judicious, intelligent, from
  • {chirad}, understanding, judgment, and {mand}, endowed with.
  • They
  • seem to have been such persons as Josephus calls {sacred
  • scribes};
  • or professors of sacred learning.
  • -Ge41.9
  • -Ge41.10
  • -Ge41.11
  • -Ge41.12
  • -Ge41.13
  • -Ge41.14
  • -Ge41.15
  • hearest a dream, thou canst interpret it.
  • -Ge41.16
  • -Ge41.17
  • -Ge41.18
  • -Ge41.19
  • -Ge41.20
  • -Ge41.21
  • [heb] come to the inward parts of them.
  • -Ge41.22
  • -Ge41.23
  • All the mishief done to corn or bruit by blasting, smutting,
  • mildew, etc. are attributed to the {east wind}. In Egypt it is
  • peculiarly destructive, because it comes through the parched
  • deserts of Arabia, ofter destroying vast numbers of people. The
  • destructive nature of the {Sam, Simoom, Smoom, os Samiel}, is
  • mentioned by almost all travellers. When this pestilential wind
  • advances, its approach is indicated by a redness in the air.
  • The
  • principal stream of the blast always moves in a line of about
  • 20
  • yards in breadth, and 12 feet above the surface of the earth;
  • but
  • its parching influence pervades all places to a considerable
  • distance. The only means of preservation from its noxious
  • influence is to lie flat, with the face upon the gound, till
  • the
  • blast be over. Camels and other animals instinctively perceive
  • its approach, and bury their mouths and nostrils in the ground.
  • It rarely last more than seven or eight minutes, but so
  • poisonous
  • are its effects, that it instantly suffocates those who are
  • unfortunate enough to inhale it.
  • -Ge41.24
  • -Ge41.25
  • -Ge41.26
  • -Ge41.27
  • -Ge41.28
  • -Ge41.29
  • -Ge41.30
  • -Ge41.31
  • It is well known, that in Egypt there is scarcely any rain, the
  • country depending for its {fertility} upon the overflowing of
  • the
  • Nile; and that the fertility is in proportion to the duration
  • and
  • quality of the overflow, in order to saturate the land and
  • prepare
  • for the seed. Pliny has given a scale, by which the plenty or
  • dearth may ascertained; which may be considered as perfectly
  • correct. The ordinary height of the inundations is 16 cubits.
  • When the waters are lower than this standard, they do not
  • overflow
  • the whole ground; when above this standard they are too long in
  • running off. In the first case, the ground is not saturated; by
  • the second, the waters are detained so long on the ground that
  • seed-time is lost. The province marks both. If it rise only 12
  • cubits, a {famine} is the consequence; at 13 hunger prevails;
  • 14
  • produces general rejoicing; 15 perfect security; and 16 all the
  • luxuries of life.
  • -Ge41.32
  • -Ge41.33
  • -Ge41.34
  • -Ge41.35
  • -Ge41.36
  • -Ge41.37
  • -Ge41.38
  • -Ge41.39
  • -Ge41.40
  • -Ge41.41
  • -Ge41.42
  • -Ge41.43
  • -Ge41.44
  • -Ge41.45
  • or, the man to whom secrets are revealed. Jerome says this name
  • signified in Egyptian, Savatorem mundi, `the Saviour of the
  • world;' and Psotem-phaneh, in Coptic, is certainly `salvation of
  • the world,' fron [], for [], salvation, em, the sign of the
  • genitive case, and [], world, It this interpretation be correct,
  • Pharaoh must have meant Egypt by the {world}, or which Joseph
  • might be justly termed the {Saviour}. We know that the Romans
  • called their empire {Universis Orbis
  • -Orbis Terrarum,}, `all the
  • world:' the Chinese say the same of thier empire at the present
  • day, and the phrase is used in the East: Nadir Shah is described
  • on his coins as `Conquereor of the World,' i.e. Persia. See the
  • same phraseology applied to Syria, Palestine, etc.
  • -Ge41.46
  • -Ge41.47
  • -Ge41.48
  • -Ge41.49
  • -Ge41.50
  • -Ge41.51
  • -Ge41.52
  • -Ge41.53
  • -Ge41.54
  • -Ge41.55
  • -Ge41.56
  • -Ge41.57
  • -Ge42.1
  • 16,17 They are imprisoned by Joseph for spies
  • 18-20 They are set at liberty, on condition to bring Benjamin
  • 21-23 They have remorse for Joseph
  • 24 Simeon is kept for a pledge
  • 25-28 They return with corn, and their money
  • 29-35 Their relation to Jacob
  • 36-38 Jacob refuses to send Benjamin
  • in Egypt. The operations of one sense are frequently put for
  • those of another in Hebrew;
  • -Ge42.2
  • -Ge42.3
  • -Ge42.4
  • -Ge42.5
  • -Ge42.6
  • oa a protector, to rule: hence the Arabic {salita'} to obtain
  • and
  • excercise dominion, rule; and {sultan}, ruler, lord, prince,
  • and
  • king.
  • -Ge42.7
  • -Ge42.8
  • -Ge42.9
  • Persons who, under the pretence of wishing to buy corn, desire
  • only to find out whether the land be so defenceless that the
  • tribes to which you belong may attack it successfully, drive
  • out
  • the inhabitants, and settle themselves in it; or, having
  • plundered
  • it, retire into their deserts. This is a frequent custom among
  • the Arabs to the present day.
  • -Ge42.10
  • -Ge42.11
  • We do not belong to different tribes; and it is not likely that
  • one family would make a hostile attempt upon a whole kingdom;
  • nor,
  • if any serious design had been intended, that one man would
  • have
  • sent his sons on so hazardous an expedition.
  • -Ge42.12
  • -Ge42.13
  • -Ge42.14
  • -Ge42.15
  • -Ge42.16
  • -Ge42.17
  • -Ge42.18
  • -Ge42.19
  • -Ge42.20
  • -Ge42.21
  • -Ge42.22
  • -Ge42.23
  • between them.
  • The {mailitz} does not seem to have been an interpreter in our
  • sense of the term; as we have many evidences in this book that
  • the
  • Egyptians, Hebrews, Canaanites, and Syrians, could understand
  • each other in a general way; and it appears from several
  • passages
  • in this very chapter, (particularly ver. 24) that Joseph and
  • his
  • brethren understood each others' language, as his brethren and
  • Joseph's steward also did (ch. 43.19, etc; compare ch. 39; 49.)
  • It seems to denote an officer who is called in Abyssinia,
  • according to mr. Bruce, {Kal Hatze,} the voice or word of the
  • king,' who always stands at the side of a lattice window of a
  • balcony, within which the king sits; who is never seen, but who
  • speaks through a hole in the side of it, covered in the inside
  • with a curtain, to this officer, by who he speaks to the
  • persons
  • present.
  • -Ge42.24
  • -Ge42.25
  • -Ge42.26
  • -Ge42.27
  • to stay and lodge in, particularly a place where travellers
  • usually stop to lodge, which is generally near a {well}, where
  • they fill their {girbehs}, or leathern bottles, with fresh
  • water,
  • and having unladen and clogged their camels, asses, etc.,
  • permit
  • them to crop any little verdure there may be in the place,
  • keeping
  • watch over them by turns. Our word {inn} here gives us a false
  • idea, there were no such places of entertainment in the desert
  • which Joseph's brethren had to pass; nor are there any at the
  • present time. The only accommodation such a place affords is
  • either a well, or a {khan}, or {caravanserai}, which is
  • generally
  • no more than {four} bare {walls}, perfectly exposed, the place
  • being open at the top, and furnishing a wretched lodging: and
  • even
  • these, it is probable, were not in use at theis early persiod.
  • -Ge42.28
  • affection which is felt in the breast at any sudden alarm or
  • fright.
  • -Ge42.29
  • -Ge42.30
  • -Ge42.31
  • -Ge42.32
  • -Ge42.33
  • -Ge42.34
  • -Ge42.35
  • -Ge42.36
  • `upon me are all these things:' rendered by the Vulgate,
  • {in me haec omnia mala reciderunt}, `all these evils fall back
  • upon me;' they lie upon me as heavy loads, hastening my death:
  • they are more than I can bear.
  • -Ge42.37
  • -Ge42.38
  • -Ge43.1
  • 15-18 Joseph entertains his brethren
  • 19-25 They discover their fears to the steward
  • 26-34 Joseph makes them a feast
  • -Ge43.2
  • -Ge43.3
  • -Ge43.4
  • -Ge43.5
  • -Ge43.6
  • -Ge43.7
  • -Ge43.8
  • -Ge43.9
  • -Ge43.10
  • -Ge43.11
  • rendered respectively respectively {balm}, {spices}, and {myrrh}
  • see on ge 37.25
  • by bees, but a syrup produced from ripe dates. The Jewish
  • doctors
  • observe, that the word in 2Ch 31.5 signifies {dates}; and the
  • Arabians, at this day, call the choicest dates preserved with
  • butter, {dabous}, and the honey obtained from them, {dibs or
  • dabs}
  • {Benanim, nuts} signifies {pistachio nuts}, the finest thing
  • found
  • in Syria; but, according to the others, a small nut, the produce
  • of a species of the turpentine tree.
  • -Ge43.12
  • -Ge43.13
  • -Ge43.14
  • -Ge43.15
  • -Ge43.16
  • preparations be made for a great feast or entertainment. See a
  • similar form of speech in ge 31.54
  • -Ge43.17
  • -Ge43.18
  • -Ge43.19
  • -Ge43.20
  • -Ge43.21
  • -Ge43.22
  • -Ge43.23
  • {Caspechem ba ailai}, `your money comes to me:' as I am the
  • steward, the cash for the corn belongs to me. Ye have no
  • occasion
  • to be apprehensive of any evil; the whole transaction is
  • between
  • myself and you; receive therefore the money as a present from
  • `the
  • God of your father,' no matter whose hands he employs to convey
  • it.
  • -Ge43.24
  • -Ge43.25
  • -Ge43.26
  • -Ge43.27
  • -Ge43.28
  • -Ge43.29
  • -Ge43.30
  • -Ge43.31
  • -Ge43.32
  • clause, `Because the hebrews eat the cattle which the Egyptians
  • worship.' But, as we learn from verse 16, compared with this
  • verse, that the provision for the entertainment of the
  • Egyptians
  • themselves was animal food, this reason cannot be just. The
  • true
  • reason seems to be that assigned by the LXX. [] `For every
  • shepherd is an abomination to the Egyptians.'
  • -Ge43.33
  • -Ge43.34
  • Sir John Chardin observes, that `in Persia, Arabia, and the
  • Indies, there are some houses where they place sevral plates in
  • large salvers, and set one of these before each person, or
  • before
  • two or three, according to the magnificence of each house. The
  • great men of the state are always served by themselves, in the
  • feasts that are made for themselves; and with great profusion,
  • their part of each kind of provision being always {double,
  • treble,
  • or a larger} prooportion of each kind of meat.'
  • -Ge44.1
  • 6-13 the cup is found in Benjamin's sack
  • 14-17 They are brought before Joseph
  • 18-34 Judah's humble supplication to Joseph
  • -Ge44.2
  • -Ge44.3
  • -Ge44.4
  • -Ge44.5
  • which possessed the strange property of representing in it the
  • {whole world}, and all the thing were then doing. The cup is
  • called {Jami Jemsheed}, `the cup of Jemsheed,' a very ancient
  • king
  • of Persia; and they say that it was discovered, filled with the
  • elixir of immortality, when digging to lay the foundations of
  • Persepolis. The Persian poets are full of allusions to this cup,
  • which they style {Jem jehan nima}, the cup shewing the universe;
  • and to it they ascribe all the prosperity of their ancient
  • monarchs. Many of the Mahometan princes and governors affect
  • still to have information by means of a {cup}. Now, though it
  • cannot be admitted that Joseph practised divination, yet,
  • according to the superstition of those times, supernatural
  • influence might be attributed to HIS CUP.
  • -Ge44.6
  • -Ge44.7
  • -Ge44.8
  • -Ge44.9
  • -Ge44.10
  • -Ge44.11
  • -Ge44.12
  • -Ge44.13
  • -Ge44.14
  • -Ge44.15
  • -Ge44.16
  • -Ge44.17
  • -Ge44.18
  • effect of Judah's address to Joseph. To add, would be to
  • diminish
  • its excellence; to attempt to {explain}, would be to obscure its
  • beauties; to clothe the ideas in other language than that of
  • Judah, and his translators in our Bible, would ruin its energy,
  • and destroy its influence. It is perhaps one of the most tender,
  • affecting pieces of natural oratory ever spoken or penned: and
  • we
  • need not wonder to find that, when Joseph heard it, he coult not
  • refrain himslef, but wept aloud. His soul must have been
  • insensible beyond what is common to human nature, had he not
  • immediately yielded to a speech so delicately tender, and so
  • powerfully impressive.'
  • -Ge44.19
  • -Ge44.20
  • Every word in this verse is simplicity and pathos itself. No man
  • of the least sensibility can read it without great emotion.
  • Indeed the whole speech is exquisitely beautiful, and perhaps
  • the
  • most complete pattern of genuine natural eloquence extant in
  • any
  • language. When we read this generous speech, we forgive Judah
  • all
  • the past, and cannot refuse to say, `Thou art he whom thy
  • brethren
  • shall praise.'
  • -Ge44.21
  • -Ge44.22
  • -Ge44.23
  • -Ge44.24
  • -Ge44.25
  • -Ge44.26
  • -Ge44.27
  • -Ge44.28
  • -Ge44.29
  • -Ge44.30
  • -Ge44.31
  • -Ge44.32
  • -Ge44.33
  • What must Benjamin have felt when he heard his brother conclude
  • his speech by a proposal which could never have been thought of
  • if
  • it had not been actually made! Perhaps the annals of the whole
  • world do not produce an instance of so heroic and disinterested
  • affection in any mere man.
  • -Ge44.34
  • -Ge45.1
  • 5-8 He comforts them in God's providence
  • 9-15 He sends for his father
  • 16-20 Pharaoh confirms it
  • 21-24 Joseph furnishes then for their jorney, and exhorts them
  • to
  • concord
  • 25-28 Jacob is revived with the news
  • -Ge45.2
  • Sir j. Chardin, `is exactly the genius of the people of Asia;
  • their sentiments of joy or grief are properly {transports}, and
  • their transports are ungoverned, excessive, and truly
  • outrageous.
  • When anyone returns from a long journey or dies, his family
  • burst
  • into cries that may be hear twenty doors off; and this renewed
  • at
  • different times, and continues many days, according to the
  • vigour
  • of the passion. Sometimes they cease all at once, and then
  • begin
  • as suddenly, with a greater shrillness and loudness than one
  • could
  • easily imagine.'
  • -Ge45.3
  • -Ge45.4
  • -Ge45.5
  • in your eyes.
  • -Ge45.6
  • Earing means {ploughing or seed-time} from the Anglo
  • -Saxon {erain}
  • probably from {aro}, to plough; and agrees with [] Greek,
  • {charatha}, Arabic, and {charash}, Hebrew.
  • -Ge45.7
  • -Ge45.8
  • -Ge45.9
  • -Ge45.10
  • Goshen was the most eastern district of Lower Egypt, and the
  • frontier of that country and Arabia, not far from the Arabian
  • gulf, and lying next to Canaan; for Jacob went directly thither
  • when he came into Egypt, from which it was about eighty miles
  • distant, though Hebron was distant from the Egyptian capital
  • about
  • three hundred miles.
  • -Ge45.11
  • -Ge45.12
  • -Ge45.13
  • -Ge45.14
  • -Ge45.15
  • -Ge45.16
  • -Ge45.17
  • -Ge45.18
  • -Ge45.19
  • -Ge45.20
  • -Ge45.21
  • -Ge45.22
  • It is a common custom with all the Asiatic sovereigns to give
  • both
  • garments and money to ambassadors and persons of distinction,
  • whom
  • they particularly wish to honor. De La Motraye says, `they
  • then clothed them (the ambassadors) with caffetans (long vests
  • of
  • gold or silver brocade) with large silk flowers.'
  • -Ge45.23
  • A. clarke thinks it may mean here {prepared meat}, some made up
  • dish, delicacies, confectionaries, etc. In Asiatic countries
  • they
  • have several curious methods of preserving flesh by {potting},
  • by
  • which it may be kept, for any length of time, sweet and
  • wholesome.
  • Some delicacy, similar to the savoury meat which Isaac loved,
  • may
  • here be intended; sent to Jacob in consideration of his age,
  • and
  • to testify the respect of his son; for of other kinds of meat
  • he
  • could have no need, as he had large flocks and herds, and could
  • kill a lamb, kid, etc. when he pleased.
  • -Ge45.24
  • -Ge45.25
  • -Ge45.26
  • -Ge45.27
  • -Ge45.28
  • -Ge46.1
  • 5-7 Thence he with his company goes into Egypt
  • 8-27 The number of his family that went into Egypt
  • 28-30 Joseph meets Jacob
  • 31-34 He instructs his brethren how to answer Pharaoh
  • -Ge46.2
  • -Ge46.3
  • -Ge46.4
  • This last and most solemn office, as Mr. Hewlett observes, that
  • could be paid to a parent, was generally performed by the
  • nearest
  • relation of the deceased. This promise must have given great
  • consolation to the venerable patriarch's mind.
  • -Ge46.5
  • -Ge46.6
  • -Ge46.7
  • -Ge46.8
  • -Ge46.9
  • -Ge46.10
  • -Ge46.11
  • -Ge46.12
  • -Ge46.13
  • -Ge46.14
  • -Ge46.15
  • -Ge46.16
  • -Ge46.17
  • -Ge46.18
  • -Ge46.19
  • -Ge46.20
  • -Ge46.21
  • -Ge46.22
  • -Ge46.23
  • -Ge46.24
  • -Ge46.25
  • -Ge46.26
  • -Ge46.27
  • Threescore and six were before mentioned, (ver 26) so that
  • Joseph
  • and his two sons, along with Jacob himself, complete the
  • seventy
  • persons enumerated; and the number in verses 15,18,22, and 25
  • amount to that number. The addition of five persons in the LXX.
  • in verse 20, was either the cause or the consequence of another
  • difference here; for in that version the number is seventy-five
  • verses 15,18,22,25.
  • -Ge46.28
  • Goshen seems to have been a city, after which the land of Goshen
  • was called. The Lxx. render it by [], `city of Heroon;' which
  • by
  • some writers is simply called {Heroum}, and is by the ancient
  • geographers placed in the eatern part of Egypt, not far from
  • the
  • Arabian Gulf.
  • -Ge46.29
  • -Ge46.30
  • -Ge46.31
  • -Ge46.32
  • -Ge46.33
  • -Ge46.34
  • From the fragments of Manetho, preserved in Josephus and
  • Africanus, it appears that hordes of marauders, call {hycassos},
  • or shepherd kings, whose chief occupation, like the Dedouin
  • Arabs
  • of the present dya, was to keep flocks, made a powerful
  • irruption
  • into Egypt, which they subdued, and ruled, by a succession of
  • kings, with great tyranny for 259 years. Hence the persons, and
  • even the very name of shepherds were execrated, and held in the
  • greatest odium by the Egyptians.
  • -Ge47.1
  • before Pahraoh
  • 11,12 He gives them habitation and maintenance
  • 13-15 He gets the Egyptian's money
  • 16,17 their cattle
  • 18-22 and their lands, except the priests' to Pharaoh
  • 23-26 He restores the land for a fifth
  • 28 Jacob's age
  • 29-31 He swears Joseph to bury him with his fathers.
  • -Ge47.2
  • -Ge47.3
  • -Ge47.4
  • -Ge47.5
  • -Ge47.6
  • Ansey chayil, men of strength, power, ability, or prowess. It
  • implies both fitness of mind and body; and so valour, prudence,
  • diligence, and virtue.
  • {Mikneh}, from {kanah}, to posses, signifies {property or
  • possesion} of any kind, though it frequently is used for
  • {cattle}, because in ancient times they constituted the
  • principal
  • part of a man's possesions.
  • -Ge47.7
  • -Ge47.8
  • life?
  • -Ge47.9
  • -Ge47.10
  • -Ge47.11
  • -Ge47.12
  • [heb] according to the little ones.
  • -Ge47.13
  • -Ge47.14
  • -Ge47.15
  • -Ge47.16
  • This was the wisest measure that could be adopted, both for the
  • preservation of the people and the cattle. As the people had
  • not
  • grain for their own sustaenance, consequently they could have
  • none
  • for their cattle: hence they were in the most immediate danger
  • of
  • starving; and the people also were in equal danger; as they
  • must
  • have divided a portion of that bought for themselves with the
  • cattle, which, for the sake of tillage, etc., they wished of
  • course to preserve till the seven years' famine should end.
  • -Ge47.17
  • -Ge47.18
  • -Ge47.19
  • -Ge47.20
  • -Ge47.21
  • It is highly probable, that Joseph was influenced by no
  • political
  • motive in removing the people to the cities, but merely by
  • motives
  • of prudence and humanity; for, as the corn was laid up in the
  • cities, it would be more eligible to bring then from distant
  • towns
  • and villages to places where they might be more conveniently
  • supplied with food.
  • -Ge47.22
  • -Ge47.23
  • -Ge47.24
  • -Ge47.25
  • -Ge47.26
  • From this history, and from Diodorus Siculus (lib i), we learn
  • that the land of Egypt was divided into three parts: one
  • belonged
  • to the Priests, (verses 22,26); a {second} was the king's,
  • (which
  • appears to have been the land of Rameses, or Goshen, verse 11);
  • the {remnainder} was the subjects'. Now Joseph, having
  • purchased
  • the land of the people (verses 19,20), restored it, on the
  • condition of their paying a {fifth} part of the produce to the
  • king, beyond which he appears to have made no demand.
  • -Ge47.27
  • -Ge47.28
  • -Ge47.29
  • -Ge47.30
  • -Ge47.31
  • As {shachah}, which primarily signifies to {bow}, denotes also
  • to
  • {worship}; and as {mittah, a bed} pronounced {matteh} is a
  • {staff}; the LXX. have taken the passage in the latter sense,
  • and
  • rendered it [] `and Israel worshipped upon the top of his staff,
  • '
  • which is literally copied by the apostle Paul, in his Epistle
  • to
  • the Hebrews. The present reading is, however, supported by the
  • Maoretic pointing and the Targums; and is most porbably correct,
  • as it would appear that Jacob was confined to his bed.
  • -Ge48.1
  • 2 Jacob strengthens himself to bless them
  • 3,4 He repeats God's promise
  • 5,6 He takes Ephraim and Manasseh as his own sons
  • 7 He tells joseph of his mother's grave
  • 8-16 He blesses Ephraim and Manasseh
  • 17-20 He prefers the younger before the elder
  • 21,22 He prophesies their return to Canaan
  • -Ge48.2
  • -Ge48.3
  • -Ge48.4
  • -Ge48.5
  • -Ge48.6
  • -Ge48.7
  • -Ge48.8
  • -Ge48.9
  • -Ge48.10
  • -Ge48.11
  • -Ge48.12
  • Joseph thus shewed that his external greatness did not render
  • him
  • forgetful of the respect due his father. The Eqyptians were
  • remarkable for the reverence paid to old age: 'for if a young
  • person meet his senior, he instantly turns aside to make way for
  • him; if an aged person enter an apartment, the youth always rise
  • from their seats;' and Mr. Savary observe, that the same
  • reverence is still paid to old age in Egypt.
  • -Ge48.13
  • -Ge48.14
  • -Ge48.15
  • -Ge48.16
  • eggs, a {carp} 20,000, and Leuwenhouk counted in a middling
  • sized
  • {cod}, 9,384,000
  • -Ge48.17
  • -Ge48.18
  • -Ge48.19
  • -Ge48.20
  • -Ge48.21
  • -Ge48.22
  • -Ge49.1
  • 3-28 Their blessing in particular
  • 29-32 He charges them about his burial
  • 33 He dies
  • -Ge49.2
  • -Ge49.3
  • -Ge49.4
  • -Ge49.5
  • -Ge49.6
  • -Ge49.7
  • -Ge49.8
  • -Ge49.9
  • -Ge49.10
  • -Ge49.11
  • -Ge49.12
  • -Ge49.13
  • -Ge49.14
  • -Ge49.15
  • -Ge49.16
  • -Ge49.17
  • -Ge49.18
  • -Ge49.19
  • -Ge49.20
  • -Ge49.21
  • -Ge49.22
  • -Ge49.23
  • -Ge49.24
  • -Ge49.25
  • -Ge49.26
  • -Ge49.27
  • -Ge49.28
  • -Ge49.29
  • -Ge49.30
  • -Ge49.31
  • -Ge49.32
  • -Ge49.33
  • -Ge50.1
  • 4-6 Joseph gets leave of the Pharaoh to bury him
  • 7-14 The funeral
  • 15-21 Joseph comforts his brethren, who crave his pardon
  • 22 His age
  • 23 He sees the third generation of his sons
  • 24 He prophesies unto his brethren of their return
  • 25 He takes an oath of them concerning his bones
  • 26 He dies and is put into a coffin
  • -Ge50.2
  • The Hebrew {ropheim} from {rapha}, to heal, is literally the
  • {healers}, those whose business it was to {heal} or restore the
  • body from sickness, by administering proper medicines; and when
  • death took place, to {heal} or preserve it from decomposition by
  • {embalming}. The word {chanat} to embalm, is also used in Arabic
  • to express the {reddening} of leather; somewhat analagous to our
  • {tanning}; which is probably the grand principal in embalming.
  • -Ge50.3
  • We learn form the historians, that the time of mourning was
  • while
  • the body remained with the embalmers, which Herodotus says was
  • {seventy} days. During this time the body lay in nitre, the use
  • of which was to dry up all it superfluous and noxious moisture:
  • and when, in the space of 30 days, this was sufficiently
  • effected,
  • the remaining {forty}, the time mentioned by Drodorus, were
  • employed in anointing it with gums and spices to preserve it,
  • which was properly the embalming. The sufficiently explains the
  • phraseology of the text.
  • -Ge50.4
  • -Ge50.5
  • -Ge50.6
  • -Ge50.7
  • -Ge50.8
  • -Ge50.9
  • -Ge50.10
  • This place was situated, according to Jerome, between the Jordan
  • and the city of Jericho, two miles from the former, and three
  • from
  • the latter, where Bethagla was afterwards built. Procopius of
  • Gaza states the same. As {aataad} signifies {thorns}, the place
  • might have been remarkable for their production; though all the
  • versions except the Arabic consider it as a proper name. As
  • Moses
  • wrote or revised his history on the {east side} of Jordan, the
  • term {beyond Jordan}, in his five books, means {westward} of
  • Jordan; but in other parts of Scripture it generally means
  • {eastward}.
  • -Ge50.11
  • -Ge50.12
  • -Ge50.13
  • -Ge50.14
  • -Ge50.15
  • -Ge50.16
  • -Ge50.17
  • -Ge50.18
  • -Ge50.19
  • It belongs to God to execute vengeance, and Joseph did not
  • intend
  • to usurp his his prerogative. Thus he instructed his brethren
  • not
  • to fear him, but to fear God; to humble themselves before God,
  • and
  • to seek his forgiveness.
  • -Ge50.20
  • -Ge50.21
  • -Ge50.22
  • Joseph's life was the shortest of all the patriarchs; for which
  • Bp Patrick gives this reason, he was the son of his father's old
  • age.
  • -Ge50.23
  • -Ge50.24
  • -Ge50.25
  • -Ge50.26
  • `the son of an hundred and ten years;' the period he lived being
  • personified.
  • -Ex1.1
  • Moses was undoubtedly the author of this Book, which forms a
  • continuation of the preceding, and was evidently written after
  • the promulgation of the law: it embraces the history of about
  • 145 years. Moses, having in the Book of Genesis described the
  • creation of the world, the origin of nations, and the peopling
  • of the earth, details in the Book of Exodus the commencement and
  • nature of the Jewish Church and Polity, which has very properly
  • been termed a Theocracy, in which Jehovah appears not merely as
  • their Creator and God, but as their King. Hence this and the
  • following books of Moses are not purely historical; but contain
  • not only laws for the regulation of their moral conduct and the
  • rites and ceremonies of their religious worship, but judicial
  • and political laws relating to government and civil life. The
  • stupendous facts connected with these events, may be clearly
  • perceived by consulting the marginal references; and many of the
  • circumstances are confirmed by the testimony of heathen writers.
  • Numenius, a Pythagorean philosopher, mentioned by Eusebius,
  • speaks of the opposition of the magicians, whom he calls Jannes
  • and Jambres, to the miracles of Moses. Though the names of these
  • magicians are not preserved in the Sacred Text, yet tradition
  • had preserved them in the Jewish records, from which St. Paul
  • (2Ti 3.8) undoubtedly quotes. Add to this that many of the
  • notions of the heathen respecting the appearance of the Deity,
  • and their religious institutions and laws, were borrowed from
  • this book; and many of their fables were nothing more than
  • distorted traditions of those events which are here plainly
  • related by Moses.
  • 01 The children of Israel, after Joseph's death, increase
  • 08 The more they are oppressed by a new king, the more they
  • multiply
  • 15 The godliness of the mid-wives in saving the men children
  • alive
  • 22 Pharoah commands the male children to be cast into the river.
  • -Ex1.2
  • -Ex1.3
  • -Ex1.4
  • -Ex1.5
  • -Ex1.6
  • -Ex1.7
  • -Ex1.8
  • succeeded him about this period; and by his not knowing Joseph
  • is meant his not acknowledging his obligation to him.
  • -Ex1.9
  • -Ex1.10
  • -Ex1.11
  • -Ex1.12
  • multiplied.
  • -Ex1.13
  • -Ex1.14
  • -Ex1.15
  • -Ex1.16
  • stone-trought;' a stone, seems to signify in which they washed
  • the new-born infants. See this subject fully illustrated in
  • Fragments to Calmet, nos. 312,313. then ye shall
  • -Ex1.17
  • -Ex1.18
  • -Ex1.19
  • -Ex1.20
  • -Ex1.21
  • -Ex1.22
  • -Ex2.1
  • 01 Moses is born, and in an ark cast into the flags
  • 05 He is found, and brought up by Pharaoh's daughter
  • 07 Who employs his mother to nurse him
  • 11 He slays an Egyptian
  • 13 He reproves an Hebrew
  • 15 He flees into Midian, and marries Zipporah
  • 22 Gershom is born
  • 23 God respects the Isralites' cry
  • -Ex2.2
  • -Ex2.3
  • It grows on the banks of the Nile, and in marshy grounds; the
  • stalk rises to the height of six or seven cubits above the
  • water, is triangular, and terminates in a crown of small
  • filaments, resembling hair. This reed was of the greatest use to
  • the Egyptians; the pith serving them for food, and the woody
  • part to build vessels with; which vessels frequently appear on
  • various monuments of Egyptian antiquity. That boats were made of
  • this reed is also attested by Pliny and others. with slime
  • -Ex2.4
  • -Ex2.5
  • Clarke is of opinion that it was for the purpose of washing, not
  • her person, but her clothes, that Pharaoh's daughter came to the
  • river; which was an employment not beneath even king's daughters
  • in those primitive times. When she
  • -Ex2.6
  • -Ex2.7
  • -Ex2.8
  • -Ex2.9
  • -Ex2.10
  • -Ex2.11
  • -Ex2.12
  • agreeably to the divine law in thus slaying the Egyptian; nor
  • did he violate the law of Egypt; for, according to Diodorus
  • Siculus 'he who saw a man killed, or violently assulated on the
  • highway, and did not rescue him, if he could, was punished with
  • death.' Moses, therefore, in this transaction, acted as a brave
  • and good man; especially as at this time there was little
  • probability of obtaining justice on an Egyptian murderer.
  • -Ex2.13
  • -Ex2.14
  • -Ex2.15
  • -Ex2.16
  • -Ex2.17
  • -Ex2.18
  • -Ex2.19
  • -Ex2.20
  • -Ex2.21
  • -Ex2.22
  • -Ex2.23
  • -Ex2.24
  • -Ex2.25
  • which is countenanced by the LXX., Vulgate, Chaldee, Coptic, and
  • Arabic, and appears to have been the original reading. had
  • respect. Heb. knew
  • -Ex3.1
  • 01 Moses keeps Jethro's flock
  • 02 God appears to him in a burning bush
  • 09 He sends him to deliver Israel
  • 13 The name of God
  • 15 His message to Israel, and Pharaoh, whose opposition is
  • foretold
  • 20 He is assured of Israel's deliverance
  • -Ex3.2
  • -Ex3.3
  • -Ex3.4
  • -Ex3.5
  • -Ex3.6
  • in the singular, yet St. Stephen, quoting this passage uses the
  • plural, 'the God of thy fathers;' and that this is the meaning,
  • the following words prove. This reading is confirmed by the
  • Samaritan and Coptic. hid
  • -Ex3.7
  • -Ex3.8
  • -Ex3.9
  • -Ex3.10
  • -Ex3.11
  • -Ex3.12
  • -Ex3.13
  • -Ex3.14
  • -Ex3.15
  • which immediately precedes Yehowah, which we translate Lord, the
  • name by which God had been known from the creation of the world,
  • and by which he is known to the present day. Yehowah, from
  • Hawah, to be, subsist, signifies He who is, or subsists, i.e.
  • eminently and in a manner superior to all other beings; and is
  • essentailly the same with eheyeh, I AM, in the preceding verse.
  • -Ex3.16
  • -Ex3.17
  • -Ex3.18
  • -Ex3.19
  • -Ex3.20
  • -Ex3.21
  • -Ex3.22
  • -Ex4.1
  • 01 Moses's rod is turned into a serpent
  • 06 His hand is leprous
  • 10 He is loth to be sent
  • 13 Aaron is appointed to assist him
  • 18 Moses departs from Jethro
  • 21 God's message to Pharaoh
  • 24 Zipporah circumcises her son
  • 27 Aaron is sent to meet Moses
  • 29 The people believe them
  • -Ex4.2
  • -Ex4.3
  • -Ex4.4
  • -Ex4.5
  • -Ex4.6
  • -Ex4.7
  • -Ex4.8
  • -Ex4.9
  • -Ex4.10
  • of speech
  • -Ex4.11
  • -Ex4.12
  • -Ex4.13
  • -Ex4.14
  • -Ex4.15
  • -Ex4.16
  • -Ex4.17
  • -Ex4.18
  • -Ex4.19
  • the Red Sea, near Mount Sinai. This place is still called by the
  • Arabs the Land of Midian, or of Jethro. Abulfeda, speaking of
  • Midian, says, "Madyan is a city, in ruins, on the shore of the
  • Red Sea, on the opposite side to Tabuc, from which it is distant
  • about six days' journey. At Midian may be seen the famous well
  • at which Moses watered the flocks of Shoaib, (Jethro) This city
  • was the capital of the tribe of Midian in the days of the
  • Israelites." for all
  • -Ex4.20
  • -Ex4.21
  • -Ex4.22
  • -Ex4.23
  • -Ex4.24
  • although rather obscure, seems to imply, that on their way to
  • the land of Egypt, an angel appeared to Moses, and sought to
  • kill his son, on account of his father's non-observance of the
  • Lord's positive command to Abraham, that every man child of the
  • Jewish nation, or born in his house in servitude, should be
  • circumcised on the eight day; and the Zipporah, at the command
  • of Moses, immediately fulfilled the injunction, and thus averted
  • the wrath of God, denounced against the disobedient: "The
  • uncircumcised man child, whose flesh of his foreskin is not
  • circumcised, that soul shall be cut off from his people."
  • -Ex4.25
  • -Ex4.26
  • -Ex4.27
  • -Ex4.28
  • -Ex4.29
  • -Ex4.30
  • -Ex4.31
  • -Ex5.1
  • 01 Pharaoh chides Moses and Aaron for their message
  • 06 He increases the Israelites' task
  • 16 He checks their complaints
  • 19 They cry out upon Moses and Aaron
  • 22 Moses complains to God
  • -Ex5.2
  • -Ex5.3
  • -Ex5.4
  • render let, from the Anglo
  • -Saxon lettan, to hinder. Ye hinder
  • the people from their work: 'Get you unto your burdens. Let
  • religion alone and mind your work.' The language not only of
  • tyranny, but of thoughtless irreligion. burdens
  • -Ex5.5
  • -Ex5.6
  • the officers were Hebrews.
  • chiefs of trades, who are found in every city in the East; where
  • every trade has a head, who is entrusted with authority over
  • them, and is in some measure answerable for them to Government.
  • -Ex5.7
  • bricks. This is expressly affirmed by Philo who was himself a
  • native of Alexandria, in Egypt. He says, describing the
  • oppression of the Israelites, that some were obliged to work in
  • clay, and others to gather straw for the formation of bricks.
  • Philo's account is confirmed by Dr. Shaw, who says that 'some of
  • the Egyptian pyramids are made of brick, the composition whereof
  • is only a mixture of clay, mud, and straw, slightly blended and
  • kneaded together, and afterwards baked in the sun. The straw,
  • which keeps the bricks together, and still preserves its
  • original colour, seems to be a proof that these bricks were
  • never burnt or made in kilns.' The same materials are now used
  • for building in Egypt. Mr. Baumgarten says, 'The houses are for
  • the most part of bricks that are only hardened by the heat of
  • the sun, and mixed with straw to make them firm.'
  • -Ex5.8
  • -Ex5.9
  • heavy upon the men. vain words
  • -Ex5.10
  • -Ex5.11
  • -Ex5.12
  • -Ex5.13
  • -Ex5.14
  • -Ex5.15
  • -Ex5.16
  • -Ex5.17
  • -Ex5.18
  • -Ex5.19
  • -Ex5.20
  • -Ex5.21
  • -Ex5.22
  • -Ex5.23
  • delivered
  • -Ex6.1
  • 01 God renews his promise by his name JEHOVAH
  • 09 Moses vainly attempts to encourage the Israelites
  • 10 He and Aaron are again sent to Pharaoh
  • 14 The genealogy of Reuben, of Semeon, and of Levi, of whom came
  • Moses and Aaron
  • 26 The history resumed
  • -Ex6.2
  • -Ex6.3
  • evidently of affinity with the Arabic shadid, strong, mighty,
  • and shiddat, strength, might;
  • name Jehovah, then Moses must have used it in Genesis by
  • prolepsis, or anticipation. Mr. Locke and others read it
  • interrogatively, for the negative particle, lo, not, has
  • frequently this power in Hebrew: 'I appeared unto Abraham,
  • Isaac, and Jacob, by the name of God Almighty, and by my name
  • Jehovah was I not also made known unto them?' JEHOVAH
  • -Ex6.4
  • -Ex6.5
  • -Ex6.6
  • -Ex6.7
  • -Ex6.8
  • God was by lifting up the right hand, and was considered as a
  • form of swearing. Hence yamin, in Hebrew the right hand, is in
  • Arabic an oath, and as a verb, to take an oath. A similar custom
  • prevailed among the heathens.
  • -Ex6.9
  • -Ex6.10
  • -Ex6.11
  • -Ex6.12
  • translators; hence it may be inferred by some that Moses was
  • uncircumcised. The difficulty is in some measure cleared away,
  • by using the word uncircumcised in the sense of unsuitable or
  • incapacitated, which argees with ch 4.10 where Moses complains
  • of want of eloquence; but by substituting is for am in this
  • place, the connection with the former part of the verse is
  • preserved; 'For if the chosen seed, the circumcised sons of
  • Jacob, refuse to hear me,' as though Moses had said, 'how can I
  • expect to make uncircumcised Pharaoh pay attention to me?'
  • -Ex6.13
  • -Ex6.14
  • -Ex6.15
  • -Ex6.16
  • -Ex6.17
  • -Ex6.18
  • -Ex6.19
  • -Ex6.20
  • add, "And Miriam their sister;' which some of the best critics
  • suppose to have been originally in the text
  • -Ex6.21
  • -Ex6.22
  • -Ex6.23
  • -Ex6.24
  • -Ex6.25
  • -Ex6.26
  • -Ex6.27
  • -Ex6.28
  • -Ex6.29
  • -Ex6.30
  • -Ex7.1
  • 01 Moses and Aaron are encouraged to go again to Pharaoh
  • 07 Their age, 7. Aaron's rod is turned into a serpent
  • 11 The sorcerers do the like; but their rods are swallowed up by
  • Aaron's
  • 13 Pharaoh's hears is hardened
  • 14 God's message to Pharaoh
  • 19 The river is turned into blood; and the consequent distress
  • of the Egyptians
  • -Ex7.2
  • -Ex7.3
  • -Ex7.4
  • -Ex7.5
  • -Ex7.6
  • -Ex7.7
  • -Ex7.8
  • -Ex7.9
  • -Ex7.10
  • -Ex7.11
  • reveal, signifies diviners, or those who pretended to reveal
  • futurity, to discover things lost, or to find hidden treasures.
  • meant such incantations as required lustral fires, fumigations.
  • -Ex7.12
  • -Ex7.13
  • -Ex7.14
  • -Ex7.15
  • -Ex7.16
  • -Ex7.17
  • -Ex7.18
  • delicious, that one would not wish the heat to be less, or to be
  • delivered from the sensation of thirst. The Turks find it so
  • exquisite, that they excite themselves to drink of it by eating
  • salt.' 'A person,' adds Mr. Harmer, 'who never before heard of
  • the deliciousness of the Nile water, and of the large quantities
  • which on that account are drunk of it, will, I am sure, find an
  • energy in those words of Moses to Pharaoh, the Egyptians shall
  • loathe to drink of the water of the river, which he never did
  • before.' shall loathe
  • -Ex7.19
  • -Ex7.20
  • as well as the animals it contained, to which they annually
  • sacrificed a girl, or as others say, both a boy and girl, God
  • might have designed this plague as a punishment for such
  • idolatry and cruelty; and to shew them the baseness of those
  • elements which they reverenced, and the insufficiency of the
  • gods in which they trusted. All the punishments brought upon
  • them bore a strict analogy to their crimes.
  • -Ex7.21
  • plague upon Egypt turned all their water into blood.
  • -Ex7.22
  • -Ex7.23
  • -Ex7.24
  • -Ex7.25
  • -Ex8.1
  • 01 Frogs are sent
  • 08 Pharaoh sues to Moses, who by prayer removes them away
  • 16 The dust is turned into lice, which the magicians could not
  • do
  • 20 The plague of flies
  • 25 Pharaoh inclines to let the people go, but yet is hardened
  • -Ex8.2
  • Arabic zafda, Chaldaic oordeanaya and Syriac oordeai, all of
  • which denote frogs, as almost all interpreters, both ancient and
  • modern, agree to render it; Bochart conceives, from tzifa, a
  • bank and rada, mud, because of delighting in muddy and marshy
  • places
  • -Ex8.3
  • -Ex8.4
  • -Ex8.5
  • -Ex8.6
  • object of reverence or abhorrence is uncertain. It might have
  • been both at the same time, as many objects are known to have
  • been among particular nations; for proof of which see the very
  • learned Jacob Bryant, on the Plagues of Egypt.
  • -Ex8.7
  • -Ex8.8
  • -Ex8.9
  • -Ex8.10
  • -Ex8.11
  • -Ex8.12
  • -Ex8.13
  • -Ex8.14
  • -Ex8.15
  • -Ex8.16
  • in the word tarrentes, a species of worm. Bochart, however,
  • seems to have proved that lice, and not gnats, are meant;
  • because, 1. they sprang from the dust, and not from the waters;
  • 2. they were on both man and beast, which cannot be said of
  • gnats; 3. their name is derived from koon, to make firm, fix,
  • establish, which cannot agree with gnats, flies, which are ever
  • changing place, and almost constantly on the wing; 4. the term
  • kinnah is used by the Talmudists to express the louse. This
  • insect must have been a very dreadful and afflicting plague to
  • the Egyptians, and especially to the priests, who were obliged
  • to shave all their hair off, and to wear a single linen tunic,
  • to prevent vermin harbouring about them.
  • -Ex8.17
  • -Ex8.18
  • -Ex8.19
  • -Ex8.20
  • -Ex8.21
  • rendered the dog-fly, by the LXX (who are followed by the
  • learned Bochart,) which must have been particularly hateful to
  • the Egyptians, because they held dogs in the highest veneration,
  • under which form they worshipped Anubis.
  • -Ex8.22
  • -Ex8.23
  • -Ex8.24
  • evident from the fact that whole districts have been laid waste
  • by them. The inhabitants have been forced to quit their cities,
  • not being able to stand against the flies and gnats with which
  • they were pestered. Hence different people had deities whose
  • office it was to defend them against flies. Among these may be
  • reckoned Baalzebub, the fly-god of Ekron; Hercules, the expeller
  • of flies; and hence Jupiter had the titles, because he was
  • supposed to expel flies, and especially clear his temples of
  • these insects.
  • -Ex8.25
  • -Ex8.26
  • account of which, see not on ch. 9.3
  • -Ex8.27
  • E ex 3.18 5.1
  • -Ex8.28
  • -Ex8.29
  • -Ex8.30
  • -Ex8.31
  • -Ex8.32
  • -Ex9.1
  • 01 The murrain of beasts
  • 08 The plague of boils and blains
  • 13 The message of Moses about the hail,
  • 22 The plague of hail
  • 27 Pharaoh sues to Moses, but yet is hardened
  • -Ex9.2
  • -Ex9.3
  • calamity, if we consider it in regard to the Egyptians, which
  • would not have existed in respect to any other people. They held
  • in idolatrous reverence almost every animal, but some they held
  • in particular veneration; as the ox, cow, and ram. Among these,
  • Apis and Mnevis are well known; the former being a sacred bull,
  • worshipped at Memphis, as the latter was at Heliopolis. A cow or
  • heifer had the like honours at Momemphis; and the same practice
  • seems to have been adopted in most of the Egyptian nomes. By the
  • infliction of this judgment, the Egyptian deities sank before
  • the God of the Hebrews.
  • -Ex9.4
  • -Ex9.5
  • -Ex9.6
  • -Ex9.7
  • -Ex9.8
  • the fiery furnace, which was a type of the slavery of the
  • Israelites, but to a cruel rite common among the Egyptians. They
  • had several cities styled Typhonian, in which at particular
  • seasons they sacrificed men, who were burnt alive; and the ashes
  • of the victim were scattered upwards in the air, with the view,
  • probably, that where any atom of dust was carried, a blessing
  • was entailed. The like, therefore, was done by Moses, though
  • with a different intention, and more certain effect.
  • -Ex9.9
  • -Ex9.10
  • -Ex9.11
  • -Ex9.12
  • insensibility of mind upon which neither judgments nor mercies
  • make any abiding impressions; but the conscience being
  • stupified, the obdurate rebel persists in determined
  • disobedience.
  • -Ex9.13
  • -Ex9.14
  • -Ex9.15
  • -Ex9.16
  • -Ex9.17
  • -Ex9.18
  • the most incredible to an Egyptian; for in Egypt there fell no
  • rain, the want of which was supplied by dews, and the
  • overflowing of the Nile. The Egyptians must, therefore, have
  • perceived themselves particularly aimed at in these fearful
  • events, especially as they were very superstitious. There seems
  • likewise a propriety in their being punished by fire and water,
  • as they were guilty of the grossest idolatry towards these
  • elements. Scarely any thing could have distressed the Egyptians
  • more than the destruction of the flax, as the whole nation wore
  • linen garments. The ruin of their barley was equally fatal, both
  • to their trade and to their private advantage.
  • -Ex9.19
  • -Ex9.20
  • -Ex9.21
  • -Ex9.22
  • -Ex9.23
  • -Ex9.24
  • -Ex9.25
  • -Ex9.26
  • -Ex9.27
  • -Ex9.28
  • -Ex9.29
  • -Ex9.30
  • -Ex9.31
  • derived from pashat, to strip, because the substance which we
  • call flax is properly the filaments of the bark or rind of the
  • vegetable, stipped off the stalks. From time immemorial, Egypt
  • was celebrated for the production and manufacture of flax; and
  • hence the linen and fine linen of Egypt, so often spoken of in
  • scripture and ancient authors. The barley. The Hebrew seorah,
  • barley, in Arabic shair, and shairat, is so called from its
  • rough, bristly beard, with which the ears are covered and
  • defended; from saar, to stand on end as the hair of the head;
  • hence sear, the hair of the head. So its Latin name hordeum is
  • from horeo, to stand on end as the hair. Dr. Pococke has
  • observed that there is a double seed time and harvest in Egypt;
  • rice, India wheat, and a grain called the corn of Damascus, are
  • sown and reaped at a very different time from wheat, barley, and
  • flax. The first are sown in March, before the overflowing of the
  • Nile, and reaped about October; whereas the wheat and barley are
  • sown in November and December, as soon as the Nile has gone off,
  • and reaped before May.
  • -Ex9.32
  • -Ex9.33
  • -Ex9.34
  • -Ex9.35
  • -Ex10.1
  • 01 God threatens to send locusts
  • 07 Pharaoh moved by his servants, inclines to let the Israelites
  • go
  • 12 The plague of the locusts
  • 16 Pharaoh intreats Moses
  • 21 The plague of darkness
  • 24 Pharaoh again intreats Moses, but yet is hardened
  • -Ex10.2
  • -Ex10.3
  • -Ex10.4
  • multiply, be numerous, because they are more prolific than any
  • other insect, and because of the immense swarms of them by which
  • different countries, especially the East, are infested. The
  • locust, in entomology, belongs to a genus of insects known among
  • naturalists by the name of Grylli; which includes three species,
  • crickets, grasshoppers, and locusts. The common great brown
  • locust is about three inches in length; has two antennae about
  • an inch long, and two pair of wings. The head and horns are
  • brown; the mouth and inside of the larger legs bluish; the upper
  • side of the body and upper wings brown, the former spotted with
  • black, and the latter with dusky spots. The back is defended by
  • a shield of a greenish hue; the under wings are of a light
  • brown, tinctured with green, and nearly transparent. It has a
  • large open mouth, in the two jaws of which it has four teeth,
  • which traverse each other like scissors, being calculated, from
  • their mechanism, to gripe or cut. The general appearance of the
  • insect is that of the grasshopper. The Egyptians had gods in
  • whom they trusted to deliver them from these terrible invaders;
  • but by this judgment they were taught that it was impossible to
  • stand before Moses, the servant of Jehovah.
  • -Ex10.5
  • -Ex10.6
  • -Ex10.7
  • -Ex10.8
  • -Ex10.9
  • -Ex10.10
  • -Ex10.11
  • -Ex10.12
  • -Ex10.13
  • -Ex10.14
  • -Ex10.15
  • -Ex10.16
  • -Ex10.17
  • -Ex10.18
  • -Ex10.19
  • -Ex10.20
  • -Ex10.21
  • sun, but also paid the same veneration to night and darkness,
  • nothing could be more terrible than this punishment of palpable
  • and coercive darkness, such as their luminary Osiris could not
  • dispel.
  • darkness
  • -Ex10.22
  • -Ex10.23
  • -Ex10.24
  • -Ex10.25
  • -Ex10.26
  • -Ex10.27
  • -Ex10.28
  • -Ex10.29
  • -Ex11.1
  • 01 God's message to the Israelites to borrow jewels of their
  • neighbours
  • 04 Moses threatens Pharaoh with the death the firstborn
  • -Ex11.2
  • -Ex11.3
  • -Ex11.4
  • -Ex11.5
  • -Ex11.6
  • -Ex11.7
  • -Ex11.8
  • -Ex11.9
  • -Ex11.10
  • -Ex12.1
  • 01 The beginning of the year is changed
  • 03 The passover is instituted
  • 11 The import of the rite of the passover
  • 15 Unleavened bread, etc.
  • 29 The firstborn are slain
  • 31 The Israelites are driven out of the land
  • 37 They come to Succoth
  • 41 The time of their sojourning
  • 43 The ordinance of the passover
  • -Ex12.2
  • -Ex12.3
  • goats, and may be indifferently rendered either lamb or kid. It
  • is evident from ver. 5 that the Hebrews might take either; but
  • they generally preferred a lamb, from being of a more gentle
  • nature.
  • these tribes into families, the families into houses, and the
  • houses into particular persons.
  • -Ex12.4
  • -Ex12.5
  • -Ex12.6
  • the day into morning and evening: till the sun passed the
  • meridian, all was morning or forenoon; after that, all was
  • evening or afternoon. Their first evening began just after
  • twelve o'clock, and continued till sunset; their second evening
  • began at sunset, and continued till night, i.e. during the whole
  • time of twilight; between twelve o'clock, therefore, and the
  • termination of twilight, the passover was to be offered.
  • -Ex12.7
  • -Ex12.8
  • -Ex12.9
  • -Ex12.10
  • -Ex12.11
  • -Ex12.12
  • -Ex12.13
  • -Ex12.14
  • -Ex12.15
  • -Ex12.16
  • -Ex12.17
  • -Ex12.18
  • -Ex12.19
  • -Ex12.20
  • -Ex12.21
  • or passover lamb; the animal sacrificed obtaining the name of
  • the institution. St. Paul copies the expression in 1co 5.7
  • -Ex12.22
  • most probably denotes Hyssop; whence are derived the Chaldee
  • aizova, Syriac zupha, Arabic zupha, Ethiopic azab, and hushopa,
  • and our hyssop, a name retained, with little variation, in all
  • the western languages. It is a plant of the gymnospermia (naked
  • seeded) order, belonging to the didynamia class. It has bushy
  • stalks, growing a foot and a half high; small spear-shaped,
  • close-sitting, and opposite leaves, with several smaller ones
  • rising from the same joint; and all the stalks and branches
  • terminated by erect whorled spikes of flowers, of different
  • colours in the varieties of the plant. The leaves have an
  • aromatic smell, and a warm, pungent taste. Its detersive,
  • cleansing, and medicinal qualities were probably the reason why
  • it was so particularly recommended in Scripture. Strike
  • -Ex12.23
  • -Ex12.24
  • -Ex12.25
  • -Ex12.26
  • -Ex12.27
  • -Ex12.28
  • -Ex12.29
  • Egyptians was most equitable; because, after their nation had
  • been preserved by one of the Israelitish family, they had,
  • contrary to all right, and in definance of original stipulation,
  • enslaved the people to whom they had been so much indebted, and
  • had murdered their offspring, and made their bondage
  • intolerable.
  • -Ex12.30
  • frantic in their mournings than the Egyptians. When a relative
  • died, every one left the house, and the women, with their hair
  • loose, and their bosoms bare, ran wild about the street. The men
  • also, with their apparel equally disordered, kept them company;
  • all shrieking, howling, and beating themselves. What a scene of
  • horror and distress must now have presented itself, when there
  • was not a family in Egypt where there was not one dead!
  • -Ex12.31
  • -Ex12.32
  • -Ex12.33
  • -Ex12.34
  • small wooden bowls, which also serve them for dishes. Their
  • being bound up in their clothes may mean no more than their
  • being wrapped up in their hykes, or long, loose, garments.
  • -Ex12.35
  • -Ex12.36
  • -Ex12.37
  • -Ex12.38
  • -Ex12.39
  • -Ex12.40
  • children of Israel, and of their fathers in the land of Canaan
  • and in the land of Egypt, was 430 years.' The Alexandrine copy
  • of the LXX. has the same reading; and the same statement is made
  • by the apostle Paul, in Ga 3.17, who reckons from the promise
  • made to Abraham to the giving of the law. That these three
  • witnesses have the truth, the chronology itself proves; for it
  • is evident that the descendants of Israel did not dwell 430
  • years in Egypt; while it is equally evident, that the period
  • from Abraham's entry into Canaan to the Exodus, is exactly that
  • number. Thus, from Abraham's entrance into the promised land to
  • the birth of Isaac, was 25 years; Isaac was 60 at the birth of
  • Jacob; Jacob was 130 at his going into Egypt; where he and his
  • children continued 215 years more; making in the whole 430
  • years. sojourning.
  • -Ex12.41
  • -Ex12.42
  • -Ex12.43
  • -Ex12.44
  • -Ex12.45
  • -Ex12.46
  • -Ex12.47
  • -Ex12.48
  • -Ex12.49
  • -Ex12.50
  • -Ex12.51
  • -Ex13.1
  • 01 The firstborn are sanctified to God
  • 03 The memorial of the passover is commanded
  • 11 The firstlings of man and beast are set apart
  • 17 The Israelites go out of Egypt, and carry Joseph's bones with
  • them.
  • 20 They come to Etham
  • 21 God guides them by a pillar of a cloud, and a pillar of fire
  • -Ex13.2
  • apart a person or thing from all common or secular purposes to
  • some religious use; because everything offered or consecrated to
  • God was separated from all earthly uses.
  • -Ex13.3
  • -Ex13.4
  • -Ex13.5
  • -Ex13.6
  • -Ex13.7
  • -Ex13.8
  • -Ex13.9
  • of the Orientals, of burning in their right hand all kinds of
  • marks with the ashes of henna, which gives an indelible colour;
  • and this is done even to this day. They were likewise accustomed
  • to write all kinds of sayings, and frequently superstitious
  • words, on slips or pieces of linen, which they wore as ornaments
  • on their foreheads.
  • -Ex13.10
  • -Ex13.11
  • -Ex13.12
  • -Ex13.13
  • -Ex13.14
  • -Ex13.15
  • -Ex13.16
  • -Ex13.17
  • -Ex13.18
  • -Ex13.19
  • -Ex13.20
  • -Ex13.21
  • -Ex13.22
  • -Ex14.1
  • 01 God instructs the Israelites in their journey
  • 05 Pharaoh pursues after them
  • 10 The Israelites murmur
  • 13 Moses comforts them
  • 15 God instructs Moses
  • 19 The cloud removes behind the camp
  • 21 The Israelites pass through the Red sea, which drowns the
  • Egyptians
  • -Ex14.2
  • Lxx. Dr. Shaw is of opinion, that Chiroth denotes the valley
  • which extends from the wilderness of Etham to the Red Sea. 'This
  • valley, ends at the sea in a small bay made by the eastern
  • extremities of the mountains (of Gewoubee and Attackah, between
  • which the valley lies) which I have been describing, and is
  • called Tiah
  • -Beni
  • -Israel, the road of the Israelites, by a
  • tradition that is still kept up by the Arabs, of their having
  • passed through it; so it is also called Baideah, from the new
  • and unheard of miracle that was wrought near it, by dividing the
  • Red sea, and destroying therein Pharaoh, his chariots, and his
  • horsement.' Migdol. The word Migdol signifies a tower, and hence
  • some have supposed that it was a fortress which served to defend
  • the bay. But the Lxx, render it Magdolus, which is mentioned by
  • Herodotus, and others, and is expressly said by Stephanus to be
  • a city of Egypt. This Bochart conjectures to have been the same
  • as Migdol.
  • city in which Baal was worshipped; and probably called zephon,
  • from being situated on the north point of the Red sea, near the
  • present Suez.
  • -Ex14.3
  • -Ex14.4
  • -Ex14.5
  • -Ex14.6
  • -Ex14.7
  • -Ex14.8
  • -Ex14.9
  • -Ex14.10
  • -Ex14.11
  • -Ex14.12
  • -Ex14.13
  • have seen the Egyptians today. ye shall see
  • -Ex14.14
  • -Ex14.15
  • -Ex14.16
  • weeds; so called, according to Mr. Bruce, from the vast quantity
  • of coral which grown in it. We call it the Red Sea; so called it
  • is supposed, from Edom or Esau, whose territories extend to its
  • coasts. It separates Arabia from Egypt and Ethiopia, and is
  • computed to be 150 leagues in length from Suez to the straits of
  • Babelmandel. The upper part is divided into two gulfs, that to
  • the East called the Elanitic, from the city Elana at the
  • northern extremity, and that to the west, the Heroopolitic, from
  • the city of Heroopolis. The former is called by the Arabians
  • Bahr el Akaba, the sea of Akaba; and the latter Bahr el Kolzum,
  • the sea of destruction, or Clysma; which was that which the
  • Israelites passed. and the
  • -Ex14.17
  • -Ex14.18
  • -Ex14.19
  • -Ex14.20
  • -Ex14.21
  • -Ex14.22
  • wholly miraculous, and cannot be ascribed, as some have
  • supposed, to an extraordinary ebb, which happened just then to
  • be produced by a strong east wind: for this would not have
  • caused the waters, contrary to every law of fluids, to stand as
  • a wall on the right hand and the left. a wall
  • -Ex14.23
  • -Ex14.24
  • -Ex14.25
  • let us flee
  • -Ex14.26
  • -Ex14.27
  • -Ex14.28
  • -Ex14.29
  • -Ex14.30
  • -Ex14.31
  • -Ex15.1
  • 01 The song of Moses, Miriam, and Israel on their deliverance
  • 22 The people want water in the wilderness
  • 23 The waters at Marah are bitter, they murmur, Moses prays, and
  • sweetens the waters by God's direction
  • 27 They encamp at Elim, where are twelve wells, and seventy palm
  • trees
  • -Ex15.2
  • -Ex15.3
  • -Ex15.4
  • -Ex15.5
  • -Ex15.6
  • -Ex15.7
  • -Ex15.8
  • -Ex15.9
  • -Ex15.10
  • -Ex15.11
  • -Ex15.12
  • -Ex15.13
  • -Ex15.14
  • -Ex15.15
  • -Ex15.16
  • -Ex15.17
  • -Ex15.18
  • -Ex15.19
  • -Ex15.20
  • used in the East; being a thin, broad, wooden hoop, with
  • parchment extended over one side of it, to which small pieces of
  • brass, thin, etc., are attached, which made a jingling noise; it
  • is held up with one hand and beaten upon with the other, and is
  • precisely the same as the tambourine. all the
  • -Ex15.21
  • -Ex15.22
  • Heroopolitic gulf of the Red Sea, and is still called the desert
  • of Shur, according to Dr. Shaw.
  • -Ex15.23
  • -Ex15.24
  • -Ex15.25
  • -Ex15.26
  • -Ex15.27
  • and, according to Dr. Shaw, two leagues from Tor, and near 30
  • from Corondel, which he conjectures to be Marah, where there is
  • a small rill, which is brackish. He found but nine of the wells,
  • the other three being filled up with sand; but the 70 palm trees
  • had increased into more than 2000.
  • -Ex16.1
  • 01 The Israelites come to Sin, and murmur for want of bread
  • 04 God promises them bread and flesh from heaven, and they are
  • rebuked
  • 13 Quails and manna are sent
  • 16 The ordering of manna
  • 25 It was not to be found on the sabbath
  • 32 An omer of it is preserved
  • was all the day diverted by varieties of lizards and vipers,
  • which abound there.
  • -Ex16.2
  • -Ex16.3
  • -Ex16.4
  • -Ex16.5
  • -Ex16.6
  • -Ex16.7
  • -Ex16.8
  • -Ex16.9
  • -Ex16.10
  • -Ex16.11
  • -Ex16.12
  • -Ex16.13
  • large kind of quail. A bird of the gallinaceous kind, somewhat
  • less than a pigeon , but larger than a sparrow. Hasselquist
  • describes the quail of the larger kind as very much resembling
  • the red partridge, but not larger than the turtle dove; found in
  • Judea as well as in the deserts of Arabia Petraea and Egypt; and
  • affording a most agreeable and delicate dish.
  • -Ex16.14
  • -Ex16.15
  • -Ex16.16
  • -Ex16.17
  • -Ex16.18
  • -Ex16.19
  • -Ex16.20
  • -Ex16.21
  • -Ex16.22
  • from the circumstances in the text, it is evident that it was
  • not a natural production, but was miraculously sent by Jehovah.
  • These the learned Abarbinel, a most judicious Jewish
  • interpreter, has thus enumerated; The natural manna was never
  • found in the desert where this fell;--where the common manna
  • does fall, it is only in the spring time, in March and April,
  • whereas this fell throughout all the months in the year; the
  • ordinary manna does not melt in the sun, as this did;--it does
  • not stink and breed worms, as this did, when kept till the
  • morning;--it cannot be ground or beaten in a mortar, so as to
  • make cakes, as this was;--the common manna is medicinal and
  • purgative, and cannot be used for food and nutriment, as this
  • was;--this fell in a double proportion on the sixth day, and not
  • on the sabbath, as it certainly would have done had it fallen
  • naturally;--it followed them in all their journeys, where ever
  • they pitched their tents;--and it ceased at the very time of the
  • year when the other falls, namely, in March, when the
  • Israelities were come to Gilgal. Whatever this substance was, it
  • does not appear to have been common to the wilderness. From De
  • 8.3,16, it is evident that the Israelites never saw it before;
  • and from a pot of it being preserved, it is certain that nothing
  • of the kind ever appeared again.
  • -Ex16.23
  • -Ex16.24
  • -Ex16.25
  • -Ex16.26
  • -Ex16.27
  • -Ex16.28
  • -Ex16.29
  • -Ex16.30
  • -Ex16.31
  • which is now much used in England, many persons have ignorantly
  • supposed it to be the same sort of thing as that miraculously
  • sent for the sustenance of the children of Israel in the
  • wilderness. The manna of commerce comes from Calabria and

  • Sicily, where it oozes out of a kind of ash tree, from the end
  • of June to the end of July, and is a thick, clammy, sweet juice,
  • partly drawn from the tree by the rays of the sun, partly by the
  • puncture of insects, and partly by artificial means. The
  • European manna is not so good as the Oriental, which is gathered
  • in Syria, Arabia, and Persia, from the Oriental oak, and from a
  • shrub which is called in Persia teranjabin. and it was
  • -Ex16.32
  • -Ex16.33
  • -Ex16.34
  • -Ex16.35
  • -Ex16.36
  • -Ex17.1
  • 01 The people murmur for water to Rephidim
  • 06 God send them for water to the rock in Horeb
  • 07 The place is called Massah and Meribah
  • 08 Amalek is overcome by Joshua, while Moses holds up his hand
  • with the rod of God
  • 14 Amalek is doomed to destruction; and Moses builds the altar
  • Jehovah-nissi
  • -Ex17.2
  • -Ex17.3
  • -Ex17.4
  • -Ex17.5
  • -Ex17.6
  • feet long, 10 broad, and 12 high, lies in the wilderness of
  • Rephidim, to the west of Mount Horeb, a part of Sinai. There are
  • abundant traces of this wonderful miracle remaining at this day.
  • This rock has been visited, drawn, and described by Dr. Shaw and
  • others; and holes and channels appear in the stone, which could
  • only have been formed by the bursting out and running of water.
  • -Ex17.7
  • -Ex17.8
  • -Ex17.9
  • -Ex17.10
  • -Ex17.11
  • -Ex17.12
  • -Ex17.13
  • -Ex17.14
  • -Ex17.15
  • -Ex17.16
  • the Lord, therefore, the Lord. Heb. the hand upon the throne of
  • the Lord.
  • -Ex18.1
  • 01 Jethro brings his wife and two sons to Moses
  • 07 Moses entertains him, and relates the goodness of the Lord
  • 09 Jethro rejoices, blesses God, and offers sacrifice
  • 13 He gives good counsel, which is accepted
  • 27 Jethro departs
  • -Ex18.2
  • -Ex18.3
  • -Ex18.4
  • -Ex18.5
  • -Ex18.6
  • -Ex18.7
  • -Ex18.8
  • -Ex18.9
  • -Ex18.10
  • -Ex18.11
  • -Ex18.12
  • -Ex18.13
  • -Ex18.14
  • -Ex18.15
  • -Ex18.16
  • -Ex18.17
  • -Ex18.18
  • -Ex18.19
  • -Ex18.20
  • -Ex18.21
  • over ten, could not decide, went to the pentecontarch, or ruler
  • of fifty, and thence by degrees to the hecatontarch, or ruler
  • over a hundred, to the chiliarch, or ruler over a thousand to
  • Moses and at length to God himself. Each magistrate had the care
  • or inspection of only ten men; the decarch superintended ten
  • private characters; the hecatontarch ten decarchs; and the
  • chiliarch, ten hecatontarchs.
  • -Ex18.22
  • -Ex18.23
  • -Ex18.24
  • -Ex18.25
  • -Ex18.26
  • -Ex18.27
  • -Ex19.1
  • 01 The people arrive at Sinai
  • 03 God's message by Moses unto the people out of the mount
  • 08 The people are prepared against the third day, for the giving
  • of the law
  • 12 The mountain must not be touched
  • 16 The fearful presence of God upon the mount
  • -Ex19.2
  • Mountain of Moses, and sometimes by way of eminence, El Tor, the
  • Mount, is a range of mountains in the peninsula formed by the
  • gulfs of the Red Sea. It consists of several peaks, the
  • principal of which are Horeb and Sinai; the former, still called
  • Oreb, being on the west, and the latter, called Tur Sina, on the
  • east, at the foot of which is the convent of St. Catherine. Dr.
  • Shaw conceives that the wilderness of Sinai, property so called,
  • is that part which is to the eastward of this mount; so that the
  • removal of the Israelites from Rephidim, which was on the West,
  • to the desert of Sinai, was only removing from one part of the
  • mountain to another. camped
  • -Ex19.3
  • -Ex19.4
  • -Ex19.5
  • -Ex19.6
  • -Ex19.7
  • -Ex19.8
  • -Ex19.9
  • -Ex19.10
  • -Ex19.11
  • -Ex19.12
  • -Ex19.13
  • -Ex19.14
  • -Ex19.15
  • 10000-900523-0635
  • -Ex19.16
  • 10001-900523-0635
  • -Ex19.17
  • 10002-900523-0637
  • -Ex19.18
  • 10003-900523-0638
  • -Ex19.19
  • 10004-900523-0638
  • -Ex19.20
  • 10005-900523-0639
  • -Ex19.21
  • 10006-900523-0640
  • -Ex19.22
  • 10007-900523-0640
  • -Ex19.23
  • 10008-900523-0641
  • -Ex19.24
  • 10009-900523-0642
  • -Ex19.25
  • 10010-900523-0649
  • -Ex20.1
  • 01 The ten commandments are spoken by Jehovah
  • 18 The people are afraid, but Moses comforts them
  • 21 Idolatry is forbidden
  • 23 Of what sort the altar should be
  • 10011-900523-0651
  • -Ex20.2
  • 10012-900523-0651
  • -Ex20.3
  • 10013-900523-0653
  • -Ex20.4
  • 10014-900523-0655
  • -Ex20.5
  • 10015-900523-0656
  • -Ex20.6
  • 10016-900523-0709
  • -Ex20.7
  • 10017-900523-0710
  • -Ex20.8
  • 10018-900523-0710
  • -Ex20.9
  • 10019-900523-0711
  • -Ex20.10
  • 10020-900523-0711
  • -Ex20.11
  • 10021-900523-0712
  • -Ex20.12
  • 10022-900523-0713
  • -Ex20.13
  • 10023-900523-0714
  • -Ex20.14
  • 10024-900523-0715
  • -Ex20.15
  • 10025-900523-0716
  • -Ex20.16
  • 10026-900523-0718
  • -Ex20.17
  • 10027-900523-0718
  • -Ex20.18
  • 10028-900523-0718
  • -Ex20.19
  • 10029-900523-0719
  • -Ex20.20
  • 10030-900523-0720
  • -Ex20.21
  • 10031-900523-0720
  • -Ex20.22
  • 10032-900523-0721
  • -Ex20.23
  • 10033-900523-0722
  • -Ex20.24
  • 10034-900523-0723
  • -Ex20.25
  • 10035-900523-0723
  • -Ex20.26
  • 10036-900523-0811
  • -Ex21.1
  • 01 Laws for men servants
  • 05 For the servant whose ear is bored
  • 07 For women servants
  • 12 For manslaughter
  • 16 For stealers of men
  • 17 For cursers of parents
  • 18 For smiters
  • 22 For a hurt by chance
  • 28 For an ox that gores
  • 33 For him that is an occasion of harm
  • 10037-900523-0812
  • -Ex21.2
  • 10038-900523-0812
  • -Ex21.3
  • 10039-900523-0812
  • -Ex21.4
  • 10040-900523-0813
  • -Ex21.5
  • 10041-900523-0814
  • -Ex21.6
  • of permanent servitude, and was calculated to impress the
  • servant with the duty of hearing all his master's orders, and
  • obeying them punctually.
  • 10042-900523-0815
  • -Ex21.7
  • 10043-900523-0816
  • -Ex21.8
  • 10044-900523-0816
  • -Ex21.9
  • 10045-900523-0817
  • -Ex21.10
  • a sufficient quantity of food, as before, but of the same
  • quality. She is not to be fed, like a common slave, with a
  • sufficiency of bread, vegetables, milk, but with her customary
  • supply of flesh, and other agreeable articles of food.
  • 10046-900523-0818
  • -Ex21.11
  • 10047-900523-0818
  • -Ex21.12
  • 10048-900523-0819
  • -Ex21.13
  • 10049-900523-0819
  • -Ex21.14
  • 10050-900523-0822
  • -Ex21.15
  • either contempt or malice, or left marks of violence, was deemed
  • a proof of so ungrateful and unnatural a disposition, that no
  • provocation was admitted as an excuse, but the offence was made
  • capital: nay, he who cursed his father or mother, who uttered
  • imprecations, ill wishes, or revilings, against a parent, was
  • included in the same sense; though few crimes were made capital
  • by the law of Moses. The law of God, as delegated to parents is
  • honoured when they are honoured, and despised when they are
  • despised: and to rebel against the lawful exercise of this
  • authority is rebellion against God.-
  • -Rev. T. Scott
  • 10051-900523-0823
  • -Ex21.16
  • 10052-900523-0823
  • -Ex21.17
  • 10053-900523-0824
  • -Ex21.18
  • 10054-900523-0825
  • -Ex21.19
  • The same provision is made in the civil law; and most courts of
  • justice still regulate their decisions in such cases by this
  • Mosaic precept. the loss. Heb. his ceasing.
  • 10055-900523-0850
  • -Ex21.20
  • 10056-900523-0850
  • -Ex21.21
  • 10057-900523-0850
  • -Ex21.22
  • 10058-900523-0852
  • -Ex21.23
  • 10059-900523-0853
  • -Ex21.24
  • of like for like.
  • 10060-900523-0854
  • -Ex21.25
  • 10061-900523-0854
  • -Ex21.26
  • 10062-900523-0855
  • -Ex21.27
  • 10063-900523-0855
  • -Ex21.28
  • 10064-900523-0856
  • -Ex21.29
  • 10065-900523-0856
  • -Ex21.30
  • 10066-900523-0857
  • -Ex21.31
  • 10067-900523-0857
  • -Ex21.32
  • 10068-900523-0857
  • -Ex21.33
  • 10069-900523-0858
  • -Ex21.34
  • 10070-900523-0858
  • -Ex21.35
  • 10071-900523-0858
  • -Ex21.36
  • 10072-900523-0945
  • -Ex22.1
  • 01 Of Theft
  • 05 Of damage
  • 07 Of trespasses
  • 14 Of borrowing
  • 16 Of fornication
  • 18 Of witchcraft
  • 19 Of bestiality
  • 20 Of idolatry
  • 21 Of strangers, widows, and fatherless
  • 25 Of usury
  • 26 Of pledges
  • 28 Of reverence to magistrates
  • 29 Of the first fruits
  • 31 Of torn flesh
  • required in other things and also a disproportion between an ox
  • and a sheep. The reason of the former is, as Maimonides explains
  • it, because money, goods, etc., are better guarded in houses and
  • cities, than cattle in a field; which consequently can be more
  • easily stolen. The reason of the latter seems to be, as it is
  • explained by Bishop Patrick, that an ox was of greater value,
  • and more useful for the purposes of husbandry.
  • 10073-900523-0946
  • -Ex22.2
  • 10074-900523-0946
  • -Ex22.3
  • 10075-900523-0947
  • -Ex22.4
  • 10076-900523-0947
  • -Ex22.5
  • 10077-900523-0949
  • -Ex22.6
  • custom in the East to set the dry herbage on fire; which fires,
  • from want of care, often produce great damage. Hence a law to
  • guard against such evils was highly expedient. so that the
  • stacks of corn
  • 10078-900523-0949
  • -Ex22.7
  • 10079-900523-0950
  • -Ex22.8
  • 10080-900523-0951
  • -Ex22.9
  • 10081-900523-0951
  • -Ex22.10
  • 10082-900523-0952
  • -Ex22.11
  • 10083-900523-0952
  • -Ex22.12
  • 10084-900523-0953
  • -Ex22.13
  • evidence of the thing torn, such as the horns, hoofs, etc.
  • 10085-900523-0954
  • -Ex22.14
  • 10086-900523-0954
  • -Ex22.15
  • 10087-900523-0954
  • -Ex22.16
  • 10088-900523-0955
  • -Ex22.17
  • 10089-900523-0956
  • -Ex22.18
  • 10090-900523-0956
  • -Ex22.19
  • 10091-900523-0956
  • -Ex22.20
  • 10092-900523-0957
  • -Ex22.21
  • 10093-900523-0957
  • -Ex22.22
  • 10094-900523-0958
  • -Ex22.23
  • 10095-900523-0959
  • -Ex22.24
  • 10096-900523-1000
  • -Ex22.25
  • 10097-900523-1000
  • -Ex22.26
  • 10098-900523-1001
  • -Ex22.27
  • 10099-900523-1002
  • -Ex22.28
  • 10100-900523-1003
  • -Ex22.29
  • Heb. tear. the firstborn
  • 10101-900523-1003
  • -Ex22.30
  • 10102-900523-1004
  • -Ex22.31
  • 10103-900524-1000
  • -Ex23.1
  • 01 Of slander, false witness, and partiality
  • 04 Of charitableness
  • 06 Of justice in judgment
  • 08 Of taking bribes
  • 09 Of oppressing a stranger
  • 10 Of the year of rest
  • 12 Of the sabbath
  • 13 Of idolatry
  • 14 Of the three feasts
  • 18 Of the blood and the fat of the sacrifice
  • 20 An angel is promised, with a blessing, if they obey him
  • 10104-900524-1001
  • -Ex23.2
  • 10105-900524-1001
  • -Ex23.3
  • 10106-900524-1002
  • -Ex23.4
  • 10107-900524-1003
  • -Ex23.5
  • him? or, wouldest cease to leave they business for him; thou
  • shalt surely leave it to join with him
  • 10108-900524-1003
  • -Ex23.6
  • 10109-900524-1004
  • -Ex23.7
  • 10110-900524-1005
  • -Ex23.8
  • 10111-900524-1005
  • -Ex23.9
  • 10112-900524-1006
  • -Ex23.10
  • 10113-900524-1006
  • -Ex23.11
  • 10114-900524-1006
  • -Ex23.12
  • 10115-900524-1007
  • -Ex23.13
  • 10116-900524-1008
  • -Ex23.14
  • 10117-900524-1009
  • -Ex23.15
  • 10118-900524-1009
  • -Ex23.16
  • 10119-900524-1010
  • -Ex23.17
  • 10120-900524-1010
  • -Ex23.18
  • 12.8,15 34.25 le 2.11 7.12 de 16.4
  • 10121-900524-1013
  • -Ex23.19
  • seems to be that assigned by Dr. Cudworth, from a MS. comment of
  • a Karaite Jew. "It was a custom with the ancient heathens, when
  • they had gathered in all their fruits, to take a kid, and boil
  • it in the dam's milk; and then in a magical way, to go about and
  • sprinkle all their trees, and fields, and gardens, and orchards
  • with it, thinking by these means, that they should make them
  • fruitful, and bring forth more abundantly in the following year.
  • Wherefore, God forbad his people, the Jews, at the time of their
  • in-gathering, to use any such superstitious or idolatrous rite."
  • 10122-900524-1014
  • -Ex23.20
  • 10123-900524-1015
  • -Ex23.21
  • 10124-900524-1016
  • -Ex23.22
  • that afflict thee
  • 10125-900524-1017
  • -Ex23.23
  • add, "and the Girgashite;' thus making the seven nations.
  • 10126-900524-1018
  • -Ex23.24
  • 10127-900524-1019
  • -Ex23.25
  • 10128-900524-1020
  • -Ex23.26
  • 10129-900524-1021
  • -Ex23.27
  • 10130-900524-1022
  • -Ex23.28
  • to lay prostrate, strike down, because of the destruction
  • occasioned by the violence of its sting. The hornet, in natural
  • history, belongs to the species Crabro, of the genue Vespa or
  • Wasp. It is a most voracious insect, and exceedingly strong for
  • its size, which is generally an inch in length.
  • 10131-900524-1022
  • -Ex23.29
  • 10132-900524-1023
  • -Ex23.30
  • 10133-900524-1024
  • -Ex23.31
  • 10134-900524-1024
  • -Ex23.32
  • 10135-900524-1025
  • -Ex23.33
  • 10136-900524-1027
  • -Ex24.1
  • 01 Moses is called up into the mountain
  • 03 The people promise obedience
  • 04 Moses builds an altar, and twelve pillars.
  • 06 He sprinkles the blood of the covenant
  • 09 The glory of God appears
  • 14 Aaron and Hur have the charge of the people
  • 15 Moses goes into the mountain, where he continues forty days
  • and forty nights.
  • 10137-900524-1027
  • -Ex24.2
  • 10138-900524-1028
  • -Ex24.3
  • 10139-900524-1029
  • -Ex24.4
  • 10140-900524-1029
  • -Ex24.5
  • 10141-900524-1030
  • -Ex24.6
  • 10142-900524-1031
  • -Ex24.7
  • 10143-900524-1032
  • -Ex24.8
  • 10144-900524-1032
  • -Ex24.9
  • 10145-900524-1035
  • -Ex24.10
  • sapphire; which is a most beautiful precious stone of a fine
  • blue colour, second only to the diamond in lustre, hardness, and
  • value. The ancient oriental sapphire is supposed to have been
  • the same as the lapis lazuli. It glitters with golden spots; and
  • is of an azure or sky-blue colour, but rarely intermixed with
  • purple. The ruby and topaz are considered of the same genus.
  • 10146-900524-1036
  • -Ex24.11
  • 10147-900524-1037
  • -Ex24.12
  • 10148-900524-1038
  • -Ex24.13
  • 10149-900524-1038
  • -Ex24.14
  • 10150-900524-1039
  • -Ex24.15
  • 10151-900524-1039
  • -Ex24.16
  • 10152-900524-1040
  • -Ex24.17
  • 10153-900524-1041
  • -Ex24.18
  • 10154-900529-0548
  • -Ex25.1
  • 01 What the Isaelites were to offer for the formation of the
  • tabernacle
  • 10 The form of the ark
  • 17 The mercy seat, with the cherubims
  • 23 The table of shew bread, with the furniture thereof
  • 31 The golden candlestick, with the instruments thereof
  • 10155-900529-0549
  • -Ex25.2
  • 10156-900529-0550
  • -Ex25.3
  • metal, composed of copper, and the oxide or ore of zinc, called
  • lapis calaminaris.
  • 10157-900529-0551
  • -Ex25.4
  • sky-colour; fine linen, or silk
  • 10158-900529-0551
  • -Ex25.5
  • 10159-900529-0552
  • -Ex25.6
  • 10160-900529-0552
  • -Ex25.7
  • 10161-900529-0553
  • -Ex25.8
  • 10162-900529-0553
  • -Ex25.9
  • 10163-900529-0555
  • -Ex25.10
  • applied particularly to the chest or ark in which the testimony
  • or two tables of the covenant were laid up; on the top of which
  • was the propitiatory or mercy seat; and at the end of which were
  • the cherubim of gold; between whom the visible sign of the
  • presence of God appeared as seated upon his throne.
  • 10164-900529-0555
  • -Ex25.11
  • 10165-900529-0556
  • -Ex25.12
  • 10166-900529-0556
  • -Ex25.13
  • 10167-900529-0556
  • -Ex25.14
  • 10168-900529-0557
  • -Ex25.15
  • 10169-900529-0624
  • -Ex25.16
  • 10170-900529-0624
  • -Ex25.17
  • 10171-900529-0625
  • -Ex25.18
  • 10172-900529-0625
  • -Ex25.19
  • 10173-900529-0627
  • -Ex25.20
  • 10174-900529-0627
  • -Ex25.21
  • 10175-900529-0628
  • -Ex25.22
  • 10176-900529-0640
  • -Ex25.23
  • Jerome says that the shittim wood grown in the deserts of
  • Arabia, and is like white thorn, as to its colour and leaves;
  • but the tree is so large as to furnish very long planks. The
  • wood is hard, tough, and extremely beautiful. It is thought he
  • means the black acacia, because that is the most common tree in
  • the deserts of Arabia. It is of the size of a large mulberry
  • tree. The spreading branches and larger limbs are armed with
  • thorns, which grow three together. The bark is rough; and the
  • leaves are oblong, standing opposite each other. The flowers,
  • though sometimes white, are generally of a bright yellow; and
  • the fruit, which resembles a bean, is contained in pods like
  • those of the lupin. "The acacia being by much the largest and
  • most common tree in the deserts," says Dr. Shaw. We have some
  • reason to conjecture that the shittim wood was the wood of the
  • acacia, especially as its flowers are of an excellent smell; for
  • the shittah tree is, in Is. 41.19, joined with the myrtle and
  • other fragrant shrubs. It may be remarked, that of the two
  • Hebrew names, shittim is masculine, and shittah feminine. So Mr.
  • Bruce says, 'the male is called saiel; from its proceeds the
  • gula Arabic, on incision with an axe.'
  • 10177-900529-0641
  • -Ex25.24
  • 10178-900529-0641
  • -Ex25.25
  • 10179-900529-0642
  • -Ex25.26
  • 10180-900529-0642
  • -Ex25.27
  • 10181-900529-0642
  • -Ex25.28
  • 10182-900529-0643
  • -Ex25.29
  • 10183-900529-0644
  • -Ex25.30
  • 10184-900529-0645
  • -Ex25.31
  • 10185-900529-0645
  • -Ex25.32
  • 10186-900529-0646
  • -Ex25.33
  • 10187-900529-0646
  • -Ex25.34
  • 10188-900529-0646
  • -Ex25.35
  • 10189-900529-0647
  • -Ex25.36
  • 10190-900529-0648
  • -Ex25.37
  • 10191-900529-0648
  • -Ex25.38
  • 10192-900529-0649
  • -Ex25.39
  • 10193-900529-0649
  • -Ex25.40
  • the mount
  • 10194-900529-0656
  • -Ex26.1
  • 01 The ten curtains of the tabernacle
  • 07 The eleven curtains of goats' hair, and the covering of rams'
  • and badgers' skins.
  • 15 The boards of the tabernacle, with their sockets and bars
  • 31 The vail for the ark
  • 36 The hanging for the door
  • shachan, to dwell, means simply a dwelling-place, or habitation.
  • 'When God had brought the children of Israel out of Egypt,' says
  • the very learned Dr. Cudworth,' resolving to mainfest himself in
  • a peculiar manner present among them, he thought good to dwell
  • amongst them in a visible and external manner; and therefore,
  • while they were in the wilderness, and sojourned in tents, he
  • would have a tent or tabernacle built, to sojourn with them
  • also. Now, the tabernacle being thus a house for God to dwell in
  • visibly, to make up the notion of dwelling or habitation
  • complete, there must be all things suitable to a house belonging
  • to it. Hence, in the holy place, there must be a table and a
  • candlestick, because these were the ordinary furniture of a
  • room. The table must have its dishes, and spoons, and bowls, and
  • covers, belonging to it, though they were never used; and always
  • be furnished with bread upon it. The candlestick must have its
  • lamps continually burning.'
  • embroiderer
  • 10195-900529-0656
  • -Ex26.2
  • 10196-900529-0657
  • -Ex26.3
  • 10197-900529-0657
  • -Ex26.4
  • 10198-900529-0658
  • -Ex26.5
  • 10199-900529-0658
  • -Ex26.6
  • 10200-900529-0700
  • -Ex26.7
  • In different parts of Asia Minor, Syria, Cilicia, and Phrygia,
  • the goats have long, fine, and beautiful hair; in some cases,
  • almost as fine as silk, which is shorn at proper times, and
  • manufactured into garments.
  • 10201-900529-0702
  • -Ex26.8
  • 10202-900529-0703
  • -Ex26.9
  • 10203-900529-0703
  • -Ex26.10
  • 10204-900529-0703
  • -Ex26.11
  • 10205-900529-0703
  • -Ex26.12
  • 10206-900529-0704
  • -Ex26.13
  • 10207-900529-0708
  • -Ex26.14
  • skins of red rams. It is a fact, attested by many respectable
  • travellers, that in the Levant, sheep are often met with having
  • red or violet coloured fleeces. Almost all ancient writers speak
  • of the same thing.
  • versions have taken to be the name of a colour, though they
  • differ very much with regard to the particular colour intended:
  • the LXX, Vulgate, and Coptic, have skins dyed of a violet
  • colour; the Syriac, azure; and the Arabic, black; and Bochart
  • contends for the hysginus, a very deep blue. It may, however,
  • denote an animal; for Dr. Geddes remarks, had the sacred writer
  • meant to express only a variety of colour, he would hardly have
  • repeated oroth, skins, after meoddamim, red, in ch 25.5
  • 10208-900529-0708
  • -Ex26.15
  • 10209-900529-0709
  • -Ex26.16
  • 10210-900529-0709
  • -Ex26.17
  • 10211-900529-0710
  • -Ex26.18
  • 10212-900529-0710
  • -Ex26.19
  • 10213-900529-0710
  • -Ex26.20
  • 10214-900529-0711
  • -Ex26.21
  • 10215-900529-0711
  • -Ex26.22
  • 10216-900529-0711
  • -Ex26.23
  • 10217-900529-0712
  • -Ex26.24
  • above
  • 10218-900529-0712
  • -Ex26.25
  • 10219-900529-0712
  • -Ex26.26
  • 10220-900529-0713
  • -Ex26.27
  • 10221-900529-0713
  • -Ex26.28
  • 10222-900529-0713
  • -Ex26.29
  • 10223-900529-0714
  • -Ex26.30
  • 10224-900529-0717
  • -Ex26.31
  • purpura, or murex, a species of shell-fish; and supposed to be
  • the same with the costly and much celebrated Tyrian purple.
  • scarlet. Tolaath; property the worm whence the scarlet colour
  • was produced; which grew in a coccus, or excrescence, of a shrub
  • of the ilex kind, like the cochineal worm in the Opuntia of
  • America; which is arranged unde the same genus as the Arabic
  • Kermez, which also denotes this colour. cunning work.
  • 10225-900529-0721
  • -Ex26.32
  • translate their hooks, is rendered by the LXX, and by the
  • Vulgate. Hence Calmet contends That is Moses does not mean the
  • capitals of the pillars by this word, he mentions them nowhere
  • else; and it would seem strange, that while he describes them
  • with so much exactness, that he should not mention the capitals;
  • or that pillars every way so correctly formed, should have been
  • destitute of this necessary ornament. As Moses was commanded to
  • make the wavim of the pillars, and their fillets, of silver, and
  • the wavim of the pillars of the vail of gold and that 1775
  • skekels were employed in making them, overlaying their
  • chapiters, rasheyhem, their heads, and filleting them, it is
  • more reasonable to suppose that all this is spoken of the
  • capitals of pillars, than of any kind of hooks, especially as
  • hooks are mentioned under the word taches or clasps. But as the
  • root wavah seems to signify to connect, if it has not its name
  • from its hook-like form, is yet used as a connective particle,
  • it would rather appear to denote hooks, which connected the
  • curtains or vails to the pillars.
  • 10226-900529-0722
  • -Ex26.33
  • 10227-900529-0723
  • -Ex26.34
  • 10228-900529-0723
  • -Ex26.35
  • 10229-900529-0727
  • -Ex26.36
  • door or entrance to the tabernacle; the vail that separated the
  • Holy of Holies is called the second vail. He. 9.3. Mr. Morier,
  • describing the tent of a chief of the Eelauts, says, 'It was
  • composed of a wooden frame of circular laths, which were fixed
  • on the ground, and then covered over with large felts, that were
  • fastened down by a cord, ornamented by tassels of various
  • colours. A curtain, curiously worked by the women, with coarse
  • needle-work of various colours, was suspended over the door. In
  • the king of Persia's tents, magnificent perdahs, or handings of
  • needle-work, are suspended, as well as on the doors of the great
  • mosques in Turkey; and these circumstances combined, will,
  • perhaps, illustrate Ex 26.36.'
  • 10230-900529-0728
  • -Ex26.37
  • 10231-900529-0729
  • -Ex27.1
  • 01 The altar of burnt offering, with the vessels thereof
  • 09 The court of the tabernacle inclosed with hangings and
  • pillars
  • 18 The measure of the court, and the furniture of brass
  • 20 The oil for the lamp
  • 10232-900529-0731
  • -Ex27.2
  • have been designed not only for ornament, but to prevent the
  • sacrifices from falling off, and to tie the victim to, previous
  • to its being sacrificed.
  • 10233-900529-0739
  • -Ex27.3
  • 10234-900529-0740
  • -Ex27.4
  • 10235-900529-0741
  • -Ex27.5
  • 10236-900529-0742
  • -Ex27.6
  • 10237-900529-0742
  • -Ex27.7
  • 10238-900529-0746
  • -Ex27.8
  • 10239-900529-0749
  • -Ex27.9
  • 10240-900529-0750
  • -Ex27.10
  • 10241-900529-0751
  • -Ex27.11
  • 10242-900529-0751
  • -Ex27.12
  • 10243-900529-0751
  • -Ex27.13
  • 10244-900529-0752
  • -Ex27.14
  • 10245-900529-0753
  • -Ex27.15
  • 10246-900529-0754
  • -Ex27.16
  • 10247-900529-0754
  • -Ex27.17
  • 10248-900529-0755
  • -Ex27.18
  • 10249-900529-0757
  • -Ex27.19
  • 10250-900529-0800
  • -Ex27.20
  • expressed from the olives, after they had been bruised in a
  • mortar; and which is much purer than that obtained after the
  • olives are put under the press.
  • lamps burned all night; and that in the morning four were
  • extinguished, and three burned the whole of the day. Such might
  • have been the practice in his time; but it appears sufficiently
  • evident from ch. 30.8, and 1sa 3.3, that they were anciently
  • extinguished in the morning. to burn. Heb. to ascend up.
  • 10251-900529-0804
  • -Ex27.21
  • 10252-900529-0807
  • -Ex28.1
  • 01 Aaron and his sons are set apart for the priest's office
  • 02 Holy garments are appointed
  • 06 The ephod and girdle
  • 15 The breast-plate with twelve precious stones
  • 30 The Urim and Thummim
  • 31 The robe of the ephod, with pomegranates and bells
  • 36 The plate of the mitre
  • 39 The embroidered coat
  • 40 The garments for Aaron's sons
  • 10253-900529-0809
  • -Ex28.2
  • 10254-900529-0809
  • -Ex28.3
  • 10255-900529-0813
  • -Ex28.4
  • breast-plate of the high priest, in which were set twelve
  • precious stones, each being engraved with the name of one of the
  • sons of Jacob
  • sleeves
  • considered as an upper garment that goes up or over the rest, a
  • surtout
  • 10256-900529-0814
  • -Ex28.5
  • 10257-900529-0814
  • -Ex28.6
  • 10258-900529-0814
  • -Ex28.7
  • 10259-900529-0815
  • -Ex28.8
  • 10260-900529-0816
  • -Ex28.9
  • 10261-900529-0816
  • -Ex28.10
  • 10262-900529-0817
  • -Ex28.11
  • 10263-900529-0819
  • -Ex28.12
  • 10264-900529-0819
  • -Ex28.13
  • 10265-900529-0819
  • -Ex28.14
  • 10266-900529-0820
  • -Ex28.15
  • 10267-900529-0820
  • -Ex28.16
  • 10268-900529-0824
  • -Ex28.17
  • stone. the first row
  • ruddy, seems to denote the ruby; as adam does in Persian a
  • beautiful gem, of a fine deep red colour, with a mixture of
  • purple.
  • with which agrees Josephus. The topaz is a precious stone, of a
  • pale, dead green, with a mixture of yellow, sometimes of a fine
  • yellow; and hence called chrysolyte by the moderns, from its
  • gold colour
  • elegant gem, of a deep red colour, with a mixture of scarlet
  • 10269-900529-0825
  • -Ex28.18
  • smaragdus; one of the most beautiful of all the gems, and of a
  • bright green colour, without any mixture
  • 10270-900529-0856
  • -Ex28.19
  • 10271-900529-0856
  • -Ex28.20
  • 10272-900529-0857
  • -Ex28.21
  • 10273-900529-0857
  • -Ex28.22
  • 10274-900529-0858
  • -Ex28.23
  • 10275-900529-0858
  • -Ex28.24
  • 10276-900529-0858
  • -Ex28.25
  • 10277-900529-0859
  • -Ex28.26
  • 10278-900529-0859
  • -Ex28.27
  • 10279-900529-0859
  • -Ex28.28
  • 10280-900529-0900
  • -Ex28.29
  • 10281-900529-0904
  • -Ex28.30
  • and truth; and doctrine and truth. Among the various and
  • contradictory opinions respecting the form and substance of
  • these mysterious appendages, the most probable seems to be that
  • of Josephus, Philo, Bp. Patrick, Parkhurst, and the Jewish
  • writers generally; who state, that they were no other than the
  • twelve precious stones of the high priest's breastplate. In
  • support of this statement, it is observed, that in the
  • descritpion of the high priest's breastplate, Ex. 39.8 the Urim
  • and Thummim are not mentioned, but only the rows of stones; and
  • on the contrary , in Lev. 8.8 the Urim and Thummim are expressly
  • mentioned, but not a word is said of the four rows of stones. As
  • Moses has given such a particular description of everything
  • relative to the high priest's dress, these would certainly have
  • been described had they been different from what was previously
  • mentioned.
  • 10282-900529-0905
  • -Ex28.31
  • 10283-900529-0905
  • -Ex28.32
  • 10284-900529-0906
  • -Ex28.33
  • 10285-900529-0906
  • -Ex28.34
  • 10286-900529-0906
  • -Ex28.35
  • 10287-900529-0909
  • -Ex28.36
  • plate, properly signifies a flower. It is rendered by the LXX, a
  • leaf, and is called nezer, a crown in ch 29.6 and a diadem, by
  • the author of the book of Wisdom, ch 28.24. Josephus says that
  • it was adorned with three rows of the flower. It was two fingers
  • broad, of a circular form, suited to the shape of the head, and
  • so long that it reached from ear to ear, and was fastened upon a
  • blue lace or ribband, which was tied behind the head; and as the
  • plate reached only half round the head, the remaining part of
  • the ribband was highly ornamented with artifical flowers. grave
  • upon it.
  • 10288-900529-0910
  • -Ex28.37
  • 10289-900529-0911
  • -Ex28.38
  • 10290-900529-0912
  • -Ex28.39
  • 10291-900529-0912
  • -Ex28.40
  • 10292-900529-0913
  • -Ex28.41
  • 10293-900529-0914
  • -Ex28.42
  • 10294-900529-0915
  • -Ex28.43
  • 10295-900529-0917
  • -Ex29.1
  • 01 The sacrifice and ceremonies of consecrating the priests and
  • the altar
  • 38 The continual burnt offerings
  • 45 God's promise to dwell among the children of Israel
  • 10296-900529-0917
  • -Ex29.2
  • 10297-900529-0918
  • -Ex29.3
  • 10298-900529-0918
  • -Ex29.4
  • 10299-900529-0920
  • -Ex29.5
  • signifies a kind of diaper or embroidered work, of the same
  • texture as the ephod itself
  • 10300-900529-0925
  • -Ex29.6
  • head so universal in eastern countries, which we call turband,
  • which consists of a cap, and a sash of fine linen or silk wound
  • round its bottom.
  • 10301-900529-0925
  • -Ex29.7
  • 10302-900529-0925
  • -Ex29.8
  • 10303-900529-0926
  • -Ex29.9
  • 10304-900529-0926
  • -Ex29.10
  • 10305-900529-0927
  • -Ex29.11
  • 10306-900529-0927
  • -Ex29.12
  • 10307-900529-0928
  • -Ex29.13
  • be the midriff.
  • 10308-900529-0929
  • -Ex29.14
  • 10309-900529-0929
  • -Ex29.15
  • 10310-900529-0930
  • -Ex29.16
  • 10311-900529-0930
  • -Ex29.17
  • 10312-900529-0931
  • -Ex29.18
  • 10313-900529-0931
  • -Ex29.19
  • 10314-900529-0944
  • -Ex29.20
  • signify, that the priest should dedicate all his faculties and
  • powers to the service of God; his ear to the hearing and study
  • of the law; his hands to diligence in the sacred ministry, and
  • to all acts of obedience; and his feet to walking in the way of
  • God's precepts; for the ear is the symbol of obedience, the hand
  • of action, and the foot of the path or conduct in life. And the
  • sprinkling might further teach him, that he could neither hear,
  • work, nor walk profitably, uprightly, and well pleasingly in the
  • sight of God, without the application of the blood of the
  • sacrifice.
  • 10315-900529-0944
  • -Ex29.21
  • 10316-900529-0948
  • -Ex29.22
  • sheep. 'This tail,' says Dr. Russell, 'is very broad and large,
  • terminating in a small appendix that turns back upon it. It is
  • of a substance between fat and marrow, and is not eaten
  • separately, but mixed with lean meat in many of their dishes,
  • and also often used instead of butter. A common sheep of this
  • sort, without the head, feet, skin, and entrails, weighs about
  • twelve or fourteen Aleppo rotoloes, (a rotoloe is five pounds,)
  • of which the tail is usually three rotoloes or upwards; but such
  • as are of the largest breed, and have been fattened, will
  • sometimes weigh about thirty rotoloes, and the tails of these
  • ten.'
  • 10317-900529-0948
  • -Ex29.23
  • 10318-900529-0949
  • -Ex29.24
  • 10319-900529-0949
  • -Ex29.25
  • 10320-900529-0950
  • -Ex29.26
  • 10321-900529-0953
  • -Ex29.27
  • thus distinguished by the Jewish writers; the former, called
  • tenoophah, from nooph, to move, toss, was waved horizontally
  • towards the four cardinal points, to signify that He to whom it
  • was consecrated was the Lord of the whole earth; the latter,
  • called teroomah, from room, to be elavated, was lifted
  • perpendicularly upward and downward, in token of its being
  • devoted to the God of heaven. the ram of the consecreation. Ail
  • milluim, literally, 'the ram of filling;' so called, according
  • to some, because at the consecration of the priests, certain
  • pieces of the sacrifice were put into their hands; on which
  • account their consecration itself is called 'filling their
  • hands.' Rabbi Solomon gives a different reason for the ram being
  • so called, from malai, to be full, complete; because the
  • sacrifice completed the consecration, and thereupon the priests
  • were fully invested in their office.
  • 10322-900529-0954
  • -Ex29.28
  • 10323-900529-0955
  • -Ex29.29
  • 10324-900529-0955
  • -Ex29.30
  • 10325-900529-0956
  • -Ex29.31
  • 10326-900529-0957
  • -Ex29.32
  • 10327-900529-0958
  • -Ex29.33
  • 10328-900529-0958
  • -Ex29.34
  • 10329-900529-0959
  • -Ex29.35
  • 10330-900529-1000
  • -Ex29.36
  • 10331-900529-1000
  • -Ex29.37
  • 10332-900529-1001
  • -Ex29.38
  • 10333-900529-1002
  • -Ex29.39
  • 10334-900529-1004
  • -Ex29.40
  • or portion taken from the whole, from daelan, to divide. From
  • Nu. 28.5, we learn, that this tenth deal was the tenth part of
  • an ephah, which constituted an omer, about three quarts English.
  • hin
  • 10335-900529-1005
  • -Ex29.41
  • 10336-900529-1005
  • -Ex29.42
  • 10337-900529-1006
  • -Ex29.43
  • 10338-900529-1007
  • -Ex29.44
  • 10339-900529-1007
  • -Ex29.45
  • 10340-900529-1008
  • -Ex29.46
  • 10341-900529-1022
  • -Ex30.1
  • 01 The altar of incense
  • 11 The ransom of souls
  • 17 The brazen laver
  • 22 The holy anointing oil
  • 34 The composition of the incense
  • after ver. 32 of chap. 26. An altar
  • essentially necessary to have some pleasing perfume to
  • counteract the disagreeable smells that must have arisen from
  • the slaughter of so many animals, the burning of so much flesh,
  • the sprinkling of the blood. No blood was ever sprinkled on this
  • altar, except once a year, on the grand day of expiation. It was
  • called also the golden altar (Nu. 4.11); and the incense was as
  • constantly burnt on it every day, as the morning and evening
  • sacrifice of a lamb was burnt on the brazen altar.
  • 10342-900529-1022
  • -Ex30.2
  • 10343-900529-1023
  • -Ex30.3
  • 10344-900529-1023
  • -Ex30.4
  • 10345-900529-1024
  • -Ex30.5
  • 10346-900529-1027
  • -Ex30.6
  • are thought to be a repetition of the preceding clause, before
  • the vail that is by the ark of the testimony. The repetition, as
  • Dr. Kennicott observes, places the altar of incense before the
  • mercy seat, and consequently in the Holy of Holies! Now this
  • could not be, as the altar of incense was attended every day,
  • and the Holy of Holies entered only once in the year. The five
  • words which appear to be a repetition are wanting in twenty-six
  • of Kennicott's and Rossi's MSS and in the Samaritan Text.
  • 10347-900529-1028
  • -Ex30.7
  • 10348-900529-1028
  • -Ex30.8
  • between the two evens
  • 10349-900529-1029
  • -Ex30.9
  • 10350-900529-1029
  • -Ex30.10
  • 10351-900529-1029
  • -Ex30.11
  • 10352-900529-1031
  • -Ex30.12
  • 10353-900529-1034
  • -Ex30.13
  • 10354-900529-1034
  • -Ex30.14
  • 10355-900529-1035
  • -Ex30.15
  • atonement
  • 10356-900529-1035
  • -Ex30.16
  • 10357-900529-1035
  • -Ex30.17
  • 10358-900529-1036
  • -Ex30.18
  • 10359-900529-1037
  • -Ex30.19
  • 10360-900529-1037
  • -Ex30.20
  • 10361-900529-1037
  • -Ex30.21
  • 10362-900529-1038
  • -Ex30.22
  • 10363-900529-1042
  • -Ex30.23
  • larger branches of a thorny tree resembling the acacia, growing
  • in Arabia, Egypt, and Abyssinia. Its taste is extremely bitter;
  • but its smell, though strong, is agreeable; and it entered into
  • the composition of the most costly ointments among the ancients.
  • The epithet deror, rendered pure, properly denotes fluid, from
  • the Arabic darra, to flow; by which is meant the finest and most
  • excellent kind, called stacte, which isues of itself from the
  • bark without incision. Cinamon. Kinnamon bosem, odoriferous or
  • spicy cinnamon, is the bark of the canella, a small tree of the
  • size of a willow growing in the island of Ceylon. sweet calamus.
  • Kenaih bosem, calamus aromaticus, or odoriferous cane, is a reed
  • growing in Egypt, Syria, and India, about two feet in height,
  • bearing from the root a knotted stalk, quite round, containing
  • in its cavity a soft white pith. It is said to scent the air
  • while growing; and when cut down, dried, and powdered, makes an
  • ingredient in the richest perfumes.
  • 10364-900529-1043
  • -Ex30.24
  • 10365-900530-0904
  • -Ex30.25
  • 10366-900530-0904
  • -Ex30.26
  • 10367-900530-0904
  • -Ex30.27
  • 10368-900530-0905
  • -Ex30.28
  • 10369-900530-0905
  • -Ex30.29
  • 10370-900530-0906
  • -Ex30.30
  • 10371-900530-0906
  • -Ex30.31
  • 10372-900530-0907
  • -Ex30.32
  • 10373-900530-0907
  • -Ex30.33
  • 10374-900530-0912
  • -Ex30.34
  • was afterwards called the balm of Jericho, or Gilead. onycha.
  • The word shechaileth is generally allowed to denote onycha,
  • (nail-fish, from its form,) as it is rendered by the LXX. and
  • Vulgate. It is the shell of the purpura, and of the whole class
  • of murex; and serves as the basis of the principal perfumes in
  • India. Galbanum. Chelbenah, (probably from Chalay, milk or gum,
  • and lavan, white,) is the gummy, resinous juice of an
  • umbelliferous plant, the bubon gumniferum of Linnaeu, growing in
  • Syria, Persia, and Africa. It rises with a ligneous stalk from
  • eight to ten feet, and is garnished with leaves at every joint.
  • The top of the stalk is terminated by an umbel of yellow flowers
  • which are succeeded by oblong channelled seeds, which have a
  • thin membrane or wing on their border. When any part of the
  • plant is broken, there issues out a little thin juice, of a
  • cream colour, of a fat tough substance, like gum ammoniac,
  • composed of many small, shining grains, of a strong, piercing
  • smell and a sharp, warm taste. frankincense
  • 10375-900530-0913
  • -Ex30.35
  • 10376-900530-0913
  • -Ex30.36
  • 10377-900530-0914
  • -Ex30.37
  • 10378-900530-0914
  • -Ex30.38
  • 10379-900530-0915
  • -Ex31.1
  • 01 Bezaleel and Aholiah are appointed and qualified for the work
  • of the tabernacle
  • 12 The observation of the sabbath is again commanded
  • 18 Moses receives the two tables
  • 10380-900530-0915
  • -Ex31.2
  • 10381-900530-0918
  • -Ex31.3
  • which is a usual Hebraism, signifying 'an excellent spirit;' or,
  • as we should now say, 'a distinguished genius for the work he
  • had to perform.' No man, by course of reading or study, ever
  • acquired a genius of any kind: we call it natural, and say it
  • was born with the man; Moses teaches us to consider it divine.
  • The prophet Isaish, (ch. 28.24-29,) pointedly refers to this
  • sort of teaching as coming from God, even in the most common and
  • less difficult arts of life. Dark as the heathens were, yet they
  • acknowledged that all talents and the seeds of all arts came
  • from God.
  • 10382-900530-0918
  • -Ex31.4
  • 10383-900530-0919
  • -Ex31.5
  • 10384-900530-0920
  • -Ex31.6
  • 10385-900530-0921
  • -Ex31.7
  • 10386-900530-0922
  • -Ex31.8
  • 10387-900530-0922
  • -Ex31.9
  • 10388-900530-0923
  • -Ex31.10
  • 10389-900530-0923
  • -Ex31.11
  • 10390-900530-0924
  • -Ex31.12
  • 10391-900530-0924
  • -Ex31.13
  • 10392-900530-0925
  • -Ex31.14
  • 10393-900530-0926
  • -Ex31.15
  • 10394-900530-0927
  • -Ex31.16
  • 10395-900530-0928
  • -Ex31.17
  • applies to himself here what belongs to man; though it may refer
  • to the delight and satisfaction with which he contemplated the
  • completion of all his works and pronounced them very good
  • 10396-900530-0929
  • -Ex31.18
  • 10397-900530-0934
  • -Ex32.1
  • 01 The people in the absence of Moses, caused Aaron to make a
  • calf
  • 07 God informs Moses, who intercedes for Israel, and prevails
  • 15 Moses comes down with the tables
  • 19 He breaks them
  • 20 He destroys the calf
  • 22 Aaron's excuse for himself
  • 25 Moses causes the idolaters to be slain
  • 30 He prays for the people
  • 10398-900530-0935
  • -Ex32.2
  • 10399-900530-0935
  • -Ex32.3
  • 10400-900530-0936
  • -Ex32.4
  • 10401-900530-0937
  • -Ex32.5
  • 10402-900530-0938
  • -Ex32.6
  • manner of the Egyptians
  • 10403-900530-0939
  • -Ex32.7
  • 10404-900530-0939
  • -Ex32.8
  • 10405-900530-0940
  • -Ex32.9
  • 10406-900530-0941
  • -Ex32.10
  • 10407-900530-0942
  • -Ex32.11
  • 10408-900530-0943
  • -Ex32.12
  • 10409-900530-0944
  • -Ex32.13
  • 10410-900530-0944
  • -Ex32.14
  • 10411-900530-0945
  • -Ex32.15
  • 10412-900530-0945
  • -Ex32.16
  • 10413-900530-0947
  • -Ex32.17
  • place where Moses had left him--below the summit of the mount,
  • at a distance from the people, and out of the way of
  • temptation. Joshua
  • 10414-900530-0947
  • -Ex32.18
  • 10415-900530-0948
  • -Ex32.19
  • 10416-900530-0951
  • -Ex32.20
  • idolatry appear, when they were obliged to drink their god,
  • reduced to powder, and strewed on the water! Some have asked,
  • how gold, the most ductile and ponderous of all metals, could
  • have been stamped into dust, and strewed on the water. In De.
  • 9.21, this is fully explained. I took, says Moses, your sin, the
  • calf which ye had made, and burnt it with fire; that is, melted
  • it down, probably into ingots or gross plates, and stamped it,
  • beat it into thin laminae, something like our gold leaf, and
  • ground it very small, even until it was as small as dust, which
  • might be very easily done by the action of the hands, when beat
  • into thin plates or leaves as the original words ekkoth, and
  • dak, imply.
  • 10417-900530-0952
  • -Ex32.21
  • 10418-900530-0952
  • -Ex32.22
  • 10419-900530-0953
  • -Ex32.23
  • 10420-900530-0953
  • -Ex32.24
  • 10421-900530-0954
  • -Ex32.25
  • and defenceless, or ashamed from the consciousness of guilt
  • 10422-900530-0955
  • -Ex32.26
  • 10423-900530-0955
  • -Ex32.27
  • 10424-900530-0956
  • -Ex32.28
  • 10425-900530-0957
  • -Ex32.29
  • Consecrate yourselves today to the Lord; because every man hath
  • been against his son and against his brother. Moses
  • 10426-900530-0958
  • -Ex32.30
  • 10427-900530-0959
  • -Ex32.31
  • 10428-900530-1001
  • -Ex32.32
  • which those born of a particular tribe were entered in the list
  • of their respective families under that tribe. This was the book
  • of life; and when any died, his name might be considered as
  • blotted out of this list. But as Moses addressed the Lord, he
  • undoubtedly referred, by faith, to the book of God's
  • remembrance.
  • 10429-900530-1001
  • -Ex32.33
  • 10430-900530-1002
  • -Ex32.34
  • 10431-900530-1002
  • -Ex32.35
  • 10432-900531-0956
  • -Ex33.1
  • 01 The Lord refuses to go as he had promised with the people
  • 04 The people mourn therat
  • 07 The tabernacle is removed out of the camp
  • 09 The Lord talks familiarly with Moses
  • 12 Moses prevails with God, and desires to see his glory
  • 10433-900531-0957
  • -Ex33.2
  • 10434-900531-0958
  • -Ex33.3
  • 10435-900531-0959
  • -Ex33.4
  • 10436-900531-1000
  • -Ex33.5
  • 10437-900531-1000
  • -Ex33.6
  • 10438-900531-1002
  • -Ex33.7
  • which was before in the midst of the camp, and to which the
  • people came for judgment; and where, no doubt, God frequently
  • met his servant. This situation, as well as the superior
  • elegance, of a chief's tent, was one mode by which he was
  • honoured. afar off.
  • 10439-900531-1003
  • -Ex33.8
  • 10440-900531-1003
  • -Ex33.9
  • 10441-900531-1004
  • -Ex33.10
  • 10442-900531-1004
  • -Ex33.11
  • 10443-900531-1005
  • -Ex33.12
  • 10444-900531-1006
  • -Ex33.13
  • 10445-900531-1006
  • -Ex33.14
  • 10446-900531-1007
  • -Ex33.15
  • 10447-900531-1007
  • -Ex33.16
  • 10448-900531-1008
  • -Ex33.17
  • 10449-900531-1009
  • -Ex33.18
  • 10450-900531-1017
  • -Ex33.19
  • 10451-900531-1020
  • -Ex33.20
  • Sepher Cosri, 'Of that divine glory mentioned in the scripture,
  • there is one degree which the eyes of the prophets were able to
  • explore; another which all the Israelites saw, as the cloud and
  • consuming fire; the third is so bright, and so dazzling, that no
  • mortal is able to comprehend it; but should anyone venture to
  • look on it, his whole frame would be dissolved.' In such
  • inconceivable splendour is the Divine Majesty revealed to the
  • inhabitants of the celestial world, where he is said to 'dwell
  • in the light which no man can approach unto.' By the 'face of
  • God,' therefore, we are to understand that light inaccessible
  • before which angels may stand, but which would be so
  • insufferable to mortal eyes, that no man could see it and live.
  • 10452-900531-1021
  • -Ex33.21
  • 10453-900531-1022
  • -Ex33.22
  • was sheltered, was doubtless an emblem of Christ; in whose
  • person, character, and salvation alone, sinners may by faith see
  • the glory of God, and live; for there it appears in softened
  • splendour; as the sun, when his brightness is diminished by a
  • mist, is beheld more distinctly by the human eye.-
  • -Scott
  • 10454-900531-1023
  • -Ex33.23
  • 10455-900531-1025
  • -Ex34.1
  • 01 The tables are renewed
  • 05 The name of the Lord proclaimed
  • 08 Moses intreats God to go with them
  • 10 God makes a covenant with them, repeating certain duties of
  • the first table
  • 28 Moses after forty days in the mount, comes down with the
  • tables
  • 29 His face shines, and he covers it with a vail
  • 10456-900531-1025
  • -Ex34.2
  • 10457-900531-1025
  • -Ex34.3
  • 10458-900531-1026
  • -Ex34.4
  • 10459-900531-1026
  • -Ex34.5
  • 10460-900531-1028
  • -Ex34.6
  • 10461-900531-1031
  • -Ex34.7
  • rendered 'Acquitting him who is not innocent.' Nothing can more
  • strongly express the goodness of God to frail mortals than this
  • declaration, 'which has been misunderstood and misinterpreted by
  • all our translators.'
  • 10462-900531-1032
  • -Ex34.8
  • 10463-900531-1033
  • -Ex34.9
  • 10464-900531-1034
  • -Ex34.10
  • 10465-900531-1034
  • -Ex34.11
  • 10466-900531-1035
  • -Ex34.12
  • 10467-900531-1035
  • -Ex34.13
  • 10468-900531-1036
  • -Ex34.14
  • 10469-900531-1037
  • -Ex34.15
  • 10470-900531-1038
  • -Ex34.16
  • 10471-900531-1038
  • -Ex34.17
  • 10472-900531-1039
  • -Ex34.18
  • 10473-900531-1039
  • -Ex34.19
  • 10474-900531-1040
  • -Ex34.20
  • 10475-900531-1041
  • -Ex34.21
  • 10476-900531-1041
  • -Ex34.22
  • 10477-900531-1042
  • -Ex34.23
  • 10478-900531-1043
  • -Ex34.24
  • 10479-900531-1043
  • -Ex34.25
  • 10480-900531-1044
  • -Ex34.26
  • 10481-900531-1044
  • -Ex34.27
  • 10482-900531-1047
  • -Ex34.28
  • 10483-900531-1050
  • -Ex34.29
  • out, or dart forth, as horns on the head of an animal, or rays
  • of light reflected from a polished surface, we may suppose that
  • the heavenly glory which filled the soul of this holy man,
  • darted out from his face in coruscations, in the manner in which
  • light is generally represented. The Vulgate renders it, 'and he
  • did not know that his face was horned;' which version,
  • misunderstood, has induced painters to represent Moses with two
  • very large horns, one proceeding from each temple!
  • 10484-900531-1050
  • -Ex34.30
  • 10485-900531-1052
  • -Ex34.31
  • 10486-900531-1052
  • -Ex34.32
  • 10487-900531-1053
  • -Ex34.33
  • 10488-900531-1053
  • -Ex34.34
  • 10489-900531-1054
  • -Ex34.35
  • 10490-900531-1055
  • -Ex35.1
  • 01 The sabbath
  • 04 The free gifts for the tabernacle
  • 20 The readiness of the people to offer
  • 30 Bezaleel and Aholiab are called to the work
  • 10491-900531-1056
  • -Ex35.2
  • 10492-900531-1057
  • -Ex35.3
  • 10493-900531-1057
  • -Ex35.4
  • 10494-900531-1058
  • -Ex35.5
  • 10495-900531-1058
  • -Ex35.6
  • 10496-900531-1059
  • -Ex35.7
  • 10497-900531-1059
  • -Ex35.8
  • 10498-900531-1059
  • -Ex35.9
  • 10499-900531-1100
  • -Ex35.10
  • 10500-900531-1101
  • -Ex35.11
  • curved form; hooks, clasps, or anything used for the purpose of
  • fastening; the word taches is formed by aphaeresis from the
  • French attacher, to fasten. They were equivalent, perhaps, to
  • our hooks-and-eyes.
  • 10501-900531-1102
  • -Ex35.12
  • 10502-900531-1102
  • -Ex35.13
  • 10503-900531-1103
  • -Ex35.14
  • gold, and is described as having one shaft, with six branches
  • proceeding from it, adorned at equal distances with six flowers,
  • like lilies, with as many bowls and knops placed alternatley.
  • 10504-900531-1104
  • -Ex35.15
  • 10505-900531-1104
  • -Ex35.16
  • 10506-900531-1105
  • -Ex35.17
  • 10507-900531-1108
  • -Ex35.18
  • mentioned. Josephus says, that to every board of the tabernacle,
  • and to every pillar of the hangings of the court, there were
  • ropes or cords, fastened at the top of the board or pillar, and
  • that the other end of the rope was fastened to a nail or pin,
  • which, at a good distance off, was driven into the ground up to
  • the head, a cubit deep. This was to keep the tabernacle from
  • being blown down by the wind. Dr. Shaw, describing the tents of
  • the Bedouins, says, 'These tents are kept firm and steady by
  • bracing or stretching down their eaves with cords tied to wooden
  • hooked pins, well pointed, which they drive into the ground with
  • a mallet; one of these pins answering to the nail, as the mallet
  • does to the hammer, which Jael used in fastening to the ground
  • the temples of Sisera.'
  • 10508-900531-1109
  • -Ex35.19
  • 10509-900531-1109
  • -Ex35.20
  • 10510-900531-1110
  • -Ex35.21
  • 10511-900531-1112
  • -Ex35.22
  • together; fibula, as Montanus renders; or bracelets, which are
  • hooked or clasped together; so Vulgate, armillas.
  • or zone. every man
  • 10512-900531-1112
  • -Ex35.23
  • 10513-900531-1112
  • -Ex35.24
  • 10514-900531-1113
  • -Ex35.25
  • 10515-900531-1113
  • -Ex35.26
  • 10516-900531-1114
  • -Ex35.27
  • 10517-900531-1115
  • -Ex35.28
  • 10518-900531-1115
  • -Ex35.29
  • 10519-900531-1116
  • -Ex35.30
  • 10520-900531-1127
  • -Ex35.31
  • prudent,) wisdom, denoting the compass of mind and strength of
  • capacity necessary to form a wise man; hence our word wisdom is
  • the power of judging what is wise, or best to be done; from the
  • Saxon wisedom, the doom or judgment of the well taught, wise, or
  • prudent man, from wisan, to teach, advise, and deman, to judge.
  • understanding. Tevoonah, (from boon, to separate, distinguish,
  • discern,) understanding, discernment, capacity to comprehend the
  • different parts of a work, how to connect, arrange, etc., in
  • order to make a complete whole. knowledge. Daath, (from yada, to
  • know, be acquainted with,) knowledge, or a particular
  • acquaintance with a person or thing. practical, experimental
  • knowledge.
  • 10521-900531-1128
  • -Ex35.32
  • 10522-900531-1128
  • -Ex35.33
  • 10523-900531-1128
  • -Ex35.34
  • 10524-900531-1129
  • -Ex35.35
  • 10525-900531-1131
  • -Ex36.1
  • 01 The offerings are delivered to the workmen
  • 04 The liberality of the people is restrained
  • 08 The curtains with cherubims
  • 14 The curtains of goats' hair
  • 19 The covering of skins
  • 20 The boards with their sockets
  • 31 The bars
  • 35 The vail
  • 37 The hanging for the door
  • 10526-900601-0953
  • -Ex36.2
  • 10527-900601-0954
  • -Ex36.3
  • 10528-900601-0954
  • -Ex36.4
  • 10529-900601-0955
  • -Ex36.5
  • 10530-900601-0955
  • -Ex36.6
  • diligently employed in every good work.
  • 10531-900601-0956
  • -Ex36.7
  • 10532-900601-1001
  • -Ex36.8
  • we cannot determine. Some, observing that the verb kerav in
  • Syriac, sometimes means to resemble, make like, conceive the
  • noun keroov signifies no more than an image, figure, or
  • representation of anything. Josephus says they were flying
  • animals, like none of those which are seen by man, but such as
  • Moses saw about the throne of God. In another place he says, 'As
  • for the cherubim, nobody can tell or conceive what they were
  • like.' These symbolical figures, according to the description of
  • them by Ezekiel, (ch. 1.10 10.14,) were creatures with four
  • heads and one body; and the animals of which these forms
  • consisted were the noblest of their kind; the lion among the
  • wild beasts; the bull among the tame ones; the eagle among the
  • birds, and man at the head of all. Hence some have conceived
  • them to be somewhat of the shape of flying oxen; and it is
  • alleged in favour of this opinion, that the far more common
  • meaning of the verb kerav, in Chaldee, Syriac, and Arabic, being
  • to plough, the natural meaning of keroov, is a creature used in
  • ploughing. This seems to have been the ancient opinion which
  • tradition had handed down, concerning the shape of the cherubim
  • with the flaming sword, that guarded the tree of life.
  • 10533-900601-1001
  • -Ex36.9
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  • -Ex36.19
  • tabernacle. The first and lowermost was made of fine linen,
  • richly embroidered with figures of cherubim, in shades of blue,
  • purple, and scarlet. It is reasonable to suppose, that the right
  • side of this curtain was undermost, and so it formed a beautiful
  • ceiling in the inside of the tabernacle. The second covering,
  • which lay over the embroidered one, was made of a sort of
  • mohair, and the fourth, or uppermost one, which was to keep the
  • others from the weather was made of tachash, or badgers' skins.
  • 10544-900601-1007
  • -Ex36.20
  • 10545-900601-1011
  • -Ex36.21
  • twenty-two inches, was about eighteen feet long, and two feet
  • nine inches broad. As these boards are said to be standing up
  • their length was consequently the height of the tabernacle; and
  • as the two sides were composed of twenty of these, standing up,
  • and the west end of six with two boards to project at the
  • corners, the tabernacle must therefore, have been thirty cubits,
  • or fifty-five feet long, and about ten cubits, or eighteen feet
  • broad. These boards were fastened at the bottom by two tenons in
  • each board, which fitted into two morticles in the foundation,
  • at the top by links or hasps, and on the sides by five wooden
  • bars, which ran through rings or staples in each of the boards.
  • The boards and bars were all overlaid with gold; and their rings
  • for the staves, and their hasps at top, were of the same metal.
  • The foundation on which they stood consisted of about ninety-six
  • solid blocks of silver, two under each board, about eighteen
  • inches long, and of a suitable thickness; and each weighing a
  • talent, or about a hundred weight. Four blocks of silver formed
  • the bases of the columns which supported the curtain that
  • divided the inside of the tabernacle into two rooms.
  • 10546-900601-1011
  • -Ex36.22
  • 10547-900601-1012
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  • -Ex36.30
  • under one board
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  • -Ex36.35
  • make a distinction between somewhat, the inner vail, which
  • divided the tabernacle into two, and separated, and made a
  • distinction between the Holy place and the Holy of Holies. This
  • vail was made of the same rich materials as the inner covering
  • of the tabernacle, and curiously embroidered with cherubim and
  • other ornaments. Though it does not appear from Scripture at
  • what distance from either end of the tabernacle this vail was
  • hung, yet is is reasonably conjectured, that it divided it in
  • the same proportion in which the temple, built after this
  • model, was divided; that is, two-thirds of the whole length were
  • alloted to the first room, and one-third to the second; so that
  • the room beyond the vail, the Holy of Holies, was exactly
  • square, being ten cubits each way, and the first room, the
  • sanctuary, was twice as long as it was board.
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  • -Ex36.37
  • same materials and of the same workmanship as the inner vail and
  • inner covering of the tabernacle. The text does not say how low
  • it hung. Philo makes it touch the ground; but Josephus will have
  • it to come down but half way, so that the people might have a
  • view of the inside of the tabernacle; but then he says there was
  • another curtain over that, which came to the ground, to keep it
  • from the weather, and was drawn aside on the sabbath and other
  • festivals.
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  • -Ex36.38
  • 10563-900605-1031
  • -Ex37.1
  • 01 The ark and mercy seat with cherubims made
  • 10 The table of shew-bread with its vessels
  • 17 The candlestick with its lamps and instruments
  • 25 The altar of incense
  • 29 The anointing oil and sweet incense
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  • -Ex37.2
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  • -Ex37.10
  • put within the most holy place; but without the vail this 'table
  • of shittim wood' was fixed, of the same height as the ark, but
  • neither so long nor so broad. It was made of the same materials
  • as the ark, and with a golden cornice; but it had also another
  • cornice below the edge, and one at the bottom, with a border
  • between the two of a hand breadth; though some think one border
  • only was below the edge, and that this was towards the bottom,
  • to keep the feet or legs more closely united. The table also had
  • rings and staves for the convenience of removing it. To it were
  • annexed several vessels; as dishes, in which some think the
  • shewbread was placed; or according to others, the flour of which
  • it was made, or the oil used for various purposes; spoons, which
  • were employed about the incense offered on the golden altar, or
  • carried within the vail in a censer on the day of atonement.
  • Some have supposed the word to denote vials, as we read of vials
  • full of odours and incense; covers, which seem to have been put
  • over both the loaves and the incense, yet some suppose they were
  • vessels used in drink-offerings; but that is more reasonably
  • considered as the use of the bowls.
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  • -Ex37.11
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  • -Ex38.1
  • 01 The altar of burnt offering
  • 08 The laver of brass
  • 09 The court, and its hangings
  • 21 The sum of what the people offered, and the use to which it
  • was applied
  • (acacia) wood, covered with brass, and hollow in the middle; but
  • it is supposed to have been filled up with earth when used, for
  • it is expressly said that the altar is to be of earth. As it was
  • five cubits long and five cubits broad, and three cubits high,
  • if the cubit be reckoned at 21 inches, it must have been eight
  • feet nine inches square, and about five feet three inches in
  • height.
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  • -Ex38.2
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  • -Ex38.8
  • raah, to see, denotes reflectors, or mirrors, of any kind. That
  • these could not have been looking glasses, as in our
  • translation, is sufficiently evident, not only from the glass
  • not being then in use, but also from the impossibility of making
  • the brazen laver of such materials. The first mirrors known
  • among men, were the clear fountain and unruffled lake. The first
  • artificial ones were made of polished brass, afterwards of
  • steel, and when luxury increased, of silver; but at a very early
  • period, they were made of a mixed metal, particularly of tin and
  • copper, the best of which as Pliny informs us, were formerly
  • manufactured at Brundusium. When the Egyptians went to their
  • temples, according to St. Cyril, they always carried their
  • mirrors with them. The Israelitish women probably did the same;
  • and Dr. Shaw says, that looking-glasses are still part of the
  • dress of Moorish women, who carry them constantly hung at their
  • breasts. Assembling. Heb. assembling by troops. It is supposed
  • that these women kept watch during the night. Among the
  • ancients, women were generally employed as door-keepers.
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  • -Ex38.9
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  • -Ex38.21
  • senses, and signifies, a tent or pavilion.
  • of the men, the palace of the Most High, the dwelling of the
  • God of Israel
  • type, wherein God dwells really, substantially, and personally
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  • -Ex38.22
  • their divine appointment; yet they had an express nomination to
  • their work; they were also miraculously qualified to instruct
  • their assistants, as well as to superintend them. Christ alone
  • builds the Temple of the Lord, and bears the glory; but
  • ministers and private Christians, under his direction and by his
  • grace, may be fellow-workers together with him. They who, in
  • mean employments, are diligent and humbly contented, are equally
  • acceptable with those who are engaged in more splendid services.
  • The women who spun the goats' hair were wise-hearted, as well as
  • the persons who presided over the work of the tabernacle, or as
  • Aaron, who burnt incense there, because they did it heartily
  • unto the Lord. Our wisdom and duty consist in giving God the
  • glory and use of our talents, be they more or less; neither
  • abusing nor burying them, but occupying with them until our Lord
  • shall come; being satisfied that it is better to be a
  • door-keeper in his service, than the most mighty and renowned of
  • the ungodly.-
  • -Scott
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  • -Ex38.24
  • Prideaux, the value of the twenty-nine talents, and 730 shekels
  • of gold, will be 198,347l. 12s. 6d. The value of the silver
  • contributed by 603,550 Israelites, at half a shekel, or 1s.6d.
  • per man, will amount of 45,266l.5s. The value of the 70 talents,
  • 2400 shekels of brass, will be 513l.17s. The gold weighed 4245
  • pounds, the silver, 14,603 pounds, and the brass, 10,277 pounds,
  • troy weight. The total value of all the gold, silver, and brass,
  • will consequently amount to 244,127l.14s.6d.; and the total
  • weight of these three metals will amount to 29,124 pounds troy,
  • which reduced to avoirdupois weight, is equal to fourteen tons,
  • 226 pounds!-
  • -It may, perhaps, seem difficult to imagine how the
  • Israelites should be possessed of so much wealth in the desert;
  • but it should be remembered, that their ancestors were opulent
  • men before they came into Egypt; that they were further enriched
  • by the spoils of the Egyptians and Amalekites; and that it is
  • probable, they traded with the neighbouring nations who bordered
  • on the wilderness. There appear to be three reasons why so much
  • riches should have been employed in the construction of the
  • tabernacle. To impress the people's minds with the glory and
  • dignity of the Divine Majesty, and the importance of his
  • service. To take out of their hands the occasion of
  • covetousness. To prevent pride and vain glory, by leading them
  • to give up to the divine service even the ornaments of their
  • persons.
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  • -Ex39.1
  • 01 The cloths of service and holy garments.
  • 02 The ephod
  • 08 The breast-plate
  • 22 The robe of the ephod
  • 27 The coats, mitre, and girdle of fine linen
  • 30 The plate of the holy crown
  • 32 All is finished, reviewed, and approved by Moses
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  • -Ex39.6
  • determined. It has been variously rendered a beryl, emerald,
  • prasius, sapphire, sardius, ruby, carnelian, onyx, and sardonyx.
  • It may signify both the onyx and sardonyx. The latter stone is a
  • mixture of the chalcedony and carnelian, sometimes in strata,
  • and at other times blended together, and is found striped with
  • white and red strata, or layers. It is generally allowed that
  • there is no real difference, except in hardness, between the
  • carnelian, chalcedony, agate, sardonyx, and onyx. The onyx is of
  • a darkish horny colour, resembling the nail or hoof, from
  • which circumstance it has its name. It has often a plate of a
  • blueish white or red in it, and when on one or both sides of
  • this white there appears a plate of a reddish colour, the
  • jewellers call the stone a sardonyx.
  • stones in, from shavaltz, to straiten, enclose.
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  • -Ex39.7
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  • -Ex39.11
  • to beat, smite, because of its extreme hardness, by which it
  • will beat to pieces the other stones. It is a fine pellucid
  • substance never debased with any admixture of other matter;
  • susceptible of elegant tinges from metal-line particles; giving
  • fire with steel; not fermenting with acid menstrua; scarcely
  • calcinable by any degree of fire; and of one simple and
  • permanent appearance in all lights. It is the hardest and most
  • valuable of all gems; when pure, perfectly clear and pellucid as
  • the clearest water, and eminently distinguished from all other
  • substances by its vivid splendour, and the brightness of its
  • reflections.
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  • -Ex39.12
  • hyacinth, a precious stone of a deep red, with a considerable
  • tinge of yellow. Theophrastus and Pliny says it resembles the
  • carbuncle, of a brightness sparkling like fire. An agate. Shevo,
  • the agate, a semi-pellucid compound gem, formed of different
  • simple minerals, as chalcedony, cornelian, jasper. horn-stone,
  • quartz, amethyst, opal, joined irregularly or in layers. It is
  • of a white, reddish, yellowish, or greenish ground; and so
  • variously figured in its substance as to represent plants,
  • trees, animals, and other objects. An amethyst. Achlamah, an
  • amethyst, a transparent gem, composed of a strong blue and deep
  • red; and according as either prevails, affording different
  • tinges of purple, sometimes approaching to violet, and sometimes
  • even fading to a pale rose colour.
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  • -Ex39.13
  • colour. a jasper. Yaspeh, the jasper, a hard stone, of which
  • there are not less than fifteen varieties of colour, as green,
  • red, yellow, brown, black, etc.
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  • fine linen or silk; called also butz, and by the Greeks and
  • Romans, byssus.
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  • -Ex39.28
  • 10651-900606-0828
  • -Ex39.29
  • eastern sash, which confines the loose garments about the waist;
  • and in which their long skirts are tucked up when at work or on
  • a journey.
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  • -Ex40.1
  • 01 The tabernacle is commanded to be reared, anointed, and
  • consecrated
  • 13 Aaron and his sons to be sanctified
  • 16 Moses performs all things accordingly
  • 34 A cloud covers the tabernacle
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  • -Ex40.2
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  • -Ex40.33
  • or a tent, because it had wooden walls and partitions like a
  • house, and curtains and hangings like a tent; but as it
  • externally resembled a common oblong tent, and the wooden walls
  • were without a roof, and properly only supports for the many
  • curtains and hangings spread over them, it is more properly
  • called a tent. Even the ordinary tents of the Arabs have at
  • least two main divisions; the innermost for the women, and hence
  • called sacred, i.e. cut off, inaccessible. In the tent of an
  • emir the innermost space is accessible to himself only, or those
  • whom he particularly honours; into the outer tent others may
  • come. The furniture is costly, the floor covered with a rich
  • carpet, and has a stand with a censer and coals, on which
  • incense is strewed. Hence we have the simple idea after which
  • this magnificent royal tent of Jehovah, the King and God of the
  • Hebrews, was made. hanging.
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  • -Ex40.34
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  • -Le1.1
  • Thus terminates this interesting and important book; a book
  • containing a code of sacrificial, ceremonial, civil, and
  • judicial
  • laws, which, for the purity of their morality, the wisdom,
  • justice, and beneficence of their enactments, and the
  • simplicity,
  • dignity, and impressive nature of their rites, are perfectly
  • unrivalled, and altogether worthy of their Divine Author. All
  • the
  • rites and ceremonies of the Mosaic law are at once dignified
  • and
  • expressive. They point out the holiness of their author, the
  • sinfulness of man, the necessity of an atonement, and the state
  • of
  • moral excellence to which the grace and mercy of the Creator
  • have
  • destined to raise the human soul. They {include}, as well as
  • {point out}, the gospel of the Son of God; from which they
  • receive
  • their consummation and perfection. The sacrifices and oblations
  • were significant of the atonement of Christ; the requisite
  • qualities of these sacrifices were emblematical of his
  • immaculate
  • character; and the prescribed mode in the form of these
  • offerings,
  • and mystical rites ordained, were allusive institutions,
  • calculated to enlighten the apprehensions of the Jews, the
  • Great
  • High Priest, called and prepared of God, who hat an unchangeable
  • priesthood, and is able to save to the uttermost all that come
  • to
  • God by him.
  • 3-9 of the herd
  • 10-14 of the flocks
  • 14-17 of the fowls
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  • -Le1.2
  • offering, or offering of access, in allusion to the {present}
  • which is always required in the East, on being introduced to a
  • superior.
  • 10706-900611-2026
  • -Le1.3
  • 10707-900611-2029
  • -Le1.4
  • 10708-900611-2031
  • -Le1.5
  • 10709-900611-2031
  • -Le1.6
  • 10710-900611-2032
  • -Le1.7
  • 10711-900611-2034
  • -Le1.8
  • 10712-900611-2035
  • -Le1.9
  • 10713-900611-2040
  • -Le1.10
  • because this offering ascended, as it were, to God in flame and
  • smoke, being wholy consumed; for which reason its is called in
  • the
  • Septuagint, [], a whole burnt offering. This was the most
  • important of all the sacrifices; and no part of it was eaten
  • either by the priest or the offerer, but the whole was offered
  • to
  • God. It has been sufficiently shown by learned men, that almost
  • every nation of the earth, in every age, had their burnt
  • offerings, from the persuasion that there was no other way to
  • appease the incensed gods; and they even offered human
  • sacrifices,
  • because they imagined that life was necessary to redeem life,
  • and
  • that the gods would be satisfied with nothing less.
  • 10714-900611-2041
  • -Le1.11
  • 10715-900611-2042
  • -Le1.12
  • 10716-900611-2042
  • -Le1.13
  • 10717-900611-2042
  • -Le1.14
  • 10718-900611-2044
  • -Le1.15
  • 10719-900611-2046
  • -Le1.16
  • 10720-900611-2047
  • -Le1.17
  • 10721-900622-2203
  • -Le2.1
  • 4 either baked in the oven
  • 5,6 or on a plate
  • 7-11 or in a frying pan
  • 12 The first fruits not to be burnt on the altar,
  • 13 Salt to be used with every offering
  • 14-16 The offering of first fruits in the ear
  • especially as a {reciprocal gift}, a {gift, oblation}, or
  • eucharistical of gratitude offering, for the bounties of
  • providence displayed in the fruits of the earth. It is termed a
  • {meat offering} by our translators, because the term {meat} in
  • their time was the general name for food.
  • 10722-900611-2057
  • -Le2.2
  • 10723-900611-2058
  • -Le2.3
  • 10724-900611-2121
  • -Le2.4
  • D'Arvieux, as used by the Arabs. He states that they make a
  • fire
  • in a great {stone pitcher}, and when heated, mix meal and water,
  • which they apply with the hollow of their hands to the outside,
  • and this soft paste spreading itself upon it, is baked in an
  • instant, and the bread comes of as thin as out {wafers}.
  • 10725-900611-2122
  • -Le2.5
  • plate}, such as the Arabs still use to bake their cakes on, and
  • which is called a {griddle} in some of our counties.
  • 10726-900611-2123
  • -Le2.6
  • 10727-900611-2125
  • -Le2.7
  • {frying pan}, which the Arabs call a {tajen}.
  • 10728-900611-2133
  • -Le2.8
  • 10729-900611-2132
  • -Le2.9
  • 10730-900611-2133
  • -Le2.10
  • 10731-900611-2135
  • -Le2.11
  • 10732-900611-2137
  • -Le2.12
  • 10733-900611-2138
  • -Le2.13
  • 10734-900611-2141
  • -Le2.14
  • voluntary oblation brought by individuals, of the finest ears of
  • corn out of the field, before the harvest was ripe.
  • 10735-900611-2141
  • -Le2.15
  • 10736-900611-2142
  • -Le2.16
  • 10737-900611-2146
  • -Le3.1
  • 6 whether a lamb
  • 7-11 whether a lamb
  • 12-16 or a goat
  • 17 A prohibition to eat fat or blood
  • 10738-900611-2149
  • -Le3.2
  • 10739-900611-2149
  • -Le3.3
  • 10740-900611-2149
  • -Le3.4
  • liver, and over the kidneys.
  • 10741-900611-2151
  • -Le3.5
  • 10742-900611-2152
  • -Le3.6
  • 10743-900611-2152
  • -Le3.7
  • 10744-900611-2154
  • -Le3.8
  • 10745-900611-2159
  • -Le3.9
  • To what has already been said on the {tails} of eastern sheep,
  • we may add the testimony of Ludlof, who states that they are so
  • very large, some of them weighing from {twelve} to {fourteen}
  • pounds, `that the owners are obliged to tie a little cart
  • behind
  • them, whereupon they put the tail of the sheep, as well for the
  • convenience of carriage, and to ease the poor creature, as to
  • preserve the wool from dirt, and the tail from being torn among
  • the bushes and stones.' The same is testified by Dr. Russell,
  • who
  • says, `In some other places where they feed in the fields, the
  • shpherds are obliged to fix a piece of thin board to the under
  • part of the tail, to prevent its being torn by bushes, thistles,
  • etc., as it is not covered underneath with thick wool, like the
  • upper part; and some have small wheels to facilitate the
  • dragging
  • of the board after them.'
  • 10746-900614-2018
  • -Le3.10
  • 10747-900614-2019
  • -Le3.11
  • 10748-900614-2020
  • -Le3.12
  • 10749-900614-2021
  • -Le3.13
  • 10750-900614-2022
  • -Le3.14
  • 10751-900614-2023
  • -Le3.15
  • 10752-900614-2024
  • -Le3.16
  • 10753-900621-2250
  • -Le3.17
  • That is, neither the blood which is contained in the larger
  • {veins} and {arteries}, nor the {fat} or suet which is within
  • the
  • animal, which exists in a separate or unmixed state, as the
  • {omentum} or {caul}, the fat of the {mesentery}, or fatty part
  • of
  • the substance which connects the convolutions of the alimentary
  • canal or samll intestines, the fat of the {kidneys}, and
  • whatever
  • else of the internal fat was easily separable, together with
  • the
  • whold of the {tail} already described; for the blood which
  • assumes
  • the form of gravy, and fat which is intermixed with the orther
  • flesh, might be eaten. This law not only related to the
  • sacrifices, but to all the cattle which the Israelites
  • slaughtered
  • for food.
  • 10754-900614-2033
  • -Le4.1
  • 3-12 for the priest
  • 13-21 for the congregation
  • 22-26 for the ruler
  • 27-35 for any of the people
  • 10755-900614-2035
  • -Le4.2
  • 10756-900614-2036
  • -Le4.3
  • 10757-900614-2037
  • -Le4.4
  • 10758-900614-2037
  • -Le4.5
  • 10759-900614-2040
  • -Le4.6
  • The number {seven} is what is called a number of {perfection}
  • among the Hebrews; and is often used to denote the {completion,
  • fulness, or perfection} of a thing.
  • 10760-900614-2040
  • -Le4.7
  • 10761-900616-2229
  • -Le4.8
  • 10762-900614-2042
  • -Le4.9
  • 10763-900614-2042
  • -Le4.10
  • 10764-900614-2043
  • -Le4.11
  • 10765-900614-2047
  • -Le4.12
  • to without the camp.
  • This was intended, figuratively, to express the enormity of
  • this
  • sin, and the availableness of the atonement. The sacrifice, as
  • having the sin of the priest transferred from himself to it, by
  • his confession and imposition of hands, was become unclean and
  • abominable, and was carried, as it were, out of God's sightl
  • and
  • thus its own offensiveness was removed, with the sin of the
  • person
  • in whose behalf it was offered.
  • ashes.
  • 10766-900614-2051
  • -Le4.13
  • This may refer to some oversight in acts of religious worship,
  • or
  • to some transgression of the letter of the law, which arose out
  • of
  • the peculiar circumstances in which they were found, as in the
  • case mentioned in 1sa 14.32, et seq. The sacrifices and rites
  • in
  • this case were the same as in the preceding; only here the
  • elders
  • laid their hands on the head of the victim, in the name of all
  • the
  • congregation.
  • 10767-900614-2052
  • -Le4.14
  • 10768-900614-2053
  • -Le4.15
  • 10769-900614-2053
  • -Le4.16
  • 10770-900614-2053
  • -Le4.17
  • 10771-900614-2056
  • -Le4.18
  • The reason for pouring out the blood, which is so constantly and
  • strictly required by the law, was in opposition to an
  • idolatrous
  • custom of the ancient Zabii, who `were accustomed to eat of the
  • blood of their sacrifices, because they imagined this to be the
  • food of their gods, with whom they thought they had such
  • communion, by eating their meat, that they revealed to them
  • future
  • things,'-
  • -Maimonides
  • 10772-900614-2057
  • -Le4.19
  • 10773-900614-2059
  • -Le4.20
  • 10774-900614-2100
  • -Le4.21
  • 10775-900614-2104
  • -Le4.22
  • Under the term {nasi}, that is, {one preferred or elevated}
  • above
  • others, from {nasa}, to {exalt}, it is probable that any person
  • is
  • meant who held any kind of political dignity among the people;
  • and
  • it evidently means the {head of a tribe} as in Nu 1.4,16 7.2
  • But the Rabbins generally understand it of the prince of the
  • great
  • sanhedrin, who, when they were under the regal form of
  • govenrment,
  • was the king. A {kid of the goats} was the sacrifice in this
  • case; and the rites were nearly the same as in the preceding,
  • only
  • the {fat} was burnt as that of the {peace offering}.
  • 10776-900614-2106
  • -Le4.23
  • 10777-900614-2107
  • -Le4.24
  • 10778-900614-2108
  • -Le4.25
  • 10779-900614-2109
  • -Le4.26
  • 10780-900614-2112
  • -Le4.27
  • {Am hadretz}: that is, any individual who was not a {priest,
  • king
  • or ruler} among the people; and ordinary person. Any of these
  • having transgressed, was obliged to bring a lamb or kid, the
  • ceremonies being nearly the same as in the preceding cases.
  • 10781-900614-2113
  • -Le4.28
  • 10782-900614-2113
  • -Le4.29
  • 10783-900614-2114
  • -Le4.30
  • There may have been some place at the bottom of the altar to
  • receive and carry off the blood.
  • 10784-900614-2117
  • -Le4.31
  • 10785-900614-2118
  • -Le4.32
  • 10786-900614-2119
  • -Le4.33
  • 10787-900614-2120
  • -Le4.34
  • 10788-900614-2124
  • -Le4.35
  • 10789-900614-2134
  • -Le5.1
  • 2,3 in touching an unclean thing
  • 4,5 or in making an oath
  • 6 His trespass offering, of the flock
  • 7-10 of fowls
  • 11-13 or of flour
  • 14-16 The trespass offering in sacrilege
  • 17-19 and in sins of ignorance
  • [], as the LXX. render; for this does not relate to the duty of
  • informing agains a common swearer, but to the case of a person
  • who, being adjured by the civil magistrate to answer upon oath,
  • refuses to declare what he knows upon the subject--such an one
  • {shall bear his iniquity}--shall be considered as guilty in the
  • sight of God of the transgression which he has endeavoured to
  • conceal, and must expect to be punished for hiding the iniquity
  • with which he was acquainted.
  • 10790-900614-2135
  • -Le5.2
  • 10791-900614-2137
  • -Le5.3
  • 10792-900614-2140
  • -Le5.4
  • afterwards unable, or which it would have been sinful, to
  • perform.
  • 10793-900614-2141
  • -Le5.5
  • 10794-900614-2148
  • -Le5.6
  • It is remarkable, that in this and the following verse, the
  • sacrifice offered is indifferently called {asham, a trespass
  • offering,} and {chattah, a sin offering}; yet the Marginal
  • References show that these differ in several respects. Sin
  • offerings were sometimes offered for the whole congregation;
  • trespass oferings never, but only for particular persons.
  • Bullocks were sometimes used for sin offerings, never for
  • trespass
  • offerings. The blood of the sin offerings was put on the horns
  • of
  • the altar, that of the trespass offerings was only sprinkled
  • round
  • the bottom of the altar. The sin offering seems to have been
  • for
  • the expiation of offences commited in matters of religion, from
  • a
  • mistake of inadvertency repsecting the law; but the trespass
  • offering was required for the casual deviations from the ritual
  • law, when well known, or for crimes against moral precepts,
  • implying injustice to man.
  • 10795-900616-2228
  • -Le5.7
  • the sufficiency of a lamb
  • 10796-900616-2230
  • -Le5.8
  • 10797-900616-2231
  • -Le5.9
  • 10798-900616-2233
  • -Le5.10
  • 10799-900616-2255
  • -Le5.11
  • 10800-900616-2258
  • -Le5.12
  • 10801-900616-2300
  • -Le5.13
  • 10802-900616-2300
  • -Le5.14
  • 10803-900616-2303
  • -Le5.15
  • 10804-900616-2305
  • -Le5.16
  • 10805-900616-2308
  • -Le5.17
  • This case is supposed to differ from the preceeding, merely in
  • that
  • the person concerned was not certain whether he had or had not
  • committed the trespass. It is therefore called by the Hebrews a
  • {doubtful trespass offering}.
  • 10806-900616-2309
  • -Le5.18
  • 10807-900616-2310
  • -Le5.19
  • 10808-900616-2312
  • -Le6.1
  • 8-13 The law of the burnt offering
  • 14-18 and of the meat offering
  • 19-23 The offering at the consecration of a priest
  • 24-30 The law of the sin offering
  • 10809-900618-0750
  • -Le6.2
  • 10810-900618-0751
  • -Le6.3
  • 10811-900618-0806
  • -Le6.4
  • 10812-900618-0813
  • -Le6.5
  • The property itself, if still remaining, or its full value, to
  • which a fifth part more was to be added, to compensate the
  • owner
  • for the loss he had sustained by being deprived of the use of
  • his
  • goods. He must also bring a trespass offering to the Lord;
  • which
  • was intended to show that disobedience to God is the great evil,
  • even of those crimes which are injurious to man, and that
  • repentance, and even restitution, though needful in order to
  • forgiveness, cannot atone for sin.
  • trespass
  • 10813-900618-0814
  • -Le6.6
  • 10814-900618-0815
  • -Le6.7
  • 10815-900618-0819
  • -Le6.8
  • and also, in the best Hebrew Bibles, the sixth chapter, which
  • undoubtedly ought to begin here, as the inspired writer enters
  • upon a new subject; the former part of the book being intended
  • for
  • the instruction of the {people} relative to the several
  • sacrifices
  • to be brought; but this for the instruction of the {priests}
  • respecting some particulars of their official services.
  • 10816-900618-0823
  • -Le6.9
  • 10817-900618-0825
  • -Le6.10
  • 10818-900618-0826
  • -Le6.11
  • 10819-900618-0829
  • -Le6.12
  • perpetual, and we can never approach to God in his name, by day
  • or
  • night, unseasonably. The ministers of Christ should have the
  • fire
  • of their zeal constantly burning.
  • 10820-900618-0830
  • -Le6.13
  • 10821-900618-0830
  • -Le6.14
  • 10822-900618-0850
  • -Le6.15
  • 10823-900618-0851
  • -Le6.16
  • 10824-900618-0852
  • -Le6.17
  • 10825-900618-0857
  • -Le6.18
  • thing) that toucheth them shall be (or must be) holy;' that is,
  • the priests must not eat of these oblations when under any
  • ceremonial defilement, and the sacred utensils used about them
  • must not be employed for any other purpose, or in any other way.
  • 10826-900618-0857
  • -Le6.19
  • 10827-900618-0905
  • -Le6.20
  • This oblation, which the Jews call a {mincha of initiation},
  • seems
  • to have been required of the high priest alone `on the day in
  • which he was anointed,' and from that time, every morning and
  • evening, as long as he continued in office, and then in like
  • manner of his successor; for, by `the sons of Aaron,' may be
  • understood his descendants and successors in the high
  • priesthood,
  • in their generations.
  • {from} that day forward; for it was a {daily oblation}, and for
  • them and their successors, a {statue for ever}.
  • 10828-900618-0905
  • -Le6.21
  • 10829-900618-0906
  • -Le6.22
  • 10830-900618-0909
  • -Le6.23
  • The meat offering of the people was eaten by the priests, who
  • typically bore and expiated their sins; but as no priest, being
  • a
  • sinner, could make atonement for himself, his meat offering
  • must
  • not be eaten, but wholly burnt on the altar, which was a
  • typical
  • transfer of his guilt to the great antitype who actually bore
  • and
  • expiated it.
  • 10831-900618-0910
  • -Le6.24
  • 10832-900618-0911
  • -Le6.25
  • 10833-900618-0912
  • -Le6.26
  • 10834-900618-0913
  • -Le6.27
  • 10835-900618-0913
  • -Le6.28
  • 10836-900618-0914
  • -Le6.29
  • 10837-900618-0915
  • -Le6.30
  • 10838-900618-0919
  • -Le7.1
  • 11 and of the peace offering
  • 12-15 whether it be for a thanksgiving
  • 16-21 or a vow, or a free will offering
  • 22-27 the fat and the blood are forbidden
  • 28-34 The priests' portion in the peace offerings
  • 35-38 The whole summed up
  • 10839-900618-0920
  • -Le7.2
  • 10840-900618-0921
  • -Le7.3
  • 10841-900618-0921
  • -Le7.4
  • 10842-900618-0922
  • -Le7.5
  • 10843-900618-0923
  • -Le7.6
  • 10844-900618-0924
  • -Le7.7
  • 10845-900618-0928
  • -Le7.8
  • all the flesh of the burnt offerings being consumed upon the
  • altar, as well as the fat, there could nothing fall to the
  • share
  • of the priest but the skin; which must have been very valuable,
  • as
  • they were used as mattresses (ch. 15.17,) or as carpets to sit
  • upon in the day. They are still used for the same purpose by
  • some
  • of the inhabitants and dervishes of the East. Bishop Patrick
  • remarks, that Adam himself offered the first sacrifice, and had
  • the skin given him by God, to make garments for him and his
  • wife;
  • in conformity with which, the priests ever after had the skin
  • of
  • the whole burnt offerings for their portion.
  • 10846-900618-0936
  • -Le7.9
  • 10847-900618-0936
  • -Le7.10
  • 10848-900618-0937
  • -Le7.11
  • 10849-900618-0939
  • -Le7.12
  • 10850-900618-0941
  • -Le7.13
  • 10851-900618-0942
  • -Le7.14
  • 10852-900618-0954
  • -Le7.15
  • Mr. Harmer supposes that this law refers to the custom of
  • {drying
  • flesh}, that had been devoted to a religious purpose, which is
  • practised among the Mohammedans at the present day, on the their
  • pilgrimage to Mecca. `It would not have suited,' he observes.
  • `the
  • genius of the Mosaic dispensation, to have allowed them to have
  • dried the flesh of their peace offerings, whether in
  • thanksgiving,
  • in consequence of a vow, or merely voluntary, and have
  • afterwards
  • eaten the flesh very commonly in a sparing manner, or
  • communicated
  • only some small portion of it to their particular friends: their
  • peace offerings were to be eaten, on the contrary, with
  • festivity,
  • communicated to their friends with liberality, and bestowed on
  • the
  • poor with great generosity, that they might partake with them of
  • these sacred repasts with joy before the Lord.'
  • 10853-900618-0955
  • -Le7.16
  • 10854-900618-0956
  • -Le7.17
  • 10855-900618-0958
  • -Le7.18
  • 10856-900618-0959
  • -Le7.19
  • 10857-900618-1000
  • -Le7.20
  • 10858-900618-1003
  • -Le7.21
  • 10859-900618-1004
  • -Le7.22
  • 10860-900618-1009
  • -Le7.23
  • Any other {fat} they might eat; but the fat of these was sacred,
  • because they were the only animals which were offered in
  • sacrifice, though many others ranked among the {clean} animals
  • as
  • well as these. This prohibition may, however, be understood of
  • these animals {when} offered in sacrifice, and {then only} in
  • reference to the {inward} fat, described in verse 4. Of the fat
  • in any other circumstances, it cannot be intended, as it was
  • one
  • of the especial blessings which God gave to his people.--
  • `Butter
  • of kind, and milk of sheep, with {fat} of {lambs}, and {rams}
  • of
  • the breed of Bashan, and {goats}, were the provision which he
  • graciously bestowed on his followers. (See DE 32.12-14)
  • 10861-900618-1010
  • -Le7.24
  • 10862-900618-1011
  • -Le7.25
  • 10863-900618-1014
  • -Le7.26
  • The prohibition of the fat or suet, which was restricted to
  • animals offered in sacrifice, taught reverence to the altar and
  • ordinances of God; but that of blood, which was extended to all
  • land animals, had especial respect to the atoning blood of the
  • sacrifice, and of the great antitype which the sacrifice
  • prefigured.
  • 10864-900618-1015
  • -Le7.27
  • Shall be excommuicated or cut off from the people of God, and
  • so
  • deprived of any part of their inheritance or of their blessings.
  • 10866-900618-1018
  • -Le7.29
  • 10867-900618-1019
  • -Le7.30
  • 10868-900618-1020
  • -Le7.31
  • 10869-900618-1020
  • -Le7.32
  • 10870-900618-1021
  • -Le7.33
  • 10871-900618-1022
  • -Le7.34
  • 10872-900618-1024
  • -Le7.35
  • 10873-900618-1024
  • -Le7.36
  • 10874-900618-1027
  • -Le7.37
  • 10875-900618-1028
  • -Le7.38
  • 10876-900618-1030
  • -Le8.1
  • 14-17 Their sin offering
  • 18-21 Their burnt offering
  • 22-30 The ram of consecration
  • 31-36 The place and time of their consecration
  • 10877-900618-1032
  • -Le8.2
  • 10878-900618-1033
  • -Le8.3
  • 10879-900618-1034
  • -Le8.4
  • 10880-900618-1035
  • -Le8.5
  • 10881-900618-1036
  • -Le8.6
  • 10882-900618-1040
  • -Le8.7
  • The {ephod} seems to have been a garment worn by persons of dis-
  • tinction of various characters (2Sa 6.4); the description of
  • which
  • in the book of Exodus (ch 28.6, etc.) relates only to its
  • materials. As to its shape, the LXX. calls it [], which
  • signifies
  • that it was worn on the shoulders. So also Josephus, who says
  • it
  • was a cubit long. St. Jerome compares it with the Roman
  • {caracalla,} which was a sort of short cloak, only that it had
  • a
  • head or hood, which the ephod had not.
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  • the {kethoneth} or coat, was made of linen; but the form of it
  • is
  • no where described in Scripture, except in the visionary
  • appearace
  • of Christ to St. John, in the form and habit of a priest (Re
  • 1.13); where he is said to be [] `clothed with a garment down
  • to
  • the feet,' which perfectly agrees with the description the
  • Jewish
  • writers give of it; who also say, that it had sleeves which
  • came
  • down to the wrist, and was tied about the neck so that it was
  • not
  • unlike a long shirt. It was common to all the priests; but the
  • tunic of the high priest was made of finer linen, or won in a
  • more
  • curious manner. (Ex 28.4)
  • The {migabasth}, or bonnets, are described by Josephus as being
  • like helmets of linen, one wreath being plaited and folded over
  • anotherl and a thin cap, suited to its shape, put over all, to
  • prevent its unfolding.
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  • and took the blood,' etc. We find it expressly said in Exodus,
  • that Moses slew the sacrifices.
  • sacrifice.
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  • offering} though presented on a particular occasion. Part of
  • the
  • blood was applied, not as that of the sin offering, to the
  • horns
  • of the altar, but to Aaron and his sons; to the tips of their
  • right ears, the thumbs of their right hands, and the great toes
  • their right feet: implying their obligation to hearken
  • diligently
  • to the word of God--to do his work in the best manner which
  • they
  • could, and to walk in his ways with steady perseverance; and
  • also,
  • that they could not do these things acceptably except through
  • the
  • atoning blood, received and applied by faith. Then part of the
  • blood reserved upon the altar, probably in a basin for that
  • purpose, was mingled with the holy anointing oil, and sprinkled
  • on
  • the garments of aaron and his sons, to hallow them to the Lord.
  • `This may be looked upon as a lively representation of our
  • purification by the blood of jesus Christ, through his Holy
  • Spirit.' Bp. Patrick
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  • This was necessary to be added to show the exact fulfilment of
  • the
  • commandments delivered to Moses, and which are recorded in
  • Exodus,
  • ch. 29; and consequently the complete consecration and
  • preparation
  • of Aaron and his sons to fill the awfully important office of
  • priests and mediators between God and the children of Israel,
  • to offer sacrifices, and make atonement for the sins of
  • the people.
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  • 8-11 The sin offering
  • 12-14 and the burn offering for himself
  • 15-22 the offerings for the people
  • 23 Moses and Aaron bless the people
  • 24 Fire comes from the Lord, upon the altar
  • not on the eighth day of the month, but on the eighth day after
  • their consecration, which occupied seven days, and before which
  • they were deemed unfit to minister in holy things, being
  • considered in a state of imperfection. All creatures, for the
  • most part, were considered as in a state of uncleanness and
  • imperfection, {seven} days, and prfected on the {eighth}
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  • As the offering here is a {kid}, which was the sacrifice of the
  • sin of the {ruler}, some think that the reading of the
  • Samariatan
  • and the LXX. is to be preferred; `Speak unto the Elders of
  • Israel.'
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  • The Samaritan text, and thirty MSS. have, {kaasher tzivvah
  • yehowah
  • eth Moshe,` as Jehovah commanded Moses;' which is also the
  • reading
  • of the LXX., Arabic, and Targum of Onkelos, and seems to be the
  • true reading, being supported, not only by these authorities,
  • but
  • by the whole chapter itself.'
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  • reason why it is written {hand}, to signify the right hand,
  • because that was lifted up higher than the left. The lifting up
  • of the hand was a gesture used in speaking, and signifying any
  • weighty thing
  • phrase, `lifting up holy hands;' as also David: `Let the
  • lifting
  • up of my hands be as the evening sacrifice.'
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  • these victims were consumed by a fire of no {human kindling}.
  • Josephus says that `a fire proceeded from the victims
  • themselves,
  • of its own accord, which had the appearance of a flash of
  • lightning, and consumed all that was upon the altar.'
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  • 6,7 Aaron and his sons are forbidden to mourn for them
  • 8-11 The priests are forbidden wine when they are to go into the
  • tabernacle
  • 12-15 The law of eating the holy things
  • 16-20 Aaron's excuse for transgressing thereof
  • decline from his institutions; we have to do with a God, who is
  • wise to prescribe his own worship--just to require what he has
  • prescribed--and powerful to avenge what he has not prescribed.'
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  • source with that which had consumed the sacrifices
  • {suddenly}--they died {before the Lord}; that is, before the
  • vail
  • that covered the mercy-seat. They died {by fire}, as by fire
  • they
  • sinned. The fire did not burn them to ashes, as it had done the
  • sacrifices, nor so much as singe their coats, (verse 5) but
  • struck
  • them dead in an instant. By these different effects of the same
  • fire, we learn that it was no common fire, but {kindled by the
  • breath of the Almighty}.
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  • Greek [], from {shachar}, to inebriate, signifies any kind of
  • fermented and inebriating liquor beside wine. So St. Jerome
  • informs us, that {sciera} in Hebrew denotes any inebriating
  • liquor, whether made of corn, the juice of apples, honey, dates,
  • or any other fruit. These different kinds of liquors are
  • described by Pliny, who calls then {vina factitia}. One of the
  • four prohibited drinks among the Mohammedans in India is called
  • {sakar}, which denotes inebriating liquor in general, but
  • especially {date wine}.
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  • 4-8 and what may not be eaten
  • 9-12 What fishes
  • 13-23 What fowls
  • 29-47 The creeping things which are unclean
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  • --
  • corded in this chapter and Deut. ch.14 the following may be
  • found
  • a useful abstract.
  • 1. In regard to {quadrapeds}, all beasts that have their feet
  • completely cloven, above as well as below, and at the same
  • time chew the cud, are clean. Those which have neither, or
  • indeed want one of these distinguishing marks, are unclean.
  • This is a systematic division of quadrapeds so excellent, as
  • never yet, after all the improvements in natural history, to
  • have become obsolete, but, on the contrary, to be still
  • considered as useful by the greatest masters of the science.
  • 2. With regard to {fishes}, Moses has in like manner, made a
  • very simple systematic distinction. All that have scales and
  • fins are clean; all others unclean.
  • 3. Of birds, he merely specifies certain sorts as forbidden,
  • thereby permitting all others to be eaten
  • 4. Insects, serpents, worms, etc. are prohibited; but with
  • regard, however to those winged insects, which besides four
  • walking legs, also have two longer springing legs. (Pedes
  • saltatorii) Moses makes an exception, and under the
  • denomination of locusts, declares them clean in all four
  • stages of their existence. In Palestine, Arabia, and the
  • adjoining countries, locusts are one of the most common
  • articles of food, and people would be very ill of if they
  • durst not eat them: For, when a swarm of them desolates the
  • fields, they prove in some measure themselves an antidote to
  • the famine which they occasion. They are not only eaten
  • fresh, immediately on their appearance, but the people
  • collect them, and know a method for preserving them for a
  • long time for food, after they have dried them in an oven.
  • --{Niebuhr's Description of Arabia} pp. 170-175.
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  • Shapha, most probably an animal resembling the rabbit, called by
  • Dr. Shaw, {daman} (probably for ganam) Israel, `Israel's lamb,'
  • and by Bruce, {ashkoko}, which name he imagines is `derived from
  • the singularity of these long herenacious hairs, which, like
  • small
  • thorns, grow about his back, and which an Amhara are called
  • {ashok}.' This curious animal abounds in Judea, Palestine,
  • Arabia, and Ethiopia; and is described as being about seventeen
  • inches when sitting. It has no tail; and at first sight gives
  • the
  • idea of a rat. Its coulur is grey, mixed with reddish brown; the
  • belly white, the body covered with strong polished hairs, for
  • the
  • most part about two inches in length; the ears round, and not
  • pointed; the feet round, of a soft, pulpy, tender sustance; the
  • toes projecting beyond the mails, which are rather broad than
  • sharp, the upper jaw is longer than the other; it lives upon
  • grain, fruit, and roots, and certainly chews the cud; and it
  • does
  • not burrow like the hare and rabbit, but lives in clefts of the
  • rocks.
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  • In Hebrew, {nesher}, Chaldee, {neshar}, Syriac, {neshro}, and
  • Arabic, {nishr}, the {eagle}, one of the largest, strongest,
  • swiftest, fiercest, and most rapacious of the feathered race.
  • His
  • eye is large, dark, and piercing; his beak powerful and hooked;
  • his legs strong and feathered; his feet yellow and armed with
  • four
  • very long and terrific claws; his wings very large and powerful;
  • his body compact and robust; his bone hard; his body compact
  • and
  • robust; his bones hard; his flesh firm; his feathers coarse;
  • his
  • attitude fierce and erect; his motions lively; his flight
  • extremely rapid and towering; and his cry the terror of every
  • wing.
  • species of eagle anciently called {ossifraga} or {bone breaker}
  • (from os, a bone, and frango, to break,) because it not only
  • strips off the flesh, but {breaks} the bone, in order to
  • extract
  • the marrow. the {ospray}. Hebrew {dzniyah}, Arabic {azan},
  • (from
  • azaz, to be strong,) a species of eagle, probably the the
  • {black
  • eagle,) so remarkable for its {strength}.
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  • waters.
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  • The distinction of clean and unclean animals existed even before
  • the flood, though it probably then only related to sacrifices;
  • but
  • at this time we find there were very particular laws enacted
  • respecting the diet of the people, and the ceremonial
  • uncleanness
  • contracted by touching the carcases of unclean animals. The
  • reasons for the enactment of these laws seem to be:
  • 1. As a test of obedience, and to teach the Israelites habits of
  • self-denial, and the government of their appetites.
  • 2. To keep them distinct from other nations, and consequently
  • from their idolatrous usages, by throwing hindrances in the
  • way of their social intercourse; for these distinctions were
  • applicable both to persons and things. The Canaanites not
  • only ate the animals prohibited by Moses, which we usually
  • eat, but others also, among which dogs were one. Besides,
  • many of those declared unclean were sacred among the
  • heathen, and sacrificed to their gods.
  • 3. Because those prohibited were innutritive and unwholesome;
  • as the swine, the flesh of which being strong and difficult to
  • digest, affords a very gross aliment, and produces,
  • especially in hot climates, cutaneous, scrophulous, and
  • scorbutic disorders, as the itch, leprosy, etc.
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  • 6-8 Her offerings for her purifying
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  • sufficiency of a lamb
  • sin offerings were first offered.
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  • discernign the leprosy.
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  • from [], a scale; so called, because in this disease the body is
  • covered with {thin white scales}, so as to give it the
  • appearance
  • of snow. The leprosy [note: Leprosy is now more commonly called
  • Hansen's disease] is a dreadful, contagious disorder, common in
  • Egypt and Syria, and generally manifests itself at first in the
  • manner described in the text. Its commencement is imperceptible;
  • there appearing only a few reddish spots on the skin, which are
  • not attended with pain or any other symptom, but cannot be
  • removed. It increases imperceptibly, and continues for some
  • years
  • to be more and more manifest. The spots become larger, spread
  • over the whole skin, and are sometimes rather raised, though
  • generally flat. When it increases the upper part of the nose
  • swells, the nostrils distend, the nose becomes soft, swellings
  • appear on the under jaws, the eyebrows are elevated, the ears
  • grow
  • thick, the ends of the fingers, feet, and toes, swell, the
  • nails
  • grow scaly, the joints of the hands and feet separate, the
  • palms
  • of hands and soles of the feet are ulcerated, and in its last
  • stage the patient becomes horrible, and falls to pieces.
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  • It may seem strange that the partial leper should be pronounced
  • unclean, and the person totally covered with the disease clean.
  • This was probably owing to a different species or stage of the
  • disease; the partial being contagious, the total not. That there
  • are two different species, or degrees, of the disease described
  • here, is sufficiently evident: in one, the person was all
  • covered
  • with {a white enamelled scurf}; in the other, there was a {quick
  • raw flesh in the risings}. On this account, the one was deemed
  • unclean, or contagious, the other not; for the contact with the
  • {quick raw flesh} would be more likely to communicate the
  • disease,
  • than the touch of the {hard dry scurf}. The ichor proceeding
  • from the former, when brought into contact with the flesh of
  • another, would soon be taken into constitution by means of the
  • absorbent vessels; but where the surface was perfectly dry; the
  • absorbent vessels of another, coming in contact with the
  • diseased
  • man, could imbibe nothing, and there was consequently but little
  • or no danger of infection. This is the learned Dr. Mead's view
  • of
  • the subject; who thus accounts for the circumstances mentioned
  • in
  • the text.
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  • fire; which would leave a scar, in which the leprosy might
  • appear, and which was to be distinguished by the rules here
  • given.
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  • The word {bohak}, from the Syriac {behak}, to be {white} or
  • {shining}, here rendered `a freckled spot,' is used by the Arabs
  • to denote a kind of {leprosy}, of which Niebuhr says, `Bohak is
  • neither contagious nor dangerous. a black boy at Moch, who was
  • affected with this eruption, had here and there upon his body
  • {white spots}. We were told that the use of sulphur had relieved
  • this boy for a time, but had not entirely remove the disease.'
  • He
  • adds subsequently from Forskal's papers, `The Arabs call a sore
  • of
  • {leprosy}, in which some little spots shew themselves here and
  • there on the body, {behaq}; and it is without doubt the same as
  • is
  • named {bohak}, (le ch. 13). They believe it to be so far from
  • contagious, that one may sleep with a person affected without
  • danger.' `On the 15th day of May, 1765, I myself first saw the
  • {Bohak} leprosy in a Jew at Mocha. The spots in this disease are
  • of an unequal size. They do not shine; are not perceptibly
  • higher
  • than the skin; and do not change the colour of the hair. Their
  • colour is an obscure white, inclining to red. The rest of the
  • skin of the patient was darker that that of the people of the
  • country in general; but the spots were not so white as the skin
  • of
  • an European, when not sun-burnt. The spots in this leprosy do
  • not
  • appear on the hands, or near the navel, but on the neck and
  • face,
  • yet not on that part where the hair grows thick. They gradually
  • spread, and continue sometimes only about two months, but in
  • some
  • cases one or two years, and then disappear by degrees, of
  • themselves. This disorder is neither contagious nor hereditary,
  • nor does it occasion any inconvenience.' Hence a person infected
  • with the bohak is declared clean.
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  • This leprosy in garments appears so strange to us, that it has
  • in-
  • duced some, with B. Patrick, to consider it as an extrordinary
  • punishment inflicted by God upon the Israelites, as a sign of
  • his
  • high displeasure; while others consider the leprosy in clothes
  • (and also houses) as having no relation to the leprosy in man.
  • When Michaelis was considering the sjubject, he was told by a
  • dealer
  • in wool, the the wool of sheep which die of a disease, if it has
  • not been shorn from the animal while living, is unfit to
  • manufacture cloth, and liable to something like what Moses here
  • describes, and which he imagines to be the plague of leprosy in
  • garments. The whole account, however, as Dr. A. Clarke observes,
  • seems to intimate that the garment was {fretted} by the
  • contagion
  • of the real leprosy; which it is probable was occasioned by a
  • species of {animacula, or vermin} burrowing in the skin, which
  • we
  • know to be the cause of the {itch}; these, by breeding in the
  • garments, must necessarily multiply their kind, and fret the
  • garments, i.e. corrode a portion of the finer parts, after the
  • manner of {moths}, for their nourishment. The infection of
  • garments has frequently been known to cause the worst species of
  • scarlet fever, and even the plague; and those infected with
  • {psora}, or itch animal, had communicated the dieseas even in
  • six
  • or seven years after the infection.
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  • head thereof, or in the forehead thereof.
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  • God, and came not fron natural causes, as other diseases; and
  • therefore must be managed according to a divine law. Miriam's
  • leprosy, and Gehazi's and King Uzziah's were all the punishments
  • of particular sins; and if generally it was so, no marvel there
  • was so much care taken to distinguish it from a common
  • distemper,
  • that none might be looked upon as lying under this exraordinary
  • token of Divine displeasure, but those that really were so.
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  • 33-47 The signs of leprosy in a house
  • 48-57 The cleansing of that house
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  • Lepers were obliged to live in a detached situation, separate
  • from
  • other people, and to keep themselves actually at a distance from
  • them. They were distinguished by a peculiar; and if any person
  • approached, they were bound to give him warning, by crying out
  • Unclean! unclean!
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  • The word {tzippor} from the arabic {zaphara} to fly, is used in
  • the scriptures to denote {birds of every species}, particularly
  • small birds. But it is often used in a more restricted sense, as
  • the Hebrew writers assert, to signify the {sparrow}. Aquinas
  • says
  • the same; and Jerome renders it here the {sparrow}. So the Greek
  • [], in Matthew and Luke, which signifies a {sparrow}, is
  • rendered
  • by the Syriac translator {tzipparin}, the same as the Hebrew
  • {tzipporim}. Nor is it peculiar to the Hebrews to give the same
  • name to the sparrow and to fowls of the largest size; for
  • Nicander
  • calls the hen [], {the domestic sparrow}, and both Plattus and
  • Ausonius call the {ostrich, passer marinus}, `the marine
  • sparrow.'
  • It is evident, however, that the word in this passage signifies
  • birds in general; for if the sparrow was a {clean} bird, there
  • was
  • no necessity for commanding a clean one to be taken, since every
  • one of the species was ceremonially clean; but if it was
  • {unclean}, then it could not be called clean.
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  • Lictenstein states that `among the Koossas, (a nation of South
  • Africa,) there are certain prevailing notions respecting moral
  • [ceremonial] uncleanness. All children are unclean till they are
  • admitted among grown-up persons (which happens with the males
  • through the various ceremonies attending circumcision); all
  • lying-in women are unclean for the first month; all men who have
  • lost their wives, for a fortnight, and all widows for a month; a
  • mother who has lost a child, for two days; all persons who have
  • been present at a death, the men returning from a battle, etc.
  • No
  • one may have intercourse with such an unclean person, till he
  • has
  • washed himself, rubbed his body with fresh paint, and rinsed his
  • mouth with milk. But he must not do this till after the lapse of
  • a certain time, fixed by general consent for each particular
  • case,
  • and during this time he must wholly refrain from washing,
  • painting, or drinking milk.'
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  • Tor, the turtle or ring-dove, so called by an onomatopeeia from
  • its {cooing}, as in Greek [], Latin, {turtur} and English,
  • {turtle}. It is a species of the dove or pigeon, here called
  • {yonah}, and in the Syriac {yauno}, from the verb to oppress,
  • afflict, because of its being particularly defenceless, and
  • exposed to rapine and vilence. The dove is a genus of birds too
  • well known to need a particular description; and of which there
  • are several species besides the turtle-dove; as the wood pigeon,
  • tame pigeon, and others. The dove is universally allowed to be
  • one of the most beautiful objects in nature. the brilliancy of
  • her plummage, the splendour of her eye, the innocence of her
  • look,
  • the excellence of her dispositions, and the purity of her
  • manners,
  • have been the theme of admiration and praise in every age. To
  • the
  • snowy whiteness of her wings, and the rich golden hues that
  • adorn
  • her neck, the inspired Psalmist alludes in most elegant strains.
  • (ps 68.13). The voice of the dove is particularly tender and
  • plaintive, and bears a striking resemblence to the groan of a
  • person in distress; to which the inspired bards frequently
  • allude.
  • allusions to which fact also occur in the Sacred Writings.
  • rich and beautiful. She is the chosen emblem of simplicity,
  • gentleness, chastity, and feminine timidity, and for this
  • reason,
  • as well as from their abounding in the East, they were probably
  • chosen as offerings by Jehovah.
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  • It was probably from this text, that the leprosy has been in
  • general considered to be a supernatural disease, inflicted
  • immediately by God himslef; but it cannot be inferred from this
  • expression, as it is well known, that in Scripture, God is
  • frequently represented as {doing} what, in the course of his
  • providence, he only {permits} to be done.
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  • and the propriety of the Mosaic ordinance on the subject of the
  • house leprosy.
  • 1. Moses ordained that the owner of a house, when any suspicious
  • spots appeared on the walls, should be bound to give notice
  • of it, in order that the house might be inspected; and that
  • person, as in the case of the human leprosy, was to be the
  • priest, whose duty it was. Now this would serve to check the
  • mischief at its very origin, and make every one attentive to
  • observe it.
  • 2. On notice being given, the priest was to inspect the house,
  • but the occupant had liberty to remove everything previously
  • out of it; and that this might be done, the priest was
  • empowered to order it {ex officio}; for whatever was found
  • within a house declared unclean, became unclean along with
  • it.
  • 3. If, on the first inspection, the complaint did not appear
  • wholly without foundation, but suspicious spots or dimples
  • were actually to be seen, the house was to be shut up for
  • seven days and then to be inspected anew. If, in this
  • interval, the evil {did not} spread, it was considered as
  • have been a circumstance merely accidental, and the house was
  • not polluted; but if it {had} spread, it was not considered a
  • harmless accident, but the real house leprosy; and the stones
  • affected with it were to be broken out of the wall, and
  • carried to an unclean place without the city, and the walls
  • of the whole house here scraped and plastered anew.
  • 4. If, after this, the leprosy broke out afresh, the {whole}
  • house was to be pulled down, and the materials carried
  • without the city. Moses therefore, never suffered a leprous
  • house to stand.
  • 5. If, on the other hand, the house being inspected a second
  • time, was found clean, it was solemly so declared, and
  • offering made on the occasion; in order that every one might
  • know for certain that it was not infected, and the public be
  • freed from all fears on that score. By this law many evils
  • were actually prevented--it would check the michief in its
  • very origin, and make evry one attentive to observe it: the
  • people would also guard against those impurities when
  • it arose, and thus the healthy be preserved and not suffer in
  • an infected house. These Mosaic statues were intended to
  • prevent infection by the sacred obligations of religion.
  • Ceremonial laws many keep more conscientiously and sacredly
  • than moral precepts.
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  • unclean, and in the day of the clean.
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  • 13-18 The cleansing of them
  • 19-27 The uncleanness of women in their issues
  • 28-33 Their cleansing
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  • It is not necessary to consider particularly the laws contained
  • in
  • this chapter, the letter of the text being in general
  • sufficiently
  • plain. It may, however, be observed, that from the pains which
  • persons rendered unclean were obliged to take, the ablutions and
  • separations which they must observe, and the privations to which
  • they must in consequence be exposed, in the way of commerce,
  • traffic, etc., these laws were admirably adapted to prevent
  • contagion of every kind, by keeping the whole from the diseased,
  • and to hinder licentious indulgences and excesses of every
  • description.
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  • The word {merchav} from {rachav} to ride, here rendered by our
  • translators {saddle}, and frequently {chariot}. Mr. Harmer
  • thinks
  • rather means a litter, or coune, of which we have already given
  • a
  • description in Ge 31.34.
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  • It is rather doubtful whether the words {hath not rinsed his
  • hands
  • in water} refer to him who was diseased, or to him who had his
  • hands touched. Most understand it of the former, that if the
  • person who had the issue rinsed his hands in water, just before
  • he
  • touched any one, he did not communicate any pollution;
  • otherwise,
  • he did. But the Syriac refers it to the person touched by him,
  • though it seems strange that he should be cleansed by washing
  • his
  • hands, when perhaps some other part was touched.
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  • The poorer class of Arabs of our times make use of matresses in
  • their
  • tents; and other inhabitants of these countries, who affect
  • ancient simplicity of manners, make use of goat-skins. Dr. R.
  • Chandler, in his Travels in Greece, tells us, that he saw some
  • dervishes at Athens sitting on goat-skins; and that he was
  • after-
  • wards conducted into a room furnished in like manner, with the
  • same kind of carpeting, where he was treated with a pipe and
  • coffee by the chief dervish. Those that are at all acquainted
  • with Oriental manners, in these later times, know that their
  • dervishes (who are a sort of Mohammedan devotees, as a good deal
  • resembling the begging friars of the church or Rome) affect
  • great
  • simplicity, and even sometimes austerity, in their dress and way
  • of living. As these dervishes that Dr. Chandler visited sat on
  • goat-skins, and used no other kind of carpet for the
  • accommodation
  • of those who visited them: so it should seem that the Israelites
  • in the wilderness made use of skins for matresses to lie upon,
  • and
  • consequently, we may equally suppose to sit upon in the day
  • time,
  • instead of a carpet.
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  • Israelites with reverence for the santuary; and, on the one
  • hand,
  • to shew them what need they had of circumspection, and purity of
  • heart and life, in order to worship the holy God with
  • acceptance;
  • and, on the other hand, that being sinners in a world full of
  • temptations and defilements, they would continually need
  • forgiveness, through the great atonement typified by all the
  • sacrifices, and the santification of the Spirit, showed forth by
  • all the purifications. While they were encamped in the desert,
  • it would not be very burdensome to bring the prescribed
  • oblations;
  • but after they were settled in Canaan, many of them at a great
  • distance from the tabernacle, this would become much more
  • difficult. We may, however, observe, continues Mr. Scott, that
  • many of the cases stated only required such washings as might
  • any
  • where be performed, and that those, respecting which sacrifices
  • were appointed, would more rarely occur. We may also suppose,
  • that provided these were brought, when the person who had been
  • unclean first came to the sanctuary, it would suffice: though
  • distance or other hindrances prevented its being done
  • immediately,
  • at the expiration of the seven days.
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  • 11-14 The sin offering for himself
  • 15-19 The sin offering for the people
  • 20-28 The scape goat
  • 29-34 The yearly feast of the expiations
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  • Greek. a sanctified linen coat
  • This and the other vestures were peculiar for this day, and for
  • the services of this dayl that is, for making atonement: the
  • other
  • service, which was ordinary, he performed this day in his other
  • priestly garments. The eight ornaments usually worn by the high
  • priest are enumerated in Exodus 28.4, etc., and the four that
  • were
  • for this day are here expressed, and are called the {white
  • garments} while the others were designated the {golden garments}
  • because some were made with gold thread woven in them. These
  • four
  • were made of six double twisted threads, and of flax only.
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  • The hebrew [] has been supposed by some to be the name of a
  • place,
  • either a mountain or cliff, to which the goat was led. but no
  • place of that name has ever been pointed out, except a mountain
  • near Sinai, which was too distant for the goat to be conducted
  • there from Jerusalem. Other learned men think it was the name of
  • the devil, who was worshipped by the heathen in the form of a
  • goat. But Bp. Patrick justly objects to this opinionl for it is
  • difficult to conceive, that when the other goat was offered to
  • God, this should be sent among demons. The more probable opinion
  • seems to be, that it was name given to the goat itself, on
  • account
  • of his being let go; from {aiz}, and goat, and {azal}, to
  • depart.
  • So LXX. [], and vulgate {emissarius} sent away; Aquila and
  • Symmachus [], or []. {the goat going away, or dismissed}.
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  • The man that took the scape-goat into the wilderness, and that
  • burned the sin offering, were to be looked upon as
  • ceremonially unclean, and must not come into the camp till they
  • had washed their clothes and bathed their flesh in water, which
  • signified the defiling nature of sin; even the sacrifice which
  • was
  • made sin, was defiling: also the imperfection of the legal
  • sacrifices, they were so far from taking away sin, that they
  • left
  • some stain even upon those that touched them.
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  • at the door of the tabernacle
  • 7-9 They must not offer to devils
  • 10-14 All eating of blood is forbidden
  • 15,16 and of all that dies by itself, or is torn
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  • is used not only for he-goats, but also for some fabulous beings
  • or sylvan gods, to whom was ascribed the form of goats.
  • Maimonides says that the Zabian idolaters worshipped demons
  • under
  • the form of goats; and that this custom being spread among other
  • nations, gave occasion to this precept. He-goats, however, are
  • probably intended here, which were objects of divine honour
  • among
  • the Egyptians under the the name of honour among the Egyptians
  • under the name of Mendes. Herodotus says that all goats were
  • worshipped in Egypt; but particularly he-goats. From these seem
  • to have sprung {Pan, Silenus} and the innumerable herd of those
  • imaginery beings, {fauns, satyrs, dryads}, all woodland gods,
  • and
  • held in veneration by the Greeks and Romans.
  • to that of committing idolatry, yet it is to be taken sometimes
  • in
  • a literal sense. Baalpeor and Ashtaroth were worshipped with
  • obscene rite; and public prostitution formed a great part of the
  • worhip among the Egyptians, Moabites, Canaanites, Greeks, and
  • Romans.
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  • This sentence, which contains a most important truth, had
  • existed
  • in the Mosaic writings for more than 3000 years, before the
  • attention of any philosopher was drawn to the subject. That the
  • blood actually possesses a {living principle}, and that the life
  • of the whole body is derived from it, is a doctrine of
  • revelation,
  • and a doctrine which the experiments of the most accurate
  • anatomists have served strongly to confirm. The proper
  • {circulation} of this important fluid through the whole human
  • system was first taught by Solomon in figurative language
  • 1628; though some Italian philosophers had the same notion a
  • little before. This accurate anatomist was the first who fully
  • revived the Mosaic notion of the {vitality} of the blood; which
  • was afterwards adopted by the justly celebrated Dr. John Hunter,
  • professor of anatomy, and established by him, by a great variety
  • of strong reasoning and accurate experiments.
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  • Not withstanding the prohibitions here, it must be evident, that
  • in the infancy of the world, persons very near of kin, and even
  • brothers and sisters, must have joined in matrimonial alliances;
  • and therefore we cannot pronounce them {immoral} in themselves.
  • But, in these first instances, necessity required it; but when
  • this necessity no longer existed, the thing became inexpedient
  • and
  • improper: for
  • 1. As human nature now is, it is very expedient that those who
  • are so much together in youth, should, by such a restriction
  • be taught to look upon all such intercourse as prohibited and
  • incestuous; for unless such restrictions are made, it would
  • be impossible to prevent the prevlance of very early
  • corruption among young persons. (See Michaelis on the laws of
  • Moses, Art. 108.)
  • 2. That the duties owing by nature to relitives might not be
  • confounded with those of a social or political kind; for
  • could a man be a brother and a husband, or a son and a
  • husband at the same time, and fulfil the duties of both?
  • Impossible.
  • 3. That by intermarrying with other families, relationship and
  • its endearments might be diffused. These prohibitions are,
  • therefore to be considered so eminently moral obligations as
  • to be observed by all mankind
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  • Molech signifies a king, or governor, of similar import with
  • Baal,
  • lord, or governor; and it is genrally supposed that the sun was
  • worshipped under this name; and more particularly as the fire
  • appears to have been so much employed in his worship. It seems
  • clear that children were not only consecrated to him by passing
  • through the fire, which appears to be alluded to here, but that
  • they were actually made a burnt offering to him. That the
  • several
  • abominations afterwards mentioned were actually practised by
  • many
  • heathen nations is abundantly attested by their own writers.
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  • {corban}. Some were free-will offerings, others were of
  • obligation. The first fruits, the tenths, the sin offerings,
  • were
  • of obligation; the peace-offerings, vows, offerings of oil,
  • wine,
  • bread, and other things which were made to the temple, or to the
  • ministers of the Lord, were offerings of devotion; these
  • constituted the greater part. They indeed were a shadow of good
  • things to come, which we enjoy in full fruition through THE ONE
  • great SACRIFICE, even Jesus Christ.
  • `Aaron must lay his robes away,
  • His mitre and his vest,
  • When God himself comes down to be
  • the offering and the priest.'
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  • In what code of laws merely human, is a requisition to be found
  • so
  • counteracting to selfishness, so encouraging to liberality, and
  • so
  • beneficently considering to the poor and needy? But the Mosaic
  • dispensation, like the Christian, breathed with love to God, and
  • benevolence to man. To the honour of the public and charitable
  • spirit of the English, this merciful law is, in general, as much
  • attended to as if it had been incorporated with the gospel.
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  • These practices might have been considered as altering the
  • original constitution of God in creation; and this is the view
  • which the Jews, and also Josephus and Philo, take of the
  • subject.
  • There were, probably, also both moral and political reasons for
  • these prohibitions. With respect to heterogenous mixtures among
  • {cattle}, it was probably forbidden, to prevent excitements to
  • the
  • abominations condemned in the preceeding chapter. As to {seeds},
  • in many cases, it would be highly improper to sow different
  • kinds
  • in the same plot of ground. If {oats} and {wheat}, for instance,
  • were sown together, the latter would be {injured}, and the
  • former
  • {ruined}. This prohibition may therefore be regarded as a
  • prudential agricultural maxim. As to different kinds of
  • {garments}, the prohibition might be intended against pride and
  • vanity in clothing.
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  • for man.
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  • 4,5 Of him that favours such an one
  • 6 Of going to wizards
  • 7,8 Of sanctification
  • 9 Of him that curses his parents
  • 11,12 Of incest
  • 13,14 Of sodomy
  • 15-17 Of bestiality
  • 18-21 Of uncleanness
  • 22-26 Obedience is required with holiness
  • 27 Wizards must be put to death
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  • throne of the same metal, in the form of a man, with the head
  • of a
  • calf, adorned with a royal crown, and his arms extended as if to
  • embrace any one. When they offered any children to him, they
  • heated the statue by a great fire kindled within, and the victim
  • was put into his arms, and thus consumed. Others relate, that
  • the
  • idol, which was hollow, was divided into seven compartments
  • within; in one of which they put flour, in the second turtles,
  • in
  • the third a ewe, in the fourth a ram, in the fifth a calf, in
  • the
  • sixth an ox, and the seventh a child, where all burnt
  • together by heating the statue inside. The account which
  • Diodorus
  • gives of the statue of Saturn, to which the Carthaginians,
  • descendants of the Canaanites, sacrificed their children, is
  • very
  • similar. For they had a brazen stature of Saturn, stretching out
  • his hands towards the ground, in such a manner that the children
  • placed within them tumbled down into a pit full of fire. To this
  • account, Milton alludes in PARADISE LOST, B.1.392.
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  • communis} of the human race, which then made severe punishment
  • necessary: by means of the Christian dispensation such errors
  • are
  • now exploded, the cultivation of philosophy and natural history
  • having harmonised and contributed their feebler share of light,
  • so
  • that we no longer have to deplore mischiefs occasioned by the
  • silly curiosity attempting to unfold future events.
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  • The term {yekallel} signifies not only to curse, but to speak
  • contemptuously, disrespectfully, or to make light of a person:
  • so
  • that all speeches which have a tendency to lessen our parents in
  • the eyes of others, or to render their judgment, piety, etc.,
  • suspected or contemptible, is her included; though the act of
  • cursing, or of treating the parent with injuious or opprobrious
  • language, is what is particularly intended. He who
  • conscientiously keeps the {fifth} commandment, can be in no
  • danger
  • of the judgment here denounced.
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  • abominations here referred to existed among the Egyptians, and
  • even formed part of their superstitious religious system, and we
  • have reason to believe that they were not uncommon among the
  • Canaanites. (See le 18.24,25). Need we wonder then, that God
  • should have made laws of this nature, and appointed the
  • punishment
  • of death for these crimes? This one observation will account for
  • many of those strange prohibitions which we find in the Mosaic
  • law.
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  • Milk and honey were the chief dainties of the ancients as they
  • are
  • now among the Arabs, particularly the Bedouins. Hence not only
  • the Hebrews, but also the Greeks and Romans, painted the highest
  • pleasantness and fertility by an abundance of milk and honey.
  • The
  • image used in the text, and frequently by ancient authors on
  • similar subjects, is a metaphor, derived from a {breast},
  • producing copious streams of milk.
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  • 6 Of their holiness
  • 7 Of their marriages
  • 8 Of their estimation
  • 9 Of the high high priest's holiness
  • 10-12 Of his marriage
  • 13-15 The priests that have blemishes must not minister in the
  • sanctuary
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  • shall not defile himself for his wife, etc.
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  • This custom is also called {rounding the corners of the head}
  • The Hebrew {peakth zakon}, may denote the whiskers; as the
  • Syriac
  • {phatho} signifies. These are by the Arabs, according to
  • Niebuhr,
  • still cut entirely off, or worn quite short; and hence they are
  • called by Jeremiah, [], those with cropped whiskers. Perhaps
  • some
  • superstition, of which we are ignorant, was connected with this;
  • but whether or not, it was the object of Moses to keep the
  • Israelites distinct from other nations.
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  • was unclean for seven days, and was obliged on the third and
  • seventh day to purify himself according to the Mosaic
  • instructions. In the case of the priest it went still farther;
  • insomuch, that even mourning for the dead by any external sign,
  • such as tearing their clothes, defiled them. Hence such
  • mournings
  • were absolutely forbidden to be used in {any case}, and by the
  • other priests also, except in the case of their very nearest
  • relations, for whom they were allowed to mourn. This statue is
  • founded on the importance of sustaining the decency and purity
  • of
  • Divine worship. The servants of the Deity were to keep
  • themselves
  • at a distance from every thing that in the least degree savoured
  • of uncleanness.
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  • In the above list of blemishes, we meet with some that might
  • render the priest {contemptible} in the eyes of men; and others
  • that would be very great {impediments} in the discharge of his
  • ministerial duties.
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  • things
  • 6-9 How they shall be cleansed
  • 10-16 Who of the priest's house may eat of the holy things
  • 17-25 The sacrifices mus be without blemish
  • 26-28 The age of the sacrifice
  • 29-33 The law of eating the sacrifice of thanksgiving
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  • This is the very ground of the prohibition, that they might
  • preserve in their minds a holy reverence for the Divine Majesty.
  • Hence when they approached unto him, they must be free from
  • every
  • legal impurity. If great men are to be approached with respect,
  • how much more must Jehovah be approached with holy reverence.!
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  • he is unclean.'
  • That is, according to some, thrust out of the priest's office,
  • or
  • from officiating at the altar; or according to others, cut off
  • by
  • some immediate stroke of divine justice, like Nadab and Abihu
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  • These words include the daughters as well as the sons of Aaron.
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  • That is, be punished if he break it
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  • a {foreigner}, which is expressed by {hechar}, but one who is
  • not
  • of the seed of Aaron, or does not belong to his family.
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  • A window in Bengal not unfrequently returns to her father's
  • house
  • on the death of her husband: the union between her and her own
  • family is never so dissolved as among European nations.
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  • selves with the iniquity of trespass in their eating
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  • has been in force among all nations that sacrificed victims to
  • their deities.
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  • It was necessary for the mother's health that the young one
  • should
  • suck so long; and prior to this time, the process of nutrition
  • in
  • a young animal can scarcely be considered as completely formed.
  • Besides this, it may justly be asserted, that the flesh of very
  • young animals is comparatively innutritive. There is something
  • brutish in eating the young of beast or fowl, before the hair
  • and
  • hoofs are perfect in the one, and feathers and claws in the
  • other;
  • and before this period, their flesh is not good for food,
  • consequently they were not fit for sacrifice, which is termed
  • the
  • {bread} or {food} of God.
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  • ye shall not kill it. This law was certainly intended to
  • inculcate mercy and tenderness of heart; and so the Jews have
  • understood it.
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  • 3 The sabbath
  • 4-8 The passover
  • 9-14 The sheaf of first-fruits
  • 15-21 The feast of Pentecost
  • 22 Gleanings to be left for the poor
  • 23-25 The feast of trumpets
  • 26-32 The day of atonement
  • 33-44 The feast of tabernacles
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  • God appointed several festivals among the Jews. The {Passover}
  • was celebrated on the 14th, or rather 15th day of the first
  • month
  • in the ecclesiastical year, which was the seventh of the civil
  • year, which was the seventh of the civil year, and lasted seven
  • days. The {Pentecost} was celebrated on the fiftieth day after
  • the
  • passover, in memory of the law's being given to Moses on Mount
  • Sinair, fifty days, of seven weeks after the departure out of
  • Egypt. The word is derived from the Greek word [], which
  • signifies the fiftieth. The Hebrews call it the feast of weeks,
  • The feast of {trumpets}, celebrated on the first day of the
  • civil
  • year, when a trumpet was sounded, to proclain its commencement,
  • which was in the month {Tisri}, answering to our September
  • a consequence of the feast of trumpets. God ordained that, by
  • giving him the first-fruits of every month they should
  • acknowledge
  • him as the Lord of all their time, and own his providence, by
  • which all times and seasons are ordered. The feast of
  • {expiation}
  • or atonement was kept on the 10th day of Tisri or September: the
  • Hebrews call it Kippur, i.e. pardon or expiation, because it was
  • instituted for the expiation of their sins. The feast of tents
  • or
  • tabernacles was so called, because the Israelites kept it under
  • green tents or arbours, in memory of their dwelling in their
  • passage through the wilderness. It was celebrated on the 15th
  • day
  • of Tisri, and continue eight days: the first and last days are
  • the
  • most solemn. Besides the feasts mentioned by Moses, we find the
  • feast of lots, or Purim, which was celebrated among the Jews of
  • Shushan on the 14th of Adar, which answers to our February. The
  • feast of the dedication of the temple, or rather, of the
  • restoration of the temple, which had been profaned by Antiochus
  • Epiphanes, which is thought to be the feast mentioned in the
  • gospel (Jno 10.22), was celebrated in the winter. Moadim,
  • properly means assemblies, covened at an appointed time and
  • place.
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  • This offering was a public acknowledgement of the bounty and
  • goodness of God for the kindly fruits of the earth. From the]
  • practice of the people of God, the heathen borrowed a similar
  • one,
  • founded on the same reason.
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  • repetition of that law, by which they were required to leave the
  • gleanings of their fields, and the corn that grew on the ends of
  • the butts, for the poor. It may come in here as a thing which
  • the
  • priests must take occasion to remind the poeple of, when they
  • brought their first-fruits, intimating to them, that to obey
  • even
  • in this small matter was better than sacrifice; and that unless
  • they were obedient, their offerings should not be accepted. It
  • also taught them that the joy of harvest should express itself
  • in
  • charity to the poor, who must have their due out of what we
  • have,
  • as well as God his. They that are truly sensible of the mercy
  • they receive from God, will without grudging shew mercy to the
  • poor.
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  • Zichron terooah, here rendered `a memorial of blowing the
  • trumpets' properly signifies a memorial of triumpt or shouting
  • for
  • joy. This festival is generally called the feast of trumpets;
  • and
  • though the Scriptures have not expressly declared the reason of
  • its celebration, yet, as it fell in the seventh month of the
  • sacred year, which was the first of the civil year, that is, the
  • month Tisri, answering to our September, the opinion very
  • generally embraced by both Jews and Christians is, that it was a
  • memorial of the creation of the world, at which `the sons of God
  • shouted for joy,' (job 38.7); and which is supposed, not
  • altogether without reason, to have been at this season of the
  • year. The month Tisri was not only anciently, but still is,
  • reckoned by the Jews the first month of the year; and the
  • feast of tabernacles, kept in this month; was said to be, as it
  • is correctly rendered in the margin, `at the revolution of the
  • year,' (ex 34.22) importing, that at this season the year had
  • revolved, and was beginning anew. So that this feast was the
  • new year's day, on which the people rejoiced in a grateful
  • remembrance of God's benefits, and implored his blessing for
  • the future year.
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  • This feast was celebrated in commemoration of the Israelites'
  • dwelling in tents in the wilderness fo forty years; and was kept
  • with greater hilarity that any of the other festivals. Hence, in
  • the Talmud, it is often called chag, the feast, by way of
  • excellence; and by Philo, [], the greatest of the feasts; it was
  • therefore more noticed by the heathen than any other. It is
  • probable that Cecrops borrowed from it the law which he made in
  • Athens, `that the master of every family should after harvest
  • make
  • a feast for his servants, and eat together with them who had
  • taken
  • pains with him in tilling his grounds.'
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  • -Le24.1
  • 5-9 The shew-bread
  • 10-12 Shelometh's son blasphemeth
  • 13-16 The law of blasphemy
  • 17 Of murder
  • 18-22 Of damage
  • 23 The blasphemer is stoned
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  • sabbath day upon the golden table in the Sanctum, before the
  • Lord, were twelve in number, representing the twelve tribes of
  • Israel. The loaves must have been large, since two tenth deals
  • (about six pints) of flour were used for each,
  • the stale ones, which had been exposed the whole week, were
  • taken
  • away, and none but the priests were allowed to eat them. In an
  • extraordinary extremity, David and his men partook of the
  • shew-bread
  • the urgent necessity alone justifying the act. The Hebrew
  • signifies bread of faces, or, of the face.
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  • Houbigant and others think that {the name} which this man blas-
  • phemed was the name of the god of his native land. But that
  • {hashshem} THE NAME, denotes Jehovah, appears from its being
  • used
  • in the latter part of verse 16, as equivalent to `the name of
  • Jehovah,' in the former part. The Jews also frequently use
  • {hashshem} for Jehovah.
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  • -Le24.12
  • unto them according to the mouth of the Lord
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  • As the word {nakav} not only signifies to curse, or blaspheme,
  • but
  • also to express, or distinguish by name,
  • prohibiting them from uttering the name jehovah, on any other
  • than
  • sacred occasions. The Septuagint, which was made at least 250
  • years before Christ, renders it [], `Whosoever nameth the name
  • of
  • the Lord, let him die;' from which we see that the Jews at this
  • time were accustomed to pronounce {adonay}, or Lord, instead of
  • Jehovah; for in place of it the Septuagint always put [].
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  • -Le25.1
  • 8-13 The jubilee in the fiftieth year
  • 14-17 Of opression
  • 18-22 A blessing of obedience
  • 23-28 The redemption of land
  • 29-34 Of houses
  • 35-38 Compassion to the poor
  • 39-46 The usage of bondmen
  • 47-55 The redemption of servants
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  • Respecting the literal meaning of the word [], yobel, or yovel,
  • critics are not agreed. The most natural derivation of the word
  • seems to be from [], hovil, the Hiphil form of [], yaval, to
  • recall, restore, or bring back, because this year restored all
  • slaves to their liberty, and brought back all alienated estates
  • to
  • their primitive owners. Accordingly the LXX. render it here [],
  • a remission; and Josephus says it signifies [], liberty.
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  • As it is here graciously promised, that the sixth year was to
  • bring
  • forth fruits for three years, not merely for two, it is evident
  • that both the sabbatical year and the year of Jubilee were
  • distinctly provided for. They were not to sow from the sixth to
  • the eighth year, omitting two seed times; nor reap from the
  • sixth
  • to the ninth, omitting two harvests. No legislator, unless
  • conscious of being devinely commissioned, would have committed
  • himself by enacting such a law as this; nor would any people
  • have
  • submitted to receive it, except in consequence of the fullest
  • conviction that a divine authority had dictated it. It therefore
  • stands as a proof that Moses acted by the express direction of
  • the
  • Almighty, and that the people were fully persuaded of the
  • reality
  • of his divine mission by the miracles he wrought.
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  • and found sufficiency
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  • -Le25.29
  • houses in the country. The former might be redeemed any time in
  • the course of a year; but after that time could not be redeemed,
  • or go out with the Jubilee: the latter might be redeemed at any
  • time; and if not redeemed must go out at the jubilee. The reason
  • in both cases is sufficiently evident; the house in the city
  • might
  • be built merely for the purposes of trade or traffic--the house
  • in
  • the country was builded on, or attached to, the inheritance
  • which
  • God had divided to the respective families. It was therefore
  • necessary that the same law should apply to the house as to the
  • inheritance; which necessity did not exist with regard to the
  • house in the city. And, as the house in the city might be
  • purchased for the purpose of trade, it would be very
  • inconvenient
  • for the purchaser, when his business was established, to be
  • obliged to remove.
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  • dwell in; and consequently the houses in these cities were all
  • they could call their own, therefore they could not be
  • ultimately
  • alienated.
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  • service of, etc.
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  • selves with them.
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  • -Le25.47
  • obtain, etc.
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  • This was a very equitable law, both to the sojourner to whom the
  • man was sold, and to the Israelite who had been sold. The
  • Israelite might redeem himself, or one of his kindred might
  • redeem
  • him; but this must not be done to the prejudice of his master.
  • They were therefore to reckon the years he must have served,
  • from
  • that time till the jubilee; and then taking the current wages of
  • a servant, per year, at that time, multiply the remaining years
  • by
  • that sum, and the aggregate was to be given to his master for
  • his
  • redemption. The Jews hold that the kindred of such a person were
  • bound, if in their power, to redeem him, lest he should be
  • swallowed up among the heathen; and we find (ne 5.8) that this
  • was
  • done by the Jews on their return from the Babylonish captivity.
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  • -Le25.52
  • The jubilee was a wonderful institution, and of great service to
  • the religion, freedom, and independence of the Hebrews. It was
  • calculated to prevent the rich from opressing the poor, and
  • reducing them to perpetual slavery; and to hinder their
  • obtaining
  • possession of all the lands by purchase, mortgage, or usurption.
  • It was further intended, that debts should not be multiplied too
  • much, lest the poor should be entirely ruined; that slaves
  • should
  • not always continue in servitude; that personal liberty,
  • equality
  • of property, and the regular order of families might, as much as
  • possible, be preserved; and that the people might thus be
  • strongly
  • attached to their country, lands, and inheritances.
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  • -Le26.1
  • 2 Religousness
  • 3-13 A blessing to them that keep the commandments
  • 14-39 A curse to them that break them
  • 40-46 God promises to remember them that repent
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  • gives a dreadful detail respecting a woman named Mary, who, in
  • the
  • extremity of the famine, during the seige, killed her sucking
  • child, roasted, and had eaten part of it, when discovered by the
  • soldiers.
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  • Saul to the captivity are about 490 years, during which period
  • there were 70 sabbaths of years neglected by the Hebrews. Now
  • the
  • Babylonish captivity lasted 70 years, and during that time the
  • land of Israel rested.
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  • whole book, Dr. A. Clarke thinks that the 27th chapter
  • originally
  • followed the 25th. Others suppose that the 27th chapter was
  • added
  • after the book was finished; and, therefore, there is
  • apparently a
  • double conclusion, one at the end of this, and another at the
  • end
  • of the 27th chapter. All the ancient versions agree in
  • concluding
  • both chapters in nearly the same way.
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  • -Le27.1
  • 3-8 The estimation of the person
  • 9-13 of a beast given by vow
  • 14,15 of a house
  • 16-27 of a field, and the redemption thereof
  • 28,29 No devoted thing may be redeemed
  • 30-34 The tithe may not be changed
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  • -Le27.2
  • A vow is a religious promise made to God, for the most part with
  • prayer, and paid with thanksgiving. Vows were either of
  • abstinence (Nu 6.30), or the devoting of something to the Lord,
  • as
  • sacrifices (le 7.16), or the value of persons, beasts, houses,
  • or
  • lands, concerning which the law is her given. A man might vow or
  • devote himself, his children, his domestics, his cattle, his
  • goods, etc. and respecting the redemption of all these, rules
  • are
  • laid down in this chapter. But if, after consecrating these
  • things, he refused to redeem them, they then became the Lord's
  • property forever. The persons continued all their lives devoted
  • to the sanctuary, the goods were sold for the profit of the
  • temple, or the priests; and the animals, if clean, were offered
  • in
  • sacrifice; and if not proper for sacrifice, were sold, and the
  • proceeds devoted to sacred uses. This is a general view of the
  • different laws relative to vows, mentioned in this chapter.
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  • -Le27.3
  • 11532-900620-1405
  • -Le27.4
  • the value of a man; for this obvious reason, that a woman, if
  • employed, would not be of so much use in the sanctuary as the
  • man.
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  • -Le27.5
  • 11534-900620-1408
  • -Le27.6
  • The male five shekels, 15s., the female three shekels, 9s
  • Being both in infancy they were nearly of an equal value.
  • 11535-900620-1409
  • -Le27.7
  • The old man and old woman, being almost past labour, were nearly
  • of an equal value; the former being estimated at 15 shekels, and
  • the latter at 10.
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  • -Le27.12
  • estimation, O priest.
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  • -Le27.16
  • Though the words `some part' are not expressed, yet it is
  • generally
  • allowed that they should be supplied here; as it was not lawful
  • for a man to alienate in this manner his whole patrimony: he
  • might express his good will for the house of God but he must
  • not impoverish his own family.
  • required a homer of barley to sow it. The homer was very
  • different to the omer; the latter held about three quarts, the
  • former seventy-five gallons three pints.
  • 11546-900620-1423
  • -Le27.18
  • 11547-900620-1423
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  • -Le27.21
  • capable of being redeemed.
  • 11550-900620-1426
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  • -Le27.25
  • sanctuary, to try and regulate all the weights in the land by.
  • 11554-900620-1431
  • -Le27.26
  • As these firstlings were the Lord's before, it would have been a
  • solemn mockery to pretend to make them a matter of a singular
  • vow;
  • for they were already appointed, if clean, to be sacrificed.
  • 11555-900620-1433
  • -Le27.27
  • and covetous redemptions. The priest alone was to value the
  • thing; and to whatever his valuation was, a fifth part must be
  • added by him who wished to redeem it.
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  • -Le27.28
  • to God.
  • 11557-900620-1438
  • -Le27.29
  • to the service of God shall not be redeemed, but die in that
  • devoted state, or, that such as were devoted to death by
  • appointment and law of God, as the Canaanites were, shall be put
  • to death.
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  • -Le27.32
  • tithe of his sheep of calves, he shut them in one fold, in which
  • was a narrow door, to let out but one at a time. He then stood
  • by
  • the door, with a rod dipped in vermilion in his hand, and as
  • they
  • passed he he counted them with the rod; and when the {tenth}
  • came
  • he touched it, by which it was distinguished as the tithe calf,
  • sheep, etc.
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  • -Le27.34
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  • -Nu1.1
  • Thus terminates the book of Numbers; a book containing a series
  • of the most astonishing providences and events. Every where and
  • in every circumstance God appears; and yet there is no
  • circumstance or occasion which does not justify those signal
  • displays of his grace and mercy; and in every relation we
  • perceive the consistency of the divine intentions, and the
  • propriety of those laws which he established.
  • 01 God commands Moses to number the people
  • 05 The princes of the tribes
  • 17 The number of every tribe
  • 47 The Levites are exempted for the service of the Lord
  • day of the month, in the second year of their departure from
  • Egypt, and this happened on the first day of the second month,
  • in the same year, it is evident that the transactions related in
  • the preceding book must all have taken place in the space of one
  • month, and during the time the Israelites were encamped at Mount
  • Sinai.
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  • -Nu1.2
  • illustrate the Divine faithfulness in thus increasing the seed
  • of Abraham; to prepare them to preserve due order in their
  • march; and to distinguish the tribes and families.
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  • -Nu1.3
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  • -Nu1.4
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  • -Nu1.5
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  • -Nu1.6
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  • -Nu1.7
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  • -Nu1.8
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  • -Nu1.10
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  • -Nu1.12
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  • -Nu1.13
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  • -Nu1.14
  • easily mistaken for each other; and hence this person being
  • called both Deuel and Reuel, may be easily accounted for. The
  • Septuagint and Syriac have Reuel, in this chapter; and in ch.
  • 2.14, the Samaritan, Vulgate, and Arabic have Deuel, instead of
  • Reuel, with which reading a vast number of MSS. concur, and
  • which is also supported by ch. 7.42 10.20. We may therefore
  • safely conclude, the Deuel, and not Reuel, was the original
  • reading.
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  • -Nu1.15
  • 11578-900606-0924
  • -Nu1.16
  • congregation,' those who were summoned by name to attend.
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  • -Nu1.17
  • 11580-900606-0926
  • -Nu1.18
  • children, nor minors, nor strangers, nor Levites, nor old men;
  • which, collectively, must have formed an immense multitude; the
  • Levites alone amounted to 22,300 men.
  • 11581-900606-0926
  • -Nu1.19
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  • -Nu1.20
  • 11583-900606-0933
  • -Nu1.21
  • the tribes, we will here produce them, compared with that of the
  • second census, (ch 26) in their decreasing proportion, beginning
  • with the greatest and proceeding to the least.
  • 1st Census 2nd Census
  • 1. Judah 74,600 76,500
  • 2. Dan 62,700 64,400
  • 3. Simeon 59,300 22,200
  • 4. Zebulum 57,400 60,500
  • 5. Issachar 54,400 64,300
  • 6. Naphtali 53,400 45,400
  • 7. Reuben 46,500 43,730
  • 8. Gad 45,650 40,500
  • 9. Asher 41,500 53,400
  • 10.Ephraim 40,500 32,500
  • 11.Benjamin 35,400 45,600
  • 12.Manasseh 32,200 52,700
  • Totals: 603,550 601,730
  • least so; the difference between them being as great as 42,000.
  • Jacob had given Judah the pre-eminence in his prophetic
  • blessing; and that tribe was to have the precedency in the
  • encampments of Israel; accordingly God had increased them more
  • than any of their brethren. Ephraim and Manasseh, according to
  • the same prophecy, were numbered as distinct tribes, Ephraim
  • having the superiority, as it was foretold; and Joseph indeed
  • appears 'a fruitful bough.'
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  • -Nu1.23
  • 11586-900606-0936
  • -Nu1.24
  • standard of Reuben; and it seems on that account, to have been
  • introduced in this order. The other tribes also, are here
  • classed together according to their encampments, and the order
  • of their subsequent march.
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  • down into Dgypt about 215 years before, where they had latterly
  • endured the greates hardships! Such was the effect of God's
  • promise, which cannot fail.
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  • -Nu2.1
  • The order of the tribes in their tents.
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  • -Nu2.2
  • divisions, with the tabernacle in the centre; though at some
  • distance from it. The form of the camp was quadrangular,
  • containing, according to Scheuchzer, a little more than twelve
  • square miles. Under each of the four divisions, three tribes
  • were placed, under one general standard. Between these four
  • great camps and the tabernacle, were pitched four smaller camps
  • of the priests and Levites, who were in immediate attendance
  • upon it; the camp of Moses, and of Aaron and his sons, being on
  • the east side of the tabernacle, where the entrance was. Judah
  • was placed on the east, and under him he had Issachar and
  • Zebulum; on the south was Reuben, and under him Simeon and Gad;
  • on the west was Ephrim, and under him Manasseh and Benjamin; and
  • Dan was on the north, and under him Asher and Naphtali. Every
  • tribe had its particular standard, probably with the name of the
  • tribe embroidered with large letters. It seems highly
  • improbable that the figures of animals should have been painted
  • on them, as the Jewish writers assert; for even in after ages,
  • when Vitellius wished to march through Judea, their great men
  • besought him to march another way, as the law of the land did
  • not permit images (such as were on the Roman standard) to be
  • brought into it.
  • About the
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  • -Nu3.1
  • 01 The sons of Aaron
  • 05 The Levites are given to the priests instead of the
  • first-born
  • 14 Are numbered by their families
  • 21 The families, number, and charge of the Gershonites
  • 27 Of the Kohathites
  • 33 Of the Merarites
  • 38 The place and charge of Moses and Aaron
  • 40 The first-born are freed by the Levites
  • 44 The overplus are redeemed
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  • sacrificial word, and signifies the presenting of a sacrifice or
  • offering to the Lord. As an offering, the tribe of Levi was
  • entirely given up to the service of the sanctuary, to be no
  • longer their own, but the Lord's
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  • Egyptians, he spared those of the Israelites; and, in
  • commemoration of that event, he was pleased to appoint that all
  • the first-born males 'should be set apart unto himself.' God is
  • here pleased to relinquish this claim, and to appoint the whole
  • tribe of Levi to attend his immediate service in their stead.
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  • -Nu3.13
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  • numbered from twenty years old and upwards; but, had the Levites
  • been numbered in this way, they would not have been nearly equal
  • in number to the first-born of the twelve tribes. Add to this,
  • that as there must have been first-born of all ages in the other
  • tribes, it was necessary that the Levites, who were to be their
  • substitutes, should also be of all ages; and it appears to have
  • been partly on this ground, that the Levites were numbered from
  • a month old and upwards.
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  • -Nu3.25
  • severe labour which the Levites were to perform, while the
  • journeyings of the Israelites lasted. When we consider, that
  • there was not less than 14 tons 266 lbs. of metal employed in
  • the tabernacle, besides the immense weight of the skins,
  • hangings, cords, boards, and posts, we shall find it was no easy
  • matter to transport this moveable temple from place to place.
  • The Gershonites, who were 7500 in number had to carry the tent,
  • coverings, vail, hangings of the court, cords, etc.; the
  • Kohathites, who were 8600, the ark, table, candlestick, altars,
  • and instruments of the sanctuary; and the Merarites, who were
  • 6200, the boards, bars, sockets, and all matters connected with
  • these belonging to the tabernacle, with the pillars of the
  • court, their sockets, pins, and cords.
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  • the boards
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  • -Nu3.39
  • of its letters, probably designed as a mark of spuriousness. The
  • word is wanting in the Samaritan, Syriac, and Coptic, and also
  • in eight of Dr. Kennicott's and in four of De Rossi's MSS. Moses
  • alone, as Houbigant observes, was commanded to number the
  • Levites, for as the money with which the first-born were
  • redeemed was to be paid to Aaron and his sons, it was decent
  • that he, whose advantage it was that the number of the
  • first-born should exceed, should not be authorized to take that
  • number himself. Twenty and two thousand, this total does not
  • agree with the particulars; for the Gershonites were 7500, the
  • Kohathites 8600, and the Merarites 6200, which make a total of
  • 22,300. Several methods of solving this difficulty have been
  • proposed by learned men. Houbigant supposes there is an error in
  • the enumeration of the Kohathites in ver. 28; the numberal
  • shesh, 'six,' being written instead of shalosh, 'three', before
  • 'hundred.' Dr. Kennicott's mode of reconciling the discrepancy,
  • however, is the most simple. He supposes that an error has crept
  • into the number of the Gershonites in ver. 22, where instead of
  • 7500 we should read 7200, as caph final, which stands for 500,
  • might have been easily mistaken for resh, 200. (Dr. Kennicott on
  • the Hebret Text, vol. 11, p.212.) Either of these modes will
  • equally reconcile the difference.
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  • the first-born males of the Israelites were 22,273, there were
  • therefore 372 more of the latter than of the former, which are
  • here ordered to be redeemed. The price of redemption is fixed at
  • five shekels, or about 15s. each, in ver 47. This money,
  • amounting to 1365 shekels, equal to F204. 15s. English, was
  • taken of the first-born. There is some difficulty, however, in
  • determining which of the first-born should be redeemed by paying
  • this sum, and which should be exchanged for the Levites; for
  • every Israelite, no doubt, would rather have his first-born
  • redeemed by a Levite, than pay five shekels; and yet some of
  • them must have incurred this expense. Rabbi Solomon Jarchi says,
  • to prevent contention, Moses took 22,000 slips of parchment, and
  • wrote on each a son of Levi, and 273 more, on which he wrote
  • five shekels; then putting them in an urn, and shaking them
  • together, he ordered every one of the first-born to draw out a
  • slip. If he drew out one with the first inscription, he said to
  • him, a Levite hath redeemeed thee; but if he drew out one of the
  • latter, he said, pay the price. This is pronounced by Dr. A.
  • Clarke to be a stupid, silly tale; but when we know that the
  • determination by lot was used among the Israelites, it does not
  • seem improbable that it was now resorted to, though we cannot
  • vouch for the accuracy of the detail. This species of redeeming
  • men is referred to by St. Peter in his 1st Epistle, 1.18,19.
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  • -Nu4.1
  • 01 The age at which the Levites were to begin to serve, and the
  • duration of the service
  • 04 The duty of the Kohathites
  • 16 The charge of Eleazar
  • 17 The office of the priests
  • 21 The duty of the Gershonites
  • 29 Of the Merarites
  • 34 The number of the Kohathites
  • 38 Of the Gershonites
  • 42 And of the Merarites
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  • high priest on one day in the year, to enter into the most holy
  • place, must have admitted an exception while the Israelites were
  • in the wilderness; that exception, therefore, is here expressly
  • made; and the directions given respecting it must be religiously
  • observed, or the service could not be safely performed. While
  • the cloud rested on the tabernacle, the general rule was in
  • force; but when it was removed, then the priests might enter to
  • prepare the sacred vessels for removal.
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  • -Nu4.6
  • made for the tabernacle, which was carried by the Gershonites,
  • but one made for the purpose of concealing and sheltering the
  • ark when it was to be carried. a cloth.
  • staves thereof;' i.e. dispose them rightly under the covering,
  • that they might be laid on their shoulders; for the staves were
  • never taken out of the rings. the staves
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  • -Nu4.7
  • Israelites, without doubt, were able to procure corn enough from
  • the adjacent countries, even when in the wilderness, to make the
  • shewbread, and to present the daily meat offerings.
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  • grate, which was carried apart from the brazen altar; both being
  • covered from view by purple cloths.
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  • -Nu4.16
  • was required to carry the oil for the light, the incense, and
  • the flour for the daily meat offering, and the holy ointment;
  • besides superintending the Levites. It may be supposed, that he
  • himself carried no more of the oil than for present use
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  • -Nu4.17
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  • -Nu4.18
  • the Kohathites, if they failed to give them proper cautions and
  • directions; or permitted them to gaze with irreverence or
  • curiosity upon the holy things, which they might carry, but not
  • see.
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  • -Nu4.19
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  • -Nu4.20
  • the ark, as the Jews generally understand it; and with good
  • reason, as any one may be convinced, who compared 1Ki 8.8 with
  • 2Ch 5.9, where that which is called the holy in the former, is
  • called the ark in the latter.
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  • -Nu4.27
  • the priests. Eleazar exercised this authority in general, as
  • next in succession to Aaron; and he in particular was placed
  • over the Kohathites; while Ithamar, his younger brother,
  • commanded the Gershonites and Merarites.
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  • to the very pins belonging to each part, that nothing might be
  • wanting when the tabernacle was set up. the instruments
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  • the Levites; and here of those only who were able to serve the
  • Lord in the sanctuary. We find that the whole number of the
  • Levites amounted to 22,300; of whom 8580 were fit for service
  • and 13,720 unfit, being either too old or too young. What an
  • astonishing number of men, all performing some service by which
  • God was glorified, and the congregation at large benefited!
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  • families of Levi, yet had a greater number of able men than any
  • of them; for out of 6200 males of a month old and upwards, we
  • find 3200 who were neither too young nor too old for the service
  • of the sancutary; which was more than one-half of their whole
  • number. In this the wisdom and providence of God appear most
  • conspicuously; for the Merarites were charged with the heaviest
  • part of the sanctuary, as the boards, bars, sockets, etc; and
  • though waggons were afterwards provided for them, yet the
  • loading and unloading of the sockets, and other things of great
  • weight, would require much strength, both bodily and numberical.
  • Thus God ever manifests his wisdom, in fitting men for the work
  • to which they are appointed, whether with respect to number or
  • gifts; "for to one is given, by the Spirit, the word of wisdom;
  • to another the word of knowledge, by the same Spirit; to another
  • faith, by the same Spirit; to another the gifts of healing, by
  • the same Spirit; to another the working of miracles; to another
  • prophecy; to another discerning of spirits; to another divers
  • kinds of tongues; to another the interpretation of tongues; but
  • all these worketh that one and the self-same Spirit, dividing to
  • every man severally as he will.
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  • -Nu5.1
  • 01 The unclean are removed out of camp
  • 05 Restitution is to be made in trespass
  • 11 The trial of jealously
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  • -Nu5.2
  • the sanctuary of God in the centre, orders were given that the
  • lepers and unclean persons should be excluded from the camp,
  • according to the laws given at different times on these
  • subjects. This expulsion was founded, 1. On a purely physical
  • reason; for the diseases were contagious, and therefore there
  • was a necessity of putting those afflicted with them apart, that
  • the infection might not be communicated. 2. There was also a
  • spiritual reason; the camp was the habitation of God; and
  • therefore, in honour of Him who had thus condescended to dwell
  • with them, nothing impure should be permitted to remain. 3.
  • Further, there was a typical reason; for the camp was the emblem
  • of the church, where nothing that is defiled should enter, and
  • in
  • which nothing that is unholy should be tolereated.
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  • -Nu5.3
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  • -Nu5.6
  • actual criminality of the person, but to his consciousness of
  • guilt respecting it; for this case must be distinguished from
  • that of a person detected in dishonesty, which he attempted to
  • conceal.
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  • -Nu5.7
  • possible case, is necessary in order to obtain forgiveness. with
  • the principal
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  • -Nu5.14
  • exciting him to jealousy, or, rather, the passion or affection
  • of jealousy
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  • -Nu5.15
  • frankincense, implied the baseness of the crime of which the
  • woman was suspected, and the mournful state of her family. It
  • was not an atoning sacrifice, but an oblation for a memorial, as
  • solemnly referring the decision to God, and calling upon him
  • either to acquit or punish.
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  • -Nu5.16
  • her rather set it. the offerig; for the woman is afterwards
  • ordered to be set before the Lord.
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  • -Nu5.17
  • because separated from common to sacred uses. This is the most
  • ancient account of the trial by ordeal, which obtained so
  • generally among various nations; and it was calculated to
  • fortify the minds of the Israelitish women in the hour of
  • temptation and to render them watchful against all occasions of
  • exciting suspicion in the breasts of their husbands.
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  • -Nu5.18
  • thy husband
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  • -Nu6.1
  • 01 The law of the Nazarite in the days of his separation
  • 13 And after their completion
  • 22 The form of blessing the people
  • 11783-900621-1012
  • -Nu6.2
  • themselves,' signifies, 'the doing of something extraordinary,'
  • and is the same word as is used concerning the making a
  • singular vow. It seems to convey the idea of a person's acting
  • from extraordinary zeal for God and religion.
  • Lahazzir, from Nazar, to be separate; hence nazir, a Nazarite, a
  • person separated; one peculiarly devoted to the service of God
  • by being separated from all servile employments. The Nazarites
  • were of two kinds' such as were devoted to God by their parents
  • in their infancy, or even sometimes before they were born; and
  • such as devoted themselves. The former were Nazarites for life;
  • and the latter commonly bound themselves to observe the laws of
  • the Nazarites for a limited time. The Nazarites for life were
  • not bound to the same strictness as the others, concerning whom
  • the laws relate.
  • 11784-900621-1015
  • -Nu6.3
  • have been partly of a civil and prudential use. The sobriety and
  • temperance which the Nazarites were obliged to observe were very
  • conductive to health. Accordingly, they were celebrated for
  • their fair and ruddy complexion; being said to be both whiter
  • than milk and more ruddy than rubies; the sure signs of a sound
  • and healthy constitution. It may here be observed, that when God
  • intended to raise up Samson, by his strength of body, to scourge
  • the enemies of Israel, he ordered, that from his infancy he
  • should drink no wine, but live by the rule of the Nazarites,
  • because that would greatly contribute to make him strong and
  • healthy; intending, after nature had done her utmost to form
  • this extraordinary instrument of his providence, to supply her
  • defect by his own supernatural power.
  • 11785-900621-1016
  • -Nu6.4
  • 11786-900621-1017
  • -Nu6.5
  • 11787-900621-1018
  • -Nu6.6
  • 11788-900621-1020
  • -Nu6.7
  • consecration, or separation, of God is on his head,' denotes his
  • hair, which was the proof and emblem of his separation, and of
  • his subjection to God through all the peculiarities of his
  • Nazarate. St. Paul probably alludes to this circumstance in 1Co
  • 11.10 by considering a married woman as a Nazarite for life,
  • i.e. separated from all others, and united to her husband, to
  • whom she is subject.
  • 11789-900621-1020
  • -Nu6.8
  • 11790-900621-1021
  • -Nu6.9
  • 11791-900621-1021
  • -Nu6.10
  • 11792-900621-1022
  • -Nu6.11
  • 11793-900621-1023
  • -Nu6.12
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  • -Nu6.13
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  • -Nu6.14
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  • -Nu6.15
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  • -Nu6.16
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  • -Nu6.18
  • purpose, was shaven off, as a token that the vow was
  • accomplished.
  • 11800-900621-1027
  • -Nu6.19
  • 11801-900621-1028
  • -Nu6.20
  • 11802-900621-1029
  • -Nu6.21
  • 11804-900621-1030
  • -Nu6.23
  • 11805-900621-1030
  • -Nu6.24
  • 11806-900621-1031
  • -Nu6.25
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  • -Nu6.26
  • 11808-900621-1033
  • -Nu6.27
  • 11809-900621-1034
  • -Nu7.1
  • 01 The offering of the princes at the dedication of the
  • tabernacle
  • 10 Their several offerings at the dedication of the altar
  • 89 God speaks to Moses from the mercy seat
  • 11810-900621-1035
  • -Nu7.2
  • 11811-900621-1036
  • -Nu7.3
  • These were given for the more convenient exporting of the
  • heavier parts of the tabernacle.
  • 11813-900621-1037
  • -Nu7.5
  • them; giving most to those who have the heaviest burdens to
  • bear.
  • 11815-900621-1038
  • -Nu7.7
  • able men, had the less burdensome things to carry; for they
  • carried only the curtains, coverings, and hangings. And although
  • this was a cumbersome carriage, and they needed waggons, yet it
  • was not a heavy one, and they needed few.
  • 11816-900621-1039
  • -Nu7.8
  • they had the greatest burden, namely, the boards, bars, pillars,
  • and sockets, to carry. Therefore they had double the number of
  • waggons to what the Gershonites had assigned them.
  • 11817-900621-1040
  • -Nu7.9
  • candlestick, altars, etc. which were to be carried upon their
  • shoulders; for those sacred things must not be drawn by beasts.
  • because
  • 11818-900621-1041
  • -Nu7.10
  • doubtless at the expense, of his whole tribe. dedicating
  • 11819-900621-1041
  • -Nu7.11
  • 11820-900621-1042
  • -Nu7.12
  • 11821-900621-1042
  • -Nu7.13
  • 11822-900621-1043
  • -Nu7.14
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  • -Nu7.15
  • 11824-900621-1045
  • -Nu7.16
  • 11825-900621-1049
  • -Nu7.17
  • different tribes are represented here as bringing their
  • offerings precisely in the same order in which they encamped
  • about the tabernacle, beginning at the East, then proceeding to
  • the South, then to the West, and ending with the North,
  • according to the course of the sun. Thus God evinces that he is
  • not the author of confusion, but of peace. It is also worthy of
  • remark that every tribe offers the same kind of offering, and in
  • the same quantity, to shew, that as every tribe was equally
  • indebted to God for its support, so each should testify an equal
  • sense of obligation. Besides, the vessels were all sacrifical
  • vessels, and the animals were all clean animals, such as were
  • proper for sacrifices; and therefore everything was intended to
  • point out, that the people were to be a holy people, fully
  • dedicated to God, and that God was to dwell among them. Thus, as
  • the priests, altar, etc. were anointed, and the tabernacle
  • dedicated, so the people by this offering became consecrated to
  • God. Therefore every act here was a religious act.
  • 11826-900621-1050
  • -Nu7.18
  • 11827-900621-1050
  • -Nu7.19
  • 11828-900621-1051
  • -Nu7.20
  • 11829-900621-1051
  • -Nu7.21
  • 11830-900621-1051
  • -Nu7.22
  • 11831-900621-1052
  • -Nu7.23
  • 11832-900621-1052
  • -Nu7.24
  • 11835-900621-1053
  • -Nu7.27
  • 11838-900621-1053
  • -Nu7.30
  • 11839-900621-1056
  • -Nu7.31
  • bowl. It appears by the metal of which this charger and bowl
  • were made, that they were for the use of the altar of burnt
  • offerings in the outer court; for all the vessels of the
  • sanctuary were of gold. It was probably used for receiving the
  • flesh of the sacrifices upon which the priests feasted, or the
  • fine flour for the meat offerings. Bowl. Mizrak, from zarak, to
  • sprinkle, a bowl or bason, used in sprinkling the blood of the
  • sacrifice.
  • 11840-900621-1056
  • -Nu7.32
  • metal of which it was made, and that which it contained, shew
  • that it was for the use of the golden altar in the sanctuary.
  • incense
  • 11843-900621-1058
  • -Nu7.35
  • the burnt offering or the sin offering; because the priests, the
  • princes, and as many of the people as they invited, had a share
  • of them, and feated, with great rejoicing, before the Lord. This
  • custom, as Mr. Shelden observes, seems to have been imitated by
  • the heathen, who dedicated their altars, temples, statues, et.
  • with much ceremony.
  • 11844-900621-1058
  • -Nu7.36
  • 11845-900621-1059
  • -Nu7.37
  • 11847-900621-1059
  • -Nu7.39
  • 11850-900621-1059
  • -Nu7.42
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  • -Nu7.43
  • 11853-900621-1100
  • -Nu7.45
  • 11856-900621-1105
  • -Nu7.48
  • surprised that this work of offering went forward on the seventh
  • day (which they suppose to have been a sabbath), as well as on
  • the other days. But, 1.there is no absolute proof that this
  • seventh day of offering was a sabbath. 2. Were it even so, could
  • the people be better employed than in thus consecrating
  • themselves and their services to the Lord? We have already seen
  • that every act was a religious act; and we may rest assured,
  • that no day was too holy for the performance of such acts as are
  • here recorded. Here is may be observed, that Moses has thought
  • fit to set down distinctly, and at full length, the offerings of
  • the princes of each tribe, though, as we have already observed,
  • they were the very same, both in quantity and quality, that an
  • honourable mention might be made of every one apart, and that
  • none might think himself in the least neglected.
  • 11857-900621-1106
  • -Nu7.49
  • 11859-900621-1107
  • -Nu7.51
  • acceptance of the sacrifices which should be hereafter offered
  • on the altar, we are not informed; but the sacrifices themselves
  • were of the nature of supplications, and it is probable, that
  • they who offered them, made humble petitions along with them.
  • 11862-900621-1107
  • -Nu7.54
  • 11863-900621-1107
  • -Nu7.55
  • 11868-900621-1108
  • -Nu7.60
  • 11869-900621-1108
  • -Nu7.61
  • 11870-900621-1108
  • -Nu7.62
  • 11871-900621-1109
  • -Nu7.63
  • 11874-900621-1116
  • -Nu7.66
  • commenced cannot be easily determined; but the computation of F.
  • Scacchus seems highly probable. He supposes, that the tabernacle
  • being erected the first day of the first month of the second
  • year after the departure from Egypt, seven days were spent in
  • the counsecration of it, and the altar; and that on the eight
  • day, Moses began to consecrate Aaron and his sons, which lasted
  • seven days more. Then, on the fourteenth day of that month, was
  • the feast day of unleavened bread; which God commanded to be
  • observed in the first month and which lasted till the 22nd. The
  • rest of the month, we may well suppose, was spent in giving,
  • receiving, and delivering the laws contained in the book of
  • Leviticus; after which, on the first day of the second month,
  • Moses began to number the people, according to the command in
  • the beginning of this book; which may be supposed to have lasted
  • three days. On the fourth, the Levites were numbered; on the
  • next day we may suppose they were offered to God, and given to
  • the Priests; and on the sixth, they were expiated and
  • consecrated, as we read in the following chapter. On the seventh
  • day, their several charges were assigned them, after which, he
  • supposed the princes began to offer, on the eight day of the
  • second month, for the dedication of the altar, which lasted
  • till the nineteenth day inclusively; and on the twentieth day of
  • this month, they remoed from Sinai to the wilderness of Paran.
  • 11875-900621-1116
  • -Nu7.67
  • 11880-900621-1118
  • -Nu7.72
  • expression here, and in the 78th verse, has something curious in
  • it; in the day, the first and tenth day; in the day, two and
  • tenth day. But this is the idiom of the language; and to an
  • original Hebrew, our almost anomalous words eleventh and
  • twelfth, would appear as strange.
  • 11881-900621-1121
  • -Nu7.73
  • were simple and plain, though costly and magnificent. On this
  • occasion we find there were offered 12 silver chargers, each
  • weighing 1130 shekels; 12 silver bowls, each 70 shekels; 12
  • golden spoons, each 10 shekels; making the total amount of
  • silver vessels 2400 shekels, and that of golden vessels, 120
  • shekels. By this we may at once see, that though the place in
  • which they now sojourned was a wilderness as to cities,
  • villages, and regular inhabitants, yet there was plenty of
  • pasturage; else the Israelites could not have furnished these
  • cattle, with all the sacrifices necessary for different
  • occasions, and especially for the passover, which must of itself
  • have required an immense number of lambs, when each family of
  • 600,000 males was obliged to provide one.
  • 11886-900621-1122
  • -Nu7.78
  • 11887-900621-1122
  • -Nu7.79
  • 11892-900621-1123
  • -Nu7.84
  • 11893-900621-1123
  • -Nu7.85
  • 11896-900621-1125
  • -Nu7.88
  • 11897-900621-1126
  • -Nu7.89
  • 11898-900625-0954
  • -Nu8.1
  • 01 How the lamps are to be lighted
  • 05 The consecration of the Levites
  • 23 The age and time of their service
  • Moses went into the tabernacle immediately after the princes had
  • offered, it may be thought he then spake these things unto him;
  • but both this and what follows, concerning the Levites, seem
  • rather to have been delivered after the order for giving them to
  • the priests, and appointing their several charges. But some
  • other things intervening, which depended upon what had been
  • ordered respecting their camp, and that of the Israelites, Moses
  • omits this until he had stated them, and some other matters
  • which he had received from God.
  • 11899-900625-0955
  • -Nu8.2
  • 11901-900625-0955
  • -Nu8.4
  • 11903-900625-0956
  • -Nu8.6
  • 11904-900625-0957
  • -Nu8.7
  • 11905-900625-0957
  • -Nu8.8
  • 11906-900625-1004
  • -Nu8.9
  • rendered 'the whole assembly,' often signify all the elders, or
  • principal persons in the several tribes. And they cannot well
  • have any other sense here; for it would be impossible for all
  • the children of Israel to put their hands on the Levites, as
  • stated in the next verse.
  • 11907-900625-1005
  • -Nu8.10
  • 11908-900625-1006
  • -Nu8.11
  • but they were presented to God, as the God of heaven, and the
  • Lord of the whole earth, as the wave offerings were; and in
  • calling them wave-offerings, it was intimated to them that they
  • must move to and fro with readiness in the business of their
  • profession
  • 11909-900625-1007
  • -Nu8.12
  • 11910-900625-1010
  • -Nu8.13
  • manifestly in allusion to the ancient sacrificial rite of waving
  • the sacrifices before the Lord; and it is probable, that some
  • significant action, analogous to the waving of the sacrifice,
  • was employed on this occasion; for the Levites were considered
  • as
  • an offering to the Lord, to whose service they were wholly
  • dedicated. To this the apostle Paul manifestly alludes, when, in
  • writing to the Romans, he says, "I beseech you, therefore,
  • brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a
  • living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your
  • reasonable service."
  • 11911-900625-1011
  • -Nu8.14
  • 11912-900625-1011
  • -Nu8.15
  • 11913-900625-1014
  • -Nu8.16
  • Patrick, 'the children of Israel had devoted them to him, by
  • laying their hands upon them, and Aaron had waved them as a
  • wave-offering to the Lord.' instead of such. Houbigant, on the
  • authority of the Samaritan, reads, 'instead of every first-born
  • of the children of Israel, who openeth the womb.'
  • 11914-900625-1014
  • -Nu8.17
  • 11916-900625-1015
  • -Nu8.19
  • 11917-900625-1016
  • -Nu8.20
  • 11918-900625-1016
  • -Nu8.21
  • 11919-900625-1017
  • -Nu8.22
  • 11921-900625-1021
  • -Nu8.24
  • service of the tabernacle at the age of 30 years; and in 1ch
  • 23.24, they are ordered to commence their work at 20 years of
  • age. In order to reconcile this apparent discrepancy, it is to
  • be observed, 1. At the time of which Moses speaks in ch 4.3, the
  • Levitical service was exceedingly severe, and consequently
  • required full grown, robust men, to perform it; the age of 30
  • was therefore appointed as the period for commencing this
  • service, the weightier part of which was probably there
  • intended. 2. In this place God seems to speak of the service in
  • a general way; hence the age of 25 is fixed. 3. In David's time,
  • and afterwards, in the fixed tabernacle and temple, the
  • laboriousness of the service no longer existed, and hence 20
  • years was the age appointed.
  • 11922-900625-1024
  • -Nu8.25
  • warfare of the service
  • assist their junior brethren in the ordinary offices, and give
  • them and the people counsel and instruction; but they were
  • exempted from carrying the tabernacle and from other laborious
  • services. It is remarkable, that no law was made concerning the
  • age at which the priests should begin to officiate, and though
  • various blemishes disqualified them for the service of the
  • sanctuary, yet they continued their ministrations till death, if
  • capable. On the other hand, nothing is said concerning any
  • bodily defects or blemishes disqualifying the Levites; but the
  • time of their service is expressly settled. Their work was far
  • more laborious than that of the Priests; it is therefore likely
  • that the priests would not begin very early to officiate; and
  • the wisdom and experience of age would increase, rather than
  • diminish, their fitness for the sacred duties of their office.
  • 11923-900625-1025
  • -Nu8.26
  • 11924-900625-1027
  • -Nu9.1
  • 01 The passover is again commanded
  • 06 A second passover for the unclean or absent
  • 15 The cloud directs the removals and encampments of the
  • Israelites
  • first verses of this chapter evidently refer to a time previous
  • to the commencement of this book; but as there is no evidence of
  • a transposition, it is better to conclude with Houbigant, that
  • 'it is enough to know, that these books contain an account of
  • things transacted in the days of Moses, though not in their
  • regular or chronological order.'
  • 11925-900625-1028
  • -Nu9.2
  • 11926-900625-1029
  • -Nu9.3
  • 11928-900625-1030
  • -Nu9.5
  • 11929-900625-1034
  • -Nu9.6
  • 11930-900625-1034
  • -Nu9.7
  • 11931-900625-1035
  • -Nu9.8
  • 11933-900625-1036
  • -Nu9.10
  • 11934-900625-1037
  • -Nu9.11
  • 11935-900625-1039
  • -Nu9.12
  • shepherds who were roasting sheep whole, which they sold to
  • travellers stuck upon sticks of willow tree. The entrails were
  • taken out, and the body again sewed up.'
  • 11936-900625-1040
  • -Nu9.13
  • 11937-900625-1041
  • -Nu9.14
  • 11938-900625-1042
  • -Nu9.15
  • 11939-900625-1045
  • -Nu9.16
  • protected them, and was a continual pledge of God's presence and
  • protection. To this manifestation of the Divine glory, the
  • prophet Isaiah alludes, when he says, "The Lord will create upon
  • every dwelling place of Mount Zion, and upon her assemblies, a
  • cloud and smoke by day, and the shining of a flaming fire by
  • night." God is the director, protector, and glory of his church.
  • 11940-900625-1045
  • -Nu9.17
  • 11941-900625-1047
  • -Nu9.18
  • as acceptable a piece of submission to the will of God, to sit
  • still contentedly when our lot requires it, as to work for him
  • when we are called to it.
  • 11942-900625-1047
  • -Nu9.19
  • 11944-900625-1048
  • -Nu9.21
  • 11945-900625-1048
  • -Nu9.22
  • 11946-900625-1050
  • -Nu9.23
  • moving of the pillar, and to give timely notice to the camp of
  • its beginning to stir; and this is called 'keeping the charge of
  • the Lord.' It is uncomfortable staying when God is departed, but
  • very safe and pleasant going, when we see God go before us, and
  • resting where he appoints us to rest.
  • 11947-900625-1051
  • -Nu10.1
  • 01 The use of the silver trumpets
  • 11 The Israelites remove from Sinai to Paran
  • 14 The order of their march
  • 29 Hobab is entreated by Moses not to leave them
  • 33 The blessing of Moses at the removing and resting of the ark
  • 11948-900625-1054
  • -Nu10.2
  • appear, when the amazing extent of this army is considered.
  • There were various kinds of trumpets among the ancients, of
  • different forms and materials, as Eustathius shews on Homer,
  • where he mentions six; the second of which was turned up round,
  • like a ram's horn; which he says the Egyptians used (from being
  • invented by Osiris) when they assembled the people to their
  • sacrifices. But in opposition to that form, Moses commands these
  • to be made long, in the shape of those used at present. So
  • Josephus informs us, who says they were near a cubit long; the
  • tube of the thickness of a common pipe or flute; the mouth no
  • wider than just to admit blowing into them; and their ends wide
  • like those of a modern trumpet.
  • 11949-900625-1055
  • -Nu10.3
  • 11950-900625-1055
  • -Nu10.4
  • 11951-900625-1056
  • -Nu10.5
  • 11952-900625-1058
  • -Nu10.6
  • to march; two such alarms the signal for the south; and probably
  • three for the west, and four for the North. There appears
  • therefore, a deficiency in the Hebrew Text, 'And when ye blow a
  • third alarm, or signal, the camps on the west shall march; and
  • when ye blow a fourth alarm, the camps on the north shall
  • march.' This addition, however, is not acknowledged by the
  • Samaritan, nor any other version than the Coptic, nor any MS.
  • yet collated. the camps
  • 11953-900625-1058
  • -Nu10.7
  • 11954-900625-1058
  • -Nu10.8
  • 11955-900625-1100
  • -Nu10.9
  • 11956-900625-1101
  • -Nu10.10
  • 11957-900627-0743
  • -Nu10.11
  • Sinai about eleven months and twenty days; and they now received
  • the order of God to decamp, and proceed to the promised land:
  • the Samaritan, therefore, introduces at this place, nearly the
  • words of De 1.6-8: 'And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, Ye
  • have dwelt long enough in this mount; turn, and take your
  • journey,'
  • 11958-900627-0744
  • -Nu10.12
  • 11959-900627-0744
  • -Nu10.13
  • 11960-900627-0746
  • -Nu10.14
  • company marched: Judah-
  • -Issachar, Zebulun, Gershonites, and
  • Merarites, bearing the tabernacle. Reuben-
  • -Simeon, Gad,
  • Kohathites, with the sanctuary. Ephraim -- Manasseh, Benjamin
  • Dan-
  • -Asher, Naphtali. Among other things, it should be remarked,
  • that, according to a well-known rule of military tactics, the
  • advanced, and rear-guards, were stronger then the centre.
  • 11961-900627-0747
  • -Nu10.15
  • 11962-900627-0747
  • -Nu10.16
  • 11963-900627-0748
  • -Nu10.17
  • 11964-900627-0748
  • -Nu10.18
  • 11965-900627-0749
  • -Nu10.19
  • 11966-900627-0749
  • -Nu10.20
  • 11967-900627-0750
  • -Nu10.21
  • 11968-900627-0750
  • -Nu10.22
  • 11969-900627-0751
  • -Nu10.23
  • 11970-900627-0751
  • -Nu10.24
  • 11971-900627-0752
  • -Nu10.25
  • 11972-900627-0752
  • -Nu10.26
  • 11973-900627-0752
  • -Nu10.27
  • 11974-900627-0753
  • -Nu10.28
  • 11975-900627-0754
  • -Nu10.29
  • 11976-900627-0754
  • -Nu10.30
  • 11977-900627-0756
  • -Nu10.31
  • direction of God himself, and were guided by the pillar of cloud
  • and fire, it might be supposed that they had no need of Hobab.
  • But it should be remembered, that the cloud directed only their
  • general journeys, not their particular excursions. Parties took
  • several journeys while the grand army lay still.
  • 11978-900627-0756
  • -Nu10.32
  • 11979-900627-0757
  • -Nu10.33
  • 11980-900627-0757
  • -Nu10.34
  • 11981-900627-0758
  • -Nu10.35
  • 11982-900627-0759
  • -Nu10.36
  • 11983-900627-0806
  • -Nu11.1
  • 01 The burning at Taberah quenched by Moses' prayer
  • 04 The people lust for flesh, and loathe manna
  • 10 Moses complains of his charge
  • 16 God promises to divide his burden unto seventy elders, and to
  • give the people flesh for a month
  • 21 Moses' faith is staggered
  • 31 Quails are given in wrath at Kibroth-hattaavah
  • Lord. Heb it was evil in the ears of the Lord
  • 11984-900627-0810
  • -Nu11.2
  • 11985-900627-0814
  • -Nu11.3
  • 11986-900627-0815
  • -Nu11.4
  • 11987-900627-0817
  • -Nu11.5
  • smooth, of a longish cylindrical shape, and about a foot long.
  • Prosper Alpinus says that it differs from the common sort by its
  • size, colour, and softness; that its leaves are smaller, whiter,
  • softer, and rounder; its fruit larger, greener, smoother,
  • softer, sweeter, and more easy of digestion than ours.
  • Hasselquist describes it in the same manner; and adds, that it
  • is very little watery, but firm like a melon, sweet and cool to
  • the taste, but not so cold as the watermelon, which is meant by
  • the avutichim of the text.
  • 11988-900627-0826
  • -Nu11.6
  • 11989-900627-0827
  • -Nu11.7
  • 11990-900627-0827
  • -Nu11.8
  • 11991-900627-0828
  • -Nu11.9
  • 11992-900627-0828
  • -Nu11.10
  • 11993-900627-0839
  • -Nu11.11
  • in these verses serve at once to shew the deeply distressed
  • state of his mind, and the degradation of the minds of the
  • people
  • 11994-900627-0840
  • -Nu11.12
  • 11995-900627-0841
  • -Nu11.13
  • 11996-900627-0841
  • -Nu11.14
  • 11997-900627-0843
  • -Nu11.15
  • 'their wretchedness.' The Jerusalem Targum has the same, and
  • adds, by way of explanation, 'who are thine own people.'
  • 11998-900627-0844
  • -Nu11.16
  • 11999-900627-0845
  • -Nu11.17
  • 12000-900627-0846
  • -Nu11.18
  • 12001-900627-0847
  • -Nu11.19
  • one day; but now such plenty was to be afforded them for a whole
  • month, and they should use it so greedily, that at last they
  • should entirely loathe the food for which they had so
  • inordinately craved.
  • 12002-900627-0848
  • -Nu11.20
  • 12003-900627-0907
  • -Nu11.21
  • 12004-900627-0908
  • -Nu11.22
  • unbelief manifested in these complaints and questions of Moses;
  • but his conduct appears at the same time so very simple, honest,
  • and affectionate, that we cannot but admire it, while we wonder
  • that he had not stronger confidence in that God, whose
  • stupendous miracles he had so often witnessed in Egypt.
  • 12005-900627-0910
  • -Nu11.23
  • That power which has been so signally displayed on your behalf,
  • and which is as unchangeable as it is unlimited.
  • 12006-900627-0910
  • -Nu11.24
  • 12007-900627-0912
  • -Nu11.25
  • to compare Moses to a lamp, at which seventy others were
  • lighted, without any diminution of its lustre. They prophesied.
  • By prophesying here we are to understand, their performing those
  • civil and sacred functions for which they were qualified;
  • exhorting the people to quiet and peaceable submission, and to
  • trust and confidence in the providence of God.
  • 12008-900627-0913
  • -Nu11.26
  • 12010-900627-0913
  • -Nu11.28
  • 12011-900627-0914
  • -Nu11.29
  • 12013-900627-0916
  • -Nu11.31
  • had occasion to observe; to which we subjoin the authority of
  • Mr. Maundrell, who visited Naplosa, (the ancient Sichem,) where
  • the Samaritans live. Mr. Maundrell asked their chief priest
  • what sort of animal he took the selav to be. He answered, they
  • were a sort of fowls; and by the description Mr. Maundrell
  • perceived he meant the same kind with our quails. a day's
  • journey. Heb. the way of a day, and as it were two cubits. That
  • is, 'and they flew in the air, at the height of two cubits above
  • the ground.'
  • 12014-900627-0917
  • -Nu11.32
  • 12015-900627-0917
  • -Nu11.33
  • 12016-900627-0918
  • -Nu11.34
  • 12017-900627-0922
  • -Nu11.35
  • 12018-900627-0923
  • -Nu12.1
  • 01 God rebukes the sedition of Miriam and Aaron
  • 111 Miriam's leprosy is healed at the prayer of Moses
  • 14 God commands her to be shut out of the host
  • 16 The people encamp in the wilderness of Paran
  • 12019-900627-0924
  • -Nu12.2
  • 12020-900627-0930
  • -Nu12.3
  • 12021-900627-0930
  • -Nu12.4
  • 12022-900627-0930
  • -Nu12.5
  • 12023-900627-0931
  • -Nu12.6
  • 12024-900627-0932
  • -Nu12.7
  • 12025-900627-0933
  • -Nu12.8
  • 12026-900627-0933
  • -Nu12.9
  • 12027-900627-0934
  • -Nu12.10
  • 12028-900627-0935
  • -Nu12.11
  • 12029-900627-0935
  • -Nu12.12
  • 12030-900627-0936
  • -Nu12.13
  • 12031-900627-0937
  • -Nu12.14
  • 12032-900627-0937
  • -Nu12.15
  • 12033-900627-0940
  • -Nu12.16
  • Shaw computes it to be three days' journey, i.e. thirty miles
  • from Sinai. From this passage, it appears that the wilderness of
  • Paran commenced immediately upon their leaving this station.
  • Calmet observes, that there is a town called Hazor in Arabia
  • Petraea, in all probability the same as Hazerim, the ancient
  • habitation of the Hivites; and likewise, according to all
  • appearances, the Hazeroth, where the Hebrews encamped. the
  • wilderness
  • 12034-900627-0940
  • -Nu13.1
  • 01 The names of the men who were sent to search the land
  • 17 Their instructions
  • 21 Their acts
  • 26 Their relation
  • 12035-900627-0941
  • -Nu13.2
  • 12036-900627-0952
  • -Nu13.3
  • taken in a larger, and in a stricter sense. In the larger sense,
  • it seems to have denoted all the desert and mountainous tract,
  • lying between the wilderness of Shur westward, and mount Seir,
  • or the land of Edom, eastward, the land of Canaan northward, and
  • the Red sea southward. And in this sense, it seems to have
  • comprehended the wilderness of Sin, and the wilderness of Sinai,
  • also the adjoining tract wherein lay Kibroth-hattaavah and
  • Hazeroth. In this sense it may be understood in De. 1.19, where,
  • by 'that great and terrible wilderness,' is intended the
  • wilderness of Paran in its largest acceptation; for, in its
  • stricter acceptation, it seems not to have been so great and
  • terrible a wilderness' but is taken to denote more peculiarly
  • that part of Arabia Petraea which lies between mount Sinai and
  • Hazeroth west, and mount Seir east.
  • 12039-900627-0952
  • -Nu13.6
  • 12041-900627-0953
  • -Nu13.8
  • 12049-900627-0954
  • -Nu13.16
  • 12050-900627-0954
  • -Nu13.17
  • 12051-900627-0955
  • -Nu13.18
  • 12053-900627-0955
  • -Nu13.20
  • 12054-900627-0959
  • -Nu13.21
  • different from that called Sin. The latter was near Egypt, but
  • the former was near Kadesh Barnea, not far from the borders of
  • Canaan. It seems to be the valley mentioned by Burckhardt;
  • which, under the names of El Ghor and El Araba, form a
  • continuation of the valley of the Jordan, extending from the
  • Dead Sea to the eastern branch of the Red Sea. The whole plain
  • presents to the view an appearance of shifting sands, whose
  • surface is broken by innumerable undulations and low hills. A
  • few talk, tamarisk, and rethem trees grow among the sand hills;
  • but the depth of sand precludes all vegetation of herbage.
  • Asher, situated near mount Lebanon, at the northern extremity of
  • the Promised Land, on the road which leads to Hamath, and west
  • of Laish or Dan
  • 12055-900627-1000
  • -Nu13.22
  • 12056-900627-1000
  • -Nu13.23
  • 12057-900627-1001
  • -Nu13.24
  • 12058-900627-1001
  • -Nu13.25
  • 12059-900627-1002
  • -Nu13.26
  • 12060-900627-1002
  • -Nu13.27
  • 12061-900627-1003
  • -Nu13.28
  • 12062-900627-1003
  • -Nu13.29
  • 12063-900627-1004
  • -Nu13.30
  • 12064-900627-1004
  • -Nu13.31
  • 12065-900627-1005
  • -Nu13.32
  • 12066-900627-1006
  • -Nu13.33
  • 12067-900705-1359
  • -Nu14.1
  • 01 The people murmur at the news
  • 06 Joshua and Caleb labour to still them
  • 11 God threatens them
  • 13 Moses intercedes with God, and obtains pardon
  • 26 The Murmurers are debarred from entering into the land
  • 36 The men who reaised the evil report die by a plague
  • 40 The people that would invade the land against the will of God
  • are smitten
  • 12068-900705-1400
  • -Nu14.2
  • 12069-900705-1400
  • -Nu14.3
  • 12070-900705-1401
  • -Nu14.4
  • 12071-900705-1402
  • -Nu14.5
  • 12072-900705-1402
  • -Nu14.6
  • 12073-900705-1403
  • -Nu14.7
  • 12074-900705-1404
  • -Nu14.8
  • 12075-900705-1408
  • -Nu14.9
  • protection and support in the sultry eastern countries. The
  • Arabs and Persians use the same word to express the same thing;
  • using the expressions, 'May the shadow of thy prosperity be
  • extended.' 'May the shadow of thy prosperity be spread over the
  • heads of thy well-wishers.' And in an elegant distich, 'May your
  • protection never be removed from my head; may God extend your
  • shadow eternally.' The loftiest and most esteemed title of the
  • sultan, says Thornton, because given him by the kings of Persia,
  • is zil ullah, shadow of God.
  • 12076-900705-1409
  • -Nu14.10
  • 12077-900705-1410
  • -Nu14.11
  • 12078-900705-1411
  • -Nu14.12
  • 12079-900705-1412
  • -Nu14.13
  • inclusive, we have the words of the earnest intercession of
  • Moses; they need no explanation; they are full of simplicity and
  • energy. Then the
  • 12080-900705-1413
  • -Nu14.14
  • 12081-900705-1413
  • -Nu14.15
  • 12082-900705-1414
  • -Nu14.16
  • 12083-900705-1414
  • -Nu14.17
  • 12084-900705-1415
  • -Nu14.18
  • 12085-900705-1416
  • -Nu14.19
  • 12087-900705-1417
  • -Nu14.21
  • 12088-900705-1417
  • -Nu14.22
  • 12089-900705-1418
  • -Nu14.23
  • 12090-900705-1421
  • -Nu14.24
  • generous, courageous, noble, and heroic spirit, but the Spirit
  • and influence of God, which thus raised him above human
  • inquietudes and earthly fears. Therefore he followed God fully;
  • literally, 'and he filled after me;' God shewed him the way he
  • was to take and the line of conduct he was to pursue, and he
  • filled up this line, and in all things followed the will of his
  • Maker. followed me
  • 12091-900705-1422
  • -Nu14.25
  • 12093-900705-1422
  • -Nu14.27
  • 12094-900705-1423
  • -Nu14.28
  • 12095-900705-1423
  • -Nu14.29
  • 12096-900705-1424
  • -Nu14.30
  • 12097-900705-1425
  • -Nu14.31
  • land their fathers had despised. the land
  • 12098-900705-1426
  • -Nu14.32
  • 12099-900705-1427
  • -Nu14.33
  • they should move from place to place in the deserts, as the
  • Bedounin Arabs, who have no certain dwelling, but rove about
  • seeking pasture for their flocks.
  • 12100-900705-1429
  • -Nu14.34
  • rather my failure, or disannulling, from noo, to fail,
  • disannual; for as they had broken their engagements, God was no
  • longer held by his covenant.
  • 12101-900705-1430
  • -Nu14.35
  • 12102-900705-1430
  • -Nu14.36
  • 12103-900705-1432
  • -Nu14.37
  • were struck dead, by the justice of God, on the spot. In
  • commemoration of this event, the Jews, to this day, celebrate a
  • fast, on the seventh day of the month Elul. died
  • 12104-900705-1432
  • -Nu14.38
  • 12105-900705-1432
  • -Nu14.39
  • 12106-900705-1433
  • -Nu14.40
  • it; and are now ready to do as Caleb and Joshua exhorted us. Or,
  • though we have sinned, yet we hope God will make good his
  • promise.
  • 12107-900705-1434
  • -Nu14.41
  • 12108-900705-1434
  • -Nu14.42
  • 12109-900705-1435
  • -Nu14.43
  • 12110-900705-1437
  • -Nu14.44
  • that, though Omnipotence was with them, they could not conquer
  • and possess the land! Now they imagine, that though God himself
  • go not with them, yet they shall be sufficient to drive out the
  • inhabitants, and take possession of their country! Man is ever
  • supposing he can do all things, or do nothing; he is therefore
  • sometimes presumptuous, and at other times in despair.
  • 12111-900705-1438
  • -Nu14.45
  • 12112-900718-1608
  • -Nu15.1
  • 01 The law of the meat offering, and the drink offering
  • 14 The stranger is under the same law
  • 17 The law of the first of the dough for an heave offering
  • 22 The sacrifice for sins of ignorance
  • 30 The punishment of presumption
  • 32 He that violated the sabbath is stoned
  • 37 The law of fringes
  • and the four following chapters took place during the time the
  • Israelites abode in Kadesh.
  • 12113-900705-1441
  • -Nu15.2
  • 12114-900705-1445
  • -Nu15.3
  • heifer, etc; and under tzon are included sheep and goats. The
  • animals enjoined in the Levitical law are the very same which
  • commanded Abraham to offer. Hence it is evident, that God
  • delivered to the patriarchs an epitome of that law which was
  • afterwards given in detail to Moses, the essence of which
  • consisted in its sacrifices; and these sacrifices were of clean
  • animals, the most perfect, useful, and healthy of all that are
  • brought under the immediate government of man. Gross feeding and
  • ferocious animals were all excluded, as well as all birds of
  • prey.
  • 12115-900705-1446
  • -Nu15.4
  • 12116-900705-1447
  • -Nu15.5
  • 12117-900705-1447
  • -Nu15.6
  • 12119-900705-1447
  • -Nu15.8
  • 12120-900705-1448
  • -Nu15.9
  • 12121-900705-1449
  • -Nu15.10
  • 12122-900705-1449
  • -Nu15.11
  • 12126-900705-1450
  • -Nu15.15
  • 12129-900705-1451
  • -Nu15.18
  • 12130-900705-1452
  • -Nu15.19
  • acknowledgment from the people at large; but this was an
  • oblation from every one that reaped a harvest; who was required,
  • previously to tasting it himself, to offer a portion of dough as
  • a heave-offering to the Lord. This is supposed to have been
  • given to the priests in their several cities, and not carried to
  • the tabernacle.
  • 12131-900705-1453
  • -Nu15.20
  • 12132-900705-1453
  • -Nu15.21
  • 12133-900705-1458
  • -Nu15.22
  • from one before considered, occasions considerable difficulty.
  • Some explain that law as relating to sins of commisson, this to
  • sins of omission; others explain the one of inadvertent
  • violations of the moral law, and the other of the transgressions
  • of the ceremonial law; and some think that related to the whole
  • nation, this to anyone tribe; or that to the bulk of the nation,
  • this to the rulers and elders. The Jews say, that the former law
  • referred to such national transgressions through heedlessness,
  • as consisted with the maintenance of the prescribed worship in
  • the main; but that this especially respected the case of the
  • nation, when through inattention, and the example and authority
  • of wicked rulers, they had turned aside and committed idolatry,
  • or conducted their worship directly contrary to law; yet through
  • a culpable ignorance, and not in presumption. This was evidently
  • the case under several of their kings; and the explanation seems
  • well grounded.
  • 12135-900705-1459
  • -Nu15.24
  • 12136-900705-1500
  • -Nu15.25
  • 12137-900705-1500
  • -Nu15.26
  • 12138-900705-1500
  • -Nu15.27
  • 12139-900705-1501
  • -Nu15.28
  • 12140-900705-1501
  • -Nu15.29
  • 12141-900705-1504
  • -Nu15.30
  • deliberate acts of transgression against the fullest evidence,
  • and in despite of the Divine authority. Such conduct
  • 'reproacheth the Lord,' as if his commands were needless,
  • unreasonable, and inimical to the happiness of man; his favour
  • were not desirable, or his wrath not to be feared; in short, as
  • if it were more advantageious to rebel against him than to serve
  • him. Such acts admitted of no atonement; the person was
  • condemned to bear his own iniquity, and to be cut off.
  • reproacheth.
  • 12142-900705-1505
  • -Nu15.31
  • 12143-900705-1506
  • -Nu15.32
  • introduced to illustrate the foregoing law. The man despised the
  • word of the Lord, presumptuously broke his commandment, and on
  • this ground was punished with death.
  • 12144-900705-1507
  • -Nu15.33
  • 12145-900705-1507
  • -Nu15.34
  • 12146-900705-1508
  • -Nu15.35
  • 12147-900705-1508
  • -Nu15.36
  • 12149-900705-1510
  • -Nu15.38
  • ornament resembling a flower. From ver. 39, we learn that these
  • were emblematical of the commands of God. That there is any
  • analogy between a fringe and a precept, it would be bold to
  • assert; but when a thing is appointed to represent another, no
  • matter how different, that first object becomes the legitimate
  • representative or sign of the other.
  • 12150-900705-1511
  • -Nu15.39
  • 12151-900705-1511
  • -Nu15.40
  • 12152-900705-1512
  • -Nu15.41
  • 12153-900706-0624
  • -Nu16.1
  • 01 The rebellion of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram
  • 23 Moses separates the people from the rebels' tents
  • 31 The earth swallows up Korah, and a fire consumes others
  • 36 The censers are reserved to holy use
  • 41 Fourteen thousand and seven hundred are slain by a plague,
  • for murmuring against Moses and Aaron
  • 46 Aaron by incense stays the plague
  • counsel;' and some 'took courage.' Houbigant renders they
  • rebelled; which scarcely any rule of criticism can ever justify.
  • Dr. Geddes' translation is, 'Another insurrection was raised
  • against Moses by Korah,'. Others think that it may mean,
  • 'behaved with insolence.' But, as Dr. A. Clarke observes, the
  • very wyyikkach, 'and he took' which though at the end of the
  • sentence in English, is the first word in Hebrew, is not in the
  • plural, but the singular; and hence cannot be applied to the
  • acts
  • of all these chiefs. In every part of the Scripture, where this
  • rebellion is referred to, it is attributed to Korah, therefore
  • the very heresy belongs to him; and the whole verse should be
  • translated, 'Now Korah, son of Izhar, son of Kohath, son of
  • Levi, he took even Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, and On,
  • sons of Peleth, son of Reuben, and they rose up,' reading, with
  • some MSS, the Samaritan, and Septuagint, ben, son, instead of
  • beney, sons.
  • 12154-900705-1519
  • -Nu16.2
  • 12155-900705-1520
  • -Nu16.3
  • 12156-900705-1520
  • -Nu16.4
  • 12157-900705-1522
  • -Nu16.5
  • 12158-900705-1523
  • -Nu16.6
  • 12159-900705-1523
  • -Nu16.7
  • 12160-900705-1524
  • -Nu16.8
  • 12161-900705-1526
  • -Nu16.9
  • 12162-900705-1527
  • -Nu16.10
  • 12163-900705-1527
  • -Nu16.11
  • 12164-900705-1528
  • -Nu16.12
  • 12165-900705-1529
  • -Nu16.13
  • 12166-900705-1530
  • -Nu16.14
  • 12167-900705-1535
  • -Nu16.15
  • far from oppressing them, he had not imposed the smallest tax,
  • nor taken, as a present, so much as an ass from one of them.
  • The common present that is now made to the great, in these
  • countries, is a horse; but there is reason to believe, that an
  • ass might formerly have answered the same purpose. If it is a
  • visit of ceremony from a barshaw, says Dr. Russell, or other
  • person in power, a fine horse, sometimes with furniture, or
  • some such valuable present, it made to him at his departure. As
  • asses were esteemed no dishonourable beasts for the saddle, Sr.
  • J. Chardin, in his MS., supposes, that when Samuel disclaimed
  • having taken the ass of any one, he is to be understood of not
  • having taken any ass for his riding. In the same light, he
  • considers this similar declaration of Moses. His reason is
  • asses being then esteemed very honourable creatures for riding
  • on as they are at this very time in Persia, being rode with
  • saddles.
  • 12168-900705-1535
  • -Nu16.16
  • 12169-900705-1536
  • -Nu16.17
  • 12171-900705-1536
  • -Nu16.19
  • 12173-900705-1537
  • -Nu16.21
  • 12174-900705-1538
  • -Nu16.22
  • 12176-900705-1541
  • -Nu16.24
  • tabernacle in the midst of the tents of their families, where
  • they kept court, met in council, and hung out their flags of
  • definance against Moses; it is here called the tabernacle of
  • Korah, Dathan, and Abiram. There, as in the place of rendezvous,
  • Dathan, and Abiram stayed, when Korah and his friends went up to
  • the tabernacle of the Lord, waiting the issue of their trial;
  • but here we are told how they had their business done, before
  • that trial was over. God will take what method he pleases in his
  • judgments.
  • 12177-900705-1541
  • -Nu16.25
  • 12178-900705-1543
  • -Nu16.26
  • them, were, as an accursed thing, devoted to utter destruction.
  • The people therefore were forbidden to touch anything belonging
  • to them; that they might enter a solemn protest against their
  • wickedness, acknowledge the justice of their punishment, and
  • express their fear of being involved in it.
  • 12179-900705-1543
  • -Nu16.27
  • 12180-900705-1545
  • -Nu16.28
  • own device or contrivance. It was not out of an ambitious desire
  • to be great myself that I took upon me the government, nor out
  • of private affection to my brother, that I appointed him and his
  • family to the priesthood. of mine
  • 12181-900705-1546
  • -Nu16.29
  • 12182-900705-1547
  • -Nu16.30
  • should create a creation,' do such a thing as was never done
  • before.
  • 12183-900705-1548
  • -Nu16.31
  • 12184-900705-1548
  • -Nu16.32
  • 12185-900705-1549
  • -Nu16.33
  • 12186-900705-1550
  • -Nu16.34
  • 12187-900705-1550
  • -Nu16.35
  • 12189-900705-1555
  • -Nu16.37
  • instance, improperly employed.
  • 12190-900705-1556
  • -Nu16.38
  • 12192-900705-1557
  • -Nu16.40
  • 12193-900705-1600
  • -Nu16.41
  • themselves that Moses and Aaron had used some cunning in this
  • business and that the earthquake and fire were artificial; for,
  • had they discerned the hand of God in this punishment, they
  • would scarcely have dared the anger of the Lord in the very face
  • of his justice. And while they thus absurdly imputed this
  • judgement to Moses and Aaron, they impiously called the persons,
  • thus perishing in their rebellion, 'the people of the Lord!'.
  • all the
  • 12194-900705-1600
  • -Nu16.42
  • 12195-900705-1601
  • -Nu16.43
  • 12197-900705-1601
  • -Nu16.45
  • 12198-900705-1604
  • -Nu16.46
  • so as to put the matter beyond dispute; His hand, and His alone,
  • was seen, not only in the plague, but in the manner in which the
  • mortality was arrested. It was necessary that it should be done
  • in this way, that the whole congregation might see that these
  • men who had perished were not 'the people of the Lord,' and that
  • God, not Moses and Aaron, had destroyed them.
  • 12199-900705-1605
  • -Nu16.47
  • 12200-900705-1607
  • -Nu16.48
  • have begun at one part of the camp, and to have proceeded
  • regularly onward.
  • 12201-900705-1608
  • -Nu16.49
  • 12202-900705-1608
  • -Nu16.50
  • 12203-900706-0637
  • -Nu17.1
  • 01 Aaron,s rod, among all the rods of the tribes, only
  • flourishes
  • 10 It is left for a monument against the rebels
  • 12204-900706-0650
  • -Nu17.2
  • the prience or chief of each tribe bore, and which was the sign
  • of office or royalaty among almost all the people of the earth.
  • All their princes.
  • 12205-900706-0649
  • -Nu17.3
  • 12206-900706-0651
  • -Nu17.4
  • 12207-900706-0655
  • -Nu17.5
  • 12208-900706-0658
  • -Nu17.6
  • a rod for one prince.
  • 12209-900706-0659
  • -Nu17.7
  • 12210-900706-0716
  • -Nu17.8
  • that no doubt could remain on the minds of the people, or the
  • envious chiefs, of the devine appointment of Aaron: and as there
  • were buds, blossoms, and fruit on the rod at the same time,
  • which was never the case with branches in the natural and
  • ordinary course, this evidently proved the miracle, and took
  • away
  • all suspicion of the fraud which has been impiously suggested,
  • that Moses had taken away Aaron's rod in the night time, and put
  • a living branch of an almond tree in the room of it. A sceptre
  • or staff of office resuming its vegetative life, was considered
  • an absolute impossibility among the ancients; and as they were
  • accustomed to swear by their sceptres, this circumstance was
  • added to confirm the oath. budded.
  • 12212-900706-0721
  • -Nu17.10
  • 12214-900706-0729
  • -Nu17.12
  • simply, as to feel an extreme difficulty in breathing, which
  • producing suffocation, ends at last in death. see the folly and
  • extravagance of this sinful people, in thus rebelling against
  • the authority of those whom Jehovah had appointed to be their
  • rulers.
  • 12215-900706-0734
  • -Nu17.13
  • 12216-900706-0757
  • -Nu18.1
  • 01 The charge of the priests and Levites
  • 08 The priests, portion
  • 21 The Levites,
  • 25 The heave offering to the priests out of the Levites, portion
  • Aaron and his family, and to allay the fears and abate the envy
  • of the people, it is here declared, that the priest must bear
  • the blame of everthing which was not properly conducted in the
  • sanctuary.
  • 12217-900706-0808
  • -Nu18.2
  • Levi is desired from lawah, to join, couple, associate; hence
  • Moses says, the Levites yillawoo, `shall be joined,' or
  • associated, with the priest: they shall conjointly perform the
  • sacred office, but the priest shall be principal, the Levites
  • their associates or assistants.
  • 12218-900706-0809
  • -Nu18.3
  • 12219-900706-0811
  • -Nu18.4
  • 12220-900706-0815
  • -Nu18.5
  • 12221-900706-0817
  • -Nu18.6
  • 12222-900706-0821
  • -Nu18.7
  • 12223-900706-0827
  • -Nu18.8
  • 12224-900706-0830
  • -Nu18.9
  • 12225-900706-0832
  • -Nu18.10
  • 12226-900706-0834
  • -Nu18.11
  • 12227-900706-0838
  • -Nu18.12
  • 12228-900706-0840
  • -Nu18.13
  • 12229-900706-0841
  • -Nu18.14
  • 12230-900706-0844
  • -Nu18.15
  • 12231-900706-0908
  • -Nu18.16
  • rites which are still practised among the Jews. According to Leo
  • of Modena, it is performed in the following manner:
  • -When the
  • child is thirty days old, the father sends for one of the
  • descendants of Aaron: several persons being assembled on the
  • occasion, the father brings a cup, containg several pieces of
  • gold and silver coin. The priest then takes the child into his
  • arms, and addressing himself to the mother, he says, 1Is this
  • thy son?' Mother. `Yes' Priest. `Hast thou never had another
  • child, male or female, a miscarriage, or untimely birth?'
  • Mother. `No' Priest. `this being the case, this child, as
  • firstborn, belongs to me.' Then turning to his father, he says,
  • If it be thy desire to have this child, thou must redeem it.'
  • Father. `I present thee with this gold and silver for this
  • purpose.' Priest. `Thou dost wish, therefore, to redeem this
  • child?' Father. `I do do wish so to do.' The priest then turning
  • himself to the assembley, says, `Very well: this child, as
  • first-born, is mine; as it is written in Bemidbar, Thou shall
  • redeem the first-born of a month old for five shekels; but I
  • shall content myself with this in ex change.' He then takes two
  • gold crowns, or thereabouts, and returns the child to his
  • parents. according.
  • 12232-900706-0909
  • -Nu18.17
  • 12233-900706-0910
  • -Nu18.18
  • 12234-900709-0149
  • -Nu18.19
  • 12235-900709-0155
  • -Nu18.20
  • was the portion of the priests; who had no inheritance of land
  • in Israel. The Rabbins say, 24 gifts were given to the priests;
  • all of which are expressed in the law. Eight were only eaten in
  • the sanctuary: 1.The flesh of the sin-offering. 2.The flesh of
  • the trespass-offering. 3.The peace-offering of the congregation.
  • 4.The remainder of the sheaf. 5.The remnants of the
  • meat-offerings. 6.The two loaves. 7.The shew-bread. 8.The log of
  • oil offered by the leper. Five they ate only at Jerusalem: 1.The
  • breast and shoulder of the peace-offerings. 2.The heave-offering
  • of confession. 3.The heave-offering of the Nazarite's ram. 4.The
  • firstling. 5.The first-fruits. Five were due to them only in the
  • land of Israel: 1.The heave-offering of first-fruits. 2.Of the
  • tithe. 3.The cake. 4.The first of the fleece. 5.The field of
  • possession. Five were due both within and without the land:
  • 1.The gifts of slain beasts. 2.The redemption of the first-born.
  • 3.The lamb for a firstling ass. 4.That taken by violence from a
  • stranger. 5.All devoted things. One was from the sanctuary, the
  • skins. no inheritance.
  • 12236-900709-0156
  • -Nu18.21
  • 12237-900709-0157
  • -Nu18.22
  • 12238-900709-0157
  • -Nu18.23
  • 12239-900709-0157
  • -Nu18.24
  • 12241-900709-0158
  • -Nu18.26
  • 12242-900709-0159
  • -Nu18.27
  • 12243-900709-0159
  • -Nu18.28
  • 12244-900709-0200
  • -Nu18.29
  • 12245-900709-0201
  • -Nu18.30
  • 12246-900709-0202
  • -Nu18.31
  • 12247-900709-0202
  • -Nu18.32
  • 12248-900709-1320
  • -Nu19.1
  • 01 The water of separation made of the ashes of a red heifer
  • 11 The law for the use of it in purification of the uncleaned
  • 12249-900709-1344
  • -Nu19.2
  • remarked in this ordinance: 1. A heifer was appointed for
  • sacrifice, in opposition to the Egyptian superstition, which
  • held these sacred, and worshipped their goddess Isis under this
  • form; and this appears the more likely, because males only were
  • chosen for sacrifice. So Herodotus says, they sacrifice males,
  • both old and young; but it is not lawful for them to offer
  • females. 2. It was to be a red hefier, because the Egyptians
  • sacrificed red bulls to the evil demon Typhon. 3. It was to be
  • without spot, having no mixture of any other color. Plutarch
  • says, the Egyptians `sacrifice red bulls, and select them with
  • such scrupulous attention, that if the animal has a single
  • black or white hair, they reckon it, unfit to be sacrificed.'
  • 4. Without blemish. 5. On which never came yoke: because an
  • animal which had been used for a common purpose was deemed
  • improper for sacrifice.
  • 12250-900709-1346
  • -Nu19.3
  • 12251-900709-1348
  • -Nu19.4
  • 12252-900709-1355
  • -Nu19.5
  • 12253-900709-1359
  • -Nu19.6
  • 12254-900709-1401
  • -Nu19.7
  • 12255-900709-1420
  • -Nu19.8
  • with the ashes of the heifer, and set apart for the special
  • purpose of being sprinkled on those who had contracted any legal
  • defilement. To the rite the apostle Paul, in his Epistle to the
  • Hebrews,
  • or goats.' alluding, probably to the sin-offering and the
  • scape-goat.` and the ashes of a hefier sprinkling the unclean,
  • sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh; how much more shall
  • the blood of Christ, who, through the eternal Sprit, offered
  • himself without spot unto God, purge your conscience from dead
  • works to serve the living God.'
  • 12256-900709-1510
  • -Nu19.9
  • with the ashes of the heifer, and set apart for the special
  • purpose of being sprinkled on those who had contracted any legal
  • defilement. To this rite the apostle Paul, in his epistle to the
  • Hebrews.
  • or goats,' alluding, probably, to the sin-offerings and the
  • scape-goat,`and the ashes of a heifer sprinkling the uncleaned,
  • santifieth to the purifying of the flesh; how much more shall
  • the blood of Christ, who, through the eternal Sprit, offered
  • himself without spot unto God,purge your conscience from dead
  • works
  • 12257-900709-1422
  • -Nu19.10
  • 12258-900709-1430
  • -Nu19.11
  • unclean for one day
  • was certainly designed to show the peculiar impurity and
  • sinfulness of man, an the hatefulness of sin, seven times worse
  • than the vilest animal!
  • 12259-900709-1437
  • -Nu19.12
  • himself,' i.e. not add sin, but take it away, purify. So we say
  • to fleece, and to skin, which do not signify to add a fleece, or
  • a skin, but to take one away.
  • 12260-900709-1440
  • -Nu19.13
  • 12262-900709-1441
  • -Nu19.15
  • 12263-900709-1443
  • -Nu19.16
  • 12264-900709-1445
  • -Nu19.17
  • be given.
  • 12265-900709-1450
  • -Nu19.18
  • 12266-900709-1454
  • -Nu19.19
  • 12267-900709-1456
  • -Nu19.20
  • 12268-900709-1512
  • -Nu19.21
  • 12269-900709-1513
  • -Nu19.22
  • 12270-900711-0154
  • -Nu20.1
  • 01 The children of Israel come to Zin, where Miriam dies.
  • 02 They murmur for want of water
  • 07 Moses smiting the rock, brings forth water at Meribah
  • 14 Moses at Kadesh desires passage through Edom, which is denied
  • him
  • 22 At Mount Hor Aaron resigns his place to Eleazar, and dies
  • departure from Egypt. This year was the last of their
  • journeyings, for from the going out of the spies unto this
  • time, was about thirty-eight years.
  • from Kadesh-barnea, lying in, or adjoining to the wilderness of
  • Paran, about eight leagues south of Hebron. Kadesh is called
  • Rekam, by the Targumists, Rekem, in the Syriac, and Rakim, in
  • Arabic. Rekem, says Rabbi Nissin, is on the east, meaning of the
  • land of Israel.
  • 12271-900711-0155
  • -Nu20.2
  • 12272-900711-0155
  • -Nu20.3
  • 12273-900711-0156
  • -Nu20.4
  • 12274-900711-0156
  • -Nu20.5
  • 12275-900711-0157
  • -Nu20.6
  • 12277-900711-0158
  • -Nu20.8
  • 12278-900711-0159
  • -Nu20.9
  • 12279-900711-0200
  • -Nu20.10
  • 12280-900711-0200
  • -Nu20.11
  • 12281-900711-0201
  • -Nu20.12
  • 12282-900711-0202
  • -Nu20.13
  • 12283-900711-0203
  • -Nu20.14
  • 12284-900711-0203
  • -Nu20.15
  • 12285-900711-0204
  • -Nu20.16
  • 12286-900711-0204
  • -Nu20.17
  • 12288-900711-0205
  • -Nu20.19
  • 12289-900711-0206
  • -Nu20.20
  • 12290-900711-0641
  • -Nu20.21
  • 12291-900711-0646
  • -Nu20.22
  • confines of Edom. It is described by Burckhardt, as being
  • situated on the western side of a valley called Wady Mousa; in
  • which are found the ruins of the ancient Petra, and which is two
  • long days' journey north-east of Accaba (on the northern point
  • of the Elanitic Gulf of the Red Sea,) in the Djebel Shera, or
  • Mount Seir, and on the east side of the Araba, the valley which
  • forms the continuation of that of the Jordan. On the summit of
  • the mountain is the tomb of Haroun, or Aaron, which is held in
  • great veneration by the Arabs; which agrees with the testimonies
  • of Josephus, Eusebius, and Jerome, all persons well acquainted
  • with these countries, who agree in proving that the sepulchre of
  • Aaron, in Mount Hor, was near Petra. When visited by Mr. Legh,
  • it was attended by a crippled Arab hermit, about 80 years of
  • age, who conducted them into a small white building, crowned by
  • a cupola, that contains the tomb of Aaron. The monument is of
  • stone, about three feet high; and round the chamber where it
  • stood were suspended beads, the votive offerings of the
  • devotees.
  • 12292-900711-0641
  • -Nu20.23
  • 12293-900711-0646
  • -Nu20.24
  • 12294-900711-0647
  • -Nu20.25
  • 12295-900711-0648
  • -Nu20.26
  • 12297-900711-0649
  • -Nu20.28
  • 12298-900711-0649
  • -Nu20.29
  • 12299-900711-0651
  • -Nu21.1
  • 01 Israel destroys the Canaanites at Hormah
  • 04 The people murmuring are plagued with fiery serpents
  • 07 They repenting are healed by a brazen serpent
  • 10 Sundry journeys of the Israelites
  • 21 Sihon is overcome
  • 33 And Og
  • atharim, rendered spies in our version, is in the Greek a proper
  • name.
  • 12300-900711-0651
  • -Nu21.2
  • 12301-900711-0653
  • -Nu21.3
  • destruction; for it is certain that these Canaanites and Arad
  • were not utterly destroyed till the time of Joshua. the name
  • to destruction;
  • 12302-900711-0654
  • -Nu21.4
  • 12303-900711-0655
  • -Nu21.5
  • 12304-900711-0655
  • -Nu21.6
  • 12305-900711-0657
  • -Nu21.7
  • 12306-900711-0657
  • -Nu21.8
  • 12307-900711-0658
  • -Nu21.9
  • 12308-900711-0658
  • -Nu21.10
  • 12309-900711-0659
  • -Nu21.11
  • Ptolemy. Pliny assigns it to the Helmodians; but Stephanus to
  • the Nabatheans.
  • 12310-900711-0659
  • -Nu21.12
  • 12311-900711-0700
  • -Nu21.13
  • 12312-900711-0704
  • -Nu21.14
  • the sense of this passage; 'From Vaheb in Suphah, and the
  • torrents of Arnon, even the effusion of the torrents, which
  • goeth down to the dwelling of Ar, and lieth for the boundary of
  • Moab; even from thence to the well; (which is the well of which
  • Jehovah spake unto Moses, Gather the people, and I will give
  • them water. Then sang Israel this song; Spring up, O Well!
  • Answer ye to it. The well, princes digged it; even nobles of the
  • people digged it, by a decree, upon their border;) and from the
  • wilderness (or the well, as in Lxx.) to Mattanah; and from
  • Mattanah,' The whole of this, from ver. 14-20, is a fragement
  • from 'the book of the wars of Jehovah,' probably a book of
  • remembrances or directions written by Moses for the use of
  • Joshua, and describes the several boundaries of the land of
  • Moab. This rendering removes every obscurity, and obviates every
  • difficulty.
  • 12313-900711-0704
  • -Nu21.15
  • 12314-900711-0705
  • -Nu21.16
  • 12315-900711-0706
  • -Nu21.17
  • 12316-900711-0706
  • -Nu21.18
  • 12318-900711-0707
  • -Nu21.20
  • 12319-900711-0708
  • -Nu21.21
  • 12320-900711-0708
  • -Nu21.22
  • 12321-900711-0708
  • -Nu21.23
  • 12322-900711-0710
  • -Nu21.24
  • 12323-900711-0711
  • -Nu21.25
  • twenty miles east of Jordan; and Jerome, who places it at the
  • same distance, says it was, in his time, a very considerable
  • city. It still subsists, in ruins, under the name of Heshban.
  • 12324-900711-0713
  • -Nu21.26
  • of Moab, and, by a north-west course, during which it receives
  • the waters of several streams, runs into the Dead sea. It is now
  • called Wady Modjeb, and divides the province of Pelka from that
  • of Kerek, as it formerly divided the kingdoms of the Moabites
  • and Amorites. Its principal souce is at a short distance to the
  • north-east of Katrance, a station of the Syrian Hadj, where it
  • is called Seyl Sayde; and lower down it receives the name of
  • Esseim el Kereim, or Szefye.
  • 12325-900711-0713
  • -Nu21.27
  • 12326-900718-1355
  • -Nu21.28
  • 12327-900718-1358
  • -Nu21.29
  • 12328-900718-1400
  • -Nu21.30
  • 12329-900718-1402
  • -Nu21.31
  • 12330-900718-1403
  • -Nu21.32
  • 12331-900718-1407
  • -Nu21.33
  • 12332-900718-1412
  • -Nu21.34
  • 12333-900718-1414
  • -Nu21.35
  • 12334-900718-1419
  • -Nu22.1
  • 01 Balak's first message for Balaam is refused
  • 15 His second message obtains him
  • 22 An angle would have slain him, if he had not been saved by
  • his ass
  • 36 Balak entertains him
  • 12335-900718-1420
  • -Nu22.2
  • 12336-900718-1421
  • -Nu22.3
  • 12337-900718-1424
  • -Nu22.4
  • 12338-900718-1452
  • -Nu22.5
  • now given of Balaam's residence, instead of being particular,
  • agrees with any place, in any country where there is a river;
  • for he lived by `Pethor, which is by the river of the land of
  • his people.' But was Petor, then, near the Nile in Egypt? Or in
  • Canaan, near Jordan? Or in Mesopotamia, near the Euphrates, and
  • belonging to the Ammonites? This last was in fact the case; and
  • therefore, it is well that twelve Hebrews MSS.(with two of De
  • Rossi's) confirm the Samaritan text here, in reading instead of
  • Ammo, his people,' Ammon, with the Syriac and the Syriac and
  • Vulgate versious." Houbigant justly contends for this reading;
  • and necessity urges the propriety of adopting it: and it thus
  • agrees with de 23.4 Ptolemy calls Pethor, Pachura, and Eusebius,
  • Pathura; who places it in upper Mesopotamia. Calmet is of
  • opinion, that it was situated towards Thapsacus, beyond the
  • Euphrates.
  • 12339-900718-1453
  • -Nu22.6
  • 12340-900718-1454
  • -Nu22.7
  • 12341-900718-1454
  • -Nu22.8
  • 12342-900718-1455
  • -Nu22.9
  • 12343-900718-1455
  • -Nu22.10
  • 12344-900718-1456
  • -Nu22.11
  • 12345-900718-1457
  • -Nu22.12
  • 12346-900718-1458
  • -Nu22.13
  • 12347-900718-1458
  • -Nu22.14
  • 12348-900718-1459
  • -Nu22.15
  • 12349-900718-1459
  • -Nu22.16
  • 12350-900718-1503
  • -Nu22.17
  • and in after ages, that some men had the power, by the help of
  • their gods, to devote, not only particular persons, but cities
  • and whole armies, to destruction. This they are said to have
  • done sometimes by words of imprecation; of which there was a set
  • form among some people, which AEschines calls the determinate
  • curse. Macrobius has a whole chapter on this subject. He gives
  • us two of the ancient forms used in reference to the destruction
  • of Carthage; the first, which was only pronounced by the
  • dictator, or general, was to call over the protecting deities to
  • their side, and the other to devote the city to destruction,
  • which they were supposed to have abandoned. The Romans held,
  • that no city would be taken till its tutelary god had forsaken
  • it; or if it could be taken, it would be unlawful, as it would
  • be sacrilege to lead the gods into captivity. Virgil intimates,
  • that Troy was destroyed because All the gods, by whose
  • assistance the empire had hitherto been preserved, forsook their
  • altars and temples.
  • 12351-900718-1504
  • -Nu22.18
  • 12352-900718-1504
  • -Nu22.19
  • 12353-900718-1505
  • -Nu22.20
  • 12354-900718-1505
  • -Nu22.21
  • 12355-900718-1506
  • -Nu22.22
  • 12356-900718-1507
  • -Nu22.23
  • 12358-900718-1507
  • -Nu22.25
  • 12359-900718-1509
  • -Nu22.26
  • 12360-900718-1509
  • -Nu22.27
  • 12361-900718-1512
  • -Nu22.28
  • ass had opened her own mouth, and reproved the rash prophet, we
  • might well be astonished; but when God opens the mouth, an ass
  • can speak as well as a man. It is to no purpose to speak of the
  • construction of the ass's mouth, of the formation of the tongue
  • and jaws being unfit for speaking; for an adequate cause is
  • assigned for this wonderful effect. The Lord opened the mouth of
  • the ass; and no one who believes in a God, can doubt of his
  • power to do this and much more.
  • 12362-900718-1512
  • -Nu22.29
  • 12363-900718-1513
  • -Nu22.30
  • ever since I was thine, or, ever since thou wast, unto
  • 12364-900718-1513
  • -Nu22.31
  • 12365-900718-1514
  • -Nu22.32
  • 12366-900718-1515
  • -Nu22.33
  • 12367-900718-1516
  • -Nu22.34
  • 12368-900718-1516
  • -Nu22.35
  • 12369-900718-1517
  • -Nu22.36
  • 12370-900718-1517
  • -Nu22.37
  • 12371-900718-1518
  • -Nu22.38
  • 12372-900718-1518
  • -Nu22.39
  • now called Rabba, the capital of the Moabites; and being the
  • royal city, distinguished by its streets.
  • 12373-900718-1519
  • -Nu22.40
  • 12374-900718-1520
  • -Nu22.41
  • the same as Bamoth mentioned in ch 21.19,20 evidently not far
  • from Baal-meon, in the mountains of Abarim; for the Israelites
  • were not encamped in the plains of Moab, which these mountains
  • overlook. Baal, which signifies a lord or governor, was a name
  • common to many idols; and probably here was the same as Chemosh,
  • the god of Moab.
  • 12375-900718-1522
  • -Nu23.1
  • 01 Balak's sacrifices
  • 31 Balaam's parables
  • 12376-900718-1522
  • -Nu23.2
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  • -Nu23.3
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  • -Nu23.4
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  • -Nu23.5
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  • -Nu23.6
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  • -Nu23.7
  • authority, and also to compare, as a noun signifies whatever is
  • expressed in parabolic or figurative language. All these
  • oracular speeches of Balaam are in hemistich metre in the
  • original. They are highly dignified and sublime; and may be
  • considered as immediate poetic productions of the Spirit of God.
  • 12382-900718-1528
  • -Nu23.8
  • 12383-900718-1529
  • -Nu23.9
  • prophecy has been literally fulfilled, through a period of 3300
  • years, to the present day. dwell alone
  • 12384-900718-1530
  • -Nu23.10
  • as to resemble the dust. the fourth
  • 12385-900718-1531
  • -Nu23.11
  • 12386-900718-1532
  • -Nu23.12
  • 12387-900718-1532
  • -Nu23.13
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  • -Nu23.14
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  • -Nu23.15
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  • -Nu23.16
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  • -Nu23.17
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  • -Nu23.18
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  • -Nu23.19
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  • -Nu23.20
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  • -Nu23.21
  • 12396-900718-1541
  • -Nu23.22
  • called from the horn on its nose. In size he is only exceeded by
  • the elephant; and in strength and power inferior to none. He is
  • at least twelve feet in length, from the snout to the tail; six
  • or seven feet in height; and the circumference of the body is
  • nearly equal to his length. He is particularly distinguished
  • from all other animals by the remarkable and offensive weapon he
  • carries on his nose; which is very hard horn, solid throughout,
  • directed forward. He principally feeds upon large succulent
  • plants, prickly shrubs, and branches; and delights in marshy
  • places.
  • 12397-900718-1542
  • -Nu23.23
  • 12398-900718-1543
  • -Nu23.24
  • 12399-900718-1543
  • -Nu23.25
  • 12400-900718-1544
  • -Nu23.26
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  • -Nu23.27
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  • -Nu23.28
  • 12403-900718-1545
  • -Nu23.29
  • 12405-900718-1547
  • -Nu24.1
  • 01 Balaam, leaving divinations, prophesies the happiness of
  • Israel
  • 10 Balak, in anger, dismisses him
  • 15 He prophesies of the Star of Jacob, and the destruction of
  • some nations
  • 12406-900718-1548
  • -Nu24.2
  • 12407-900718-1548
  • -Nu24.3
  • now opened
  • 12408-900718-1549
  • -Nu24.4
  • 12410-900718-1552
  • -Nu24.6
  • in the East Indies, is described as being eight or ten feet in
  • height, with a stem the thickness of a man's thigh. At the top
  • grows a large tuft of jagged and thick leaves, thick and
  • indented, broad at the bottom, but growing narrower towards the
  • point, and about four feet in length. The blossoms are red,
  • intermingled with yellow, and double like cloves; from which
  • comes a red and white fruit, of the size of a pea, oblong and
  • triangular, with three apartments filled with seed. The tree has
  • a very beautiful appearance; and a forest of them is said to
  • bear a resemblance to a numberous encampment.
  • 12411-900718-1553
  • -Nu24.7
  • 12412-900718-1554
  • -Nu24.8
  • 12413-900718-1554
  • -Nu24.9
  • 12414-900718-1555
  • -Nu24.10
  • 12415-900718-1555
  • -Nu24.11
  • 12416-900718-1556
  • -Nu24.12
  • 12418-900718-1556
  • -Nu24.14
  • 12419-900718-1557
  • -Nu24.15
  • 12420-900718-1557
  • -Nu24.16
  • 12421-900718-1602
  • -Nu24.17
  • in the following manner; I shall see him, but not now; I shall
  • behold him, but he is not near. When a king shall arise from the
  • house of Jacob, and the Messiah be anointed from the house of
  • Israel; he shall slay the princes of Moab, and rule over all the
  • children of men. The marginal references will direct the reader
  • to the fulfilment of these remarkable prophecies.
  • Moab
  • 12422-900718-1602
  • -Nu24.18
  • 12423-900718-1603
  • -Nu24.19
  • 12424-900718-1604
  • -Nu24.20
  • warred against Israel
  • destruction
  • 12425-900718-1605
  • -Nu24.21
  • 12426-900718-1606
  • -Nu24.22
  • captive. or how long it be ere Asshur carry thee away captive?
  • 12427-900718-1606
  • -Nu24.23
  • 12428-900718-1607
  • -Nu24.24
  • 12429-900718-1607
  • -Nu24.25
  • 12430-900718-1609
  • -Nu25.1
  • 01 Israel at Shittim commit whoredom and idolatry
  • 06 Phinehas kills Zimri and Cozbi
  • 10 God therefore gives him an everlasting priesthood
  • 16 The Midianites are to be vexed
  • 12431-900718-1610
  • -Nu25.2
  • 12432-900718-1611
  • -Nu25.3
  • 12433-900718-1612
  • -Nu25.4
  • texts must be united to make the sense of this verse complete:
  • And the Lord said unto Moses, Speak unto all the heads of the
  • people; and let them slay the men that were joined to Baal-peor;
  • and hang them up before the Lord, against the sun.
  • 12434-900718-1613
  • -Nu25.5
  • 12435-900718-1614
  • -Nu25.6
  • 12436-900718-1614
  • -Nu25.7
  • 12437-900718-1615
  • -Nu25.8
  • 12438-900718-1616
  • -Nu25.9
  • names, the 1000 men who were slain in consequence of the
  • judicial examination, as well as the 23,000 who died of the
  • plague; while St. Paul only refers to the latter.
  • 12440-900718-1617
  • -Nu25.11
  • 12441-900718-1617
  • -Nu25.12
  • 12442-900718-1619
  • -Nu25.13
  • 12443-900718-1619
  • -Nu25.14
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  • -Nu25.15
  • 12446-900718-1621
  • -Nu25.17
  • of Moab; but probably the Midianitish women, especially of the
  • higher ranks, as Cozbi was, were the principal tempters; and the
  • nation of Midian seems to have come into the execrable measure
  • more generally and heartily than that of Moab; they were
  • therefore first selected to be made examples of, for a warning
  • to the Moabites, who were spared at this time.
  • 12447-900718-1622
  • -Nu25.18
  • 12448-900719-1314
  • -Nu26.1
  • 01 The sum of all Israel is taken in the plains of Moab
  • 52 The law of dividing among them the inheritance of the land
  • 57 The families and number of the Levites
  • 63 None was left off them which were numbered at Sinai, but
  • Caleb and Joshua
  • 12449-900719-1316
  • -Nu26.2
  • generation, which provoked the Lord to swear in his wrath that
  • they should not enter Canaan; he now, after an interval of 38
  • years, commands another census of the Israelites to be made, to
  • preserve the distinction of families, and to regulate the tribes
  • previous to their entry into the promised land, as well as to
  • ascertain the proportion of land which should be allotted to
  • each tribe. For, though the whole was divided by lot, yet the
  • portions were so disposed, that a numerous tribe did not draw
  • where the lots assigned small inheritances, or the contrary.
  • 12450-900719-1317
  • -Nu26.3
  • 12451-900719-1317
  • -Nu26.4
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  • -Nu26.5
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  • -Nu26.7
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  • -Nu26.9
  • 12457-900719-1320
  • -Nu26.10
  • swallowed up, but that he was burnt, as appears to have been the
  • fact; and the Psalmist also, only mentions Dathan and Abiram as
  • having been swallowed up. And the earth swallowed them up, what
  • time that company died; and the fire devoured Korah with the 250
  • men, who became a sign. They became a sign.
  • 12458-900719-1322
  • -Nu26.11
  • and the little ones of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram, were swallowed
  • up; but the text here expressly affirms, that the children of
  • Korah died not; and their descendants were famous even in
  • David's time. On a close inspection, however, of ver. 27, we
  • shall find, that the sons and the little ones of Dathan and
  • Abiram alone are mentioned.
  • 12459-900719-1322
  • -Nu26.12
  • 12460-900719-1322
  • -Nu26.13
  • 12461-900719-1324
  • -Nu26.14
  • renders it highly probable, that, influenced by the bad example
  • of Zimri, the Simeonites had been peculiarly criminal in the
  • late wickedness, and that multitudes of them had died of the
  • plague. It is remarkable, that Moses, in De. ch. 33, bestows no
  • blessing upon this tribe.
  • 12462-900719-1324
  • -Nu26.15
  • 12463-900719-1325
  • -Nu26.16
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  • -Nu26.17
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  • -Nu26.18
  • 12466-900719-1326
  • -Nu26.19
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  • -Nu26.20
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  • -Nu26.21
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  • -Nu26.22
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  • -Nu26.23
  • 12471-900719-1329
  • -Nu26.24
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  • -Nu26.25
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  • -Nu26.26
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  • -Nu26.27
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  • -Nu26.28
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  • -Nu26.29
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  • -Nu26.30
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  • -Nu26.33
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  • -Nu26.34
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  • -Nu26.35
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  • -Nu26.37
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  • -Nu26.38
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  • -Nu26.39
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  • -Nu26.41
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  • -Nu26.46
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  • -Nu26.47
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  • -Nu26.48
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  • -Nu26.49
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  • -Nu26.50
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  • -Nu26.51
  • the tribes had increased, and other had diminished, since the
  • enumeration in ch 1:
  • Now Before
  • 1. Reuben 43,730 46,500
  • 2. Simeon 22,200 59,300
  • 3. Gad 40,500 45,650
  • 4. Judah 76,500 74,600
  • 5. Issachar 64,300 54,400
  • 6. Zebulun 60,500 57,400
  • 7. Manasseh 52,700 32,200
  • 8. Ephraim 32,500 40,500
  • 9. Benjamin 45,600 35,400
  • 10.Dan 64,400 62,700
  • 11.Asher 53,400 41,500
  • 12.Naphtali 45,400 53,400
  • Total 601,730 603,550
  • It should be oberserved, that among these there was not one of
  • the former census, except Joshua and Caleb. Thus, though there
  • was such an amazing increase in seven tribes, yet so great was
  • the decrease in the other five tribes, that the balance against
  • the present census is 1,820. Notwithstanding the amazing
  • increase in some, and decrease in other tribes, the same sort of
  • proportion is kept in their several divisions; so as to keep the
  • division in the front the largest, and that in the rear the
  • next.
  • 12500-900719-1343
  • -Nu26.53
  • 12501-900719-1343
  • -Nu26.54
  • his.
  • 12502-900719-1344
  • -Nu26.55
  • 12503-900719-1351
  • -Nu26.56
  • quarter, or situation, which each tribe was to possess, and not
  • to the quantity or extent of land, which was to be proportioned
  • to the numbers of each tribe, according to the register now
  • formed. Thus, for instance, it was determined by lot which of
  • the twelve tribes was to inherit in the south, which in the
  • north, etc.; then, in that quarter where the lot fell, a larger
  • or smaller portion of land was assigned them, according to the
  • goodness of the soil, and in proportion as they were more or
  • less numerous. Thus the decreasing of any tribe in the
  • wilderness, proved the decrease of their future political
  • importance and affluence in all succeeding ages. This equal
  • division of property was, under God, the great bulwark and
  • strength of the Hebrew commonwealth. According to the most exact
  • calculatioins, Canaan contained 14,976,000 acres; which, divided
  • among 600,000 men, will allow of more than 21 acres and a half
  • to each, with a remainder of 1,976,000 acres for the princes of
  • tribes, Levitical cities; so that there was an ample provision
  • to enable each person, with all the advantages of that fertile
  • country and fine climate, to live, if not in affluent, yet in
  • very comfortable ciircumstances. Canaan lies between lat. 31
  • degrees and 33 degrees 30' north and long. 35 degrees and 37
  • degrees east; its length, from the city of Dan to Beersheba, is
  • about 200 miles; and its breadth, from the shores of the
  • Mediterranean to the eastern borders, about 90. The Canaanites,
  • the descendants of Canaan, son of Ham, and the original
  • inhabitants of the land, were divided into seven principal
  • nations, the Amorites, Hittites, Jebusites, Girgashites,
  • Canaanites, Perizzites, and Hivites, and formed themselves into
  • almost as many kingdoms as they had cities. After their defeat
  • by the Israelites, such as escaped the sword became tributary;
  • but in process of time, haviing seduced them to their
  • idolatires, they recovered many of the strongest places in the
  • country; and even formed themselves into a mighty kingdom in
  • Galilee. They were, however, again defeated by Barak, but were
  • not finally subdued till the reign of David and Solomon; the
  • latter of whom employed 153,600 in the most servile parts of the
  • work of building the temple, palace, etc.
  • 12504-900719-1352
  • -Nu26.57
  • 12505-900719-1352
  • -Nu26.58
  • 12506-900719-1352
  • -Nu26.59
  • 12507-900719-1353
  • -Nu26.60
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  • -Nu26.61
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  • -Nu26.62
  • 12510-900719-1354
  • -Nu26.63
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  • -Nu26.64
  • 12512-900719-1355
  • -Nu26.65
  • 12513-900719-1401
  • -Nu27.1
  • 01 The daughters of Zelophehad sue for an inheritance
  • 06 The law of inheritances
  • 12 Moses, being told of his death, sues for a successor
  • 18 Joshua is appointed to succeed him
  • just given, no provision had been made for females, in case of
  • failure of male issue. The five daughters of Zelophehad,
  • therefore, considered themselves as destitute, having neither
  • father nor brother, and being themselves entirely overlooked;
  • and they agreed to refer the case to Moses and the rulers,
  • whether it were not equitable that they should inherit their
  • father's portion. This led to the enactment of an additional law
  • to the civil code of Israel, which satisfactorily ascertained
  • and amply secured the right of succession in cases of
  • inheritance. This law, which is as reasonable as it is just,
  • stands thus: --1. On the demise of the father, the estate
  • descends to the sons. 2. If there be no son, the daughters
  • succeed. 3.If there be no daughter, the brothers of the deceased
  • inherit. 4. If there be no brethren, or paternal uncles, the
  • estate goes to the grand uncles, or brothers of his father. 5.
  • If there be no grand uncles, then the nearest of kin succeeds to
  • the inheritance. Beyond this fifth degree the law does not
  • extend, because there must always have been some among the
  • Israelites who could be called kinsmen. Zelophehad.
  • 12514-900719-1401
  • -Nu27.2
  • 12515-900719-1404
  • -Nu27.3
  • in the wilderness, leaving no sons; nor was he among those who
  • rebelled against the Lord with Korah, who died on account of his
  • own sin. Professor Dathe, however, understands by his own sin,
  • that sin which was common to all the Israelites, who died on
  • account of their unbelief. died in the
  • 12516-900719-1404
  • -Nu27.4
  • 12517-900719-1404
  • -Nu27.5
  • 12518-900719-1405
  • -Nu27.6
  • 12519-900719-1405
  • -Nu27.7
  • 12523-900719-1406
  • -Nu27.11
  • 12524-900719-1406
  • -Nu27.12
  • 12525-900719-1407
  • -Nu27.13
  • 12526-900719-1407
  • -Nu27.14
  • 12528-900719-1411
  • -Nu27.16
  • address sufficiently proves, that this holy man believed man to
  • be compounded of flesh and spirit, and that these principles are
  • perfectly distinct. Either the materiality of the soul is a
  • human fable, or, if it be a true doctrine, Moses did not pray
  • under the influence of the Divine Spirit. There is a similar
  • form of expression in ch. 16.22: O God, the God of the spirits
  • of all flesh; and in Job 12.10, In whose hand is the soul of all
  • living; and the spirit of all flesh of man. These seem decisive
  • proofs, among many others, that the Old Testament teaches that
  • there is an immortal spirit in man; for though rooach sometimes
  • denotes breath or wind, yet it certainly has not that
  • signification here, nor in the other passages cited. the God
  • 12529-900719-1412
  • -Nu27.17
  • 12530-900719-1413
  • -Nu27.18
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  • -Nu27.19
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  • -Nu27.20
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  • -Nu27.21
  • 12535-900719-1416
  • -Nu27.23
  • 12536-900719-1417
  • -Nu28.1
  • 01 Offerings are to be observed
  • 03 The continual burnt offering
  • 09 The offering on the sabbath
  • 11 On the new Moons
  • 16 At the passover
  • 26 In the day of the first-fruits.
  • 12537-900719-1421
  • -Nu28.2
  • tabernacle having, probably, been greatly interrupted for
  • several years, and a new generation having arisen, who were
  • children or minors when the law was given respecting these
  • ordinances; and as they were now about to enter into the
  • promised land, where they must be established and constantly
  • observed; God commands Moses to repeat them to the people in the
  • following order: --1. Daily: the morning and evening sacrifices;
  • a lamb each time. 2. Weekly: the sabbath offerings; two lambs of
  • a year old. 3. Monthly: at the beginning of each month, two
  • young bullocks, one ram, and seven lambs of a year old, and a
  • he-goat. The day of first-fruits; the sacrifices the same as on
  • the beginning of the month.
  • 12538-900719-1421
  • -Nu28.3
  • 12539-900719-1422
  • -Nu28.4
  • 12540-900719-1423
  • -Nu28.5
  • 12541-900719-1423
  • -Nu28.6
  • 12542-900719-1424
  • -Nu28.7
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  • -Nu28.9
  • 12545-900719-1425
  • -Nu28.10
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  • -Nu28.11
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  • -Nu28.12
  • 12548-900719-1427
  • -Nu28.13
  • 12550-900719-1427
  • -Nu28.15
  • 12551-900719-1428
  • -Nu28.16
  • 12552-900719-1428
  • -Nu28.17
  • 12553-900719-1429
  • -Nu28.18
  • 12554-900719-1429
  • -Nu28.19
  • 12557-900719-1429
  • -Nu28.22
  • 12558-900719-1430
  • -Nu28.23
  • 12560-900719-1430
  • -Nu28.25
  • 12561-900719-1431
  • -Nu28.26
  • 12562-900719-1433
  • -Nu28.27
  • in this chapter, which were chiefly for the benefit of the
  • offerers, and therefore in them they were left more to
  • themselves; but burnt offerings, which were purely for the
  • honour
  • of God, and confessions of his dominion, and which figured
  • evangelical piety and devotion, by which they should is wholly
  • offered up to God, in the flames of holy love; and sin
  • offerings, which were typical of Christ's sacrifice of himself,
  • by which we and our services are perfected and sanctified.
  • 12565-900719-1434
  • -Nu28.30
  • 12566-900719-1434
  • -Nu28.31
  • 12567-900719-1446
  • -Nu29.1
  • 01 The offering at the feast of trumpets
  • 07 At the day of afflicting their souls
  • 12 And on the eight days of the feast of tabernacles
  • their ecclesiastical year, but the first of their civil year,
  • answering to our September. This, which was their new year's
  • day, was a time of great festivity, and ushered in by the
  • blowing of trumpets; whence it was also called the feast of
  • blowing the trumpets. In imitation of this Jewish festival,
  • different nations began the new year with sacrifices and
  • festivity. The ancient Egyptians did so; and the Persians also
  • celebrated their new year's day, which they held on the vernal
  • equinox, and which lasted ten days, during which all ranks
  • seemed to participate in one general joy. The rich sent presents
  • to the poor; all were dressed in their holiday clothes; all kept
  • open house; and religious processions, music, dancing, a species
  • of theatrical exhibition, rustic sports, and other pastimes,
  • presented a continued round of varied amusement. Even the dead,
  • and the ideal beings were not forgotten; rich viands being
  • placed on the tops of houses and high towers, on the flavour of
  • which the Peris, and spirits of their departed hereoes and
  • friends, were supposed to feast. After the Mohammedan conquest
  • of Persia, the celebration of this period sensibly declined, and
  • at last totally ceased, till the time of Jelaladdin, about A.D.
  • 1082 who, coming to the crown at the vernal equinox,
  • re-established the ancient festival, which has ever since been
  • celebrated with pomp and acclamations.
  • regulated by the new moons; and it is probable that the solemn
  • sacrifices were appointed by God, to prevent the idolatry which
  • was usual among the heathen at this period; who expressed the
  • most extravagant rejoicings on the first appearance of the new
  • moon. Moses, however, used the return of the moon only as one of
  • the most natural and convenient measures of time; and appointed
  • sacrifices to Jehovah, to preent the Israelites from falling
  • into the idolatries of their heathen neighbours. In the serene
  • climate of Arabia and Judea, its first faint cresent is, for the
  • most part, visible to all. blowing
  • 12568-900719-1446
  • -Nu29.2
  • 12571-900719-1447
  • -Nu29.5
  • 12572-900719-1448
  • -Nu29.6
  • 12573-900719-1449
  • -Nu29.7
  • 12574-900719-1449
  • -Nu29.8
  • 12575-900719-1449
  • -Nu29.9
  • 12577-900719-1450
  • -Nu29.11
  • 12578-900719-1455
  • -Nu29.12
  • commemoration of their dwelling in tents in the wilderness for
  • forty years. The first and last days were to be kept as
  • sabbaths, on which there were solemn assbmelies; and for seven
  • days sacrifices were offered. On the other festivals, two
  • bullocks sufficed, and on the festival at the beginning of this
  • month, only one was appointed; but on the first day of this
  • festival, thirteen young bullocks were appointed; and so on each
  • successive day, with the decrease of only one bullock, till on
  • the seventh day, there were only seven, making in all seventy
  • bullocks. The lambs, and the rams also, were in a double
  • proportion to the number sacrified at any other festival. This
  • was an expensive service; but more easy at this time of the year
  • than any other, as Bishop Patrick observes, because now their
  • barns were full, and their wine-presses overflowed; and their
  • hearts might well be supposed to be more enlarged than at other
  • times, in thankfulness to God for the multitude of his mercies.
  • The Jewish doctors give this reason for the daily diminution of
  • the number of the bullocks; the whole number, say they, was
  • according to the languages of the seventy nations of the world;
  • and the diminution of one every day signified, that there should
  • be a gradual diminution of those nations till all things were
  • brought under the government of the Messiah; in whose days no
  • sacrifices shall remain, but those of thanksgiving, prayer, and
  • praise.
  • 12579-900719-1457
  • -Nu29.13
  • were to be offered. It is worthy of remark, that in each of the
  • seven days of this feast one bullock is to be abated, so that on
  • the seventh day they were to offer seven bullocks, but the rams
  • and lambs were every day alike; which appointment might signify
  • a diminishing and wearing away of the legal offerings, to lead
  • them to the spiritual and reasonable service, by presenting
  • their own bodies a living sacrifice, holy, and acceptable unto
  • God.
  • 12582-900719-1458
  • -Nu29.16
  • 12583-900719-1458
  • -Nu29.17
  • 12584-900719-1459
  • -Nu29.18
  • 12585-900719-1459
  • -Nu29.19
  • 12587-900719-1500
  • -Nu29.21
  • 12588-900719-1500
  • -Nu29.22
  • 12591-900719-1501
  • -Nu29.25
  • 12601-900719-1507
  • -Nu29.35
  • and esteemed the chief or high day of the feast, yet fewer
  • sacrifices are appointed for it than for any of the foregoing
  • seven. On every one of them two rams and fourteen lambs were
  • offered; but on this day there were but half as many; and
  • whereas seven bullocks were the fewest that were offered on any
  • of those days, on this there was only one. At this feast, there
  • was an extraordinary ceremony of which the rabbins inform us,
  • namely, the drawing water out of the pool of Siloam, and pouring
  • it, mixed with wine, on the sacrifice as it lay on the altar.
  • This they are said to have done with such expressions of joy,
  • that it became a common proverb. He that never saw the rejoicing
  • of drawing of water, never saw rejoicing in all his life. The
  • Jews pretend to ground this custom on the following passage of
  • Isaiah, With joy shall ye draw water out of the wells of
  • salvation; and to this ceremony Jesus is supposed to refer, when
  • in the last day, the great day of the feast, he stood and cried,
  • saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink; he
  • that believeth on me, as the Scripture saith, out of his belly
  • shall flow rivers of living water, thereby calling off the
  • people from their carnal mirth and festive and pompous
  • ceremonies, to seek spiritual refreshment for their minds.
  • 12605-900719-1511
  • -Nu29.39
  • in these two chapters, that there were annually offered to God,
  • at the public charge, independently of a prodigious number of
  • voluntary, vow, and trespass offerings, 15 goats, 21 kids, 72
  • rams, 132 bullocks, and 1101 lambs. But how little is all this
  • compared with the lambs slain every year at the passover.
  • Cestius, the Roman general, asked the priests how many persons
  • had come to Jerusalem at their annual festivals; the priests,
  • numbering the people by the lambs that had been slain, said,
  • twenty-five myriads, 5000, and 500.
  • 12606-900719-1511
  • -Nu29.40
  • 12607-900719-1512
  • -Nu30.1
  • 01 Vows are not to be broken
  • 03 The exceptions of a maid's vows
  • 06 Of a wife's
  • 09 Of a widow's or her that is divorced
  • 12608-900719-1515
  • -Nu30.2
  • required by law; and in the laws here delivered in respect to
  • vows must have been very useful, as they both prevented and
  • annulled rash vows, and provided a proper sanction for the
  • support and performance of those which were rationally made, and
  • which were made to the Lord. vow a vow
  • 12610-900719-1516
  • -Nu30.4
  • 12611-900719-1516
  • -Nu30.5
  • 12612-900719-1516
  • -Nu30.6
  • 12614-900719-1517
  • -Nu30.8
  • 12615-900719-1517
  • -Nu30.9
  • 12618-900719-1518
  • -Nu30.12
  • 12619-900719-1518
  • -Nu30.13
  • 12620-900719-1519
  • -Nu30.14
  • 12621-900719-1519
  • -Nu30.15
  • 12622-900719-1519
  • -Nu30.16
  • 12623-900723-1432
  • -Nu31.1
  • 01 The Midianites are spoiled, and Balaam slain
  • 13 Moses is wroth with the officers, for saving the women alive
  • 19 How the soldiers, with their captives and spoil, are to be
  • purified
  • 25 The proportion in which the prey is to be divided
  • 48 The voluntary oblation unto the treasure of the Lord
  • 12624-900723-1437
  • -Nu31.2
  • 12625-900723-1501
  • -Nu31.3
  • they were now to take up. These people were idolaters, and had
  • seduced the Israelites to practise the same abominations.
  • Idolatry is an offence against God; and the civil power has no
  • authority to meddle with what belongs to him, without especial
  • directions, certified, as in this case, in the most unequivocal
  • manner. Private revenge, ambition, or avarice were to have no
  • place in this business: Jerovah is to be avenged; and through
  • Him, the children of Israel, because they were nearly ruined by
  • their idolatries. If Jehovah, instead of punishing sinners by
  • earthquakes, pestilence, or famine,is please expressly to
  • command any person or people to avenge his cause, this commision
  • justified, nay sanctifies, war, massacre, or devastation. Though
  • none at present shew such a commision, yet the Isaelites could;
  • and it is therefore absurd to censure Mose,Joshua, and Isael,
  • for the dreadful slaughter made by them. God himself passed
  • sentence of condemmation, and employed them merely as ministers
  • of his vengeance; and unless it could be proved that the
  • criminals did not deserve their doom, or that God had no right
  • to punish his rebellious creatures, such objectors only shew
  • their enmity to God by becoming the unsolicited advocates of his
  • enemies.
  • 12626-900723-1525
  • -Nu31.4
  • 12628-900723-1534
  • -Nu31.6
  • proportion to all Israel, or to the forces which they encounter.
  • As they were under the conduct of captains of thousands and
  • hundreds, they probably had no general; for Phinehas seems to
  • have accompanied them simply to take charge of `the holy
  • instruments;' probably the ark and silver trumpets. Phinehas
  • 12629-900723-1536
  • -Nu31.7
  • 12630-900723-1538
  • -Nu31.8
  • 12631-900723-1539
  • -Nu31.9
  • 12632-900723-1541
  • -Nu31.10
  • 12633-900723-1541
  • -Nu31.11
  • 12634-900723-1542
  • -Nu31.12
  • 12635-900723-1551
  • -Nu31.13
  • 12636-900723-1555
  • -Nu31.14
  • 12637-900723-1557
  • -Nu31.15
  • 12638-900723-1600
  • -Nu31.16
  • 12639-900726-1321
  • -Nu31.17
  • children, as incapable of resisting; but the sword of justice
  • knows no distinction, except that of guilty or not guilty, or
  • more or less guilty. This was the execution of a righteous
  • sentence upon a guilty nation, in which the women were the
  • greatest criminals; and it may safely be said, that their lives
  • were forfeited by their personal transgressions. With respect to
  • the execution of the male infants, who cannot be supposed to
  • have been guilty, God, the author and supporter of life, who has
  • a right to dispose of it when and how he thinks proper,
  • commanded it; and 'shall not the Judge of all the earth do
  • right?'
  • 12640-900726-1324
  • -Nu31.18
  • that Moses here authorised the Israelites to make concubines of
  • the whole number of female children; and an insidious objection
  • against his writings has been grounded upon this monstrous
  • supposition. But the whole tenor of the law, and especially a
  • stature recorded in De. 21.10-14, proves most decisively to the
  • contrary. They were merely permitted to possess them as female
  • slaves, educating them in their families, and employing them as
  • domestics; for the laws concerning fornication, concubinage, and
  • marriage, were in full force, and prohibited an Israelite even
  • from marrying a captive, without delays and previous
  • formalities; and if he afterwards divorced her, he was to set
  • here at liberty, 'because he had humbled her.'
  • 12641-900726-1328
  • -Nu31.19
  • God, yet they had contracted pollution by touching the dead; and
  • the spoil having been used by idolaters, must also be purified
  • in the prescribed manner.
  • 12642-900726-1328
  • -Nu31.20
  • 12643-900726-1329
  • -Nu31.21
  • 12645-900726-1330
  • -Nu31.23
  • 12646-900726-1330
  • -Nu31.24
  • 12648-900726-1331
  • -Nu31.26
  • 12649-900726-1332
  • -Nu31.27
  • 12650-900726-1332
  • -Nu31.28
  • 12651-900726-1333
  • -Nu31.29
  • 12652-900726-1334
  • -Nu31.30
  • 12654-900726-1342
  • -Nu31.32
  • Israelites, in this war with the Midianites, took 32,000 female
  • prisoners, 61,000 asses, 72,000 beeves, and 675,000 sheep and
  • small cattle; besides the immense number of males who fell in
  • battle, and the women and children who were slain by the divine
  • command. This booty was divided into equal parts, by which
  • partition a far larger share was justly given to the warriors
  • employed on the expedition, who were only 12,000, than to those,
  • who being equally willing to go, were ordered to stay in the
  • camp. Each party was to give a certain porportion to Jehovah, as
  • their sovereign, in grateful acknowledgement that to him they
  • owed their success. The soldiers to give to the Lord one out of
  • every five hundred persons, beeves, asses, and sheep. and the
  • people, who by staying at home risked nothing, and had no
  • fatigue, were to give one out of fifty of each of the above to
  • the Levites, who were far more numerous than the priests. The
  • booty, its division among the soldiers and people, and the
  • proportion given by each to the Lord and to the Levites, will be
  • seen at one view by the following table:--
  • Sheep ..... 675,000
  • To soldiers ....337,500
  • To God ......... 675
  • To people ......337,500
  • To Levites...... 6,750
  • Beeves...... 72,000
  • To soldiers..... 36,000
  • To God ......... 72
  • To people....... 36,000
  • To Levites...... 720
  • Asses........61,000
  • To soldiers..... 30,500
  • To God.......... 61
  • To people....... 30,500
  • To Levites...... 610
  • Persons...... 32,000
  • To soldiers..... 16,000
  • To God.......... 32
  • To people....... 16,000
  • To Levites...... 320
  • It does not appear that a single ox, sheep, or ass, was required
  • by Moses as his portion; or that there was any given to him by
  • the people; and though he had a family as well as others, yet no
  • provision was made for them above the common lot of Levites!
  • 12663-900726-1342
  • -Nu31.41
  • 12669-900726-1343
  • -Nu31.47
  • 12671-900726-1349
  • -Nu31.49
  • 12672-900726-1409
  • -Nu31.50
  • their men, found they had not lost a man in the contest with
  • Midian! Penetrated with gratitude for this most remarkable
  • interposition of Providence in their favour, they now offer to
  • Jehovah the golden jewels which they had found among the spoil,
  • to the amount of 16,750 shekels, equal to l37,869 16s 5d of our
  • money. an oblation
  • 12673-900726-1410
  • -Nu31.51
  • 12674-900726-1410
  • -Nu31.52
  • 12675-900726-1411
  • -Nu31.53
  • 12676-900726-1412
  • -Nu31.54
  • 12677-900726-1416
  • -Nu32.1
  • 01 The Reubenites and Gadites sue for their inheritance on the
  • east side of Jordan
  • 06 Moses reproves them
  • 16 They offer him conditions with which he is content
  • 33 Moses assigns them the land
  • 39 They conquer it.
  • 12679-900726-1503
  • -Nu32.3
  • 12680-900726-1420
  • -Nu32.4
  • 12681-900726-1422
  • -Nu32.5
  • 12682-900726-1422
  • -Nu32.6
  • 12683-900726-1507
  • -Nu32.7
  • 12684-900726-1424
  • -Nu32.8
  • 12685-900726-1424
  • -Nu32.9
  • 12686-900726-1424
  • -Nu32.10
  • 12687-900726-1425
  • -Nu32.11
  • 12688-900726-1425
  • -Nu32.12
  • 12689-900726-1426
  • -Nu32.13
  • 12690-900726-1427
  • -Nu32.14
  • 12691-900726-1428
  • -Nu32.15
  • 12692-900726-1431
  • -Nu32.16
  • faithfully executed; though it did not imply that all men
  • capable of bearing arms should go, and so leave their families
  • and possessions defenceless, but only a sufficient detachment of
  • them. Among the inhabitants of the land were the Ammonites,
  • Moabites, Idumeans, and the remains of the Midianites and
  • Amorites; and as it was impossible for the women and children to
  • keep the defenced cities, when placed in them, many of the men
  • of war must of course stay behind. In the last census, the tribe
  • of Reuben consisted of 43,730 men; the tribe of Gad 40,500; and
  • the tribe of Manasseh 52,700; the half of which is 26,350; which
  • together amount to 110,580. Now from Jos 4.13 we learn, that of
  • these tribes only 40,000 armed men passed over Jordan to assist
  • their brethren; consequently 70,580 men were left behind for the
  • defence of the women, the children, and the flocks; which was
  • amply sufficient for this purpose.
  • 12693-900726-1432
  • -Nu32.17
  • 12694-900726-1432
  • -Nu32.18
  • 12695-900726-1433
  • -Nu32.19
  • 12696-900726-1434
  • -Nu32.20
  • 12698-900726-1434
  • -Nu32.22
  • 12699-900726-1439
  • -Nu32.23
  • so imposed on men, or if they afterwards refused to fulfil their
  • engagement, God would most certainly detect and expose their
  • wickedness, and inflict condign punishment upon them. Of all the
  • ways, says Dr. South, to be taken for the prevention of that
  • great plague of mankind, Sin, there is none so rational and
  • efficacious as to confute and baffle those motives by which men
  • are induced to embrace it; and among all such motives, the heart
  • of man seems to be chiefly overpowered and prevailed upon by
  • two, viz. secrecy in committing sin, and impounity with respect
  • to its consequences. Accordingly, Moses, in this chapter, having
  • to deal with a company of men suspected of a base and fraudulent
  • design, though couched under a very fair pretence, as most such
  • designs are, endeavours to quash it in its very conception, by
  • secretly applying himself to encounter those secret motives and
  • arguments, which he knew were the most likely to encourage them
  • in it. And this he does very briefly, but effectually, by
  • assuring them, that how covertly and artifically soever they
  • might carry on their dark project, yet their sin would
  • infallibly find them out. Though the subject and occasion of
  • these words are indeed particular, yet the design of them is
  • manifestly of an universal import, as reaching the case of all
  • transgressors, in their first entrance on any sinful act or
  • course.
  • ro 2.9 1co 4.5
  • 12700-900726-1439
  • -Nu32.24
  • 12701-900726-1440
  • -Nu32.25
  • 12703-900726-1440
  • -Nu32.27
  • 12704-900726-1440
  • -Nu32.28
  • 12705-900726-1441
  • -Nu32.29
  • 12706-900726-1441
  • -Nu32.30
  • 12709-900726-1442
  • -Nu32.33
  • 12710-900726-1444
  • -Nu32.34
  • river Arnon. Burckhardt says, that when he was about an hour's
  • distance north of the Modjeb or Arnon, he was shown to the N.E.
  • the ruins of Diban, the ancient Dibon, situated in the low
  • ground of the Koura, or plains of Moab.
  • on the north bank of the river Arnon. This is confirmed by
  • Burckhardt, who says it is called Araayr, and is seated on the
  • edge of the precipice, at the foot of which the river flows.
  • 12711-900726-1445
  • -Nu32.35
  • 12712-900726-1448
  • -Nu32.36
  • Bethnabris mentioned by Eusebius, five miles north from Livias.
  • Burckhardt says, that 'in the valley of the Jordan, south of
  • Abou Obeida, are the ruins of Nemrim, probably the Beth-nimrah
  • of the Scriptures.'
  • 12713-900726-1454
  • -Nu32.37
  • It is now called El Aal, 'the high,' and is situated on a hill.
  • 12714-900726-1458
  • -Nu32.38
  • miles from Heshbon, at the foot of mount Abarim.
  • names of the cities.
  • 12715-900726-1459
  • -Nu32.39
  • 12716-900726-1459
  • -Nu32.40
  • 12717-900726-1500
  • -Nu32.41
  • 12719-900726-1501
  • -Nu33.1
  • 01 The two and forty journeys of the Israelites
  • 50 The Canaanites are to be destroyed
  • 12720-900726-1502
  • -Nu33.2
  • 12721-900726-1503
  • -Nu33.3
  • 12722-900726-1504
  • -Nu33.4
  • 12723-900726-1505
  • -Nu33.5
  • Goshen, and the rendezvous of the Israelites. It is placed by
  • Jerome in the extremity of Egypt, in the Arsenoitic name.
  • 12724-900726-1507
  • -Nu33.6
  • Scenas Mandrorum, in the Antonine Itinerary. The Editor of
  • Calmet places it at Birket el Hadji, or 'the Pilgrims' pool, a
  • few miles east of Cairo. Etham. This was evidently situated
  • towards the north point of the Red sea. Calmet supposes it to be
  • the same as Buthus or Butham, mentioned by Herodotus, who places
  • it in Arabia, on the frontiers of Egypt.
  • 12725-900726-1508
  • -Nu33.7
  • Greeks, and the Kolzum of the Arabians. His learned Editor
  • thinks
  • the true situation of Baal-zephon wa some miles more northerly
  • than the present Suez.
  • 12726-900726-1509
  • -Nu33.8
  • particular district of the wilderness of Etham.
  • 12727-900726-1509
  • -Nu33.9
  • 12728-900726-1510
  • -Nu33.10
  • 12732-900726-1510
  • -Nu33.14
  • 12733-900726-1511
  • -Nu33.15
  • 12734-900726-1511
  • -Nu33.16
  • 12735-900726-1512
  • -Nu33.17
  • 12736-900726-1513
  • -Nu33.18
  • Kadesh Barnea; probably so called from the great number of
  • juniper trees, as the name signifies, growning in that district.
  • 12737-900726-1514
  • -Nu33.19
  • Simeon
  • 12739-900726-1515
  • -Nu33.21
  • by the Editor of Calmet, to be the same with the present El
  • Arish, a village three quarters of a league from the
  • Mediterranean, and the last stage in Syria, on the road to
  • Egypt.
  • 12742-900726-1517
  • -Nu33.24
  • be now in the regular track from Gaza to Egypt, is of opinion
  • that mount Shapher is the ancient name of mount Cassius, Catjeh,
  • or Catie, a huge mole of sand, almost surrounded by the
  • Mediterranean, on which was built a temple to Jupiter Cassius.
  • Thevenot states, that at the village of Catie there is a well of
  • water unpleasant for drinking; but two miles off, another whose
  • water is good after standing a little.
  • 12748-900726-1519
  • -Nu33.30
  • Mousa, (probably a corruption of Moseroth) or fountains of
  • Moses, at the head of the western gulf of the Red Sea, about
  • seven or eight miles east from Suez, seven or eight days'
  • journey from Gaza, and five or six from Sinai.
  • 12749-900726-1519
  • -Nu33.31
  • 12750-900726-1520
  • -Nu33.32
  • 12751-900726-1521
  • -Nu33.33
  • in the track of the Mecca pilgrims, supposes Jotbathah, which is
  • described as 'a land of brooks of water,' to be Callah Nahar, a
  • torrent, said to be good water by Dr. Shaw
  • 12752-900726-1521
  • -Nu33.34
  • nearer Accaba
  • 12753-900726-1523
  • -Nu33.35
  • the Elanitic gulf of the Red Sea. He says it is now called
  • Meenah el Dsahab, or the golden port, by the Arabs; because it
  • was from this place that Solomon sent his ships to Ophir. He
  • supposes it to be about sixty miles from Sinai; and it is
  • probable that it was near the present Accaba, i.e. the end of
  • the sea.
  • 12754-900726-1523
  • -Nu33.36
  • 12755-900726-1523
  • -Nu33.37
  • 12756-900726-1524
  • -Nu33.38
  • 12758-900726-1524
  • -Nu33.40
  • 12759-900726-1524
  • -Nu33.41
  • 12760-900726-1525
  • -Nu33.42
  • and Zoar. Perhaps it is the present Tafyle, mentioned by
  • Burckhardt.
  • 12761-900726-1525
  • -Nu33.43
  • 12762-900726-1526
  • -Nu33.44
  • 12764-900726-1526
  • -Nu33.46
  • 12765-900726-1530
  • -Nu33.47
  • east of Jordan, and north and west of the Arnon. Nebo, Pisgah,
  • and Peor, were but different names of the hills of which they
  • were composed. Eusebius and Jerome inform us, that some part of
  • them, as one went up to Heshbon, retained the old name of Abarim
  • in their time; and that the part called Nebo was opposite
  • Jericho, not far from the Jordan, six miles west from Heshbon,
  • and seven east from Livias. Dr. Shaw describes them as 'an
  • exceeding high ridge of desolate mountains, no otherwise
  • diversified than by a succession of naked rocks and precipices;
  • rendered in some places the more frightful by a multiplicity of
  • torrents, which fall on each side of them. This ridge is
  • continued all along the eastern coast of the Dead Sea.' Mount
  • Nebo is now called Djebel Attarous; and is described as a barren
  • mountain, the highest point in the neighbourhood, with an uneven
  • plain on the top.
  • 12766-900726-1530
  • -Nu33.48
  • 12767-900726-1531
  • -Nu33.49
  • Eusebius, east of Jordan, and about ten miles south of Jericho.
  • to Josephus who calls it Abela, was 60 furlongs east of Jordan
  • 12768-900726-1532
  • -Nu33.50
  • 12769-900726-1532
  • -Nu33.51
  • 12770-900726-1533
  • -Nu33.52
  • 12771-900726-1534
  • -Nu33.53
  • 12772-900726-1535
  • -Nu33.54
  • the place
  • 12773-900726-1536
  • -Nu33.55
  • 12774-900726-1536
  • -Nu33.56
  • 12775-900726-1537
  • -Nu34.1
  • 01 The borders of the land
  • 16 The names of the men who shall divide the land
  • 12776-900726-1538
  • -Nu34.2
  • 12777-900726-1542
  • -Nu34.3
  • Sea, is, according to the most authentic accounts, about 70
  • miles in length, and 18 in breadth. Viewing this sea from the
  • spot where the Jordan discharges its waters into it, it takes a
  • south-easterly direction, visible for ten or fifteen miles, when
  • it disappears in a curve towards the east. Its surface is
  • generally unruffled, from the hollow of the basin in which it
  • lies scarcely admitting the free passage necessary for a strong
  • breeze; it is however, for the same reason, subject to
  • whirlwinds or squalls of short duration. The mountains on each
  • side are apprently separated by a distance of eight miles; but
  • the expanse of water at this point has been supposed not to
  • exceed five or six; as it advances towards the south, it
  • evidently increases in breadth. The acrid saltness of its waters
  • is much greater than that of the sea; and of such specific
  • gravity that bodies will float on it that would sink in common
  • sea-water. It is probably on this account that few fish can live
  • in it; though the monks of St. Saba affirmed to Dr. Shaw, that
  • they had seen fish caught in it.
  • 12778-900726-1542
  • -Nu34.4
  • 12779-900726-1543
  • -Nu34.5
  • 12780-900726-1543
  • -Nu34.6
  • 12781-900726-1544
  • -Nu34.7
  • 12782-900726-1544
  • -Nu34.8
  • 12783-900726-1544
  • -Nu34.9
  • 12785-900726-1546
  • -Nu34.11
  • 12786-900726-1546
  • -Nu34.12
  • 12787-900726-1546
  • -Nu34.13
  • 12788-900726-1547
  • -Nu34.14
  • 12789-900726-1549
  • -Nu34.15
  • and Og, the two vanquished kings of the Amorites, which extended
  • from the Arnon to Mount Hermon. Of those countires, Moses gave
  • to the tribe of Reuben the south-west part, which was bounded on
  • the south by the river Arnon, on the west by Jordan, and on the
  • north and east by the tribe of Gad. The tribe of Gad was bounded
  • by the river Jordan and tribe of Reuben on the west, by the half
  • tribe of Manasseh on the north, by the kingdom of the Amorites
  • and Arabia Deserta on the East, and by the tribe of Reuben on
  • the south. The part belonging to the tribe of Manasseh was
  • bounded by the tribe of Gad on the south, by the sea of Galilee
  • and part of Jordan on the west, by Hermon and Lebanon on the
  • north, and by the mountains of Trachonitis on the east. on this
  • side Jordan.
  • 12791-900726-1552
  • -Nu34.17
  • follow any order hitherto used in arranging the tribes, but
  • places them exactly in the order in which they possessed the
  • land, and according to their fraternal relationship. Judah is
  • first, having the first lot, in the South and next him is
  • Simeon, because his inheritance was within the inheritance of
  • the children of Judah. Benjamin, the third, had his portion
  • between Judah and the children of Joseph. Dan was the fourth,
  • and his lot was westward of Benjamin. Manasseh and his brother
  • Ephraim had their inheritances behind that of Benjamin. Next
  • there dwelt Zebulun and Issachar, and then Asher and Haphtali.
  • Eleazar.
  • 12792-900726-1552
  • -Nu34.18
  • 12793-900726-1552
  • -Nu34.19
  • 12803-900726-1552
  • -Nu34.29
  • 12804-900726-1553
  • -Nu35.1
  • 01 Eight and forty cities for the Levites, with their suburbs,
  • and measure thereof
  • 06 Six of them are to be cities of refuge
  • 09 The laws of murder and manslaughter
  • 31 No satisfaction for murder
  • 12805-900726-1554
  • -Nu35.2
  • 12806-900726-1554
  • -Nu35.3
  • 12807-900726-1558
  • -Nu35.4
  • in the following verse; but this reading is not acknowledged by
  • any other ancient version, except the Coptic, nor by any of the
  • MSS. collated by Kennicott and De Rossi. Various modes have been
  • proposed for reconciling the accounts in these two verses, which
  • appear in general to require full as much explanation as the
  • text itself. The explanation of Maimonides is the only one that
  • is intelligible, and appears perfectly satisfactory. The
  • suburbs, says he, of the cities are expressed in the law to be
  • 3000 cubits on every side, from the wall of the city and
  • outwards. the first 1000 cubits are the suburbs; and the 2000,
  • which they measured without the suburbs, were for fields and
  • vineyards. The whole therefore, of the city, suburbs, fields,
  • and vineyards, may be represented by the following diagram:---
  • Fields and vineyards.
  • Suburbs
  • City
  • 1000 Cubits
  • 2000 Cubits
  • 12809-900726-1559
  • -Nu35.6
  • 12810-900726-1559
  • -Nu35.7
  • 12811-900726-1600
  • -Nu35.8
  • 12813-900726-1600
  • -Nu35.10
  • 12814-900726-1601
  • -Nu35.11
  • avenge the death of his relation, by slaying the murderer
  • whereever he found him, the appointment of these cities was a
  • humane institution for the protection of the involuntary
  • homicide; for they were designed only for the protection of
  • such.
  • 12815-900726-1602
  • -Nu35.12
  • 12816-900726-1602
  • -Nu35.13
  • 12817-900726-1603
  • -Nu35.14
  • 12818-900726-1603
  • -Nu35.15
  • 12819-900726-1604
  • -Nu35.16
  • 12820-900726-1604
  • -Nu35.17
  • 12822-900726-1605
  • -Nu35.19
  • 12823-900726-1607
  • -Nu35.20
  • 12825-900726-1607
  • -Nu35.22
  • 12827-900726-1608
  • -Nu35.24
  • 12828-900726-1609
  • -Nu35.25
  • 12829-900726-1613
  • -Nu35.26
  • the avenger of blood could only act as prosecutor; and the
  • magistrates, in the presence of the people, were appointed to
  • decide the cause according to the rules here laid down. Probably
  • the accused person was tried at or near the place where the
  • deceased had been slain, and where evidence could most easily be
  • brought; and in case he was acquitted by the decision of the
  • judges, and with the approbation of the people, he was conveyed
  • back to the city of refuge, where he was protected as a king of
  • prisoner at large, till the death of the high priest; when the
  • public loss, and the grief occasioned by it, might be supposed
  • to swallow up all personal regrets and resentments; and then he
  • was permitted to return to his house and estate. But if, in the
  • mean while, he ventured to leave the city, and the avenger met
  • him and slew him, he was supposed to merit his doom by thus
  • neglecting the appointment of God for his preservation, and the
  • avenger must not be punished. This shews that in other cases, if
  • the avenger slew an innocent man on surmise, he was liable to
  • the punishment of a murderer; but if, by the testimony of two
  • credible witnesses, the man who had fled to the city of refuge
  • was adjudged guilty, he must without fail be put to death.
  • 12830-900726-1613
  • -Nu35.27
  • him
  • 12831-900726-1614
  • -Nu35.28
  • 12832-900726-1614
  • -Nu35.29
  • 12833-900726-1614
  • -Nu35.30
  • 12834-900726-1615
  • -Nu35.31
  • 12835-900726-1619
  • -Nu35.32
  • west, and therefore three cities were appointed in each
  • division. One or other of these cities would be within half a
  • day's journey of every part of the land; and as it would rarely
  • happen that the avenger of blood would be on the spot, and none
  • had a right to assault or detain the manslayer, at least if no
  • malicious intention was manifest, the unhappy men would,
  • therefore, get the start of their adversaries, and very few of
  • them be overtaken before they gained the place of refuge. But
  • then they must forsake their families, employments, most
  • important interests, and dearest comforts; and they must neither
  • loiter nor yield to weariness, nor regard fifficulties, nor
  • slacken their pace, till they had got safe within the walls of
  • the city. The Jewish writers inform us, that to afford every
  • facility to those who thus fled for their life, the road to
  • these cities was always preserved in good repair; and way-posts,
  • upon which was inscribed refuge, were placed wherever needful,
  • that they might not so much as hesitate for a moment.
  • 12836-900726-1620
  • -Nu35.33
  • for the land
  • 12837-900726-1621
  • -Nu35.34
  • 12838-900726-1622
  • -Nu36.1
  • 01 The inconvenience of the inheritance of daughters is remedied
  • by marrying in their own tribes
  • 07 Lest the inheritance should be removed from the tribe
  • 10 The daughters of Zelophehad marry their father's brothers'
  • sons
  • 12839-900726-1626
  • -Nu36.2
  • a portion had been assigned eastward of Jordan; but Zelophehad
  • was of that division, to which an inheritance was afterwards
  • allotted west of Jordan; yet, expecting the promised land, the
  • elders of the Manassites now propose a difficulty, upon the
  • adjudged case of Zelophehad's daughters. If the females should
  • inherit, in defect of male issue, and should intermarry with
  • other tribes they would diminish the interest, and weaken the
  • influence of their own tribes, and give occasion to future
  • confusion, and perhaps contention. The Manassites therefore
  • referred the case to Moses; and he, by the authority of God,
  • annexed a clause, which would effectually keep the tribes and
  • inheritances distinct, as long as it was observed. Heiresses
  • were not allowed to marry out of their own tribe, though within
  • those bounds they might consult their own inclinations.
  • 12840-900726-1626
  • -Nu36.3
  • 12841-900726-1627
  • -Nu36.4
  • 12842-900726-1627
  • -Nu36.5
  • 12843-900726-1627
  • -Nu36.6
  • 12844-900726-1628
  • -Nu36.7
  • part of the inheritance of another tribe by marrying an heiress.
  • keep himself. Heb. cleave
  • 12845-900726-1629
  • -Nu36.8
  • 12847-900726-1630
  • -Nu36.10
  • 12848-900726-1631
  • -Nu36.11
  • 12849-900726-1631
  • -Nu36.12
  • 12850-900726-1631
  • -Nu36.13
  • 12851-900620-2317
  • -De1.1
  • Thus ends the book of {Deuteronomy}, and with it the
  • {Pentateuch},
  • commonly called the {Law of Moses}; a work every way worthy of
  • God
  • its author, and only less than the {New Testament}, the {Law}
  • and
  • {Gospel} of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Its {antiquity}
  • places it at the head of all the writings in the world; and the
  • various subjects it embraces render it of the utmost importance
  • to
  • every part of the civilized world. Its {philosophy}, {history},
  • {geography}, and {chronology} entitle it to the respect of the
  • whole human race; while its system of {theology} and religion
  • demonstrably proves it to be a revelation from God. {The Law of
  • Moses} is more properly the {Law of Jehovah}, [], {torah
  • yehowah}, the grand title of the Pentateuch. Could we conceive
  • Moses to have been the {author} of this system, we must consider
  • him more than mortal:- no wisdom of man has ever yet invented
  • such
  • a {Code of Laws}. His merit, however, has been disputed, and his
  • laws severely criticised, by persons whose interest it was to
  • prove religion a cheat, because they had none themselves. To
  • some, whose mental taste and feeling are strangely perverted,
  • everything in {heathenism} wears not only the fascinating
  • aspect,
  • but appears to lay claim and posses every excellence; and hence
  • they have called up Confucius, Menu, Zoraster, and Mohammed
  • himself, to dispute the palm with Moses.
  • On this subject in general, it may be just necessary to add,
  • that
  • the utmost that can be said of all laws, merely {human}, is,
  • that
  • they {restrain vices}, through the terror of punishment. God's
  • law not only restrains {vice}, but it infuses {virtue}. It alone
  • brings man to the footstool of his Maker; and keeps him
  • dependent
  • on the strong for strength, on the wise for wisdom, and on the
  • merciful for grace. It abounds with promises of support, and
  • salvation for the {present life}, which no false system dare
  • ever
  • to propose: every where, Moses, in the most confident manner,
  • pledges his God for the fulfilment of all the exceeding great
  • and
  • precious promises, with which his laws are so plentifully
  • interspersed; and while they were obedient they could say, "Not
  • one word hath failed us, of all the good things which the Lord
  • our
  • God spoke concerning us." Who that dispassionately reads the
  • {Pentateuch}, that considers it in itself and in its reference
  • to
  • that glorius {Gospel} which it was intended to introduce, can
  • for
  • a moment deny it the palm of infinite superiority over all the
  • systems ever framed of imagined by man? Well might the
  • Israelitish people triumphantly exclaim, "There is none like the
  • God of Jeshurun!" and with what striking propriety does the
  • glorius legislator add, "Happy art thou, O Israel! who is like
  • unto {thee}? O people, saved of the Lord!"
  • Finally, the treasures of wisdom and knowledge, which are
  • amassed
  • in these five books, have enriched the whole civilized earth,
  • and,
  • indeed, greatly promoted that very civilization. They have been
  • a
  • kind of {text-book} to almost every writer on {geology,
  • geography,
  • chronology, astronomy, natural history, ethics, jurisprudence,
  • political economy, theology, poetry, and crticism}, from the
  • time
  • of Moses to the present day--books to which the choicest writers
  • and philosophers in Pagan antiquity, have been deeply indebted;
  • and which were the text-books to all the {prophets}--books from
  • which the flimsy writers against Divine Revelation have derived
  • their natural religion, and all their moral excellence--books
  • written in all the energy, and purity, of the imcomparable
  • language in which they are composed; and lastly, books, which
  • for
  • importance of matter, variety of information, dignity of
  • sentiment, accuracy of facts, impartiality, simplicity, and
  • sublimity of narration, tending to improve and ennoble the
  • intellect and ameliorate the physical and moral condition of
  • man,
  • have never been equalled, and can only be paralleled by the
  • Gospel of
  • the Son of God! Fountain of endless mercy, justice, truth, and
  • beneficience! How much are thy gifts and bounties neglected by
  • those who do not read {this law}; and by those who having read
  • it,
  • are not morally improved by it, and made wise unto salvation!
  • ----------------------------------------------------------------
  • --
  • 6-13 briefly rehearsing the history of God's sending them from
  • Horeb
  • 14-18 of giving them officers
  • 19-33 of sending the spies to seach the land
  • 34-40 of his anger for their incredulity
  • 41-46 and disobedience
  • {Red Sea}, not only because the word {yam}, `sea,' is not joined
  • with it as usual, but because they were now east of Jordan, and
  • farther from the Red Sea than ever. It seems to be the same
  • which
  • is called {Suphah} in Nu 21.14; which must necessarily signify
  • some {place} in or adjoining to the plains of Moab, and not far
  • from the Jordan and Arnon. Ptolemy mentions a people called
  • {Sophonites} that dwelt in Arabia Petraea, who may have taken
  • their name from this place.
  • Paran, Tophel, Laban, Hazeroth, and Diaahab, seem to have been
  • either {places} or {cities} not far from the plains of Moab; for
  • it is evident that Paran and Hazeroth could not have been those
  • near the Red sea, and not far from Horeb.
  • 12852-900622-0912
  • -De1.2
  • 12853-900622-0913
  • -De1.3
  • 12854-900622-0915
  • -De1.4
  • 12855-900622-0915
  • -De1.5
  • 12856-900622-0916
  • -De1.6
  • 12857-900622-0918
  • -De1.7
  • 12858-900622-0919
  • -De1.8
  • 12859-900622-0920
  • -De1.9
  • 12860-900622-0931
  • -De1.10
  • expression to be hyperbolical; and others, no friends to
  • revelation, think it a vain, empty boast, because the stars, in
  • their apprehension,, amount to innumerable millions. But, as
  • this
  • refers to the number of stars that appear to the naked eye,
  • which
  • only amount to about 3010 in both hemispheres, the number of the
  • Israelites far exceeded this; for independently of women and
  • children, at the last census, they amounted to more than 600,
  • 000.
  • 12861-900622-0932
  • -De1.11
  • 12862-900622-0934
  • -De1.12
  • 12863-900622-0941
  • -De1.13
  • 12865-900622-0943
  • -De1.15
  • 12866-900622-0944
  • -De1.16
  • 12867-900622-0951
  • -De1.17
  • That is, let not the bold, daring countenances of the rich or
  • mightly induce you to give an unrighteous decision; and let not
  • the abject look of the poor man induce you either to to favour
  • him
  • in an unrighteous cause, or to give judgment against him at the
  • demand of the oppresor.
  • 12868-900622-0952
  • -De1.18
  • 12869-900622-0952
  • -De1.19
  • 12870-900622-0953
  • -De1.20
  • 12871-900622-0954
  • -De1.21
  • 12872-900622-0956
  • -De1.22
  • The people proposed this measure through unbelief; Moses,
  • mistaking their motive, approved of it, and God, being justly
  • displeased, permitted them to follow their own counsel, which
  • proved injurious to them only through their sin and folly
  • 12873-900622-0957
  • -De1.23
  • 12874-900622-0958
  • -De1.24
  • 12876-900622-0958
  • -De1.26
  • 12877-900622-0959
  • -De1.27
  • 12878-900622-1004
  • -De1.28
  • That is, with very high walls, which could not be easily scaled.
  • Harmer says, high walls are still to be seen in Arabia, and are
  • deemed a sufficient defence against the Arabs, who scarcely ever
  • attempt to plunder except on hoseback. The monastery on Mount
  • Sinai, and the convent of St. Anthony in Egypt, are surrounded
  • with a very high wall, without gates; the persons and things
  • being
  • taken up and let down through an opening in the upper part, by
  • means of a pulley and a basket. This kind of walling is a
  • sufficient defence.
  • 12879-900622-1005
  • -De1.29
  • 12880-900622-1011
  • -De1.30
  • 12881-900622-1013
  • -De1.31
  • 12882-900622-1014
  • -De1.32
  • 12883-900622-1016
  • -De1.33
  • 12884-900622-1017
  • -De1.34
  • 12886-900622-1018
  • -De1.36
  • 12887-900622-1021
  • -De1.37
  • 12888-900622-1023
  • -De1.38
  • 12889-900622-1025
  • -De1.39
  • 12890-900622-1025
  • -De1.40
  • 12891-900622-1026
  • -De1.41
  • 12892-900622-1027
  • -De1.42
  • 12893-900622-1028
  • -De1.43
  • 12894-900622-1045
  • -De1.44
  • When bees are provoked or disturbed, the whole swarm attack and
  • pursue whatever annoys them, with great courage and fury, and
  • sometimes are a formidable enemy. They were so troublesome in
  • some districts of Crete, that, according to Pliny, the
  • inhabitants
  • were actually compelled to forsake their homes. AElian reports,
  • that some places in Scythia were formerly inaccessible on
  • account
  • of the numerous swarms of bees with which they were infested.
  • Mr.
  • Park relates, that some of his associates imprudently attempted
  • to
  • rob a numerous hive which they found in their way. The
  • exasperated little animals rushed out to defend their property,
  • and attacked them with so much fury, that they quickly compelled
  • the whole company of men, horses, and asses, to scamper off in
  • all
  • directions, The horses were never recovered, and a number of the
  • asses were so severely stung, that they died the next day.
  • 12895-900622-1036
  • -De1.45
  • 12896-900622-1037
  • -De1.46
  • 12897-900622-1053
  • -De2.1
  • Edomites
  • 9-15 nor with the Moabites
  • 16-23 nor with the Ammonites
  • 24-37 but Sihon the Amorite was subdued by them
  • 12899-900622-1053
  • -De2.3
  • 12900-900622-1055
  • -De2.4
  • 12901-900622-1056
  • -De2.5
  • the sole of the foot
  • 12902-900622-1114
  • -De2.6
  • 12903-900622-1116
  • -De2.7
  • 12904-900622-1118
  • -De2.8
  • 12905-900622-1123
  • -De2.9
  • Ar was situated south of the Arnon; and was called by the Greek
  • writers Areopolis, and thought by them to be so named because
  • the
  • inhabitants worshipped [], or Mars. St. Jerome says that it was
  • destroyed by an earthquake when he was an infant. Curckhardt
  • supposes that the ruins of a small castle called Mehatet el
  • Hadj,
  • may be the site of this ancient city.
  • 12906-900622-1125
  • -De2.10
  • of Ham, who lay under the prophetical curse of Noah, which was
  • thus executed upon this part of then by the Moabites and
  • Edomites.
  • 12907-900622-1126
  • -De2.11
  • 12908-900622-1129
  • -De2.12
  • conquered Sihon and Og, and taken possession of their countries,
  • as Edom had done to the Horims.
  • 12909-900622-1131
  • -De2.13
  • The brook or torrent Zered, takes its rise in the mountains of
  • Moab, and, running fron east to west, falls into the Dead Sea.
  • It
  • seems to be the stream which Bruchardt calls Wady Beni Hammad,
  • south of the Modjeb or Arnon, and about five hours north of
  • Kerek.
  • 12910-900622-1133
  • -De2.14
  • 12911-900622-1134
  • -De2.15
  • 12914-900622-1135
  • -De2.18
  • 12915-900622-1137
  • -De2.19
  • 12916-900622-1138
  • -De2.20
  • 12917-900622-1144
  • -De2.21
  • These fragments of ancient history seem to be introduced to
  • encourage the Israelites. If the Lord destroyed these gigantic
  • people before the posterity of Lot and of Esau, what cause had
  • the
  • posterity of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, his chosen servants and
  • friends, to fear the Anakims, of the Canaanites? especially as
  • Israel acted by commission from God, and had his promise as
  • their
  • security of success, and the pledge of it in his presence, and
  • the
  • wonders which he had already wrought for theml and as they were
  • the only nation of worshippers of the Lord, in the ordinaces of
  • his institution, which could be found on earth. This is so often
  • repeated to possess the minds of the Israelites with a sense of
  • God's providence, which rules every where; displacing one
  • people,
  • and placing another in their stead; and fixing their bounds
  • also,
  • which they cannot pass without his leave.
  • 12918-900622-1146
  • -De2.22
  • 12919-900622-1147
  • -De2.23
  • 12920-900622-1149
  • -De2.24
  • 12921-900622-1150
  • -De2.25
  • 12922-900622-1151
  • -De2.26
  • 12923-900622-1152
  • -De2.27
  • 12924-900622-1152
  • -De2.28
  • 12925-900622-1155
  • -De2.29
  • It appears to have been only the Edomites of Kadesh
  • -Barnea, south
  • of Canaan, who denied the Israelites a passage; for those of
  • Mount
  • Seir, now called Shera, are here expressly said to have granted
  • it
  • them: and this, in fact, was the very road by which they arrived
  • at Canaan.
  • 12926-900622-1156
  • -De2.30
  • 12927-900622-1157
  • -De2.31
  • 12928-900622-1157
  • -De2.32
  • 12929-900622-1158
  • -De2.33
  • 12930-900622-1200
  • -De2.34
  • every city of men, and women, and little ones.
  • 12931-900622-1201
  • -De2.35
  • 12932-900622-1202
  • -De2.36
  • 12933-900622-1203
  • -De2.37
  • 12934-900622-1412
  • -De3.1
  • 11 This size of his bed
  • 12-22 The distribution of his lands to the two tribes and half
  • 23-25 Moses prays to enter into the land
  • 26-29 He is permitted to see it
  • Bashan, one of the most fertile districts of the Holy Land, was
  • bounded on the west by the Jordan and lake of Gennesareth, on
  • the
  • east by Trachonitis, on the south by the brook Habbok, and on
  • the
  • north by mount Hermon; and seems to have been composed of two or
  • three districts, on the south the land of Gilead, on the north
  • the
  • region of Argob, and east of bith, the lain of Hauran.
  • as extremely beautiful: its plains covered with a fertile soil;
  • its hills covered with forests, and at every new turn presenting
  • the most beautiful landscapes that can be imagined.
  • This town is placed by Eusebius about 25 miles northward from
  • Bostri; and mentioned by Burckhardt under the name of Draa.
  • 12935-900623-2041
  • -De3.2
  • 12936-900622-1417
  • -De3.3
  • 12937-900622-1418
  • -De3.4
  • 12938-900622-1418
  • -De3.5
  • 12939-900622-1419
  • -De3.6
  • 12940-900622-1420
  • -De3.7
  • 12941-900622-1421
  • -De3.8
  • 12942-900622-1426
  • -De3.9
  • Mount Hermon is the south-eastern branch of Lebanon, beyond
  • Jordan. The Chaldee Targumist, who places it at Caesarea and
  • Samaritan interpreter call it toor talga, `the mountain of snow,
  • '
  • because of its being always covered with snow; and Jerome
  • informs
  • us, that it lies higher than Paneas or Caesarea Philippi, and
  • that
  • in the summer time snow used to be carried from thence to Tyre.
  • It is now call El Heish, and is comprised in the district of
  • Kanneytra.
  • 12943-900622-1427
  • -De3.10
  • 12944-900622-1428
  • -De3.11
  • 12945-900622-1429
  • -De3.12
  • 12946-900622-1433
  • -De3.13
  • part, still remains in Arabia, only that it makes them rather
  • taller than Moses does Og, and calls the land in which they
  • lived,
  • not Bashan, but Hadrach, which name occurs in Zec 9.1. I
  • received
  • this information from the verbal communication of a credible
  • Arab,
  • who was born on the other side of Jordan, about three-days
  • journey
  • from Damascus.'
  • 12947-900622-1435
  • -De3.14
  • 12948-900622-1435
  • -De3.15
  • 12949-900622-1436
  • -De3.16
  • 12950-900622-1438
  • -De3.17
  • 12951-900622-1439
  • -De3.18
  • 12953-900622-1439
  • -De3.20
  • 12954-900622-1440
  • -De3.21
  • 12955-900622-1442
  • -De3.22
  • 12956-900622-1442
  • -De3.23
  • 12957-900622-1444
  • -De3.24
  • 12958-900622-1450
  • -De3.25
  • Lebanon is a long chain of limestone mountains, extending from
  • near the coast of the Mediterranean on the west to the the
  • plains
  • of Damascus on the east, and forming the extreme northern
  • boundary
  • of the Holy Land. It is divided into two principal ridges,
  • running parallel to each other in a north-north-east direction;
  • the
  • most westerly of which was properly called Libanus, and the
  • easterly anti
  • -Libanus: the Hebrews did not make this distinction.
  • It is computed to be fifteen or sixteen hundred fathoms in
  • height.
  • They are by no means barren, but are almost all well cultivated
  • and well peopled; their summits being in many parts level, and
  • forming extensive plains, in which are sown corn and all kinds
  • of
  • pulse. Vineyard, and plantations of olive, mulberry, and fig
  • trees, are also cultivated in terraces formed by walls; and the
  • soil of the declivities and hollows is most excellent, and
  • produces abundance of corn, oil, and wine.
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  • -De3.26
  • 12960-900622-1453
  • -De3.27
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  • -De3.28
  • 12962-900622-1455
  • -De3.29
  • 12963-900622-1501
  • -De4.1
  • 41-43 Moses appoints the three cities of refuge on that side of
  • Jordan
  • 44-49 Recapitulation
  • Statutes, every thing that concerned morals and the rites and
  • ceremonies of religion; judgments, all matters of civil right
  • and
  • wrong.
  • 12964-900622-1503
  • -De4.2
  • 12965-900624-1426
  • -De4.3
  • It appears from this appeal, that the pestilence, as well as the
  • sword of the magistrated, singled out the guilty persons and
  • spared the rest (PS 91.6-8) The legislator, in order to deter
  • the
  • Jews from idolatry, alludes to this fact, but he notices no
  • circumstance but one, which, though in the original narrative
  • was
  • not stated, was infinitely the most important to advert to on
  • this
  • occasion; but which no persons, but spectators to the fact, and
  • perfectly acquainted with evry individual concerned in it, could
  • possibly feel the truth of.
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  • -De4.4
  • 12967-900624-1436
  • -De4.5
  • his authority; but at the close of his life he solemnly assure
  • them
  • that he had instructed them exactly as the Lord had commanded
  • him,
  • neither more, nor less, nor otherwise. This is a most express
  • declaration that he was divinely inspired, and utterly
  • incompatible
  • with his integrity of character, if he was not. Scott.
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  • -De4.6
  • 12969-900624-1458
  • -De4.7
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  • -De4.8
  • 12971-900624-1502
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  • -De4.14
  • 12977-900624-1518
  • -De4.15
  • 12978-900624-1521
  • -De4.16
  • Such as Baal-peor, the Roman Priapus; Ashtaroth or Astarte, the
  • Greek and Roman Venus, and many others.
  • 12979-900624-1527
  • -De4.17
  • worship in Egypt. Among the Egyptians, almost everything in
  • nature was the object of their idolatry; among BEASTS were oxen
  • heifers, sheep, goats, lions, dogs, monkeys, and cats; among
  • BIRDS, the ibis, crane, and hawk; among REPTILES, the crocodile,
  • serpents, frogs, flies, and beetles; all the FISH of the Nile,
  • and
  • the Nile itself; besides the sun, moon, planets, stars, fire,
  • light, air, darkness, and night. These are all included in the
  • very circumstantial prohibition in the text, and very forcibly
  • in
  • the general terms of Ex. 20.4, the reason of which prohibition
  • becomes self-evident, when the various objects of Egyptian
  • idolatry are considered.
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  • -De4.19
  • 12982-900624-1531
  • -De4.20
  • 12983-900624-1532
  • -De4.21
  • 12984-900624-1533
  • -De4.22
  • 12985-900624-1536
  • -De4.23
  • 12986-900624-1538
  • -De4.24
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  • -De4.25
  • 12988-900624-1544
  • -De4.26
  • A most solemn method of adjuration, in use among all the nations
  • in the world; God and man being called upon to bear testimony to
  • the truth of what was spoken, that if there was any flaw or
  • insincerity it might be detected, and if any crime, it might not
  • go unpunished. Such appeals to God shew at once the origin and
  • use of oaths.
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  • -De4.27
  • 12990-900624-1546
  • -De4.28
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  • -De4.29
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  • -De4.35
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  • -De4.36
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  • -De4.41
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  • -De4.42
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  • -De4.43
  • Bezer is the same as Bozra, formerly a royal city of Edom.
  • Eusebius fifteen miles east from Philadelphia or Ammon, and by
  • Jerome in the neighborhood of Jabbok, and consequently north of
  • Philadelphia.
  • This city gave name to the district of Gaulonitis, now called
  • Djolan, which comprises the the plain to south of Djedour or
  • Iturea, and to the west of Haouran: its southern frontier is the
  • Nahar Aweired, by which it is separated from the district of
  • Erbad, and the Seriat el Mandhour, which separates it from the
  • district of El Kefarat: on the west it is limited by the
  • territory
  • of Feik, and on the nowth-wewt by Djebel Heish, or mount Hermon.
  • 13006-900624-1621
  • -De4.44
  • sequent chapters. Moses having practically improved some par-
  • ticulars in the history of Israel, proceded to repeat and
  • enforce
  • the laws which he had delivered before, with additions
  • and explanations
  • 13007-900624-1622
  • -De4.45
  • 13008-900624-1626
  • -De4.46
  • Beth-peor was a city which was situated, according to Eusebius
  • opposite Jericho, and six miles above Livias. As the name
  • signifies `the house of Peor,' it is probable that there was a
  • temple to Peor, situated in this place, full in view of the
  • people, while Moses was pressing upon them the worship of
  • Jehovah
  • alone; and perhaps the very temple where so many had sinned to
  • their own destruction.
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  • -De4.47
  • 13010-900624-1628
  • -De4.48
  • The Samaritan interpreter has, `unto the mountain of snow, which
  • is Hermon.'
  • 13011-900624-1629
  • -De4.49
  • 13012-900624-1633
  • -De5.1
  • 6-21 The ten commandments
  • 23-33 At the people's request Moses receives the law from God
  • 13013-900624-1635
  • -De5.2
  • 13014-900624-1637
  • -De5.3
  • 13015-900624-1638
  • -De5.4
  • 13016-900624-1639
  • -De5.5
  • 13017-900624-1640
  • -De5.6
  • 13018-900624-1641
  • -De5.7
  • 13019-900624-1641
  • -De5.8
  • 13020-900624-1649
  • -De5.9
  • On the import of the word {yehowah}, which we translate Lord,
  • see
  • Note on Ex. 3.15. The word {elohim}, which is rendered God, in
  • the singualr, {eloah}, and in Arabic {allah}, is derived from
  • the
  • Arabic {alaha}, he worshipped, adored, was struck with
  • astonishment, fear, or terror: and hence, he adored with sacred
  • honor and veneration: it also signifies, he succoured,
  • liberated,
  • kept in safety, or defended. Here we learn that {elohim} denotes
  • the {sole object of adoration}; the perfections of whose nature
  • must {astonish} all whom contemplate them, and fill with
  • {horror}
  • all who rebel against him; that consequently he must be
  • {worshipped with reverence and religious fear}; and that every
  • sincere worshipper may expect {help} in all his weaknesses, etc.
  • ,
  • {freedom} from the power, guilt, and consequences of sin, and
  • {support} and {defence} to the uttermost.
  • 13021-900624-1651
  • -De5.10
  • 13022-900624-1651
  • -De5.11
  • 13023-900624-1652
  • -De5.12
  • 13024-900624-1653
  • -De5.13
  • 13025-900624-1654
  • -De5.14
  • 13026-900624-1656
  • -De5.15
  • 13027-900624-1656
  • -De5.16
  • 13028-900624-1657
  • -De5.17
  • 13029-900624-1658
  • -De5.18
  • 13030-900624-1658
  • -De5.19
  • 13031-900624-1659
  • -De5.20
  • 13032-900624-1700
  • -De5.21
  • 13033-900624-1701
  • -De5.22
  • 13034-900624-1701
  • -De5.23
  • 13035-900624-1702
  • -De5.24
  • 13036-900624-1703
  • -De5.25
  • 13037-900624-1710
  • -De5.26
  • It seems to have been a general opinion, that if God appeared to
  • men, it was for the purpose of destroying them. And indeed most
  • of the extraordinary manifestations of God were in the way of
  • judgment; but here it was widely different. God did appear in a
  • sovereign and extraordinary manner; but it was for the
  • instruction, direction, deliverance, and support of his people.
  • 1. They heard this voice speaking with them in a distinct,
  • articulate manner
  • 2. They saw the fire, the symbol of his presence, the
  • appearances
  • of which demonstrated it to be supernatural.
  • 3. Notwithstanding God appeared so terrible, yet no person
  • was destroyed; for he came not to destroy but to save.
  • 13038-900624-1713
  • -De5.27
  • 13039-900624-1714
  • -De5.28
  • 13040-900624-1719
  • -De5.29
  • levavom zeh lahem}, literally, `Who will give that there may be
  • such a heart in them?' They refuse to receive such a heart from
  • me, who then can supply it.
  • 13042-900624-1720
  • -De5.31
  • 13043-900624-1721
  • -De5.32
  • 13044-900624-1723
  • -De5.33
  • 13045-900624-1726
  • -De6.1
  • 3-19 An exhortation thereto
  • 20-25 What they are to teach their children
  • 13046-900624-1730
  • -De6.2
  • 13047-900624-1731
  • -De6.3
  • 13048-900624-1737
  • -De6.4
  • Jehovah, our God,is one Jehovah.' On this passage the Jews lay
  • great stress and it is one of the four passages which they write
  • on their phylacteries: On the word {elohim}, Seimeon Ben Joachi
  • says `Come and see the mystery of the word Elohim: that there
  • are
  • three degrees, and each degree is by itself alone, and yet they
  • are all one, and joined together in one, and are not divided
  • from each other.'
  • 13049-900624-1739
  • -De6.5
  • 13050-900624-1741
  • -De6.6
  • 13051-900624-1743
  • -De6.7
  • 13052-900624-1744
  • -De6.8
  • 13053-900624-1745
  • -De6.9
  • 13054-900624-1746
  • -De6.10
  • 13055-900624-1747
  • -De6.11
  • 13056-900624-1747
  • -De6.12
  • 13057-900624-1752
  • -De6.13
  • Our Saviour quotes these words thus: `And him only () shalt thou
  • serve;' from which it would appear, that the word {levaddo} was
  • anciently in the hebrew text, as it was in the Septuagint,
  • Coptic,
  • Vulgate (illi soli), and Anglo
  • -Saxon. Dr. Kennicott argues that
  • without the word {only}, the text would not have conclusive for
  • the purpose for which our Lord advanced it. It is proper,
  • however, to obvserve, that the word {levaddo} is not found in
  • any
  • MS. yet collated, though retained in the above versions.
  • 13058-900624-1753
  • -De6.14
  • 13059-900624-1755
  • -De6.15
  • 13060-900624-1756
  • -De6.16
  • 13061-900624-1757
  • -De6.17
  • 13062-900624-1759
  • -De6.18
  • 13063-900624-1800
  • -De6.19
  • 13064-900624-1801
  • -De6.20
  • 13065-900624-1803
  • -De6.21
  • 13066-900624-1805
  • -De6.22
  • 13067-900624-1805
  • -De6.23
  • 13068-900624-1806
  • -De6.24
  • 13069-900624-1808
  • -De6.25
  • 13070-900624-1819
  • -De7.1
  • 5 for fear of idolatry
  • 6-8 for the holiness of the people,
  • 9-16 for the nature of God in his mercy and justice,
  • 17-26 for the assuredness of victory which God will give over
  • them
  • With respect to the situation of these nations in the land of
  • Canaan, Calmet remarks, that the Canaanites chiefly inhabited
  • Phoenecial the Hittietes, the mountains south of the promised
  • land; the Hivites, mount Ebal, and Gerizim, and towards Hermon;
  • the Girgashites, beyond Jordan, towards the lake of Gennesareth,
  • the Jebusistes, about Jerusalem; the Amorites, the mountains
  • west
  • of the Dead Sea, and part of the land of Moab; and that the
  • Perizzites were probably not a distinct nation, but villagers
  • scattered through the country.
  • 13071-900624-1822
  • -De7.2
  • 13072-900624-1823
  • -De7.3
  • 13073-900624-1824
  • -De7.4
  • 13074-900624-1826
  • -De7.5
  • 13075-900624-1828
  • -De7.6
  • 13076-900624-1831
  • -De7.7
  • 13077-900624-1835
  • -De7.8
  • 13078-900624-1838
  • -De7.9
  • 13079-900624-1841
  • -De7.10
  • 13080-900624-1841
  • -De7.11
  • 13081-900624-1842
  • -De7.12
  • 13082-900624-1844
  • -De7.13
  • 13083-900624-1845
  • -De7.14
  • 13084-900624-1851
  • -De7.15
  • The Israelites, if obedient, would have been subject to no
  • maladies but those common to fallen man, and generally very
  • healthy and long lived being exempted from pestilential
  • diseases,
  • which have often most tremendously scourged guilty nations; and
  • from such maladies in particular, as they had witnessed in
  • Egypt,
  • by which God afflicted their cruel oppressors, (Ex 15.26). This
  • must be referred to the {national} covenant; for though
  • godliness
  • often secures the most solid temporal advantages, yet temporal
  • blessings were not, even among them, uniformly dispensed to
  • individuals according to their obedience; but they were to the
  • {nation}, with an exactness which is not observed towards any
  • other people.
  • 13085-900624-1853
  • -De7.16
  • 13086-900624-1854
  • -De7.17
  • 13087-900624-2149
  • -De7.18
  • 13088-900624-2150
  • -De7.19
  • 13089-900624-2151
  • -De7.20
  • 13090-900624-2152
  • -De7.21
  • 13091-900624-2157
  • -De7.22
  • As the Israelites were not yet sufficiently numerous to fill the
  • whole land occupied by these nations; and as wild and ferocious
  • animals might be expected to multiply where the place was but
  • thinly peopled, therefore God informs then that their
  • extermination from before them should be gradual. Haynes says,
  • `The approaching to Cana, at the close of the day, as we did, is
  • at once terrifying and dangerous. The surrounding country swarms
  • with wild beasts, such as tigers, leopards, jackals, etc., whose
  • cries and howling, I doubt not, would strike the boldest
  • traveller, who had not been frequently in a like situation, with
  • the deepest sense of horror.'
  • 13092-900624-2159
  • -De7.23
  • 13093-900624-2201
  • -De7.24
  • 13094-900624-2202
  • -De7.25
  • 13095-900624-2204
  • -De7.26
  • 13096-900624-2206
  • -De8.1
  • goodness in his dealings with Israel.
  • 13097-900624-2210
  • -De8.2
  • 13098-900624-2212
  • -De8.3
  • 13099-900624-2218
  • -De8.4
  • `God so amply provided for them all the necessaries of life,
  • that
  • they never were obliged to wear tattered garments, nor were
  • their
  • feet injured for lack of shoes or sandals.' Now, though the
  • Israelites doubtless brought out of Egypt more raiment than what
  • they had upon them; and they might manufacture the fleeces of
  • their flocks in the wilderness; and also might be favoured by
  • providence with other supplies from the neighboring nations or
  • travelling hordes of Arabs; yet, when we consider their immense
  • numbers, their situation and long continuance in the wilderness,
  • and the very strong expressions made use of in the text, why
  • should we question the extraordinary and miraculous
  • interposition
  • of God in this respect, as well as in others, not less
  • stupendous
  • in their nature, or constant in their supply?
  • 13100-900624-2220
  • -De8.5
  • 13101-900624-2220
  • -De8.6
  • 13102-900624-2221
  • -De8.7
  • 13103-900624-2223
  • -De8.8
  • 13104-900624-2224
  • -De8.9
  • 13105-900624-2225
  • -De8.10
  • 13106-900624-2230
  • -De8.11
  • 13107-900624-2231
  • -De8.12
  • 13108-900624-2232
  • -De8.13
  • 13109-900624-2233
  • -De8.14
  • 13110-900624-2235
  • -De8.15
  • 13111-900624-2236
  • -De8.16
  • 13112-900624-2237
  • -De8.17
  • 13113-900624-2238
  • -De8.18
  • 13114-900624-2239
  • -De8.19
  • 13115-900624-2240
  • -De8.20
  • 13116-900624-2246
  • -De9.1
  • righteousness, be rehearsing their several rebellions
  • The Hebrew {hyyom} `this day,' frequently denotes, as here,
  • {this time}. They had come, 38 years before this, nearly to the
  • verge of the promised land, but were not permitted, because of
  • their unbelief and rebellion, at {that day} or {time} to enter;
  • but {this time} they shall certainly pass over. This was spoken
  • in the eleventh month of the fortieth year of their journeyingl
  • and it was on the first month of the following year they passed
  • over: and during this interval Moses died.
  • 13117-900624-2247
  • -De9.2
  • 13118-900624-2249
  • -De9.3
  • 13119-900624-2251
  • -De9.4
  • 13120-900625-2126
  • -De9.5
  • not follow, that the Israelites were established in their room
  • on
  • account of any distinguished virtue, or because they {deserved}
  • it. On many occasions, it may be seen in the history of the
  • world, that God punishes the wicked by the instrumentality of
  • other men, who are as wicked as themselves. Not the Israelites'
  • righteous, but the wickedness of the inhabitants, and the
  • promise
  • of God to their fathers, was the cause of their obtaining
  • Canaan.
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  • -De9.6
  • Moses repeats this a third time, that, if it were possible, he
  • might root out of the Israelites the opinion of their own
  • deserts,
  • before God rooted out the Canaanites from their country.
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  • -De9.7
  • In order to destroy the opinion which the Israelites had of
  • their
  • own righteousness, it was necessary to call to mind some of
  • their
  • most notorious provacations and rebellions, which Moses exhorts
  • them to preserve in their mind, as a means to keep them humble.
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  • -De9.8
  • peculiar emphasis here, even there where they had lately
  • received
  • the law, attended with the most astonishing appearance and
  • circumstances.
  • 13124-900625-2210
  • -De9.9
  • 13125-900625-2211
  • -De9.10
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  • -De9.11
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  • -De9.12
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  • -De9.13
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  • -De9.15
  • 13131-900625-2218
  • -De9.16
  • 13132-900625-2221
  • -De9.17
  • Moses might have done this through distress and anguish of
  • spirit,
  • on beholding their abominable idolatry and dissolute conduct; or
  • probably he did it {emblematically}, and perhaps by the
  • direction
  • of God; intimating thereby, that as by this act of his the
  • tables
  • were broken in pieces, on which the Law of God was written, so
  • they, by their present conduct, had made a {breach} in the
  • covenant, and broken the laws of their Maker and Sovereign.
  • 13133-900625-2224
  • -De9.18
  • The transgressions of the people rendered this second forty
  • days'
  • fasting necessary to Moses. Their pardon was indeed in some
  • sense
  • obtained before he ascended the mount; yet probably much of the
  • time which he spent there was employed in supplication: and when
  • he descended the second time, with the tables of the law in his
  • hands, the pardon was, as it were, ratified and sealed.
  • 13134-900625-2225
  • -De9.19
  • 13135-900625-2225
  • -De9.20
  • 13136-900625-2228
  • -De9.21
  • This was the stream which flowed from the rock that Moses smote
  • with his rod (ex 17.6) and to which the Psalmist alludes in
  • Ps. 78.16-20 and 105.41. Philo relates, that upon Moses'
  • striking
  • the rock, the water poured out like a torrent, affording not
  • only
  • a sufficient quantity for allaying their present thirst, but to
  • fill their water vessels, to carry with them on their journey.
  • 13137-900625-2229
  • -De9.22
  • 13138-900625-2231
  • -De9.23
  • 13139-900625-2231
  • -De9.24
  • 13140-900625-2231
  • -De9.25
  • 13141-900625-2234
  • -De9.26
  • 13142-900625-2237
  • -De9.27
  • 13143-900625-2238
  • -De9.28
  • 13144-900625-2239
  • -De9.29
  • 13145-900626-2117
  • -De10.1
  • 6,7 in continuing the priesthood
  • 8,9 in separating the tribe of Levi
  • 10,11 in hearkening unto Moses' suit for his people
  • 12-22 An exhortation to obedience
  • 13146-900626-2118
  • -De10.2
  • 13147-900626-2118
  • -De10.3
  • 13148-900626-2120
  • -De10.4
  • 13149-900626-2121
  • -De10.5
  • 13150-900626-2123
  • -De10.6
  • 13152-900626-2127
  • -De10.8
  • 13153-900626-2128
  • -De10.9
  • 13154-900626-2129
  • -De10.10
  • 13155-900626-2130
  • -De10.11
  • 13156-900626-2134
  • -De10.12
  • 13157-900626-2135
  • -De10.13
  • 13158-900626-2136
  • -De10.14
  • 13159-900626-2136
  • -De10.15
  • 13160-900626-2137
  • -De10.16
  • 13161-900626-2139
  • -De10.17
  • 13162-900626-2140
  • -De10.18
  • 13163-900626-2141
  • -De10.19
  • 13164-900626-2143
  • -De10.20
  • 13165-900626-2144
  • -De10.21
  • 13166-900626-2148
  • -De10.22
  • And now, from so samll a beginning, they are multiplied to more
  • than 600,000 men, besides women and children; and this, indeed,
  • in
  • the space of 40 years; for the 603,000 whhich came out of Egypt
  • were at this time all dead, except Moses, Joshua, and Caleb. How
  • easily can God increase and multiply, as well as diminish and
  • bring
  • low! In all things, by his omnipotence, he can do whatsoever he
  • wills; and he will do whatsoever is right.
  • 13167-900626-2153
  • -De11.1
  • 2-7 by their own experience of God's great works
  • 8-15 by promise of God's great blessings
  • 16-17 and by threatenings
  • 18-25 A careful study is required in God's words
  • 26-32 The blessing and curse set before them
  • This verse is the practical improvement of the conclusion of the
  • foregoing chapter; while the next verse begins another view of
  • the
  • subject.
  • 13168-900626-2156
  • -De11.2
  • moses seems here to have addressed himself particularly to the
  • elders, who had in their youth witnessed the wonderful works
  • which
  • Jehovah had wrought both for them and among them; and who were
  • bound to remember them for their own warning, and testify them
  • to
  • the rising generation who had not been eye-witnesses.
  • 13169-900626-2157
  • -De11.3
  • 13170-900626-2157
  • -De11.4
  • 13171-900626-2158
  • -De11.5
  • 13172-900626-2200
  • -De11.6
  • 13173-900626-2201
  • -De11.7
  • 13174-900626-2202
  • -De11.8
  • 13175-900626-2204
  • -De11.9
  • 13176-900626-2208
  • -De11.10
  • Rain seldom falls in Egypt; the land being chiefly watered by
  • the
  • innundations of the Nile. In order to water the grounds where
  • the
  • innundations do not extend, water is collected in ponds, and
  • directed in streamlets to the different parts of the field where
  • irrigation is necessary. It is no unusual thing in the East to
  • see a man, with a small mattock, making a little trench for the
  • water to run into; and, as he opens the passage, the water
  • following, he uses his foot to raise up the mould against the
  • side of this little channel, to prevent the water from being
  • shed
  • unnecessarily, before it reaches the place of its destination.
  • Hence he may justly be said to water the ground with his foot.
  • 13177-900626-2209
  • -De11.11
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  • -De11.12
  • 13179-900626-2211
  • -De11.13
  • 13180-900626-2212
  • -De11.14
  • 13181-900626-2213
  • -De11.15
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  • -De11.16
  • 13183-900626-2216
  • -De11.17
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  • -De11.18
  • 13185-900626-2218
  • -De11.19
  • 13186-900626-2218
  • -De11.20
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  • -De11.21
  • 13188-900626-2220
  • -De11.22
  • 13189-900626-2221
  • -De11.23
  • 13190-900626-2222
  • -De11.24
  • 13191-900626-2222
  • -De11.25
  • 13192-900626-2223
  • -De11.26
  • 13193-900626-2224
  • -De11.27
  • 13194-900626-2225
  • -De11.28
  • 13195-900626-2243
  • -De11.29
  • Gerizim and ebal, mountains west of Jordan, and in the tribe of
  • Ephraim, are opposite, or parallel to each other, extending from
  • east to west; mount Gerizim being on the south, and mount Ebal
  • on
  • the north. They are separated by the beautiful valley in which
  • Shechem or Nablous is situated, which is only about 200 paces in
  • width. Both mountains are much alike in height, length, and
  • figure; being about a league in length, in the form of a
  • semicircle, and so steep, on the side of Shechem, that there is
  • scarcely any shelving: their altitude appeared to Mr. Buckingham
  • nearly equal, not exceeding 700 or 800 feet from the level of
  • the
  • valley, which is itself elevated. But though they resemble each
  • other in these particulars, yet in another they are very
  • dissimilar; for, says Maundree, `though neither of the mountains
  • has much to boast of as to its pleasantness, yet, as one passed
  • between them, Gerizim seems to discover a somewhat more verdant,
  • fruitful aspect then Ebal: the reason of which may be, because
  • fronting towards the north, it is sheltered from the heat of the
  • sun by its own shade; whereas Ebal, looking southward, and
  • receiving the sun that comes directly upon it, must by
  • consequence
  • be rendered more scorched and unfruitful.'
  • A LIST OF THE MOST FAMOUS MOUNTAINS NAMED IN SRIPTURE
  • Amalek, in the tribe of Ephraim. Ju 12.15
  • Calvary, near Jerusalem. Lu 23.33
  • Carmel, near the Mediterranean. Jos 19.26
  • Ebal, near to Gerizim. jos 8.30
  • En-gedi, near the Dead Sea. Jos 15.62
  • Gaash, in the tribe of Ephraim. Jos 24.30
  • Gilboa, south of the valley of Israel. 2sa 1.21
  • Gilead, beyond Jordan. ge 31.21-25
  • Gerizim, on which afterwards stood a temple of the Samaritans.
  • Ju 9.7
  • Hermon, beyond Jordan. Jos 11.3
  • Hor, in Idumeae. Nu 20.22
  • Horeb, in Arabia Petraea, near to Sinai. De 1.2
  • Lebanon, separates Syria from Palestine. De 3.25
  • Moriah, where the temple was built. 2ch 3.1
  • Nebo, part of the mountains of Abarim. Nu 32.3
  • Olives, east of Jerusalem, divided only by brook Kidron.
  • 1Ki 11.1,7 2ki 23.13 ac 1.12
  • Paran, in Arabia Petraea. Ge 14.6 De 1.1
  • Pisgah, beyond Jordan. Nu 21.20 de 34.1
  • Seir, in Idumae. Ge 14.6
  • Sinai, in Arabia Petraea. Ex 19.2 de 33.2
  • Sion, near to mount Moriah. 2Sa 5.7
  • Tabor, in the Lower Galilee Ju 4.6
  • 13196-900626-2244
  • -De11.30
  • 13197-900626-2244
  • -De11.31
  • 13198-900626-2245
  • -De11.32
  • 13199-900627-2132
  • -De12.1
  • 4-14 The place of God's service to be kept
  • 15,16 Blood is forbidden
  • &20-25
  • 17,18 Holy things must be eaten in the holy place
  • &26-28
  • 19 The Levite is not to be forsaken
  • 29-32 Idolatry is not to be enquired after
  • 13200-900627-2134
  • -De12.2
  • 13201-900627-2135
  • -De12.3
  • 13202-900627-2136
  • -De12.4
  • 13203-900627-2142
  • -De12.5
  • 13204-900627-2143
  • -De12.6
  • 13205-900627-2144
  • -De12.7
  • 13206-900627-2146
  • -De12.8
  • 13207-900627-2148
  • -De12.9
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  • -De12.10
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  • -De12.11
  • 13210-900627-2154
  • -De12.12
  • 13211-900627-2155
  • -De12.13
  • in offering their sacrifices on the tops of hills and mountains.
  • 13212-900627-2156
  • -De12.14
  • 13213-900627-2159
  • -De12.15
  • question, but the blood must be poured out: yet there were cases
  • when they might kill and eat in all their gates such as the
  • roebuck and the hart, or all clean {wild} beasts; for these
  • being
  • taken in hunting, and frequently shot with arrows, their blood
  • could not be poured out at the altar
  • 13214-900627-2200
  • -De12.16
  • 13215-900627-2201
  • -De12.17
  • 13216-900627-2202
  • -De12.18
  • 13217-900627-2204
  • -De12.19
  • 13218-900627-2206
  • -De12.20
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  • -De12.21
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  • -De12.22
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  • -De12.23
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  • -De12.24
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  • -De12.25
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  • -De12.26
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  • -De12.27
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  • -De12.28
  • 13227-900627-2214
  • -De12.29
  • 13228-900627-2216
  • -De12.30
  • 13229-900627-2225
  • -De12.31
  • The unnatural and horrid proactice of offering human sacrifices
  • not only existed, but universally prvailed among ancient
  • nations.
  • We have already (Note on Lev. 20.2) referred to the custom among
  • the Phoenecians and Carthaginians, descendents from the
  • Canaanitish nations, of sacrificing their children to Moloch, or
  • Saturn; and we will now cite a passage from Diodorus Siculus,
  • (lib. xx.) which immediately precedes that already produced
  • relative to this barbarous custom. He states that the
  • Carthaginians imputed their being besieged by Agathocles to the
  • anger of Saturn, because, instead of sacrificing the best of
  • their
  • own children, as formerly, they had sacrificed children bought
  • for
  • that purpose. `In haste, therefore, to rectify their errors,
  • they
  • chose 200 of the noblest children, and publicly sacrificed them!
  • Others, accused of irreligion, voluntarily gave themselves up,
  • to
  • the number of no less than 300!
  • 13230-900627-2226
  • -De12.32
  • 13231-900627-2232
  • -De13.1
  • 6-8 how near soever unto thee
  • 9-11 are to be stoned to death
  • 12-18 Idolatrous cities are not to be spared
  • That is, one pretending to the divine inspiration and authority
  • of the prophetic office, or a dreamer of dreams, one who
  • pretends
  • that some deity has spoken to him in the night season, and
  • giveth
  • thee a sign, or, what appears to be a miraculous proof of his
  • mission, or a wonder, mopeth, some portentous sign, such as an
  • eclipse, when he, who knew when it would happen, might predict
  • to
  • the people, who knew nothing of the matter, and thereby accredit
  • his pretensions. But no pretended miracles must be admitted as a
  • proof that the people might violate the first and great
  • commandment.
  • 13232-900627-2233
  • -De13.2
  • 13233-900627-2235
  • -De13.3
  • 13234-900627-2236
  • -De13.4
  • 13235-900627-2238
  • -De13.5
  • 13236-900627-2241
  • -De13.6
  • 13238-900627-2242
  • -De13.8
  • 13239-900627-2243
  • -De13.9
  • 13240-900627-2246
  • -De13.10
  • against, to prosecute, and to assist at the execution of any
  • one,
  • even the nearest relation or friend, who attempted to persuade
  • him
  • to idolatry; yet it is observable that parents and husbands are
  • not expressly mentioned in the list of those who were thus
  • publicly accused.-
  • -Scott.
  • 13241-900627-2247
  • -De13.11
  • 13242-900627-2247
  • -De13.12
  • 13243-900627-2253
  • -De13.13
  • Belial is derived by some from {beli}, not, and al, over, i.e,
  • one
  • so proud and envious as not to bear a superior; by others, from
  • {beli}, not, and ol, a yoke, i.e. a lawless, ungovernable
  • person,
  • () `lawless men,' as the LXX render. It is, however,
  • more probably derived from {beli}, not, and {yaal}, profit, i.
  • e.,
  • a worthless person, good for nothing to himself or others, and
  • capable of nothing but mischief.
  • 13244-900627-2254
  • -De13.14
  • 13245-900627-2255
  • -De13.15
  • 13246-900627-2256
  • -De13.16
  • 13247-900627-2259
  • -De13.17
  • 13248-900627-2259
  • -De13.18
  • 13249-900628-2035
  • -De14.1
  • 3 What may and may not be eaten
  • 4-8 of beasts
  • 9,10 of fishes
  • 11-20 of fowls
  • 21 That which dieth of itself may not be eaten
  • 22 Tithes of Divine Service
  • 23-27 Tithes and firstlings to be eaten before the Lord
  • 28,29 The third year's tithe of alms and charity
  • The heathen nations not only did these things in honour of their
  • god, but in grief for the death of a relative
  • 13250-900628-2038
  • -De14.2
  • 13251-900628-2039
  • -De14.3
  • 13252-900628-2039
  • -De14.4
  • 13253-900628-2045
  • -De14.5
  • The word {akko}, according to the LXX. and Vulgate, signifies
  • the
  • {tragelphus, or goat-deer}; so called from its resemblence to
  • both species. Dr. Shaw states that an animal of this kind is
  • found in the East, where it is called {fishtull. and lerwee.
  • pygarg. or bison.} [heb] dishon. The {pygarg}, () or
  • white-buttocks, according to the LXX.; and Dr. Shaw states that
  • the {lidme}, as the Africans call it, is exactly such an animal;
  • being of the same shape and colour as the antelope, and of the
  • size of a roebuck.
  • and the {Bekkar el wash} of Dr. Shaw.
  • 13254-900628-2047
  • -De14.6
  • cud} and {part the hoof}. two distinct characteristics, or
  • general signs, by which the possibility of error arising from
  • the
  • mininterpretation of names is obviated. When God directs, his
  • commands are not of doubtful interpretation.
  • 13255-900628-2048
  • -De14.7
  • 13256-900628-2049
  • -De14.8
  • 13257-900628-2049
  • -De14.9
  • 13260-900628-2049
  • -De14.12
  • 13261-900628-2051
  • -De14.13
  • Raah, probably the same as daah, rendered {vulture} in Le 11.14,
  • where six of Dr. Kennicott's codices read some animal of the
  • {hawk} or {vulture} kind.
  • LXX. yura, vulture
  • 13263-900628-2053
  • -De14.15
  • Tachmas, probably the bird which Hasselquist calls {strix
  • orientalis}, or oriental owl.
  • 13264-900628-2054
  • -De14.16
  • 13265-900628-2055
  • -De14.17
  • Rachamah, probably a species of vulture, still called in Arabic
  • by
  • the same name.
  • sea fowl.
  • 13266-900628-2056
  • -De14.18
  • Doocheephath, the upupa, or hoop, a beautiful but very unclean
  • bird.
  • 13267-900628-2057
  • -De14.19
  • 13269-900628-2058
  • -De14.21
  • 13270-900628-2059
  • -De14.22
  • 13271-900628-2059
  • -De14.23
  • 13272-900628-2100
  • -De14.24
  • 13274-900628-2102
  • -De14.26
  • 13275-900628-2103
  • -De14.27
  • 13276-900628-2110
  • -De14.28
  • As the Levites had no inheritance, the Israelites were not to
  • forget them, but truly tithe their increase. For their support,
  • the Levites had.
  • 1. The tenth of all the productions of the land
  • 2. Forty-eight cities, each forming a square of 4000 cubits
  • 3. Two thousand cubits of ground round each city; total
  • of land, 53,000 acres.
  • 4. The first-fruits, and certain parts of all the animals
  • killed in the land. But though this was a very small
  • proportion for a {whole tribe} that had consented to
  • annihilate its {political existence}, that it might
  • wait upon the service of God, yet, let it be considered,
  • that what they possessed was {the best of the land}: and
  • while it was slender remuneration for their services,
  • yet their portion was such as rendered them independent,
  • and kept them comfortable; so that they could wait on
  • God, and labour in his work, without distraction.
  • 13277-900628-2113
  • -De14.29
  • 13278-900628-2117
  • -De15.1
  • 7-11 It must be no let of lending or giving
  • 12-18 An Hebrew servant, except he will not depart, must in the
  • seventh year go forth free and well furnished,
  • 19-23 All firstling males of the cattle are to be sanctified
  • unto
  • the Lord.
  • 13279-900628-2118
  • -De15.2
  • 13280-900628-2120
  • -De15.3
  • 13281-900628-2125
  • -De15.4
  • Houbigant follows this marginal reading, to which he joins the
  • end
  • of the third verse, considering it as explanatory of the law; as
  • if he had said, `Thou shalt not exact the debt that is due from
  • thy brother, but {thy hand shall release} him, for this reason,
  • {that there may be no poor among you} through your severity.' He
  • justly contends that the phrase {ephes kee}, can here only mean,
  • `to the end that,' being equivalent to the French {afin que.}
  • 13282-900628-2126
  • -De15.5
  • 13283-900628-2127
  • -De15.6
  • 13284-900628-2129
  • -De15.7
  • Lest the preceding law might render the Israelites cautious in
  • lending to the poor, Moses here warns them against being led by
  • so
  • mean a principle; but to lend liberally, and God would reward
  • them.
  • 13286-900628-2132
  • -De15.9
  • 13287-900628-2133
  • -De15.10
  • 13288-900628-2137
  • -De15.11
  • Although Moses, by the statutes relative to the division of the
  • land, and inheritance, and the inalienable nature of it, had
  • studied to prevent any Israelite from being born poor, yet he
  • exhorts them to the exercise of the tnderest compassion and most
  • benevolent actions, and not to refuse assistance to the decayed
  • Israelite, though the sabbatical year drew nigh.
  • 13289-900628-2138
  • -De15.12
  • 13290-900628-2142
  • -De15.13
  • Ex 21.2-11; enforced upon the Israelites by the consideration of
  • their Egyptian bondage. As a faithful servant has made no
  • property for himself while honestly serving his master, so now,
  • when he quits his service, he has nothing to begin the world
  • with
  • except what the kindness of his master may bestow upon him as a
  • remuneration for his zeal and fidelity. Though what was to be
  • bestowed upon servants is not fixed, yet they were to be
  • {liberally} supplied.
  • 13291-900628-2143
  • -De15.14
  • 13292-900628-2144
  • -De15.15
  • 13293-900628-2144
  • -De15.16
  • 13294-900628-2144
  • -De15.17
  • 13295-900628-2145
  • -De15.18
  • 13296-900628-2146
  • -De15.19
  • 13297-900628-2147
  • -De15.20
  • 13298-900628-2147
  • -De15.21
  • 13299-900628-2153
  • -De15.22
  • Tzevee, in Arabic zaby, Chaldee and Syriac tavya, denotes the
  • gazelle or antelope, so called from its stately beauty, as the
  • word imports. In size it is smaller than the roe, of an elegant
  • form, and it motions are light and graceful. It bounds seemingly
  • without effort, and runs with such swiftness that few creatures
  • can exceed it.
  • and its flesh is much esteemed for food among eastern nations,
  • having a sweet, musky taste, which is highly agreeable to their
  • palates.
  • common all over the East, whereas the {roe} is either not known
  • at
  • all, or else very rare in these countries, little doubt can
  • remain that the gazelle and the roe is intended by the original
  • word.
  • 13300-900628-2153
  • -De15.23
  • 13301-900630-2128
  • -De16.1
  • 9-12 of weeks
  • 13-15 of tabernacles
  • 16,17 Every male must offer, as he is able, at these three
  • feasts
  • 18-20 Of judges and justice
  • 21,22 groves and images are forbidden
  • This word comes fron the hebrew verb {pasach}, to pass, to leap
  • or
  • skip over. The destroying angel {passed over} the houses marked
  • with the blood of the Paschal Lamb, so the wrath of God passes
  • over those whose souls sprinkled with the blood of Christ.
  • the death of Christ, we have redeption through his blood. It was
  • killed before the tables of the law were delivered to Moses, or
  • Aaron's sacrifices were enjoined; thus deliverance come to men,
  • not by the works of the law, but by the only true passover, the
  • {Lamb of God}.
  • Christ should suffer death in htat month.
  • upon the whole earth. The passover was roasted with fire,
  • denoting the sharp and dreadful pains that Christ should suffer,
  • not only from men, but God also. It was to be eaten with bitter
  • herbs
  • not only to put them in remembrance of their bitter bondage in
  • Egypt, but also to testify out mortification to sin, and
  • readiness
  • to undergo afflictions for Christ
  • in all that would profitably feed by faith on Christ, the true
  • paschal lamb
  • 13302-900630-2130
  • -De16.2
  • 13303-900630-2153
  • -De16.3
  • 13304-900630-2153
  • -De16.4
  • 13305-900630-2154
  • -De16.5
  • 13306-900630-2155
  • -De16.6
  • 13307-900630-2156
  • -De16.7
  • 13308-900630-2157
  • -De16.8
  • 13309-900630-2158
  • -De16.9
  • 13310-900630-2159
  • -De16.10
  • 13311-900630-2200
  • -De16.11
  • 13312-900630-2201
  • -De16.12
  • 13313-900630-2203
  • -De16.13
  • 13314-900630-2204
  • -De16.14
  • 13315-900630-2204
  • -De16.15
  • 13316-900630-2206
  • -De16.16
  • 13317-900630-2207
  • -De16.17
  • 13318-900630-2213
  • -De16.18
  • This expression may refer to the gate of the city, as the
  • {forum}
  • or place of public concourse among the Israelites, where a
  • {court
  • of judicature} was held, to try all causes and decide all
  • affairs.
  • The same practice obtained among other Eastern nation. The
  • Ottomon court, it is well known, derived its appellation of the
  • {Porte}, from the distribution of justice and the dispatch of
  • public business at its gates. And the square towere which forms
  • the principal entrance to the {Alhamra}, or red palace of the
  • Moorish kings of Grenada, retains to this day the appelation of
  • the {Gate of Judgment}, from it having been the place where
  • justice was at one period summarily administered.
  • 13319-900630-2216
  • -De16.19
  • 13320-900630-2217
  • -De16.20
  • 13321-900630-2217
  • -De16.21
  • 13322-900630-2218
  • -De16.22
  • 13323-900630-2222
  • -De17.1
  • 2-7 Idolaters must be slain
  • 8-11 Hard controversies are to be determined by the priests and
  • judges
  • 12,13 The contemner of that determination must die
  • 14,15 The election
  • 16-20 and duty of a king
  • 13324-900630-2225
  • -De17.2
  • The expression, `within any of thy gates,' denoted all residing
  • in
  • the cities, and all who went in and come out at the gates of
  • them;
  • so that it included the inhabitants of the whole land.
  • 13325-900630-2226
  • -De17.3
  • 13326-900630-2226
  • -De17.4
  • 13327-900630-2227
  • -De17.5
  • 13328-900630-2227
  • -De17.6
  • 13329-900630-2228
  • -De17.7
  • 13330-900630-2230
  • -De17.8
  • 13331-900630-2231
  • -De17.9
  • 13332-900630-2232
  • -De17.10
  • 13333-900630-2233
  • -De17.11
  • 13334-900630-2235
  • -De17.12
  • 13335-900630-2236
  • -De17.13
  • 13336-900630-2237
  • -De17.14
  • 13337-900630-2238
  • -De17.15
  • 13338-900630-2245
  • -De17.16
  • Multiplying horses for chariots of war and cavalry, or for
  • luxury,
  • would increase the splendour of a monarch, and form a ground of
  • confidence distinct from a proper confidence in God, and
  • inconsistent with it, and with considering as the glory of
  • Israel.
  • Egypt abounded in horses; and the desire of multiplying these
  • would induce the prince to encourage a trade with that kingdom;
  • and this might make way the Israelites being again subjugated by
  • the Egyptians, or at least corrupted by their idolatries and
  • vices. Whereas, it was the command of God that they should no
  • more return thither, but be totally detached from them. Besides,
  • they might be tempted to extend their dominion by means of
  • cavalry, and so get scattered among the surrounding idolatrous
  • nations, and thus cease to be that distinct, separate people,
  • which God intended they should be.
  • 13339-900630-2254
  • -De17.17
  • 13340-900630-2257
  • -De17.18
  • translated by the Septuagint, (), this Deuteronomy. From this
  • version, both the Vulgate and all the modern versions have taken
  • the name of this book; and from it the original word, the Jews
  • call it Mishneh.
  • 13341-900630-2258
  • -De17.19
  • 13342-900630-2301
  • -De17.20
  • 13343-900704-1644
  • -De18.1
  • 3-5 The priests' due
  • 6-8 The Levites' portion
  • 9-14 The abominations of the nations are to be avoided
  • 15-19 Christ the Prophet is to be heard
  • 20-22 The presumptuous prophet is to die
  • 13344-900630-2306
  • -De18.2
  • 13345-900630-2307
  • -De18.3
  • 13346-900630-2309
  • -De18.4
  • 13347-900630-2310
  • -De18.5
  • 13348-900630-2311
  • -De18.6
  • 13349-900630-2311
  • -De18.7
  • 13350-900630-2313
  • -De18.8
  • the fathers.
  • 13351-900630-2313
  • -De18.9
  • 13352-900630-2324
  • -De18.10
  • The precise import of the terms here used to express these
  • unhallowed practices cannot be clearly ascertained: he {that
  • useth
  • divination, kosaim, kesamim}, seems a {general} term for the
  • various species after specified; {observer of times, meonin},
  • one
  • who pretends to foretel by the {clouds, planets, etc.}
  • {enchanter
  • menachesh, a diviner, either by means of {serpents}, or by
  • inspecting the entrails of beasts, the flight of birds, etc.;
  • {a witch, mecashsheph,} one who used magical {fumigations};
  • {a charmer, chover chaver}, one who uses spells, or a peculiar
  • conjunction of words, or tying knots, etc.; {a consulter with
  • familiar spirits, shoel ov, a pythoness; a wizard, yidoni, a
  • cunning man; necromancer, doresh el hammaithim} one who {seeks}
  • enquiries of the dead.
  • 13353-900630-2324
  • -De18.11
  • 13354-900630-2325
  • -De18.12
  • 13355-900630-2326
  • -De18.13
  • 13356-900630-2327
  • -De18.14
  • 13357-900630-2328
  • -De18.15
  • 13358-900630-2329
  • -De18.16
  • 13359-900630-2329
  • -De18.17
  • 13360-900630-2332
  • -De18.18
  • 13361-900630-2332
  • -De18.19
  • 13362-900630-2333
  • -De18.20
  • 13363-900630-2334
  • -De18.21
  • 13364-900630-2335
  • -De18.22
  • 13365-900701-0842
  • -De19.1
  • 4-13 The privilege thereof for the manslayer
  • 14 The landmark is not to be removed
  • 15 Two witnesses at least are required
  • 16-21 the punishment of a false witness
  • 13366-900701-0848
  • -De19.2
  • Unquestionably in imitation of these cities, the heathen had
  • their
  • {asyla} and the Roman Catholics their {privileged altars}; and
  • similar traditions seem to obtain in many barbarous nations,
  • forh
  • `the North American Indian nations have most of them either a
  • house or town of refuge, which is a sure asylum to protect a
  • manslayer, or the unfortunate captive, if he once enter it. In
  • almost every Indian nation, there are several towns, which are
  • called old beloved, ancient, holy, or white towns, (white being
  • their fixed emblem of peace, friendship, prosperity, happiness,
  • purity, etc.) They seem to have been formerly towns of refuge;
  • for it is not in the memory of the oldest people that human
  • blood
  • was shed in them.
  • 13367-900701-0849
  • -De19.3
  • 13368-900701-0851
  • -De19.4
  • 13369-900701-0852
  • -De19.5
  • 13370-900701-0854
  • -De19.6
  • 13371-900701-0857
  • -De19.7
  • 13372-900701-0856
  • -De19.8
  • 13373-900701-0858
  • -De19.9
  • 13374-900701-0859
  • -De19.10
  • 13375-900701-0900
  • -De19.11
  • 13376-900701-0901
  • -De19.12
  • 13377-900701-0902
  • -De19.13
  • 13378-900701-0908
  • -De19.14
  • Before the extensive use of fences, landed property was marked
  • out
  • by stones or posts, set up so as to ascertain the divisions of
  • family estates. It was easy to remove one of these landmarks,
  • and
  • set it in a different place; and thus a dishonest man might
  • enlarge his own estate by contracting that of his meighbor.
  • Hence
  • it was a matter of considerabel importance to prevent this crime
  • among the Israelites; among whom, removing them would be
  • equivalent to forging, altering, destroying, or concealing the
  • title-deeds of an estate among us. Accordingly, by the Mosaic
  • law, it was not only prohibited in the commandment against
  • covetousness, but we find a particular curse expressly annexed
  • to
  • it in DE 27.17. Josephus considers this law a general
  • prohibition, intended not only to protect private property, but
  • also to preserve the boundaries of kingdoms and countries
  • inviolable.
  • 13379-900701-0909
  • -De19.15
  • 13380-900701-0910
  • -De19.16
  • 13381-900701-0910
  • -De19.17
  • 13382-900701-0911
  • -De19.18
  • 13383-900701-0912
  • -De19.19
  • 13384-900701-0913
  • -De19.20
  • 13385-900701-0913
  • -De19.21
  • 13386-900701-0918
  • -De20.1
  • 5-9 The officers' proclamation of who are to be dismissed from
  • the war
  • 10-15 How to use the cities that accept or refuse the
  • proclamation
  • of peace
  • 16-18 What cities must be devoted
  • 19,20 Trees of man's meat must not be destroyed in the siege
  • 13387-900701-0919
  • -De20.2
  • 13388-900701-0922
  • -De20.3
  • 13389-900701-0924
  • -De20.4
  • 13390-900701-0924
  • -De20.5
  • 13391-900701-0925
  • -De20.6
  • 13392-900701-0930
  • -De20.7
  • It was customary among the jews to contract matrimony, espouse,
  • or
  • betroth, and for a considerable time to leave the parties in the
  • houses of the respective parents; and when the bridegroom had
  • made
  • proper preparations, then the bride was brought home to his
  • house,
  • and the marriage consummated. The provisions in ths verse refer
  • to a case of this kind; though the Jews extend it to him who had
  • newly consummated his marriage, and even to him who had married
  • his brother's wife. It was deemed a peculiar hardship for a
  • person to be obliged to go to battle, who had left a house
  • unfinished, newly purchased land half tilled, or a wife with
  • whom
  • he had just contracted marriage.
  • 13393-900701-0932
  • -De20.8
  • 13394-900701-0932
  • -De20.9
  • 13395-900701-0933
  • -De20.10
  • 13396-900701-0935
  • -De20.11
  • 13398-900701-0936
  • -De20.13
  • 13399-900701-0938
  • -De20.14
  • 13401-900701-0939
  • -De20.16
  • 13402-900701-1436
  • -De20.17
  • 13403-900701-1437
  • -De20.18
  • 13404-900701-1445
  • -De20.19
  • employed in the siege. The original is exceedingly difficult.
  • The LXX. has it, `Is the tree in the field a man, to enter the
  • trench before thee?' The Latin Vulgate:`For it is a tree, and
  • not
  • a man, neither can it increase the number of those who war
  • against
  • thee;' Onkelos, `For the tree of the field is not as a man,
  • that it should come against thee in the siege;' and to the same
  • purpose the Arabic, Philo, and Josephus who say, `If trees could
  • speak, they would cry out, that it is unjust that they, who were
  • no cause of the war, should suffer the miseries of it.' However
  • rendered, the sense is sufficiently clear: and it is a merciful
  • provision to spare all the fruit trees for the support of both
  • the
  • besieged and besiegers.
  • 13405-900701-1446
  • -De20.20
  • 13406-900701-1449
  • -De21.1
  • 10-14 The usage of a captive taken to wife
  • 15-17 The first-born is not to be disinherited upon private
  • affection
  • 18-21 A rebellious son is to be stoned to death
  • 22,23 The malefactor must not hang all night on a tree
  • 13407-900701-1449
  • -De21.2
  • 13408-900701-1450
  • -De21.3
  • 13409-900701-1455
  • -De21.4
  • As the word {nachal} signifies both a {torrent}, and the {valley
  • or glen} through which it flows, {nachal aithan} may be
  • rendered a
  • {rapid torrent} Many torrents in Judea are dry during a great
  • part of the year; when not only their banks but their beds may
  • be
  • ploughed, and yield a crop. Hence there is no impropriety in
  • specifying that such a place should be one that `is neither
  • cared
  • nor sown;' while the circumstance that the elders were to {wash}
  • their hands over the heifer, whose head had been struck off into
  • the stream, confirms this interpretation. The spot ground where
  • this sacrifice was made must be {uncultivated}, because it was
  • considered as a sacrifice for the atonement of murder, and,
  • consequently, would {pollute} the land.
  • 13410-900701-1456
  • -De21.5
  • 13411-900701-1458
  • -De21.6
  • Washing the hands was anciently a symbolical action, denoting
  • that
  • the person was innocent of the crime in question.
  • 13412-900701-1500
  • -De21.7
  • 13413-900701-1502
  • -De21.8
  • 13414-900701-1502
  • -De21.9
  • 13415-900701-1504
  • -De21.10
  • 13416-900701-1505
  • -De21.11
  • 13417-900701-1513
  • -De21.12
  • This was in token of renouncing her religion, and becoming a
  • proselyte to that of the jews. This is still a custom in the
  • East: when a Christian turns Mohammedan, his head is shaved, and
  • he is carried throught the city crying {le eelah eela allah
  • wemochammed resoolu llahee, `There is no God but the GOD, and
  • Mohammed is the prophet of God.'
  • grow, but dressing or beautifying them as the Eastern women
  • still
  • do by tinging them with leave of an odoriferous plant called
  • alhenna, which Hasselquist (p.246) informs us, `grows in India
  • and
  • in upper and lower Egypt, flowering from May to August. The
  • leaves are pulverized and made into a paste with water: they
  • bond
  • this paste on the nails of their hands and feet, and keep it on
  • all night. This gives them a deep yellow, which is greatly
  • admired by Eastern nations. The colour lasts for three or four
  • weeks before there is occassion to renew it. The custom is so
  • ancient in Egypt, that I have seen the nails of mummies dyed in
  • this manner.'
  • 13418-900701-1514
  • -De21.13
  • 13419-900701-1515
  • -De21.14
  • 13420-900701-1516
  • -De21.15
  • 13421-900701-1516
  • -De21.16
  • 13422-900701-1520
  • -De21.17
  • 13423-900701-1522
  • -De21.18
  • 13424-900701-1523
  • -De21.19
  • 13425-900701-1524
  • -De21.20
  • 13426-900701-1525
  • -De21.21
  • 13427-900701-1532
  • -De21.22
  • The Hebrews understand this not of putting to death by hanging,
  • but of hanging a manup after he was stoned to death; which was
  • done more ignominiously of some heinous malefactors. We have the
  • examples of Rechab and Baanah, who, for murdering Ish-bosheth,
  • were slain by David's commandment, their hand and feet cut off,
  • and {then} hanged up.
  • heads (chief men) of the people, and hang them up before the
  • Lord
  • against the sun, that the fierce anger of the Lord may be turned
  • away from Israel.' Among the Romans, in after ages, they hanged,
  • or rather fastened to the tree ALIVE; and such was the cruel
  • death
  • of our blessed Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.
  • 13428-900701-1540
  • -De21.23
  • highest degree of reproach that can attach to a man, and
  • proclaims
  • him under the curse of God as much as any external punishment
  • can.
  • They that see him thus hanging between heaven and earth, will
  • conclude him abandoned of both, and unworthy of either. Bp.
  • Patrick cobserves, that this passage is applied to the death of
  • Christ; not only because he bare our sins and was exposed to
  • shame, as these malefactors were that were accursed of God, but
  • because he was in the evening taken down from the cursed tree
  • and
  • buried, (and that by the particular care of the Jews, with an
  • eye
  • to this law, jno 19.31) in token, that now the guilt being
  • removed, the law was satisfied, as it was when the malefactors
  • had
  • hanged till sun-set: it demanded no more. Those, and those that
  • are his, ceased to be a curse. And as the land of Israel was
  • pure
  • and clean when the body was buried, so the church is washed and
  • cleansed by the complete satisfaction which Christ thus made.
  • 13429-900701-1546
  • -De22.1
  • 5 The sex is to be distinguished by apparel
  • 6,7 The dam is not to be taken with her young ones
  • 8 The house must have battlements
  • 9-11 Confusion is to be avoided
  • 12 Fringes upon the vesture
  • 13-21 The punishment of him that slanders his wife
  • 22 of adultery
  • 23-27 of rape
  • 28,29 of fornication
  • 30 of incest
  • 13430-900701-1547
  • -De22.2
  • 13432-900701-1548
  • -De22.4
  • 13433-900701-1549
  • -De22.5
  • 13434-900701-1550
  • -De22.6
  • 13435-900701-1555
  • -De22.7
  • The extirpation of any species of birds, whether edible or birds
  • of prey, is often attended with serious consequences, and is
  • always productive of evil; to prevent which was the object of
  • this
  • law. Palestine is siutated in a climate producing poisonous
  • snakes and scorpions, and between deserts and mountains, from
  • which it would be inundated by them, as well as with immense
  • swarms of flies, locusts, and mice, if the birds which feed upon
  • them were extirpated. In a moral point of view, it may have been
  • intended to inculcate a spirit of mercy and kindness, and to
  • prevent the exercise of such cruelty will, if circumstances be
  • favourable, be cruel to his fellow-creatures.
  • 13436-900701-1558
  • -De22.8
  • The eastern house being built with flat roofs, which were used
  • for
  • various purposed, as walking, sleeping, etc., it was therefore
  • necessary to have a sort of battlement, or balustrade, to
  • prevent
  • accidents, by people falling off.
  • 13437-900701-1559
  • -De22.9
  • 13438-900701-1601
  • -De22.10
  • pull pleasantly either in cart or plough; and the ass being
  • lower
  • than the ox, when yoked, he must bear the principal part of the
  • weight.
  • 13439-900701-1601
  • -De22.11
  • 13440-900701-1602
  • -De22.12
  • 13441-900701-1603
  • -De22.13
  • 13442-900701-1605
  • -De22.14
  • 13443-900701-1606
  • -De22.15
  • 13447-900701-1606
  • -De22.19
  • 13449-900701-1608
  • -De22.21
  • 13450-900701-1609
  • -De22.22
  • 13451-900701-1610
  • -De22.23
  • 13452-900701-1612
  • -De22.24
  • In these laws, the betrothed damsel was considered as the {wife}
  • of the man to whom she was engaged, though they had not come
  • together; and therefore the crime was adjudged adultery. But a
  • charitable supposition is admitted in the damsel's fovour, in
  • case
  • she was found in a solitary place.
  • 13453-900701-1613
  • -De22.25
  • 13454-900701-1614
  • -De22.26
  • 13455-900701-1614
  • -De22.27
  • 13456-900701-1615
  • -De22.28
  • 13457-900701-1615
  • -De22.29
  • 13458-900701-1618
  • -De22.30
  • This is to be understood as referring to the case of a
  • stepmother.
  • A man in his old age may have married a young woman, and on his
  • dying, his son by another, or a former wife, may desire to
  • espouse her; which is forbidden.
  • 13459-900701-1640
  • -De23.1
  • 9-14 Uncleanness is to be avoided in the host
  • 15,16 Of the fugitive servant
  • 17 Of filthiness
  • 18 Of aabominable sacrifices
  • 19 Of usury
  • 20-23 Of vows
  • 24,25 Of trespass
  • It is evident that his law was not meant to exclude such
  • Israelites either from the common benefits of civil society, or
  • any essential religious advantages; but merely to lay them
  • under a
  • disgraceful distinction. This would tend to discourage parents
  • from thus treating their children; a practice which was
  • exceedingly common in those ages and countries. To this they
  • were
  • induced by the custom which prevailed, of employing such in the
  • houses in the great and the courts of princes; so they often
  • rose
  • to the highest posts of honour and authority. Some expositers
  • therefore consider the phrase, `shall not enter into the
  • congregation of the Lord,' as meaning, that they should be
  • incapable of bearing any office in that government which was
  • placed over the people of God, who must thus enter a protest
  • against this custom, and deliver selfish parents from this
  • temptation.
  • 13460-900701-1641
  • -De23.2
  • 13461-900701-1645
  • -De23.3
  • These nations were subjected for their impiety, wickedness, and
  • enmity to Israel, to peculiar disgrace; and on this account were
  • not permitted to hold any office among the Israelites. This did
  • not, however, disqualify them from becoming proselytes; for
  • Ruth,
  • who was a Moabitess, was married to Boaz, and became one of the
  • progenitors of our Lord
  • 13462-900701-1646
  • -De23.4
  • 13463-900701-1649
  • -De23.5
  • 13464-900701-1650
  • -De23.6
  • 13465-900701-1651
  • -De23.7
  • 13466-900701-1652
  • -De23.8
  • 13467-900701-1654
  • -De23.9
  • 13468-900701-1655
  • -De23.10
  • 13469-900701-1657
  • -De23.11
  • 13470-900701-1659
  • -De23.12
  • Nu 1 and 2) and indeed, as Schuchzer remarks, in every well
  • regulated camp, cleanliness is considered as indispensably
  • necessary.
  • 13471-900701-1700
  • -De23.13
  • 13472-900701-1701
  • -De23.14
  • 13473-900701-1704
  • -De23.15
  • entertain slaves who had robbed their masters, or left their
  • service without cause; but such only as were cruelly treated,
  • and
  • fled to them for protection, especially from the neighboring
  • nations. To such they were commanded to afford shelter, and shew
  • great kindness.
  • 13474-900701-1707
  • -De23.16
  • 13475-900701-1713
  • -De23.17
  • The prohibition in the text, like many others, has no direct
  • application to practices that were common among the Israelites
  • at
  • that time; but was intended to guard them against the enormities
  • which were practised among the surrounding nations.
  • 13476-900701-1715
  • -De23.18
  • 13477-900701-1717
  • -De23.19
  • 13478-900701-1719
  • -De23.20
  • 13479-900701-1722
  • -De23.21
  • 13481-900701-1725
  • -De23.23
  • 13482-900701-1726
  • -De23.24
  • 13483-900701-1728
  • -De23.25
  • 13484-900701-1735
  • -De24.1
  • 5 A new married man goes not to war
  • 6 Of pledges
  • 10-13 Of pledges
  • 7 Of man-stealers
  • 8,9 Of leprosy
  • 14,15 The hire is to be given
  • 16 Of justice
  • 19-22 Of charity
  • 13485-900701-1736
  • -De24.2
  • 13487-900701-1737
  • -De24.4
  • 13488-900701-1739
  • -De24.5
  • 13489-900701-1746
  • -De24.6
  • Small hand-mills, which ground at one time only a sufficient
  • quantity for day's consumption; hence they were forbidden to
  • take
  • either of the stones to pledge, because if they did, they would
  • be
  • deprived of the means of preparing their necessary food, and the
  • family be without bread, and the family be without bread. On
  • this account they are called in the text, {a man's life} The
  • same
  • reason holds good against receiving in pledge, or distraining
  • for
  • debt, any instrument of labour, by which men earn their
  • livelihood
  • 13490-900701-1747
  • -De24.7
  • 13491-900701-1749
  • -De24.8
  • 13492-900701-1750
  • -De24.9
  • 13493-900701-1752
  • -De24.10
  • brother.
  • 13495-900701-1752
  • -De24.12
  • 13496-900701-1759
  • -De24.13
  • the same as the hyke of the Arabs, a long kind of blanket,
  • resembling a Highland plaid, generally about six yards in
  • length,
  • and five or six feet broad; in which they often carry their
  • provisions, as well as wrap themselves in, in the day, sleep in
  • at
  • night, it being their only substitute for a bed. how necessary,
  • then, it was to restore the hyke to a poor man before the going
  • down of the sun, that he might have something to repose on, will
  • sufficiently appear from these considerations.
  • 13497-900701-1800
  • -De24.14
  • 13498-900701-1802
  • -De24.15
  • 13499-900701-1803
  • -De24.16
  • 13500-900701-1805
  • -De24.17
  • 13501-900701-1806
  • -De24.18
  • 13502-900701-1808
  • -De24.19
  • 13503-900701-1809
  • -De24.20
  • 13504-900701-1809
  • -De24.21
  • 13505-900701-1810
  • -De24.22
  • 13506-900701-1819
  • -De25.1
  • 4 The ox is not to be muzzled
  • 5-10 Of raising seed unto a brother
  • 11,12 Of the immodest woman
  • 13-16 Of unjust weights and measures
  • 17-19 The memory of Amalek is to be blotted out
  • 13507-900701-1819
  • -De25.2
  • 13508-900701-1822
  • -De25.3
  • That is, be beaten so cruelly, that, by retaining the marks, he
  • become contemptible in the eyes of his brethren. Amendment, and
  • not this, was the object of the punishment. we should hate
  • despise the sin, but not the sinner.
  • 13509-900701-1825
  • -De25.4
  • In Judea, as well as in Egypt, Greece, and Italy, they made use
  • of beeves to tread out the corn; and the same mode of threshing
  • still obtains in Arabia, Barbary, and other eastern countries,
  • to
  • the present day. The sheaves lie open and expanded on the
  • threshing floors, and the cattle continually move round them,
  • and
  • thus tread out the grain. The natives of Aleppo still
  • religiously
  • observe the ancient humane practice, inculcated by this law, of
  • permitting the oxen to remain unmuzzled when treading out the
  • corn.
  • 13510-900701-1826
  • -De25.5
  • 13511-900701-1827
  • -De25.6
  • 13513-900701-1828
  • -De25.8
  • 13514-900701-1831
  • -De25.9
  • Pulling off the shoe seems to express his being degraded to the
  • situation of slaves, who generally went barefoot; and spitting
  • in
  • or rather before (biphney) his face, was a mark of the utmost
  • ignominy.
  • 13516-900701-1831
  • -De25.11
  • 13517-900701-1832
  • -De25.12
  • 13518-900701-1835
  • -De25.13
  • Aivenwaaiven; because weights were anciently made of stone.
  • Hence
  • the expression, a stone weight, which is still in use, though
  • the
  • matter of which it is made be lead or iron, and the name itself
  • shews us that a stone of a certain weight was formerly used.
  • 13519-900701-1839
  • -De25.14
  • Aiphah waaiphah; for this was the cost common measure among the
  • Israelites, by which all the others were made and adjusted. They
  • are not only forbidden to use divers weights and measures, one
  • large or heavy to buy with, and another small and light to sell
  • with, but they were not even allowed to keep such in the house.
  • It is observable also, that these too common but dishonest
  • actions
  • are branded as `an abomination to the Lord,' equally with
  • idolatry, and other scandalous crimes.
  • 13520-900701-1840
  • -De25.15
  • 13521-900701-1840
  • -De25.16
  • 13522-900701-1841
  • -De25.17
  • 13523-900701-1841
  • -De25.18
  • 13524-900701-1844
  • -De25.19
  • 13525-900701-1847
  • -De26.1
  • 12-15 The prayer of him that gives his third year's tithes
  • 16-19 The covenant between God and his people
  • 13526-900701-1849
  • -De26.2
  • 13527-900701-2201
  • -De26.3
  • 13528-900701-2202
  • -De26.4
  • 13529-900701-2204
  • -De26.5
  • Jacob being called a Syrian from his long resodence in Padan-
  • aram
  • 13530-900701-2206
  • -De26.6
  • 13531-900701-2208
  • -De26.7
  • 13532-900701-2210
  • -De26.8
  • 13533-900701-2211
  • -De26.9
  • 13534-900701-2212
  • -De26.10
  • 13535-900701-2214
  • -De26.11
  • 13536-900701-2215
  • -De26.12
  • 13537-900701-2217
  • -De26.13
  • 13538-900701-2217
  • -De26.14
  • 13539-900701-2219
  • -De26.15
  • 13540-900701-2220
  • -De26.16
  • 13541-900701-2222
  • -De26.17
  • 13542-900701-2223
  • -De26.18
  • 13543-900701-2225
  • -De26.19
  • 13544-900701-2227
  • -De27.1
  • 5-10 and to build an altar of whole stones
  • 11-13 The tribes to be divided on Gerizim and Ebal
  • 14-26 The curses to be pronounced on mount Ebal
  • 13545-900701-2230
  • -De27.2
  • Houbigant and others are of opinion that the original words,
  • {wesadta othom beseed}, should be rendered `thou shalt cement
  • them
  • with cement,' because this was intended to be a {durable}
  • monument. Some suppose that the writing was to be in {relievo},
  • and that the spaces were to be filled up by the mortar or
  • cement;
  • as is frequently the case with eastern inscriptions.
  • 13546-900701-2232
  • -De27.3
  • This law probably means only the blessings and curses mentioned
  • in
  • this and the following chapter; which indeed contain an epitome
  • of
  • the whole law.
  • 13547-900701-2235
  • -De27.4
  • The Samaritan text has {in mount Gerizim}; which has given rise
  • to
  • a violent controversy. Dr. Kennicott suppose that the Jews
  • corrupted this passage out of their enmity to the Samaritans,
  • who
  • had their temple on mount Gerizim; while Dr. Parry and H.
  • Verschuir defend the present reading: to the writings of these
  • authors the reader is referred/
  • 13548-900701-2236
  • -De27.5
  • 13549-900701-2237
  • -De27.6
  • 13550-900701-2239
  • -De27.7
  • 13551-900701-2240
  • -De27.8
  • 13552-900701-2241
  • -De27.9
  • 13553-900701-2242
  • -De27.10
  • 13555-900701-2246
  • -De27.12
  • Mount Gerizim and mount Ebal being only separated by a narrow
  • valley, not above a furlong broad, what was spoken with a loud
  • voice on the one might be heard on the other, (See Ju 9.7) It is
  • probably, however, that the particle al should be rendered {by},
  • as it frequently signifies; for when this direction was reduced
  • to
  • practice, (Jos 8.33) it seems that the people did not stand on
  • the
  • mountains, but over against them in the plain. But the Talmud
  • says, that six tribes went up on each, while the priest and
  • Levites and the ark remined beneath
  • 13556-900701-2247
  • -De27.13
  • 13557-900701-2247
  • -De27.14
  • 13558-900701-2256
  • -De27.15
  • to each of the curses the people were to say Amen, as well as to
  • the blessings; to denote a profession of their faith in the
  • truth
  • of them, that they were the real declarations of the wrath of
  • God;
  • and an acknowledgement of the equity of these curses. It was
  • such
  • an imprecation upon themselves, as strongly obliged them to have
  • nothing to do with those evil practices in which the curse is
  • entailed. We read of those who entered a curse to walk in God's
  • law.
  • that they would observe God's laws, by which every man was
  • obliged, as far as he could, to prevent his neighbor from
  • breaking
  • these laws, and to reprove those that had offended, lest they
  • should bear sin and the curse for them.
  • 13559-900701-2256
  • -De27.16
  • 13560-900701-2257
  • -De27.17
  • 13561-900701-2257
  • -De27.18
  • 13562-900701-2258
  • -De27.19
  • 13563-900701-2259
  • -De27.20
  • 13564-900701-2259
  • -De27.21
  • 13565-900701-2300
  • -De27.22
  • 13566-900701-2300
  • -De27.23
  • 13567-900701-2301
  • -De27.24
  • 13568-900701-2303
  • -De27.25
  • 13569-900701-2305
  • -De27.26
  • 13570-900704-0813
  • -De28.1
  • 15-68 The curses for disobedience
  • 13571-900704-0814
  • -De28.2
  • 13572-900704-0816
  • -De28.3
  • 13573-900704-0817
  • -De28.4
  • 13574-900704-0820
  • -De28.5
  • By basket, may be understood the olive gathering and vintage, in
  • which it was employed; and by the store of remainder, all laid
  • up
  • for future use, or prepared for present consumption.
  • 13575-900704-0820
  • -De28.6
  • 13576-900704-0823
  • -De28.7
  • 13577-900704-0825
  • -De28.8
  • 13578-900704-0827
  • -De28.9
  • 13579-900704-0829
  • -De28.10
  • 13580-900704-0830
  • -De28.11
  • 13581-900704-0831
  • -De28.12
  • 13582-900704-0832
  • -De28.13
  • 13583-900704-0833
  • -De28.14
  • 13584-900704-0837
  • -De28.15
  • The same variety of expression is used in these terrible curses,
  • as in the preceding blessings, to intimate every kind of
  • prosperity or adversity, personal, relative, and public.
  • Consulting the marginal references will genrally lead to the
  • best
  • exposition of the terms employed; and will frequently point out
  • the fulfilment of the promises and threatenings.
  • 13585-900704-0840
  • -De28.16
  • 13586-900704-0841
  • -De28.17
  • 13587-900704-0843
  • -De28.18
  • 13588-900704-0844
  • -De28.19
  • 13589-900704-0846
  • -De28.20
  • 13590-900704-0847
  • -De28.21
  • 13591-900704-0849
  • -De28.22
  • 13592-900704-0852
  • -De28.23
  • atmosphere which was over judea, instead of being replenished
  • with
  • aqueous vapors, should become, with respect to moisture, like
  • brass: and consequently their land would become as hard as iron,
  • and wholly incapable of cultivation; while the clouds might give
  • showers in abundance, and the earth be moist and fruitful in
  • other
  • regions.
  • 13593-900704-0855
  • -De28.24
  • This was a natural consequence of their heaven's being brass, or
  • yielding no rain; for the surface of the earth being reduced to
  • powder, and frequently taken up by strong winds, would fall down
  • in showers instead of rain. These showers of sand frequently, in
  • the East, bury whole caravans.
  • 13594-900704-0856
  • -De28.25
  • 13595-900704-0857
  • -De28.26
  • 13596-900704-0859
  • -De28.27
  • 13597-900704-0900
  • -De28.28
  • 13598-900704-0901
  • -De28.29
  • 13599-900704-0903
  • -De28.30
  • 13600-900704-0904
  • -De28.31
  • 13601-900704-0908
  • -De28.32
  • In several countries, particularly in Spain and Portugal, the
  • children of the jews have been taken from them, by order of the
  • government, to be educated in the Popish faith.
  • 13602-900704-0908
  • -De28.33
  • 13603-900704-0909
  • -De28.34
  • 13604-900704-0910
  • -De28.35
  • 13605-900704-0914
  • -De28.36
  • The israelites, who were carried captive by the Assryians, and
  • many of the jews in Chaldea, were finally incorporated with the
  • nations among whom they lived, and were given up to their
  • idolatry. It is probable, however, that this refers to Jews
  • being
  • compelled, in Popish countries, to conceal their religion, and
  • profess that of the Romish church.
  • 13606-900704-0916
  • -De28.37
  • The name of Jew has long been a proverbial mark of detestation
  • and
  • contempt among all the nations whither they have been dispersed,
  • and is so to this day, whether among Christians, Mohmammedans,
  • or
  • Pagans.
  • 13607-900704-0922
  • -De28.38
  • 13608-900704-0924
  • -De28.39
  • 13609-900704-0924
  • -De28.40
  • 13610-900704-0926
  • -De28.41
  • 13611-900704-0927
  • -De28.42
  • 13612-900704-0928
  • -De28.43
  • 13613-900704-0929
  • -De28.44
  • 13614-900704-0930
  • -De28.45
  • 13615-900704-0931
  • -De28.46
  • 13616-900704-0932
  • -De28.47
  • 13617-900704-0933
  • -De28.48
  • 13618-900704-0940
  • -De28.49
  • Though the Chaldeans are frequently described under the figure
  • of
  • an eagle, yet these verses especially predict the desolations
  • brought on the Jews by the Romans; who came from a country far
  • more distant than Chaldea; whose conquests were as rapid as the
  • eagle's flight, and whose standard bore this very figure; who
  • spake a language to which the Jews were then entire strangers,
  • being wholly unlike the Hebrew, of which the Chaldee was merely
  • a
  • dialect; whose appearance and victories were terrible; and whose
  • yoke was a yoke of iron; and the havoc which they made
  • tremendous.
  • 13619-900704-0942
  • -De28.50
  • 13620-900704-0944
  • -De28.51
  • 13621-900704-0945
  • -De28.52
  • 13622-900704-0946
  • -De28.53
  • 13623-900704-0953
  • -De28.54
  • The Roman armies at length besieged, sacked, and utterly
  • desolated
  • Jerusalem: and during this seige, the famine was so extreme,
  • that
  • even rich and delicate persons, both men and women, ate their
  • own
  • children, and concealed the horrible repast, lest others should
  • tear it from them! `Women snatched the food out of the very
  • mouths
  • of their husbands, and sons of their fathers, and (what is most
  • miserable) mothers of their infants.' `In every house, if there
  • appeared any semblence of food, a battle ensued, and the dearest
  • friends and relations fought with one another; snatching away
  • from
  • the miserable provisions of life.' `A woman distinguished by
  • birth and wealth, after she had been plundered by the tyrants
  • (or
  • soldiers) of all her possessions, boiling her own sucking child,
  • ate half of him, and concealing the other half, reserved it for
  • another time!'
  • 13624-900704-0954
  • -De28.55
  • 13625-900704-0955
  • -De28.56
  • 13626-900704-0956
  • -De28.57
  • 13627-900704-0957
  • -De28.58
  • 13628-900704-0959
  • -De28.59
  • 13629-900704-0959
  • -De28.60
  • 13630-900704-0959
  • -De28.61
  • 13631-900704-1003
  • -De28.62
  • In the seige of Jerusalem there died 1,100,000 persons, and more
  • than 90,000 were carried captive; and, having afterwards
  • provoked
  • the Romans by their crimes and rebellions, they persecuted them
  • nearly to extirpation; to which, if the tens of thousands which
  • were slaughtered year after year in every country be added, it
  • appears wonderful that there were any remains left.
  • 13632-900704-1009
  • -De28.63
  • 13633-900704-1010
  • -De28.64
  • 13634-900704-1015
  • -De28.65
  • After the conquest of their country by the Romans, Hadrian, by a
  • public decree, ratified by the senate, forbad any Jew to come
  • even
  • within sight of Judea; and hence they were dispersed over every
  • quarter of the globe, where they found no alleviation or respite
  • from misery. In no country are they treated as denziens; all
  • suspect them as enemies, and behave to them as aliens; if they
  • do
  • not, as had been too frequently the case, harass, oppress, and
  • persecute them, even unto death.
  • 13635-900704-1015
  • -De28.66
  • 13636-900704-1016
  • -De28.67
  • 13637-900704-1020
  • -De28.68
  • This verse seems especially to point out an event, which took
  • place subsequently to the destruction of Jerusalem by Titus, and
  • the desolation by Hadrian. Numbers of the captives were sent by
  • sea into Egypt (as well as into other countries), and sold for
  • slaves at a vile proce, and for the meanest offices; and many
  • thousands were left to perish from want; for the multitude was
  • so
  • great, that purchasers could not be found for them all at any
  • price!
  • 13638-900704-1024
  • -De29.1
  • they had seen
  • 10-17 All are presented before the Lord to enter into his
  • covenant
  • 18-28 The great wrath on hime that flatters himself in his
  • wickedness
  • 29 Secret things belong unto God
  • 13639-900704-1025
  • -De29.2
  • 13640-900704-1028
  • -De29.3
  • 13641-900704-1030
  • -De29.4
  • 13642-900704-1031
  • -De29.5
  • 13643-900704-1032
  • -De29.6
  • 13644-900704-1033
  • -De29.7
  • 13645-900704-1033
  • -De29.8
  • 13646-900704-1034
  • -De29.9
  • 13647-900704-1036
  • -De29.10
  • 13648-900704-1036
  • -De29.11
  • 13649-900704-1041
  • -De29.12
  • This is an allusion to the solemn ceremony used by several
  • ancient
  • nations, when they entered into a covenant with each other. The
  • victims, slain as a sacrifice on this occasion, were divided,
  • and
  • and parts laid asunder: the contracting parties then passed
  • between them, imprecating, as a cursed on those who violated the
  • sacred compact, that they might in like manner be cut asundr.
  • the divided parts of a victim was used also among the Chaldeans
  • and other people.
  • 13650-900704-1042
  • -De29.13
  • 13651-900704-1043
  • -De29.14
  • 13652-900704-1043
  • -De29.15
  • 13653-900704-1044
  • -De29.16
  • 13654-900704-1044
  • -De29.17
  • 13655-900704-1046
  • -De29.18
  • 13656-900704-1052
  • -De29.19
  • A very forcible metaphor, denoting the natural progress and
  • increasing avidity of sinful passions and depraved inclinations;
  • which lead men to drink down iniquity as the drunkard does his
  • liquor, without regard to the consequences. Some rendor, `to add
  • thirst to drunkenness;' and then it implies the insatiableness
  • of
  • men's sinful passions, which hander for more and more indulgence
  • after the greatest excesses.
  • 13657-900704-1055
  • -De29.20
  • 13658-900704-1057
  • -De29.21
  • 13659-900704-1058
  • -De29.22
  • made it sick.
  • 13660-900704-1059
  • -De29.23
  • 13661-900704-1112
  • -De29.24
  • 13662-900704-1114
  • -De29.25
  • 13663-900704-1116
  • -De29.26
  • 13664-900704-1116
  • -De29.27
  • 13665-900704-1118
  • -De29.28
  • 13666-900704-1120
  • -De29.29
  • 13667-900704-1125
  • -De30.1
  • 11-14 The commandment is manifest
  • 15-20 Death and life are set before them
  • 13668-900704-1127
  • -De30.2
  • 13669-900704-1129
  • -De30.3
  • This seems to refer to a more extensive captivity than that
  • which
  • the Jews suffered in Babylon.
  • 13670-900704-1134
  • -De30.4
  • As this promise refers to a return from a captivity among all
  • nations, consequently it cannot be exclusively the Babylonish
  • captivity which is intended; and the repossession of thier land
  • must be different from that which was consequent on their return
  • from Babylon. Nor at that period could it be said that they were
  • multiplied more than their fathers, or, as the Hebrew imports,
  • made greater than their fathers, when after their return they
  • were
  • tributary to the Persians, and afterwards fell under the power
  • of
  • the Greeks, under whom they suffered much; nor have their
  • hearts,
  • as a nation, yet been circumcised.
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  • -De30.6
  • 13673-900704-1138
  • -De30.7
  • 13674-900704-1140
  • -De30.8
  • 13675-900704-1141
  • -De30.9
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  • -De30.10
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  • -De30.11
  • Or as the word {niphlaith} implies, not too {wonderful} for thee
  • to comprehend or perform; but easily to be acquainted with, and
  • understood, because clearly revealed: neither is it afar off; it
  • was proclaimed in you ears from mount Sinai, and is now
  • proclaimed
  • in the sanctuary: it is not in heaven, for it has been already
  • revealed: neither is it beyond the sea that you need travel for
  • instruction, as the ancient philosophers did, or seek
  • instruction
  • from men, at immense labour and expense; but the word is very
  • nigh
  • to thee; brought to thy very doors; in thy mouth, and in thy
  • heart; made so familiar as to afford a topic of common
  • discourse,
  • that it might be laid up in the memory and reduced to practice.
  • 13678-900704-1150
  • -De30.12
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  • -De30.13
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  • -De30.14
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  • -De30.15
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  • -De30.16
  • 13683-900704-1155
  • -De30.17
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  • -De30.18
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  • -De30.19
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  • -De30.20
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  • -De31.1
  • 7,8 He encourages Joshua
  • 9-13 He delivers the law unto the priests to be read in the
  • seventh year to the people
  • 14-18 God gives a charge to Joshua
  • 19-23 and a song to testify against the people
  • 24-27 Mose delivers the book of the law to the Levites to keep
  • 28-30 He makes a protestation
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  • -De31.2
  • The life of Moses, the great prophet of Jehovah and lawgiver of
  • the Jews, was exactly the same in length as the time Noah
  • employed
  • in preaching righteousness to the antediluvian world. These one
  • hundred and twenty years were divided into three remarkable
  • priods. Forty years he lived in Egypt, in the court of Pharaoh,
  • acquiring all the learning and wisdom of the Egyptians
  • his great and important mission
  • the express direction and authority of God: in all 120 years
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  • -De31.3
  • 13690-900704-1216
  • -De31.4
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  • -De31.5
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  • -De31.6
  • 13693-900704-1220
  • -De31.7
  • 13694-900704-1221
  • -De31.8
  • 13695-900704-1223
  • -De31.9
  • 13696-900704-1224
  • -De31.10
  • 13697-900704-1225
  • -De31.11
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  • -De31.12
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  • -De31.13
  • 13700-900704-1229
  • -De31.14
  • 13701-900704-1229
  • -De31.15
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  • -De31.16
  • take rest in sleep, and metaphorically, to die. Though much
  • stress cannot be safely laid upon the expression to prove the
  • immortality of the soul, or that the people, in the time of
  • Moses,
  • had a distinct notion of its separate existence; yet is was
  • understood in this sense by Jonathan, who paraphrases the words
  • thus, `Thou shalt lie down in the dust with thy fathers; and thy
  • soul {nishmatoch) shall be laid up in the treasury of the life
  • to
  • come, with thy fathers.'
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  • -De31.17
  • Though this may allude to the withdrawing of the Shechinah, or
  • visible appearance of Jehovah, yet the general meaning of the
  • expression in Scripture is, the withdrawing of his approbation
  • and
  • protection, of which his visible appearance was formerly the
  • sign
  • and pledge.
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  • -De31.18
  • 13705-900704-1245
  • -De31.19
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  • -De31.20
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  • -De31.21
  • A sacred song, appointed to be composed by Moses, doubtless
  • under
  • divine inspiration; which the people were required to learn, and
  • teach to their children from generation to generation.
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  • -De31.22
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  • -De31.23
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  • -De31.24
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  • -De31.25
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  • -De31.27
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  • -De31.29
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  • -De31.30
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  • -De32.1
  • 46-47 He exhorts them to set their hearts upon it
  • 48-52 God sends him up to mount Nebo to see the land, and to die
  • 13718-900704-1428
  • -De32.2
  • 13719-900704-1431
  • -De32.3
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  • -De32.4
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  • -De32.5
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  • -De32.6
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  • -De32.7
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  • -De32.8
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  • -De32.9
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  • -De32.10
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  • -De32.11
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  • -De32.12
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  • -De32.13
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  • -De32.14
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  • -De32.15
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  • -De32.16
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  • -De32.17
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  • -De32.18
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  • -De32.19
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  • -De32.20
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  • -De32.21
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  • -De32.22
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  • -De32.23
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  • -De32.24
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  • -De32.25
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  • -De32.26
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  • -De32.27
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  • -De32.28
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  • -De32.29
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  • -De32.32
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  • -De32.33
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  • -De32.34
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  • -De32.35
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  • -De32.38
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  • -De32.39
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  • -De32.40
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  • -De32.41
  • 13758-900704-1607
  • -De32.42
  • The word {paroth}, rendered {revenges}, a sense in which it
  • never
  • seems to be used, had rendered this passage very obscure. As the
  • word {paira} signifies the {hair of the head}, both in Hebrew
  • and
  • Arabic, Mr. Parkhurst and others rneder {mairosh parorth}, `from
  • the hairy head;' but to have this sense, the words should rather
  • have beem {mipparoth rosh}, according the Hebrew idiom. The word
  • {farou}, in Arabic, however, also denotes a prince or chief; and
  • the words may be literally rendered, with the LXX () `from the
  • head of the chiefs of the enemies.' The {hyperbaton}, or trans-
  • position of words from their grammatical order, is very
  • observable
  • in this verse; the third member forming a continuation of the
  • first, and fourth of the second.
  • 13759-900704-1611
  • -De32.43
  • 13760-900704-1611
  • -De32.44
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  • -De32.45
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  • -De32.46
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  • -De32.47
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  • -De32.48
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  • -De32.49
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  • -De32.50
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  • -De32.51
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  • -De32.52
  • 13769-900704-1625
  • -De33.1
  • 6-25 The blessings of the twelve tribes
  • 26-29 The excellency of Israel
  • 13770-900704-1627
  • -De33.2
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  • -De33.3
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  • -De33.4
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  • -De33.5
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  • -De33.6
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  • -De33.7
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  • -De33.8
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  • -De33.9
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  • -De33.10
  • 13779-900704-1647
  • -De33.11
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  • -De33.12
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  • -De33.13
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  • -De33.14
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  • -De33.15
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  • -De33.16
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  • -De33.17
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  • -De33.18
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  • -De33.19
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  • -De33.25
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  • -De33.26
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  • -De33.27
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  • -De33.28
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  • -De33.29
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  • -De34.1
  • 5 He dies there
  • 6 His burial
  • 7 His age
  • 8 Thirty days mourning for him
  • 9 Joshua succeeds him
  • 10-12 The praise of Moses
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  • -De34.2
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  • -De34.3
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  • -De34.4
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  • -De34.5
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  • -De34.7
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  • -De34.8
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  • -De34.9
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  • -De34.10
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  • -De34.11
  • Rather, `with respect to all the signs and wonders,' etc.
  • 13810-900707-1117
  • -Jos1.1
  • CONCLUDING REMARKS ON JOSHUA
  • The book of Joshua is one of the most important documents in the
  • Old Testament. The rapid conquest of the Promised Land, and the
  • actual
  • settlement of the Israelites in it, afford a striking
  • accomplishment of
  • the Divine predictions to Abraham and the succeeding
  • patriaarchs; and
  • at the same time bear the most unequivocal and simple testimony
  • to the
  • authenticity of this sacred book. Several of the transactions
  • related
  • in it are confirmed in a very extraordinary manner, by the
  • traditions
  • current among heathen nations, and preserved by ancient profane
  • historians of undoubted character. Thus there are monuments
  • still in
  • existance, which prove that the Carthaginians were a colony of
  • Syrians
  • that escaped from Joshua; as also that the inhabitants of
  • Leptis, in
  • Africa, can originally from the Sidonians, who abandoned their
  • country
  • on account of the calamities with which it was overwhelmed.
  • Procopius
  • relates that the Phoenecians fled before the Hebrews in Africa,
  • and
  • spread themselves abroad as far as the pillars of Hercules; and
  • adds,
  • "In Numida, where now stands the city Tigisis (Tangiers), they
  • have
  • errected two columns, on which, in Phoenecian characters, is the
  • following inscription:--"We are the Phoenecians who fled from
  • the face
  • of Jesus (Joshua) the the son of Naue" (Nun).
  • 3,4 The borders of the promised land
  • 5-7 God promises to assist Joshua
  • 8,9 He gives him instructions
  • 10,11 Joshua prepares the the people to pass over Jordan
  • 12-15 He puts the two tribes and a half in mind of their promise
  • to Moses
  • 16-18 They promise him fealty
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  • -Jos1.2
  • 13812-900707-1144
  • -Jos1.3
  • 13813-900707-1147
  • -Jos1.4
  • That is, their utmost limits should be from the Desert of Arabia
  • Petraea on the south, to Lebanon on the north; and from the
  • Euphrates on the east, to the Great Sea, of the Mediterranean,
  • on
  • the west. The Israelites did not possess the full extent of this
  • grant till the time of david
  • 13814-900707-1152
  • -Jos1.5
  • 13815-900707-1155
  • -Jos1.6
  • the land.
  • 13816-900707-1158
  • -Jos1.7
  • 13817-900707-1201
  • -Jos1.8
  • 13818-900707-1202
  • -Jos1.9
  • 13819-900707-1205
  • -Jos1.10
  • The shoterim, or officers, were different from the shophetim,
  • who
  • were the judges among the people. The shoterim have been
  • supposed
  • to be subordinate officers, whose business it was to see the
  • decisons of the shphetim carried into effect. Calmet
  • conjectures,
  • that the shoterim haer may have been the heralds of the army.
  • 13820-900707-1206
  • -Jos1.11
  • 13822-900707-1207
  • -Jos1.13
  • 13823-900707-1208
  • -Jos1.14
  • 13824-900707-1209
  • -Jos1.15
  • 13825-900707-1209
  • -Jos1.16
  • 13826-900707-1210
  • -Jos1.17
  • 13827-900707-1212
  • -Jos1.18
  • 13828-900707-1225
  • -Jos2.1
  • 8-22 The covenant between her and them
  • 23,24 Ther return and relation
  • Though the word {zonah} generally denotes a prostitute, yet many
  • very learned men are of opinion that it should be here rendered
  • an {innkeeper} or {hostess}, from {zoon} to furnish or provide
  • food. In this sense it was understood by the Targumist, who
  • renders it, {ittetha pundekeetha, `a woman, a tavern-keeper},
  • and
  • so St. Chrysostome, in his second sermon on Repentence, calls
  • her
  • (). The Greek () by which the LXX. render it, and which is
  • adopted
  • by the Apostles, is derived from () to sell, and is also
  • supposed
  • to denote a tavern keeper. Among the ancients, women generally
  • kept houses of entertainment. Herodotus says, `Among the
  • Egyptians, the women carry on all commercial concerns, and keep
  • taverns, while the men continue at home and weave.' The same
  • custom prevailed among the Greeks.
  • 13829-900707-1226
  • -Jos2.2
  • 13830-900707-1439
  • -Jos2.3
  • 13831-900707-1448
  • -Jos2.4
  • 13832-900707-1449
  • -Jos2.5
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  • -Jos2.6
  • 13834-900707-1451
  • -Jos2.7
  • 13836-900707-1454
  • -Jos2.9
  • 13837-900707-1454
  • -Jos2.10
  • 13838-900707-1456
  • -Jos2.11
  • 13839-900707-1501
  • -Jos2.12
  • 13840-900707-1504
  • -Jos2.13
  • It is observable that in this enumeration of her kindred, there
  • is
  • no mention made of a {husband}. It is most likely that she was a
  • single woman or widow, who obtained an honest livelihood by
  • keeping a house for the entertainment of strangers; and not a
  • woman of ill fame, as some have supposed. The spies sent on this
  • occasion were certainly some of the most confidential persons
  • that
  • Joshua had in his host, and their errand was of the greatest
  • importance; is it then not most likely that they lodged at an
  • inn?
  • 13841-900707-1505
  • -Jos2.14
  • 13842-900707-1506
  • -Jos2.15
  • 13843-900707-1507
  • -Jos2.16
  • 13844-900707-1507
  • -Jos2.17
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  • -Jos2.18
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  • -Jos2.19
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  • -Jos2.20
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  • -Jos2.21
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  • -Jos2.22
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  • -Jos2.24
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  • -Jos3.1
  • 2-6 The officers instruct the people for their passage
  • 7,8 The Lord encourages Joshua
  • 9-13 Joshua encourages the people
  • 14-17 The water of Jordan are divided
  • Archbishop Usher supposes, that this was upon Wednesday, the
  • 28th
  • of April, A. M. 2553, the fortieth year of the Exodus from
  • Egypt.
  • From Shittim, where the israelites had been encamped for about
  • two
  • months (De 1.3), to the Jordan, was, according to Josephus,
  • about
  • sixty stadia; that is, between seven and eight English miles.
  • Jordan, called by the Arabs El Sharia, takes its rise in
  • Anti
  • -Libanus, about twelve miles north of Caesarea Philippi, now
  • Bannias; and, having run about twelve miles southward, it
  • receives
  • a considerable stream, which is now called the Moiet Hasbeia.
  • About 15 miles farther, it forms the waters of Merom or
  • Semechon,
  • now Houle; and, after running about 28 miles more, it passes
  • through the lake of Gennesareth, and thense runs southward till
  • it
  • loses itself in the Dead Sea; its whole course being about 160
  • miles.
  • 13853-900707-1528
  • -Jos3.2
  • 13854-900707-1530
  • -Jos3.3
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  • -Jos3.4
  • 13856-900707-1534
  • -Jos3.5
  • 13857-900707-1534
  • -Jos3.6
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  • -Jos3.7
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  • -Jos3.8
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  • -Jos3.9
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  • -Jos3.10
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  • -Jos3.11
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  • -Jos3.12
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  • -Jos3.13
  • 13865-900707-1544
  • -Jos3.14
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  • -Jos3.15
  • The ordinary current of the Jordan, near where the Israelites
  • crossed, is said by Maundrell, to be about twenty yards wide,
  • deeper than a man's height, and so rapid, that there is no
  • swimming against it. It has, however, two banks; the first, or
  • inner one, is that of the river it its natural state, and the
  • second, or outer one, about a furlong distant, is that of its
  • overflowings, which it does when the summer's sun has melted the
  • snow on mount Lebanon and Hermon, in the months of March and
  • April. And this was the time which God chose that the Israelites
  • should pass over it; that a miraculous interposition might be
  • necessary; and that, by the miracle, they might be convinced of
  • his omnipotence.
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  • -Jos3.16
  • Israelites were fleeing from the Egyptians with great
  • trepidation:
  • but they passed Jordan in the day-time, with previous warning,
  • leisurely, directly opposite to Jericho, and with a triumphant
  • defiance of the Canaanites; this passage into the promised land
  • evidently typifying the believer's passage through death to
  • heaven.
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  • -Jos3.17
  • 13869-900707-1600
  • -Jos4.1
  • out of Jordan
  • 9 Twelve other stones are set up in the midst of Jordan
  • 10-13 The people pass over
  • 14 God magnifies Joshua
  • 15-19 The priests commanded to come out of Jordan
  • 20-24 The twelve stones are pitched in Gilgal
  • 13870-900707-1601
  • -Jos4.2
  • 13871-900707-1603
  • -Jos4.3
  • 13872-900707-1603
  • -Jos4.4
  • 13874-900707-1606
  • -Jos4.6
  • 13875-900707-1607
  • -Jos4.7
  • 13876-900707-1607
  • -Jos4.8
  • 13877-900707-1613
  • -Jos4.9
  • These words might be written by Joshua at the close of his life,
  • or
  • perhaps be added by some later prophet. It seems from this
  • verse,
  • that there were two sets of stones erected as a memorial of this
  • great event: twelve at Gilga (ver. 20) and twelve in the bed of
  • the Jordan; which last might have been placed on a base of
  • strong
  • stone work, so high as always to be visible, and serve to mark
  • the
  • very spot when the priests stood with the ark. Drs. Kennicott
  • and
  • Shuckford, however, would read here with the Syriac, mittoch,
  • 'from the midst,' instead of bethoch, 'in the midst;' and
  • render,
  • `And Joshua took up the twelve stones (taken) from the midst of
  • Jordan,' etc. But this reading is unsupported by and MS. yet
  • collated; and it appears wholly unnessary
  • 13878-900707-1615
  • -Jos4.10
  • 13879-900707-1615
  • -Jos4.11
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  • -Jos4.12
  • 13881-900707-1616
  • -Jos4.13
  • 13882-900707-1617
  • -Jos4.14
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  • -Jos4.16
  • 13885-900707-1618
  • -Jos4.17
  • 13886-900707-1624
  • -Jos4.18
  • As soon as the priests and the ark were come up out of Jordan,
  • the
  • waters of the river, which had stood on a heap, flowed down
  • according to their natural and usual course, and again soon
  • filled
  • the channel. This make it abundantly evident, that the miraclous
  • change which had been given to the river was not from any secret
  • natural cause, but solely by the power of God, and for the sake
  • of
  • his chosen people; for when Israel's host had passed through,
  • and
  • the token of his presence was removed, immediately the waters
  • went
  • forward again: so that if it be asked, `What aileth thee, O
  • Jordon, that thou wast driven back?' it must be answered, it was
  • in obedience to the God of Israel, and in kindness to the Israel
  • of God.
  • 13887-900707-1626
  • -Jos4.19
  • That is, the place afterwards called Gilgal; for it is so called
  • here by anticipation. It was about ten furlongs east from
  • Jericho, and fifty west from the Jordan. See Josephus and
  • Calmet.
  • 13888-900707-1627
  • -Jos4.20
  • 13889-900707-1627
  • -Jos4.21
  • 13890-900707-1628
  • -Jos4.22
  • 13891-900707-1631
  • -Jos4.23
  • The parents must take that occasion to tell their children of
  • the
  • drying up of the Red Sea forty years before: `As the Lord your
  • God
  • did to the Read Sea.' It greatly magnifies later mercies to
  • compare them with those before enjoyed; for, by making the
  • comparison, it appears that God is the same yesterday, to-day,
  • and
  • forever. Later blessings should also bring to remembrance former
  • mercies, and revive thankfulness for them.
  • 13892-900707-1634
  • -Jos4.24
  • 13893-900707-1805
  • -Jos5.1
  • 2-9 Joshua renews circumcision
  • 10-11 The passover is kept at Gilgal
  • 12 manna ceases
  • 13-15 An angel appears to Joshua
  • 13894-900707-1809
  • -Jos5.2
  • Before the use of iron was common, all the nations of the earth
  • had their edge tools made of stones, flints, etc. Our ancestors
  • had their arrows and spearheads made of flint; which are
  • frequently turned up by the plough. And even when iron became
  • more common, stone kives seem to have been preferred for making
  • incisions in the human body. The Egyptians used such to open the
  • bodies for embalming; and the tribe of Alnajab in Ethiopia, who
  • follow the Mosaic institution, perform the rite of circumcison,
  • according to Ludolf, cultris lapidibus, with knives made of
  • stone.
  • 13895-900707-1810
  • -Jos5.3
  • 13896-900707-1811
  • -Jos5.4
  • 13897-900707-1811
  • -Jos5.5
  • 13898-900707-1812
  • -Jos5.6
  • 13899-900707-1813
  • -Jos5.7
  • 13900-900707-1814
  • -Jos5.8
  • circumcised
  • 13901-900707-1816
  • -Jos5.9
  • 13902-900707-1816
  • -Jos5.10
  • 13903-900707-1819
  • -Jos5.11
  • The people would find abundance of old corn in the deserted
  • granaries of the affrighted inhabitants: and the barley harvest
  • being ripe, after offering the sheaf of first-fruits, they ate
  • also new parched corn; and thus the manna being no longer
  • necessary, ceased, after having been sent them regularly for
  • almost forty years. To Christians the manna for their souls
  • shall
  • never fail, till they arrive at the Canaan above, to feast on
  • its
  • rich and inexhaustable provisions.
  • 13904-900707-1820
  • -Jos5.12
  • 13905-900707-1823
  • -Jos5.13
  • 13906-900707-1827
  • -Jos5.14
  • 13907-900707-1831
  • -Jos5.15
  • many persons have been puzzled to know what was intended by this
  • extraordinary appearance of the angel to Joshua, because they
  • supposed that the whole business ends with the chapter; whereas
  • it
  • is continued in the succeeding one, the first verse of which is
  • a
  • mere partenthesis, simply relating to the state of Jericho at
  • the
  • time when Joshua was favoured with this encouraging vision; by
  • which he was shewn that their help came from God alone, and that
  • it was not by human might or power, but by the Lord of hosts
  • they
  • were to obtain the victory.
  • 13908-900707-2026
  • -Jos6.1
  • 2-11 God instructs joshua how to beseige it
  • 12-16 The city is composed
  • 17-19 It is accursed
  • 20,21 The walls fall down
  • 22-25 Rahab is save
  • 26,27 The builder of Jericho is cursed
  • 13909-900707-2027
  • -Jos6.2
  • 13910-900707-2031
  • -Jos6.3
  • 13911-900707-2037
  • -Jos6.4
  • The word shopheroth hyyovelim, should rather be rendered jubilee
  • i.e., such as were used on the jubilee, which were probably made
  • of horn or silver: for the entrance of the Israelites into
  • Canaan was indeed a jubilee to them (See Note on Le 25.11):
  • instead of the dreadful trumpet of war, they were ordered to
  • sound
  • the trumpet of joy, as already conquerors.
  • 13912-900707-2042
  • -Jos6.5
  • The words wenaphelah chomath hair tachteyha, are literally, `and
  • the wall of the city shall fall down {under itself};' which
  • appears simply to mean, that the wall shall fall down from its
  • very foundation; which was probably the case in every part,
  • though
  • large breaches in different places might have been amply
  • sufficient first to admit the armed men, after whom the host
  • might
  • enter to destroy the city. There is no ground for the
  • supposition
  • that the walls sunk into the earth.
  • 13913-900707-2042
  • -Jos6.6
  • 13914-900707-2043
  • -Jos6.7
  • 13915-900707-2044
  • -Jos6.8
  • 13916-900707-2045
  • -Jos6.9
  • 13917-900707-2047
  • -Jos6.10
  • 13918-900707-2050
  • -Jos6.11
  • 13919-900707-2048
  • -Jos6.12
  • 13920-900707-2051
  • -Jos6.13
  • 13921-900707-2051
  • -Jos6.14
  • 13922-900707-2052
  • -Jos6.15
  • 13923-900707-2054
  • -Jos6.16
  • 13924-900707-2056
  • -Jos6.17
  • 13925-900707-2058
  • -Jos6.18
  • 13926-900707-2101
  • -Jos6.19
  • 13927-900707-2101
  • -Jos6.20
  • 13928-900707-2107
  • -Jos6.21
  • The Canaanites were ripe for destruction; and God was pleased,
  • in-
  • stead of destroying them by a pestilence, a famine, or an
  • earthquake, to employ the Israelites as the executioners of his
  • vengeance. Had an angel been commissioned to slay them, who
  • would
  • have charged him with iniquity or cruelty? In all public
  • calamities infants are involved; and tens of thousands of
  • infants
  • die in great agony every year. Now, either God is not the agent
  • in these calamities, (which opinion, though often implied in
  • men's
  • reasonings on these subjects, is not far from atheism;) or they
  • must consist with the most perfect justice and goodness.
  • 13929-900707-2108
  • -Jos6.22
  • 13930-900707-2109
  • -Jos6.23
  • 13931-900707-2110
  • -Jos6.24
  • 13932-900707-2111
  • -Jos6.25
  • 13933-900707-2113
  • -Jos6.26
  • This is to be regarded as a prediction, that he who rebuilded
  • the
  • city should lose all his children in the interim between the
  • laying of the foundation to the completion of the walls.
  • 13934-900707-2115
  • -Jos6.27
  • 13935-900707-2122
  • -Jos7.1
  • 6-9 Joshua's complaint
  • 10-15 God instructs him what to do
  • 16-18 Achan is taken by the lot
  • 19-23 His confession
  • 24-26 He and all he had are destroyed in the valley of Achor
  • 13936-900707-2123
  • -Jos7.2
  • 13937-900707-2125
  • -Jos7.3
  • 13938-900707-2126
  • -Jos7.4
  • 13939-900707-2128
  • -Jos7.5
  • 13940-900707-2135
  • -Jos7.6
  • Rending the clothes, beating the breast, tearing the hair,
  • throw-
  • ing dust upon the head, and falling prostrate, were usual signs
  • of
  • deep affliction and distress among the ancient Israelites. In
  • illustration of this custom, see 1sa 4.12, when the messenger
  • brought tidings to Eli of the discomfiture of the armies of
  • Israel
  • by the Philistines; again in the case of Tamar, 2sa 13.19, and
  • in
  • Ne 9.1, when a whole nation, `assembled with fasting, and with
  • sackcloth, and earth upon them.' See also the case of Mordecai,
  • Es 4.1, and Job 2.12, where his friends abased themselves to
  • comfort him; refer also to Eze 27.30 Jon 3.6 and Mi 1.10. In
  • each
  • of these instances it is worthy of remark, that putting dust on
  • the head generally follows rending of the clothes, and was the
  • usual mode of evincing poignant sorrow
  • 13941-900707-2137
  • -Jos7.7
  • 13942-900707-2137
  • -Jos7.8
  • 13943-900707-2139
  • -Jos7.9
  • 13944-900707-2139
  • -Jos7.10
  • 13945-900707-2142
  • -Jos7.11
  • 13946-900707-2144
  • -Jos7.12
  • 13947-900707-2145
  • -Jos7.13
  • 13948-900707-2146
  • -Jos7.14
  • 13949-900707-2147
  • -Jos7.15
  • 13950-900707-2148
  • -Jos7.16
  • 13951-900707-2149
  • -Jos7.17
  • 13952-900707-2149
  • -Jos7.18
  • 13953-900707-2152
  • -Jos7.19
  • 13954-900707-2153
  • -Jos7.20
  • 13955-900707-2201
  • -Jos7.21
  • Addereth shindir, `a splendid or costly rober of Shinar,' the
  • plain in which Babylon stood. Bochart and Calmet have shewn at
  • large, that Babylonish robes were very splendid, and in high
  • reputation. Calmet says, they are genrally allowed to have been
  • of various colours, though some suppose they were woven thus;
  • others, that they were embrodered with the needle; and others,
  • that they were painted. Silius Italicus seems to think they were
  • woven. Martial supposes them to have been embroidered with the
  • needle; and Pliny and Apuleius speak of them as painted.
  • 13957-900707-2202
  • -Jos7.23
  • 13958-900707-2204
  • -Jos7.24
  • 13959-900707-2206
  • -Jos7.25
  • 13960-900707-2208
  • -Jos7.26
  • 13961-900707-2218
  • -Jos8.1
  • 3-28 The strategem whereby Ai was taken
  • 29 The king thereof is hanged
  • 30,31 Joshua builds an altar
  • 32 writes the law on stones
  • 33-35 and pronounces the blessings and curses
  • It would seem, from this verse, that all that were capable of
  • bearing arms were to march out of the camp on this occasion:
  • 30,000 fromed an ambuscade in one pald; and 5000 were placed in
  • another, who all gained their positions in the night. With the
  • rest of the army, Hoshua appeared the next morning before Ai,
  • which the men of that city would naturally suppose was the whole
  • of the Israelitish forcel and, consequently, be the more
  • emboldened to come out and attack them. Some, however, think
  • that
  • 20,000 men were the whole that were employed on this occasion,
  • 5000 of whom were placed in ambush on the west of the city,
  • between Bethel and Ai (ver 12) and, with the rest, Joshua
  • appeared
  • before the city in the morning. The king, seeing but about 25,
  • 000
  • coming against him, though he had but 12,000 person in the whole
  • city (ver 25), determined to risk a battle, issued out, and was
  • defeated by a strategem.
  • 13962-900707-2223
  • -Jos8.2
  • 13963-900707-2223
  • -Jos8.3
  • 13964-900707-2224
  • -Jos8.4
  • 13965-900707-2225
  • -Jos8.5
  • 13966-900707-2226
  • -Jos8.6
  • 13967-900707-2226
  • -Jos8.7
  • 13968-900707-2227
  • -Jos8.8
  • 13969-900707-2228
  • -Jos8.9
  • 13970-900707-2228
  • -Jos8.10
  • 13971-900707-2229
  • -Jos8.11
  • 13972-900707-2230
  • -Jos8.12
  • 13973-900707-2230
  • -Jos8.13
  • 13974-900707-2231
  • -Jos8.14
  • 13975-900707-2232
  • -Jos8.15
  • 13976-900707-2233
  • -Jos8.16
  • 13977-900707-2237
  • -Jos8.17
  • Bethel is not mentioned in the Greek version, and some, with
  • Houbigant and Pilkington, think it was not originally in the
  • Hebrew; because, had the men of Bethel pursued, as well as those
  • of Ai, it would have been said that they left the cities, and
  • not
  • the city open. The principal strength of Bethel might have been
  • previously taken into Ai, as the strongest place to make a stand
  • in; Bethel being but about three miles westward from Ai.
  • 13978-900707-2241
  • -Jos8.18
  • The word keedon is rendered clypeum, a shield or buckler, by the
  • Vulgate but the LXX. translate it (), which Suidas says,
  • signifies
  • a kind of weapon, (), like a spear. It may deonote a short
  • spear,
  • javelin, or lance; for it is evident that it signifies neither
  • the
  • larger spear nor the shield, because it is distinguished from
  • both
  • which might be seen at a considerable distance when extended,
  • which was the sign agreed upon by him and the ambush.
  • 13979-900707-2242
  • -Jos8.19
  • 13980-900707-2243
  • -Jos8.20
  • 13982-900707-2244
  • -Jos8.22
  • 13983-900707-2244
  • -Jos8.23
  • 13984-900707-2251
  • -Jos8.24
  • This must refer to the women, children, and old persons left
  • behind; for it seems that all the effective men had sallied out
  • when they imagined the Israelites had fled.
  • 13985-900707-2251
  • -Jos8.25
  • 13986-900707-2252
  • -Jos8.26
  • Joshua seems to have been not only the general but the standard
  • bearer of the arny, (verse 18) and continued in this employment,
  • by holding up or extending his spear, during the whole of the
  • battle; and did not slacken from the pursuit till the forces of
  • Ai
  • were utterly discomfitted. Some commentators, however,
  • understand
  • this action in a figurative sense, like the holding up of Moses'
  • hands, as if it implied that Joshua continued in prayer for the
  • success of his troops, nor ceased till the armies of Ai were
  • annihilated, and the city taken and destroyed.
  • 13987-900707-2252
  • -Jos8.27
  • 13988-900707-2253
  • -Jos8.28
  • 13989-900707-2257
  • -Jos8.29
  • The kings of Canaan lay under the same curse as their subjects
  • and probably were more deeply criminal. The reserving of the
  • king
  • of Ai for a solemn execution, would tend to strike terror into
  • the
  • other kings, contribute to the success of Israel, and give their
  • proceeedings the stamp of a judicial process, and of executing
  • the
  • vengeance of God upon his enemies
  • 13990-900707-2303
  • -Jos8.30
  • Moses himself had twice given express orders for this solemnity;
  • once Deut. 11.29,30, in which he pointed out the very place
  • where
  • it was to be performed; and again, ahd the 27th chapter, there
  • is
  • a renewal of the instructions to Joshua, with special reference
  • to
  • minute particulars. It was a federal transaction: the covenant
  • was now renewed between Gid and Israel upon their taking
  • possession of the land of promise, that they might be encouraged
  • in the conquest of it, and might know upon what terms they held
  • it, and come under fresh obligations of obedience.
  • 13991-900707-2305
  • -Jos8.31
  • 13992-900707-2305
  • -Jos8.32
  • 13993-900707-2307
  • -Jos8.33
  • 13994-900707-2309
  • -Jos8.34
  • 13995-900707-2311
  • -Jos8.35
  • The word conversant, from the Latin conversor, is here used in
  • the
  • classical sense of having intercourse with.
  • 13996-900707-2316
  • -Jos9.1
  • 3-21 The Gibeonites by craft obtain a league
  • 22-27 They are condemned to perpetual bondage
  • 13997-900707-2317
  • -Jos9.2
  • 13998-900707-2319
  • -Jos9.3
  • 13999-900707-2324
  • -Jos9.4
  • the word tzier, an ambassador, properly denotes a hinge; because
  • an ambassador is a person upon whom the business turns as upon a
  • hinge. So the Latin Cardinalis, from cardo, a hinge, was the
  • title of the prime minister of the emperor Theodosius, though
  • now
  • applied only to the Pope's electors and counsellors.
  • These bottle being made of skin, were consequently liable to be
  • rent, and capable of being mended; which is done, according to
  • Chardin, by putting in a piece, or by gathering up the wounded
  • piece in the manner of a purse; and sometimes by inserting a
  • flat
  • piece of wood.
  • 14000-900707-2326
  • -Jos9.5
  • The word clouted signifies here patched, from the Anglo
  • -Saxon clut
  • a clout or rag; and not nailed from the French clou, a nail.
  • 14001-900707-2328
  • -Jos9.6
  • covenant,' or rather the covenant sacrifice offered on these
  • occasions. (See note on De 29.12)
  • 14002-900707-2329
  • -Jos9.7
  • 14003-900707-2330
  • -Jos9.8
  • 14004-900707-2331
  • -Jos9.9
  • 14005-900708-0818
  • -Jos9.10
  • 14006-900708-0820
  • -Jos9.11
  • 14007-900708-0820
  • -Jos9.12
  • 14009-900708-0824
  • -Jos9.14
  • reason of their victuals.
  • 14010-900708-0826
  • -Jos9.15
  • 14011-900708-0827
  • -Jos9.16
  • 14012-900708-0828
  • -Jos9.17
  • 14013-900708-0829
  • -Jos9.18
  • 14014-900708-0829
  • -Jos9.19
  • 14015-900708-0830
  • -Jos9.20
  • 14016-900708-0845
  • -Jos9.21
  • 14017-900708-0832
  • -Jos9.22
  • 14018-900708-0840
  • -Jos9.23
  • This may refer to the original curse pronounced against the
  • descendants of Canaan: both of them seem to hve implied nothing
  • else than perpetual slavery. The gibeonites were brought, no
  • doubt, under tribute; performed the meanest offices for the
  • israelites; being in the same condition as the servile class of
  • the Hindoos, called the Chetrees; had their national importance
  • annihilated, and yet were never permitted to incorporate
  • themselves with the Israelites.
  • In the East, collecting wood for fuel, and carrying water, are
  • the
  • peculiar employment of females. The Arab women of Barbary, and
  • the daughters of the Turcomans, are thus employed. Hence
  • Mr.Harmer concludes, that the bitterness of the doom of the
  • Gibeonites does not seem to have consisted in the laboriousness
  • of
  • the service enjoined them, but its disgracing them from the
  • characteristic employment of men, that of bearing arms, and
  • condemning them and their posterity for ever to the employment
  • of
  • females.
  • 14019-900708-0842
  • -Jos9.24
  • 14020-900708-0843
  • -Jos9.25
  • 14022-900708-0846
  • -Jos9.27
  • 14023-900708-0850
  • -Jos10.1
  • 6-9 Joshua rescues it
  • 10,11 God fights against them with hailstones
  • 12-15 The sun and moon stand still at the word of Joshua
  • 16-21 The five kings are mured in a cave
  • 22,23 They are brought forth
  • 24,25 scornfully used
  • 26,27 and hanged
  • 28-42 Seven kings more are conquered
  • 43 Joshua returns to Gilgal
  • 14024-900708-0853
  • -Jos10.2
  • Gibeon was situated on an eminence, as its name imports, 40
  • furlongs north fron Jerusalem, according to Josephus.
  • 14025-900708-0858
  • -Jos10.3
  • Hebron was situated on an eminence, 20 miles south of Jerusalem,
  • and the same distance north of Beersheba. It is now called El
  • Khalil, `the well-beloved,' the usual epithet which the Turks
  • and
  • Arabs apply to Abraham, whose sepulchral cave they still shew;
  • over which St. Helena built a magnificnet church. Its original
  • site was on an eminence, at the southern foot of which the
  • present
  • village is pleasantly situated, on which are the remains of an
  • ancient castle, its sole defence.
  • 14026-900708-0900
  • -Jos10.4
  • 14027-900708-0901
  • -Jos10.5
  • 14028-900708-0903
  • -Jos10.6
  • 14029-900708-0903
  • -Jos10.7
  • 14030-900708-0904
  • -Jos10.8
  • 14031-900708-0906
  • -Jos10.9
  • 14032-900708-0908
  • -Jos10.10
  • 14033-900708-0910
  • -Jos10.11
  • 14034-900708-0919
  • -Jos10.12
  • Joshua doubtless acted, on this occasion, by an immediate
  • impulse
  • upon his mind from the Spirit of God. The terms here employed to
  • record the miracle, ageee with the accustomed manner in which
  • the
  • the motions of the earth and sun are described in our own day.
  • The sun apparently moves, but really is stationary; while the
  • diurnal movement of the earth on its axis is by us unnoticed,
  • and
  • would not have been known except by astronomical science. the
  • sun
  • appeared to the Israelites over Gibeon, and the moon over the
  • vally of Ajalo, and there they stayed in their course for `a
  • whole
  • day.' Many vain enquiries have been made concerning the way in
  • which this miracle was wrought, and many difficulties and
  • objections have been urged against understanding it literally.
  • But the fact is authenticated by the Divine testimony; and the
  • manner in which it was accomplished lies entirely out of our
  • province, because beyond our comprehension.
  • 14035-900708-0921
  • -Jos10.13
  • 14036-900708-0922
  • -Jos10.14
  • 14037-900708-0923
  • -Jos10.15
  • 14038-900708-0925
  • -Jos10.16
  • 14039-900708-0928
  • -Jos10.17
  • those of the country, who knew the holes and fastnesses of it,
  • that were in his interests. And the care Joshua took to secure
  • them there, as it is an instance of his policy and presence of
  • mind, even in the heat of action; so, in the success of their
  • project, it shews how they who think to hide themselves from
  • God,
  • not only deceive, but destroy themselves. Their refuge of lies
  • will but bind them over to God's judgment.
  • 14040-900708-0929
  • -Jos10.18
  • 14041-900708-0930
  • -Jos10.19
  • 14042-900708-0931
  • -Jos10.20
  • 14043-900708-0931
  • -Jos10.21
  • 14044-900708-0932
  • -Jos10.22
  • 14045-900708-0932
  • -Jos10.23
  • 14046-900708-0933
  • -Jos10.24
  • 14047-900708-0934
  • -Jos10.25
  • 14048-900708-0936
  • -Jos10.26
  • 14049-900708-0937
  • -Jos10.27
  • 14050-900708-0939
  • -Jos10.28
  • Situated, according to Eusebius, 8 miles east from
  • Eleutheropolis
  • It was afterwards assigned to the tribe of Judah.
  • 14051-900708-0941
  • -Jos10.29
  • This city was situated in the south of Judah, and in the
  • district
  • of Eleuthopolis, according to Eusebius and Jerome. It is
  • probably
  • the Libnah in the neighborhood of which the Israelites encamped.
  • 14053-900708-1420
  • -Jos10.31
  • Lachish was also situated in the south of Judah, seven miles
  • south from Eleutheropolis, according to Eusebius and Jerome.
  • It appears to have been anciently a very strong place; for
  • though
  • the people were panic struck, and the Israelites flushed with
  • success, yet Joshua could not reduce it till the second day; and
  • the king of Assyria afterwards was obliged to raise the siege.
  • 14054-900708-1421
  • -Jos10.32
  • 14055-900708-1423
  • -Jos10.33
  • Gezer was situated on the confines of Ephraim and Manasseh,
  • between Beth-horon and the sea; and is evidently the village of
  • Gazara mentioned by Eusebius, four miles (north) from Nicopolis
  • or
  • Emmaus.
  • 14056-900708-1425
  • -Jos10.34
  • This town appears to have been no great distance from Lachish,
  • with
  • which it is mentioned,
  • 14057-900708-1426
  • -Jos10.35
  • 14058-900708-1427
  • -Jos10.36
  • 14059-900708-1429
  • -Jos10.37
  • From verse 23, we learn that the king of Hebron was one of the
  • five whom Joshua slew and hanged on five trees at Makkedah. This
  • slaying of the king of Hebron, therefore, must either refer to
  • what had already been done, or the Hebronites had set up
  • another,
  • whom Joshua now slew when he took the city.
  • 14060-900708-1431
  • -Jos10.38
  • Debir was situated in the south of the tribe of Judah, near
  • Hebron. The expression of Joshua's returning to to Debir,
  • probably denotes, that having carried his conquests in the
  • southern parts as far as Gaza, (ver 41) which was in the
  • south-west angle of Canaan, he then marched back to besiege
  • Debir.
  • 14061-900708-1432
  • -Jos10.39
  • 14062-900708-1434
  • -Jos10.40
  • 14063-900708-1437
  • -Jos10.41
  • The country of Goshen, mentioned here, seems to have been in the
  • south of Judah; and to have taken its name from the city of
  • Goshen, situated in the same tribe.
  • 14064-900708-1438
  • -Jos10.42
  • 14065-900708-1439
  • -Jos10.43
  • 14066-900708-1445
  • -Jos11.1
  • 10-15 Hazor is taken and burnt
  • 16-20 All the country taken by Joshua
  • 21,22 The Anakims cut off
  • 23 The land rest from war
  • The LXX. read (), which, if legitimate, Calmet thinks may be the
  • same as Maronia or Marath, in Phoenecia, to the north of mount
  • Lebanon
  • Supposed to be the same with Symira, in Coele
  • -Syria, joined to
  • Maror or Marath by Pliny and Pomponius Mela.
  • Suuposed by some to be the same as Achzib or Eddippa; from
  • which,
  • however, it is distinguished in (jos 19.25,29)
  • 14067-900708-1448
  • -Jos11.2
  • jerome and others suppose this city to be same as was afterwards
  • called Tiberas, now Tabaria, situated on the western shore of
  • the
  • lake of the same name.
  • 14068-900708-1450
  • -Jos11.3
  • 14069-900708-1450
  • -Jos11.4
  • 14070-900708-1453
  • -Jos11.5
  • This is what Josephus calls the lake Semechon, now called
  • Bahr-el
  • -Houle (Lake Julius) between the head of the Jordan and the
  • lake of Tiberias. According to Josephus it was seven miles long;
  • and according to modern authorities, it is not above two miles
  • broad, except at the north end, where it may be four.
  • 14071-900708-1455
  • -Jos11.6
  • 14072-900708-1456
  • -Jos11.7
  • 14073-900708-1458
  • -Jos11.8
  • 14074-900708-1501
  • -Jos11.9
  • 14075-900708-1502
  • -Jos11.10
  • 14076-900708-1502
  • -Jos11.11
  • 14077-900708-1505
  • -Jos11.12
  • 14078-900708-1508
  • -Jos11.13
  • The Vulgate, Syriac, Onkelos and Weterland render {al tillom},
  • `on their hills.' As the cities of the plain might be easily
  • attacked and carried, Joshua destroyed; but as those on
  • mountains,
  • hills, or other eminences, might be retained by him with little
  • trouble, prudence would dictate their preservation
  • 14079-900708-1509
  • -Jos11.14
  • 14080-900708-1511
  • -Jos11.15
  • 14081-900708-1513
  • -Jos11.16
  • 14082-900708-1514
  • -Jos11.17
  • 14083-900708-1517
  • -Jos11.18
  • Caleb was forty years old when sent from Kadesh-barnea to spy
  • the
  • land, and he was eighty-five at the conclusion of this war.
  • passed Jordan; which leave between six and seven for the term of
  • Joshua's wars.
  • 14084-900708-1517
  • -Jos11.19
  • 14085-900708-1518
  • -Jos11.20
  • 14086-900708-1520
  • -Jos11.21
  • 14087-900708-1521
  • -Jos11.22
  • 14088-900708-1523
  • -Jos11.23
  • 14089-900708-1527
  • -Jos12.1
  • 7-24 The one and thirty kings on the other side of Jordan which
  • Joshua smote
  • 14090-900708-1528
  • -Jos12.2
  • 14091-900708-1536
  • -Jos12.3
  • This inland sea, or rather lake, which drives its several names,
  • the Lake of Tiberias, Sea of Galilee, Lake of Gennesareth, from
  • the territory which forms its western and south-western border,
  • is
  • computed to be between seventeen and eighteen mile in length,
  • and
  • from five to six in breadth. The waters of this lake, which are
  • sweet and agreeable, lie in a deep basin, surrounded with lofty
  • hills, except at the north and south, where it is a plain
  • country
  • or level. There is a current through the whole lake even to the
  • shore; and the Jordan through it is discernible by the
  • smoothness
  • of the surface in that part. Its appearance from the north-
  • western extremity is said by Mr. Buckingham to be exceedingly
  • grand; but the barren aspect of the mountains on each side, and
  • the total absence of wood, give a cast of dullness to the
  • picture.
  • 14092-900708-1537
  • -Jos12.4
  • 14093-900708-1538
  • -Jos12.5
  • 14094-900708-1540
  • -Jos12.6
  • 14095-900708-1542
  • -Jos12.7
  • 14096-900708-1543
  • -Jos12.8
  • 14097-900708-1544
  • -Jos12.9
  • 14098-900708-1544
  • -Jos12.10
  • 14099-900708-1548
  • -Jos12.11
  • Placed by Eusebius and jerome four miles from Eleutheropolis,
  • near
  • Eshtaol; but, in Jermus, which is probably the same, they state
  • it
  • to be ten miles from Eleutheropolis, towards Jerusalem; which is
  • supposed to be neared the truth.
  • Eusebius and Jerome say it was a village in their time, seven
  • miles south from Eleutheropolis.
  • 14100-900708-1550
  • -Jos12.12
  • Beth-horon, between it and the sea. Eusebius and Jerome place it
  • four miles north of Nicopolis or Emmaus.
  • 14101-900708-1550
  • -Jos12.13
  • 14102-900708-1551
  • -Jos12.14
  • Eusebius places this city in the neighborhood of Kadesh, four
  • miles from Malathis, and twenty from Hebron.
  • 14103-900708-1553
  • -Jos12.15
  • Eusebius and Jerome inform us, that Libnah was a town or village
  • in their time, lying in the district of Eleutheropolis.
  • 14104-900708-1554
  • -Jos12.16
  • 14105-900708-1555
  • -Jos12.17
  • 14106-900708-1555
  • -Jos12.18
  • 14107-900708-1556
  • -Jos12.19
  • 14108-900708-1557
  • -Jos12.20
  • 14109-900708-1558
  • -Jos12.21
  • 14110-900708-1559
  • -Jos12.22
  • 14111-900708-1600
  • -Jos12.23
  • 14112-900708-1600
  • -Jos12.24
  • 14113-900708-1606
  • -Jos13.1
  • 8-13 The inheritnace of the two tribes and a half
  • 14 The Lord and his sacrifices are the inheritance of Levi
  • 15-21 The bounds of the inheritance of Reuben
  • 22,23 Balaam slain
  • 24-28 The bounds of the inheritance of God
  • 29-33 and of the half tribe of Manasseh
  • 14114-900708-1607
  • -Jos13.2
  • 14115-900708-1612
  • -Jos13.3
  • the son of Ham; (compare Ge 10.6 with ver 13;) yet they were
  • numbered with the Canaanites in this distribution
  • 14116-900708-1618
  • -Jos13.4
  • This probably the the Aphek spoken of in 1ki 20.26 2ki 13.18
  • by Sozen, Eusebius, and Theophanes, as situated near the river
  • Adonis (now Nahr Ibrahim) between Heliopolis and Byblos, and
  • celebrated for the infamous temple of Venus the Aphacite. The
  • village Afka, situated in the bottom of a valley, and hour and
  • three quarters from Akoura, and three hours' distance from Lake
  • Liemoun, is supposed to occupy its site. Burckhardt, however,
  • could not hear of any reamins of antiquity in it neighborhood.
  • 14117-900708-1626
  • -Jos13.5
  • Probably the inhabitants of the country, around Gebal
  • the Mediterranean, between Sidon and Tripoli, on the north of
  • the
  • river Adonis. It is now called Gibyle, of Djebail, situated
  • about
  • a day's journey sout of Tripoli. Its walls are about a mile in
  • circumference, with square towers about every forty yards'
  • distance. Anciently it must have been a place of no mean extent
  • and of considerable beauty, from the ruins still visible.
  • 14118-900708-1628
  • -Jos13.6
  • 14119-900708-1629
  • -Jos13.7
  • 14120-900708-1629
  • -Jos13.8
  • 14121-900708-1630
  • -Jos13.9
  • 14122-900708-1630
  • -Jos13.10
  • 14123-900708-1631
  • -Jos13.11
  • 14124-900708-1632
  • -Jos13.12
  • 14125-900708-1633
  • -Jos13.13
  • 14126-900708-1634
  • -Jos13.14
  • 14128-900708-1635
  • -Jos13.16
  • 14129-900708-1637
  • -Jos13.17
  • Eusebius says the city was situated in the plain of Arnon
  • Baal-meon
  • 14130-900708-1640
  • -Jos13.18
  • A city near Medeba and Dibon, afterwards given to the Levite.
  • Supposed to have been situated east of the Arnon.
  • Situated near the seser, east of Moab. In the time of Eusebius
  • he says the Romans kept a garrison there.
  • 14131-900708-1642
  • -Jos13.19
  • This city, according to Eusebius, was situated ten miles west of
  • Medeba.
  • Called Shibmah
  • between it and Heshbon.
  • 14132-900708-1644
  • -Jos13.20
  • 14133-900708-1645
  • -Jos13.21
  • 14134-900708-1646
  • -Jos13.22
  • 14136-900708-1646
  • -Jos13.24
  • 14137-900708-1649
  • -Jos13.25
  • A city near a brook of the same name, now called Wady Szyr;
  • and probably the present Szyr occupies its site.
  • 14138-900708-1651
  • -Jos13.26
  • 14139-900708-1654
  • -Jos13.27
  • A city near mount Peor, and not far from the entrance of the
  • Jordan into the Dead Sea; rebuilt and called Livias by Herod, in
  • honour of Livia, wife of Augustus.
  • 14142-900708-1655
  • -Jos13.30
  • 14143-900708-1656
  • -Jos13.31
  • 14145-900708-1701
  • -Jos13.33
  • of Levi, `Moses gave no inheritance,' for so God had appointed.
  • would have served them first, not because it was his own tribe,
  • but because it was God's, but they must be provided for in
  • another
  • manner; their habitation must be scattered in all the tribes,
  • and
  • their maintenance brought out of all the tribes, and God himself
  • was the portion both of their inheritance and of their cup.
  • 14146-900708-1703
  • -Jos14.1
  • lot
  • 6-15 Caleb by privilege obtains Hebron
  • 14147-900708-1709
  • -Jos14.2
  • Though god had sufficiently pointed out by the predictions of
  • Jacob and Moses what portions he designed for each tribe, yet we
  • readily discern an admirable proof of His wisdom, in the orders
  • he
  • gave to decide them by lot. By this means the false
  • interpretations which might have been given to the words of
  • Jacob
  • and Moses were prevented; and by striking at the root of
  • whatever
  • might occasion jealousies and disputes among the tribes, he
  • evidently secured the honesty of those appointed to distribute
  • the
  • conquered lands of Canaan. Besides, the success of this
  • method gave a fresh proof of the divinity of the Jewish
  • religion,
  • and the truth of its oracles. Each tribe finding itself placed
  • by
  • lot exactly in the spot where Jacob and Moses foretold, it was
  • evident that Providence had equally directed both the
  • predictions
  • and the lot; and it would be the greatest folly and presumption
  • not to acknowledge the inspiration of God in the words of Jacob
  • and Moses; the direction of his hand in the lot, and his
  • providence in the event.
  • 14148-900708-1710
  • -Jos14.3
  • 14149-900708-1711
  • -Jos14.4
  • 14151-900708-1714
  • -Jos14.6
  • 14152-900708-1714
  • -Jos14.7
  • 14153-900708-2142
  • -Jos14.8
  • 14154-900708-2143
  • -Jos14.9
  • 14155-900708-2144
  • -Jos14.10
  • 14156-900708-2144
  • -Jos14.11
  • 14157-900708-2146
  • -Jos14.12
  • 14158-900708-2147
  • -Jos14.13
  • 14159-900708-2147
  • -Jos14.14
  • 14160-900708-2148
  • -Jos14.15
  • 14161-900708-2155
  • -Jos15.1
  • 13-15 Caleb's portion and conquest
  • 16,17 Othniel, for his valour, hath Achsah, Caleb's daughter, to
  • wife
  • 18-20 She obtains a blessing of her father

  • 21-62 The cities of Judah
  • 63 The Jebusites unconquered
  • The geography of the sacred writings presents many difficulties,
  • occasioned by the changes which Canaan has undergone, especially
  • for the last 2000 years. Many of the ancient towns and villages
  • have had their names so totally changed that their former
  • appellations are no longer discernible; several lie buried under
  • their own ruins, and others have been so long destroyed that
  • not a
  • vestige of them remains. On these accounts it is very difficult
  • to ascertain the precise situation of many places mentioned in
  • these chapters; but this cannot in any measure affect the truth
  • of
  • the narrative.
  • 14162-900708-2155
  • -Jos15.2
  • 14163-900708-2158
  • -Jos15.3
  • Probably the same as Hazar-addar
  • Supposed to be the Coracea of Ptolemy, in Arabia Petraea
  • Eusebius places a castle called Cararia at the distance of a
  • day's journey from Petra.
  • 14164-900708-2159
  • -Jos15.4
  • The last city they possessed towards Egypt; east of the River of
  • Egypt or Rhinocorura
  • 14165-900708-2159
  • -Jos15.5
  • 14166-900708-2201
  • -Jos15.6
  • Probably the Bethagla mentioned by Jerome is the same as the
  • `threshing floor of Atad,' (Ge 50.10) situated three miles from
  • jericho, and two from Jordan; and belonging to the tribe of
  • Benjamin, though serving as a frontier to the tribe of Judah.
  • 14167-900708-2205
  • -Jos15.7
  • A town and mountain of Benjamin (Jos 18.17) near Jericho,
  • towards
  • Jerusalem.
  • Situated east of Jerusalem, on the confines of Judah and
  • Benjamin.
  • Supposed to be the same as the fountain of Siloam, east of
  • Jerusalem, at the foot of mount Zion.
  • 14168-900708-2207
  • -Jos15.8
  • A valley near to Jerusalem
  • Situated apparently west of jerusalem and mount Moriah
  • 14169-900708-2209
  • -Jos15.9
  • A city near Bethshemesh, and, according to Eusebius, nine miles
  • from Jerusalem, in going towards Diospolis.
  • 14170-900708-2210
  • -Jos15.10
  • Placed by Eusebius ten miles east Eleutheropolis, towards
  • Nicopolis.
  • 14171-900708-2211
  • -Jos15.11
  • 14172-900708-2212
  • -Jos15.12
  • 14173-900708-2212
  • -Jos15.13
  • 14174-900708-2213
  • -Jos15.14
  • 14175-900708-2213
  • -Jos15.15
  • 14176-900708-2213
  • -Jos15.16
  • 14177-900708-2214
  • -Jos15.17
  • 14178-900708-2215
  • -Jos15.18
  • 14179-900708-2215
  • -Jos15.19
  • 14180-900708-2215
  • -Jos15.20
  • 14181-900708-2216
  • -Jos15.21
  • 14183-900708-2217
  • -Jos15.23
  • the LXX. read (), for Hazar
  • -Ithnan, regarding these two as one
  • city.
  • 14184-900708-2218
  • -Jos15.24
  • Eusebius and Jerome say, that Ziph was a village in their time
  • eight miles east from Hebron.
  • 14185-900708-2222
  • -Jos15.25
  • Or ratherm Gazar-hadattah, or, as the LXX., Alexandrain, and
  • Vulgate render (), Asor nova, `New Hazor,' to distinguish it
  • from
  • the preceding (verse 28,) and following.
  • Eusebius and Jerome say it was a village in their time, on the
  • eastern confines of Askelon.
  • Or, rather, Kerioth
  • -Hezron: LXX. () the cities (city) of Hezron.
  • 14186-900708-2223
  • -Jos15.26
  • Probably the same as Malatha, a city frequently mentioned by
  • Eusebius; from whom it appears to have been situated in the
  • southern border of Judah, about twenty miles from Hebron.
  • 14187-900708-2225
  • -Jos15.27
  • This is apparently the city which Eusebius calls (); which he
  • says, was, in his time, a town situated between Askalon and
  • Ashdod.
  • 14188-900708-2226
  • -Jos15.28
  • villages.'
  • 14189-900708-2227
  • -Jos15.29
  • 14190-900708-2227
  • -Jos15.30
  • 14191-900708-2228
  • -Jos15.31
  • 14192-900708-2229
  • -Jos15.32
  • Probably the () of Eusebius, four miles from Hebron
  • 14193-900708-2231
  • -Jos15.33
  • This town is placed by Eusebius ten mile from Eleutheropolis,
  • towrds Nicopolis: and it is supposed to be a wretched village,
  • called Esdad, about 15 miles south of Yebna.
  • A town near to Eshtaol, placed at ten miles' distance N. of
  • Eleuteropolis by Eusebius.
  • 14194-900708-2232
  • -Jos15.34
  • 14195-900708-2235
  • -Jos15.35
  • Eusebius says, there wre two cities of Socoh, an upper and
  • lower,
  • nine miles from Eleutheropolis, towards jerusalem
  • Eusebius and Jerome say there was a town of this name in their
  • time, between Jerusalem and Eleutheropolis
  • 14196-900708-2237
  • -Jos15.36
  • Eusebius mentions two cities, called Adatha, one towards Gaza,
  • and
  • the other east of Lydda.
  • There are fifteen in all; but the two last seem to be only two
  • names of the same city.
  • 14198-900709-2111
  • -Jos15.38
  • 14199-900709-2120
  • -Jos15.39
  • 14201-900709-2120
  • -Jos15.41
  • 14202-900709-2121
  • -Jos15.42
  • 14204-900709-2122
  • -Jos15.44
  • 14205-900709-2123
  • -Jos15.45
  • 14206-900709-2125
  • -Jos15.46
  • 14207-900709-2126
  • -Jos15.47
  • 14208-900709-2126
  • -Jos15.48
  • 14209-900709-2127
  • -Jos15.49
  • 14211-900709-2127
  • -Jos15.51
  • 14212-900709-2128
  • -Jos15.52
  • 14213-900709-2128
  • -Jos15.53
  • 14214-900709-2129
  • -Jos15.54
  • 14215-900709-2131
  • -Jos15.55
  • 14217-900709-2131
  • -Jos15.57
  • 14218-900709-2132
  • -Jos15.58
  • 14220-900709-2133
  • -Jos15.60
  • 14221-900709-2134
  • -Jos15.61
  • 14222-900709-2139
  • -Jos15.62
  • This city was situated somewhere in the vicinity, west of the
  • lake
  • Asphaltites; and supposed by some to be the same as Zoar.
  • En-gedi, or Hazazon
  • -Tamar, was situated, according to Eusebius,
  • in the desert west of the Dead Sea. Josephus says it was 300
  • stadia from Jerusalem, and not far from the lake Asphaltites;
  • and
  • consequently it could not have been far from Jericho and the
  • mouth
  • of the Jordan. It was celebrated for the abundance of its
  • palm-trees.
  • 14223-900709-2139
  • -Jos15.63
  • 14224-900709-2143
  • -Jos16.1
  • 5-9 The border of the inheritance of Ephraim
  • 10 The Canaanites of Gezer not conquered
  • 14225-900709-2144
  • -Jos16.2
  • 14226-900709-2151
  • -Jos16.3
  • Eusebius says that the two Beth-horons were twelve miles from
  • Jerusalem, towards Nicopolis or Emmaus: of which the one, called
  • upper Beth-horon, hor its situation, was built (rebuilt) by
  • Solomon, and the other, called nether Beth-horon, was given to
  • the
  • Levites. Josephus places Beth-oron about 100 furlongs from
  • Jerusalem. Dr. Clarke mentions an Arab village called Bethoor,
  • about twelve miles from Jerusalem, a small distance from Rama,
  • which he supposes, from its situation on a hill, to be Bith-
  • horon
  • the upper.
  • Probably the () of Eusebius, four miles from Nicopolis
  • 14227-900709-2152
  • -Jos16.4
  • 14228-900709-2153
  • -Jos16.5
  • 14229-900709-2155
  • -Jos16.6
  • Placed by Eusebius ten miles of Neapolis or Shechem.
  • Eusebius calls it () in Acrabatene, twelve miles east from
  • Neapolis.
  • 14230-900709-2155
  • -Jos16.7
  • 14231-900709-2156
  • -Jos16.8
  • 14232-900709-2157
  • -Jos16.9
  • 14233-900709-2157
  • -Jos16.10
  • 14234-900709-2202
  • -Jos17.1
  • 7-11 His coast
  • 12,13 The Canaanites not driven out
  • 14-18 The children of Joseph obtain another lot
  • 14235-900709-2216
  • -Jos17.2
  • 14236-900709-2217
  • -Jos17.3
  • 14237-900709-2218
  • -Jos17.4
  • 14238-900709-2222
  • -Jos17.5
  • As there were six sons and five daughters, among whom this
  • division was to be made, there should be eleven portions: but
  • Zelophehad, son of Hepher, having left five daughters in his
  • place, neither he nor Hepher is reckoned. The lot of Manasseh
  • therefore was divided into ten parts; five for the five sons of
  • Gilead, Abiezer, Helek, Asriel, Shechem, and Shemida; and five
  • for
  • the five daughters of Zelophehad, Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah,
  • and Tirzah.
  • 14240-900709-2229
  • -Jos17.7
  • Eusebius says this was a town in his time not far from Neapolis,
  • towards Scythopolis or Bethshan; between which towns it is also
  • placed by the old Jerusalem Itinerary.
  • Situated, probably, east of Shechem, though its precise
  • situation,
  • as well as that of many others, cannot, at this distance of
  • time,
  • be ascertained. Many of these towns were small, and we may
  • rationally conclude, slightly built; and consequently have
  • perished more than two thousand yeras ago. It would therefore be
  • useless now to look for such places; though in many instances,
  • their ancient names have been preserved, and their sites
  • identified. Several towns even in England, mentioned by Caesar
  • and other ancient writers, are no longer discernible; several
  • have
  • changed their names, and not a few their situation.
  • 14241-900709-2229
  • -Jos17.8
  • 14242-900709-2232
  • -Jos17.9
  • The brook Kanah seem to be what is now called Nahr el Kasab,
  • which
  • falls into the Mediterranean a few miles south of Caesarea of
  • Palestine, mentioned by the Hon. C. L. Irby, and J. Mangles.
  • 14244-900709-2239
  • -Jos17.11
  • situated in the plain of Jordan, west of that river, 120
  • furlongs
  • (south) from Tiberias, according to Josephus, and 600 furlongs
  • (north) from Jerusalem. It was the largest city of the
  • Decapolis,
  • and the only one on that side of Jordan. It is now called Bisan,
  • 8 hours or 24 miles from Tiberias; and described by Dr.
  • Richardson, exclusive of its ruins, as a `collection of
  • miserable
  • hovels, containing 200 inhabitants.'
  • Dor, according to Eusebius, was situated on the Mediterranean,
  • none miles from Caesarea Palestine, towrds Carmel. The village
  • of
  • Tortura, four leagues north of Caesarae, is supposed to nearly
  • occupy it site.
  • 14245-900709-2240
  • -Jos17.12
  • 14246-900710-2007
  • -Jos17.13
  • 14247-900710-2008
  • -Jos17.14
  • 14248-900710-2009
  • -Jos17.15
  • 14249-900710-2011
  • -Jos17.16
  • 14250-900710-2011
  • -Jos17.17
  • 14251-900710-2013
  • -Jos17.18
  • 14252-900710-2019
  • -Jos18.1
  • 2-9 The remainder of the land is described, and divided into
  • seven parts
  • 10 Joshua distributes it by lot
  • 11-20 The lot and border of Benjamin
  • 21-28 Their cities
  • Shiloh was situated on a hill in the tribe of Ephraim, though
  • near
  • the borders of Benjamin, about fifteen miles north of Jerusalem,
  • and, according to Eusebius, twelve, or according to Jerome, ten
  • miles (south) from Shechem or Nablous. It was but a little north
  • from Bethel or Ai, and near the road from Shechem to Jerusalem.
  • In Jerome's time, Shiloh was ruined; and nothing remarkable was
  • extant, but the foundations of the altar of burnt offerings
  • which
  • had been erected when the tabernacle stood there.
  • 14254-900710-2023
  • -Jos18.3
  • 14255-900710-2024
  • -Jos18.4
  • 14256-900710-2025
  • -Jos18.5
  • 14257-900710-2026
  • -Jos18.6
  • 14258-900710-2027
  • -Jos18.7
  • 14259-900710-2028
  • -Jos18.8
  • 14260-900710-2031
  • -Jos18.9
  • The surveyors seem to have formed some kind of map of the
  • country,
  • as well as a description of it in writing. The Egyptians, from
  • the situation of their fields, as annually overflowed by the
  • Nile,
  • acquired great skill im mensuration and land surveying; and some
  • of the Israelites had, no doubt, learned these from them,
  • without
  • a knowledge of which they could not properly have divided the
  • land. This is probably the act of surveying on record.
  • 14261-900710-2032
  • -Jos18.10
  • 14262-900710-2033
  • -Jos18.11
  • 14263-900710-2034
  • -Jos18.12
  • 14264-900710-2035
  • -Jos18.13
  • 14265-900710-2036
  • -Jos18.14
  • 14266-900710-2036
  • -Jos18.15
  • 14267-900710-2039
  • -Jos18.16
  • Mount zion, south of Jerusalem; for Jebusi or Jebus was the
  • ancient name of that city.
  • 14268-900710-2042
  • -Jos18.17
  • The fountain of the Sun; whether a town, or simply a fountain,
  • is
  • uncertain.
  • Geliloth is probably the same as Gilgal; some think that is is
  • probably not the proper name of a place: `And went forth towards
  • the borders which are over against the ascent to Adummim.'
  • Others
  • render Geliloth circuits or roundings, or the hills about
  • Jordan,
  • tumuli Jordanis. Vulgate: pertransit usque ad tumulos.
  • 14269-900710-2043
  • -Jos18.18
  • 14270-900710-2048
  • -Jos18.19
  • The borders of this tribe on the north were the same as those of
  • Ephraim on the south, and his southern boundaries the same as
  • the
  • northern borders of Judah; but drawn from west to east, instead
  • of
  • from east to west (jos 15.1-12, ch 16) As the inheritance of
  • Benjamin did not extend to the Mediterranean sea, and no other
  • sea
  • or lake is know to have been in those parts, perhaps this
  • epression, `compassed the corner of the sea southward,' (ver 14)
  • should be rendered, ` made a circuit on the side next the sea
  • towards the south;' for it seems to connect the northern border,
  • in the preceeding verses, with the southern which follows.
  • 14271-900710-2048
  • -Jos18.20
  • 14272-900710-2049
  • -Jos18.21
  • 14273-900710-2050
  • -Jos18.22
  • 14274-900710-2051
  • -Jos18.23
  • Situated, according to Eusebius, five miles east of Bethel.
  • 14275-900710-2054
  • -Jos18.24
  • Probably the same as Gophna ( being often pronounced as G);
  • which, according to Josephus, was about fifteen miles from
  • Jerusalem, towrds Shechem, says Eusebius, (Onom. on ())
  • Gaba or Geba, according to Josephus, was not far from Rama,
  • forty
  • stadia from Jerusalem, and, according to Eusebius, five miles
  • from
  • Gophna, towards Shechem.
  • 14276-900710-2058
  • -Jos18.25
  • Situated, according to Eusebius, six miles from Jerusalem
  • towards
  • Bethel; though jerome places it near Gaba, seven miles from
  • Jerusalem.
  • Eusebius says Beeroth was seven miles from Jerusalem, towards
  • Nicopolis or Emmaus. Jerome, however, reads Neapolis or Shechem;
  • but Reland prefers the former.
  • 14277-900710-2059
  • -Jos18.26
  • Situated not far from Rama, forty stadia from Jerusalem
  • 14279-900710-2101
  • -Jos18.28
  • 14280-900710-2104
  • -Jos19.1
  • 10-16 of Zebulun
  • 17-23 of Issachar
  • 24-31 of Asher
  • 32-39 of Naphtali
  • 40-48 of Dan
  • 49-51 The children of Israel give an inheritance to Joshua
  • 14281-900710-2105
  • -Jos19.2
  • 14282-900710-2109
  • -Jos19.3
  • 14283-900710-2109
  • -Jos19.4
  • 14284-900710-2110
  • -Jos19.5
  • 14285-900710-2111
  • -Jos19.6
  • 14286-900710-2112
  • -Jos19.7
  • 14287-900710-2112
  • -Jos19.8
  • 14288-900710-2113
  • -Jos19.9
  • 14289-900710-2114
  • -Jos19.10
  • 14290-900710-2116
  • -Jos19.11
  • Mediterranean near mount Carmel, in the vicinity of which
  • Jokneam was situated.
  • 14291-900710-2121
  • -Jos19.12
  • Called Chasalus by Eusebius and Jerome, and placed at the foot
  • of
  • mount Tabor, eight miles east of Diocaesarea
  • Josephus, who calls this town Dabaritta, or Darabitta, places it
  • in the plain of Jezreel, of Esdraelon, on the confines of
  • Samaria
  • and Galilee. It is probably the Dabira which Jerome place
  • towards
  • amount Tabor, in the district of Diocaesarea; and the Debora or
  • Daboura, mentioned by travellers as a village at the foot of
  • mount
  • Tabor.
  • Probably Jopha, a city of Galilee, near Jotapata, mentioned by
  • Josephus.
  • 14292-900710-2122
  • -Jos19.13
  • Placed by Jerome two miles from Sephoris, or Diocaesarea,
  • towards
  • Tiberias.
  • 14294-900710-2123
  • -Jos19.15
  • 14297-900710-2125
  • -Jos19.18
  • Probably the same as Chisloth-tabor
  • 14298-900710-2127
  • -Jos19.19
  • A town called Aiphraim, in the time Eusebius, six miles north of
  • Legio.
  • A town called Seon by Eusebius, at the foot of mount Tabor
  • 14300-900710-2128
  • -Jos19.21
  • 14301-900710-2129
  • -Jos19.22
  • 14303-900710-2132
  • -Jos19.24
  • only one remarkable person of this tribe, and that was Anna, the
  • prohetess, the daughter of Phanuel, a widow of about four-score
  • and four years, which departed not from the temple, but served
  • God
  • with fastings and prayers night and day.
  • 14304-900710-2134
  • -Jos19.25
  • Probably the same as Bebten or Batnai, mentioned by Eusebius,
  • eight miles east from Ptolemais; and perhaps the Ecbatans which
  • Pliny places not far from Ptolemais.
  • 14305-900710-2136
  • -Jos19.26
  • Situated, according Eusebius, near mount Carmel, on the sea
  • coast.
  • 14306-900710-2138
  • -Jos19.27
  • Situated on the sea coast, near Ptolemais.
  • he says was situated near the sea side, near Ptolemais
  • 14307-900710-2141
  • -Jos19.28
  • This seems a different Cana from that in lower Galilee; and to
  • be
  • that which is placed in some maps east of Tyre, between Libanus
  • and Antilibanus, and south of the rive Cassimer, or Leitani.
  • great
  • 14308-900710-2144
  • -Jos19.29
  • Probably the Rama mentioned by Theodoret as a city of Syria; and
  • placed in some maps between Sarepta and Sidon, eastward, near
  • Lebanon.
  • 14309-900710-2145
  • -Jos19.30
  • 14310-900710-2146
  • -Jos19.31
  • 14312-900710-2146
  • -Jos19.33
  • 14313-900710-2149
  • -Jos19.34
  • Apparently the same as Azanoth, which Eusebius places in the
  • plain
  • not far fron Diocaesarea or Sephoris.
  • As it is certain that the tribe of Naphtali did not border upon
  • that of Judah, there being several tribes between, we should
  • probably omit Judah, with the Septuagint; though it may have
  • been
  • a town so called.
  • 14314-900710-2151
  • -Jos19.35
  • 14315-900710-2151
  • -Jos19.36
  • 14316-900710-2151
  • -Jos19.37
  • 14317-900710-2153
  • -Jos19.38
  • Eusebius mentions a town of the name of (), fifteen miles from
  • Caesarea. (Diocaesarea or Sephoris probably.)
  • 14320-900710-2158
  • -Jos19.41
  • Situated on the frontiers of Dan and Judah, tens miles from
  • Eleutheropolis, towards Nicoplis, according to Eusebius, not far
  • from Caphar Sorek.
  • Supposed by some to be the same as Beth-shemesh in the tribe of
  • Judah; but this latter city is evidently distinguished from it
  • by
  • being assigned by the tribe of Judah to the Levites (ch 21.16).
  • rendered () by the LXX., seems to be the same as Emmaus or
  • Nicopolis, 22 miles south-east from Lydda, according to the Old
  • Jerusalem Itinerary.
  • 14321-900710-2200
  • -Jos19.42
  • Eusebius calls it (), and places it in Samaria: and Jerome calls
  • it Salebi, (Eze. 48) and joins it to Ajalon and Emmaus.
  • This appears to be the Ajalon which Jerome places two miles from
  • Nicopolis or Emmaus, in the road to Jerusalem.
  • 14322-900710-2203
  • -Jos19.43
  • Ekron is placed by Eusebius between Ashdod and Jamnia, eastward;
  • and probably the ruined village of Tookrair, mentioned by Dr.
  • Richarson, situated on the top of a hill, and which he says
  • seems
  • to have been a place of considerable consequence, occupies its
  • site.
  • 14323-900710-2203
  • -Jos19.44
  • 14324-900710-2204
  • -Jos19.45
  • 14325-900710-2205
  • -Jos19.46
  • 14326-900710-2206
  • -Jos19.47
  • 14327-900710-2207
  • -Jos19.48
  • 14328-900710-2207
  • -Jos19.49
  • 14329-900710-2208
  • -Jos19.50
  • 14330-900710-2210
  • -Jos19.51
  • 14331-900710-2211
  • -Jos20.1
  • 7-9 and the children of Israel appoint the six cities of refuge
  • 14332-900710-2212
  • -Jos20.2
  • 14334-900711-2120
  • -Jos20.4
  • 14335-900711-2120
  • -Jos20.5
  • 14336-900711-2121
  • -Jos20.6
  • 14337-900711-2133
  • -Jos20.7
  • Jedesh, called Cadesa, or Caidesa, by Josephus, was situated in
  • Upper Galilee, twenty miles south-east from Tyre, according to
  • Eusebius. The cities of refuge were distributed thhrough the
  • land
  • at proper distances from each other, that they might be
  • convenient
  • to every part of the land; and it is said they were situated on
  • eminences, that they might be easily seem at a distance; the
  • roads
  • leading to them being broad, even, and always kept in good
  • repair.
  • former being in Galilee, and the latter in Judah, both in
  • mountainous districts, and Shechem was in mount Ephraim, nearly
  • in
  • the center. Bezer was east of Jordan, in the eastern part of the
  • plain opposite Jericho; Ramoth was about the midst of the
  • country
  • of the two tribes and a half, being about the middle of the
  • mountains of Gilead; and Golan, the capital of Gaulonitis, was
  • situated in the tribe of Manasseh, in the land of Bashan. As
  • this
  • institution is considered as a type of Christ, some expositers
  • observe a significany in the names of these cities with
  • application to Him as OUR REFUGE.
  • a shoulder, and the government is upon his shoulder.' Hebron,
  • fellowship, and believers are called into the fellowship of
  • Christ
  • Jesus out Lord. Bezer, a fortification, for he is a strong hold
  • to all them that trust in him. Ramoth, high, or exalted, for him
  • hath God exalted with his own right hand. Golan, joy, or
  • exultation, for in him all the saints are justified, and shall
  • glory.
  • 14338-900711-2134
  • -Jos20.8
  • 14339-900711-2134
  • -Jos20.9
  • 14340-900711-2137
  • -Jos21.1
  • unto the Levites.
  • 43-48 God gives the land, and rest unto the Israelites,
  • according
  • to his promise
  • 14341-900711-2138
  • -Jos21.2
  • 14342-900711-2138
  • -Jos21.3
  • 14343-900711-2142
  • -Jos21.4
  • These tribes furnished more habitation to the Levites, in
  • proportion, than any of the other tribes, because they
  • possessed a
  • more extensive inheritance, agreeably to what Moses had
  • commanded
  • (Nu 35.8). It is worthy of remark, that the principal part of
  • this tribe, whose business was to minister at the sanctuary,
  • which
  • sanctuary was afterwares established at Jerusalem, had their
  • appointment nearest to that city; so that they were always
  • within
  • reach of the sacred work which God had appointed them.
  • 14344-900711-2143
  • -Jos21.5
  • 14345-900711-2143
  • -Jos21.6
  • 14346-900711-2144
  • -Jos21.7
  • 14347-900711-2145
  • -Jos21.8
  • 14348-900711-2147
  • -Jos21.9
  • 14349-900711-2148
  • -Jos21.10
  • 14350-900711-2150
  • -Jos21.11
  • 14351-900711-2150
  • -Jos21.12
  • 14352-900711-2151
  • -Jos21.13
  • 14353-900711-2154
  • -Jos21.14
  • Jattir or Jether, according to Eusebius, was situated in the
  • district or Daroma, or the southern part of Judah, 20 miles
  • (south)
  • from Eleutheropolis, towards the city of Malatha.
  • Eusebius says Eshtemoa, or Esthema, was a great city in the
  • south
  • of Judah, and in the district of Eleutheropolis, north of that
  • city.
  • 14354-900711-2155
  • -Jos21.15
  • 14355-900711-2157
  • -Jos21.16
  • Eusebius says Juttah was a great town 18 miles south from
  • Eleutheropolis
  • 14356-900711-2157
  • -Jos21.17
  • 14357-900711-2200
  • -Jos21.18
  • Anathoth was situated about three miles northward from Jerusalem
  • according to Eusebius and Jerome (in Je 1.20,) or twenty
  • furlongs,
  • according to Josephus. Ant. I. vii. c. 10
  • 14358-900711-2200
  • -Jos21.19
  • 14359-900711-2201
  • -Jos21.20
  • 14360-900711-2202
  • -Jos21.21
  • 14361-900711-2202
  • -Jos21.22
  • 14362-900711-2204
  • -Jos21.23
  • Probably the Gabatha mentioned by Eusebius and Jerome, as
  • situated
  • in the south of Judah, 12 miles from Eleutheropolis, where the
  • prophet Habakkuk's sepulchre was shown.
  • 14363-900711-2206
  • -Jos21.24
  • Gathrimmon is said by Jerome to be a great town 10 miles from
  • Diospolis, or Lydda, towards Eleutheropolis.
  • 14364-900711-2209
  • -Jos21.25
  • Gath-rimmon. (1ch 6.70.) Either the cities had at this time
  • different names, or afterwards their names were changed; or the
  • Levites, being by some means dispossessed of the cities first
  • assigned them, received others from their brethren. A careful
  • examination of the marginal references will discover other
  • variations of this kind, which may be accounted for in the same
  • manner.
  • 14366-900711-2211
  • -Jos21.27
  • It is very probable that Bessh-terah is a contraction of baith
  • ashtaroth, `the house of Ashtaroth,' and the same as Ashtaroth,
  • which is the reading in 1ch 6.71
  • 14367-900711-2211
  • -Jos21.28
  • 14368-900711-2212
  • -Jos21.29
  • This seems to be the same city with Remeth
  • 14369-900711-2213
  • -Jos21.30
  • 14370-900711-2214
  • -Jos21.31
  • See the note on Nu 13.21
  • 14371-900711-2216
  • -Jos21.32
  • Supposed by many to be the same as Tiberias; so called from the
  • hot-baths, as the word Chammoth may denote, in its vicinity.
  • Supposed to be the same as Kirjathaim
  • 14373-900711-2217
  • -Jos21.34
  • 14374-900711-2223
  • -Jos21.35
  • This and the following verse are wholly omitted by the Masora,
  • and
  • many hebrew Bibles which are esteemed very highly; though,
  • without
  • them, neither the twelve cities of the Merarites in particular
  • (verse 40), not the forty-eight levitical cities in general
  • (verse
  • 41), not the six cities of refuge, can be made up. But these two
  • verses, thus absolutely necessary for the truth and consistency
  • of
  • this chapter, are happily preserved in no less than 149 MSS.
  • collated by Dr. Kennicott, and upwards of 40 collated by De
  • Rossi.
  • 14375-900711-2224
  • -Jos21.36
  • 14377-900711-2225
  • -Jos21.38
  • 14378-900711-2226
  • -Jos21.39
  • 14380-900711-2228
  • -Jos21.41
  • At the last census, the tribe of Levi amounted only to 23,000
  • (Nu 36.62); and it is thought by some that forty-eight cities
  • was too great a proportion for this tribe. But it should be
  • considered, that cities in ancient times were little more than
  • villages.
  • 14382-900711-2230
  • -Jos21.43
  • 14383-900711-2230
  • -Jos21.44
  • 14384-900711-2231
  • -Jos21.45
  • 14385-900714-2127
  • -Jos22.1
  • 10 They build the altar of testimony in their journey
  • 11-20 The Israelites are offended thereat
  • 21-34 They vindicate their conduct, and give them good
  • satisfaction
  • We have already seen, that a detachment of 40,000 men, of the
  • tribes of Reuben and Gad, and the half tribe of Manasseh, had
  • passed over Jordan armed, with their brethren, according to
  • their
  • agreement with Moses. The war being now concluded, the land
  • divided, and their brethren settle, Joshua assembles these
  • warriors; and with commendations for their services and
  • fidelity,
  • he dismisses them, having fist given them the most pious and
  • suitable instructions. They had now been about seven years
  • absent
  • from their respective families; and thought there was only the
  • river Jordan between the camp of Gilgal and their own
  • inheritance,
  • yet it does not appear that they had, during that time, ever
  • revisited their home, whihc they might have done at any time of
  • the year, except the harvest, as the river was at other times
  • easily fordable.
  • 14386-900714-2128
  • -Jos22.2
  • 14387-900714-2128
  • -Jos22.3
  • 14388-900714-2129
  • -Jos22.4
  • 14389-900714-2133
  • -Jos22.5
  • 14390-900714-2134
  • -Jos22.6
  • 14391-900714-2134
  • -Jos22.7
  • 14392-900714-2135
  • -Jos22.8
  • 14393-900714-2136
  • -Jos22.9
  • 14394-900714-2140
  • -Jos22.10
  • This verse should probably be rendered, `And when they came to
  • the
  • borders of Jordan, that are in the land of Canaan, the children
  • of
  • Reuben, and the children of Gad, and the half tribe of Manasseh,
  • THEN built an altar by (or beyond, al) Jordan, a great altar to
  • the view.' It would appear, that when they came to the river,
  • they
  • formed the purpose of building the altar; and when they crossed
  • it they put that purpose into execution. it is evident that they
  • did not build it west of the Jordan, for that was not in their
  • territories, and the next verse expressly says that it was built
  • over against the land of Canaan.
  • 14395-900714-2141
  • -Jos22.11
  • 14396-900714-2143
  • -Jos22.12
  • Supposing they had built this altar for sacrifice, in opposition
  • to the command of God, they considered them as rebels against
  • God
  • and the Israelitish constitution.
  • 14397-900714-2145
  • -Jos22.13
  • 14398-900714-2145
  • -Jos22.14
  • 14399-900714-2148
  • -Jos22.15
  • 14401-900714-2149
  • -Jos22.17
  • 14402-900714-2150
  • -Jos22.18
  • 14403-900714-2151
  • -Jos22.19
  • 14404-900714-2152
  • -Jos22.20
  • 14405-900714-2157
  • -Jos22.21
  • The conduct and answer of these Reubenites and the associates
  • are
  • worthy of admiration and imitation. Though conscious of the
  • innocence, they permitted Phineas to finish his speach, though
  • composed of little else than accusations, without any
  • interuption;
  • and taking in good part the suspicions, reproofs, and even
  • harshness of their brethren, with the utmost meekness and
  • solemnity they explain their intention, give all the
  • satisfaction
  • in their power, and with great propriety and reverence, appeal
  • to
  • that God against whom they were supposed to have rebelled.
  • 14406-900714-2202
  • -Jos22.22
  • Jehovah,' which is nearly the version of Luther, (), `The strong
  • God, the Lord.'
  • 14407-900714-2203
  • -Jos22.23
  • 14408-900714-2204
  • -Jos22.24
  • 14409-900714-2205
  • -Jos22.25
  • 14411-900714-2206
  • -Jos22.27
  • 14412-900714-2207
  • -Jos22.28
  • 14413-900714-2208
  • -Jos22.29
  • 14414-900714-2211
  • -Jos22.30
  • It is remarkable, that Joshua is not once named in this
  • transaction; but that only shews, that he did not in his old age
  • assume any regal authority, but left the elders ana magistrates
  • to
  • conduct the business, only acting himself when great occasions
  • made it necessary. Yet we cannot doubt, that his wisdom and
  • piety
  • influenced the counsels of the elders and people at this time.
  • 14415-900714-2212
  • -Jos22.31
  • 14416-900714-2213
  • -Jos22.32
  • 14417-900714-2214
  • -Jos22.33
  • 14418-900714-2220
  • -Jos22.34
  • in the common editions of the Hebrew Bible; and is supplied in
  • italics by our venerable translators, at least in our modern
  • copies; for in the first edition of this translation, it stands
  • in
  • the text without any note of this kind; but it is found in
  • several
  • of Kennicott's and De Rossi's MSS., and also in the Syriac and
  • Arabic. Several also of the early printed of the hebrew Bible
  • have the word [ed], either in the text or in the margin; and it
  • must be allowed to be necessaary to complete the sense. It is
  • very probable that an inscription was put on this altar,
  • signifying the purpose for which it was erected. Thus was this
  • affair most happily terminated.
  • Yehowah, hoo Elohim, `Jehovah he is God.'
  • 14419-900714-2355
  • -Jos23.1
  • 3,4 by former benefits
  • 5,10 by promises
  • 11-16 and by threatenings
  • 14420-900714-2226
  • -Jos23.2
  • Or, `even for their elders,' etc.; for it is probably that
  • Joshua
  • gave the following charge only to the elders, judges, etc., to
  • communicate to the the people.
  • 14421-900714-2227
  • -Jos23.3
  • 14422-900714-2228
  • -Jos23.4
  • 14423-900714-2229
  • -Jos23.5
  • 14424-900714-2230
  • -Jos23.6
  • 14425-900714-2234
  • -Jos23.7
  • Have no civil or social contact with them, as these will
  • infallibly
  • lead to spiritual affinities, in consequence of which, ye will
  • make honourable `mention of the name of their gods,' `swear by
  • them' in their abominable rites; and `bow yourselves unto them,'
  • as your creators and preservers. All this will follow by simply
  • coming among them. He who walks in the counsel of the ungodly,
  • will soon stand in the way of sinners, and sit in the seat of
  • scorners.
  • 14426-900714-2235
  • -Jos23.8
  • 14427-900714-2236
  • -Jos23.9
  • 14428-900714-2237
  • -Jos23.10
  • 14429-900714-2239
  • -Jos23.11
  • 14430-900714-2242
  • -Jos23.12
  • 14431-900714-2243
  • -Jos23.13
  • 14432-900714-2245
  • -Jos23.14
  • 14433-900714-2246
  • -Jos23.15
  • 14434-900714-2247
  • -Jos23.16
  • 14435-900714-2355
  • -Jos24.1
  • 2-13 A brief history of God's benefits from Terah
  • 14-25 He renews the covenant between them and God
  • 26-28 A stone the witness of the covenant
  • 29-31 Joshua's age, death, and burial
  • 32 Joseph's bones are buried
  • 33 Eleazar dies
  • This must have been a different assembly from that mentioned in
  • the preceeding chapter, though probably held not long after the
  • fromer.
  • As it is immediately added, that `they presented themselves
  • before
  • God,' which is supposed to mean at the tabernacle; some are of
  • opinion that Joshua caused it to be conveyed from Shiloh to
  • Shechem on this occasion, to give the greater solemnity to his
  • last meeting with the people. The Vatican and Alexandrian copies
  • of the Septuagint, however, read (), both here and in verse 25,
  • which many suppose to have been the original reading. Dr.
  • Shuckford supposes that the covenant was made at Shechem, and
  • that
  • the people went to Shiloh to conform it. But the most probable
  • opinion seems to be that of Dr. Kennicott, that when all the
  • tribes were assembled as Shechem, Joshua called the chiefs to
  • him
  • on that mount, which had before been consecrated by the law, and
  • by the altar which he had erected.
  • 14436-900714-2259
  • -Jos24.2
  • In the case of Abraham this was probably the case, till he was
  • called to the knowledge of God, when above 70 years old.
  • 14437-900714-2300
  • -Jos24.3
  • 14438-900714-2301
  • -Jos24.4
  • 14439-900714-2305
  • -Jos24.5
  • 14440-900714-2306
  • -Jos24.6
  • 14441-900714-2308
  • -Jos24.7
  • 14442-900714-2309
  • -Jos24.8
  • 14443-900714-2310
  • -Jos24.9
  • 14444-900714-2310
  • -Jos24.10
  • 14445-900714-2313
  • -Jos24.11
  • 14446-900714-2314
  • -Jos24.12
  • 14447-900714-2314
  • -Jos24.13
  • 14448-900714-2323
  • -Jos24.14
  • From this exhortation of Joshua, we not only learn that the
  • Israelites still retained some relics of idolatry, but to what
  • gods they were attached.
  • 1. Those whom their fathers worshipped on the other side of the
  • food, or the river Euphrastes, i.e., the gods of the Chaldeans,
  • fire, light, the sun, etc.
  • 2. Those of the Egyptians, Apis, Anubis, serpents, vegetables,
  • etc
  • 3. Those of the Amorites, moabites, Canaanites, etc., Baal-peor
  • Astarte, etc. How astonishing is it, that after all that God
  • had done for them, and all the miracles they had seen, there
  • should still be found among them both idols and idolaters!
  • 14449-900714-2325
  • -Jos24.15
  • 14450-900714-2326
  • -Jos24.16
  • 14451-900714-2327
  • -Jos24.17
  • 14452-900714-2327
  • -Jos24.18
  • 14453-900714-2329
  • -Jos24.19
  • 14454-900714-2331
  • -Jos24.20
  • 14455-900714-2331
  • -Jos24.21
  • 14456-900714-2335
  • -Jos24.22
  • Ye have been sufficiently apprised of the difficulties in your
  • way
  • of God's holiness, and the nature of his service--your own
  • weakness and inconstancy, and insufficiency--your need of the
  • Divine help, and the hope of assistance held out in the law--
  • and
  • the awful consequences of apostacy: and now ye make your choice.
  • Remember then that ye are witnesses against yourselves; and your
  • own conscience will be witness, judge, and executioner.
  • 14457-900714-2337
  • -Jos24.23
  • 14458-900714-2337
  • -Jos24.24
  • 14459-900714-2339
  • -Jos24.25
  • 14460-900714-2340
  • -Jos24.26
  • 14461-900714-2347
  • -Jos24.27
  • Roman historian: he writes that `when three ambassadors were
  • sent
  • from Rome to complain of the perfidious conduct of the AEqui,
  • the
  • General informed them, that they might deliver their message to
  • an
  • oak which shaded his tent.' On this one of the ambassadors
  • turning away, said, `This venerable oak, and all the gods, shall
  • know that you have violated the peace; they shall now hear our
  • complaints; and may they also soon be witnesses, when we revenge
  • with our arms the violation of divine and human rights.' It is
  • worthy of remark that Joshua merely set up a pillar under an
  • oak,
  • - the one, perhaps, to protect the other; while the General
  • directed the ambassadors to address the oak, perhaps with an
  • idolatrous feeling thay they were addressing one of the gods,
  • who
  • would aid his cause; while the Roman ambassadors caught the
  • feeling, and really invoked the aid of the oak and the gods.
  • 14462-900714-2348
  • -Jos24.28
  • 14463-900714-2349
  • -Jos24.29
  • 14464-900714-2349
  • -Jos24.30
  • 14465-900714-2351
  • -Jos24.31
  • 14466-900714-2352
  • -Jos24.32
  • 14467-900714-2354
  • -Jos24.33
  • 14468-900731-1535
  • -Jud1.1
  • The book of Judges forms an important link in the history of the
  • Israelites. It furnishes us with a lively description of a
  • fluctuating and unsettled nation; a striking picture of the
  • disorders and dangers which prevailed in a republic without
  • magistracy; when "the high-ways were unoccupied, and the
  • travellers walked through by-ways," (ch. 5,6;) when few prophets
  • were appointed to control the people, and "everyone did that
  • which was right in his own eyes." (ch 17.6). It exhibits the
  • contest of true religion with superstition; and displays the
  • beneficial effects that flow from the former, and the miseries
  • and evil consequences of impiety. It is a most remarkable
  • history of the long-suffering of God towards the Israelites, in
  • which we see the most signal instances of his justice and mercy
  • alternately displayed: the people sinned, and were punished;
  • they repented, and found mercy. These things are written for our
  • warning: none should presume, for God is just; none need
  • despair, for God is merciful. Independently of the internal
  • evidence of the authenticity of this sacred book, the
  • transactions it records are not only cited or alluded to by
  • other inspired writers, but are further confirmed by the
  • traditions current among heathen nations.
  • 01 The acts of Judah and Simeon
  • 04 Adonibezek justly requited
  • 08 Jerusalem taken
  • 10 Hebron taken
  • 11 Othniel has Achsah to wife for taking of Debir
  • 16 The Kenites dwell in Judah
  • 17 Hormah, Gaza, Askelon, and Ekron taken
  • 21 The acts of Benjamin
  • 22 Of the house of Joseph, who take Beth-el
  • 30 Of Zebulun
  • 31 Of Asher
  • 33 Of Naphtali
  • 34 Of Dan
  • 14469-900731-1535
  • -Jud1.2
  • 14470-900731-1536
  • -Jud1.3
  • 14471-900731-1537
  • -Jud1.4
  • near each other, about seventeen miles from Shechem, towards
  • Scythopolis
  • 14474-900731-1541
  • -Jud1.7
  • feet. This was not an unusual act of cruelty in ancient times
  • towards enemies.-
  • -AElian informs us, that in after ages 'the
  • Athenians, at the instigation of Cleon, son of Cleoenetus, made
  • a decree that all the inhabitants of the island of AEgina should
  • have the thumb cut off from the right hand, so that they might
  • ever after be disabled from holding a spear, yet might handle an
  • oar.' It was a custom among those Romans who did not like a
  • military life, to cut off their thumbs, that they might be
  • incapable of serving in the army; and for the same reason,
  • parents sometimes cut off the thumbs of their children.
  • gathered. or, gleaned. as I have
  • 14475-900731-1541
  • -Jud1.8
  • 14476-900731-1542
  • -Jud1.9
  • 14477-900731-1542
  • -Jud1.10
  • 14478-900731-1542
  • -Jud1.11
  • 14479-900731-1544
  • -Jud1.12
  • 15.13-19, and seems to be inserted here by way of
  • recapitulation.
  • over their children, especially in disposing of them in
  • marriage; and it was customary for a king or great man to
  • promise his daughter in marriage to him who should take a city.
  • 14480-900731-1544
  • -Jud1.13
  • 14481-900731-1545
  • -Jud1.14
  • alighted,' as if she had forgotten something, or was about to
  • return.
  • 14482-900731-1546
  • -Jud1.15
  • give me also springs of water. Let me have some fields with
  • brooks, or wells already digged.
  • 14483-900731-1547
  • -Jud1.16
  • 14484-900731-1548
  • -Jud1.17
  • 14485-900731-1550
  • -Jud1.18
  • in the Septuagint: But Judah did not possess Gaza, nor the
  • coasts thereof; nor Askelon, nor the coasts thereof; nor Ekron,
  • nor the coasts thereof; nor Ashdon, nor the coasts thereof.'
  • Procopius and Augustine read the same; and Josephue says that
  • the Israelites only took Askelon and Ashdon, but not Gaza or
  • Ekron; and from ch. 3.3, and the whole suceeding history, it
  • appears that these cities were not in the possession of the
  • Israelites, but of the Philistines. Gaza
  • 14486-900731-1552
  • -Jud1.19
  • the iron chariots were too strong for Omnipotence, or because he
  • refused to help them; but because their courage and faith failed
  • when they saw them.
  • 14487-900731-1553
  • -Jud1.20
  • 14488-900731-1553
  • -Jud1.21
  • 14489-900731-1554
  • -Jud1.22
  • 14490-900731-1554
  • -Jud1.23
  • 14491-900731-1555
  • -Jud1.24
  • 14492-900731-1555
  • -Jud1.25
  • 14493-900731-1555
  • -Jud1.26
  • 14494-900731-1556
  • -Jud1.27
  • 14495-900731-1556
  • -Jud1.28
  • 14496-900731-1556
  • -Jud1.29
  • 14497-900731-1558
  • -Jud1.30
  • Sepphoris, or Diocaesarea, a celebrated city of Galilee, now the
  • village Safoury, situated in the plain of Esdraelon, twenty
  • miles north-west from Tiberias, according to Benjamin of Tudela.
  • Nahalol
  • 14498-900731-1600
  • -Jud1.31
  • Saint John of Acre by the Crusaders, is situated of the
  • Mediterranean, in a fine plain, at the north angle of a bay to
  • which it gives name, and which extends in a semicircle of three
  • leagues as far as Carmel, and nine leagues from Tyre. Zidon.
  • Another celebrated city of Phoenicia, now Saide, situated in a
  • fine country on the Mediterranean, 400 stadia from Berytus, and
  • 200 north from Tyre, according to Strabo, one day's journey from
  • Paneas, according to Josephus, and sixty-six miles from
  • Damascus, according to Abulfeda. Achzib. or, Ecdippa, now Zib,
  • nine miles north, from Accho.
  • 14499-900731-1601
  • -Jud1.32
  • 14500-900731-1601
  • -Jud1.33
  • 14501-900731-1602
  • -Jud1.34
  • 14502-900731-1603
  • -Jud1.35
  • 14503-900731-1603
  • -Jud1.36
  • 14504-900801-1458
  • -Jud2.1
  • 01 An angel rebukes the people at Bochim
  • 06 The wickedness of the new generation after Joshua
  • 14 God's anger and pity towards them
  • 20 The Canaanites left to prove Israel
  • 14505-900801-1459
  • -Jud2.2
  • 14506-900801-1500
  • -Jud2.3
  • 14507-900801-1500
  • -Jud2.4
  • 14508-900801-1501
  • -Jud2.5
  • 14509-900801-1501
  • -Jud2.6
  • 14510-900801-1502
  • -Jud2.7
  • 14511-900801-1502
  • -Jud2.8
  • 14512-900801-1503
  • -Jud2.9
  • it was celebrated in his time for the tomb of Joshua
  • 14513-900801-1504
  • -Jud2.10
  • 14514-900801-1505
  • -Jud2.11
  • common appellation of the Syrian gods; whence we have Baal-peor,
  • Baal-zebub, etc.
  • 14515-900801-1506
  • -Jud2.12
  • 14516-900801-1506
  • -Jud2.13
  • 14517-900801-1507
  • -Jud2.14
  • 14518-900801-1508
  • -Jud2.15
  • 14519-900801-1511
  • -Jud2.16
  • the term; but were heads or chiefs of the Israelites, raised up
  • on extraordinary occasions, who directed and ruled the nation
  • with sovereign power, administered justice, made peace or war,
  • and led the armies over whom they presided. Officers with the
  • same power, and nearly the same name, were established in New
  • Tyre, after the termination of the regal state; and the
  • Carthaginian Suffetes, the Athenian Archons, and the Roman
  • Dictators, appear to have been nearly the same. delivered. Heb.
  • saved
  • 14520-900801-1512
  • -Jud2.17
  • 14521-900801-1513
  • -Jud2.18
  • 14522-900801-1514
  • -Jud2.19
  • 14523-900801-1514
  • -Jud2.20
  • 14524-900801-1515
  • -Jud2.21
  • 14525-900801-1515
  • -Jud2.22
  • 14526-900801-1515
  • -Jud2.23
  • 14527-900801-1517
  • -Jud3.1
  • 01 The nations which were left to prove Israel
  • 05 By communion with them they commit idolatry
  • 08 Othniel delivered them from Chushan-rishathaim
  • 12 Ehud from Eglon
  • 31 and Shamgar from the Philistines
  • 14528-900801-1519
  • -Jud3.2
  • their hands to war and their fingers to flight, that they might
  • be the instruments of destruction to the wicked nations on whom
  • the curse rested; but now that they had forfeited His favour,
  • they must learn what it is to fight like other men.
  • 14529-900801-1520
  • -Jud3.3
  • 14530-900801-1520
  • -Jud3.4
  • 14531-900801-1521
  • -Jud3.5
  • 14532-900801-1522
  • -Jud3.6
  • 14533-900801-1522
  • -Jud3.7
  • 14534-900801-1524
  • -Jud3.8
  • Mesopotamia, between the rivers, is a famous province situated
  • between the Tigris and Euphrates. It is called by Arabian
  • geographers, Maverannaher, the country beyond the rivers; and is
  • now called Diarbek.
  • 14535-900801-1525
  • -Jud3.9
  • 14536-900801-1526
  • -Jud3.10
  • 14537-900801-1527
  • -Jud3.11
  • 14538-900801-1528
  • -Jud3.12
  • 14539-900801-1528
  • -Jud3.13
  • 14540-900801-1529
  • -Jud3.14
  • 14541-900801-1532
  • -Jud3.15
  • his right hand. This Hebrew phrase intimates that, either
  • through disease or disuse, he made little or no use of the right
  • hand, but of his left only, and so was the less fit for war,
  • because he would most likely wield a dagger awkwardly; yet God
  • chose this left-handed man to be the minister of his retributive
  • justice. It was God's right hand that gained Israel the victory,
  • Ps. 44.3; not the right hand of the instruments he employed.
  • 14542-900801-1532
  • -Jud3.16
  • 14543-900801-1533
  • -Jud3.17
  • 14545-900801-1533
  • -Jud3.19
  • 14546-900801-1537
  • -Jud3.20
  • upper chamber, seems to have been of the same description as the
  • odeah of the Arabs, but properly ventilated, described by Dr.
  • Shaw, who says, that to most of their houses there is a smaller
  • one annexed, which sometimes rises one story higher than the
  • house; at other times, it consists of one or two rooms only, and
  • a terrace; while others that are built, as they frequently are,
  • over the porch or gateway, have, if we except the ground floor,
  • which they want, all the conveniencies that belong to the house
  • itself. There is a door of communication from them into the
  • gallery of the house; besides another, which opens immediately
  • from a private staircase, down into the porch or street, without
  • giving the least disturbance to the house. In these back houses
  • strangers are usually lodged and entertained; and to them
  • likewise the men are wont to retire from the noise and hurry of
  • their families, to be more at leisure for mediation or
  • diversions.
  • 14547-900801-1538
  • -Jud3.21
  • 14548-900801-1538
  • -Jud3.22
  • 14550-900801-1538
  • -Jud3.24
  • 14552-900801-1538
  • -Jud3.26
  • 14553-900801-1539
  • -Jud3.27
  • 14554-900801-1540
  • -Jud3.28
  • 14555-900801-1540
  • -Jud3.29
  • 14556-900801-1540
  • -Jud3.30
  • 14557-900801-1543
  • -Jud3.31
  • Palestine and Syria is of an extraordinary size. He measured
  • several, and 'found them about eight feet long; and at the
  • bigger end about six inches in circumference. They were armed at
  • the lesser end with a sharp prickle for driving the oxen; and at
  • the other end with a small paddle of iron, strong and massive,
  • for cleansing the plough from the clay. In the hand of a
  • powerful man such an instrument must be more dangerous and fatal
  • than a sword.
  • 14558-900801-1544
  • -Jud4.1
  • 01 Deborah and Barak deliver them from Jabin and Sisera
  • 17 Jael kills Sisera
  • 14559-900801-1545
  • -Jud4.2
  • 14560-900801-1545
  • -Jud4.3
  • 14561-900801-1546
  • -Jud4.4
  • 14562-900801-1547
  • -Jud4.5
  • 14563-900801-1548
  • -Jud4.6
  • 14564-900801-1548
  • -Jud4.7
  • 14565-900801-1549
  • -Jud4.8
  • 14566-900801-1549
  • -Jud4.9
  • 14567-900801-1550
  • -Jud4.10
  • 14568-900801-1550
  • -Jud4.11
  • 14569-900801-1551
  • -Jud4.12
  • 14570-900801-1552
  • -Jud4.13
  • projecting from the axle on each side, by which the infantry
  • might be easily cut down or thrown into confusion. The ancient
  • Britons are said to have had such chariots.
  • 14571-900801-1555
  • -Jud4.14
  • states, ver. 8, that Barak wished Deborah to accompany him;
  • 'Because I know not the day in which God will send his angel to
  • give me prosperity.' is not.
  • entirely insulated, and rises up in the plain of Esdraelon,
  • about six miles from Nazareth, in a conical form, somewhat like
  • a sugar-loaf. Josephus states its height to be thirty stadia,
  • with a plain of 26 stadia in circumference on its top, on which
  • was formerly a city, which was used as a military post. It is
  • described as an exceedingly beautiful mountin, having a rich
  • soil, producting excellent herbage, and adorned with groves and
  • clumps of trees.
  • 14572-900801-1555
  • -Jud4.15
  • 14573-900801-1556
  • -Jud4.16
  • 14574-900801-1557
  • -Jud4.17
  • 14575-900801-1557
  • -Jud4.18
  • 14576-900801-1558
  • -Jud4.19
  • 14577-900801-1558
  • -Jud4.20
  • 14578-900801-1559
  • -Jud4.21
  • 14579-900801-1559
  • -Jud4.22
  • 14580-900801-1600
  • -Jud4.23
  • 14581-900801-1600
  • -Jud4.24
  • 14582-900801-1603
  • -Jud5.1
  • 01 The Song of Deborah and Barak
  • inspired song, which consists of eight stanzas: The first opens
  • with a devout thanksgiving. The second describes the magnificent
  • scenes at Mount Sinai. The third states the apostacy and
  • consequent punishment of the Israelites. The fourth contrasts
  • their present happy state. The fifth censures the recreant
  • tribes of Reuben, Gad. The sixth records the defeat of the
  • confederate kings of Canaan. The seventh contains a panegyric on
  • Jael. And the eight describes the fond anticipations and
  • disappointment of the mother of Sisera.
  • 14583-900801-1604
  • -Jud5.2
  • 14584-900801-1605
  • -Jud5.3
  • 14585-900801-1605
  • -Jud5.4
  • 14586-900801-1606
  • -Jud5.5
  • 14587-900801-1607
  • -Jud5.6
  • 14588-900801-1607
  • -Jud5.7
  • 14589-900801-1608
  • -Jud5.8
  • 14590-900801-1608
  • -Jud5.9
  • 14591-900801-1609
  • -Jud5.10
  • 14592-900801-1611
  • -Jud5.11
  • Barbary, which runs into a large bason, called shrub we krub,
  • 'drink and be off,' because of the danger of meeting with
  • robbers and assassins in this place, who fall upon those who
  • come to drink.
  • 14593-900801-1612
  • -Jud5.12
  • 14594-900802-1324
  • -Jud5.13
  • 14595-900802-1325
  • -Jud5.14
  • 14596-900802-1326
  • -Jud5.15
  • 14597-900802-1327
  • -Jud5.16
  • 14598-900802-1327
  • -Jud5.17
  • 14599-900802-1328
  • -Jud5.18
  • 14600-900802-1329
  • -Jud5.19
  • 14601-900802-1330
  • -Jud5.20
  • 14602-900802-1330
  • -Jud5.21
  • 14603-900802-1337
  • -Jud5.22
  • the present day in some parts of the East. The flight was so
  • rapid that the hoofs of their horses were splintered and broken
  • by the roughness of the roads; in consequence of which they
  • became lame, and could not carry off their riders.
  • Waterland renders, 'mighty hourses,' or 'strong steeds,' as Dr.
  • Kennicott, i.e. their war-horses, which gives great energy to
  • the text, and renders it perfectly intelligible.
  • 14604-900802-1338
  • -Jud5.23
  • place of considerable importance, since something great was
  • expected from it; but probably, after the angel of the Lord had
  • pronounced this curse, it dwindled and like the fig-tree which
  • Christ cursed, withered away; so that we never read of it after
  • this in Scripture. the angel
  • 14605-900802-1339
  • -Jud5.24
  • 14606-900802-1340
  • -Jud5.25
  • Arabs by agitating the milk in a leathern bag; and is highly
  • esteemed because of its refreshing and cooling qualities.
  • 14607-900802-1341
  • -Jud5.26
  • smote his head, then she struck through and pierced his
  • temples;' which is more consonant to the original, and to fact,
  • as it does not appear that she smote off his head.
  • 14608-900802-1341
  • -Jud5.27
  • 14609-900802-1341
  • -Jud5.28
  • 14610-900802-1342
  • -Jud5.29
  • 14611-900802-1342
  • -Jud5.30
  • 14612-900802-1345
  • -Jud5.31
  • such happy consequence to Israel, that for the principal part of
  • one age, they enjoyed the peace to which it had been the means
  • of opening the way. The land had rest forty years, that is, so
  • long it was from this victory to the raising up of Gideon. And
  • well would it have been for the Israelites, if while the tribes
  • had rest, they had taken advantage of the cessation from war,
  • and had walked in the fear of the Lord.
  • 14613-900802-1347
  • -Jud6.1
  • 01 The Israelites for their sin are oppressed by Midian
  • 08 A prophet rebukes them
  • 11 An angel send Gideon for their deliverance
  • 17 Gideon's present is consumed with fire
  • 24 Gideon destroys Baal's altar, and offers a sacrifice upon the
  • altar Jehovah-shalom
  • 28 Joash defends his son, and call shim Jerubbaal
  • 33 Gideon's army
  • 36 Gideon's signs
  • shall be made either to bend or break before him. Midian
  • 14614-900802-1349
  • -Jud6.2
  • way on each side Joppa, on the sea coast, there is a range of
  • mountains and precipices; and in these high situations are
  • generally found the dens, holes, or caves, which are so
  • frequently mentioned in Scripture; and which were formerly the
  • lonesome retreats of the distressed Israelites.
  • 14615-900802-1350
  • -Jud6.3
  • 14616-900802-1351
  • -Jud6.4
  • borders of the land of Canaan, east of the Dead Sea, and Gaza
  • was on the Mediterranean, on the west; so that these invaders
  • ravaged the whole breadth of the land.
  • 14617-900802-1352
  • -Jud6.5
  • 14618-900802-1352
  • -Jud6.6
  • 14620-900802-1353
  • -Jud6.8
  • prophet. Thus saith
  • 14621-900802-1353
  • -Jud6.9
  • 14622-900802-1354
  • -Jud6.10
  • 14623-900802-1355
  • -Jud6.11
  • 14624-900802-1355
  • -Jud6.12
  • 14625-900802-1356
  • -Jud6.13
  • 14626-900802-1357
  • -Jud6.14
  • 14627-900802-1357
  • -Jud6.15
  • 14628-900802-1358
  • -Jud6.16
  • 14629-900802-1358
  • -Jud6.17
  • 14630-900802-1359
  • -Jud6.18
  • 14631-900802-1402
  • -Jud6.19
  • basket of figs, raisins, or dates, which upon our arrival were
  • presented to us, to stay our appetite, the master of the tent
  • fetched us from his flock, according to the number of our
  • company, a kid or a goat, a lamb or a sheep; half of which was
  • immediately seethed by his wife, and served up with cucasoe; the
  • rest was made kab-ab, i.e. cut to pieces and roasted, which we
  • reserved for our breakfast or dinner next day.' May we not
  • suppose, says Mr. Harmer, that Gideon presented some slight
  • refreshment to the supposed prophet, according to the present
  • Arab mode, and described him to stay till he could provide
  • something more substantial; that he immediately killed a kid,
  • seethed a part of it, and when ready brought the stewed meat in
  • a pot, with unleavened cakes of bread, which he had baked; and
  • the other part, the kab-ab, in a basket for him to carry with
  • him, for some after repast in his journey?
  • 14632-900802-1403
  • -Jud6.20
  • 14633-900802-1403
  • -Jud6.21
  • 14634-900802-1404
  • -Jud6.22
  • 14635-900802-1404
  • -Jud6.23
  • 14636-900802-1405
  • -Jud6.24
  • 14637-900802-1406
  • -Jud6.25
  • 14638-900802-1406
  • -Jud6.26
  • manner
  • 14639-900802-1407
  • -Jud6.27
  • 14642-900802-1407
  • -Jud6.30
  • 14643-900802-1408
  • -Jud6.31
  • earnest for Baal? Will ye really save him? If he be God, let him
  • contend for himself, seeing his altar is thrown down.'
  • 14644-900802-1409
  • -Jud6.32
  • 14645-900802-1410
  • -Jud6.33
  • 14646-900802-1411
  • -Jud6.34
  • 14647-900802-1412
  • -Jud6.35
  • 14648-900802-1412
  • -Jud6.36
  • 14649-900802-1413
  • -Jud6.37
  • 14650-900802-1413
  • -Jud6.38
  • 14651-900802-1414
  • -Jud6.39
  • 14653-900802-1416
  • -Jud7.1
  • 01 Gideon's army of two and thirty thousand is brought to three
  • hundred
  • 09 He is encouraged by the dream and interpretation of the
  • burley cake
  • 16 His stratagem of trumpets and lamps in pitchers
  • 24 The Ephraimites take Oreb and Zeeb
  • surname of Gideon. He is mentioned by Sanchoniathon, quoted by
  • Eusebius, who lived in the reign of Ithobal, king of Tyre, and
  • consequently a little after the time of Gideon, by the name of
  • Jerombalus, a priest of Jeuo or Jao.
  • 14654-900802-1417
  • -Jud7.2
  • 14655-900802-1419
  • -Jud7.3
  • of Jordan at this time; but rather near mount Gilboa, west of
  • Jordan. Calmet thinks there must either have been two Gileads,
  • which does not appear from Scripture to have been the case, or
  • that the Hebrew text is corrupt, and that for Gilead we should
  • read Gilboa. This reading, though adopted by Houbigant, is not
  • confirmed by an MS or version. Dr. Hales endeavours to reconcile
  • the whole, by the supposition that in Gideon's army there were
  • many eastern Manassites from mount Gilead, near the Midianites;
  • and therfore proposed to read, 'Whosoever from mount Gilead is
  • fearful and afraid, let him return (home) and depart early.'
  • twenty.
  • 14656-900802-1420
  • -Jud7.4
  • 14657-900802-1424
  • -Jud7.5
  • the dog makes in lapping. It appears that it is not unusual for
  • the Arabs to drink water out of the palms of their hands; and,
  • from this account, we learn that the Israelites did so
  • occasionally. Dr. A. Clarke, in his edition of Harmer, has
  • presented us with the following curious MS note from Dr.
  • Russell. 'When they take water with the palms of their hands,
  • they naturally place themselves on their hams, to be nearer the
  • water; but when they drink from a pitcher or gourd, fresh
  • filled, they do not sit down on purpose to drink, but drink
  • standing, and very often put the sleeve of their shirt over the
  • mouth of the vessel, by way of strainer, lest small leeches
  • might have been taken up with the water. For the same reason
  • they often prefer taking the water with the palm of the hand to
  • lapping it from the surface.' From the letters of Busbequius we
  • learn, that the Eastern people are not in the habit of drinking
  • standing. The 300 men, who satisfied their thirst in the most
  • expeditious manner, by this sufficiently indicated their spirit,
  • and alacrity to follow Gideon in his dangerous enterprise; while
  • the rest shewed their love of east, self-indulgence, effeminacy,
  • and want of courage.
  • 14659-900802-1424
  • -Jud7.7
  • 14660-900802-1425
  • -Jud7.8
  • 14661-900802-1425
  • -Jud7.9
  • 14662-900802-1426
  • -Jud7.10
  • 14663-900802-1426
  • -Jud7.11
  • 14664-900802-1427
  • -Jud7.12
  • 14665-900802-1428
  • -Jud7.13
  • 14666-900802-1428
  • -Jud7.14
  • 14667-900802-1429
  • -Jud7.15
  • 14668-900802-1431
  • -Jud7.16
  • be ablee to encompass the whole camp of the Midianites.
  • Concealing the lamps in the pitchers, they would pass unobserved
  • to their appointed stations; then, in the dead of the night,
  • when most of the enemy were fast asleep, all at once breaking
  • their pitchers one against another, with as much noise as they
  • could, and blowing the trumpets and shouting; they would
  • occasion an exceedingly great alarm. The obedience of faith
  • alone could have induced such an expedient, which no doubt God
  • directed Gideon to employ. -
  • -Scott. a trumpet. Heb. trumpets in
  • the hand of all of them. empty
  • 14669-900802-1432
  • -Jud7.17
  • 14670-900802-1433
  • -Jud7.18
  • rightly supplied by our venerable translators from ver.20, is
  • found in this place, in the Chaldee, Syriac, and Arabis, and in
  • eight MSS; and evidently appears to be genuine
  • 14671-900802-1433
  • -Jud7.19
  • 14672-900802-1435
  • -Jud7.20
  • a dark night, of the sudden glare of 300 torches, darting their
  • splendour in the same instant on the half-awakened eyes of the
  • terrified Midianites; accompanied with the clangor of 300
  • trumpets, alternately mingled with the thundering shout of
  • 'The sword of Jehovah and of Gideon!'
  • 14673-900802-1435
  • -Jud7.21
  • 14674-900802-1437
  • -Jud7.22
  • 16 miles south from Scythopolis, or Bethshan.
  • from Neapolis, or Shechem, towards Scythopolis.
  • 14675-900802-1437
  • -Jud7.23
  • 14676-900802-1438
  • -Jud7.24
  • at the ford where the Hebrews passed under the direction of
  • Joshua
  • 14677-900802-1444
  • -Jud7.25
  • three miles west from Scythopolis, which is supposed by some to
  • have had its name from Oreb. and brought. Among ancient nations,
  • the head of the conquered chief was usually brought to the
  • conqueror. Thus Pompey's head was brought to Caesar, Cicero's
  • head to Mark Anthony, and the heads of Ahab's children to Jehu.
  • These barbarities are seldom practised now, except among the
  • Mahommedans, or the savages of Africa and America; and for the
  • credit of human nature, it is to be wished that such atrocities
  • had never been committed. on the other side. The words maiaiver
  • lyyarden, may denote at the passage of Jordan, or from beyond
  • Jordan. Gideon does not appear to have yet passed the Jordan.
  • 14678-900830-1402
  • -Jud8.1
  • 01 Gideon pacifies the Ephraimates
  • 04 Succoth and Penuel refuse to deliver Gideon's army
  • 10 Zebah and Zalmunna are taken
  • 13 Succoth and Penuel are destroyed
  • 17 Gideon revenges his brethen's death on Zebah and Zulmunna
  • 22 He refuses government
  • 24 His ephod the cause of idolatry
  • 28 Midian subdued
  • 29 Gideon's children, and death
  • 33 The Israelites' idolatry and ingratitude
  • 14679-900830-1403
  • -Jud8.2
  • important services than Gideon and his men had achieved. Abiezer
  • 14680-900830-1404
  • -Jud8.3
  • 14681-900830-1406
  • -Jud8.4
  • 14682-900830-1407
  • -Jud8.5
  • 14683-900830-1408
  • -Jud8.6
  • 14684-900830-1408
  • -Jud8.7
  • 14685-900830-1409
  • -Jud8.8
  • 14686-900830-1444
  • -Jud8.9
  • 14687-900830-1412
  • -Jud8.10
  • mentioned. Some contend that karkor signifies rest; and the
  • Vulgate renders it "rested". This seems the most likely; for it
  • is said that Gideon 'smote the host: for the host was secure.'
  • Children
  • every one drawing a sword
  • 14688-900830-1415
  • -Jud8.11
  • it; and is said by Eusebius to have been, in his time, a
  • forsaken place eight miles south from Heshbon. Jogbehah was
  • probably near it.
  • 14689-900830-1416
  • -Jud8.12
  • 14690-900830-1417
  • -Jud8.13
  • ascent of Chares; which is the reading of the LXX. Syriac,
  • Arabic, and Houbigant.
  • 14691-900830-1419
  • -Jud8.14
  • 14692-900830-1419
  • -Jud8.15
  • 14693-900830-1421
  • -Jud8.16
  • Clerc, and others read wyyadosh, and he tore or threshed; and
  • this is not only agreeable to what Gideon threatened, but is
  • supported by the LXX. Vulgate, Chaldee, Syriac, and Arabic. The
  • Hebrew text might easily have been corrupted simply by the
  • change of shin, into ayin, letters very similar to each other.
  • 14694-900830-1422
  • -Jud8.17
  • 14695-900830-1422
  • -Jud8.18
  • 14696-900830-1422
  • -Jud8.19
  • 14697-900830-1423
  • -Jud8.20
  • 14698-900830-1424
  • -Jud8.21
  • and death by the blows of such a person must be much more
  • lingering and tormenting. Some have employed children to
  • dispatch captives
  • 14699-900830-1426
  • -Jud8.22
  • 15000-900915-1212
  • -Jud19.18
  • The LXX. read, `I am going to my {own} house;' which is probably
  • the true reading, as we find (ver. 29) that he really went home;
  • yet he might have gone previously to Shiloh, or to `the house of
  • the Lord,' because that was also in mount Ephraim.
  • 15001-900915-1214
  • -Jud19.19
  • In those countries principally devoted to pasturage, they made
  • litte or no hay: but as they raised corn, they took great care
  • of
  • their straw for cattle, which by their mode of threshing was
  • chopped very small.
  • 15002-900915-1218
  • -Jud19.20
  • Here was genuine hospitality: `Keep your bread and wine for
  • yourselves, and your straw and provender for your asses; you may
  • need them before you finish your journey: I will supply all your
  • wants this night; only do not lodge in the street.'
  • 15003-900915-1219
  • -Jud19.21
  • 15004-900915-1220
  • -Jud19.22
  • 15005-900915-1221
  • -Jud19.23
  • 15006-900915-1224
  • -Jud19.24
  • The rites of hospitality are regarded as sacred and inviolable
  • in
  • the East: and a man who had admitted a stranger under his roof,
  • is
  • bound to protect him even at the expense of his life. On these
  • high notions only, the influence of which an Asiatic mind alone
  • can appreciate, can the present transaction be either excused or
  • palliated.
  • 15007-900915-1226
  • -Jud19.25
  • 15008-900915-1226
  • -Jud19.26
  • 15010-900915-1227
  • -Jud19.28
  • 15011-900915-1232
  • -Jud19.29
  • It is probable, that with the pieces he sent to each tribe a
  • circumstantial account of the barbarity of the men at Gibeah;
  • and
  • that they considered each of the pieces as expressing an
  • {execration.} That a similar custom prevailed in ancient times
  • is
  • evident from 1SA 11.7. It had an inhuman appearance, thus to
  • mangle the corpse of this unhappy woman; but it was intended to
  • excite a keener resentment against so horrible a crime, which
  • called for a punishment proportionally severe.
  • 15012-900915-1232
  • -Jud19.30
  • 15013-900915-1243
  • -Jud20.1
  • 8-11 The decree of the assemby
  • 12-17 The Benjamites, being cited, make head against the
  • Israelites
  • 18-25 The Israelites in two battles lose forty thousand
  • 26-48 They destroy by a stratagem all the Benjamites, except
  • six hundred.
  • summoned by the authority of any one common head, but they came
  • together by the consent and agreement, as it were, of one common
  • heart, fired with a holy zeal for the honour of God and Israel.
  • The place of their meeting was Mizpeh; they gathered together
  • unto
  • the Lord there; for Mizpeh was so very near to Shiloh. Shiloh
  • was
  • a small town, and therefore, when there was a general meeting of
  • the people to present themselves before God, they chose Mizpeh
  • for
  • their head quarters, which was the next adjoining city of note;
  • perhaps, because they were not willing to give that trouble to
  • Shiloh, which so great an assembly would occasion; it being the
  • residence of the priest that attended the tabernacles.
  • 15014-900915-1244
  • -Jud20.2
  • 15015-900915-1245
  • -Jud20.3
  • 15016-900915-1245
  • -Jud20.4
  • 15017-900915-1246
  • -Jud20.5
  • 15018-900915-1247
  • -Jud20.6
  • 15019-900915-1249
  • -Jud20.7
  • 15020-900915-1250
  • -Jud20.8
  • 15021-900915-1251
  • -Jud20.9
  • 15022-900915-1251
  • -Jud20.10
  • 15023-900915-1251
  • -Jud20.11
  • 15024-900915-1252
  • -Jud20.12
  • 15025-900915-1314
  • -Jud20.13
  • but perhaps the rulers or elders of Gibeah ought previously to
  • have been applied to, to deliver up the criminals to justice.
  • However, the refusal of the Benjamites, and their protection of
  • those who had committed this horrible wickedness, because they
  • were of their own tribe, prove them to have been deeply
  • corrupted,
  • and (all their advantages considered) as ripe for divine
  • vengence
  • as the inhabitants of Sodom and Gomorrah had been. Confiding in
  • their own valour and military skill, they seen to have {first}
  • prepared for battle in this unequal contest with such superior
  • numbers.
  • 15026-900915-1316
  • -Jud20.14
  • 15027-900915-1317
  • -Jud20.15
  • 15028-900915-1325
  • -Jud20.16
  • `obstructed in his right hand;' so the Chaldee Targum, {gemid
  • beedaih deyammeena;} `contracted or impeded in his right hand.'
  • Le Clerc observes, that the 700 men left-handed seem therefore
  • to
  • have been made slingers, because they could not use the right
  • hand, which is employed in managing heavier arms; and they could
  • discharge the stones from the sling in a direction against which
  • their opponents were not upon their guard, and thus do the
  • greater
  • execution.
  • of those who were skilled in the use of it, produced astonishing
  • effects. The inhabitants of the islands of Baleares, now Majorca
  • and Minorca, were the most celbrated slingers of antiquity. They
  • did not permit their children to break their fast, till they had
  • struck down the bread they had to eat from the top of a pole,
  • on some
  • distant eminence. Vegetius tells us, that slingers could in
  • general hit the mark at 600 feet distances.
  • 15029-900915-1325
  • -Jud20.17
  • 15030-900915-1327
  • -Jud20.18
  • 15031-900915-1328
  • -Jud20.19
  • 15033-900915-1329
  • -Jud20.21
  • 15034-900915-1330
  • -Jud20.22
  • 15035-900915-1335
  • -Jud20.23
  • It seems most evident that the Israelites did not seek the
  • protection of God. When they `went to the house of God,' ver 18
  • it was not to enquire concerning the {expediency} of the war,
  • nor
  • of its {success}, but which of the tribes should begin the
  • attack:
  • and the question is, `Shall I go up again to battle against the
  • children of Benjamin my brother?' Having so much {right} on
  • their
  • side, they had no doubt of the {justice} of their cause, and the
  • {propriety} of their conduct; and having such a {superiority} of
  • numbers, they had no doubt of {success}. But God humbled them,
  • and delivered them into the hands of their enemies; and shewed
  • them that the race was not to the swift, not the battle to the
  • strong.
  • 15037-900915-1336
  • -Jud20.25
  • 15038-900915-1337
  • -Jud20.26
  • 15039-900915-1340
  • -Jud20.27
  • to enquire of the Lord; for all the company at this time met at
  • Shiloh, and kept a day of fasting and prayer with great
  • earnestness and solemnity. `Behold, the Lord's hand is not
  • shortened, that it cannot save; neither his ear heavy, that it
  • cannot hear.'
  • 15040-900915-1343
  • -Jud20.28
  • It is evident, from this mention of Phineas, the son of Eleazar,
  • that these transactions must have taken place not long after the
  • death of Joshua.
  • 15041-900915-1344
  • -Jud20.29
  • Though God had promised them success, they knew they could
  • expect
  • it only by the use of proper means. Hence they used all prudent
  • precaution, and employed, all their military skill.
  • 15043-900915-1346
  • -Jud20.31
  • wounded as at, etc.
  • 15044-900915-1348
  • -Jud20.32
  • This was done, not only because they had placed an ambuscade
  • behind Gibeah, which was to enter and burn the city as soon as
  • the
  • Benjamites left it; but it would seem, that the slingers, by
  • being
  • within the city and its fortifications, had great advantage over
  • the Israelite by their slings, when they could not come among
  • them
  • with their swords, unless they got them in the plain of the
  • country.
  • 15045-900915-1351
  • -Jud20.33
  • There appear to have been three divisions of the Israelitish
  • army:
  • one at Baal-tamar, (which was situated, says Eusebius, near
  • Gibeah;) a second behind the city in ambush; and a third, who
  • skirmished with the Benjamites before Gibeah.
  • 15046-900915-1352
  • -Jud20.34
  • 15047-900915-1411
  • -Jud20.35
  • those of Benjamin, though the strategem was well laid and
  • ingeniously executed, and the battle bravely fought, yet the
  • inspired historian ascribes the victory to the hand of the Lord,
  • as entirely as if he had smitten the Benjamites by a miracle.
  • 15048-900915-1412
  • -Jud20.36
  • 15049-900915-1413
  • -Jud20.37
  • 15050-900915-1415
  • -Jud20.38
  • From this verse to the end of the chapter, we have the details
  • of
  • the same operations which are mentioned, in a general way, in
  • the
  • preceding verses of this chapter.
  • 15051-900915-1416
  • -Jud20.39
  • 15052-900915-1417
  • -Jud20.40
  • 15053-900915-1418
  • -Jud20.41
  • 15054-900915-1419
  • -Jud20.42
  • 15055-900915-1420
  • -Jud20.43
  • 15057-900915-1421
  • -Jud20.45
  • 15058-900915-1421
  • -Jud20.46
  • 15059-900915-1429
  • -Jud20.47
  • The rock Rimmon was doubtless a strong place; but it is
  • uncertain
  • where situated. it is probable however, that it was near, and
  • took its name from, the village of Remmon, mentioned by
  • Eusebius,
  • fifteen miles north from Jerusalem. It appears that rocks are
  • still resorted to in the East, as places of security; and some
  • of
  • them are even capable of sustaining a siege. De La Roque says,
  • that `The Grand Seignior, wishing to seize the person of the
  • emir
  • (Fakr-eddin, prince of the Druses,) gave orders to the pacha to
  • take him prisoner: he accordingly came in search of him, with a
  • new army, in the district of Chouf, which is part of mount
  • Lebanon, whrein is the village of Gesin, and close to it, the
  • rock
  • which served for a retreat to the emir. It is name in Arabic,
  • Magara Gesin, ie.e, the cavern of Gessin, by which name it is
  • famous. The pacha pressed the emir so closely, that this
  • unfortunate prince was obliged to shut himslef up in the cleft
  • of
  • a great rock, with a small number of his officers. The pacha
  • beseiged him there several months; and was going to blow up the
  • rock with a mine, when the emir capitulated.
  • 15060-900915-1430
  • -Jud20.48
  • 15061-900915-1434
  • -Jud21.1
  • 8-15 By the destruction of Jabesh-gilead they provide them
  • four hundred wives.
  • 16-25 They advise the remainder to surprise the virgins that
  • danced at Shiloh
  • 15062-900915-1434
  • -Jud21.2
  • 15063-900915-1435
  • -Jud21.3
  • 15064-900915-1436
  • -Jud21.4
  • 15065-900915-1437
  • -Jud21.5
  • 15066-900915-1438
  • -Jud21.6
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  • -Jud21.7
  • 15068-900915-1443
  • -Jud21.8
  • This place, as its name imports, was situated at Gilead, east of
  • Jordan. Eusebius and Jerome say it was a great twon in their
  • time,
  • standing upon a hill, six miles south from Pella, in the way to
  • Geresa, now Djerash. The {Wady Yabes}, mentioned by Burckhardt,
  • which empties itself into the Jordan, in the neighborhood of
  • Bisan or Beth-shan (see 1Sa 31.11) and upon which Plin, 1.v.c.
  • 18,
  • for its fine waters,) seems to have taken its name from Jabesh.
  • near this spot, we must therefore look for its site; and the
  • place
  • called Kalaat Rabbad seem to correspond, very nearly, to the
  • spot,
  • though it probably still retains among the Arabs its ancient
  • name.
  • 15070-900915-1448
  • -Jud21.10
  • As they had sworn to destroy those who would not assist in the
  • war
  • (ver. 5) they determined to destroy the men of Jabesh, and to
  • leave none except the virgins; and to give these to the 600
  • Benjamites who had escaped to the rock of Timmon. The whole
  • account is dreadful. The crime of the men of Gibeah was of the
  • deepest dye; the punishment involving both the guilty and
  • innocent, was extended to the most criminal excess, and their
  • mode
  • of remedying the evil they had occasioned was equally
  • abominable.
  • 15071-900915-1448
  • -Jud21.11
  • 15072-900915-1450
  • -Jud21.12
  • 15073-900915-1451
  • -Jud21.13
  • 15074-900915-1452
  • -Jud21.14
  • 15075-900915-1453
  • -Jud21.15
  • 15077-900915-1453
  • -Jud21.17
  • 15078-900915-1454
  • -Jud21.18
  • 15079-900915-1458
  • -Jud21.19
  • Maundrell supposes, that either Khan Leban, which is situated on
  • the eastern side of a `delicious vale,' four leagues south from
  • Shechem, and two leagues north from Bethel, or the village of
  • Leban, which is on the opposite side, occupies the site of the
  • ancient Lenonah. It is eight hours, or about 24 miles, from
  • Jerusalem, according to Dr. Richardson.
  • 15081-900915-1500
  • -Jud21.21
  • 15082-900915-1501
  • -Jud21.22
  • 15083-900915-1505
  • -Jud21.23
  • It appears that the Benjamites acted in the most honourable way
  • to the women they had thus violently carried off, and we may
  • rest
  • assured, that they took them to an inheritance more than equal
  • to
  • their own. But this transaction, as well as the indiscriminate
  • massacre of the people of Jabesh-gilead, as Dr. Gray observes,
  • was
  • certainly stamped with injustice and cruelty; and must be
  • condemned on those principles which the Sriptures elsewhere
  • furnish.
  • 15085-900915-1505
  • -Jud21.25
  • 15086-900715-0924
  • -Ru1.1
  • CONCLUDING REMARKS ON THE BOOK OF RUTH
  • This book is evidently a supplement to the book of Judges, and
  • an
  • introduction to that of Samuel, between which it is placed with
  • great
  • propriety. In the ancient Jewish canon, it formed a part of the
  • book
  • of Judges; but the modern Jews make it one of the five Megiloth,
  • which
  • they place towards the end of the Old Testament. This book has
  • been
  • attributed to various authors; but the best founded and
  • generally
  • received opinion, and in which the Jews coincide, is that which
  • ascribes it to the prophet Samuel; before whose time it could
  • not have
  • been written, as is evident from the genealogy recorded in ch.
  • 4.17-22.
  • The time in which the events detailed in this book happened is
  • involved
  • in much obscurity and uncertainty. Augustine refers it to the
  • time of
  • the regal government of the Hebrews; Josephus to the
  • administration of
  • Eli; Moldenhawer, after some Jewish writers, to the time of
  • Ehud; Rabbi
  • Kimichi, and other Jewish authors, to the time of Ibzan; Bps
  • Patrick
  • and Horne to the judicature of Gideon; Lightfoot to the period
  • between
  • Ehud and Deborah; and Usher, who is followed by most
  • chronologers, to
  • the time of Shamgar. The authenticity and canonical authority
  • of this
  • sacred book cannot be questioned; and the Evangelists, in
  • describing
  • our Saviour's descent, have followed its genealogical accounts.
  • To
  • delineate part of this genealogy appears to be the principal
  • design of
  • the book; it had been foretold that the Messiah should be of
  • the tribe
  • of Judah, and it was afterwards revealed that he should be of
  • the
  • family of David; and therefore it was necessary, to prevent the
  • least
  • suspicion of fraud or design, that the history of that family
  • should be
  • written before these prophecies were revealed. And thus this
  • book,
  • these prophecies, and their accomplishment, serve mutually to
  • illustrate each other. The whole narrative is extremely
  • interesting
  • and instructive, and is written with the most beautiful
  • simplicity.
  • The distress of Naomi; her affectionate concern for her
  • daughter-in-law; the reluctant departure of Orpah; the dutiful
  • attachment of Ruth; and the sorrowful return to Bethlehem, are
  • very
  • beautifully told. The simplicity of manners, likewise, which is
  • shewn
  • in the account of Ruth's industry and attention Naomi; of the
  • elegant
  • charity of Boaz; and of his acknowledgment of his kindred with
  • Ruth,
  • afford a very pleasing contrast to the turbulent scenes
  • described in
  • the preceding book. And while it exhibits, in a striking and
  • affecting manner, the care of Divine Providence over those who
  • sincerely fear God, and honestly aim at fulfilling his will, the
  • circumstance of a Maoabitess becoming an ancestor of the
  • Messiah seem
  • to have been a pre-intimation of the admission of the Gentiles
  • into his
  • church. It must be remarked, that in this estimation of the
  • Jews, it
  • was disgraceful to David to have derived his birth from a
  • Moabitess;
  • and Shimei, in his revilings against him, is supposed by them to
  • tauntingly reflected on his descent from Ruth. This book,
  • therefore,
  • contains and intrinsic proof of its own verity, as it reveals a
  • circumstance so little flattering to the sovereign of Israel;
  • and it is
  • scarcely necessary to appeal to its admission into the canon of
  • Scripture, for a testimony of its authentic character. Add to
  • which,
  • that the native, the amiable simplicity in which the story is
  • told, is
  • sufficient proof of its genuineness. There are several
  • sympathetic
  • circumstances recorded which no forger could have intended;
  • there is
  • too much of nature to admit any thing of art.
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  • -------
  • 4,5 Mahlon and Chilion, having married wives of Moab, die also
  • 6,7 Naomi, returning homeward
  • 8-13 dissuades her two daughters-in-law from going with her
  • 14-18 Orpah leaves her,but Ruth with great constancy accompanies
  • her
  • 19-22 They two come to Beth-lehem, where they are gladly
  • received
  • 15087-900715-0927
  • -Ru1.2
  • The Rabbins say that Elimelech was the son of Salmon, who
  • married
  • Rahab; and that Naomi was his niece.
  • It is imagined, and not without probability, that Mahlon and
  • Chilion are the same with Joash and Saraph, mentioned in
  • 1ch 4.22
  • 15088-900715-0927
  • -Ru1.3
  • 15089-900715-0929
  • -Ru1.4
  • The Targum says, `they transgressed the decree of the Lord, and
  • took to them strange women.'
  • 15090-900715-0932
  • -Ru1.5
  • The Targum adds, `And because they transgressed the decree of
  • the
  • word of the Lord, and joined affinity with strange people,
  • therefore their days were cut off.'
  • 15091-900715-0933
  • -Ru1.6
  • 15092-900715-0934
  • -Ru1.7
  • 15093-900715-0935
  • -Ru1.8
  • 15094-900715-0936
  • -Ru1.9
  • 15095-900715-0936
  • -Ru1.10
  • 15096-900715-0939
  • -Ru1.11
  • This alludes to the custom that when a married brother died,
  • without leaving posterity, his brother should take his widow;
  • and
  • the children of such marriages were accounted those of the
  • deceased brother. This address of Naomi to her daughter-in-law
  • is
  • exceedingly tender, persuasive, and affecting.
  • 15097-900715-0939
  • -Ru1.12
  • 15098-900715-0940
  • -Ru1.13
  • 15099-900715-0944
  • -Ru1.14
  • the LXX. add, (), `and returned to her own people.' The Vulgate
  • Syriac, and Arabic, are to the same purpose. It seems a very
  • natural addition, and agrees with the assertion in the next
  • verse;
  • and is accordingly adopted by Houbignant as a part of the text.
  • 15100-900715-0946
  • -Ru1.15
  • They were probably both idolaters at this time. That they were
  • proselytes is an unfounded conjecture; and the conversion of
  • Ruth
  • now only commenced.
  • 15101-900715-0949
  • -Ru1.16
  • A more perfect surrender of friendly feelings to a friend was
  • never made. This was a most extraordinary and disinterested
  • attachment.
  • 15102-900715-1508
  • -Ru1.17
  • 15103-900715-1510
  • -Ru1.18
  • 15104-900715-1511
  • -Ru1.19
  • From this it would appear that Naomi was not only well known,
  • but
  • also highly respected at Beth-lehem: a proof that Elimelech was
  • of
  • high consideration at that place.
  • 15105-900715-1514
  • -Ru1.20
  • 15106-900715-1514
  • -Ru1.21
  • 15107-900715-1516
  • -Ru1.22
  • At the beginning of Spring; for the barley harvest began
  • immediately after the passover, and that festival was held on
  • the
  • 15th of Nisan, corresponding nearly with our March.
  • 15108-900715-1519
  • -Ru2.1
  • 4-7 Boaz takes notice of her
  • 8-17 and shews her great favor
  • 18-23 That which she got, she carries to Naomi
  • boaz, according the Targumist, was the same as Ibzan.
  • 15109-900715-1519
  • -Ru2.2
  • 15110-900715-1520
  • -Ru2.3
  • 15111-900715-1522
  • -Ru2.4
  • 15112-900715-1522
  • -Ru2.5
  • 15113-900715-1523
  • -Ru2.6
  • This seems to have been a kind of steward, who had the under-
  • management of the estate.
  • 15114-900715-1525
  • -Ru2.7
  • It seems that the reapers were now resting in a tent, erected
  • for
  • that purpose; and that Ruth had just gone in with them, to take
  • her rest also.
  • 15115-900715-1526
  • -Ru2.8
  • 15116-900715-1528
  • -Ru2.9
  • 15117-900715-1530
  • -Ru2.10
  • 15118-900715-1531
  • -Ru2.11
  • 15119-900715-1533
  • -Ru2.12
  • 15120-900715-1535
  • -Ru2.13
  • 15121-900715-1538
  • -Ru2.14
  • Vinegar, robb of fruits, etc., are used for this purpose in the
  • East to the present day; into which, says Dr. Shaw, they dip the
  • bread and hand together.
  • 15122-900715-1543
  • -Ru2.15
  • The word glean comes from the French [glaner] to gather ears or
  • grains of corn. This was formerly a general custom in England
  • and
  • Ireland: the poor went into the fields, and collected the
  • straggling ears of corn after the reapers; and it was long
  • supposed that this was their right, and that the law recognized
  • it; but although it has been an old custom, it is now settled
  • by a
  • solemn judgment of the Court of Common Pleas, that a right to
  • glean in the harvest field cannot be claimed by any person at
  • common law. Any person may permit or prevent it on his own
  • grounds. By the Irish Acts, 25 Henry VIII c. 1, and 28 Henry
  • VIII.c.24, gleaning and leasing are so restricted as to be in
  • fact
  • prohibited in that part of the United Kingdom.
  • 15123-900715-1544
  • -Ru2.16
  • 15124-900715-1546
  • -Ru2.17
  • 15125-900715-1547
  • -Ru2.18
  • 15126-900715-1548
  • -Ru2.19
  • 15127-900715-1549
  • -Ru2.20
  • 15128-900715-1551
  • -Ru2.21
  • the word {hannearim} should be translated {the servants}; both
  • male and female being included in it, the latter especially:
  • 15129-900715-1552
  • -Ru2.22
  • Ruth is said, by the Targumist, to have been the daughter of
  • Eglon, king of Moab.
  • 15130-900715-1553
  • -Ru2.23
  • 15131-900715-1556
  • -Ru3.1
  • 5-7 Ruth lies at Boaz's feet
  • 8-13 Boaz acknowledges the right of a kinsman
  • 14-18 He sends her away with six measures of barley
  • 15132-900715-1559
  • -Ru3.2
  • It is probable that the winnowing of grain was effected by
  • taking
  • up a portion of the corn in sieve, and letting it down slowly in
  • the wind; thus the grain would, by its own weight, fall in one
  • place, while the chaff, etc., would be carried a distance by the
  • wind. It is said here that this was done at night; probably what
  • was threshed out in the day was winnowed in the evening, when
  • the
  • sea breeze set in, which was common in Palestine.
  • 15133-900715-1600
  • -Ru3.3
  • 15134-900715-1601
  • -Ru3.4
  • 15136-900715-1601
  • -Ru3.6
  • 15137-900715-1606
  • -Ru3.7
  • Such was the simplicity of those early times, that the most
  • wealthy persons looked after their own affairs, both at home and
  • in the field, These threshing-floors were covered at top to keep
  • off the rain, but lay open on all sides, that the wind might
  • come
  • in freely, for winnowing the corn; which being done, it is
  • probable they were shut up at night, with doors fitted to them,
  • that if any one lay there he might be kept warm, and the corn be
  • secured from robbers.
  • 15138-900715-1606
  • -Ru3.8
  • 15139-900715-1610
  • -Ru3.9
  • and a metaphor taken from the young of fowls, which run under
  • the
  • wings of their mother from birds of prey. Even to the present
  • day, when a Jew marries a woman, he throws the skirts of his
  • talisth over her, to signify that he has taken her under his
  • protection.
  • 15140-900715-1611
  • -Ru3.10
  • 15141-900715-1611
  • -Ru3.11
  • 15142-900715-1612
  • -Ru3.12
  • 15143-900715-1613
  • -Ru3.13
  • 15144-900715-1613
  • -Ru3.14
  • 15145-900715-1619
  • -Ru3.15
  • The word mitpachath has been variously rendered. The LXX.
  • translate it (), an apron, and Vulgate, pallium, a cloak. By the
  • circumstances of the story, it must have been of a considerable
  • size; and accordingly Dr. Shaw thinks it was no other than the
  • {hyke}, the finer sort of which, such as are still worn ladies
  • and
  • persons of distinction among the Arabs, he takes to answer to
  • the
  • (), or robe, of the ancient Greeks.
  • The quantity of this barley is uncertain. The Targum renders it,
  • shith sein, `six seahs.' A seah contained about two gallons and
  • a
  • half, six of which must have been a very heavy load for a woman,
  • and so the Targumist thought, for he add, `And she received
  • strength from the Lord to carry it.'
  • 15146-900715-1621
  • -Ru3.16
  • hast thou done, my daughter?
  • 15148-900715-1621
  • -Ru3.18
  • 15149-900715-1625
  • -Ru4.1
  • 6-8 He refuses the redemption according to the manner in Israel
  • 9,10 Boaz buys the inheritance
  • 11-12 He marries Ruth
  • 13-17 She bears Obed, the grandfather of David
  • 18-22 The generations of Pharez unto David
  • 15150-900715-1626
  • -Ru4.2
  • 15151-900715-1627
  • -Ru4.3
  • 15152-900715-1628
  • -Ru4.4
  • 15153-900715-1631
  • -Ru4.5
  • Or rather, according to the emendations proposed Houbigant and
  • Dr.
  • Kennicott, and which have been confirmed by a great many MSS.
  • since collated, and agreeably to the ancient versions, `In the
  • day
  • thou purchasest the land from the hand of Naomi, thou wilt also
  • acquire Ruth, the Moabitess, the wife of the dead.' etc. This is
  • Boaz's statement of the case to his kinsman, before the people
  • and
  • elders.
  • 15154-900715-1634
  • -Ru4.6
  • The Targum seems to give the proper sense of this passage: `I
  • cannot redeem it, because I have a wife already; and it is not
  • fit
  • for me to bring another into my house, lest brawling and
  • contention arise in it; and lest I hurt my own inheritance. Do
  • thou redeem it, for thou has no wife; which hinders me from
  • redeeming it.'
  • 15155-900715-1638
  • -Ru4.7
  • This custom does not refer to the law about refusing to marry a
  • brother's widow, but was usual in the transfer of inheritances:
  • for this relative was not a brother, but simply a kinsman; and
  • the
  • shoe was not pulled off by Ruth, but by the kinsman himself. The
  • Targumist, instead of {his shoe}, renders `his right hand glove,
  • '
  • it probably being the custom, in his time, to give that instead
  • of
  • a shoe. Jarchi says, `When we purchase any thing new, it is
  • customary to give, instead of a shoe, a handkerchief or veil.'
  • 15157-900715-1639
  • -Ru4.9
  • 15158-900715-1640
  • -Ru4.10
  • 15159-900715-1643
  • -Ru4.11
  • 15160-900715-1644
  • -Ru4.12
  • 15161-900715-1645
  • -Ru4.13
  • 15162-900715-1647
  • -Ru4.14
  • 15163-900715-1648
  • -Ru4.15
  • 15165-900715-1649
  • -Ru4.17
  • it.
  • 15166-900715-1650
  • -Ru4.18
  • 15167-900715-1651
  • -Ru4.19
  • 15168-900715-1652
  • -Ru4.20
  • 15169-900715-1653
  • -Ru4.21
  • 15170-900715-1653
  • -Ru4.22
  • 15171-900715-2153-1Sa1.1
  • The First Book of SAMUEL, otherwise called The First Book of
  • the KINGS
  • 4-8 He cherishes Hannah, though barren, and provoked by
  • Peninnah
  • 9-11 Hannah in grief prays for a child
  • 12-18 Eli first rebuking her, afterwards blesses her
  • 19-23 Hannah, having born Samuel, stays at home till he is
  • weaned
  • 24-28 She presents him, according to her vow, to the Lord
  • This ancient town, now called Ramla, is, according to Phocas,
  • about thirty-six miles west of Jerusalem, and, according to
  • modern
  • travellers, about none miles from Joppa and a league from Lydda,
  • between which it is situated. It is built on a rising ground, on
  • a rich plain, and contains about two thousand families.
  • 15172-900715-2154-1Sa1.2
  • 15173-900715-2157-1Sa1.3
  • 15174-900715-2157-1Sa1.4
  • 15175-900715-2200-1Sa1.5
  • The Hebrew phrase, manah achath appayim, is correctly rendered
  • by
  • Gesenius, (), `a portion for two persons, a double portion;' for
  • aph in Hebrew, and () in Greek, which literally mean a face, are
  • used for a person.
  • 15176-900715-2201-1Sa1.6
  • 15177-900715-2202-1Sa1.7
  • 15178-900715-2203-1Sa1.8
  • 15179-900715-2203-1Sa1.9
  • 15180-900715-2205-1Sa1.10
  • 15181-900715-2210-1Sa1.11
  • Samuel, as a descendent of Levi, was the Lord's property, from
  • twenty-five years of age till fifty; but the vow here implies
  • that
  • he should be consecrated to the Lord from his infancy to his
  • death, and that he should not only act as a Levite, but as a
  • Nazarite.
  • 15182-900715-2211-1Sa1.12
  • 15183-900715-2212-1Sa1.13
  • 15184-900715-2213-1Sa1.14
  • 15185-900715-2215-1Sa1.15
  • 15186-900715-2216-1Sa1.16
  • 15187-900715-2217-1Sa1.17
  • 15188-900715-2218-1Sa1.18
  • 15189-900715-2219-1Sa1.19
  • 15190-900715-2221-1Sa1.20
  • 15191-900715-2222-1Sa1.21
  • 15192-900715-2223-1Sa1.22
  • 15193-900715-2224-1Sa1.23
  • 15194-900715-2226-1Sa1.24
  • The LXX., Syriac, and Arabice, read `a bullock of three years
  • old;' which is probably correct, as we read (verse 25) that they
  • slew eth happar, `the bullock.'
  • 15195-900715-2227-1Sa1.25
  • 15196-900715-2228-1Sa1.26
  • 15197-900715-2228-1Sa1.27
  • 15198-900715-2231-1Sa1.28
  • the Lord. The word {hishhilteehoo}, ` I have lent him,' is the
  • Hiphil conjugation of {sahal}, `he asked,' (ver 27) and refers
  • to
  • the name of Samuel.
  • returned.
  • 15199-900715-2235-1Sa2.1
  • 12-17 The sin of Eli's sons
  • 18,19 Samuel's ministry
  • 20,21 by Eli's blessing Hannah is more fruitful
  • 22-26 Eli reproves his sons
  • 27-36 A prophecy against Eli's house
  • 15200-900715-2237-1Sa2.2
  • 15201-900722-1758-1Sa2.3
  • 15202-900715-2240-1Sa2.4
  • 15203-900715-2241-1Sa2.5
  • 15204-900715-2242-1Sa2.6
  • 15205-900715-2243-1Sa2.7
  • 15206-900715-2245-1Sa2.8
  • 15207-900715-2248-1Sa2.9
  • 15208-900715-2254-1Sa2.10
  • The LXX. insert, `Let not the wise glory in his wisdom, nor the
  • rich glory in his riches; but let him who glorieth glory in
  • this,
  • that he understandeth and knoweth the Lord, and executeth
  • judgment
  • and righteousness in the midst of the earth.'
  • 15209-900721-0723-1Sa2.11
  • 15210-900721-0725-1Sa2.12
  • 15212-900721-0726-1Sa2.14
  • 15213-900721-0727-1Sa2.15
  • 15214-900721-0728-1Sa2.16
  • 15215-900721-0728-1Sa2.17
  • 15216-900721-0729-1Sa2.18
  • 15217-900721-0731-1Sa2.19
  • upper garment: see note on ex 28.4
  • 15218-900721-0733-1Sa2.20
  • after which the 21st should probably come in; and after the
  • 21st,
  • perhaps the 26th should follow.
  • 15219-900721-0734-1Sa2.21
  • 15220-900721-0737-1Sa2.22
  • It is probable that these were persons who had some employment
  • about the tabernacle: see note on Ex 38.8
  • assembled by troops
  • 15221-900721-0738-1Sa2.23
  • 15222-900721-0740-1Sa2.24
  • 15223-900721-0744-1Sa2.25
  • (see Ps 116.10) so Noldius, Ideo voluit Jehovah eos interficere,
  • 'Therefore jehovah purposed to destroy them.'
  • 15224-900721-0745-1Sa2.26
  • 15225-900721-0746-1Sa2.27
  • 15226-900721-0748-1Sa2.28
  • 15227-900721-0753-1Sa2.29
  • They disdained to take the part allowed by the law; and would
  • take
  • for themselves what part they pleased, and as much as they
  • pleased.
  • By permitting his sons to deal thus with the sacrifices, and to
  • be
  • served first, by taking their part before the fat, etc., was
  • burnt
  • to the Lord, Eli thus honoured his sons above God.
  • 15228-900721-0757-1Sa2.30
  • 15229-900721-0800-1Sa2.31
  • That is, I will destroy the strength, power, influence, and
  • authority of thee and thy family; of which the arm of man being
  • the instrument, is used as the emblem.
  • 15230-900721-0802-1Sa2.32
  • wealth which God would have given Israel. This appears to be the
  • right translation; for, agreeably to this prediction, he did see
  • the tabernacle deprived of the ark, which was its glory, and
  • lived
  • to hear that it was captured by the Philistines.
  • 15231-900721-0803-1Sa2.33
  • 15232-900721-0804-1Sa2.34
  • 15233-900721-0806-1Sa2.35
  • 15234-900721-0808-1Sa2.36
  • 15235-900721-0810-1Sa3.1
  • 11-14 God tells Samuel the destruction of Eli's house
  • 15-18 Samuel, though loath, tells Eli the vision
  • 19-21 Samuel grows in credit
  • 15236-900721-0811-1Sa3.2
  • 15237-900721-0813-1Sa3.3
  • extinguished before the rising of the sun; see the Parallel
  • Passages.
  • 15238-900721-0814-1Sa3.4
  • 15240-900721-0815-1Sa3.6
  • 15241-900721-0818-1Sa3.7
  • before the word of the Lord was revealed unto him.
  • Samuel was not destitute of the knowledge of God, in that sense
  • which implies the total absence of true piety, as Eli's sons
  • were;
  • for he knew and worshipped the God of Israel: but he did not
  • know
  • him as communicating special revelations of his will to him, in
  • the manner in which he made it known to the prophets.
  • 15242-900721-0822-1Sa3.8
  • himself to his servants the prophets - by the `still small
  • voice'-
  • yet when this direct communication from the Almighty was made
  • the
  • third time, in a way altogether new and strange to him, it seems
  • astonishing that he did not immediately apprehend. Perhaps he
  • would have been sooner aware of a divine revelation, had it come
  • in a dream or a vision. Those who have the greatest knowledge of
  • divine things, should remember the time when they were as babes,
  • unskillful in the word of righteousness
  • 15243-900721-0823-1Sa3.9
  • 15244-900721-0827-1Sa3.10
  • This seems to imply a visible appearance, as well as an audible
  • voice.
  • called, but lay still and listened. All must be silent, when God
  • speaks, Observe, however, Samuel in his reply left out one word:
  • he did not say, Speak, Lord, but only Speak, for thy servant
  • heareth; perhaps , as Bp. Patrick suggests, out of uncertainty,
  • whether it was God that spake to him or not. However, by this
  • answer way was made for the massage he now to receive, and
  • Samuel
  • was brought acquainted with the words of God and visions of the
  • Almighty
  • 15245-900721-0828-1Sa3.11
  • 15246-900721-0829-1Sa3.12
  • 15247-900721-0832-1Sa3.13
  • 15248-900721-0833-1Sa3.14
  • 15249-900721-0837-1Sa3.15
  • Samuel reverenced Eli as a father, and feared to distress him by
  • shewing what God had purposed to do. It does not appear that God
  • commanded Samuel to deliver this message; he therefore did not
  • attempt it till adjured by Eli. It might be supposed that Samuel
  • would have been so full of ecstasy as to have forgotten his
  • ordinary service, and run amongst his friends to tell them of
  • the
  • converse he had had with God in the night: but he modestly keeps
  • it to himself. Our secret communion with God is not to be
  • proclaimed on the house-top.
  • 15251-900721-0839-1Sa3.17
  • 15252-900721-0842-1Sa3.18
  • person, thing, etc. every whit is every thing: equivalent to
  • every jot.
  • 15253-900721-0844-1Sa3.19
  • 15254-900721-0845-1Sa3.20
  • 15255-900721-0847-1Sa3.21
  • appear:' that is, He continued to reveal himself to Samuel at
  • Shiloh.
  • 15256-900721-0854-1Sa4.1
  • 3-9 They fetch the ark unto the terror of the Philistines
  • 10,11 They are smitten again, the ark taken, and Hopni and
  • Phineas are slain
  • 12-18 Eli at the news, falling backward, breaks his neck
  • 19-22 Phineas's wife, discouraged in her trevail with I-cha-bod,
  • dies
  • This Aphek was situated in the tribe of Judah, and is probably
  • the
  • same as Aphekah
  • another in Asher.
  • 15257-900721-0855-1Sa4.2
  • 15258-900721-0858-1Sa4.3
  • 15259-900721-0900-1Sa4.4
  • 15260-900721-0901-1Sa4.5
  • They vainly supposed that the ark would save them, when the God
  • of
  • it had departed from them because of their wickedness
  • 15261-900721-0902-1Sa4.6
  • 15262-900721-0903-1Sa4.7
  • 15263-900721-0903-1Sa4.8
  • 15264-900721-0904-1Sa4.9
  • 15265-900721-0905-1Sa4.10
  • 15266-900721-0907-1Sa4.11
  • 15267-900721-0908-1Sa4.12
  • These, as we have already remarked, were the general signs of
  • sorrow and distress
  • 15268-900721-0909-1Sa4.13
  • 15269-900721-0909-1Sa4.14
  • 15270-900721-0911-1Sa4.15
  • 15271-900721-0911-1Sa4.16
  • 15272-900721-0912-1Sa4.17
  • 15273-900721-0914-1Sa4.18
  • that in south-west Israel.'
  • 15274-900721-0915-1Sa4.19
  • 15275-900721-0916-1Sa4.20
  • 15276-900721-0917-1Sa4.21
  • 15277-900721-0918-1Sa4.22
  • 15278-900721-1030-1Sa5.1
  • the house Dagon
  • 3-7 Dagon is smitten down and cut and cut in pieces, and cut in
  • pieces, and they of Ashdod smitten with emerods
  • 8,9 So God deals with them of Gath, when it was brought thither
  • 10-12 and so with them of Ekron, when it was brought thither
  • Ashdod, called azotus by the Greeks, was one of the five
  • satraphies of the Philistines, and a place of great strength and
  • consequence. It was situated near the Mediterranean, between
  • Askelon and Jamnia, thirty-four miles north of Gaza, according
  • to
  • Diodorus Sciculus, and the Antonine and Jerusalem Itineraries.
  • it
  • is now called Shdood; and Dr. Richardson says they neither saw
  • nor
  • heard of any ruins there. `The site of the town is on the summit
  • of a grassy hill; and, if we are to believe historians, was
  • anciently as strong as it was beautiful.
  • 15279-900721-1030-1Sa5.2
  • 15280-900721-1031-1Sa5.3
  • 15281-900721-1038-1Sa5.4
  • The name of this idol, Dagon, signifies a fish: and it is
  • supposed
  • to be the Atergatis of the Syrians, corruptly called Derceto by
  • the Greeks, which had the upper part of a woman, and the lower
  • part like a fish; as Lucian informs us: () `In Phoenicia I saw
  • the
  • image of Derceto; a strange sight truly! For she had the half of
  • a woman, but from the thighs downward a fish's tail.' Diodorus,
  • describing the same idol, as represented at Askelon, say, (),
  • `It
  • had the head of a woman, but all the rest of the body a fish's.
  • Probably Horace alludes to this idol, in De Art. Poet. v. 4;
  • Desinat in poscem, mulier formosa superne: `The upper part a
  • handsome woman, and the lower part a fish.' If such was the form
  • of this idol, then everything that was human was broken off from
  • what resembled a fish.
  • 15282-900721-1039-1Sa5.5
  • 15283-900721-1044-1Sa5.6
  • medio regionis illius, et nati sunt mures; et facta est confusio
  • mortis magnae in civitate; `And the cities and fields in Vulg.
  • the
  • midst of that region produced mice; [Vulg. burst up, and mice
  • were
  • produced;] and there was the confusion of a great death in the
  • city.'
  • 15284-900721-1047-1Sa5.7
  • 15285-900721-1048-1Sa5.8
  • 15286-900721-1050-1Sa5.9
  • 15287-900721-1051-1Sa5.10
  • 15288-900721-1052-1Sa5.11
  • 15289-900721-1053-1Sa5.12
  • 15290-900721-1056-1Sa6.1
  • back the ark
  • 10-18 They bring it on a new cart with an offering unto Beth-
  • shemesh
  • 19,20 The people are smitten for looking into the ark
  • 21 They send to them of Kirjath-jearim to fetch it
  • 15291-900721-1057-1Sa6.2
  • 15292-900721-1058-1Sa6.3
  • 15293-900721-1059-1Sa6.4
  • 15294-900721-1136-1Sa6.5
  • Bochart has collected many curious accounts relative to the
  • terrible devastations made by these mischievous animals.
  • William,
  • Archbishop of Tyre, records, that in the beginning of the
  • twelfth
  • century, a penitential council was held at Naplouse, where five
  • and twenty canons were framed for the correction of the manners
  • of
  • the inhabitants of the Christian kingdom of Jerusalem, who they
  • apprehended had provoked to bring upon them the calamities of
  • earthquakes, war, and famine. This last he ascribes to locusts
  • and devouring mice, which had for four years together so
  • destroyed
  • the fruits of the earth as to cause an almost total failure of
  • their crops. It was customary for the ancient heathen to offer
  • to
  • their gods such monuments of their deliverance as represented
  • the
  • evils from which they had been rescued; and Tavernier informs
  • us,
  • that among the Indians, when a pilgrim goes to one of the
  • pagodas
  • for a cure, he brings the figure of the member affected, made of
  • gold, silver, or copper, according to his circumstances, when he
  • offers to his god.
  • 15295-900721-1138-1Sa6.6
  • 15296-900721-1138-1Sa6.7
  • 15297-900721-1139-1Sa6.8
  • 15298-900721-1140-1Sa6.9
  • 15300-900721-1140-1Sa6.11
  • 15303-900721-1142-1Sa6.14
  • 15305-900721-1143-1Sa6.16
  • 15306-900721-1146-1Sa6.17
  • 15307-900721-1147-1Sa6.18
  • 15308-900721-1156-1Sa6.19
  • As it is very improbable that the village of Beth-shemesh should
  • contain, or be capable of employing, 50,070 men in the fields at
  • wheat harvest, much less that they could all peep into the ark,
  • and from the uncommon manner in which it is expressed in the
  • original, it is generally allowed that there is some corruption
  • in
  • the text, or that some explanatory word is omitted. The Hebrew
  • is
  • {shiven ish, chasmishim aileph ish}, literally, `seventy men,
  • fifty thousand men:' so LXX (). Vulgate, septuaginta viros, et
  • quinquagint millia plebis, `70 (chief) men.' But the Syriac,
  • chamsho alphin weshivin gavrin, `5000 and 70 men;' with which
  • the
  • Arabic agrees; while Josephus has only () seventy men; and three
  • reputable MSS of Dr. Kennicott's also omits `50,000 men.' Some
  • learned men, however, would render, by supplying () mem, `70
  • men;
  • fifty out of a thousand; ' which supposes about 1400 present,
  • and
  • that a twentieth part were slain.
  • 15309-900721-1156-1Sa6.20
  • 15310-900721-1157-1Sa6.21
  • 15311-900721-1202-1Sa7.1
  • 1 They of Kirjath-jearim bring the ark into the house of
  • Abinadab, and sanctify Eleazar, his son to keep it
  • 2 After twenty years,
  • 3-6 the Israelites, by Samuel's means, solemnly repent at Mizpeh
  • 7-12 While Samuel prays and sacrifices, the Lord discomfits the
  • Philistines by thunder at Eben-ezer
  • 13,14 The Philistines are subdued
  • 15-17 Samuel judges Israel
  • 15312-900721-1203-1Sa7.2
  • 15313-900721-1206-1Sa7.3
  • 15314-900721-1206-1Sa7.4
  • 15315-900721-1207-1Sa7.5
  • 15316-900721-1215-1Sa7.6
  • Grottius says, that the pouring out of water means the shedding
  • of
  • tears; and the Targum reads, `And they poured out their hearts
  • in
  • penitence, as waters, before the Lord.' Others suppose that it
  • was done emblematically, to represent the contrition of their
  • hearts, and their desire to wash away their past offences. But
  • some learned men conceive that it was poured out as a libation,
  • in
  • token of joy, after they had fasted and confessed their sin, as
  • they were wont to do in the feast of tabernacles. (See note on
  • Nu.
  • 29.35).
  • 15317-900721-1216-1Sa7.7
  • 15318-900721-1217-1Sa7.8
  • 15319-900721-1218-1Sa7.9
  • 15320-900721-1219-1Sa7.10
  • 15321-900721-1221-1Sa7.11
  • This place was probably situated in the tribe of Dan. Josephus
  • calls it (); the LXX. (); Targum, Beth-saron; Syriac and Arabic
  • Beth-jasan; by which Houbigant supposes is meant Beth-shan.
  • 15322-900721-1223-1Sa7.12
  • 15323-900721-1224-1Sa7.13
  • 15324-900721-1225-1Sa7.14
  • 15325-900721-1226-1Sa7.15
  • 15326-900721-1229-1Sa7.16
  • When he was at Bethel, the tribe of Ephraim and all the northern
  • parts of the country could attend him; when at Gilgal, the tribe
  • of Benjamin and those beyond Jordan could have easy access to
  • hims; and when at Mizpeh, he was within the reach of Judah,
  • Simeon, and Gad: but at Ramah was the place of his ordinary
  • abode;
  • and there he held his court, for there he judged Israel: and as
  • it
  • is probable that Shiloh was destroyed, it is said (ver. 17) that
  • there, i.e, at Ramah, `he build an altar to the Lord.'
  • 15327-900721-1230-1Sa7.17
  • 15328-900721-1234-1Sa8.1
  • Israelites ask a king
  • 6-9 Samuel praying in grief is comforted by God
  • 10-18 He tells the manner of a king
  • 19-22 God wills Samuel to yield unto the importunity of the
  • people
  • 15329-900721-1234-1Sa8.2
  • 15330-900721-1236-1Sa8.3
  • 15331-900721-1236-1Sa8.4
  • 15332-900721-1237-1Sa8.5
  • 15333-900721-1239-1Sa8.6
  • 15334-900721-1240-1Sa8.7
  • 15335-900721-1242-1Sa8.8
  • 15336-900721-1243-1Sa8.9
  • tested against them, then thou shalt shew, etc.
  • 15338-900721-1245-1Sa8.11
  • 15339-900721-1245-1Sa8.12
  • 15341-900721-1246-1Sa8.14
  • 15342-900721-1247-1Sa8.15
  • 15345-900721-1255-1Sa8.18
  • governors raised up by God, who had exacted no tribute of them ,
  • nor put them to any charge; but little content with this form of
  • government, they desire to have a king like other nations, who
  • should live in magnificence and pomp, keep armies, and be able
  • to
  • resist any invasion. Samuel informs them what it was they
  • desired; that, when they understood it, they might consider
  • whether they would persist in their choice. If they would have a
  • king splendidly attended, he tells them that he would take their
  • sons for his chariots, etc.: if they would have him keep up
  • constant forces, then he would appoint then for colonels and
  • captains, and employ those in his wars who were accustomed to
  • follow their family business; and since, after the manner of
  • other
  • kings, he must keep a stately court, they must be content that
  • their daughters should serve in several offices, which the king
  • would think below the dignity of his wives and daughters (ver
  • 13.)
  • In one word, that, to sustain his dignity, their king would
  • exact
  • the tenth of all they possessed, and be maintained in a royal
  • manner out of their estates.'
  • 15346-900721-1255-1Sa8.19
  • 15347-900721-1257-1Sa8.20
  • 15348-900721-1257-1Sa8.21
  • 15349-900721-1258-1Sa8.22
  • 15350-900721-1302-1Sa9.1
  • 6-10 by the counsel of his servant
  • 11-14 and direction of young maidens
  • 15-17 according to God's revelation
  • 18 comes to Samuel
  • 19-24 Samuel entertains Saul at the feast
  • 25-27 Samuel, after secret communication, brings Saul on his way
  • 15351-900721-1303-1Sa9.2
  • 15352-900721-1303-1Sa9.3
  • 15353-900721-1354-1Sa9.4
  • 15354-900721-1355-1Sa9.5
  • 15355-900721-1356-1Sa9.6
  • 15356-900721-1405-1Sa9.7
  • We are not to suppose from this that the prophets took money to
  • predict future events: Saul only refers to an invariable custom,
  • that no man approached a superior without some present or
  • another,
  • however small in value. Dr. Pococle tells us of a present of
  • fifty
  • radishes! Other authors mention a flower, an orange, or similar
  • trifles; and Mr., Bruce says, that one who wished to solicit a
  • favour from him, presented him with a about a score of dates! `I
  • mention this trifling circumstance,' say Mr. B. `to shew how
  • essential to human and civil intercourse presents are considered
  • to be in the East; whether it be dates, or whether it be
  • diamonds,
  • they are so much a part of their manners, that without them, an
  • inferior will never be at peace in his own mind, or thing that
  • he
  • has hold of his superior for protection. But superiors give no
  • presents to their inferiors.' Presents then are tokens of
  • honour;
  • not intended as offers of payment or enrichment.
  • 15357-900721-1406-1Sa9.8
  • 15358-900721-1406-1Sa9.9
  • 15359-900721-1407-1Sa9.10
  • 15360-900721-1408-1Sa9.11
  • 15361-900721-1409-1Sa9.12
  • 15362-900721-1410-1Sa9.13
  • 15364-900721-1412-1Sa9.15
  • 15365-900721-1413-1Sa9.16
  • 15366-900721-1415-1Sa9.17
  • 15368-900721-1420-1Sa9.19
  • The word roaih literally signifies one who sees; particularly
  • preternatural sights. a seer and a prophet were the same in most
  • cases; only with this difference, the seer was always a prophet,
  • but the prophet was not always a seer. A seer seems to imply one
  • who frequently met with and saw some symbolical representation
  • of
  • God. All prophets, true or false, profess to see God (see Nu
  • 24.4,16 je 14.4) and diviners, in their enthusiastic flights,
  • boasted that they had those things exhibited to their sight
  • which
  • should come to pass.
  • 15369-900721-1422-1Sa9.20
  • 15370-900721-1423-1Sa9.21
  • 15371-900721-1423-1Sa9.22
  • 15372-900721-1423-1Sa9.23
  • 15373-900721-1425-1Sa9.24
  • Probably the shoulder was set before Saul, not because it was
  • the
  • best part, but because it was an emblem of the government to
  • which
  • he was now called (See is 9.6) le 7.32,33 eze 24.4
  • 15374-900721-1426-1Sa9.25
  • 15375-900721-1428-1Sa9.26
  • Saul had no doubt slept there all night, as is usual in the
  • East;
  • and now, being the break of day, `Samuel called to Saul on the
  • top
  • of the house:' there was no calling him to the top of the house
  • a
  • second time; he was sleeping there, and Samuel called him up.
  • 15376-900721-1429-1Sa9.27
  • 15377-900721-1433-1Sa10.1
  • 2-8 He confirms him by prediction of three signs
  • 9-13 Saul's heart is changed, and he prophesies
  • 14-16 He conceals the matter of the kingdom from his uncle
  • 17-25 Saul is chosen at Mizpeh by lot
  • 26,27 The different affections of his subjects
  • 15378-900721-1434-1Sa10.2
  • 15379-900721-1436-1Sa10.3
  • 15380-900721-1436-1Sa10.4
  • 15381-900721-1439-1Sa10.5
  • 15382-900721-1440-1Sa10.6
  • 15383-900721-1442-1Sa10.7
  • shall find
  • 15384-900721-1443-1Sa10.8
  • 15385-900721-1459-1Sa10.9
  • The following history of Saul is given by the Afghans, a people
  • generally supposed to be of Jewish origin:
  • "In a war which raged between the children of Israel and the
  • Amelikites, the latter being victorious, plundered the Jews, and
  • obtained possession of the ark of the covenant. Considering this
  • [as] the God of the Jews, they threw it into the fire, which did
  • not affect it. They afterwards attempted to cleave it with axes,
  • but without success: every individual who treated it with
  • indignity, was punished for his temerity. They then placed it in
  • their temple; but all their idols bowed to it. At length they
  • fastened it upon a cow, which they turned loose in the
  • wilderness.
  • When the prophet Samuel arose, the children of Israel said to
  • him,
  • ` We have been totally subdued by the Amalekites, and have no
  • king. Raise to us a king, that we may be enabled to contend for
  • the glory of God.' Samuel said, `In case you are led out to
  • battle, are you determined to fight?' They answered, `What has
  • befallen us, that we should not fight against infidels. That
  • nation has banished us from our country and children.' At this
  • time the angel Gabriel descended, and delivering a wand, said,
  • `It
  • is the command of God, that the person whose stature shall
  • correspond with this wand, shall be king of Israel. Melec Tdlut
  • was at that time a man of inferior condition, and performed the
  • humble employment of feeding the goats and cows of others. One
  • day, a cow under his charge was accidentally lost. Being
  • disappointed in his searches, he was greatly distressed, and
  • applied to Samuel saying, `I have lost a cow, and I do not
  • possess
  • the means of satisfying the owner. Pray for me that I may be
  • extricated from this difficulty.' Samuel perceiving that he was
  • a
  • man of lofty stature, asked his name. He answered, Talut. Samuel
  • then then said, `Measure Talut with the wand which the angel
  • Gabriel brought.' His stature was equal to it. Samuel then said,
  • `God had raised Talut to be your king.' The children of Israel
  • answered, `We are greater than our king. We are men of dignity,
  • and he is of inferior condition. How shall he be our king?'
  • Samuel informed them, they should know that God had constituted
  • Talut king, by his restoring the ark of the covenant. He
  • accordingly restored it, and they acknowledged him their
  • sovereign." Asiatic Researches, voll ii. p. 119, et seq
  • 15386-900721-1500-1Sa10.10
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  • 15392-900721-1504-1Sa10.16
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  • 15396-900721-1506-1Sa10.20
  • 15398-900721-1507-1Sa10.22
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  • 15401-900721-1509-1Sa10.25
  • 15402-900721-1510-1Sa10.26
  • 15403-900721-1512-1Sa10.27
  • 15404-900721-1535-1Sa11.1
  • 4-11 They send messengers, and are delivered by Saul
  • 12-15 Saul thereby is confirmed, and his kingdom renewed
  • In the Vulgate this chapter begins thus: Et.factum est quasi
  • post
  • mensem, `And it came to pass about a month after;' which is also
  • the reading of the principal copies of the Septuagint; and is
  • also
  • found in Josephus, though it appears to have little authority.
  • 15405-900721-1536-1Sa11.2
  • 15406-900721-1536-1Sa11.3
  • 15407-900721-1538-1Sa11.4
  • 15408-900721-1538-1Sa11.5
  • 15409-900721-1539-1Sa11.6
  • 15410-900721-1547-1Sa11.7
  • The sending the pieces of the oxen was an act similar to that of
  • the Levite, ju 19.29, (see note). An eminent Scotch writer
  • describes the rites, incantations, and imprecations used prior
  • to
  • the fiery cross being circulated, to summon the rough warriors
  • of
  • ancient times to the service of their chief; and he allude to
  • this ancient custom, which in comparatively modern times, has
  • been
  • practiced in Scotland; and proves that a similar punishment of
  • death, or destruction of their houses, for disobeying the
  • summons,
  • was inflicted by the ancient Scandinavians, as recorded by Olaus
  • Magnus, in his History of the Goths. This bears a striking
  • resemblence to the ancient custom of the Israelites. With the
  • Highlanders, a goat was slain; with the Israelites, an ox. The
  • exhibition of a cross, stained with the blood of the sacrificed
  • animal, was the summons of the former, while part of the animal,
  • was the mandate of the latter. Disobedience in one nation was
  • punished with the death of themselves or oxen, and burning of
  • their dwellings in the other.
  • 15411-900721-1548-1Sa11.8
  • 15412-900721-1549-1Sa11.9
  • 15413-900721-1549-1Sa11.10
  • 15414-900721-1550-1Sa11.11
  • 15415-900721-1551-1Sa11.12
  • 15416-900721-1551-1Sa11.13
  • 15417-900721-1552-1Sa11.14
  • 15418-900721-1554-1Sa11.15
  • 15419-900721-1559-1Sa12.1
  • 6-15 He reproves the people of ingratitude
  • 16-19 He terrifies them with thunder in harvest time
  • 20-25 he comforts them in God's mercy
  • 15420-900721-1600-1Sa12.2
  • 15421-900721-1603-1Sa12.3
  • 15422-900721-1604-1Sa12.4
  • 15423-900721-1605-1Sa12.5
  • 15424-900721-1606-1Sa12.6
  • 15425-900721-1607-1Sa12.7
  • 15426-900721-1609-1Sa12.8
  • 15427-900721-1610-1Sa12.9
  • 15428-900721-1612-1Sa12.10
  • 15429-900721-1616-1Sa12.11
  • Bedan, whose name occurs no where else as a judge of Israel, Bp.
  • Patrick and others suppose to be a contraction of ben Dan, `the
  • son of Dan;' by which they suppose Samson is meant, as the
  • Targum
  • reads. The LXx. Syriac, and Arabic, however, instead of Bedan
  • read Barak; and the two latter versions, instead of Samuel have
  • Samson. These readings are adopted by Houbigant, and appear to
  • be
  • genuine; for it is not probable that Samuel would enumerate
  • himself.
  • 15430-900721-1618-1Sa12.12
  • 15431-900721-1618-1Sa12.13
  • 15432-900721-1620-1Sa12.14
  • 15433-900721-1620-1Sa12.15
  • 15434-900721-1621-1Sa12.16
  • 15435-900721-1627-1Sa12.17
  • In northern latitudes, thunder and rain are far from being un-
  • common during harvest. But rain is hardly ever known in
  • Palestine
  • during that season, which commences about the end of June, or
  • beginning of July. This fact is abundantly confirmed by modern
  • travellers, and is demonstrative to every unprejudiced reader of
  • the Holy Scriptures, that the thunder and the rain, which at
  • Samuel's invocation, was sent at this season of the year, was a
  • miraculous interposition of the power of God; for we read in
  • ver.
  • 16, it was a `great thing which the Lord will do.' Thus were the
  • Israelites warned of their sin in having asked a king, and of
  • the
  • omnipotence of that God, whose gracious promises they virtually
  • neglected by this act.
  • 15436-900721-1628-1Sa12.18
  • 15437-900721-1629-1Sa12.19
  • 15438-900721-1630-1Sa12.20
  • 15439-900721-1631-1Sa12.21
  • 15440-900721-1635-1Sa12.22
  • 15441-900721-1636-1Sa12.23
  • 15442-900721-1638-1Sa12.24
  • 15443-900721-1639-1Sa12.25
  • 15444-900721-1645-1Sa13.1
  • 3,4 He calls the Hebrews to Gilgal against the Philistines,
  • whose garrison Jonathan had smitten
  • 5 The Philistines' great host
  • 6,7 The distress of the Israelites
  • 8-10 Saul, weary of staying for Samuel, sacrifices
  • 11-16 Samuel reproves him
  • 17,18 The three spoiling bands of the Philistines
  • 19-23 The policy of the Philistines, to suffer no smith in
  • Israel
  • verse is variously interpreted; but probably it only means,
  • according to the Hebrew idiom, that, during the first year
  • nothing
  • remarkable occurred; but after two years, (or in the second
  • year of
  • his reign,) the subsequent events took place.
  • 15445-900721-1647-1Sa13.2
  • Michmash was situated east of Bethaven, or Bethel; and Eusebius
  • says it was in his time a considerable place, about nine miles
  • from Jerusalem, towards Rama.
  • 15446-900721-1651-1Sa13.3
  • 15447-900721-2009-1Sa13.4
  • 15448-900721-2013-1Sa13.5
  • The Philistines had no doubt collected troops in this emergency,
  • from all the surrounding nation; but the number of chariots is
  • immensely large beyond any example, and wholly disproportioned
  • to
  • the number of their cavalry. It is probable, therefore, that for
  • sheloshim aileph, `thirty thousand,' we should read shelosh
  • aileph, `three thousand,' with the Syriac and Arabic.
  • 15449-900721-2014-1Sa13.6
  • 15450-900721-2016-1Sa13.7
  • 15451-900721-2016-1Sa13.8
  • 15452-900721-2017-1Sa13.9
  • 15453-900721-2018-1Sa13.10
  • 15454-900721-2019-1Sa13.11
  • 15455-900721-2020-1Sa13.12
  • 15456-900721-2021-1Sa13.13
  • 15457-900721-2023-1Sa13.14
  • 15458-900721-2028-1Sa13.15
  • The LXX. have, `Samuel arose and went away from Gilgal, and the
  • remainder of the people went up along with the men of war after
  • Samuel from Gilgal to Gibeah of Benjamin.' This is probably the
  • true reading; for it does not appear that Samuel went to Gibeah,
  • which was Saul's usual residence; and the hebrew copyist, as Dr.
  • Wall observes, seems to have missed a line, and added to the
  • sentence concerning Samuel, that which ended the sentence
  • concerning Saul. One MS. instead of Samuel, in the beginning of
  • the sentence, reads Saul.
  • 15459-900721-2029-1Sa13.16
  • 15460-900721-2029-1Sa13.17
  • 15461-900721-2030-1Sa13.18
  • 15462-900721-2032-1Sa13.19
  • It is probable that the Philistines in the former wars had
  • carried
  • away all the smiths from Israel.
  • 15464-900721-2033-1Sa13.21
  • 15465-900721-2033-1Sa13.22
  • 15466-900721-2035-1Sa13.23
  • 15467-900721-2041-1Sa14.1
  • garrison
  • 15,16 A divine terror makes them beat themselves
  • 17-20 Saul, not staying the priest's answer, sets on them
  • 21-23 The captivated Hebrews, and the hidden Israelites, join
  • against them.
  • 24-30 Saul's unadvised adjuration hinders the victory
  • 31-34 He restrains the people from eating blood
  • 35,36 He builds an altar
  • 37-46 Jonathan, taken by lot, is save by the people
  • 47-52 Saul's victories, strength, and family
  • 15468-900721-2050-1Sa14.2
  • The word rimmon, in Arabic romman, whence the Portugese romaa,
  • denotes the pomegranate, both tree and fruit; called by
  • naturalists malus punica or malo-granatum. It is, according to
  • the Linnean system, a genus of the icosandrai monogynia class of
  • plants; and is a low tree, growing very common in Palestine, and
  • other parts of the East. It has several small angular boughs,
  • covered with a reddish-bark, and some of them armed with sharp
  • thorns. They are garnished with small, narrow, spear-shaped
  • leave, like those of the myrtle, but not so sharp, of a green
  • colour, inclining to red. Its blossoms are large, beautiful, of
  • an elegant red colour, inclining to purple, composed of several
  • stalks resembling a rose, in the hollow of the cup: this cup is
  • oblong, hard, purple, having a figure somewhat like that of a
  • bell. It is chiefly valued for its fruit, which is exceedingly
  • beautiful, of the form and size of a large apple, with a reddish
  • rind, and red within; being full of small kernels, with red
  • grains, replenished with a generous liquor, of which, Sir John
  • Chardin informs us, they still make considerable quantities of
  • wine in the East, particularly in Persia. But as the pomegranate
  • tree, form its low growth, is but little adapted for pitching a
  • tent under, it is probable that Rimmon here is the name of the
  • rock mentioned in Ju 20.45
  • 15469-900721-2052-1Sa14.3
  • 15470-900721-2053-1Sa14.4
  • 15471-900721-2053-1Sa14.5
  • 15472-900721-2058-1Sa14.6
  • This action of Jonathan's was totally contrary to the laws of
  • war;
  • no military operation should be undertaken without the knowledge
  • and command of the general. But it is highly probable, that this
  • gallant man was led to undertake the hazardous enterprise by an
  • immediate divine impulse; and by the same influence was kept
  • from
  • informing the soldiers, and even from consulting his father, who
  • might have opposed his design.
  • Where there is a promise of defense and support, the weakest, in
  • the face of the strongest enemy, may rely upon it with the
  • utmost
  • confidence.
  • 15473-900721-2059-1Sa14.7
  • 15474-900721-2100-1Sa14.8
  • 15475-900721-2100-1Sa14.9
  • 15476-900721-2101-1Sa14.10
  • 15477-900721-2102-1Sa14.11
  • 15478-900721-2104-1Sa14.12
  • Meaning, that they would cause them to repent of their audacity.
  • This was the favourable sign which Jonathan had requested.
  • 15479-900721-2105-1Sa14.13
  • 15480-900721-2112-1Sa14.14
  • original is obscure and variously understood; but it is
  • probably a
  • a proverbial expression for a small space.
  • 15481-900721-2117-1Sa14.15
  • acknowledge him in all their ways, and seek unto him for
  • direction
  • with full purpose of heart. Sometimes we find most comfort
  • in that which is least our own doing, and into which we have
  • been
  • led by the unexpected, but well observed, turns of Providence.
  • 15482-900721-2118-1Sa14.16
  • 15484-900721-2123-1Sa14.18
  • The Septuagint reads () `Bring hither the ephod; for he bore the
  • ephod on that day before Israel:' which Houbigant and others
  • think
  • is the true reading. Finding that his son Jonathan and his
  • armour-bearer were absent, Saul wished to consult the high-
  • priest;
  • but the tumult increasing, he says to him, `Withdraw thine hand:
  • '
  • i.e, desist form consulting the ephod on this occasiona, and
  • immediately hastened to make the best use he could of this
  • astonishing victory.
  • 15485-900721-2123-1Sa14.19
  • 15486-900721-2125-1Sa14.20
  • 15487-900721-2127-1Sa14.21
  • Probably such as they held in bondage, not who were their
  • servants.
  • Instead of (), `the Hebrews,' the LXX. evidently read (), for
  • they
  • have (), `the slaves;' but this reading is not countenanced by
  • any
  • another version, nor by any MS.
  • 15488-900721-2129-1Sa14.22
  • The LXX. and Vulgate add here, () `And [all the people who were,
  • LXX.] there were with Saul about ten thousand men; but this is
  • supported by no other authority.
  • 15489-900721-2130-1Sa14.23
  • 15490-900721-2131-1Sa14.24
  • 15491-900721-2133-1Sa14.25
  • This was wild honey, which to this day abounds in Judea; and
  • bursting from the comb, runs down the hollow trees, rocks, etc.
  • 15492-900721-2134-1Sa14.26
  • 15493-900721-2135-1Sa14.27
  • 15494-900721-2135-1Sa14.28
  • 15495-900721-2137-1Sa14.29
  • It is well known, that hunger and fatigue produce faintness and
  • dim the sight; and on taking a little food, this affection is
  • immediately removed.
  • 15496-900721-2138-1Sa14.30
  • 15497-900721-2138-1Sa14.31
  • The distance, Calmet states to be three or four leagues
  • 15498-900721-2142-1Sa14.32
  • being now faint through hunger and fatigue, they flew upon the
  • cattle, and not taking time to bleed them properly, they eagerly
  • devoured the flesh with the blood, directly contrary to the law-
  • -
  • another bad effect of Saul's rash adjuration.
  • 15499-900721-2143-1Sa14.33
  • 15500-900721-2144-1Sa14.34
  • 15501-900721-2147-1Sa14.35
  • It is probable that Saul converted the great stone, on which the
  • cattle had been slaughtered, into an altar, on which sacrifices
  • were offered, before the people attempted to proceed any
  • further.
  • This we are told was the first he had built. Samuel, as a
  • prophet
  • and priest, had hitherto erected the altars, but Saul seems to
  • have
  • thought he had sufficient authority to erect one himself,
  • without
  • the prophet, as he had once offered sacrifice without him.
  • 15502-900721-2152-1Sa14.36
  • it is evident that Ahiah, who had before been interrupted by
  • Saul's
  • impatience, doubted of the propriety of pursuing the Philistines
  • that night, and properly counselled them to enquire of the Lord.
  • 15503-900721-2155-1Sa14.37
  • 15504-900721-2156-1Sa14.38
  • 15505-900721-2156-1Sa14.39
  • 15506-900721-2157-1Sa14.40
  • 15507-900721-2203-1Sa14.41
  • Both the Septuagint and Vulgate add much to this verse:
  • `And Saul said [to the Lord God of Israel Vulg.] [give a sign
  • Vulg.] Why is it that thou has not answered thy servant today?
  • If
  • the iniquity be in me, or in my son Jonathan, [O Lord God of
  • Israel, LXX.] make it manifest; and if thou say thus, give to
  • thy
  • people Israel, give mercy,' etc. [but Vulg. Or, if this iniquity
  • be in thy people, give sanctification,' etc.]
  • 15509-900721-2203-1Sa14.43
  • 15510-900721-2204-1Sa14.44
  • 15511-900721-2207-1Sa14.45
  • The people judged rightly, that the guilt was contracted by
  • Saul,
  • and not by Jonathan; and therefore they rescued him from the
  • hands
  • of his rash and severe father.
  • 15513-900721-2208-1Sa14.47
  • 15514-900721-2209-1Sa14.48
  • 15515-900721-2211-1Sa14.49
  • 15516-900721-2211-1Sa14.50
  • 15517-900721-2212-1Sa14.51
  • 15518-900721-2213-1Sa14.52
  • 15519-900721-2217-1Sa15.1
  • 6 Saul favors the Kenites
  • 7-9 He spares Agag and the best of the spoil
  • 10-23 Samuel denounces unto Saul God's rejection of him for his
  • disobedience
  • 24-31 Saul's humiliation
  • 32,33 Samuel kills Agag
  • 34,35 Samuel and Saul part
  • 15520-900721-2219-1Sa15.2
  • 15521-900721-2224-1Sa15.3
  • The Amalekites, a people of Arabia Petraea, who inhabited a
  • tract
  • of country on the frontiers of Egypt and Canaan, had acted with
  • great cruelty towards the Israelites on their coming out of
  • Egypt,
  • and God then purposed that Amalek, as a nation, should be
  • blotted
  • out from under heaven; but it had been spared till it had filled
  • up the measure of its iniquities, and now this purpose is
  • carried
  • into effect by Saul, upwards of 400 years afterwards! Nothing
  • could justify such an exterminating decree but the absolute
  • authority of God; and this was given: all the reasons of it we
  • do
  • not know; but this we know well, the Judge of all the earth
  • doeth
  • right.
  • 15522-900722-0747-1Sa15.4
  • 15523-900722-0748-1Sa15.5
  • 15524-900722-0750-1Sa15.6
  • 15525-900722-0753-1Sa15.7
  • This Havilah was probably situated in Arabia, and the district
  • of
  • Chaulon may mark the spot. It seems different from that
  • different
  • from that encompassed by the river Pison, one of the rivers of
  • Eden.
  • 15526-900722-0754-1Sa15.8
  • 15527-900722-0755-1Sa15.9
  • 15529-900722-0759-1Sa15.11
  • 15530-900722-0806-1Sa15.12
  • literally as the LXX. render (), `a hand'; probably because the
  • trophy or monument of victory was in the shape of a large hand,
  • the emblem of power, erected on a pillar. These memorial pillars
  • were anciently much in use; and the figure of a hand, by its
  • emblematical meaning, was well adapted to preserve the
  • remembrance
  • of a victory. Niebuhr, speaking of the Mesjed Ali, or Mosque of
  • Ali, says that, `at the top of the dome, where one generally
  • sees
  • on the Turkish mosques a crescent, or only a pole, there is
  • here a
  • hand stretched out, to represent that of Ali.' Another writer
  • informs us, that at the Alhamra, or red palace of the Moorish
  • kings in Grenada, `on the key-stone of the outward arch [of the
  • present principal entrance] is sculptured the figure of an arm,
  • the
  • symbol of strength and dominion.'
  • 15531-900722-0807-1Sa15.13
  • 15532-900722-0808-1Sa15.14
  • 15533-900722-0809-1Sa15.15
  • 15534-900722-0810-1Sa15.16
  • 15535-900722-0811-1Sa15.17
  • 15536-900722-0812-1Sa15.18
  • 15537-900722-0813-1Sa15.19
  • 15538-900722-0814-1Sa15.20
  • 15539-900722-0814-1Sa15.21
  • 15540-900722-0817-1Sa15.22
  • 15541-900722-0819-1Sa15.23
  • 15542-900722-0821-1Sa15.24
  • 15543-900722-0822-1Sa15.25
  • 15544-900722-0823-1Sa15.26
  • 15546-900722-0825-1Sa15.28
  • 15547-900722-0826-1Sa15.29
  • 15548-900722-0827-1Sa15.30
  • 15550-900722-0828-1Sa15.32
  • 15551-900722-0833-1Sa15.33
  • It has been a matter of wonder to many, how Samuel could thus
  • slay
  • a captive prince, even in the presence of Saul, who from motives
  • of clemency had spared him; but it should be remarked, that what
  • Samuel did here, he did in his magisterial capacity; and that
  • Agag
  • had been a cruel tyrant, and therefore was cut off for his
  • merciless cruelties. Farther, it is not likely that he did it
  • by his own sword, but by that of the executioner. What kings,
  • magistrates, and generals do, in an official way, by their
  • subjects, servants, or soldiers, they are said to do themselves:
  • qui facit per alterum facit per se.
  • 15552-900722-0834-1Sa15.34
  • 15553-900722-0835-1Sa15.35
  • 15554-900722-0841-1Sa16.1
  • Beth-lehem
  • 6-10 His human judgment is reproved
  • 11-14 He anoints David
  • 15-23 Saul sends for David to quiet his evil spirit
  • 15555-900722-0846-1Sa16.2
  • For the prudent management of the affair, and to avoid
  • suspicion,
  • Samuel was directed to go to Bethlehem to sacrifice, as he
  • probably did from time to time in many different places; and the
  • answer which he was instructed to return was strictly true
  • though
  • he did not tell the principal design of his coming; for though
  • no
  • man in any circumstances should tell a lie, yet, in all
  • circumstances, he is not bound to tell the whole truth, though
  • he
  • must tell nothing but the truth, as so tell that truth that the
  • hearer shall not believe a lie by it.
  • 15556-900722-0847-1Sa16.3
  • 15557-900722-0848-1Sa16.4
  • 15558-900722-0849-1Sa16.5
  • 15559-900722-0850-1Sa16.6
  • 15560-900722-0858-1Sa16.7
  • 15561-900722-0859-1Sa16.8
  • 15562-900722-0859-1Sa16.9
  • 15563-900722-0900-1Sa16.10
  • 15564-900722-0901-1Sa16.11
  • 15565-900722-0902-1Sa16.12
  • 15566-900722-0903-1Sa16.13
  • 15567-900722-0909-1Sa16.14
  • The evil spirit was either sent immediately from the Lord, or
  • per-
  • mitted to come; but whether this was a diabolic possession, or a
  • mere mental malady, is not agreed: it seems to have partaken of
  • both. That Saul had fallen into a deep melancholy, there is
  • little doubt; and that an evil spirit might work more
  • effectually
  • on such a state of mind, there can be little question. His
  • malady
  • appears to have been of a mixed kind, natural and diabolical:
  • there is too much of an apparent nature in it to permit us to
  • believe it was all spiritual; and there is too much of
  • apparently
  • supernatural influence, to suffer us to believe it was all
  • natural.
  • 15569-900722-0910-1Sa16.16
  • 15571-900722-0912-1Sa16.18
  • 15572-900722-0913-1Sa16.19
  • 15573-900722-0915-1Sa16.20
  • rendered by the LXX. (), a gomor of bread; meaning, probably,
  • not
  • an animal, but a vessel containing a certain measure of bread.
  • 15574-900722-0916-1Sa16.21
  • 15576-900722-0917-1Sa16.23
  • 15577-900722-0922-1Sa17.1
  • battle
  • 4-11 Goliath challenges a combat
  • 12-27 David, sent by his father to visit his brethren, takes the
  • challenge
  • 28,29 Eliab chides him
  • 30,31 He is brought to Saul
  • 32-37 shews the reason of his confidence
  • 38-54 and slays the giant
  • 55-58 Saul takes notice of David
  • 15578-900722-0923-1Sa17.2
  • 15580-900722-0931-1Sa17.4
  • According to Bp. Cumberland's calculation, the height of Goliath
  • was about eleven feet ten inches; but Parkhurst estimating the
  • ordinary cubit at seventeen inches and a half, calculates that
  • he
  • was nine feet six inches high. Few instances can be produced of
  • men who can be compared with him. Pliny says, `The tallest man
  • that hath been seen in our days was one name Gabara, who, in the
  • days of Claudius, the late Emperor, was brought out of Arabia:
  • he
  • was nine feet nine inches.' Josephus mentions a Jew, named
  • Eleazar, whom Vitellius sent to Rome, who was seven cubits, or
  • ten feet two inches high. Becanaus saw a man near ten feet, and
  • a
  • woman that was a full ten feet. And, to mention no more, a man
  • of
  • the name of John Middleton, born at Hale, near Warrington, in
  • Lancashire, in the reign of James the First, was more than nine
  • feet high. Dr. Plott, in his history of Staffordshire, says,
  • that
  • `his hand, from the carpus to the end of the middle finger, was
  • seventeen inches, his palms eight inches and a half broad, and
  • his
  • whole height was nine feet three inches; wanting but six inches
  • of
  • the height of Goliath of Gath.'
  • 15581-900722-0932-1Sa17.5
  • 15582-900722-0932-1Sa17.6
  • 15583-900722-0933-1Sa17.7
  • 15584-900722-0933-1Sa17.8
  • 15585-900722-0934-1Sa17.9
  • 15586-900722-0935-1Sa17.10
  • 15587-900722-0935-1Sa17.11
  • 15588-900722-0937-1Sa17.12
  • 15589-900722-0938-1Sa17.13
  • 15590-900722-0938-1Sa17.14
  • 15591-900722-0938-1Sa17.15
  • 15592-900722-0939-1Sa17.16
  • 15593-900722-0940-1Sa17.17
  • 15594-900722-0941-1Sa17.18
  • 15595-900722-0948-1Sa17.19
  • Dr. Richardson says, that in about twenty minutes, in an
  • easterly
  • direction, form the cave of St. John, (which is about two hours
  • or
  • six miles, in a westerly direction, from Jerusalem,) they came
  • to
  • the valley of Elah; which position seems to agree with that of
  • Shochoh and Azekah. He describes it as `a small valley, and the
  • place of the encampment is pointed out where it narrows into a
  • broad, deep ravine; part of it was in crop, and part of it was
  • under the plough, which was drawn by a couple of oxen. A small
  • stream, which had shrunk almost under its stony bed, passes
  • through it from east to west, from which we are informed that
  • David chose out five smooth stones, and hasted and ran to meet
  • the
  • haughty champion of Gath. A well of water under the bank, with a
  • few olive trees above, on the north side of the valley, are said
  • to mark the spot of the shepherd's triumph over his boasting
  • antagonist. Saul and his men probably occupied the side of the
  • valley which is nearest to Jerusalem, on which the ground is
  • higher and more rugged than on the other side.'
  • 15596-900722-1414-1Sa17.20
  • 15598-900722-1415-1Sa17.22
  • 15599-900722-1416-1Sa17.23
  • 15600-900722-1416-1Sa17.24
  • 15601-900722-1418-1Sa17.25
  • 15602-900722-1419-1Sa17.26
  • 15603-900722-1420-1Sa17.27
  • 15604-900722-1422-1Sa17.28
  • 15605-900722-1422-1Sa17.29
  • 15606-900722-1423-1Sa17.30
  • 15607-900722-1431-1Sa17.31
  • the 41st, and from the 54th to the end of this chapter, with the
  • five first verses and the 9th, 10th, 11th, 17th, 18th, and 19th,
  • of ch. 18, are all wanting in the Vatican copy of the LXX.; and
  • they are supposed by Dr. Kennicott, and others, to be an
  • interpolation. But, as Bp. Horsley observes, it appears, from
  • many circumstances of the story, that David's combat with
  • Goliath
  • was many years prior to Saul's maddness, and David's
  • introduction
  • to him as a musician. In the first place, David was quite a
  • youth
  • when engaged with Goliath, (ver. 33, 42:) when introduced to
  • Saul
  • he was of full age, (ch 16.18) Again, this combat was his first
  • appearance in public life, and first military exploit, (ver. 36,
  • 38,39) when introduced as a musician, he was man of established
  • character, and a man of war (ch. 16.18). Now the just conclusion
  • is, that the last ten verses of chapter 16 have been misplaced;
  • their true place being between the ninth and tenth verses of ch.
  • 18. Let them be removed there, and the whole apparent disorder
  • will be removed.
  • 15608-900722-1432-1Sa17.32
  • 15609-900722-1433-1Sa17.33
  • 15610-900722-1433-1Sa17.34
  • 15611-900722-1434-1Sa17.35
  • 15612-900722-1436-1Sa17.36
  • 15613-900722-1438-1Sa17.37
  • 15614-900722-1438-1Sa17.38
  • 15615-900722-1439-1Sa17.39
  • 15616-900722-1440-1Sa17.40
  • 15618-900722-1443-1Sa17.42
  • 15619-900722-1444-1Sa17.43
  • 15620-900722-1447-1Sa17.44
  • Parallel instances of vaunting occur in some writers of a more
  • recent date:-
  • -The conspirators against the emperor Maximinus
  • having slain him, his son, and several of his best friends,
  • threw
  • out their bodies to be devoured by dogs and the fowls of the
  • air.
  • This custom appears to have been frequently threatened; and
  • however shocking to human feelings, was often carried into
  • effect.
  • 15621-900722-1449-1Sa17.45
  • 15622-900722-1452-1Sa17.46
  • 15623-900722-1453-1Sa17.47
  • 15624-900722-1453-1Sa17.48
  • 15625-900722-1454-1Sa17.49
  • 15626-900722-1503-1Sa17.50
  • The tradition of the combat between David and Goliath, in which
  • the latter was killed, is preserved among the Arabs; for he is
  • mentioned in the Koran, where he is called Galut or Jalut. The
  • Arabs also call the dynasty of the Philistine kings, who reigned
  • in palestine when the Hebrews came there, Galutiah, or Jalutiah.
  • Achmed Al Fassi say, `Those kings were as well known by the
  • name of
  • Jalaut, as the ancient kings of Egypt by that of Pharaoh. David
  • killed the Jalaut who reigned in his time, and entirely rooted
  • out
  • the Philistines, the rest of whom fled into Africa, and from
  • them
  • descended the Brebers or Berbers, who inhabit the coast of
  • Barbary.' It is remarkable that the Berbers themselves should
  • acknowledge their descent from the Philistines. "The name
  • Goliath, which they pronounce Sqhia-lud, is very common among
  • the
  • Brebers, and the history of the champion of the Philistines is
  • very well known to the Moors. When children quarrel, and the
  • bigger one challenges the smaller to fight the latter answers,
  • `Who will fight with you? (Enta men ulid Sgialud.) You are of
  • the
  • race of Golaith.' The Jews who dwell among them, on the
  • mountains, all call them Philistines."
  • 15627-900722-1504-1Sa17.51
  • 15628-900722-1505-1Sa17.52
  • 15629-900722-1505-1Sa17.53
  • 15630-900722-1506-1Sa17.54
  • 15631-900722-1506-1Sa17.55
  • 15633-900722-1507-1Sa17.57
  • 15634-900722-1508-1Sa17.58
  • To account for the apparent inconsistency of Saul not knowing
  • David, see the Note at the end of verse 31.
  • 15635-900722-1519-1Sa18.1
  • 5-9 Saul envies his praise
  • 10,11 seeks to kill him in his fury
  • 12-16 fears him for his good success
  • 17-21 offers him his daughters for snare
  • 23-27 David persuaded to be the king's son-in-law, gives two
  • hundred foreskins of the Philistines for Michal's dowry
  • 28-30 Saul's hatred and David's glory increase
  • The modesty, piety, and courage of David were so congenial to
  • the
  • character of the amiable Jonathan, they they attracted his most
  • cordial esteem and affection; so that the most intimate friend-
  • ship subsisted between them from that time, and they loved each
  • other with pure hearts fervently. Their friendship could not be
  • affected by the common vicissitudes of life; and it exemplifies
  • by
  • fact what the ancients have written on the subject; (),
  • `Friendship is an entire sameness, and one soul: a friend is
  • another self.'
  • 15636-900722-1520-1Sa18.2
  • 15637-900722-1521-1Sa18.3
  • 15638-900722-1522-1Sa18.4
  • Presents of clothes or rich robes, as tokens of respect or
  • friend-
  • ship, are frequent in the East.
  • 15639-900722-1523-1Sa18.5
  • 15640-900722-1527-1Sa18.6
  • nal shalishim, is rendered by the Vulgate sistris. The sistrum
  • was an ancient Egyptian instrument made of brass, with three,
  • and
  • sometimes more brass rods across; which, being loose in their
  • holes, made a jingling noise when shaken.
  • 15641-900722-1527-1Sa18.7
  • 15642-900722-1529-1Sa18.8
  • 15643-900722-1529-1Sa18.9
  • 15644-900722-1536-1Sa18.10
  • prophesy; for the verb is in Hithpael, the signification of
  • which
  • conjugation is not only reflex action, but also affectation of
  • the
  • action:
  • feigned to be prophesying, the better to conceal his murderous
  • intentions, and to render David unsuspicious.
  • Wehachanith beyad Shaool, rather, `and the javelin was in the
  • hand
  • of Saul;' for the javelin or spear was the emblem of regal
  • authority; and kings had it always in their hand, as may be seen
  • represented on ancient instruments. In ancient times, says
  • Justin,
  • kings used a spear instead of a sceptre.
  • 15645-900722-1537-1Sa18.11
  • 15646-900722-1540-1Sa18.12
  • 15647-900722-1543-1Sa18.13
  • perceived, with evident sorrow of heart, that the Lord had given
  • David peculiar wisdom, and that he was with him to prosper all
  • his
  • undertakings. This increased the disquietude of his malevolent
  • mind, and his dread of David as a prevailing rival: he therefore
  • removed him from his presence. This impolitic step, however,
  • served the more to ingratiate David with the people, by
  • affording
  • him the opportunity of leading them forth to victory over their
  • enemies.
  • 15648-900722-1545-1Sa18.14
  • 15649-900722-1546-1Sa18.15
  • 15650-900722-1546-1Sa18.16
  • 15651-900722-1549-1Sa18.17
  • 15652-900722-1550-1Sa18.18
  • 15653-900722-1551-1Sa18.19
  • 15654-900722-1553-1Sa18.20
  • 15655-900722-1555-1Sa18.21
  • 15656-900722-1555-1Sa18.22
  • 15657-900722-1556-1Sa18.23
  • 15658-900722-1557-1Sa18.24
  • 15659-900722-1600-1Sa18.25
  • That is, Thou shalt slay one hundred Philistines, and thou shalt
  • produce their foreskins as a proof, not only that thou hast
  • killed
  • one hundred men, but that these are of the uncircumcised
  • Philistines.
  • 15660-900722-1601-1Sa18.26
  • 15661-900722-1604-1Sa18.27
  • The Septuagint has only (), one hundred men; and as Saul
  • covenanted for a hundred, as David himself says (2Sa 3.14) that
  • he espoused Michal for a hundred, it is very probable that this
  • is
  • the true reading.
  • 15662-900722-1605-1Sa18.28
  • 15663-900722-1606-1Sa18.29
  • 15664-900722-1608-1Sa18.30
  • Of this war we know no more than that David, whose military
  • skill
  • was greater, was more successful in it, than all the other
  • officers of Saul.
  • 15666-900724-1952-1Sa19.2
  • 15667-900724-1953-1Sa19.3
  • 15668-900724-1954-1Sa19.4
  • 15669-900724-1957-1Sa19.5
  • 15670-900724-2020-1Sa19.6
  • 15671-900724-2021-1Sa19.7
  • 15672-900724-2021-1Sa19.8
  • 15673-900724-2022-1Sa19.9
  • 15674-900724-2024-1Sa19.10
  • 15675-900724-2024-1Sa19.11
  • 15676-900724-2025-1Sa19.12
  • 15677-900724-2030-1Sa19.13
  • Teraphim's) pillow;' for the kevir, (whence the Cahldee and
  • Syriac kavreetho, a honey-comb, form its net-like form), seems
  • to
  • have been a kind of mosquito-net, which, says Dr. Shaw, is `a
  • close curtain of gauze, used all over the East, by people of
  • fashion, to keep out the flies.' That they had such anciently
  • cannot be doubted. Thus when Judith had beheaded Holofernes in
  • his bed, (ch 13.9,15) `she pulled down the canopy (or the
  • mosquito
  • net, (), from (), a gnat, or mosquito, whence or word canopy)
  • wherein he did lie in his drukenness, from the pillars.
  • 15678-900724-2030-1Sa19.14
  • 15679-900724-2032-1Sa19.15
  • The eastern beds consist merely of two thick cotton quilts, one
  • of
  • which, folded double, serves as a matress, the other as a
  • covering. Such seems to have been the bed of David, which could
  • easily have been carried, with himelf in it, to the presence of
  • Saul.
  • 15680-900724-2036-1Sa19.16
  • It is highly probable that David, when supposed to be sick, was
  • thought to be hid in the harem or chamber of Michal. `The
  • harems,' says De La Motraye, `are sanctuaries, as sacred and
  • inviolable, for persons pursed by justice for any crime, debt,
  • etc. as the Roman Catholic churches in Italy, Spain, Portugal,
  • etc.' Thus we find, that to effect his purpose, Saul sent
  • messengers to Michal, but they treated her harem with too much
  • respect to enter it at first; but being authorised by Saul, they
  • entered even into her chamber; and during the delay occasioned
  • by
  • respect for the privacy of Michal, David escaped.
  • 15681-900724-2037-1Sa19.17
  • 15682-900724-2038-1Sa19.18
  • 15683-900724-2038-1Sa19.19
  • 15684-900724-2040-1Sa19.20
  • 15685-900724-2040-1Sa19.21
  • 15687-900724-2041-1Sa19.23
  • 15688-900724-2042-1Sa19.24
  • 15689-900724-2045-1Sa20.1
  • 11-17 Jonathan and David renew their covenant by oath
  • 18-23 Jonathan's token to David
  • 23-24 Saul, missing David, seeks to kill Jonathan
  • 35-42 Jonathan affectionately takes his leave of David
  • 15690-900724-2046-1Sa20.2
  • 15691-900724-2048-1Sa20.3
  • 15692-900724-2049-1Sa20.4
  • 15693-900724-2053-1Sa20.5
  • The months of the Hebrew were lunar months, and they reckoned
  • from
  • one new moon to another: and, as their feasts, particularly the
  • passover, were reckoned according to this, they were very
  • scrupulous in observing the first appearance of each new moon.
  • On
  • these new moons, they offered sacrifices, and feasted together:
  • but the gathering together of all the families of a tribe on
  • such
  • occasions seems to have taken place only once in the year.
  • 15694-900724-2054-1Sa20.6
  • 15695-900724-2054-1Sa20.7
  • 15696-900724-2056-1Sa20.8
  • 15697-900724-2056-1Sa20.9
  • 15698-900724-2057-1Sa20.10
  • 15700-900724-2102-1Sa20.12
  • This verse is evidently deficient. The LXX. had (), `The Lord
  • God of Israel doth know;' the Syraic and Arabic, `The Lord God
  • of
  • Israel is witness;' either of which makes good sense. But two of
  • Dr. Kennicott's MSS supply the word chai, `liveth;' and the text
  • reads thus: `As the Lord God of Israel liveth, when I have
  • sounded
  • my father, --if there be good unto David, and I then send not
  • unto
  • thee,' etc.; which is a still better sense.
  • 15701-900724-2105-1Sa20.13
  • 15702-900724-2105-1Sa20.14
  • 15703-900724-2105-1Sa20.15
  • 15704-900724-2106-1Sa20.16
  • 15705-900724-2107-1Sa20.17
  • 15706-900724-2113-1Sa20.18
  • Among the terms of salutation and compliment used in Persia, one
  • was, `according to my mode of notation in italics, (),
  • signifying,
  • Thy place or seat was empty among thy friends. This phrase, or
  • the greater part of it, was frequently addressed to myself when
  • coming into a circle of Persian acquaitances, after an absence
  • of
  • several days or weeks. It reminded me of a passage in the First
  • book of Samuel, (ch 20.18) And thou shalt be missed, because thy
  • seat will be empty. And again, David's place was empty.' Sir W.
  • Ouseley's Travels, vol i. preface, p.16
  • 15707-900724-2114-1Sa20.19
  • 15709-900724-2114-1Sa20.21
  • 15711-900724-2115-1Sa20.23
  • 15712-900724-2116-1Sa20.24
  • 15713-900724-2116-1Sa20.25
  • 15714-900724-2117-1Sa20.26
  • 15715-900724-2118-1Sa20.27
  • 15716-900724-2118-1Sa20.28
  • 15717-900724-2119-1Sa20.29
  • 15718-900724-2125-1Sa20.30
  • rebellion.
  • This reflection on the mother of Jonathan, by the passionate
  • monarch, reflects more dishonour on himself than on his brave
  • and
  • noble-minded son. Mungo Park gives an instance of the prevalence
  • of the same principles in Africa; for he says, "Maternal
  • affection
  • is every where conspicuous among the Africans, and creates a
  • correspondent return of tenderness in the child. `Strike me,'
  • said the attendant, `but do not curse my mother.' I found the
  • same sentiment to prevail universally in all parts of Africa."
  • King Saul, unable to villify Jonathan to his own satisfaction by
  • personal reproaches, outstepped the ordinary abuse of his day,
  • and
  • proceeded to that which was designed to produce unusual
  • vexation,
  • and vented the bitterness of his mind by maligning the character
  • of his own wife and Jonathan's mother.
  • 15719-900724-2127-1Sa20.31
  • 15720-900724-2128-1Sa20.32
  • 15722-900724-2129-1Sa20.34
  • 15723-900724-2129-1Sa20.35
  • 15724-900724-2130-1Sa20.36
  • 15726-900724-2131-1Sa20.38
  • 15728-900724-2133-1Sa20.40
  • Rather weapons, as the word kelim also denotes; and here means
  • the
  • bow, quiver, and arrows. This is probably the only place in our
  • language in which the word artillery is not applied to cannon or
  • ordance, but simply to weapons of war.
  • 15729-900724-2134-1Sa20.41
  • 15730-900724-2140-1Sa20.42
  • to them both, but David's case was the more deplorable: for when
  • Jonathan was returning to his family and friends, David was
  • leaving all his comforts, even those of God's sanctuary, and
  • therefore his grief exceeded Jonathan's; or, perhaps it was
  • because his temper was more tender and his passions stronger.
  • They referred each other to the covenant of friendship that was
  • between them, both of them being comforted thereby in this very
  • mournful separation:--`We have sworn both of us in the name of
  • the
  • Lord, for ourselves and our heirs, that we and they will be
  • faithful and kind to each other from generation to generation.'
  • 15731-900724-2146-1Sa21.1
  • 7 Doeg is present
  • 8,9 David takes Goliath's sword
  • 10-15 David at Gath feigns himself mad
  • Nob appears to have been a sacredotal city of Benjamin or
  • Ephraim.
  • Jerome says, that in his time the ruins of it maight be seen not
  • far from Diospolis or Lydda. But the Rabbins assert that
  • Jerusalem might be seen from this twon. The tabernacle resided
  • some time at Nob; and after it was destroyed, it was removed to
  • Gibeon; `and the day of Nob and Gibeon were fifty-seven years.'
  • Maimonides in Bethhabbechirah, c.1
  • 15732-900724-2149-1Sa21.2
  • The whole of this is a gross falsehood; and which was attended
  • with the most fatal consequences. It is well known that from all
  • antiquity it was held no crime to tell a lie in order to save
  • life. Thus Diphilon () `I hold it right to tell a lie for
  • safety:
  • nothing should be avoided to save life.' A heathen may say or
  • sing thus: but no Christian can act thus and save his soul,
  • though he may save his life.
  • 15733-900724-2150-1Sa21.3
  • 15734-900724-2151-1Sa21.4
  • 15735-900724-2153-1Sa21.5
  • especially when this day there is other sanctified in the
  • vessel.
  • 15736-900724-2153-1Sa21.6
  • 15737-900724-2155-1Sa21.7
  • 15739-900724-2156-1Sa21.9
  • 15740-900724-2202-1Sa21.10
  • Jerome says there was a large town called Gath, in the way from
  • Eleutheropolis, towards Lydda (and consequently different from
  • that mentioned by Jerome;) and also of another Gath, between
  • Jamnia and Antipatris. It appears to have been the extreme
  • boundary of the Philistine territory in one direction, as Ekron
  • was on the other, (ch. 7.14; 17.52,) and lay near Mareshah,
  • (2ch 11.8 mi 1.14,) which agrees pretty well with the position
  • assigned it by Jerome. But Reland and Dr. Wells agree with
  • Eusebius; and the authors of the Universal History (b. i. c.7)
  • place it about six miles form Jamnia, fourteen south of Joppa,
  • and
  • thirty-two west of Jerusalem.
  • 15741-900724-2202-1Sa21.11
  • 15742-900724-2203-1Sa21.12
  • 15743-900724-2204-1Sa21.13
  • 15744-900724-2204-1Sa21.14
  • 15746-900725-2206-1Sa22.1
  • 3,4 At Mizpeh he commends his parents unto the king of Moab
  • 5 Admonished by Gad, he comes to Hareth,
  • 6-8 Saul going to pursue him, complains of his servants'
  • unfaithfulness
  • 9,10 Doeg accuses Ahmelech
  • 11-16 Saul commands to kill the priests
  • 17-19 The footmen refusing, Doeg executes it
  • 20-23 Abiathar escaping, brings Davids the news
  • Adullam was a city of Judah; and, according to Eusebius, ten
  • miles
  • (Jerome says eleven) eastward from Eleutheropolis.
  • 15747-900725-2208-1Sa22.2
  • 15748-900725-2210-1Sa22.3
  • 15749-900725-2211-1Sa22.4
  • 15751-900725-2212-1Sa22.6
  • 15752-900725-2213-1Sa22.7
  • 15753-900725-2214-1Sa22.8
  • 15754-900725-2218-1Sa22.9
  • belonged to Saul;' and the Septuagint intimates that he was over
  • the mules of Saul. He may have been what we call the king's
  • equerry or groom.
  • 15755-900725-2219-1Sa22.10
  • 15756-900725-2219-1Sa22.11
  • 15757-900725-2220-1Sa22.12
  • 15758-900725-2221-1Sa22.13
  • 15759-900725-2225-1Sa22.14
  • 15760-900725-2227-1Sa22.15
  • He seems to intimate, that his enquiring now for David was no
  • new
  • thing, having often done so before, without ever being informed
  • it
  • was wrong in itself or displeasing to the king.
  • 15761-900725-2228-1Sa22.16
  • 15762-900725-2230-1Sa22.17
  • 15763-900725-2233-1Sa22.18
  • The LXX. read, (), `three hundred and eighty-five men.' Probably
  • the eighty five were priests and the three hundred the families
  • of
  • the priests; three hundred and eighty-five being the whole
  • population of Nob.
  • 15764-900725-2235-1Sa22.19
  • This is one of the worst acts of Saul's life: his malice was
  • implacable, and his wrath cruel; and there is no motive of
  • justice
  • or policy by which such a barbarous massacre can be justified.
  • 15765-900725-2236-1Sa22.20
  • 15767-900725-2237-1Sa22.22
  • 15768-900725-2238-1Sa22.23
  • 15769-900725-2243-1Sa23.1
  • 7-13 God shewing heim the coming of Saul, and the treachery of
  • the
  • Keilites, he escapes from Keilah
  • 14-18 In Ziph Jonathan comes and comforts him
  • 19-24 The Ziphites discover him to Saul
  • 25-28 At Maon he is rescued from Saul by the invasion of the
  • Philistines
  • 29 He dwells at En-gedi
  • Keilah was a city of Judah, situated, according to Eusebius,
  • eight
  • miles from Eleutheropolis, towards Hebron. Sozomen says that the
  • prophet Habakkuk's tomb was shew there
  • 15770-900725-2251-1Sa23.2
  • In what way David made this enquiry we are not told; but it was
  • probably by means of Abiathar; and therefore it would seem, that
  • with Houbigant, we should read the sixth vrse immediately after
  • the first.-- This adventure was truly noble and patriotic. Had
  • not David loved his country, and been above all motives of
  • private
  • and personal revenge, he would have rejoiced in this invasion of
  • Judea, as producing a strong diversion in his favour, and
  • embroiling his invterate enemy. In most cases, a man with
  • David's
  • wrongs would have joined with the enemies of his country, and
  • avenged himslef on the author of his calamities; but he thinks
  • of
  • nothing but succouring Keilah, and using his power and influence
  • in behalf of his brethren.
  • 15771-900725-2252-1Sa23.3
  • 15772-900725-2252-1Sa23.4
  • 15774-900726-2102-1Sa23.6
  • 15775-900726-2104-1Sa23.7
  • 15776-900726-2105-1Sa23.8
  • 15778-900726-2111-1Sa23.10
  • 15779-900726-2111-1Sa23.11
  • 15780-900726-2112-1Sa23.12
  • 15781-900726-2113-1Sa23.13
  • 15782-900726-2116-1Sa23.14
  • seems to have been situated; and as we have mention of Carmel
  • and
  • Maon in the history of David, as adjoining to Ziph, it cannot be
  • doubted that by the Ziph, in the wilderness of which David now
  • lay, and where was the hill of Hachilah, is to be understood
  • Ziph
  • near Carmel and Maon.
  • 15783-900726-2117-1Sa23.15
  • 15784-900726-2119-1Sa23.16
  • 15785-900726-2125-1Sa23.17
  • 15786-900726-2125-1Sa23.18
  • 15787-900726-2129-1Sa23.19
  • Calmet states, that Hachilah was a mountain about ten miles
  • south
  • of Jerich, where Jonathan Maccabaeus built the castle of
  • Massada,
  • west of the Dead Sea, and not far from En-gedi.
  • Eusebius places Jeshimon ten miles south of Jericho, near the
  • Dead Sea; which agrees extremely well with the position of
  • Hachilah, as stated by Calmet.
  • 15788-900726-2131-1Sa23.20
  • 15789-900726-2131-1Sa23.21
  • 15790-900726-2131-1Sa23.22
  • 15791-900726-2132-1Sa23.23
  • 15792-900726-2136-1Sa23.24
  • Maon, from which the adjoining mountainous district derived its
  • name, was city in the most southern parts of the tribe of Judah,
  • and a neighboring town to Carmel. Hence Nabal (ch 25.2) is
  • described as a man of Maon, whose possessions were in Carmel;
  • and
  • though he might dwell generally in Maon, yet he is styled Nabal
  • the Carmelite, form the place where his estate lay. Calmet
  • supposes it to be the city Minois, which Eusebius places in the
  • vicinity of Gaza; and the Moenoemi Castrum, which the Theodosian
  • code places neat Beersheba.
  • 15793-900726-2137-1Sa23.25
  • 15794-900726-2138-1Sa23.26
  • 15795-900726-2140-1Sa23.27
  • 15796-900726-2142-1Sa23.28
  • the Targum, `the heart of the king was divided to go hither and
  • thither.' Here Saul was obliged to separate himself from David,
  • in order to go and oppose the invading Philistines; which
  • deliverance of David was of such a nature as made the Divine
  • interpoisiton fully visible.
  • 15797-900726-2146-1Sa23.29
  • Sea, is reported by travellers to be a mountainous territory,
  • filled with caverns' and consequently, proper for David in his
  • present circumstances. Dr. Lightfoot thinks this was the
  • wilderness of Judah, in which David was when he penned the 63rd
  • Psalm, which breathes as much pious and devout affection as
  • almost
  • any of his Psalms; for in all places and in all conditions he
  • still kept up his communion with God.-
  • -If Christians knew their
  • privileges better, and acted theretho, there would be less
  • murmuring at the dark dispensations of Divine Providence.
  • 15798-900726-2148-1Sa24.1
  • spares his life
  • 8-15 He shews thereby his innocency,
  • 16-22 Saul, acknowledging his fault, takes an oath of David, and
  • departs.
  • 15799-900726-2149-1Sa24.2
  • 15800-900726-2156-1Sa24.3
  • Caves in the rocks, in which it is still common for shepherds
  • and
  • their flocks to lodge. Dr. Pococke observes, `Beyond the valley
  • [of Tekoa,] there is a very large grotto. which the Arabs call
  • El-
  • Maamah, a hiding place: the high rocks on each side of the
  • valley
  • are almost perpendicular; and the way to the grotto is by a
  • terrace formed in the rock, which is very narrow. There are two
  • entrances into it; we went by the fathest, which leads by a
  • narrow
  • passage into a very large grotto, the rock being supported by
  • natural pillars; the top of it rises in several places like
  • domes;
  • the grotto is perfectly dry. There is a tradition, that the
  • people of the country, to the number of 30,000, retired into
  • this
  • grotto, to avoid a bad air. This place is so strong, that one
  • would imagine it to be one of the strong holds of En-gedi, to
  • which David and his men fled from Saul: and possibly it may be
  • that very cave in which he cut off Saul's skirt; for David and
  • his
  • men might, with good ease, lie hid there and not be seen by him.
  • '
  • 15801-900726-2157-1Sa24.4
  • 15802-900726-2157-1Sa24.5
  • 15803-900726-2158-1Sa24.6
  • 15804-900726-2159-1Sa24.7
  • 15805-900726-2200-1Sa24.8
  • 15806-900726-2201-1Sa24.9
  • 15807-900726-2201-1Sa24.10
  • 15808-900726-2203-1Sa24.11
  • 15809-900726-2205-1Sa24.12
  • 15810-900726-2205-1Sa24.13
  • 15811-900726-2206-1Sa24.14
  • 15812-900726-2207-1Sa24.15
  • 15813-900726-2208-1Sa24.16
  • 15814-900726-2209-1Sa24.17
  • 15815-900726-2210-1Sa24.18
  • 15816-900726-2210-1Sa24.19
  • 15817-900726-2211-1Sa24.20
  • 15818-900726-2212-1Sa24.21
  • 15819-900726-2212-1Sa24.22
  • 15820-900727-2054-1Sa25.1
  • 2-9 David in Paran sends to Nabal
  • 10-13 Provoked by Nabal's churlishness, he minds to destroy him
  • 14-17 Abigail understanding thereof
  • 18-22 takes a present
  • 23-31 and by her wisdom
  • 32-35 pacifies David
  • 36-38 Nabal hearing thereof, dies
  • 39-43 David takes Abigail and Ahinoam to be his wives
  • 44 Michal is given to Phalti
  • 15821-900727-2101-1Sa25.2
  • Not the famous mount Carmel, in the north of Canaan, and in the
  • tribe of Asher; but a city, on a mountain of the same name, in
  • the
  • south of Judah, which seems to have given name to the
  • surrounding
  • territory. Eusebius and Jerome inform us, that there was in
  • their
  • time a town called Carmelia, ten miles east from Hebron, where
  • the
  • Romans kept a Garrison, whose position well agree with this
  • Carmel.
  • This was a very ancient custom, and appears to have been always
  • attended with festivity. The ancient Romans, however, used to
  • pluck off the wool from the sheep's backs; and hence a fleece
  • was
  • called vellus, a vellendo, from plucking it off. Pliny says,
  • that
  • in his time sheep were not shorn every where, but in some places
  • the wool was still plucked off.
  • 15822-900727-2105-1Sa25.3
  • {Wehoo calibbee} literally, `and he was a Calebite;' but as the
  • word {cailev} signifies {a dog}, the Septuagint has understood
  • it
  • as implying a man of {canine disposition}, and translated it,
  • (),
  • `and he was a doggish man.' It is understood in the same way by
  • the Syriac and Arabic.
  • 15823-900727-2106-1Sa25.4
  • 15824-900727-2106-1Sa25.5
  • 15825-900727-2108-1Sa25.6
  • 15826-900727-2112-1Sa25.7
  • In those times, and at the present day, wandering Arabs, under
  • thier several chiefs, think that they have a right to exact
  • contributions of provisions, etc. wherever they come. But David,
  • though he lived in the wilderness like the Arab emirs, had not
  • adopted their manners: one of them, at the head of 600 men,
  • would
  • have demanded, from time to time, some provision or present from
  • Nabal's servants, for permitting them to feed at quiet; and
  • would
  • have driven them away from the watering place upon any dislike.
  • David had done nothing of this kind; but had protected them
  • against those who would.
  • 15827-900727-2113-1Sa25.8
  • 15828-900727-2113-1Sa25.9
  • 15829-900727-2115-1Sa25.10
  • 15830-900727-2116-1Sa25.11
  • 15831-900727-2119-1Sa25.12
  • 15832-900727-2120-1Sa25.13
  • 15833-900727-2121-1Sa25.14
  • 15834-900727-2121-1Sa25.15
  • 15835-900727-2122-1Sa25.16
  • 15836-900727-2124-1Sa25.17
  • 15837-900727-2128-1Sa25.18
  • The Eastern bread is generally both thin and small; and answers
  • to
  • our cakes.
  • That is, two goatskins' full.
  • Figs cured and then pressed together. Now all this provision
  • was a
  • matter of little worth; and had it been granted in the first
  • instance, it would have perfectly satisfied David, and secured
  • his
  • good offices.
  • 15838-900727-2128-1Sa25.19
  • 15839-900727-2129-1Sa25.20
  • David was coming down mount Paran; Abigail was coming down from
  • Carmel
  • 15840-900727-2131-1Sa25.21
  • 15841-900727-2134-1Sa25.22
  • Nothing can justify this conduct of David, which was rash,
  • unjust,
  • and cruel in the extreme. David himself condemns it, and thanks
  • God for being prevented from executing this evil.
  • This seems to have been a proverbial expression among the
  • Israelites; and may with the utmost propriety be read `any male.
  • '
  • 15842-900727-2135-1Sa25.23
  • 15843-900727-2136-1Sa25.24
  • 15844-900727-2137-1Sa25.25
  • 15845-900727-2139-1Sa25.26
  • 15846-900727-2141-1Sa25.27
  • 15847-900727-2143-1Sa25.28
  • 15848-900727-2147-1Sa25.29
  • The metaphors in this verse are derived from the consideration,
  • that things of value are collected together, and often tied up
  • in
  • bundles, like sheaves of corn, to prevent their being scattered
  • and lost, and that whatever is put into a sling is not intended
  • to
  • be preserved, but to be thrown away.
  • sling.
  • 15849-900727-2147-1Sa25.30
  • 15850-900727-2149-1Sa25.31
  • 15851-900727-2152-1Sa25.32
  • pressed with hunger and wearied with travel; but her advice,
  • which
  • disarmed his rage, and calmed his revenge, draws forth these
  • high
  • and affectionate gratulations. These were his joyful and glorius
  • trophies; not over his enemies, but over himself.
  • 15852-900727-2153-1Sa25.33
  • 15853-900727-2154-1Sa25.34
  • 15854-900727-2154-1Sa25.35
  • 15855-900727-2156-1Sa25.36
  • 15856-900727-2157-1Sa25.37
  • 15857-900727-2158-1Sa25.38
  • 15858-900727-2205-1Sa25.39
  • It is probable that David had heard that Saul, to cut off his
  • pretenisons to the throne, had married Michal to Phalti; and
  • this
  • justified him in taking Abigail, it not being then unlawful for
  • a
  • man to have several wives. This conduct of David's corresponds
  • with the manner in which the oriental princes generally form
  • their
  • matrimonial alliances. `The king of Abyssinia,' says Mr. Bruce,
  • `sends an officer to the house where the lady lives, who
  • announces
  • to her that it is the king's pleasure she should remove
  • instantly
  • to the palace. She then dresses herself in the best manner, and
  • immediately obeys. Thenceforward he assigns her an apartment in
  • the palace, and gives her a house in any part she chooses.'
  • 15859-900727-2206-1Sa25.40
  • 15860-900727-2206-1Sa25.41
  • 15861-900727-2207-1Sa25.42
  • 15862-900727-2208-1Sa25.43
  • 15863-900727-2211-1Sa25.44
  • frequently signifies; this being the cause why David took
  • another
  • wife.
  • This town appears to have been situated in the tribe of
  • Benjamin,
  • as it is mentioned in Is 10.30, with Michmash, Geba, etc.
  • 15864-900727-2217-1Sa26.1
  • against David
  • 4-12 David coming into the trench stays Abishai from killing
  • Saul,
  • but takes his spear and cruse
  • 13-16 David reproves Abner
  • 17-20 and exhorts Saul
  • 21-25 Saul acknowledges his sin
  • 15865-900727-2218-1Sa26.2
  • 15866-900727-2219-1Sa26.3
  • 15867-900727-2219-1Sa26.4
  • 15868-900727-2226-1Sa26.5
  • or waggon way. Nor does it seem to denote a ring of carriages,
  • as
  • Buxtorf and others interpret the word; for it is not probable
  • that
  • Saul would encumber his army with baggage in so rapid a pursuit,
  • nor that so mountainous a country was practicable for waggons.
  • It
  • appears simply to mean here, the circular encampment (from agal,
  • `round') which these troops formed, in the midst of which, as
  • being the place of honour, Saul reposed. An Arab camp, D'Arvieux
  • informs us, is always circular, when the disposition of the
  • ground
  • will permit, the prince being in the middle, and the troops at a
  • respectful distance around him. Add to which, their lances are
  • fixed near them in the ground all the day long, ready for
  • action.
  • 15869-900727-2227-1Sa26.6
  • 15870-900727-2227-1Sa26.7
  • 15871-900727-2229-1Sa26.8
  • 15872-900727-2229-1Sa26.9
  • 15873-900727-2231-1Sa26.10
  • 15874-900727-2231-1Sa26.11
  • 15875-900727-2232-1Sa26.12
  • 15876-900727-2237-1Sa26.13
  • seems to have manifested more distrust of Saul than he had done
  • on
  • a former occasion. Yet he desired that Saul and all Israel
  • should
  • be informed of his conduct at this time. Abner and his soldiers,
  • by neglecting to guard Saul when he spept, had exposed his life,
  • and merited to be treated as his enemies, though he confided in
  • them as friends; for, although their sound sleep was undoubtedly
  • supernatural, yet there might be a neglect of placing sentinels,
  • arising from contempt of David's small company. Saul also deemed
  • David his enemy, though he had before spared and protected his
  • life.
  • 15877-900727-2237-1Sa26.14
  • 15878-900727-2239-1Sa26.15
  • 15879-900727-2240-1Sa26.16
  • 15880-900727-2241-1Sa26.17
  • 15881-900727-2242-1Sa26.18
  • 15882-900727-2244-1Sa26.19
  • 15883-900727-2249-1Sa26.20
  • Parohs, (in Arabic borghooth, Syriac, poorthano,) the well known
  • little contemptible and troublesome insect, the flea, seems to
  • be
  • so called from its agility in leaping and skipping, from {para}
  • `free' and `raash', `to leap, bound.' David, by comparing
  • himself
  • to this insect, seems to import, that while it would cost Saul
  • much pains to catch him, he would obtain but very little
  • advantage
  • from it.
  • called in Arabic, {kiraa} It seeems to be so called from the
  • {cry} or {cur} which it utters when calling its young.
  • 15884-900727-2250-1Sa26.21
  • 15886-900727-2252-1Sa26.23
  • 15887-900727-2253-1Sa26.24
  • 15888-900727-2254-1Sa26.25
  • 15889-900728-1037-1Sa27.1
  • 5-7 David begs Ziklag of Achish
  • 8-12 He, invading other countries, persuades Achish he fought
  • against Judah.
  • This was a rash conclusion: God had caused him to be anointed
  • king
  • of Israel, and promised his accession to the throne, and had so
  • often interposed in his behalf, that he was authorised to
  • believe
  • the very reverse.
  • 15890-900728-1040-1Sa27.2
  • This measure of David's, in uniting himself to the enemies of
  • his
  • God and people, was highly blameable; was calculated to alienate
  • the affections of the israelites; and led to equivocation, if
  • not
  • downright falsehood.
  • 15891-900728-1040-1Sa27.3
  • 15892-900728-1041-1Sa27.4
  • 15893-900728-1041-1Sa27.5
  • 15894-900728-1044-1Sa27.6
  • Ziklag was at first given to the tribe of Judah, but was
  • afterwards ceded to that of Simeon; but as it bordered on the
  • Philistines, if they had ever been expelled, they had retaken
  • it.
  • Eusebius simply says it was situated in the south of Canaan.
  • 15895-900728-1045-1Sa27.7
  • 15896-900728-1048-1Sa27.8
  • These people seem to be the Gerrhenians, (2 Mac 13.24) whose
  • chief city, Gerrha, is mentioned by Strabo as lying between Gaza
  • and Pelusium in Egypt.
  • 15897-900728-1049-1Sa27.9
  • 15898-900728-1056-1Sa27.10
  • David here meant the Geshurites, and Gezrites, and Amalekites,
  • which people occupied that part of the country which lies to the
  • south of Judah. But Achish, as was intended, understood him in a
  • different sense, and believed that he had attacked his own
  • countrymen. David's answer, therefore, though not an absolute
  • falsehood, was certainly an equivocation intended to deceive,
  • and
  • therefore incompatible with that sense of truth and honour which
  • became him as a prince, and a professor of true religion. From
  • these, and similar passages, we may observe the strict
  • impartiality of the Sacred Scriptures. They present us with the
  • most faithful delineation of human nature; they exhibit the
  • frailties of kings, priests, and prophets, with equal truth; and
  • examples of vice and frailty, as well as of piety and virtue,
  • are
  • held up, that we may guard against the errors to which the best
  • men are exposed.
  • 15899-900728-1057-1Sa27.11
  • 15900-900728-1057-1Sa27.12
  • 15901-900728-1101-1Sa28.1
  • 3 Saul having destroyed the witches
  • 4-6 and now in his fear forsaken of God
  • 7 has recourse to a witch
  • 8-14 who, encouraged by Saul, raises up Samuel
  • 15-20 Saul hearing his ruin, faints
  • 21-25 The woman and his servants refresh him with meat
  • 15902-900728-1102-1Sa28.2
  • 15903-900728-1103-1Sa28.3
  • 15904-900728-1104-1Sa28.4
  • 15905-900728-1105-1Sa28.5
  • 15906-900728-1107-1Sa28.6
  • 15907-900728-1114-1Sa28.7
  • En-dor, a city of Manasseh, was situated in the plain of
  • Jezreel;
  • and Eusebius and Jerome inform us, that it was a great town in
  • their days, four miles south from Mount Tabor, near Nain,
  • towards
  • Scythopolis. This agrees with Maundrell, who says, that not many
  • miles eastward of Tabor, you see mount Hermon, at the foot of
  • which is seated nain and Endor; and Burckhardt says, that in two
  • hours and a half from Nazareth, towards Scythopolis or Bisan,
  • they
  • came to the village of Denouny, near which are the runins of
  • Endor; where the withch's groto is shewn.
  • 15908-900728-1115-1Sa28.8
  • 15909-900728-1116-1Sa28.9
  • 15910-900728-1116-1Sa28.10
  • 15912-900728-1117-1Sa28.12
  • 15913-900728-1118-1Sa28.13
  • 15914-900728-1120-1Sa28.14
  • 15915-900728-1123-1Sa28.15
  • 15916-900728-1123-1Sa28.16
  • 15917-900728-1127-1Sa28.17
  • The LXX, read (), and the Vulgate {tibi}, to {thee}; which is
  • the
  • reading of Dr. Kennicott's and De Rossi's MSS., as well as both
  • the Bibles printed at Venice in 1518, where we read {lecha}, `to
  • thee,' for {lo}, `to him;' and as the words are spoken to Saul,
  • this seens to be evidently the correct reading.
  • 15918-900728-1128-1Sa28.18
  • 15919-900728-1136-1Sa28.19
  • There is considerable diversity of opinion, both among learned
  • and pious men, relative to to this appearance to Saul. but the
  • most probable opinion seems to be, that {Samuel himself} did
  • actually appear to Saul, not by the power of enchantment, but by
  • the appointment and especial mercy of God, to warn this
  • infatuated
  • monarch of his approaching end, that he might be reconciled with
  • his Maker. There is not the smallest intimation of {chicanery or
  • Satanic} influence given in the text; but on the contrary, from
  • the plain and obvious meaning of the language employed, it is
  • perfectly evident that it was {Samuel himself}, {Shemooel hoo.
  • }as
  • it is expressed in ver. 14. Indeed the very soul of Samuel seems
  • to breathe in his expressions of displeasure against the
  • disobedience and wickedness of Saul; while the awful prophetic
  • denunciations which accordingly came to pass, were such as
  • neither
  • human nor diabolical wisdom could foresee, and which could only
  • be
  • known to God himself, and to those to whom he chose to reveal
  • them.
  • 15920-900728-1137-1Sa28.20
  • his stature.
  • 15921-900728-1138-1Sa28.21
  • 15923-900728-1138-1Sa28.23
  • 15924-900728-1139-1Sa28.24
  • 15926-900728-1142-1Sa29.1
  • 3-5 is disallowed by their princes
  • 6-11 Achish dismisses him, with commendations of his fidelity
  • 15927-900728-1143-1Sa29.2
  • 15928-900728-1145-1Sa29.3
  • These words seem to mark no definite time; and may be understood
  • thus: `Is not this David, the servant of Saul the king of
  • Israel,
  • who has been with me for a considerable time?'
  • 15929-900728-1149-1Sa29.4
  • common practice of mankind; and it was well for David that they
  • were such good politicians: it was ordered by a gracious
  • Providence that they refused to let David go with them to this
  • battle, in which he must have been either an enemy to his
  • country,
  • or false to his friends and to his trust. Had he fought for the
  • Philistines, he would have fought against God and his country;
  • and
  • had he in the battle gone over to the Israelites, he would have
  • deceived and become a traitor to the hospitable Achish. God
  • therefore delivered him from such disgrace; and by the same kind
  • Providence he was sent back to rescue his wives, and the wives
  • and
  • children of his people, from captivity.
  • 15930-900728-1150-1Sa29.5
  • 15931-900728-1152-1Sa29.6
  • lords.
  • 15932-900728-1152-1Sa29.7
  • 15933-900728-1153-1Sa29.8
  • 15934-900728-1154-1Sa29.9
  • 15935-900728-1154-1Sa29.10
  • 15936-900728-1200-1Sa29.11
  • Jezreel, of Esdraelon, was a city of Issachar, afterwards
  • celebrated as the residence of the kings of Israel, delightfully
  • situated in the extensive and fertile plain of the same name,
  • which extends from Scythopolis or Bethshan on the east to mount
  • Carmel on thw west. Eusebius and Jerome inform us, that it was
  • in
  • their time a place of considerable consequence, lying between
  • Scythopolis on the east and Legio on the west; and the latter
  • (on
  • Ho. 1.) informs us that it was pretty near Maximianopolis. The
  • Jerusalem Itinerary places it ten miles west from Scythopolis;
  • and
  • William of Tyre says it was called Little Gerinum in his time,
  • and
  • that there was a fine fountain in it, whose waters fell into the
  • Jordan near Scythopolis.
  • 15937-900728-1205-1Sa30.1
  • 4-10 David asking counsel, is encouraged by God to pursue them
  • 11-21 By the means of a received Egyptian he is brought to the
  • enemies, and recovers all the spoil
  • 22-25 David's law to divide the spoil equally between them that
  • fight and them that keep the stuff.
  • 26-31 He sends presents to his friends
  • This was the third day after he had left the Philistine army at
  • Aphek, from which place, Calmet supposes, Ziklag was distant
  • more
  • than thirty leagues.
  • 15938-900728-1205-1Sa30.2
  • 15939-900728-1206-1Sa30.3
  • 15940-900728-1206-1Sa30.4
  • 15941-900728-1207-1Sa30.5
  • 15942-900728-1213-1Sa30.6
  • 15943-900728-1213-1Sa30.7
  • 15944-900728-1214-1Sa30.8
  • 15946-900728-1539-1Sa30.10
  • This brook or torrent, it is evident from the circumstances of
  • the
  • history, must be in the south-west part of Judea, and must empty
  • itself into the Mediterranean Sea. In the more particular
  • situation of it writers are not agreed. some suppose it to be
  • between Gaza and Rhinocorura; but Jerome places it between
  • Rhinocorura and Egypt. it is supposed by some to be the same as
  • the river of the wilderness, (Am 6.14) and the river of Egypt,
  • 15947-900728-1540-1Sa30.11
  • 15948-900728-1541-1Sa30.12
  • 15949-900728-1544-1Sa30.13
  • Though they had booty enough, and this poor sick slave might
  • have
  • been carried on an ass or a camel, yet they inhumanely left him
  • to
  • perish; but, in the righteous providence of God, this cruelty
  • was
  • the occasion of their destruction; whilts David's kindness to a
  • persihing stranger and slave the means of his success, and
  • proved
  • the truest policy.
  • 15950-900728-1547-1Sa30.14
  • Calmet and others suppose that these people, who inhabited the
  • same district as the Philistines, were the aborigines of the
  • island
  • of Crete, for which they derived their name.
  • A district in the south of Judea, in which were the cities of
  • Kirjath
  • -Arba or Hebron, and Kirjath-sepher, belonging to the
  • family of Caleb.
  • 15951-900728-1548-1Sa30.15
  • 15952-900728-1549-1Sa30.16
  • 15953-900728-1550-1Sa30.17
  • 15955-900728-1550-1Sa30.19
  • 15956-900728-1551-1Sa30.20
  • 15957-900728-1552-1Sa30.21
  • 15958-900728-1553-1Sa30.22
  • 15959-900728-1554-1Sa30.23
  • 15960-900728-1556-1Sa30.24
  • This equitable edict was somewhat different from that which had
  • so
  • long obtained in Israel, and by which the spoil of the
  • Midianites
  • was divided: that related to the whole people: this only to the
  • soldiers, some of whom went to battle, while others guarded the
  • baggage.
  • 15961-900728-1557-1Sa30.25
  • 15962-900728-1558-1Sa30.26
  • 15963-900728-1601-1Sa30.27
  • Probably not the celebrated city of this name, but {Bethul} a
  • city
  • of Simeon, (jos 19.4) supposed to be the same as {Bethelia},
  • mentioned by Sozomen as belonging to Gaza, well peopled, and
  • having several temples remarkable for their structure and
  • antiquity; and which jerome says, in his life of Hilarion, was
  • five short days' journey from Pelusium.
  • Ramoth gilead beyond Jordan.
  • 15964-900728-1603-1Sa30.28
  • Supposed to be the same with Shepham (Nu 34.10) on the eastern
  • borders of Canaan.
  • 15965-900728-1605-1Sa30.29
  • Supposed by Calmet to be the same as Hachilah
  • The descendants of Jerahmeel son of Hezron (1Ch. 2.9, 25-27) who
  • inhabited district in the south of Judah
  • These people inhabited a small tract west of the Dead Sea.
  • 15966-900728-1606-1Sa30.30
  • Probably the same as Ashan in Simeon
  • 15967-900728-1606-1Sa30.31
  • 15968-900728-1611-1Sa31.1
  • armour bearer kill themselves.
  • 7 The Philistines possess the forsaken towns of the Israelites
  • 8-10 They triumph over the dead carcases
  • 11-13 They of jabesh-gilead recovering the dead bodies by night,
  • burn them at Jabesh, and mournfully bury their bodies.
  • Eusebius and Jerome place this mountain six miles west from
  • Bethshan, where was a large place called Gelbus. The natives
  • still call it Djebel Gilbo.
  • 15969-900728-1613-1Sa31.2
  • 15970-900728-1614-1Sa31.3
  • 15971-900728-1617-1Sa31.4
  • bearer's, who, according to the Jews, was Doeg; and if so, when
  • Saul and his executioner fell by the same sword with which they
  • massacred the priests of God.
  • 15972-900728-1617-1Sa31.5
  • 15973-900728-1618-1Sa31.6
  • 15974-900728-1618-1Sa31.7
  • 15975-900728-1619-1Sa31.8
  • 15976-900728-1620-1Sa31.9
  • 15977-900728-1622-1Sa31.10
  • The Philistines placed the armour of Saul in the temple of
  • Ashtaroth as a tropy of victory, and a testimony of their
  • gratitude, in the same manner as David placed the sword of
  • Goliath
  • in the tabernacle.
  • 15978-900728-1622-1Sa31.11
  • 15979-900728-1623-1Sa31.12
  • 15980-900728-1624-1Sa31.13
  • 15981-900729-0846-2Sa1.1
  • accused himself of Saul's death is slain
  • 17-27 David laments Saul and Jonathan with a song
  • 15982-900729-0848-2Sa1.2
  • 15983-900729-0849-2Sa1.3
  • 15984-900729-0850-2Sa1.4
  • 15985-900729-0851-2Sa1.5
  • 15986-900729-0856-2Sa1.6
  • The story of this young man appears to be wholly a fiction,
  • formed
  • for the purpose of ingratiating himself with David, as the next
  • probable successor to the crown. There is no {fact} in the case,
  • except for the bringing of the diedem and bracelets of Saul, as
  • a
  • sufficient evidence of his death, which, as he appears to been a
  • plunderer of the slain, he seems to have stripped from the dead
  • body of the unfortunate monarch. It is remarkable, that Saul,
  • who
  • had forfeited his crown by his disobedience and ill-timed
  • clemency
  • with the Amalekites, should now have the insignia of royalty
  • stripped from his person by one of those very people.
  • 15987-900729-0857-2Sa1.7
  • 15988-900729-0858-2Sa1.8
  • 15989-900729-0859-2Sa1.9
  • hindereth me, that my, etc.
  • 15990-900729-0903-2Sa1.10
  • This was probably worn as an ensign of royalty, as is frequently
  • the case in the East. When the Khalif Cayem Bemrillah granted
  • the
  • investiture of certain dominions to an Eastern prince, the
  • ceremony was performed by sending him letters patent, a crown,
  • chain, and bracelets. The bracelet, says Mr.Morier, are onaments
  • fastened above the elbows, composed of precious stones of great
  • value, and are only worn by the king and his sons.
  • 15991-900729-0903-2Sa1.11
  • 15992-900729-0904-2Sa1.12
  • 15993-900729-0904-2Sa1.13
  • 15994-900729-0905-2Sa1.14
  • 15995-900729-0906-2Sa1.15
  • 15996-900729-0908-2Sa1.16
  • 15997-900729-0908-2Sa1.17
  • 15998-900729-0913-2Sa1.18
  • threnody; so called, in the oriental style, because Saul's death
  • was occasioned by that weapon, and because the bow of Jonathan,
  • out of which `the arrow was shot beyond the lad,' (1sa 20.36) is
  • celebrated in this song.
  • `the book of the law;' the Arabic, `the book of Ashee: this is
  • the
  • book of Samuel.' This book was probably a collection of divine
  • odes, written to commenorate remarkable events.
  • 15999-900729-0915-2Sa1.19
  • 16000-900729-0916-2Sa1.20
  • 16001-900729-0920-2Sa1.21
  • Delaney and others, read {keley,} `weapons,' as it is found on
  • one
  • MS and in the first edition of the Hebrew Bible, printed as
  • Soncini, 1488: `the shield of Saul; the [weapons] of the
  • annointed
  • with oil.'
  • 16002-900729-0920-2Sa1.22
  • 16003-900729-0922-2Sa1.23
  • 16004-900729-0923-2Sa1.24
  • 16005-900729-0923-2Sa1.25
  • 16006-900729-0924-2Sa1.26
  • 16007-900729-0925-2Sa1.27
  • 16008-900729-0930-2Sa2.1
  • where he is made king of Judah
  • 5-7 He commends them of Jabesh-gilead for their king of Israel
  • 8-11 Abner makes Ishbosheth king of Israel
  • 12-17 A mortal skirmish between twelve of Abner's and twelve of
  • Joab's men.
  • 18-24 Asahel is slain
  • 25-31 At Abner's motion, Joab sounds a retreat
  • 32 Asahel's burial
  • 16009-900729-0931-2Sa2.2
  • 16010-900729-0931-2Sa2.3
  • 16011-900729-0932-2Sa2.4
  • 16012-900729-0935-2Sa2.5
  • This was a generous and noble act, highly indicative of the
  • grandeur of David's mind. He respected Saul, though he had been
  • greatly injured by him, as the anointed king of Israel, and once
  • his legitimate sovereign; and he loved Jonathan as his most
  • intimate friend.
  • 16013-900729-0936-2Sa2.6
  • 16014-900729-0937-2Sa2.7
  • 16015-900729-0940-2Sa2.8
  • 16016-900729-1446-2Sa2.9
  • The LXX. read (), {Thasiri}; and the Vulgate {Gessuri},
  • `Geshurites;' but it is probable that for {ashuri}, `Ashurites,'
  • we should read {ashairri,} `Asherites,' or those of the tribe of
  • Asher.
  • 16017-900729-1450-2Sa2.10
  • Houbigant proposes to read {shesh shanah}, `six years' instead
  • of
  • {shetayim shamim}, `two years' of the text, which he condends
  • in a
  • solecism; for, in pure Hebrew, the words should be {shetayim
  • shanah}; and this is the reading of twenty MSS.; but {two} is
  • acknowledged by all the versions and MSS. yet collated.
  • 16018-900729-1450-2Sa2.11
  • 16019-900729-1452-2Sa2.12
  • 16020-900729-1453-2Sa2.13
  • 16021-900729-1454-2Sa2.14
  • 16023-900729-1459-2Sa2.16
  • Prabably by the beard or hair of the head. Plutarch, in his
  • {Apophthegms}, informs us, that all things being ready for a
  • battle, Alexander's captains asked him whether he had any thing
  • else to command them. `Nothing,' he said, `but that the
  • Macedonians shave their beards.' Parmenio wondering what he
  • meant, `Dost thou not know,' said he, `that in fight, there is
  • no
  • better hold than the beard?'
  • That is, the field of strong men.
  • 16024-900729-1459-2Sa2.17
  • 16025-900729-1502-2Sa2.18
  • note on De. 15.22.
  • 16026-900729-1503-2Sa2.19
  • 16028-900729-1505-2Sa2.21
  • It seems that Asahel wished to get the armour of Abner as a
  • trophy
  • 16029-900729-1506-2Sa2.22
  • 16030-900729-1507-2Sa2.23
  • 16033-900729-1509-2Sa2.26
  • 16034-900729-1513-2Sa2.27
  • This was spoken in allusion to the proposal of Abner, (ver. 14,)
  • which led to the slaughter of twelve young men of each party,
  • and
  • thus provoked the battle. It is probable, that Joab had orders
  • simply to act on the defensive, and would not have attacked the
  • Israelites that day unless compelled; therefore the blame lay
  • upon
  • Abner and Israel.
  • 16036-900729-1516-2Sa2.29
  • Bithron or Bether is probably the same as {Betarus} which is
  • placed in the Antonine Itinerary between Caesarea of Palestine
  • and
  • Diospolis of Lydda, 18 miles from the former, and 22 from the
  • latter. The Jerusalem Itinerary mentions a place called
  • {Bethar},
  • 16 miles from Caesarea, and 20 fro Diospolis, which is probably
  • the same. The Talmudists say that it was four miles distant from
  • the sea.
  • 16038-900729-1519-2Sa2.31
  • those of Judah, were not great. This might be owing to the
  • directions given by David, to be as lenient as possible; but the
  • death of Asahel seems to have stopped the pursuers, and greatly
  • favoured the escape of the vanquished.
  • 16039-900729-1519-2Sa2.32
  • 16040-900729-1527-2Sa3.1
  • 2-5 Six sons are born to him in Hebron
  • 6 Abner, dispeased with Ish-bosheth
  • 7-12 revolts to David
  • 13-16 David requires as a condition to bring him his wife Michal
  • 17-21 Abner, having communed with the Israelites, is feasted by
  • David, and dismissed
  • 22-27 Joab returning from battle, is displeased with the king,
  • and
  • kills Abner
  • 28-30 David curses Joab
  • 31-39 and mourns for Abner
  • 16041-900729-1528-2Sa3.2
  • 16042-900729-1530-2Sa3.3
  • 16043-900729-1531-2Sa3.4
  • 16045-900729-1532-2Sa3.6
  • 16046-900729-1534-2Sa3.7
  • This action of Abner's seems a most evident proof that he in-
  • tended to seize on the government; and it was so understood by
  • Ish-bosheth; see Parallel Texts.
  • 16047-900729-1539-2Sa3.8
  • This was a proverbial expression among the Hebrews to denote
  • whatever was deemed worthless and contemptible. Something
  • similar
  • to this was the answer of the Trukish commander at Ber, on the
  • Euphrates, to a request made to see the castle. `Do they,' said
  • he, `take me for a child, or {an ass's head}, that they would
  • feed
  • me with sweet meats, and dupe me with a bit of cloth? No, they
  • shall not see the castle.'
  • 16048-900729-1543-2Sa3.9
  • 16049-900729-1543-2Sa3.10
  • 16050-900729-1544-2Sa3.11
  • 16051-900729-1546-2Sa3.12
  • 16052-900729-1550-2Sa3.13
  • had a legal demand to her, and was justified in receiving her
  • again. It is probable, also, that her marriage with Phaltiel was
  • a force upon her inclinations; and whatever affections he might
  • have for her, it was highly criminal for him to take another
  • man's
  • wife. David required Michal probably out of affection for her,
  • and to strengthen his interest, by asserting his affinity with
  • the
  • house of Saul.
  • 16053-900729-1551-2Sa3.14
  • 16054-900729-1552-2Sa3.15
  • 16055-900729-1553-2Sa3.16
  • 16056-900729-1554-2Sa3.17
  • 16057-900729-1555-2Sa3.18
  • 16058-900729-1555-2Sa3.19
  • 16059-900729-1556-2Sa3.20
  • 16060-900729-1557-2Sa3.21
  • 16063-900729-1601-2Sa3.24
  • Joab and his brother Abishai, David's nephews, had been very
  • faithful and highly useful to him in his distresses; and, from
  • gratitude and natural affection, he had inadvertently permitted
  • them to assume almost as much ascendancy over him as Abner had
  • over the pusillanimous Ishbosheth: he trusted and feared them
  • too
  • much, and allowed them all the importance they claimed; which
  • had
  • emboldened them, especially Joab, to a high degree of
  • presumption.
  • 16064-900729-1602-2Sa3.25
  • 16065-900729-1603-2Sa3.26
  • 16066-900729-1611-2Sa3.27
  • Joab was afraid that Abner, after rendering such essential
  • service
  • to David, would be made the general of the army; and therefore,
  • under pretence of avenging the death of his brother, he
  • treacherously assassinated the unsuspecting and too-confiding
  • Abner: and such was the power of this cold-bloded and nefarious
  • murderer, that the king dared not bring him to justice for his
  • crime. But, while Joab's conduct cannot be too severely
  • reprobated, the justice of God is apparent in Abner's
  • punishment;
  • who, from ambition, had pertinaciously, against his conscience,
  • opposed the declared will of God; and was induced by base
  • resentment to desert Ish-bosheth, and offer his services to
  • David.
  • 16067-900729-1612-2Sa3.28
  • 16068-900729-1614-2Sa3.29
  • 16069-900729-1614-2Sa3.30
  • 16070-900729-1618-2Sa3.31
  • David, intending no doubt to punish Joab, and to lessen his
  • authority with the people, commanded him to take upon him the
  • office of chief mourner; but, as his revenge was gratified, his
  • rival removed, and no heavier punishment inflicted, it is
  • probable
  • his hardened mind would fell but little objection to the
  • ceremony.
  • 16071-900729-1620-2Sa3.32
  • 16072-900729-1622-2Sa3.33
  • That is, as a bad man, as the word frequently signifies in
  • Scripture
  • 16073-900729-1626-2Sa3.34
  • The hand of malefactors were usually secured with cords, and
  • their
  • feet with fetters; a custom to which David affectingly alludes
  • in
  • his lamentation over the dust of Abner. Thy hands, O Abner, were
  • not bound, as found to be a malefactor, nor thy feet put in
  • fetters; thou was treated with honour by him whose business it
  • was
  • to judge thee, and thy attachment to the house of Saul was
  • esteemed rather generous than culpable: as the best of men may
  • fall, so thou fellest by the sword of treachery, not of justice.
  • 16074-900729-1627-2Sa3.35
  • 16075-900729-1628-2Sa3.36
  • 16077-900729-1628-2Sa3.38
  • 16078-900729-1630-2Sa3.39
  • 16079-900729-1634-2Sa4.1
  • 2-8 Baanah and Rechab slay Ish-bosheth, and bring his head to
  • Hebron
  • 9-12 David causes them to be slain, and Ish-bosheth's head to be
  • buried.
  • 16080-900729-1635-2Sa4.2
  • 16081-900729-1635-2Sa4.3
  • 16082-900729-1637-2Sa4.4
  • 16083-900729-1639-2Sa4.5
  • It is customary, in all hot countries, to travel or work very
  • early and very late, and to rest at noon, at which time the heat
  • most prevails.
  • 16084-900729-1644-2Sa4.6
  • It is still the custom of the East, according to Dr. Perry, to
  • allow the soldiers a certain quantity of corn, with other
  • articles
  • of provision, together with some pay: and as it was the custom
  • also to grind the corn, as needed, at the break of day, these
  • two
  • captains very naturally went the day before to the palace, where
  • the king's stores appear to have been kept, to fetch wheat, in
  • order to distribute it to the soldiers under them, to be ground
  • at
  • the accustomed hour in the morning. The princes of the East, in
  • those days, as appears from the history of David, reposed on
  • their
  • couches till the cool of the evening: they therefore came in the
  • heat of the day, when they knew their master would be resting on
  • his bed; and as it was a necessary to have the corn before it
  • was
  • needed, their coming at this time, though it might be earlier
  • than
  • usual, excited no suspicion.
  • 16085-900729-1647-2Sa4.7
  • us and sharpen our dendeavours, we betray a carelessness of
  • character which is soon taken advantage of by our more watchful
  • neighbors. Love not sleep, lest thour come to poverty and ruin.
  • The idle soul is an easy prey to the destroyer.
  • 16086-900729-1648-2Sa4.8
  • 16087-900729-1650-2Sa4.9
  • 16088-900729-1651-2Sa4.10
  • tidings
  • 16089-900729-1653-2Sa4.11
  • 16090-900729-1655-2Sa4.12
  • 16091-900729-1659-2Sa5.1
  • 4,5 David's age
  • 6-10 He taking Zion from the Jebusites, dwells in it
  • 11,12 Hiram sends to David,
  • 13-16 Eleven sons are born to him in Jerusalem
  • 17-21 David, directed by God, smites the Philistines at
  • Baal-perazim
  • 22-25 And again at the mulberry trees
  • 16092-900729-1701-2Sa5.2
  • 16093-900729-1703-2Sa5.3
  • 16094-900729-1703-2Sa5.4
  • 16095-900729-1704-2Sa5.5
  • 16096-900729-1710-2Sa5.6
  • follows: `Who spake unto David, saying, Thou shalt not come
  • hither; for the blind and the lame shall drive thee away, by
  • saying, David shall not come in hither.'
  • the subteranneous passage reacheth the lame and the blind, who
  • hate the life of David, (because the blind and the lame said, he
  • shall not come into the house,) shall be chief and captain. So
  • Joab, the son of Zeriah, went up first, and was chief.'
  • 16097-900729-1711-2Sa5.7
  • 16098-900729-1712-2Sa5.8
  • lame, he shall not come into the house.
  • 16099-900729-1713-2Sa5.9
  • 16100-900729-1714-2Sa5.10
  • 16101-900729-1725-2Sa5.11
  • 16102-900729-1726-2Sa5.12
  • 16103-900729-1727-2Sa5.13
  • 16104-900729-1729-2Sa5.14
  • 16105-900729-1729-2Sa5.15
  • 16106-900729-1730-2Sa5.16
  • Eliphelet
  • # 1ch 3.8
  • 16107-900729-1731-2Sa5.17
  • 16108-900729-1731-2Sa5.18
  • 16109-900729-1733-2Sa5.19
  • 16110-900729-1734-2Sa5.20
  • 16111-900729-1735-2Sa5.21
  • 16112-900729-1735-2Sa5.22
  • 16113-900729-1743-2Sa5.23
  • The word {bechaim} rendered mulberry trees, is rendered Aquila,
  • (), pear-trees, as the LXX. also render in 1ch 14.14,15; and so
  • the Vulgate in both places has {pyrorum}. The Rabbins, however,
  • believe {bacha} signifies the {mulberry-tree}; with whom Ursinus
  • agrees. It more probably denotes a large shrub which the Arabs
  • still call {baca}, from its {distilling} an odoriferous gum,
  • from
  • {bachah} to {distil}, as tears. Of this opinion is Celsius, who
  • quotes a passage from {Abulfadi}, who describes it as a balsam
  • shrub, having longish leaves, and bearing a large fruit with an
  • acrid taste. M. Forskal mentions a tree by the name of {baeca},
  • with leaves rather ovated, smooth, entire: its berries are
  • poisonous to the sheep.
  • 16114-900729-1744-2Sa5.24
  • 16115-900729-1744-2Sa5.25
  • 16116-900729-1748-2Sa6.1
  • 6-8 Uzzah is smitten at Perez-uzzah
  • 9-11 God blesses Obed-edom for the ark
  • 12-16 David brings the ark into Zion with sacrifices, and dances
  • before it; for which Michal despises him
  • 17-19 He places it in a tabernacle with great joy and feasting
  • 20-23 Michal, reproving David for his religious joy, is
  • childless
  • to her death
  • 16117-900729-1751-2Sa6.2
  • of hosts, was called upon.
  • 16118-900729-1752-2Sa6.3
  • 16119-900729-1752-2Sa6.4
  • 16120-900729-1756-2Sa6.5
  • This should doubtless be corrected from the parallel place
  • 1ch 13.8; where, instead of {bechol atzey beroshim}, which is
  • literally, `with all trees or wood of fir, we read {bechol oz
  • oovesheerim, `with all their might, and with songs.' This makes
  • a
  • good sense, while the former makes none; the LXX. have the same
  • reading her, ().
  • 16121-900729-1800-2Sa6.6
  • Even the Kohathites, who were appointed to carry the ark, it was
  • covered by the priests, were forbidden to {touch} it on {pain of
  • death}; but uzzah, who certainly was no priest, probably with
  • some
  • degree of irreverance, having presumed to lay his hand upon the
  • ark, which perhaps was not covered, thus incurred the penalty
  • due
  • to his rashness.
  • 16122-900729-1801-2Sa6.7
  • 16123-900729-1803-2Sa6.8
  • 16124-900729-1804-2Sa6.9
  • 16125-900729-1805-2Sa6.10
  • 16126-900729-1805-2Sa6.11
  • 16127-900729-1806-2Sa6.12
  • 16128-900729-1807-2Sa6.13
  • 16129-900729-1808-2Sa6.14
  • 16130-900729-1810-2Sa6.15
  • 16131-900729-1811-2Sa6.16
  • 16132-900729-1812-2Sa6.17
  • 16133-900729-1813-2Sa6.18
  • 16134-900729-1814-2Sa6.19
  • 16135-900729-1819-2Sa6.20
  • We are only to understnad by this expression that David had
  • divested himself of his royal robes, in order to appear humble
  • {before the Lord}, by assimilating himself to the condition of
  • one
  • of the priests or Levites: for we find that he was `girded with
  • a
  • linen ephod;' and consequently no part of his bady was exposed,
  • having only put off his outer garments. The terms uncovered or
  • naked frequently mean no more that this in Scripture.
  • 16136-900729-1820-2Sa6.21
  • 16137-900729-1822-2Sa6.22
  • 16138-900729-1823-2Sa6.23
  • 16139-900729-2206-2Sa7.1
  • house
  • 4-11 After by the word of God forbids him
  • 12-17 God promises him benefits and blessings in his seed
  • 18-29 David's prayer and thanksgiving
  • 16140-900729-2208-2Sa7.2
  • 16141-900729-2209-2Sa7.3
  • 16142-900729-2209-2Sa7.4
  • 16143-900729-2211-2Sa7.5
  • 16144-900729-2212-2Sa7.6
  • 16145-900729-2218-2Sa7.7
  • Houbigant, Drs. Waterland and A. clarke, and others, (),
  • {shophty}, `judges;' which is the reading in the parallel
  • passaged. Indeed there is but one letter of difference between
  • them, and letters which might be easily mistaken for each other;
  • the apex under the upper stroke of the (), {pay}, being the only
  • mark to distinguish if from the (), {baith}. Compare with verse
  • 11.
  • 16146-900729-2219-2Sa7.8
  • 16147-900729-2221-2Sa7.9
  • 16148-900729-2223-2Sa7.10
  • 16149-900729-2224-2Sa7.11
  • 16150-900729-2226-2Sa7.12
  • 16151-900729-2227-2Sa7.13
  • 16152-900729-2228-2Sa7.14
  • 16153-900729-2229-2Sa7.15
  • 16154-900729-2231-2Sa7.16
  • 16155-900729-2231-2Sa7.17
  • 16156-900729-2232-2Sa7.18
  • 16157-900729-2233-2Sa7.19
  • 16158-900729-2234-2Sa7.20
  • 16159-900729-2235-2Sa7.21
  • 16160-900729-2237-2Sa7.22
  • 16161-900729-2240-2Sa7.23
  • 16162-900729-2241-2Sa7.24
  • 16163-900729-2242-2Sa7.25
  • 16164-900729-2243-2Sa7.26
  • 16165-900729-2244-2Sa7.27
  • 16166-900729-2245-2Sa7.28
  • 16167-900729-2246-2Sa7.29
  • 16168-900729-2252-2Sa8.1
  • 3-8 He smites Hadadezer, and the Syrians
  • 9,10 Toi sends Joram with presents to bless him
  • 11-13 The presents and the spoil David dedicates to God
  • 14,15 He puts garrisons in Edom
  • 16-18 David's officers
  • In the parallel passge of Chronicles, we read, `David took Gath
  • and her towns;' and it is probable, that Gath and its districts
  • were called {Metheg-ammah} in David's time; which, being unusual
  • or becoming obsolete, in the time of the author of the
  • Chrincles,
  • led him thus to explain it.
  • 16169-900730-1955-2Sa8.2
  • 16170-900730-1957-2Sa8.3
  • 16171-900730-2001-2Sa8.4
  • As 1ch 18.4
  • In the parallel place in chronicles it is `{seven thousand}
  • horsemen,' a far more probable number. The letter (),
  • {zayin}, with a dot upon it stands for {seven thousand}, and the
  • final letter (), {noon}, for {seven hundred}: the great
  • similarity of these letters might easily cause the one to be
  • mistaken for the other, and so produce an error in this place.
  • 16172-900730-2004-2Sa8.5
  • From 2ch 8.3, we learn that zobah was the district in which
  • Tadmor
  • or palymyra was situated; and consequently lay between the land
  • of
  • Israel and the Euphrates. The capital was probably the same as
  • the Sabe mentioned by Ptolemy as a city of Arabia Deserta.
  • 16173-900730-2006-2Sa8.6
  • 16174-900730-2007-2Sa8.7
  • 16175-900730-2010-2Sa8.8
  • Probably the same as {Bathne} in Syria, between Berocea and
  • Hierapolis.
  • Berothai is probably the {Barathena} of Ptolemy, which he
  • mentions, along with {Sabe}, as a city of Arabia Deserta, in the
  • confines of the Palmyrenain district.
  • 16176-900730-2011-2Sa8.9
  • 16177-900730-2013-2Sa8.10
  • 16178-900730-2014-2Sa8.11
  • 16179-900730-2014-2Sa8.12
  • 16180-900730-2015-2Sa8.13
  • 16181-900730-2017-2Sa8.14
  • 16182-900730-2018-2Sa8.15
  • 16183-900730-2020-2Sa8.16
  • 16184-900730-2021-2Sa8.17
  • scribe. or, secretary
  • 16185-900730-2022-2Sa8.18
  • 16186-900730-2025-2Sa9.1
  • 7,8 For Jonathan's sake he entertains him at his table, and
  • restores him all that was Saul's
  • 9-13 He makes Ziba his farmer
  • 16187-900730-2026-2Sa9.2
  • 16188-900730-2029-2Sa9.3
  • That is, the {highest degree of kindness}; as {the hail of God}
  • is
  • very great hail; the {mountains of God} exceeding high
  • mountains;
  • besides which, this kindness was according to the {covenant of
  • God} made between him and Jonathan.
  • 16189-900730-2031-2Sa9.4
  • This place appears to have situated beyond Jordan; and was
  • probably, as Reland supposes, the same as {Debir or Lidbir}
  • 16191-900730-2036-2Sa9.6
  • 16192-900730-2039-2Sa9.7
  • 16193-900730-2040-2Sa9.8
  • 16194-900730-2041-2Sa9.9
  • 16195-900730-2046-2Sa9.10
  • The eating at courts was of two kinds; the one public and
  • ceremonies, the other private. Sir John Chardin understands
  • those
  • passages which speak of a right to eat at the royal table,
  • apointing out a right to a seat there, when the repast was
  • public
  • and solemn. So in a MS. Note on 1ki 2.7, he tells us that it was
  • to be understood of the {majilis}, (the term for an assembly of
  • lords, or a {public} feast) and not of the daily and ordinary
  • repast. Hence, though Mephiblosheth was to eat at all public
  • times at the king's table, yet he would want the produce of his
  • lands for food at other times, which it was necessary for Ziba
  • to
  • understand.
  • 16196-900730-2047-2Sa9.11
  • 16197-900730-2048-2Sa9.12
  • 16198-900730-2049-2Sa9.13
  • 16199-900730-2107-2Sa10.1
  • are villanously treated
  • 6-14 The Ammonites, strengthened by the Syrians, are overcome by
  • Joab and Abishai
  • 15-19 Shobuch, making a new supply of the Syrains at Helam, is
  • slain by David
  • 16200-900730-2108-2Sa10.2
  • 16201-900730-2110-2Sa10.3
  • 16202-900730-2118-2Sa10.4
  • The {beard} is held in high respect and greatly valued in the
  • East: the possessor considers it as his greatest ornament; often
  • swears by it, and, in matters of great importance, {pledges} it;
  • and nothing can be more secure than such a pledge, for its
  • owneer
  • will redeem it at the hazard of his life. The beard was never
  • cut
  • off but in {mourning}, or as a sign of {slavery.} It is
  • customary
  • to shave the Ottoman princes, as a mark of their subjection to
  • the
  • reigning emperor. The beard is a mark of authority and liberty
  • among the Mohammedans. The Persians who clip the beard, and
  • shave
  • above the jaw, are reputed heretics. They who serve in the
  • seraglios have their beards shaven, as a sign of servitude; nor
  • do
  • they suffer them to grow till the sultan has set them at
  • liberty.
  • Among the Arabians, it is more infamous for anyone to appear
  • with
  • his beard cutt off, than among us to be publicly whipped or
  • branded; and many would prefer death to such a punishment.
  • 16203-900730-2118-2Sa10.5
  • 16204-900730-2120-2Sa10.6
  • 16205-900730-2121-2Sa10.7
  • 16206-900730-2122-2Sa10.8
  • This was at the city of {Medeba}, a city upon the borders of the
  • Ammonites, and in their possession.
  • 16207-900730-2123-2Sa10.9
  • 16209-900730-2123-2Sa10.11
  • 16210-900730-2131-2Sa10.12
  • This is a very animating address, and equal to any thing of the
  • kind in ancient or modern times. Ye fight {pro aris et focis;}
  • for every god, sacred and civil; for God, for your families, and
  • for your contries. Such harangues, especially in very trying
  • circumstances, are very natural, and may perhaps be found in the
  • records of every nation. Several instances might be quoted from
  • Roman and Grecian history; but few are more remarkable than that
  • of Tyrteus, the lame Athenian poet, to whom the command of the
  • army was given in one of the Messenian wars. The Spartans had at
  • that time suffered great losses, and all their strategems proved
  • ineffectual, so that they began to despair of success; when the
  • poet, by his lectures on honour and courage, delivered in moving
  • verse to the army, ravished them to such a degree with the
  • thoughts of dying for their country, that, rushing on with a
  • furious transport to meet their enemies, they gave them an
  • entire
  • overthrow, and by one decisive battle brought the war to a happy
  • conclusion.
  • 16211-900730-2132-2Sa10.13
  • 16213-900730-2133-2Sa10.15
  • 16214-900730-2134-2Sa10.16
  • 16215-900730-2135-2Sa10.17
  • 16216-900730-2136-2Sa10.18
  • 16217-900730-2137-2Sa10.19
  • 16218-900730-2146-2Sa11.1
  • Bath-sheba
  • 6-13 Uriah, sent for by David to cover the adultery, would not
  • go
  • home.
  • 14-17 He carries to Joab the letter of his death
  • 18-25 Joab sends the news thereof to David
  • 26,27 David takes Bath-sheba to wife
  • The sacred historian seems to intimate that there was one par-
  • ticular time of the year to which military operations were
  • limited; and Josephus informs us that this took place in the
  • beginning of spring. In another part of his works he says, that
  • as soon as spring was begun, Adad levied and led forth his army
  • against the Hebrews. Antiochus also prepared to invade Judea at
  • the first appearance of spring; and Vespasioan marched to
  • Antipatris at the commencement of the same season. The kings and
  • armies of the East, says Chardin, do not march but when there is
  • grass, and when they can encamp, which is in April. This rule,
  • however, seems to be disregarded in modern times.
  • 16219-900730-2148-2Sa11.2
  • 16220-900730-2151-2Sa11.3
  • 16221-900730-2153-2Sa11.4
  • returned.
  • 16222-900730-2153-2Sa11.5
  • 16223-900730-2154-2Sa11.6
  • 16224-900730-2155-2Sa11.7
  • 16225-900730-2156-2Sa11.8
  • 16226-900730-2157-2Sa11.9
  • 16228-900730-2158-2Sa11.11
  • 16229-900730-2159-2Sa11.12
  • 16230-900730-2200-2Sa11.13
  • 16231-900730-2205-2Sa11.14
  • It was resolved in David's breast that Uraih must die--that
  • innocent, valiant, and gallant man, who was ready to sacrifice
  • his
  • life for the honour of his prince; and, worse than all, by being
  • himself made the bearer of letters to Joab which prescribed the
  • mode by which he was to be murdered. This was the greatest
  • treachery and villany on the part of David; while Joab appears
  • to
  • enter as fully upon the execution of the murder, being perhaps
  • pleased to have this opportunity of further entralling his king,
  • and thus increasing his own power.
  • 16232-900730-2206-2Sa11.15
  • 16233-900730-2208-2Sa11.16
  • 16234-900730-2209-2Sa11.17
  • 16238-900730-2211-2Sa11.21
  • 16242-900730-2217-2Sa11.25
  • this noble and gallant man was no chance-medley: he was by his
  • own
  • order thrust on the sword.
  • 16243-900730-2217-2Sa11.26
  • 16244-900730-2222-2Sa11.27
  • observed the {form}, without feeling the {power of sorrow}. She
  • lost a {captain}, and got a {king} for her husband: and
  • therefore,
  • {Lacrymas non sponte dadentes effudit; gemitusque expressit
  • pectore laeto;} `She shed reluctant tears; and forced out groans
  • from a joyful breast!'
  • 16245-900730-2235-2Sa12.1
  • judge.
  • 7-14 David, reproved by Natha, confesses his sin, and is
  • pardoned
  • 15-23 David mourns and prays for the child while it lives
  • 24,25 Solomon is born, and named Jedidiah
  • 26-31 David takes Rabbah, and tortures the people thereof
  • There is nothing in this parable which requires illustration.
  • Its
  • bent is evident; and it was wisely constructed, by not having
  • too
  • near a resemblence, to make David unwittingly pass sentence on
  • himself. The parable was in David's hand what his own letter was
  • in the hands of the brave Uriah. Nathan at length closed in with
  • him in the application of it. In beginning with a parable he
  • shewed his prudence, and great need there is of prudence in
  • giving
  • reproof; but now he speaks as an ambassador from God. He reminds
  • David of the great things God had designed and done for him, and
  • then charges him with a high contempt of the Divine authority,
  • and
  • threatens an entail of judgments upon his family for this sin.
  • Those who despise the word and law of God, despise God himself,
  • and will assuredly suffer for such contempt.
  • 16246-900730-2236-2Sa12.2
  • 16247-900730-2236-2Sa12.3
  • 16248-900730-2237-2Sa12.4
  • 16249-900730-2239-2Sa12.5
  • 16250-900730-2239-2Sa12.6
  • 16251-900730-2240-2Sa12.7
  • 16252-900730-2241-2Sa12.8
  • 16253-900730-2243-2Sa12.9
  • 16254-900730-2245-2Sa12.10
  • 16255-900730-2249-2Sa12.11
  • That is, in the course of my providence I will {permit} this to
  • be done. Such phrases in Scripture do not mean that God either
  • does or can do evil himself; but only that he {permits} such
  • evil
  • to be done as he foresaw would be done, and which, {had he
  • pleased}, he might have prevented.
  • 16256-900731-1922-2Sa12.12
  • 16257-900731-1925-2Sa12.13
  • 16258-900731-1927-2Sa12.14
  • 16259-900731-1927-2Sa12.15
  • 16260-900731-1929-2Sa12.16
  • 16261-900731-1929-2Sa12.17
  • 16262-900731-1929-2Sa12.18
  • 16264-900731-1930-2Sa12.20
  • 16265-900731-1931-2Sa12.21
  • 16266-900731-1932-2Sa12.22
  • 16267-900731-1932-2Sa12.23
  • 16268-900731-1933-2Sa12.24
  • 16269-900731-1934-2Sa12.25
  • 16270-900731-1946-2Sa12.26
  • Rabbah, or Rabbath
  • -Ammon, also called Philadelphia, from Ptolemy
  • Philadelphus, king of Egypt, was situated east of Jordan, and,
  • according to Eusebius, ten miles east from jazer. It is
  • sometimes
  • mentioned as belonging to Arabia, sometimes to Coelo
  • -Syria; and
  • was one of the cities of the Decapolis east of Jordan. Josephus
  • extends the region of Perea as far as Philadelphia. It is now,
  • says Burchhardt, called Amman, distant about 19 miles to the S.
  • E.
  • by E. of Szalt, and lies along the banks of a river called Moiet
  • Amman, which has its source in a pond, at a few hundred paces
  • from
  • the south-western end of the town, and empties itself in the
  • Zerka,
  • or Jabbok, about four hours to the northward. This river runs in
  • a valley bordered on both sides by barren hills of flint, which
  • advance on the south side close to the edge of the stream. The
  • edifices which still remain, though in a decaying state, from
  • being built of a calcarerous stone of moderate hardness,
  • sufficiently attest the former greatness and splendour of this
  • metropolis of the children of Ammon.
  • 16271-900731-1947-2Sa12.27
  • Probably that part of the city situated near the pond, from
  • which
  • the rest received their water.
  • 16272-900731-1948-2Sa12.28
  • 16274-900731-1956-2Sa12.30
  • If this talent was only {seven pounds}, as Whiston says, David
  • might have carried it on his head with little difficulty; but
  • this
  • weight, according to common computation, would amount to nearly
  • {114 pounds!} Some, therefore, think, that {mishkelah} should be
  • taken for its {value}, not {weight}; which renders it perfectly
  • plain, as the worth of the crown will be about 5074l.15s.7d.
  • sterling. The ancients mention several such large crowns, made
  • more for sight than use. Athenaeus describes a crown of gold
  • that was 24 feet in circumference; and mentions others that were
  • two, some four, and others five feet deep. Pliny takes notice of
  • some that were no less than eight pounds weight. Besides the
  • crown usually worn, it was customary for kings, in some nations,
  • to have such large ones as described, either hung or supported
  • over the throne, where they sat at their coronation or other
  • solemn occasions.
  • 16275-900731-1958-2Sa12.31
  • Rather, as the particle () frequently signifies, `And he put
  • them
  • {to} saws, and {to} harrows, and {to} axes,' as we say, {to put
  • a
  • person to the plough, to the anvil, to the last, etc.}
  • 16276-900731-2025-2Sa13.1
  • sick, ravishes her.
  • 15-18 He hates her, and shamefully turns her away
  • 19-22 Absalom entertains her, and conceals his purpose
  • 23-30 At a sheep-shering among all the king's sons, he kills
  • Amnon
  • 31-36 David grieving at the news, is comforted by Jonadab
  • 37-39 Absalom flies to Talmai at Geshur
  • 16277-900731-2027-2Sa13.2
  • Amnon.
  • 16278-900731-2028-2Sa13.3
  • 16279-900731-2030-2Sa13.4
  • 16280-900731-2030-2Sa13.5
  • 16281-900731-2031-2Sa13.6
  • 16283-900731-2040-2Sa13.8
  • prepare cakes, pastry, etc. in their apartments; and some few
  • particular dishes are cooked by themselves, but not in their
  • apartments: on such occasions, they go to some room near the
  • kitchen.'
  • Rather, as Mr. Parrhurst renders, `and tossed it (wattelabbaiv)
  • in
  • his sight, and dressed the {tossed cakes} (halleveevoth).' This
  • will receive illustration from the account which Mr. Jackson
  • gives
  • of the Arabian manner of kneading and baking. `They have a small
  • place built with clay, between two and three feet high, having a
  • hole at the bottom for the convenience of drawing out the ashes,
  • something similar to that of a brick-kiln. The oven is usually
  • about fifteen inches wide at top, and gradually grows wider to
  • the
  • bottom. It is heated with wood; and when sufficiently hot, and
  • perfectly clear from smoke, having nothing but clear embers at
  • bottom, which continue to reflect great heat, they prepare the
  • dough in a large bowl, and mould the cakes to the desired size
  • on
  • a board or stone placed near the oven. After they have kneaded
  • the cake to a proper consistency, they pat it a little, then
  • {toss
  • it about} with great dexterity in one hand till it is as thin as
  • they choose to make it. They then wet one side of it with water,
  • at the same time wetting the hand and arm with which they put it
  • into the oven.'
  • 16284-900731-2041-2Sa13.9
  • 16285-900731-2041-2Sa13.10
  • 16286-900731-2042-2Sa13.11
  • 16287-900731-2043-2Sa13.12
  • 16288-900731-2044-2Sa13.13
  • 16289-900731-2045-2Sa13.14
  • 16290-900731-2045-2Sa13.15
  • 16293-900731-2046-2Sa13.18
  • 16294-900731-2047-2Sa13.19
  • 16295-900731-2048-2Sa13.20
  • 16296-900731-2051-2Sa13.21
  • would not grieve the soul of Amnon his son, for he loved him
  • because he was his first-born.' The same addition is found in
  • Josephus' and it is probable that it once formed a part of the
  • Hebrew text.
  • 16297-900731-2053-2Sa13.22
  • 16298-900731-2054-2Sa13.23
  • 16299-900731-2054-2Sa13.24
  • 16300-900731-2055-2Sa13.25
  • 16301-900731-2057-2Sa13.26
  • He urged this with the more plausibility because Amnon was the
  • first-born, and presumptive heir to the crown; and he had
  • dissembled his resentment so long and so well that he was not
  • suspected.
  • 16302-900731-2057-2Sa13.27
  • 16303-900731-2100-2Sa13.28
  • 16304-900731-2102-2Sa13.29
  • 16306-900731-2102-2Sa13.31
  • 16307-900731-2105-2Sa13.32
  • This was a very bad man: he had given his cousin Amnon the most
  • detestable advice; and here speaks coolly of a most bloody
  • tragedy of which he had been the cause.
  • 16308-900731-2105-2Sa13.33
  • 16309-900731-2106-2Sa13.34
  • 16310-900731-2109-2Sa13.35
  • 16311-900731-2110-2Sa13.36
  • 16312-900731-2112-2Sa13.37
  • As Absalom had committed wilful murder, he could not avail
  • himself
  • of a city of refuge; but he went to Talmai, king of Geshur, his
  • maternal grandfather.
  • 16313-900731-2115-2Sa13.38
  • This was the {Geshur} lying between Philistia and Egypt
  • whose inhabitants are joined with those of Maachathi
  • 16314-900731-2116-2Sa13.39
  • 16315-900731-2120-2Sa14.1
  • king's heart to fetch home Absalom, brings him to Jerusalem
  • 25-27 Absalom's beauty, hair, and children
  • 28-33 After two years, Absalom is brought into the king's
  • presence
  • by Joab
  • 16316-900731-2123-2Sa14.2
  • Teloah was a city of Judah, situated, according to Eusebius and
  • Jerome, twelve miles outh of Jerusalem. Josephus says it was not
  • far from the castle of Herodium. and Jerome (Prologue to Amos)
  • says it stood on a hill six miles south from Bethlehem. Dr.
  • Poccocke places it at the same distance; and says there are
  • still
  • considerable ruins on the top of a hill, which is about half a
  • mile long a furlong broad.
  • 16317-900731-2123-2Sa14.3
  • 16318-900731-2124-2Sa14.4
  • 16319-900731-2136-2Sa14.5
  • It is very possible that the principal incidents mentioned here
  • were real; and that Joab found out a person whose circumstances
  • both had near resemblence to that which he wished to represent.
  • She
  • did not make the similtude too plain and visible, lest the king
  • should see her intention before she had obtained a grant of
  • pardon; and thus her circumstances, her mournful take, her
  • widow's
  • dress, her aged person, (for Josephus says she was advanced in
  • years,) and her impressive manner, all combined to make one
  • united
  • irresistable impression on the heart of the aged monarch.
  • 16320-900731-2137-2Sa14.6
  • 16321-900731-2139-2Sa14.7
  • 16322-900731-2140-2Sa14.8
  • 16323-900731-2141-2Sa14.9
  • 16325-900731-2143-2Sa14.11
  • 16326-900731-2144-2Sa14.12
  • 16327-900731-2145-2Sa14.13
  • 16328-900731-2148-2Sa14.14
  • hath also devised means, etc.
  • 16331-900731-2154-2Sa14.17
  • This is very much like the hyperbolical language which is
  • addressed by the Hindoos to an European when they desire to
  • obtain
  • something from him: `Saheb,' they say, `can do every thing. No
  • one can prevent the execution of Saheb's commands. Saheb is God.
  • '
  • Though the expression may be imputed to the hyperbolical genius
  • of
  • these countries, yet there was, perhaps, more of real persuasion
  • than we are apt to suppose. Sir John Chardin states, that having
  • found fault with the king of Persia's valuation of a rich
  • trinket,
  • the grand master told him that if a Persian had dared to have
  • done
  • such a thing, it would have been as much as his life was worth.
  • `Know,' said he, `that the kings of Persia have a general and
  • full
  • knowledge of matters, as sure as it is extensive; and that,
  • equally in the greatest and smallest things, there is nothing
  • more
  • just and sure than what they pronounce.'
  • 16332-900924-2037-2Sa14.18
  • 16333-900924-2040-2Sa14.19
  • 16334-900924-2042-2Sa14.20
  • 16335-900924-2044-2Sa14.21
  • 16336-900924-2047-2Sa14.22
  • 16337-900924-2048-2Sa14.23
  • 16338-900924-2052-2Sa14.24
  • 16339-900924-2106-2Sa14.25
  • in all Israel to praise greatly.
  • 16340-900924-2125-2Sa14.26
  • shekel, the amount will be utterly incredible; for Josephus says
  • that 'two hundred shekels make five mina, he says, 'weighs
  • two pounds and a half; which calculation makes Absalom's hair
  • weigh twelve pounds and a half! But it is probable that the
  • king's shekel was that which Epiphanius and Hesychius say was
  • the Fourth part of an ounce, half a stater, or two drachms;
  • the whole amount, therefore, of the 200 shekels is about 50
  • ounces, which make 4 lb. 2 oz.troy weight, or 3 lb.2
  • oz.avoirdupois. This need not be accounted incredible,
  • especially as abundance of oil and ointment was used by the
  • ancients in dressing their heads. Josephus informs us, that
  • the Jews also put gold dust in their hair.
  • 16341-900924-2129-2Sa14.27
  • 16342-900924-2144-2Sa14.28
  • 16343-900924-2145-2Sa14.29
  • 16344-900924-2147-2Sa14.30
  • 16346-900924-2149-2Sa14.32
  • 16347-900924-2151-2Sa14.33
  • 16348-900804-2109-2Sa15.1
  • of Israel.
  • 7-9 By pretense of a vow, he obtains leave to go to Hebron
  • 10-12 He makes there a great conspiracy
  • 13-18 David upon the news flees from Jerusalem
  • 19-23 Ittai will leave him
  • 24-29 Zadok and Abiathar are sent back with the ark
  • 30 David and his company go up mount Olivet weeping,
  • 31 He curses Ahitophel's counsel
  • 32-37 Hushai is sent back with instructions
  • 16349-900804-2110-2Sa15.2
  • 16350-900804-2111-2Sa15.3
  • 16351-900804-2112-2Sa15.4
  • 16352-900804-2113-2Sa15.5
  • 16353-900804-2113-2Sa15.6
  • 16354-900804-2119-2Sa15.7
  • As David reigned in the whole only forty years, this reading is
  • evidently corrupt, though supported by the commonly printed
  • Vulgate, LXX., and Chaldee. but the Syriac, Arabic, Josephus,
  • and
  • several MSS of the same version, read FOUR years; and it is
  • highly
  • probable that {arbaim}, FORTY, is an error for {arba}, FOUR,
  • though not supported by any Hebrew MS yet discovered. Two of
  • those collated by Dr. Kennicott, however, have {yom}, `day'
  • instead of {shanah}, `year', i.e., {forty days} instead of
  • {forty
  • years}; but this is not sufficient to outweigh the other
  • authorities.
  • 16355-900804-2120-2Sa15.8
  • 16356-900804-2121-2Sa15.9
  • 16357-900807-1958-2Sa15.10
  • 16358-900804-2123-2Sa15.11
  • 16359-900804-2126-2Sa15.12
  • 16360-900804-2126-2Sa15.13
  • 16361-900804-2127-2Sa15.14
  • 16362-900804-2128-2Sa15.15
  • 16363-900804-2130-2Sa15.16
  • 16364-900804-2130-2Sa15.17
  • 16365-900804-2131-2Sa15.18
  • 16366-900804-2132-2Sa15.19
  • 16367-900804-2133-2Sa15.20
  • 16368-900804-2135-2Sa15.21
  • 16369-900804-2136-2Sa15.22
  • Sir John Chardin informs us,in a MS note on this place, that it
  • is
  • usual with the greatest part of the eastern people, especially
  • the
  • Arabs, to carry their whole family with them when they go to
  • war.
  • 16370-900804-2141-2Sa15.23
  • The brook {Kidron}, which is but a few paces broad, runs along
  • the
  • valley of Jehosaphat, east of Jerusalem, to the south-west
  • corner
  • of the city, and then, turning to the south-east, empties itself
  • into the Dead Sea. Like the Ilissus, it is dry at least nine
  • months in the year, being only furnished with water in the
  • winter,
  • and after heavy rains: its bed is narrow and deep, which
  • indicates
  • that it must formerly have been the channel for waters which
  • have
  • found some other, and probably subterraneous course.
  • 16371-900804-2142-2Sa15.24
  • 16372-900804-2144-2Sa15.25
  • 16373-900804-2146-2Sa15.26
  • 16374-900804-2147-2Sa15.27
  • 16375-900804-2147-2Sa15.28
  • 16377-900804-2156-2Sa15.30
  • Mount Olivet, so called its abounding with olive trees, is
  • situated east of Jerusalem, being separated from it only by the
  • valley of Jehosaphat and the brook Kidron. Josephus says it is
  • five stadia, i.e, 625 geometrical paces from Jerusalem; and St.
  • Luke (Ac 1.12) says it is a Sabbath day's journey, or about
  • eight
  • stadia distant, i.e, to the summit. It forms part of a ridge of
  • limestone hills, extending from north to south for about a mile;
  • and it is described as having three, or, according to others,
  • four
  • summits; the central and highest of which overlooks the whole of
  • the city, over whose street and walls the eye roves as if in the
  • survey of a model.
  • This practice was only practiced by persons in great distress,
  • or
  • when convicted of great {crimes.} Thus Darius, when informed by
  • Tyriotes, the eunuch, that his queen was dead, and that she had
  • suffered no violence from Alexander, {covered his head}, and
  • wept
  • a long time; then throwing off the the garment that covered him,
  • he thanked the gods for Alexander's moderation and justice.
  • 16378-900804-2159-2Sa15.31
  • 16379-900804-2201-2Sa15.32
  • 16380-900804-2201-2Sa15.33
  • 16381-900804-2202-2Sa15.34
  • 16382-900804-2203-2Sa15.35
  • 16383-900804-2203-2Sa15.36
  • 16384-900804-2204-2Sa15.37
  • 16385-900804-2211-2Sa16.1
  • inheritance
  • 5-8 At Bahurim Shimei curse David
  • 9-14 David with patience abstains, and restrains others, from
  • revenge
  • 15-19 Hushai insinuates himself into Absalom's counsel
  • 20-23 Ahitophel's counsel
  • These were probably pumpions, cucumbers, or water-melons; the
  • two
  • latter being extensively used in the East to refresh travellers
  • in
  • the buring heat of the summer; and probably, as Mr. harmer
  • supposes, called {summer fruits} on this very account.
  • 16386-900804-2221-2Sa16.2
  • The asses.
  • This is the eastern mode of speaking when presenting any thing
  • to
  • a great man: `This is for the slaves of the servants of your
  • majesty;' when at the same time the presents are intended for
  • the
  • sovereign himself, and it is so understood.
  • 16387-900804-2222-2Sa16.3
  • 16388-900804-2224-2Sa16.4
  • 16389-900804-2228-2Sa16.5
  • This place is supposed to be the same as {Almon} (Jos 21.18) and
  • {Almeth} (1ch 6.60,) a city of Benjamin, north of Jersualem, and
  • apparently not far from Olivet.
  • 16391-900804-2230-2Sa16.7
  • 16392-900804-2231-2Sa16.8
  • 16393-900804-2232-2Sa16.9
  • 16394-900804-2233-2Sa16.10
  • 16395-900804-2235-2Sa16.11
  • 16396-900804-2237-2Sa16.12
  • 16397-900804-2243-2Sa16.13
  • lay the dust before a person of distinction, by sprinkling the
  • ground with water. Dr. Pococke and the consul were treated with
  • this respect when they entered Cairo. The same custom is alluded
  • to in the well-known fable of Phaedrus, in which a slave is
  • represented going before Augustus and officiously lay the dust.
  • To throw dust in the air while a person was passing was
  • therefore
  • an act of great disrespect; to do so before a sovereign prince,
  • an indecent outrage. But it is probable that Shimei meant more
  • than disrespect and outrage to his afflicted king. Sir John
  • Chardin informs us, that in the East, in general, those who
  • demand
  • justice against a criminal throw dust upon him, signifying that
  • he
  • ought to be put in the grave: and hence the connon imprecation
  • among the Turks and Persians, `Be covered with earth,' or
  • `Earth be
  • upon thy head.'
  • 16398-900804-2243-2Sa16.14
  • 16399-900804-2243-2Sa16.15
  • 16400-900804-2244-2Sa16.16
  • 16401-900804-2245-2Sa16.17
  • 16402-900804-2246-2Sa16.18
  • 16403-900804-2246-2Sa16.19
  • 16404-900804-2247-2Sa16.20
  • 16405-900804-2249-2Sa16.21
  • 16406-900804-2250-2Sa16.22
  • 16407-900804-2255-2Sa16.23
  • The first counsel of this sagacious but wicked man to Absalom
  • was
  • more like an {oracle of Satan}, both for subtlety and atrocity.
  • He advised the shameless measure just detailed, in order to
  • establish Absalom, and to preclude the possiblility of a
  • reconciliation with David. The wives of a conquered king were
  • always the property of the conqueror; and in possessing these he
  • appeared to possess the right to the kingdom.
  • 16408-900804-2258-2Sa17.1
  • God's appointment
  • 15-22 Secret intelligence is sent unto David
  • 23,24 Ahithophel hangs himself
  • 25,26 Amasa is made captain
  • 27-29 David at Mahanaim is furnished with provisions
  • 16409-900804-2258-2Sa17.2
  • 16410-900804-2259-2Sa17.3
  • 16411-900804-2300-2Sa17.4
  • 16412-900804-2301-2Sa17.5
  • 16413-900804-2301-2Sa17.6
  • 16414-900804-2302-2Sa17.7
  • 16415-900804-2305-2Sa17.8
  • 16416-900804-2306-2Sa17.9
  • 16417-900804-2308-2Sa17.10
  • 16418-900804-2309-2Sa17.11
  • 16419-900804-2313-2Sa17.12
  • This is a very beautiful and expressive figure. The dew in
  • Palestine, and other warm climates, falls fast, sudden, and
  • heavy;
  • and it falls upon evry spot of earth, so that not a blade of
  • grass
  • escapes it. It is therefore no inapt emblem of a numerous and
  • active army; and it was, perhaps, for this reason that the
  • Romans
  • called their light armed forces {rorarii.}
  • 16420-900804-2314-2Sa17.13
  • In the same manner the king of Maturan, in Java, proposed
  • pulling
  • down a tower which the Dutch had built, by making his people and
  • elephants pull at a number of chains, and ropes of cocoa-nut
  • bark,
  • thrown around it.
  • 16421-900804-2318-2Sa17.14
  • 16422-900804-2318-2Sa17.15
  • 16423-900804-2319-2Sa17.16
  • 16424-900804-2321-2Sa17.17
  • 16425-900804-2321-2Sa17.18
  • 16426-900804-2322-2Sa17.19
  • 16427-900804-2323-2Sa17.20
  • 16428-900804-2323-2Sa17.21
  • 16429-900804-2325-2Sa17.22
  • 16430-900804-2326-2Sa17.23
  • 16431-900804-2327-2Sa17.24
  • 16432-900804-2328-2Sa17.25
  • 16433-900804-2329-2Sa17.26
  • 16434-900804-2330-2Sa17.27
  • 16435-900804-2338-2Sa17.28
  • These no doubt consisted of skins of beasts, mats, carpets, and
  • such like.
  • probably wooden bowls, such as the Arabs still eat out of, and
  • knead their bread in.
  • {Keley yotzair}, literally, `vessels of the potter.' So when Dr.
  • Perry visited the temple of Luxor in Egypt, he says, `We were
  • entertained by the Caliph here with great civility and favour;
  • he
  • sent us, in return of our presents, several sheep, a good
  • quantity
  • of eggs, bardacks,' etc. The {bardacks} he informs us, were
  • earthen vessels, us `to cool and refresh their water in, by
  • means
  • of which it drinks very cool and pleasant in the hottest seasons
  • of the year.' See Harmer, ch. vi.
  • Mr. Jones says, `Travellers use {zumeet, tumeet, and limerceece.
  • }
  • Zumeet is flour mixed with honey, butter, and spice; tumeet is
  • flour done up with organ oil: and limereece is flour mixed with
  • water, for drink. This quenches thirst much better than water
  • alone, satisfies a hungry appetite; cools and refreshes tired
  • and
  • weary spirits,' etc.
  • 16436-900804-2339-2Sa17.29
  • 16437-900805-0823-2Sa18.1
  • Absalom
  • 6-8 The israelites are sorely smitten in the wood of ephraim
  • 9-17 Absalom, hanging in an oak is slain by Joab, and cast into
  • a
  • pit
  • 18 Absalom's place
  • 19-32 Ahimaoz and Cushi bring tidings to David
  • 33 David mourns for Absalom
  • 16438-900805-0825-2Sa18.2
  • 16439-900805-0829-2Sa18.3
  • The particle {dittah}, NOW, is doubtless a mistake for the
  • pronoun
  • {attah}, THOU: and so it appears to have been read by the LXX.
  • Vulgate, and Chaldee, and by {two} of Kennicott's and De Rossi's
  • MSS
  • 16440-900805-0830-2Sa18.4
  • David's small compnay, by this time, was greatly recruited; but
  • what its number was we cannot tell. Josephus says it amounted
  • only to 4000 men.
  • 16441-900805-0831-2Sa18.5
  • 16442-900805-0833-2Sa18.6
  • The wood of Ephraim was evidently beyoind Jordan, and apparently
  • not far from Mahanaim; and it is supposed to be the place where
  • the Ephraimites were slain by Jephthah
  • 16443-900805-0834-2Sa18.7
  • 16444-900805-0837-2Sa18.8
  • That is, probably, many more were slain in pursuit through the
  • wood than in the battle, by falling into swamps, pits, etc., and
  • being entangled and cut down by David's men. Such is the
  • relation
  • of Josephus; but the Chaldee, Syriac, and Arabic state, that
  • they
  • were {devoured by wild beasts} in the wood.
  • 16445-900805-0844-2Sa18.9
  • Riding furiously under the thick boughs of a great oak, which
  • hung
  • low and had never been cropped, either the twisted branches, or
  • some low forked bough of the tree, caught him by the neck, or,
  • as
  • some think, by the loops into which his long hair had been
  • pinned,
  • which had been so much his pride, and was now justly made a
  • halter
  • for him. He may have hung so low from the bough, in consequence
  • of the length of his hair, that he could not use his hands to
  • help
  • himself, or so entangled that his hands were bound, so that the
  • more he struggled the more he was embarrassed. This set him up
  • as
  • a fair mark to the servants of David; and although David would
  • have spared his rebellious son, if his orders had been executed,
  • yet he could not turn the sword of Divine justice, in executing
  • the just, righteous sentence of death on this traitorous son.
  • 16448-900805-0846-2Sa18.12
  • 16449-900805-0847-2Sa18.13
  • 16450-900805-0848-2Sa18.14
  • 16452-900805-0849-2Sa18.16
  • 16453-900805-0854-2Sa18.17
  • This was the ancient method of burying, whether heroes or
  • traitors; the heap of stones being designed to perpetuate the
  • memory of the event, whether good or bad. The Arabs in general
  • make use of no other monument than a {heap of stones} over a
  • grave. Thus, in an Arabic poem, it is related, that Hatim the
  • father, and Adi the grandfather of Kais was capable of
  • reflection,
  • his mother kept it a profound secret; and in order to guard him
  • against having any suspicion, whe collected a parcel of stone on
  • two hillocks in the neighborhood, and told her son that the one
  • was the grave of his father, and the other of his grandfather.
  • The ancient {cairns} in Ireland and Scotland, and the {tumuli}
  • in
  • England, are of this kind.
  • 16454-900805-0858-2Sa18.18
  • Josephus says there was in his time, about two furlongs from
  • Jerusalem, a marble pillar called {Absalom's hand}, as it is in
  • the Hebrew, (See note on 1Sa 15.12;) and there is one shewn to
  • the
  • present day, in the valley of Jehosephat, which, though
  • comparitively a modern structure, probably occupies the site of
  • the
  • original one set up by Absalom.
  • 16455-900805-0859-2Sa18.19
  • 16456-900805-0900-2Sa18.20
  • 16458-900805-0901-2Sa18.22
  • 16459-900805-0901-2Sa18.23
  • 16460-900805-0902-2Sa18.24
  • 16463-900805-0903-2Sa18.27
  • 16464-900805-0907-2Sa18.28
  • This act was not only in reverence to the king, but in humble
  • adoration of Dod, whose name he praises for this victory. The
  • more our hearts are fixed and enlarged, in thanksgiving to God
  • for
  • our mercies, the better disposed we shall be to bear with
  • patience
  • the afflictions mixed with them.
  • 16465-900805-0908-2Sa18.29
  • 16467-900805-0912-2Sa18.31
  • He was an Ethiopian, as his name signifies, and some think he
  • was
  • so by birth--a black, who waited on Joab, probably one of the
  • ten who
  • had helped to dispatch Absalom; though it was dangerous for one
  • of
  • those to bring the news to David, lest his fate should be same
  • with
  • theirs that reported the death of Saul and Ishbosheth to him.
  • 16468-900805-0913-2Sa18.32
  • Thus Cushi obliquely and slowly informs David of the death of
  • his
  • son Absalom.
  • 16469-900805-0914-2Sa18.33
  • 16470-900805-0917-2Sa19.1
  • 9,10 The Israelites are earnest to bring the king back
  • 11-17 David sends to the priest to incite them of Judah
  • 18-23 Shimei is pardoned
  • 24-31 Mephibosheth excused
  • 32-40 Barzillai dismissed, and Chimham his son taken into the
  • king's family
  • 41-43 The Israelites expostulate with Judah for bringing home
  • the
  • king without them
  • 16471-900805-0919-2Sa19.2
  • 16472-900805-0919-2Sa19.3
  • 16473-900805-0921-2Sa19.4
  • It is allowed by competent ctitics that the lamentation of David
  • over his son, of which this forms a part, is exceedingly
  • pathetic;
  • and Calmet properly remarks, that the frequent repitition of the
  • name of the deceased is connon in the language of lamentation.
  • 16474-900805-0923-2Sa19.5
  • Every one must admit that David's immoderate grief for his
  • rebellious son was imprudent, and that Joab's firm and sensible
  • reproof was necessary to arouse him to a sense of his duty to
  • his
  • people: but, in his {manner}, Joab far exceeded the the bounds
  • of
  • that reverence which a servant owes to his master, or a subject
  • to
  • his prince.
  • 16475-900805-0925-2Sa19.6
  • 16476-900805-0926-2Sa19.7
  • 16477-900805-0931-2Sa19.8
  • How prudently and mildly David took the reproof and counsel
  • given
  • him! He shook off his grief, anointed his head, and washed his
  • face, that he might not appear unto men to mourn, and then made
  • his appearance at the gate of the city, which was the public
  • place
  • of resort for the hearing of causes and giving judgment, as well
  • as a place to ratify special bargains. Thither the people
  • flocked
  • to congratulate him on his and their safety, and that all was
  • well. When we are convinced of a fault, we must amend, though we
  • are told of it by our inferiors in a way which is peculiarly
  • painful to our natural feelings. This ancient custom still
  • obtains in the East; for when Dr. Pococke returned from viewing
  • the town of ancient Byblus, he says, `The shiek and the elders
  • were
  • sitting in the gate of the city, after the ancient manner, and I
  • sat awhile with them.'
  • 16478-900805-0932-2Sa19.9
  • 16479-900805-0933-2Sa19.10
  • 16480-900805-0934-2Sa19.11
  • 16481-900805-0934-2Sa19.12
  • 16482-900805-0935-2Sa19.13
  • 16483-900805-0937-2Sa19.14
  • The measures that he pursued were the best calculated that could
  • be adopted for accomplishing this sautary end. David appears to
  • take no notice of their infidelity, but rather to place
  • confidence
  • in them, that their confidence in him might be naturally
  • excited; and
  • to oblige them yet farther, purposes to make Amasa general of
  • the
  • army, instead of Joab.
  • 16484-900805-0938-2Sa19.15
  • 16485-900805-1422-2Sa19.16
  • It appears that Shimei was a powerful chieftan in the land, for
  • he
  • had here in his retinue no less than a thousand men.
  • 16486-900805-1423-2Sa19.17
  • 16487-900805-1426-2Sa19.18
  • The LXX. connecting this with preceding verse, render, () `and
  • they made ready jordan before the king, and did the necessary
  • service to bring over the king;' and the Vulgate has, `and
  • breaking into Jordan, they passed the fords before the king, to
  • bring over the king's household.' Josephus says they prepared a
  • {bridge} over the Jordan, to faciltate his passage.
  • 16488-900805-1427-2Sa19.19
  • 16489-900805-1428-2Sa19.20
  • 16490-900805-1429-2Sa19.21
  • 16491-900805-1430-2Sa19.22
  • 16492-900805-1430-2Sa19.23
  • 16493-900805-1438-2Sa19.24
  • Literally, {made his feet}, which seems to mean washing the feet
  • paring the nails, and perhaps anointing or otherwise perfuming
  • them, if not tinging the nails with {henna}; see Note on De 21.
  • 12.
  • Sir John Chardin, in his MS note on this place, informs us, that
  • it is customary in the East to have as much care of the feet as
  • the hands; and that their barbers cut and adjust the nails with
  • a
  • proper instrument, because they often go barefoot. The nails of
  • the toes of the mummies inspected in London in 1763, of which an
  • account is given in the Philosophical Transactions for 1764,
  • seem
  • to have been tinged with some reddish color.
  • Literally, {made his beard}, which may mean, combing, curling,
  • and
  • perfuming it. but Mr. Morier says that they almost universally
  • dye the beard black, by successive layers of a paste made of
  • henna, and another made of the leaf of the indigo: the first
  • tinging with an orange color, and the next with a dark bottle
  • grre, which becomes jet black when exposed to the air for
  • twenty-four hours.
  • 16494-900805-1438-2Sa19.25
  • 16495-900805-1439-2Sa19.26
  • 16496-900805-1440-2Sa19.27
  • 16497-900805-1440-2Sa19.28
  • 16498-900805-1441-2Sa19.29
  • 16499-900805-1441-2Sa19.30
  • 16500-900805-1442-2Sa19.31
  • 16501-900805-1443-2Sa19.32
  • 16502-900805-1443-2Sa19.33
  • 16503-900805-1444-2Sa19.34
  • life?
  • 16504-900805-1445-2Sa19.35
  • 16505-900805-1446-2Sa19.36
  • 16506-900805-2225-2Sa19.37
  • The whole of this little episode is extremely interesting, and
  • contains an affecting description of the infirmities of old age.
  • The venerable and kind Barzillai was fourscore years old; his
  • ear
  • was become dull of hearing, and his {relish} for even royal
  • dainties was gone: the evil days had arrived in which he was
  • constrained to say, `I have no pleasure in them.' Ec 12.1 As he
  • was too old either to enjoy the pleasures of a court, or to be
  • of
  • any further service to the king, he finishes his affecting
  • address
  • to the aged monarch with the request, that he would suffer him
  • to
  • enjoy what old men naturally desire, to `die in mine own city,
  • be
  • buried by the grave of my father and mother;' at the same time
  • commending his son Chimham to his kind offices.
  • 16507-900805-2226-2Sa19.38
  • 16508-900805-2228-2Sa19.39
  • The kiss was the token of friendship and farewell; the blessing
  • was a prayer to God for his prosperity: probably a prophetical
  • benediction.
  • 16509-900805-2229-2Sa19.40
  • 16510-900805-2229-2Sa19.41
  • 16511-900805-2230-2Sa19.42
  • 16512-900805-2233-2Sa19.43
  • for their king, they would not have quarrelled so fiercely about
  • their own credit and interest in recalling him, if they had been
  • truly sorry for their former rebellion.
  • 16513-900805-2238-2Sa20.1
  • 3 David's ten concubines are put in confinement for life
  • 4-13 Amasa, made captain over Judah, is slain by Joab
  • 14,15 Joab pursues Sheba unto Abel
  • 16-22 A wise woman saves the city by Sheba's head
  • 23-26 David's officers
  • 16514-900805-2239-2Sa20.2
  • 16515-900805-2242-2Sa20.3
  • The confinement and retired maintenance of these women was the
  • only measure which in justice and prudence could be adopted. In
  • China, when an emperor dies, all his women are removed to an
  • edifice called the {palace of chastity}, situated within the
  • palace, in which they are shut up fo the remainder of their
  • lives.
  • 16516-900805-2243-2Sa20.4
  • 16517-900805-2243-2Sa20.5
  • 16518-900824-2154-2Sa20.6
  • 16519-900806-2104-2Sa20.7
  • 16520-900806-2105-2Sa20.8
  • 16521-900806-2110-2Sa20.9
  • Thevenot says, that among the Turks it is a great afront to take
  • one by the beard, unless it be to kiss him, in which case they
  • often do it. D'arvieux, describing an assembly of Arab emirs at
  • an entertainment, says, `After the usual civilities, caresses,
  • {kissings of the beard}, and of the hand, which every one gave
  • and
  • received according to his rank and dignity, they sat down upon
  • mats.' The doing this by the Arab emirs corresponds with the
  • conduct of Joab, and illustrates this horrid assassination.
  • 16522-900806-2112-2Sa20.10
  • 16523-900806-2112-2Sa20.11
  • 16524-900806-2113-2Sa20.12
  • 16525-900806-2120-2Sa20.13
  • 16526-900806-2120-2Sa20.14
  • Or rather, prabably, {Abel of Beth
  • -Maachah}, as in the next verse.
  • It appears, from Joab having marched `through all the tribes of
  • Israel,' to have been situated in the northern confines of the
  • land of Israel, and in the half tribe of Manasseh, east of
  • Jordan,
  • as that was the situation of Maachah, to which it belonged. This
  • agrees with the situation of the {Abela} which Eusebius and
  • Jerome
  • place between Paneas, or Caesarea Philippi, and Damascus.
  • Josephus says it was a fortified city, and a metropolis of the
  • Israelites; and also that it belonged to the ten tribes, having
  • been taken from the king of Damascus.
  • 16527-900806-2124-2Sa20.15
  • So LXX. generally render {solelah}, by (); which latter is
  • described by Potter as `a mount, which was raised so high as to
  • equal, if not exceed, the top of the beseiged walls. The sides
  • were walled in with bricks or stones, or secured with strong
  • rafters; the fore part only, {being by degrees to be moved near
  • the walls,} remained bare.'
  • or, it stood against the outmost wall
  • 16528-900806-2124-2Sa20.16
  • 16529-900806-2125-2Sa20.17
  • 16530-900806-2126-2Sa20.18
  • saying, Surely they will ask of Abel, and so make an end.
  • 16531-900806-2128-2Sa20.19
  • 16532-900806-2128-2Sa20.20
  • 16533-900806-2130-2Sa20.21
  • 16534-900806-2131-2Sa20.22
  • 16535-900806-2132-2Sa20.23
  • 16536-900806-2132-2Sa20.24
  • 16537-900806-2133-2Sa20.25
  • 16538-900806-2136-2Sa20.26
  • of David;} and so the Septuagint, Vulgate, Syriac, and Arabic.
  • The chaldee hav {rav}, a chief or prince: probably he was a kind
  • of {domestic chaplain} or {seer} to the king.
  • 16539-900806-2141-2Sa21.1
  • seven of Saul's sons.
  • 10,11 Rizpah's kindness unto the dead
  • 12-14 David buries the bones of Saul and Jonathan in his
  • father's
  • sepulchre
  • 15-22 Four battles against the Philistines, wherein four
  • valiants
  • of David slay four giants.
  • 16540-900806-2143-2Sa21.2
  • The Gibeonites were Hivites, not Amorites, as appears from
  • Jos 6.19; but Amorites is a name often given to the Canaanites
  • in
  • general.
  • 16541-900806-2144-2Sa21.3
  • 16542-900806-2146-2Sa21.4
  • with Saul, or his house; neither {pertains it} to us to kill,
  • etc.
  • 16543-900806-2146-2Sa21.5
  • 16544-900806-2149-2Sa21.6
  • As God accepted the expiation here demanded, we must suppose
  • that
  • both the enquiry of David, and the answer of the Gibeonites,
  • were
  • directed by some open or secret intimation from him.
  • 16545-900806-2150-2Sa21.7
  • 16546-900806-2155-2Sa21.8
  • This Adriel did not marry Michal, Saul's younger daughter, but
  • Merab
  • it is here said {she bore} (yaledah,) not {brought up}, as
  • falsely
  • rendered, five sons to Adriel. Two of Dr. Kennicott's MSS.,
  • however, have {Merab}, instead of {Michal}; the Syriac and
  • Arabic
  • have {Nadab}; and the Cahalee renders the passage thus: `And the
  • five sons of {Merab} which Michal the daughter of Saul brought
  • up,
  • which she brought up, which she brought forth to Adriel the son
  • of
  • Barzillai.'
  • 16547-900806-2157-2Sa21.9
  • This happened in Judea about the vernal equinox, or 21st of
  • March.
  • 16548-900806-2200-2Sa21.10
  • Some suppose that this means a providential supply of {rain}, in
  • order to remove the famine; but from the manner in which it is
  • introduced, it seems to denote the {autumnal} rains, which
  • commence about October. For five months did this broken-hearted
  • woman watch by the bodies of her sons!
  • 16549-900806-2200-2Sa21.11
  • 16550-900806-2202-2Sa21.12
  • 16552-900806-2204-2Sa21.14
  • 16553-900806-2205-2Sa21.15
  • 16554-900806-2207-2Sa21.16
  • 16555-900806-2209-2Sa21.17
  • 16556-900806-2210-2Sa21.18
  • 16557-900806-2212-2Sa21.19
  • as in the parallel text, `and Elhanan the son of Jair, {slew}
  • Lahmi the brother of Goliath.'
  • 16558-900806-2213-2Sa21.20
  • 16559-900806-2214-2Sa21.21
  • 16560-900806-2215-2Sa21.22
  • 16561-900807-1933-2Sa22.1
  • manifold blessings.
  • 16562-900807-1933-2Sa22.2
  • 16563-900807-1940-2Sa22.3
  • 16564-900807-1942-2Sa22.4
  • 16565-900807-1943-2Sa22.5
  • 16566-900807-1944-2Sa22.6
  • 16567-900807-1945-2Sa22.7
  • 16568-900807-1946-2Sa22.8
  • 16569-900807-1949-2Sa22.9
  • 16570-900807-1950-2Sa22.10
  • 16571-900807-1951-2Sa22.11
  • 16572-900807-1951-2Sa22.12
  • 16573-900807-1952-2Sa22.13
  • 16574-900807-1953-2Sa22.14
  • 16575-900807-1954-2Sa22.15
  • 16576-900807-1955-2Sa22.16
  • 16577-900807-1956-2Sa22.17
  • 16578-900807-1956-2Sa22.18
  • 16579-900807-1959-2Sa22.19
  • 16580-900807-2000-2Sa22.20
  • 16581-900807-2001-2Sa22.21
  • 16582-900807-2002-2Sa22.22
  • 16583-900807-2003-2Sa22.23
  • 16584-900807-2004-2Sa22.24
  • 16585-900807-2005-2Sa22.25
  • 16586-900807-2006-2Sa22.26
  • 16587-900807-2007-2Sa22.27
  • 16588-900824-2155-2Sa22.28
  • 16589-900807-2010-2Sa22.29
  • 16590-900807-2011-2Sa22.30
  • 16591-900807-2012-2Sa22.31
  • 16592-900807-2013-2Sa22.32
  • 16593-900807-2014-2Sa22.33
  • 16594-900807-2015-2Sa22.34
  • 16595-900807-2016-2Sa22.35
  • 16596-900807-2017-2Sa22.36
  • 16597-900807-2017-2Sa22.37
  • 16598-900807-2018-2Sa22.38
  • 16599-900807-2020-2Sa22.39
  • 16600-900807-2021-2Sa22.40
  • 16601-900807-2022-2Sa22.41
  • 16602-900807-2023-2Sa22.42
  • 16603-900807-2026-2Sa22.43
  • 16604-900807-2028-2Sa22.44
  • 16605-900807-2029-2Sa22.45
  • 16606-900807-2030-2Sa22.46
  • 16607-900807-2030-2Sa22.47
  • 16608-900807-2031-2Sa22.48
  • 16609-900807-2032-2Sa22.49
  • 16610-900807-2033-2Sa22.50
  • 16611-900807-2034-2Sa22.51
  • 16612-900807-2045-2Sa23.1
  • promises to be beyond sense or experience
  • 6,7 The different state of the wicked
  • 8-39 A catalogue of David's mighty men
  • 16613-900807-2045-2Sa23.2
  • 16614-900807-2048-2Sa23.3
  • 16615-900807-2049-2Sa23.4
  • 16616-900807-2052-2Sa23.5
  • 16617-900807-2052-2Sa23.6
  • 16618-900807-2053-2Sa23.7
  • 16619-900807-2059-2Sa23.8
  • three
  • bashshaiveth tachkemoni}, we should read {yoshavam ben
  • chachmoni,}
  • Joshebeam, son of Hachmoni;' and instead of {hoo adino hadtzni},
  • {hoo orair eth chanitho,} `he lift up his spear,' which are the
  • readings in the parallel place in Chronicles, where it is also,
  • {three} hundred, instead of {eight} hundred.
  • 16620-900807-2103-2Sa23.9
  • 16621-900807-2105-2Sa23.10
  • 16622-900807-2106-2Sa23.11
  • 16623-900807-2106-2Sa23.12
  • 16624-900807-2110-2Sa23.13
  • {shaloshim:} thirty shalishim, as it is iv ver. 8, and Ex 14.7:
  • where LXX. render (), which Jerome (on Ezek 33) says `among the
  • Greeks is the name of the second rank after the royal dignity.'
  • 16625-900807-2111-2Sa23.14
  • 16626-900807-2113-2Sa23.15
  • Bethlehem signifies the `house of bread,' and the place was
  • likewise noted for excellent water. There Christ was born, who
  • is
  • the `bread of life,' and who also gives us the `water of life.'
  • `The water that I shallgive him shall be in him a well of water
  • springing up into everlasting life.'
  • 16627-900807-2114-2Sa23.16
  • 16628-900807-2115-2Sa23.17
  • 16629-900807-2116-2Sa23.18
  • 16630-900807-2117-2Sa23.19
  • 16631-900807-2119-2Sa23.20
  • 16632-900807-2120-2Sa23.21
  • 16633-900807-2122-2Sa23.22
  • 16634-900807-2123-2Sa23.23
  • 16635-900807-2123-2Sa23.24
  • 16636-900807-2124-2Sa23.25
  • 16637-900807-2125-2Sa23.26
  • 16638-900807-2127-2Sa23.27
  • 16639-900807-2128-2Sa23.28
  • 16640-900807-2129-2Sa23.29
  • 16641-900807-2130-2Sa23.30
  • 16642-900807-2131-2Sa23.31
  • 16643-900807-2146-2Sa23.32
  • 16644-900807-2147-2Sa23.33
  • 16645-900807-2147-2Sa23.34
  • 16646-900807-2148-2Sa23.35
  • 16647-900807-2148-2Sa23.36
  • 16648-900807-2149-2Sa23.37
  • 16649-900807-2149-2Sa23.38
  • 16650-900807-2152-2Sa23.39
  • thirty-seven, it is almost self-evident that {shalishim} cannot
  • denote the thirty, as rendered in ver. 13, etc., but some
  • particular description of men, or officer; for it can scarcely
  • be
  • said, with propriety, that we have thirty-seven out of thirty;
  • and
  • besides, in the parallel place in 1st Chronicles, there are
  • sixteen added!
  • 16651-900807-2204-2Sa24.1
  • 5-9 The captains, in nine months and twenty days, bring the
  • muster of thirteen hundred thousand fighting men
  • 10-14 David repents, and having three plagues propounded by God,
  • chooses the three days' pestilence
  • 15-17 After the death of three score and ten thousand, David by
  • prayer prevents the destruction of Jerusalem
  • 18-25 David, by God's direction, purchases Araunah's threshing
  • floor; where having sacrificed, the plague stays.
  • This verse, when read without reference to any other part of the
  • word of God, is very difficult to understand, and has been used
  • by
  • those who desire to undermine the justice of God, to shew that
  • he
  • sought occasion to punish--that he incited David to sin; and
  • when
  • he has so incited him, gave to him the dreadful alternative of
  • choosing one of three scourges by which his people were to be
  • cut
  • off. On the face of the passage these thoughts naturally arise,
  • because `the Lord' is antecedent to the pronoun `he'-
  • -He moved
  • David. But to those who `search the Scriptures,' this
  • exceedingly
  • difficult passage receives a wonderful elucidation, By referring
  • to 1Ch 21.1, the reader will there find that {Satan was the
  • mover}, and that the Lord most righteously punished David for
  • the
  • display of pride he had manifested. Oh! that Christians, who
  • sometimes have their minds harassed with doubts, would remember
  • the promise, that what they know not now they shall know
  • hereafter, and if no other instance of elucidation than this
  • passage occurred to them to remove thier doubts, let this be a
  • means of stirring them up to dig deeper than ever into the
  • inexhaustable mines of the Inspired Word.
  • 16652-900807-2208-2Sa24.2
  • We know not in what the sinfulness of this action consisted.
  • Some
  • think it was contempt of the promise that the Israelites should
  • be
  • innumerable, and that they ought not to have been numbered
  • without
  • an express command, as in the days of Moses. Others suppose with
  • Josephus that it was a kind of sacrilege, in omitting to collect
  • the half-shekel apeiece for the use of the santuary. It however
  • would appear that pride and ambition, and a desire of conquest,
  • induced David to this measure, and rendered it so displeasing to
  • God.
  • 16653-900807-2209-2Sa24.3
  • 16654-900807-2209-2Sa24.4
  • 16655-900807-2210-2Sa24.5
  • 16656-900807-2212-2Sa24.6
  • 16657-900807-2213-2Sa24.7
  • 16659-900807-2213-2Sa24.9
  • 16660-900807-2216-2Sa24.10
  • 16661-900807-2217-2Sa24.11
  • 16662-900807-2218-2Sa24.12
  • 16663-900807-2219-2Sa24.13
  • 16664-900807-2221-2Sa24.14
  • 16665-900807-2222-2Sa24.15
  • 16666-900807-2225-2Sa24.16
  • 16667-900807-2226-2Sa24.17
  • 16668-900807-2228-2Sa24.18
  • These, among the ancient Jews, were only round, level plats of
  • ground in the open air, as they are to this day in the East,
  • where the corn was trodden out by oxen.
  • 16669-900807-2229-2Sa24.19
  • 16670-900807-2229-2Sa24.20
  • 16671-900807-2230-2Sa24.21
  • 16672-900807-2231-2Sa24.22
  • 16673-900807-2232-2Sa24.23
  • 16674-900807-2233-2Sa24.24
  • 16675-900807-2234-2Sa24.25
  • 16676-900809-2010-1Ki1.1
  • 5-10 Adonijah, David's darling, usurps the kingdom
  • 11-14 By the council of Nathan
  • 15-21 Bath-sheba moves the king
  • 22-27 And Nathan seconds her
  • 28-31 David renews his oath to Bath-sheba
  • 32-40 Solomon, by David's appointment, being anointed king by
  • Zadok
  • and Nathan, the people triumph
  • 41-49 Jonathan bringing the news, Adonijah's guests fly
  • 50-53 Adonijah, flying to the horns of the altar, upon his good
  • behaviour, is dismissed by Solomon
  • David was probably now about {sixty-nine} years of age. He was
  • {thirty} years old when he began to reign, reigned {forty}, and
  • {died} in his {seventieth} year; and the tranactions mentioned
  • here are supposed to have taken place about a year before his
  • death. Sixty-nine was not an advanced age; but he had been
  • exhausted with various fatigues, and expecially family
  • afflictions, so that he was much older in constitution than in
  • years.
  • 16677-900809-2020-1Ki1.2
  • 16678-900809-2021-1Ki1.3
  • 16679-900809-2021-1Ki1.4
  • 16680-900809-2023-1Ki1.5
  • 16681-900809-2024-1Ki1.6
  • 16682-900809-2026-1Ki1.7
  • 16683-900809-2028-1Ki1.8
  • 16684-900809-2030-1Ki1.9
  • The Oriental banquet, in consequence of the intense heat, is
  • often spread upon the verdant turf, beneath the shade of a tree,
  • where the streaming rivulet supplies the company with wholesome
  • water, and excites a gentle breeze to cool their burning
  • temples.
  • 16685-900809-2030-1Ki1.10
  • 16686-900809-2031-1Ki1.11
  • 16687-900809-2032-1Ki1.12
  • 16688-900809-2034-1Ki1.13
  • 16689-900809-2034-1Ki1.14
  • 16690-900809-2034-1Ki1.15
  • 16691-900809-2035-1Ki1.16
  • 16692-900809-2038-1Ki1.17
  • It is not recorded when or upon what occasion David sware to
  • Bathsheba that Solomon should succeed him; but it is supposed,
  • with some degree of probability, that it took place after
  • Absalom's rebellion; and as God himself had settled the
  • succession, he might very properly giver her this assurance.
  • 16693-900809-2038-1Ki1.18
  • 16694-900809-2039-1Ki1.19
  • 16695-900809-2042-1Ki1.20
  • At this time the monarchy of Israel was {unsettled}; now man
  • knew
  • who was to succeed to the crown; and the minds of the people
  • were
  • as unsettled as as the succession. It was neither {hereditary
  • nor
  • elective}: the king, as was anciently the case in most
  • countries,
  • {named} his successor; but in this instance, God had already
  • assigned the throne to Solomon.
  • 16696-900809-2045-1Ki1.21
  • That is, when Adonijah is established on the throne, I and my
  • son
  • Solomon shall be put to death as state criminals. The history of
  • the world demonstrates, that the lust of dominion has tempted
  • men
  • to commit the most enormous crimes. A father has destroyed his
  • son, a son deposed a father, and a brother mnurdered a brother,
  • in
  • order to obtain a crown!
  • 16697-900809-2045-1Ki1.22
  • 16698-900809-2045-1Ki1.23
  • 16699-900809-2046-1Ki1.24
  • 16700-900809-2047-1Ki1.25
  • 16701-900809-2048-1Ki1.26
  • 16702-900809-2048-1Ki1.27
  • 16703-900809-2049-1Ki1.28
  • She appears to have gone out when Nathan entered; and he retired
  • when she was readmitted.
  • 16704-900809-2051-1Ki1.29
  • 16705-900809-2051-1Ki1.30
  • 16706-900809-2052-1Ki1.31
  • 16707-900809-2052-1Ki1.32
  • 16708-900809-2055-1Ki1.33
  • Maimonides informs us, that it was a capital offence for any one
  • to ride on the king's mule, to sit on his throne, or to handle
  • his
  • sceptre, without permission; and as David ordered Solomon to
  • ride
  • on his own mule, etc, it was ample evidence that he had
  • appointed
  • him his successor.
  • 16709-900809-2057-1Ki1.34
  • 16710-900809-2058-1Ki1.35
  • 16711-900809-2059-1Ki1.36
  • 16712-900809-2101-1Ki1.37
  • 16713-900809-2103-1Ki1.38
  • 16714-900809-2104-1Ki1.39
  • 16715-900809-2114-1Ki1.40
  • We use a similar expression in precisely the same sense: `They
  • {rent the air} with their cries.'
  • 16716-900809-2116-1Ki1.41
  • 16717-900809-2116-1Ki1.42
  • 16718-900809-2117-1Ki1.43
  • 16719-900809-2127-1Ki1.44
  • 16720-900809-2126-1Ki1.45
  • This was a fountain on the west of Jerusalem, (consequently in
  • an
  • opposite direction to En-rogel on the east, where Adonijah was
  • proclaimed king,) of which there were two pools, and upper and a
  • lower. (2ch 32.30) There is a large square cistern in the ravine
  • west of the city, mentioned by Dr. Richardson as a little to the
  • south of the jaffa gate, which Dr. Pococke deescribes as a bais
  • about 250 paces long and 100 braod. it is commonly called the
  • pool of Bathsheba, but seem to be the lower pool of Gihon.
  • `Nearly a mile to the N.N.W. is the pool of Gihon, which I
  • suppose
  • to be the upper pool. It is a very large basin, and, if I
  • mistake
  • not, is cut down about ten feet into the rock, there being a way
  • down to it by steps. It was almost dry at that time, and seems
  • designed to receive the rain waters shich come from the hills
  • about it. There is a canal from the pool to the city, which is
  • uncovered part of the way, and, it is said, goes to the pool in
  • the streets near the holy sepulchre. The fountain of Gihon arose
  • either in the upper pool, or out of the high ground above it.'
  • Travels, book i ch. 6.
  • 16721-900809-2127-1Ki1.46
  • 16722-900809-2128-1Ki1.47
  • 16723-900809-2130-1Ki1.48
  • 16724-900809-2130-1Ki1.49
  • 16725-900809-2131-1Ki1.50
  • 16727-900809-2132-1Ki1.52
  • 16728-900809-2133-1Ki1.53
  • 16729-900809-2139-1Ki2.1
  • 3,4 of religiousness
  • 5,6 of Joab
  • 7 of Barzillai
  • 8,9 of Shimei
  • 10,11 Solomon succeeds
  • 12 Adonijah, moving Bath-sheba to sue unto Solomon for Abishag,
  • 13-25 is put to death
  • 26,27 Abiathar, having his life given him, is deprived of the
  • priesthood
  • 28-34 Joab fleeing to the horns of the altar, is there slain
  • 35 Beniah is put in Joab's room, and Zadfok in Abiathar's
  • 36-46 Shimei, confined to Jerusalem, by occasion of going thence
  • to Gath, is put to death.
  • 16730-900809-2141-1Ki2.2
  • 16731-900809-2144-1Ki2.3
  • 16732-900809-2147-1Ki2.4
  • 16733-900809-2148-1Ki2.5
  • 16734-900810-0754-1Ki2.6
  • 16735-900810-0755-1Ki2.7
  • 16736-900810-0757-1Ki2.8
  • 16737-900810-0804-1Ki2.9
  • Do not consider him as an innocent man; for, as thou art a wise
  • man, and knowest how to treat such persons, threat him as he
  • deserves; only as I have sworn to him that I would not put him
  • to
  • death, `bring NOT his hoar head down to the grave with blood.'
  • So
  • Solomon understood David; for, after he had commanded Joab to be
  • slain, in obedience to his father, he sent for Shimei, and
  • knowing
  • he ought to be well watched, he confined him to Jerusalem for
  • the
  • rest of his life: and so it appears David should be understood;
  • for the negative particle {lo}, in the former clause, `hold him
  • {not} guiltless,' should be repeated in the latter clause,
  • though
  • not expressed; instances of which frequently occur in the Hebrew
  • Scriptures.
  • seems the best and most correct mode of interpreting the text.
  • 16738-900810-0805-1Ki2.10
  • 16739-900810-0806-1Ki2.11
  • 16740-900810-0807-1Ki2.12
  • 16741-900810-0808-1Ki2.13
  • 16742-900810-0808-1Ki2.14
  • 16743-900810-0809-1Ki2.15
  • 16744-900810-0810-1Ki2.16
  • 16745-900811-1328-1Ki2.17
  • 16746-900811-1328-1Ki2.18
  • 16747-900811-1329-1Ki2.19
  • 16748-900811-1330-1Ki2.20
  • 16749-900811-1330-1Ki2.21
  • 16750-900811-1331-1Ki2.22
  • 16751-900811-1336-1Ki2.23
  • We have already seen, that the whole harem of an eastern monarch
  • was a part of the regal succession (See note on 2Sa 16.23); and
  • it
  • was treason for a subject to claim any wife or virgin who had
  • once
  • formed a part of it. Slomon evidently considered the request of
  • Adonijah in this light; and was convinced that he was still
  • aiming
  • to seize the crown, to which he considered this as one step. But
  • it is very doubtful, how far the plea either of policy or state
  • necessity can justify Solomon in thus embruing his hands in his
  • brother's blood, whatever might have been his treasonable
  • intentions or conduct.
  • 16752-900811-1339-1Ki2.24
  • 16753-900811-1340-1Ki2.25
  • 16754-900811-1342-1Ki2.26
  • 16755-900811-1347-1Ki2.27
  • This was for having taken part with Adonijah; but by it a
  • remarkable prophecy was fulfilled. God had told Eli, (1Sa
  • 2.30-36) that the priesthood should depart from his house;
  • Abiathar was the last of the priests of {Ithamar}, of which
  • family
  • was Eli the high priest. Zadok, who succeeded, was of the family
  • of Eleazar; and by this change the priesthood reverted to its
  • ancient channel.
  • 16756-900811-1348-1Ki2.28
  • 16757-900811-1349-1Ki2.29
  • 16758-900811-1351-1Ki2.30
  • 16759-900811-1352-1Ki2.31
  • 16760-900811-1354-1Ki2.32
  • 16761-900811-1355-1Ki2.33
  • 16762-900811-1358-1Ki2.34
  • It appears that he slew him at the very altar. The altar was so
  • sacred among all the people, that, in general, even the vilest
  • wretch found safety, if he once reached it. This led to many
  • abuses, and the perversion of public justice; and God decreed
  • (Ex
  • 24.14) that the presumptuous murderer, who had taken refuge at
  • his
  • altar, whould be dragged thence and put to death.
  • 16763-900811-1359-1Ki2.35
  • 16764-900811-1406-1Ki2.36
  • No doubt Solomon suspected that Shimeis's influence would be
  • dangerous upon his own estate and among his numerous dependents
  • in
  • different parts of the land; and therefore he proposed to him,
  • as
  • the condition of his indemnity for former crimes, that he should
  • live in Jerusalem under his eye, and by no means remove thence.
  • These terms Shemei readily agreed to, and solemnly swore to
  • observe them; and for three years he lived unmolested and in
  • affluence. But growing secure, in contempt of Solomon's
  • authority
  • and of the oath of God, upon an unnecessary business he took a
  • journey, which according to his own engagement forfeited his
  • life. Thus the Lord left him to be infatuated, that due
  • punishment might be inflicted upon him; in order that evry
  • ringleader of opposition to Solomon's kingdom might be crushed,
  • and others be intimidated by their examples. Solomon's throne
  • by the death of this man was established in peace, and became a
  • type of the Redeemer's kingodm of peace and
  • righteousness.-
  • -SCOTT.
  • 16765-900811-1407-1Ki2.37
  • 16766-900811-1408-1Ki2.38
  • 16767-900811-1409-1Ki2.39
  • 16768-900811-1409-1Ki2.40
  • 16770-900811-1410-1Ki2.42
  • 16771-900811-1411-1Ki2.43
  • 16772-900811-1412-1Ki2.44
  • 16773-900811-1412-1Ki2.45
  • 16774-900811-1413-1Ki2.46
  • 16775-900811-1419-1Ki3.1
  • 2-4 High places being in use, Solomon sacrifices at Gibeon
  • 5-15 Solomon at Gibeon, in the choice which God gave him,
  • preferring wisdom, obtains wisdom, riches, and honour
  • 16-28 Solomon's judgment make him renowed
  • 16776-900811-1422-1Ki3.2
  • It was not right to offer sacrifices in any place but where the
  • tabenacle and ark were; and wherever they were, whether on a
  • high
  • place or a plain, sacrifices might be lawfully offered,
  • previously
  • to building of the temple. The tabrnacle was now at Gibeon, (@ch
  • 1.3) which was therefore called the great high place; whither we
  • find Solomon, without censure, repaired to sacrifice.
  • 16777-900811-1425-1Ki3.3
  • 16778-900811-1426-1Ki3.4
  • 16779-900924-2031-1Ki3.5
  • 16780-900811-1714-1Ki3.6
  • 16781-900811-1715-1Ki3.7
  • 16782-900811-1716-1Ki3.8
  • 16783-900811-1719-1Ki3.9
  • 16784-900811-1719-1Ki3.10
  • 16785-900811-1720-1Ki3.11
  • 16786-900811-1722-1Ki3.12
  • 16787-900811-1723-1Ki3.13
  • 16788-900811-1725-1Ki3.14
  • 16789-900811-1728-1Ki3.15
  • 16790-900811-1732-1Ki3.16
  • The word {zanoth}, rendered {harlots}, is here translated by the
  • Targumist, the best judge in this case, {pundekon},
  • `tavern-keepers:' see on Jos 2.1 and ju 11.1
  • have dared to appear before Solomon; nor it it likely that such
  • persons would have been permitted in the reign of David. Their
  • {husbands} might at this time have been following the necessary
  • occupations in distant parts.
  • 16791-900811-1732-1Ki3.17
  • 16794-900811-1733-1Ki3.20
  • 16795-900811-1734-1Ki3.21
  • 16796-900811-1734-1Ki3.22
  • 16799-900811-1742-1Ki3.25
  • This was apparently a very strange decision; but Solomon saw
  • that
  • the only way to discover the real mother was by the affections
  • and
  • tenderness should would necessarily shew to her offspring. The
  • plan was tried, and succeeded; and it was a proof of his sound
  • judgment, penetration, and acquaintance with the human heart, or
  • rather, of his extraordinary and supernatural wisdom. See verse
  • 28. The two following instances are in some faint manner to be
  • compared to Solomon's decision, inasmuch as they also work upon
  • the human sympathies. Suetionius, in his Life of the emperor
  • Claudian, tells us, that this emperor discovered a woman to be
  • the
  • real mother of a young man, whom she refused to acknowledge, by
  • commanding her to marry him, the proofs being doubtful on both
  • sides; for, rather than commit incest, she confessed the truth.
  • Diodorus Siculus also informs us, that Ariopharnes, king of
  • Thrace, being appointed to decided between three young men,
  • each of
  • whom professed to be the son of the deceased king of the
  • Cimmerians, and claimed the succession, discovered the real son
  • by
  • ordering each to shoot an arrow into the dead body of the king:
  • two
  • of them did this without hesitation; but the real son of the
  • deceased monarch refused.
  • 16800-900811-1743-1Ki3.26
  • 16802-900811-1745-1Ki3.28
  • 16803-900811-1747-1Ki4.1
  • 7-19 His twelve officers for provision
  • 20-21 The peace and largeness of his kingdom
  • 22-25 His daily provision
  • 26-28 His stable
  • 29-34 His wisdom
  • 16804-900811-1749-1Ki4.2
  • That is, great, chief, or principal men; for none of them were
  • princes, in the common acceptation of the word.
  • 16805-900811-1751-1Ki4.3
  • 16806-900811-1752-1Ki4.4
  • 16807-900811-1754-1Ki4.5
  • 16808-900811-1755-1Ki4.6
  • 16809-900811-1756-1Ki4.7
  • These are doubtless to be considered as general receivers; for,
  • as
  • Sir John Chardin observes, `the revenues of the princes of the
  • East are paid in the fruits and productions of the earth: there
  • are no other taxes on the peasants.'
  • 16810-900811-1757-1Ki4.8
  • 16811-900811-1758-1Ki4.9
  • 16812-900811-1759-1Ki4.10
  • 16813-900811-1800-1Ki4.11
  • 16814-900811-1802-1Ki4.12
  • 16815-900811-1804-1Ki4.13
  • These were the fortified cities; their gates and bars being
  • covered with plates of brass.
  • 16816-900811-1804-1Ki4.14
  • 16817-900811-1805-1Ki4.15
  • 16818-900811-1805-1Ki4.16
  • 16819-900811-1806-1Ki4.17
  • 16820-900811-1806-1Ki4.18
  • 16821-900811-1807-1Ki4.19
  • 16822-900811-1809-1Ki4.20
  • 16823-900811-1811-1Ki4.21
  • 16824-900811-1812-1Ki4.22
  • 16825-900811-1818-1Ki4.23
  • Dr. Shaw understands {ayil} as the name of the genu, including
  • all
  • the species of the deer kind, whether they are distinguished by
  • round horns, as the stag, or by flat ones, as the fallow deer,
  • or
  • by the smallness of the brances, as the roe.
  • the Buffalo; and though `the flesh of a Buffalo does not seem so
  • well tasted as beef, being harder and more coarse,' yet in our
  • times,`persons of distinction, as well as the common people, and
  • even the Euopean merchants, eat a great deal of it, in the
  • countries where the animal abounds.' Niebuhr, Descrip. de l'Arab
  • p. 146.
  • 16826-900811-1819-1Ki4.24
  • 16827-900811-1820-1Ki4.25
  • 16828-900811-1821-1Ki4.26
  • 16829-900811-1821-1Ki4.27
  • 16830-900811-1822-1Ki4.28
  • 16831-900811-1824-1Ki4.29
  • 16832-900811-1824-1Ki4.30
  • 16833-900811-1826-1Ki4.31
  • 16834-900811-1827-1Ki4.32
  • 16835-900811-1833-1Ki4.33
  • The word {airez}, whence the Cahldee and Syriac {azro}, and the
  • Arabic and Ethiopic {arz} and Spanish {alerze}, unquestionably
  • denotes the {cedar}; it is thus rendered by the LXX. and other
  • versions, (), and by the Vulgate {cedrus}; and the inhabitants
  • of
  • mount lebanon still call it {ars}. The cedar is a large and
  • nobel
  • evergreen tree, and grows on the most elevated part of the
  • mountain, is taller than the pine, and so thick that five men
  • together could scarcely fathom one. It shoots out its brances at
  • ten or twelve feet from the ground; they are large and distant
  • from each other, and are perpetually green. The wood is of a
  • brown colour, very solid and incorruptible, if preserved from
  • wet.
  • The tree bears a small cone, like that of the pine.
  • 16836-900811-1833-1Ki4.34
  • 16837-900811-1837-1Ki5.1
  • him with timber to build the temple
  • 7-12 Hiram, blessing God for Solomon, and requesting food for
  • his
  • family, furnishes him with trees.
  • 13-18 The number of Solomon's workemn and labourers
  • 16838-900811-2006-1Ki5.2
  • 16839-900811-2007-1Ki5.3
  • 16840-900811-2008-1Ki5.4
  • 16841-900811-2009-1Ki5.5
  • 16842-900811-2011-1Ki5.6
  • 16843-900811-2012-1Ki5.7
  • 16844-900811-2013-1Ki5.8
  • 16845-900811-2014-1Ki5.9
  • 16846-900811-2019-1Ki5.10
  • 16847-900811-2019-1Ki5.11
  • Twenty thousand {baths} of oil are mentioned in Chronicles; and
  • the Syriac, Arabic, and Septuagint alsoh have here `twenty
  • thousand measures.' But as {barley} and wine are also spoken on
  • there, it is probable that the {wheat} mentioned {here}, and the
  • small quantity of fine {oil}, were intended for the use of
  • Hiram's
  • own family, while that in Chronicles was for his workmen.
  • 16848-900811-2020-1Ki5.12
  • 16849-900811-2021-1Ki5.13
  • 16850-900811-2021-1Ki5.14
  • 16851-900811-2023-1Ki5.15
  • These were all strangers, or proselytes, dwelling among the
  • israelites, as we learn from the paralled place in 2 Chron.
  • 16852-900811-2024-1Ki5.16
  • In the parallel passage of Chronicles, it is `three thousand six
  • hundred,' which is also the reading of the Septuagint her.
  • 16853-900811-2025-1Ki5.17
  • 16854-900811-2026-1Ki5.18
  • 16855-900811-2030-1Ki6.1
  • 5-10 The chambers thereof
  • 11-14 God's promise unto it
  • 15-22 The ceiling and adorning of it
  • 23-30 The cherubims
  • 31-35 The doors
  • 36 The court
  • 37,38 The time of building it
  • 16856-900811-2034-1Ki6.2
  • According to B. Cumberland's estimation of the cubit, its length
  • was 36 yds. 1ft 5/28 inch; its breadth 12 yds. 5/76 inch; and
  • its
  • height, 18 yds. 8/64 inch. This constituted what is properly
  • called the temple; but, besides this, there were the courts and
  • colonades, where the people might assemble to perform their
  • devotions, without being exposed to the open air.
  • 16857-900811-2035-1Ki6.3
  • 16858-900811-2036-1Ki6.4
  • without; or, skewed and closed
  • 16859-900811-2042-1Ki6.5
  • These appear to have been what we should now call corridors or
  • galleries; in which were apartments for the use of the priests.
  • They consisted of three stories, and increased one cubit in
  • breadth
  • in every story, the wall of the temple being two cubits thicker
  • at
  • the bottom than at the top; and where the wall diminished, a
  • rest
  • was thus formed for the beams of the chambers to lodge upon.
  • 16860-900811-2043-1Ki6.6
  • 16861-900811-2044-1Ki6.7
  • 16862-900811-2045-1Ki6.8
  • 16863-900811-2046-1Ki6.9
  • ceilings with cedar.
  • 16866-900811-2047-1Ki6.12
  • 16867-900811-2049-1Ki6.13
  • 16868-900811-2049-1Ki6.14
  • 16869-900811-2051-1Ki6.15
  • That is, he lined or wainscotted the walls with cedar, the floor
  • being covered with planks of fir: the marginal reading in this
  • verse is preferable, as it removes every difficulty and
  • obscurity.
  • the house, unto the walls, etc.
  • 16870-900811-2053-1Ki6.16
  • The oracle was the sanctuary, or holy of holies, in which there
  • was nothing but the ark of the covenant, including the tables of
  • the law, and into which the high priest alone was to enter but
  • once a year.
  • 16872-900811-2058-1Ki6.18
  • gourds, as the word denotes. (See note on 2ki 4.39;) the full-
  • blown flowers of which must have been very ornamental.
  • 16873-900811-2059-1Ki6.19
  • 16874-900811-2100-1Ki6.20
  • 16875-900811-2101-1Ki6.21
  • 16876-900811-2103-1Ki6.22
  • It is impossible to calculate this expense, or the quntity of
  • gold
  • employed in this sacred building; but both must have been
  • immense.
  • This was the altar of incense without the vail, in the {holy
  • place}, which was twice the length of the {most holy place}.
  • 16877-900811-2105-1Ki6.23
  • These were distinct from, and much larger than those which
  • covered
  • the mercy-seat.
  • 16881-900811-2106-1Ki6.27
  • stretched forth their wings.
  • 16883-900811-2114-1Ki6.29
  • Tamar, in Ethiopic, tamart, the palm tree is so called, says
  • Parkhurst, from its straight, upright growth, for which it seems
  • more remarkable than any other tree; and it is crowned at the
  • top
  • with a large tuft of spiring leaves, about four feet long, which
  • never fall off, but always continue in the same flourishing
  • verdure. The stalks are genrally full of rugged knots, which are
  • vestiges of decayed leaves: for the trunk of the tree is not
  • solid, but its centre is filled with pith, round which is a
  • tough
  • bark full of strong fibres when young, which, as the tree
  • becomes
  • old, hardens and becomes ligneous. To this bark the leaves are
  • closely joined, which, as the tree becomes old, hardens and
  • becomes ligneours. To this bark the leaves are closedly joined,
  • which in the centre rise erect, but after they are advance above
  • the vagina which surrounds them, they expand very wide on every
  • side of the stem, and as the older leaves decay, the stalk
  • advances in height. The leaves, when the tree has grown to a
  • size
  • for bearing fruit, are six or eight feet long, and very broad
  • when
  • expanded. The fruit, called the date, grows below the leaves in
  • clusters.
  • 16884-900811-2115-1Ki6.30
  • 16885-900811-2116-1Ki6.31
  • 16886-900811-2117-1Ki6.32
  • 16887-900811-2117-1Ki6.33
  • 16888-900811-2118-1Ki6.34
  • 16890-900811-2118-1Ki6.36
  • 16891-900811-2123-1Ki6.37
  • ing the time of the building of the temple. The Septuagint has
  • 440 years; Glycas, 330; Josephus and Moes
  • -Linus, 592; Melchius
  • Canus, 590; Sulpicius Severus, 588; Clemens Alexandrinus, 570;
  • Dedrenus, 672, Codomus, 598; Vossius and Capellus, 580;
  • Serarius,
  • 680; Nicholas Abraham, 527; Petavius and Valtherus, 520. After
  • all, that in the common Hebrew text is more likely to the true
  • one, than any of the others.
  • 16892-900811-2125-1Ki6.38
  • all the ordinances thereof.
  • 16893-900811-2129-1Ki7.1
  • 2-5 Of the house of Lebanon
  • 6 Of the porch of pillars
  • 7 Of the porch of judgment
  • 8-12 Of the house for Pharaoh's daughter
  • 13-22 Hiram's work of the two pillars,
  • 23-26 Of the molten sea
  • 27-37 Of the ten bases
  • 38,39 Of the ten lavers
  • 40-51 and all the vessels
  • 16894-900811-2129-1Ki7.2
  • 16895-900811-2130-1Ki7.3
  • 16896-900811-2131-1Ki7.4
  • 16897-900811-2132-1Ki7.5
  • pillars were square in prospect
  • 16898-900811-2132-1Ki7.6
  • 16899-900811-2134-1Ki7.7
  • 16900-900812-0835-1Ki7.8
  • 16901-900812-0836-1Ki7.9
  • 16902-900812-0845-1Ki7.10
  • Reckoning the cubit at 21 inches, the ten cubits are 17 feet
  • and a
  • half, and the eight cubits are 14 feet. The magnitude of these
  • stones was certainly extraordinary; but let us hear M. Volney,
  • and
  • our surprise will no longer be fixed on these stones, but
  • transferred from Solomon's house to the ruins of Balbec: `What
  • is
  • still more astonishing is the enormous stones which compose the
  • sloping wall. To the west, the second layer is formed of stones
  • which are from 28 to 35 feet long, by about 9 in height. Over
  • this layer, at the north-west angle, there are three stones,
  • which
  • alone occupy a space of 175 feet and a half; viz the first, 58
  • feet 7 inches; the second, 58 feet 11 inches; and the thrid,
  • exactly 58 feet; and each of these is 12 feet thick. These
  • stones
  • are of white granite, with large shining flakes, like gypsum:
  • there is a quarry of this kind of stone under the whole city,
  • and
  • another in the adjacent mountains, which is open in several
  • places. On the right, as we approach the city, there is still
  • lying there a stone hewn on three sides, which is 69 feet 2
  • inches
  • long, 12 feet 10 inches broad, and 13 feet 3 inches in
  • thickness.
  • 16903-900812-0845-1Ki7.11
  • 16904-900812-0846-1Ki7.12
  • 16905-900812-0846-1Ki7.13
  • 16906-900812-0852-1Ki7.14
  • The mother of Hiram (not the Tyrian king mentioned before, but
  • an
  • intelligent coppersmith, of Jewish extraction by his mother's
  • side) in Chronicles, is said to have been of `the daughters of
  • {Dan};' and she might have been of {Naphtali by her father, and
  • of
  • Dan by her mother}; or she might originally be of the tribe of
  • Dan, and have been first married to a man of the tribe of
  • Naphtali' and, in either case, she might be indifferently called
  • `of the tribe of Naphtali, or of `the daughters of Dan.'
  • 16907-900812-0902-1Ki7.15
  • That is, nearly thirty feet, English measure. But in the
  • parallel
  • place in Chronicles, these pillars are said to thirty-five
  • cubits
  • high. Tremellius reconciles this difference by observing, that
  • the common cubit was but one-half of the cubit of the sanctuary;
  • so that eighteen of the one would make thrity-six of the other;
  • from which, if we deduct one cubit for the base, there will
  • remain
  • thirty-five. Notwithstanding the {names} of these pillars, they
  • seem to have supported not part of the building, and appear to
  • have been formed for ornament; and were no doubt also
  • emblematical. The right pillar was called {Jachin}, which
  • signifies, `He will establish;' while that on the left was named
  • {Boaz}, `In it is strength.' Some think they were intended for
  • for memorials of the pillars and cloud of fire, which led Israel
  • through the wilderness; but Henry supposes them designed for
  • meomorandums to the priests and others that came to worship at
  • God's door. 1st. To depend upon God only, and not upon any
  • sufficiency of their own for strength and establishment in all
  • their religous exercises. 2nd. It was a memorandum to them of
  • the
  • strength and establishment of the temple of God among them. When
  • the temple was destroyed, particular notice is taken of the
  • breaking up and carrying away of these brazen pillars,
  • and would have been still so, if they had not forsaken God.
  • 16908-900812-0903-1Ki7.16
  • 16909-900812-0903-1Ki7.17
  • 16910-900812-0909-1Ki7.18
  • 16911-900812-0909-1Ki7.19
  • 16912-900812-0910-1Ki7.20
  • 16913-900812-0911-1Ki7.21
  • 16915-900812-0913-1Ki7.23
  • 16916-900812-0913-1Ki7.24
  • 16917-900812-0914-1Ki7.25
  • 16918-900812-0919-1Ki7.26
  • This immense laver, called a {sea} from it magnitude, held, at a
  • moderate computation, 16,000 gallons. Besides this great brazen
  • laver, there were in the temple ten lavers of brass of a less
  • size, which moved on wheels, and were ornamented with the
  • figures
  • of various animals, having, probably, always some relation to
  • the
  • cherubim. These lavers were to hold water for the use of the
  • priests in their sacred office, particularly to wash the victims
  • that were to be offered as a burnt offering, as we learn from
  • 2ch
  • 4.6; but the {brazen sea} was for the priest to wash in. The
  • {knops} are supposed to have been in the form of an ox's head
  • (2ch
  • 4.3;) and some think the water flowed out at their mouths.
  • 16919-900812-0920-1Ki7.27
  • these highly ornamental bases appear to have been square stands,
  • or immense pedestals, for the purpose of supporting the lavers.
  • 16920-900812-0923-1Ki7.28
  • It seems evident that these bases or pedestals rose with steps,
  • and that the ornaments mentioned in the next verse appeared in
  • front, forming so many entablatures. But the description of
  • these
  • bases is very difficult to comprehend: many of the original
  • words
  • are seldom, if at all, used elsewhere; and it would be
  • impossible
  • to give an explanation of each particular, without a labour and
  • prolixity disproportioned to its importance to us.
  • 16921-900812-0925-1Ki7.29
  • 16922-900812-0927-1Ki7.30
  • It is probable that these {undersetters} were so many strong
  • legs,
  • somewhat shorter than the wheels, and were intended to prevent
  • the
  • laver from tilting, or falling, in case of any accident.
  • 16924-900812-0928-1Ki7.32
  • 16925-900812-0928-1Ki7.33
  • 16928-900812-0929-1Ki7.36
  • 16930-900812-0930-1Ki7.38
  • 16932-900812-0932-1Ki7.40
  • 16933-900812-0932-1Ki7.41
  • 16934-900812-0933-1Ki7.42
  • 16935-900812-0933-1Ki7.43
  • 16936-900812-0934-1Ki7.44
  • 16937-900812-0935-1Ki7.45
  • 16938-900812-0941-1Ki7.46
  • Zarthan is supposed to have been situated in the tribe of
  • Manasseh, west of Jordan, near Jezreel and Bethshan of
  • Scythopolis, and not far from the Jordan. Succoth we know was
  • situated east of Jordan, in the tribe of Gad, and according to
  • Jerome, in the district of Scythopolis: hence the `plain of
  • Jordan,' where Hiran cast the brazen vessels, must be the plain
  • in
  • which that river runs, Zarthan and Succoth being probably nearly
  • opposite each other; but whether the precise spot of his
  • operations was on this side or the other side, is uncertain. In
  • this place he found that particular clay that was proper for his
  • purpose; and it being a considerable distance from Jerusalem,
  • that
  • city would not be annoyed by the smoke and noxious vapours
  • necessarily occasioned by the process.
  • 16939-900812-0941-1Ki7.47
  • 16940-900812-0943-1Ki7.48
  • 16941-900812-0944-1Ki7.49
  • 16942-900812-0945-1Ki7.50
  • 16943-900812-0948-1Ki7.51
  • It appears, therefore, that Solomon did not use any of the gold
  • and silver in the structure of the temple which his father had
  • provided. {things which David his father had dedicated} [heb]
  • holy things of David.
  • 16944-900812-1459-1Ki8.1
  • 12-21 Solomon's blessing
  • 54-61 Solomon's blessing
  • 22-35 Solomon's prayer
  • 62-66 His sacrifice of peace offerings
  • This did not take place, according to Abp. Usher, till the year
  • after the temple was finihsed, because that year after the
  • temple
  • was finished, because that year was a {jubilee}. `The 8th day of
  • the 7th month, {viz.} the 30th of our October, being Friday, was
  • the first of the seven days of dedication; the 10th day,
  • Saturday,
  • November 1, the fast of expiation or atonement was held;
  • whereon,
  • according to the levitical law, the jubilee was proclaimed by
  • sound of trumpet. The 15th day, Friday, was the feast of
  • tabernacles, which was always very solemnly kept; and the day
  • following, Nov. 14, being our Saturday, when the Sabbath was
  • ended,
  • the people returned home.'
  • 16945-900812-1500-1Ki8.2
  • 16946-900812-1501-1Ki8.3
  • 16947-900812-1501-1Ki8.4
  • 16948-900812-1502-1Ki8.5
  • 16949-900812-1504-1Ki8.6
  • 16951-900812-1505-1Ki8.8
  • 16952-900812-1508-1Ki8.9
  • 16954-900812-1509-1Ki8.11
  • 16955-900812-1510-1Ki8.12
  • 16956-900812-1511-1Ki8.13
  • 16957-900812-1512-1Ki8.14
  • 16958-900812-1514-1Ki8.15
  • 16959-900812-1516-1Ki8.16
  • 16960-900812-1516-1Ki8.17
  • 16961-900812-1516-1Ki8.18
  • 16962-900812-1517-1Ki8.19
  • 16963-900812-1518-1Ki8.20
  • 16964-900812-1519-1Ki8.21
  • 16965-900812-1520-1Ki8.22
  • 16966-900812-1522-1Ki8.23
  • 16967-900812-1523-1Ki8.24
  • 16968-900812-1525-1Ki8.25
  • a man from my sight.
  • 16969-900812-1526-1Ki8.26
  • 16970-900812-1527-1Ki8.27
  • 16971-900812-1528-1Ki8.28
  • 16972-900812-1531-1Ki8.29
  • 16973-900812-1534-1Ki8.30
  • 16974-900812-1537-1Ki8.31
  • Solomon here puts {seven cases}, in all of which the mercy and
  • intervention of God would be indispensaly requisite; and he
  • earnestly bespeaks that mercy and intervention, on condition
  • that
  • the people pray towards the holy place, and with a feeling heart
  • make earnest supplication to the throne of mercy.
  • 16975-900812-1538-1Ki8.32
  • 16976-900812-1541-1Ki8.33
  • 16977-900812-1542-1Ki8.34
  • 16978-900812-1546-1Ki8.35
  • 16979-900812-1548-1Ki8.36
  • 16980-900812-1550-1Ki8.37
  • 16981-900812-1552-1Ki8.38
  • 16982-900812-1553-1Ki8.39
  • 16983-900812-1554-1Ki8.40
  • 16984-900812-1556-1Ki8.41
  • 16985-900812-1558-1Ki8.42
  • 16986-900812-1600-1Ki8.43
  • 16987-900812-1603-1Ki8.44
  • 16988-900812-1603-1Ki8.45
  • 16989-900812-1613-1Ki8.46
  • The second clause of this verse, as it is here translated,
  • renders
  • this {supposition} entirely negatory; for if there be {no man
  • that
  • sinneth not}, it is useless to say, IF {they sin}: but this
  • objection is removed by rendering the original, `If they shall
  • sin against thee, (for there is no man that, {lo yechetai,} may
  • not sin') i.e. there is no man {impeccable} or {infallible};
  • none
  • that is not liable to transgress.
  • 16990-900812-1615-1Ki8.47
  • 16991-900812-1617-1Ki8.48
  • 16992-900812-1618-1Ki8.49
  • 16993-900812-1619-1Ki8.50
  • 16994-900812-1620-1Ki8.51
  • 16995-900812-1621-1Ki8.52
  • 16996-900812-1624-1Ki8.53
  • 16997-900812-1625-1Ki8.54
  • 16998-900812-1625-1Ki8.55
  • 16999-900812-1627-1Ki8.56
  • 17000-900812-1628-1Ki8.57
  • 17001-900812-1628-1Ki8.58
  • 17002-900812-1631-1Ki8.59
  • This and the following verse are a sort of supplement to the
  • prayer; and there is an important addition to this prayer in
  • 2ch 6.41,42, apparently taken from one of the Psalms.
  • 17003-900812-1632-1Ki8.60
  • 17004-900812-1633-1Ki8.61
  • 17005-900812-1634-1Ki8.62
  • 17006-900812-1639-1Ki8.63
  • We are not to suppose that all these victims were sacrificed in
  • one day, or on one altar; for this was the whole amoundt of
  • those
  • that had been offered during the {fourteen days} which the feast
  • of dedication and the feast of tabernacles lasted; and there
  • appears to have been an altar erected in the middle of the
  • court,
  • which was {set apart} for that purpose, in consequence of the
  • great altar of burnt offering being not sufficient for the
  • multitude of sacrifices then offered.
  • 17007-900812-1639-1Ki8.64
  • 17008-900812-1641-1Ki8.65
  • 17009-900812-1646-1Ki8.66
  • In the parallel passage of Chronicles this termed `the three and
  • twentieth day of the seventh month;' that is, the {ninth} day of
  • the dedication; which Jarchi reconcile by supposing that Solomon
  • gave them leave to return on the {eighth} day, and many of them
  • did return, and that he dismissed the remainder on the {ninth},
  • or
  • twenty-third of the seventh month. See note on 1ki 8.1
  • 17010-900812-1650-1Ki9.1
  • 10-14 The mutual presents of Solomon and Hiran
  • 15-23 In Solomon's works the Gentiles were his bondmen, the
  • Israel-
  • ites honourable servants
  • 24 Pharaoh's daughter removes to her house
  • 25 Solomon's yearly solemn sacrifices
  • 26-28 His navy fetches gold from Ophir
  • 17011-900812-1651-1Ki9.2
  • 17012-900812-1653-1Ki9.3
  • 17013-900812-1655-1Ki9.4
  • 17014-900812-1656-1Ki9.5
  • 17015-900812-1657-1Ki9.6
  • 17016-900812-1659-1Ki9.7
  • 17017-900812-1700-1Ki9.8
  • 17018-900812-1701-1Ki9.9
  • 17019-900812-1702-1Ki9.10
  • 17020-900812-1703-1Ki9.11
  • 17021-900812-1704-1Ki9.12
  • 17022-900812-1707-1Ki9.13
  • Josephus says that Cabul, in the Phoenecian language, signifies
  • (); displeasing; and that these cities were situated in the
  • neighbourhood of Tyre. Most commentators are persuaded that the
  • city {Cabul} in the tribe of Asher was one; and probably from
  • this
  • Hiram took occasion to give this name to all the other cities
  • which Solomon had ceded to him.
  • 17023-900812-1708-1Ki9.14
  • 17024-900812-1714-1Ki9.15
  • Millo is said to have been a deep valley, between the ancient
  • city
  • of Jebus and the city of David on mount zion. This Solomon
  • filled
  • up, and built upon; and it became a fortified place, and a place
  • for public assemblies.
  • Probably the city {Hazor} in Naphtali, and the famous capital of
  • Jabin, situated in the lake Merom or Semechon, and placed by
  • Josephus south of Tyre, near Ptolemais.
  • 17025-900812-1715-1Ki9.16
  • 17026-900812-1715-1Ki9.17
  • 17027-900812-1716-1Ki9.18
  • 17028-900812-1717-1Ki9.19
  • desired
  • 17029-900812-1718-1Ki9.20
  • 17030-900812-1721-1Ki9.21
  • He made them do the most labourous parts of the public works,
  • the
  • Israelites being exempt from all but the more honourable
  • employments.
  • 17031-900812-1722-1Ki9.22
  • 17032-900812-1723-1Ki9.23
  • 17033-900812-1724-1Ki9.24
  • 17034-900812-1726-1Ki9.25
  • 17035-900812-1728-1Ki9.26
  • 17036-900812-1728-1Ki9.27
  • 17037-900812-1730-1Ki9.28
  • 17038-900812-1735-1Ki10.1
  • 14,15 Solomon's gold
  • 16,17 His targets
  • 18-20 The throne of ivory
  • 21-23 His vessels
  • 24,25 His presents
  • 26,27 his chariots and horse
  • 28,29 his tribute
  • 17039-900812-1736-1Ki10.2
  • 17040-900812-1738-1Ki10.3
  • 17041-900812-1740-1Ki10.4
  • 17042-900812-1802-1Ki10.5
  • The original () is rendered by the LXX. and Vulgate, `And the
  • burnt offerings (or holocausts) which he offered in the house of
  • the Lord;' with which the Chaldee, Syriac, and Arabic agree; and
  • so also Luther, (), and this seems to be the true sense of the
  • passage.
  • 17043-900812-1831-1Ki10.6
  • 17044-900812-1832-1Ki10.7
  • wisdom and goodness to the fame.
  • 17045-900812-1833-1Ki10.8
  • 17046-900812-1836-1Ki10.9
  • 17047-900812-1837-1Ki10.10
  • According to Mr. Reynolds, equal to 843,905l 10 s. 4d. sterling
  • 17048-900812-1838-1Ki10.11
  • 17049-900812-1839-1Ki10.12
  • 17050-900812-1840-1Ki10.13
  • her, according to the hand of king Solomon.
  • 17051-900812-1842-1Ki10.14
  • Equal to 4,683,675l 12s 8d. sterling; which was what he got
  • annually in bullion
  • 17052-900812-1843-1Ki10.15
  • 17053-900812-1845-1Ki10.16
  • were worth 28,131l 16s 9d.; and that the 300 shields were worth
  • 210,976l 7s 7d.
  • 17054-900812-1845-1Ki10.17
  • 17055-900812-1846-1Ki10.18
  • 17056-900812-1847-1Ki10.19
  • 17057-900812-1847-1Ki10.20
  • 17058-900812-1848-1Ki10.21
  • 17059-900812-1852-1Ki10.22
  • which animal both Pliny and Solinus inform us was brought from
  • Ethiopia. The same name appears in the {monkeys} called () in
  • the Praenstine Pavement, and in the Frence {cep} or {ceb}
  • 17060-900812-1854-1Ki10.23
  • Mr. Reynolds, stating Solomon's income at about four times as
  • much
  • as his father left him, reckons that he had each year 142,242,
  • 034l
  • 9s 7d, each week 2,735,423 l 14s 9d. and each day, 390,770l 16s
  • 4d
  • 17061-900812-2200-1Ki10.24
  • 17062-900812-2202-1Ki10.25
  • 17063-900812-2202-1Ki10.26
  • 17064-900812-2203-1Ki10.27
  • 17065-900812-2204-1Ki10.28
  • 17066-900812-2206-1Ki10.29
  • This was the ordinary price of a {chariot}, as 150 shekels was
  • that of a {horse.} It seems that neither horses nor chariots
  • came
  • out of Egypt but by means of Solomon's servants.
  • 17067-900812-2213-1Ki11.1
  • 4-8 In his old age they draw him to idolatry
  • 9-13 god threatens him,
  • 14-22 Solomon's advrsaries were Hadad, who was entertained in
  • Egypt
  • 23-25 Rezon, who reigned in Damascus
  • 26-40 And Jeroboam, to whom Ahijah prophesied
  • 41-43 Solomon's acts, reign, and death. Rehoboam succeeds him
  • 17068-900812-2216-1Ki11.2
  • 17069-900812-2216-1Ki11.3
  • 17070-900812-2218-1Ki11.4
  • 17071-900812-2219-1Ki11.5
  • 17072-900812-2220-1Ki11.6
  • 17073-900812-2224-1Ki11.7
  • This was the mount of Olives, which lay east of Jerusalem; and
  • that the Hebrews would consider before it, while the west would
  • be
  • behind it; for the very term used to the the east, kedem, means
  • before, while acharon, behind, sometimes signifies the west.
  • 17074-900812-2224-1Ki11.8
  • 17075-900812-2226-1Ki11.9
  • 17076-900812-2227-1Ki11.10
  • 17077-900812-2229-1Ki11.11
  • 17078-900812-2231-1Ki11.12
  • 17079-900812-2233-1Ki11.13
  • 17080-900812-2234-1Ki11.14
  • 17081-900812-2235-1Ki11.15
  • 17083-900812-2237-1Ki11.17
  • apprehensive of his danger, and could, with his father's
  • servants,
  • make his escape.
  • 17084-900812-2242-1Ki11.18
  • Probably not the Midian east of the Red Sea, to which Moses
  • fled,
  • (Ex 2.15, etc.) but the Midian east of the Dead Sea, and south
  • of
  • Moab. These Midianites, whose daughters seduced the israelites
  • to
  • commit idolatry (Nu 22.4,7 25.15 31.2, etc.) were descendents of
  • Midian, son of Abraham, (Ge 25.2) Their capital city was called
  • Midian, and its remains were to be seen in the time of Eusebius
  • and Jerome: it was situated on the Arnon, south of the city Ar,
  • or
  • Areopolis.
  • Probably the city of Paran, or the district around it, situated
  • in
  • the south of Iumea, and according to Eusebius, three days'
  • journey
  • east from Elah or Elath, at the head of the eastern branch, or
  • Elamitic gulf of the Red Sea.
  • 17085-900812-2243-1Ki11.19
  • 17086-900812-2243-1Ki11.20
  • 17087-900812-2244-1Ki11.21
  • 17088-900812-2245-1Ki11.22
  • 17089-900812-2246-1Ki11.23
  • 17090-900812-2252-1Ki11.24
  • Damascus, called also Damesk, but generally El Sham, by the
  • Arbas,
  • is situated in a delightful plain, well watered by the Barrada,
  • at
  • the eastern foot of Antilibanus, being surrounded by the hills
  • in
  • the form of a triumphal arc, 136 miles N. of Jerusalem, 195 S.
  • of
  • Antioch, and 276 S.S.W. of Deabekir, It is a city of the highest
  • antiquity, being at least as ancient as the time of Abraham: it
  • has been often captured, and several times demolished, but has
  • always risen to splendour and dignity. The modern town is
  • described by Maundrell as of a long, straight figure, it ends
  • pointing nearly N.E. and S.W. It is very slender in the middle,
  • but swells bigger at each end, especially at that to the N.E.
  • According to Niebuhr, the walls are something less than a league
  • and half in circumference; and the population is estimated at
  • from
  • 100,000 to 150,000
  • 17091-900812-2253-1Ki11.25
  • 17092-900812-2254-1Ki11.26
  • 17093-900812-2255-1Ki11.27
  • 17094-900812-2257-1Ki11.28
  • 17095-900812-2258-1Ki11.29
  • 17096-900812-2258-1Ki11.30
  • 17097-900812-2258-1Ki11.31
  • 17098-900812-2259-1Ki11.32
  • 17099-900812-2300-1Ki11.33
  • 17100-900812-2301-1Ki11.34
  • 17101-900812-2301-1Ki11.35
  • 17102-900812-2303-1Ki11.36
  • 17103-900812-2303-1Ki11.37
  • 17104-900812-2304-1Ki11.38
  • 17105-900812-2306-1Ki11.39
  • 17106-900812-2309-1Ki11.40
  • This is the first time we meet with the proper name of an
  • Egyptian
  • king in Scripture, Pharaoh being the general appellation for all
  • the sovereigns of that country. Some are of opinion that Shishak
  • is the same with the celbrated Sesostris of the Greek
  • historiams;
  • but it is probable that this king lived long before Solomon's
  • time. Usher thinks him to be Sesonchis, and places the beginning
  • of his reign, A.M. 3026 B.C. 978
  • 17107-900812-2309-1Ki11.41
  • 17108-900812-2311-1Ki11.42
  • Josephus says fourscore years; which is sufficiently absurd.
  • Calmet supposes him to have been 18 years old when he came to
  • the
  • throne, and 58 when he died.
  • 17109-900812-2313-1Ki11.43
  • 17110-900812-2318-1Ki12.1
  • Jeroboam make a suit of relaxation unto him
  • 6-15 Rehoboam, refusing the old men's counsel, answers them
  • roughly
  • 16-20 Ten tribes revolting, kill Adoram, and make Rehoboam flee
  • 21-24 Rehoboam, raising an army, is forbidden by Shemaih
  • 25 Jeroboam strengthens himself by cities
  • 26-33 and by idolatry of the two calves
  • 17111-900812-2319-1Ki12.2
  • 17113-900812-2320-1Ki12.4
  • 17115-900814-2136-1Ki12.6
  • 17116-900814-2137-1Ki12.7
  • 17117-900814-2138-1Ki12.8
  • 17118-900814-2138-1Ki12.9
  • 17119-900814-2142-1Ki12.10
  • A proverbial mode of expression: `My little finger is thicker
  • than
  • my father's thigh.' As much as the [thigh] surpassed the [little
  • finger] in thickness, so much does my power exceed that of my
  • father; and the use I shall make of it to oppress and tax you
  • shall be in proportion.
  • 17120-900814-2149-1Ki12.11
  • Should you rebel or become disaffected, my father's {whip} shall
  • be a {scorpion} in my hand. His was {chastisement}, mine shall
  • be
  • {punishment}. Celsius and Hiller conjecture that {akrabbim}
  • denotes a thorny kind of shrub, whose prickles are of a venemous
  • nature, called by the Arabs {scorpion thorns}, from the
  • exquisite
  • pain which they inflict. But the Chaldee renders it {margenin},
  • and the Syriac {moragyai}, i.e., () scourges; and in the
  • parallel
  • place of Chronicles the Arabic has {saut, a scourge}. Isidore,
  • and after him Calmet and others, assert that the {scorpion} was
  • a
  • sort of severe {whip}, the lashes of which were armed with knots
  • or points that sunk into and tore the flesh.
  • 17121-900814-2149-1Ki12.12
  • 17122-900814-2151-1Ki12.13
  • 17123-900814-2152-1Ki12.14
  • 17124-900814-2159-1Ki12.15
  • The cause of all this confusion and anarchy was Rehoboam's
  • folly,
  • cruelty, and despotic tyranny, and this was certainly not `from
  • the Lord,' nor does the original text speak this doctrine. See
  • an
  • elucidation of a similar passage at 2Sa 24.1. It says, {sibbah},
  • (from {savav}, to turn, change,) `the change or REVOLUTION was
  • from the Lord;' which is consistent with all the preceding
  • declarations. God stirred up the people to revolt from a man who
  • had neither skill nor humanity to govern them. God serves his
  • own
  • wise and righteous purpose by the imprudences and iniquities of
  • men, and snares sinners in the work of their own hands. `He
  • maketh
  • the wrath of man to praise him.'
  • 17125-900814-2203-1Ki12.16
  • 17126-900814-2203-1Ki12.17
  • 17127-900814-2205-1Ki12.18
  • 17128-900814-2206-1Ki12.19
  • 17129-900814-2207-1Ki12.20
  • 17130-900814-2208-1Ki12.21
  • 17131-900814-2209-1Ki12.22
  • 17133-900814-2210-1Ki12.24
  • 17134-900814-2212-1Ki12.25
  • 17135-900814-2213-1Ki12.26
  • 17136-900814-2214-1Ki12.27
  • 17137-900814-2220-1Ki12.28
  • He invented a political religion, and instituted feasts in his
  • own
  • times, different from those appointed by Jehovah; gave the
  • people
  • certain objects of adoration, and pretended to think that it
  • would
  • be both inconvenient and oppressive to them to go up to
  • Jerusalem
  • to worhip. These calves were doubtless of the same kind as the
  • calf which was set up by Aaron; and it is remarkable, that in
  • pointing them out to the people he should use the same words
  • that
  • Aaron used on that occasion, when they must have heard what
  • terrible judgments fell upon their forefathers for this
  • idolatry.
  • Solomon's idolatry, however, had prepared the people for
  • Jeroboam's
  • abominations.
  • 17138-900814-2220-1Ki12.29
  • 17139-900814-2221-1Ki12.30
  • 17140-900814-2222-1Ki12.31
  • 17141-900814-2223-1Ki12.32
  • 17142-900814-2225-1Ki12.33
  • 17143-900814-2229-1Ki13.1
  • 6 and at the prayer of the prophet is restored
  • 7-10 The prophet departs from Beth-el
  • 11-19 An old prophet brings him back
  • 20-22 He is reproved by God
  • 23-25 slain by a lion
  • 26-30 buried by the old prophet
  • 31,32 who confirms the prophecy
  • 33,34 Jeroboam's obstinacy
  • 17144-900814-2231-1Ki13.2
  • 17145-900814-2232-1Ki13.3
  • 17146-900814-2235-1Ki13.4
  • 17147-900814-2236-1Ki13.5
  • 17148-900814-2238-1Ki13.6
  • 17149-900814-2240-1Ki13.7
  • As great men in the East make no presents to equals or inferiors
  • when visited, Sir John Chardin thinks that the king intended by
  • this to treat the prophet as his superior
  • 17150-900814-2241-1Ki13.8
  • 17151-900814-2243-1Ki13.9
  • 17153-900816-2117-1Ki13.11
  • 17155-900816-2118-1Ki13.13
  • 17156-900816-2119-1Ki13.14
  • 17158-900816-2119-1Ki13.16
  • 17159-900816-2120-1Ki13.17
  • 17160-900816-2122-1Ki13.18
  • 17161-900816-2124-1Ki13.19
  • 17162-900816-2132-1Ki13.20
  • this part of history, on account of God's denouncing sentence on
  • the {true} prophet by the mouth of the {false} prophet; but if
  • we
  • examine with attention the original words here, they will be
  • found
  • to signify either {he who brought him back} or {whom he had
  • brought back}; for the very same words, ahser heshivo, occur
  • again, ver. 23, where they are now translated, {whom he had
  • brought back}; and where they cannot be translated otherwise.
  • This being the case, we are at liberty to consider the words of
  • the Lord as delivered to the {true} prophet, thus brought back;
  • and then the sentence is pronounced by God himself, calling to
  • him
  • out of heaven, and in Ge 22.11. and that this doom was thus
  • pronounced by God, not by the false prophet, we are assured in
  • verse 26. `The Lord hath delivered him unto the lion, according
  • to the word of the Lord, which HE spake unto him.' Josephus [and
  • also the {Arabic}] asserts, that the sentence was declared by
  • God
  • to the {true} prophet."
  • 17163-900816-2133-1Ki13.21
  • 17164-900816-2134-1Ki13.22
  • 17166-900816-2135-1Ki13.24
  • 17168-900816-2136-1Ki13.26
  • 17170-900816-2143-1Ki13.28
  • All here was supernatural. The lion, though he had killed the
  • man, yet, contrary to his nature, did not devour him, nor tear
  • the
  • ass, nor meddle with the travellers that passed by; while the
  • ass
  • stood quietly by, not fearing the lion, not betaking himself to
  • flight: both stood as guardians of the fallen prophet, till this
  • extraordinary intellignece was carried into the city which
  • rendered the miracle the more illustrious and plainly shewed
  • that
  • this event did not happen by chance. This concatenation of
  • miracles marked the death of the man of God as a Divine rebuke
  • for
  • his disobedience in eating bread at idolatrous Beth-el; and here
  • we see, as in various other cases, that `often judgment begins
  • at
  • the house of God.' The true prophet, for suffering himself to be
  • seduced by the old prophet, and for receiving that as a
  • revelation
  • from God which was opposed to the revelation which himself had
  • received, and which was confrimed by so many miracles, is slain
  • by
  • a lion, and his body deprived of the burial of his fathers;
  • while
  • the wicked king and the fallen prophet are both permitted to
  • live.
  • 17172-900816-2144-1Ki13.30
  • 17173-900816-2144-1Ki13.31
  • 17174-900816-2145-1Ki13.32
  • 17175-900816-2147-1Ki13.33
  • 17176-900816-2148-1Ki13.34
  • 17177-900816-2152-1Ki14.1
  • presents to the prophet Ahijah at Shiloh
  • 5-16 Ahijahm forewarned by God, denounces God's judgment
  • 17,18 Abijah dies, and is buried
  • 19,20 Nadab succeeds Jereboam
  • 21-24 Rehoboam's wicked reign,
  • 25-28 Shishak spils Jerusalem
  • 29-31 Abijam succeeds Rehoboam
  • 17178-900816-2153-1Ki14.2
  • 17179-900816-2200-1Ki14.3
  • Nikkoodim, spotted, or perforated cakes; either, as some
  • suppose,
  • thin cakes pierced through with holes, the same as is called
  • {Jews' bread} to the present day, and used by them at the
  • passover; or, as Mr. Harmer imagines, cakes {spotted} with
  • seeds,
  • as with sesamum, Roman coriander, etc. such as he proves from
  • Rauwolff, Russell, and Hanway, are still used in the East. This
  • was certainly not a present that proclaimed royalty; but it does
  • not appear to have been, in the estimation of the East, a
  • present
  • that proclaimed royalty; but it does not appear to have been, in
  • the estimation of the East, a present only fit for a country
  • woman
  • to have made, as Bp. Patrick supposes: for D'Arvieus informs us,
  • that when he waited on an Arab emir, his mother and sisters sent
  • him a present of pastry, honey, and fresh butter, with a bason
  • of
  • sweetmeats of Damascus.
  • 17180-900816-2201-1Ki14.4
  • 17181-900816-2202-1Ki14.5
  • 17182-900816-2204-1Ki14.6
  • 17183-900816-2205-1Ki14.7
  • 17184-900816-2206-1Ki14.8
  • 17185-900816-2211-1Ki14.9
  • 17186-900816-2213-1Ki14.10
  • 17187-900816-2214-1Ki14.11
  • 17188-900816-2214-1Ki14.12
  • 17189-900816-2215-1Ki14.13
  • 17190-900816-2216-1Ki14.14
  • 17191-900816-2219-1Ki14.15
  • 17192-900816-2220-1Ki14.16
  • 17193-900816-2224-1Ki14.17
  • Tizrah was a city of Ephraim, to which Jerobaom belonged; and
  • appears to have been pleasantly stiuated, as it is said in Ca.
  • 6.4, `Thou art beautiful, O my love, as Tizrah,' though its
  • precise situation cannot now be ascertained. it seems to have
  • been the {royal city}, and the seat of government for a long
  • time
  • after the revolt of the ten tribes, till Omri built Samaria.
  • 17195-900816-2225-1Ki14.19
  • 17196-900816-2226-1Ki14.20
  • 17197-900816-2232-1Ki14.21
  • 17198-900816-2234-1Ki14.22
  • 17199-900816-2235-1Ki14.23
  • 17200-900816-2236-1Ki14.24
  • 17201-900816-2237-1Ki14.25
  • 17202-900816-2238-1Ki14.26
  • 17203-900816-2239-1Ki14.27
  • 17204-900816-2240-1Ki14.28
  • 17205-900816-2240-1Ki14.29
  • 17206-900816-2241-1Ki14.30
  • 17207-900816-2248-1Ki14.31
  • Dr. Kennicott observes, that the name of this king of Judah is
  • now
  • expressed {three} ways; here and in four other places, it is
  • {Abijam}; in two others (2ch 13.20,21) it is {Abihahu}; but in
  • {eleven} others it is {Abijah or Abiah}, as it is expressed by
  • St.
  • Matthew (ch 1.7) Abia, and this is the reading of thirteen of
  • Kennicott's and De Rossi's MSS., and of thirteen respectable
  • editions of the Hebrew Bible. The Syriac is the same. The
  • Septuragint in the London Polyglott has (), Abihu; but in the
  • Complutensian and Antwerp Polyglotts it has (), Abiah; and the
  • Editio Princeps of the Vulgate, some MSS. and the text in these
  • two Polyglostts, instead of Abiam, have Abia.
  • 17208-900816-2252-1Ki15.1
  • 7,8 Asa succeeds him
  • 9-15 Asa's good reign
  • 16-22 The war between Baasha and him causes him to make a league
  • with Bed-hadad
  • 23,24 Jehosaphat succeeds Asa
  • 25,26 Nadab's wicked reign
  • 27-30 Baasha conspiring against him, executes Ahijah's prophecy
  • 31,32 Nadab's acts and death
  • 33,34 Baasha's wicked reign
  • 17209-900816-2253-1Ki15.2
  • 17210-900816-2254-1Ki15.3
  • 17211-900816-2256-1Ki15.4
  • 17212-900816-2257-1Ki15.5
  • 17213-900816-2300-1Ki15.6
  • Instead of {Rehoboam} fourteen MSS., the Arabic, and some copies
  • of the Targum, read Abijam. The Syriac has `Abia, the son of
  • Rehoboam;' and the Editio Princeps of the Vulgate has Abia. This
  • is doubtless the true reading, as otherwise it would be an
  • unnecessary repetition of ch 14.30, and a repetition which
  • interrupts the history of Abijah:
  • 17214-900816-2301-1Ki15.7
  • 17215-900816-2302-1Ki15.8
  • 17217-900816-2302-1Ki15.10
  • 17218-900816-2303-1Ki15.11
  • 17219-900816-2304-1Ki15.12
  • 17220-900816-2307-1Ki15.13
  • 17221-900816-2308-1Ki15.14
  • 17222-900816-2309-1Ki15.15
  • 17223-900816-2310-1Ki15.16
  • 17224-900816-2315-1Ki15.17
  • By building Ramah is here meant fortifying it, in order to
  • prevent
  • all intercourse with the kingdom of Judah, lest his subjects
  • should cleave to the house of David: for Ramah was a city of
  • Benjamin, situated on the confines of both kingdoms, probably
  • on a
  • hill, as the name imports, commanding a a narrow defile between
  • the
  • mountains, through which lay the principal road to Jerusalem; so
  • that a fortification being erected here, no communication could
  • be
  • held between the people of Israel and Judah, without Baasha's
  • permission.
  • 17225-900817-2018-1Ki15.18
  • 17226-900817-2021-1Ki15.19
  • 17227-900817-2024-1Ki15.20
  • Probably the same as Hazar-enan, a frontier town to Damascus,
  • (Eze 48.1) and perhaps the Inna of Coele
  • -Syria, long. 68 degrees
  • and a half, lat. 33, according to Ptolemy
  • 17228-900817-2025-1Ki15.21
  • 17229-900817-2026-1Ki15.22
  • 17230-900817-2027-1Ki15.23
  • 17231-900817-2028-1Ki15.24
  • Of his splendid and costly funeral we read in 2ch 16.14
  • 17232-900817-2030-1Ki15.25
  • 17233-900817-2032-1Ki15.26
  • 17234-900817-2033-1Ki15.27
  • 17235-900817-2033-1Ki15.28
  • 17236-900817-2034-1Ki15.29
  • 17237-900817-2034-1Ki15.30
  • 17238-900817-2035-1Ki15.31
  • 17239-900817-2041-1Ki15.32
  • kept up between the two kingdoms, and no doubt frequent
  • skirmishing between the bordering parties; but there was no open
  • war till Baasha king of Israel began to build Ramah, which was,
  • according to 2ch 15.19 16.1, in the {thirty-sixth} year of Asa;
  • but according to 1ki 16.8,9, his son was killed by Zimri in the
  • {twenty-sixth year} of Asa, and consequently he could not make
  • war
  • upon him in the {thirty-sixth} year of his reign. Chronologers
  • endeavour to reconcile this, by saying that the years should be
  • reckoned, not from the beginning of Asa's reign, but from the
  • separation of the kingdoms of Israel and Judah. We must either
  • adopt this mode of solution, or admit that there is a mistake in
  • some of the numbers, probably in the parallel places in
  • Chronicles, but which we have no direct means of correcting.
  • 17240-900817-2042-1Ki15.33
  • 17241-900817-2043-1Ki15.34
  • 17242-900817-2049-1Ki16.1
  • 5-7 Elah succeeds him
  • 8-10 Zimri, conspiring against Elah, succeeds him
  • 11-14 Zimri executes Jehu's prophecy
  • 15-20 Omri, made king by the soldiers, forces Zimri desperately
  • to
  • burn himself
  • 21,22 The kingdom being divided, Omri prevails agains Tibni
  • 23,24 Omri builds Samaria
  • 25,26 His wicked reign
  • 27,28 Ahab succeeds him
  • 29-33 Ahab's most wicked reign
  • 34 Joshua's curse upon Hiel the builder of Jericho
  • 17243-900817-2051-1Ki16.2
  • 17244-900817-2052-1Ki16.3
  • 17245-900817-2052-1Ki16.4
  • 17246-900817-2057-1Ki16.5
  • 17247-900817-2058-1Ki16.6
  • 17248-900817-2103-1Ki16.7
  • This the Vulgate understands of Jehu the prophet; some think
  • Baasha is intended; others Nadab the son of Jereboam; and others
  • Jereboam, whom Baasha destroyed in his posterity by cruelly
  • murdering them all.
  • 17249-900817-2107-1Ki16.8
  • years; yet he died and was succeeded by Elah in the 26th year of
  • Asa; and, in like manner, Elah, who began to reign in the 26th
  • year of Asa, and was killed in the 27th, is said to have reigned
  • two years. This it is evident that a part of a year is
  • calculated
  • as a whole year. In the Chinese annals, the whole year in which
  • a
  • king dies is ascribed to his reign, the years of the succeeding
  • king being reckoned only from the beginning of the following
  • year.
  • 17250-900817-2109-1Ki16.9
  • 17251-900817-2110-1Ki16.10
  • 17252-900817-2111-1Ki16.11
  • and his friends.
  • 17253-900817-2112-1Ki16.12
  • 17254-900817-2114-1Ki16.13
  • 17255-900817-2114-1Ki16.14
  • 17256-900817-2116-1Ki16.15
  • 17257-900817-2116-1Ki16.16
  • 17258-900817-2117-1Ki16.17
  • 17259-900817-2118-1Ki16.18
  • 17260-900817-2119-1Ki16.19
  • 17261-900817-2119-1Ki16.20
  • 17262-900817-2120-1Ki16.21
  • 17264-900817-2124-1Ki16.23
  • As it is stated in verse 10 and 15, that Zimri began to reign in
  • the 27th year of Asa; and as he reigned only {seven} days, and
  • Omri immediately succeeded him, this could not be the 31st, but
  • in
  • the 27th year of Asa. Jarchi, from {Sedar Olam}, reconciles
  • this,
  • by stating that Tibni and Omri began to reign {jointly} in the
  • 27th year of Asa; and that Tibni dying about {five} years
  • afterwards, Omri began to reign {alone} in the 31st year of Asa.
  • 17265-900817-2127-1Ki16.24
  • of Ephraim, twelve miles from Dothaim and four from Atharoth,
  • according to Eusebius, and one day's journey from Jerusalem,
  • according to Josephus.
  • 17266-900817-2127-1Ki16.25
  • 17267-900817-2129-1Ki16.26
  • 17268-900817-2130-1Ki16.27
  • 17269-900817-2130-1Ki16.28
  • 17270-900817-2131-1Ki16.29
  • 17271-900817-2131-1Ki16.30
  • 17272-900817-2134-1Ki16.31
  • 17273-900817-2134-1Ki16.32
  • 17274-900817-2135-1Ki16.33
  • 17275-900817-2136-1Ki16.34
  • 17276-900817-2200-1Ki17.1
  • where the ravens feed him.
  • 8-16 He is sent to the widow of Zarephath
  • 17-23 He raises the widow's son
  • 24 The woman believes him
  • 17277-900817-2201-1Ki17.2
  • 17278-900817-2202-1Ki17.3
  • 17279-900817-2203-1Ki17.4
  • 17280-900817-2211-1Ki17.5
  • word, which may, by the perverseness of their argument and the
  • ingenuity of their surmise, be made {to appear} inconsistent
  • with
  • fact. In this case, they are not satisfied with being expressly
  • told by God that the ravens supplied Elijah with food, while the
  • brook gave him drink, but apparently to mystify a manifest
  • miracle, they suggest whether these ravens might not be
  • merchantmen, or the inhabitants of a neighborouring town. Let
  • any
  • unprejudiced reader and lover of the Bible take the whole
  • history
  • of Elijah, and he will find that his life was almost a daily
  • illustration of the power of God in his miraculous
  • interpositions.
  • Instance the supply of provision in the unwasting barrel of meal
  • and cruse of oil, after the prophet had removed to Zarephath:
  • the
  • power communicated to him to raise the widow's son from death:
  • the
  • wonderful interposition of the Lord to prove the folly of Baal's
  • worshippers, in sending down fire from heaven to consume
  • Elijah's
  • sacrifce and lick up the water, although the sacrifice had been
  • saturated therewith, and the altar surrounded by a deep trench
  • to
  • prevent its running away. The prayer for rain is another
  • instance: the sojourn in Horeb fory days and forty nights, after
  • having eaten of the cake: the smiting of the waters at Jordan:
  • the
  • fall of the mantle on Elisha: and finally, in the closing scene
  • of
  • life, he was taken to glory without tasting the pains of death,
  • the sting was taken away.
  • 17281-900817-2213-1Ki17.6
  • 17282-900817-2213-1Ki17.7
  • 17283-900817-2214-1Ki17.8
  • 17284-900817-2215-1Ki17.9
  • 17285-900817-2215-1Ki17.10
  • 17286-900817-2216-1Ki17.11
  • 17287-900817-2218-1Ki17.12
  • 17288-900817-2219-1Ki17.13
  • 17289-900817-2220-1Ki17.14
  • 17290-900817-2221-1Ki17.15
  • 17291-900817-2223-1Ki17.16
  • 17292-900817-2224-1Ki17.17
  • 17293-900817-2226-1Ki17.18
  • 17294-900817-2227-1Ki17.19
  • 17295-900817-2228-1Ki17.20
  • 17296-900817-2229-1Ki17.21
  • 17297-900817-2230-1Ki17.22
  • 17298-900817-2231-1Ki17.23
  • 17299-900817-2232-1Ki17.24
  • 17300-900817-2238-1Ki18.1
  • Obadiah
  • 9-16 Obadiah brings Ahab to Elijah
  • 17-40 Elijah, reproving Ahab, by fire from heaven convinces
  • Baal's
  • prophets
  • 41-46 Elijah, by prayer obtaining rain, follows Ahab to Jezreel
  • This form of expression, both in Hebrew and Latin, means `after
  • the third year,' i.e. some time between the third and fourth
  • year.
  • 17301-900817-2239-1Ki18.2
  • 17302-900817-2241-1Ki18.3
  • 17303-900817-2242-1Ki18.4
  • 17304-900817-2243-1Ki18.5
  • the beasts.
  • 17305-900817-2244-1Ki18.6
  • 17306-900817-2245-1Ki18.7
  • 17307-900817-2245-1Ki18.8
  • 17308-900817-2246-1Ki18.9
  • 17309-900817-2247-1Ki18.10
  • 17310-900817-2248-1Ki18.11
  • 17311-900817-2249-1Ki18.12
  • 17312-900817-2250-1Ki18.13
  • 17313-900817-2251-1Ki18.14
  • 17314-900817-2253-1Ki18.15
  • 17316-900817-2253-1Ki18.17
  • 17317-900817-2254-1Ki18.18
  • 17318-900817-2302-1Ki18.19
  • Mount Crmel is situated north of Dora and south of Ptolemais or
  • Acre, from which it is distant, according to Josephus, 120
  • stadia,
  • or, according to Thevenot, 10 miles; one of its principal point
  • advancing considerably into the Mediterranean, and forming an
  • elevated promontory. It is described as a flattend cone, about
  • 2000 feet (some say 1500) in height, very rocky, its sides steep
  • and rugged, and the soil neither deep nor rich. Capt. Mangles
  • says its is now quite barren, though at the north-eastern foot
  • of
  • it there are some pretty olive-grounds.
  • it is equally certain, that in others, as here, it must signify
  • an
  • idol; and it is thought by learned men to be the same as
  • {Ashtoreth, or Astarte} the Syrian {Venus}.
  • 17319-900817-2302-1Ki18.20
  • 17320-900818-1729-1Ki18.21
  • 17321-900818-1810-1Ki18.22
  • 17323-900818-1811-1Ki18.24
  • 17325-900818-1813-1Ki18.26
  • 17326-900818-1818-1Ki18.27
  • Such were the absurd and degrading notions which the heathens
  • entertained of their gods. `Vishnoo sleeps four months of the
  • year; and to each of the gods some particular business is
  • assigned. Vayoo manages the winds; Vuroonu the waters, etc.
  • According to a number of fables in the pooranus, the gods are
  • often out on journeys or expeditions.' Ward's views of the
  • Hindoos, vol ii p. 324
  • 17327-900818-1819-1Ki18.28
  • them.
  • 17328-900818-1821-1Ki18.29
  • 17329-900818-1824-1Ki18.30
  • This altar of Jehovah was probably built in the time of the
  • judges; and it was even known among the heathen by the name of
  • the
  • {altar of Carmel}. both Tacitus and Suetonius mention an altar
  • on
  • mount Carmel, which Vespasian went to consult: there was no
  • temple
  • nor statue, but simply an altar, venerable for its antiquity.
  • 17330-900818-1825-1Ki18.31
  • 17331-900818-1826-1Ki18.32
  • 17332-900818-1827-1Ki18.33
  • 17333-900818-1827-1Ki18.34
  • 17334-900818-1828-1Ki18.35
  • 17335-900818-1831-1Ki18.36
  • 17336-900818-1833-1Ki18.37
  • 17337-900818-1834-1Ki18.38
  • 17338-900818-1835-1Ki18.39
  • 17339-900818-1836-1Ki18.40
  • 17340-900818-1836-1Ki18.41
  • 17341-900818-1838-1Ki18.42
  • 17342-900818-1838-1Ki18.43
  • 17343-900818-1843-1Ki18.44
  • Kekaph ish, `like the hollow of a man's hand;' in the form of a
  • hand bent, concave side downmost. Mr. Bruce mentions a similar
  • cloud in Abyssinia, as attending the innundation of the Nile.
  • `Every morning, about nine, a small cloud, not above four feet
  • broad, appears in the east, whirling violently round, as if
  • upon an
  • axis; but arrived near the zenith, it first abates its motion,
  • then loses its form, and extends itself greatly, and seems to
  • call
  • up vapours from all opposite quarters. These clouds having
  • attained nearly the same height, rush against each other with
  • great violence, and put me always in mind of Elijah foretelling
  • rain on Mount Carmel.'
  • 17344-900818-1844-1Ki18.45
  • 3 1ki 21.1,23 jos 19.18 2sa 2.9 2ki 9.16
  • 17345-900818-1846-1Ki18.46
  • 17346-900818-1849-1Ki19.1
  • 4-8 In the wilderness, being eary of his life, he is comforted
  • by
  • an angel
  • 9-18 At Horeb God appears unto him, sending hime to anoint
  • Hazael,
  • Jehu, and Elisha
  • 19-21 Elisha, taking leave of his friends, follows Elijah
  • 17347-900818-1851-1Ki19.2
  • 17348-900818-1853-1Ki19.3
  • 17349-900818-1855-1Ki19.4
  • 17350-900818-1855-1Ki19.5
  • 17351-900818-1856-1Ki19.6
  • 17352-900818-1857-1Ki19.7
  • 17353-900818-1858-1Ki19.8
  • 17354-900818-1859-1Ki19.9
  • 17355-900818-1902-1Ki19.10
  • 17356-900818-1906-1Ki19.11
  • 17357-900818-1908-1Ki19.12
  • 17358-900818-1909-1Ki19.13
  • This he did to signify his reverence; for covering the face was
  • a
  • token of respect among the Asiatics, as uncovering the head is
  • among Europeans.
  • 17359-900818-1910-1Ki19.14
  • 17360-900818-1913-1Ki19.15
  • been that part of Arabia Deserta which lay on the south-east
  • of that city, and east of the Trachonites, or the Djebel haouran
  • and El Ledja; at which the prophet could arrive without meeting
  • Jezebel or any of his enemies.
  • 17361-900818-1914-1Ki19.16
  • 17362-900818-1916-1Ki19.17
  • 17363-900818-1920-1Ki19.18
  • Idolators often {kissed their} hand in honour of their idols;
  • and
  • hence the origin of {adoration} from {ad, to} and {os, oris
  • mouth}
  • Cicero mentions a statue of Hercules, the chin and lips of which
  • were considerably {worn} by the {kissing} of his worshippers.
  • 17364-900818-1921-1Ki19.19
  • 17365-900818-1922-1Ki19.20
  • 17366-900818-1924-1Ki19.21
  • 17367-900818-1930-1Ki20.1
  • 13-21 By the direction of a prophet, the Syrians are slain
  • 22-27 As the prophet forewarned Ahab, the Syrians, trusting in
  • the
  • valleys, come against him in Aphek
  • 28-30 By the word of the prophet, and God's judgment, the
  • Syrians are smitten again
  • 31-34 The Syrians submitting themselves, Ahab sends Ben-hadad
  • away
  • with a covenant
  • 35-43 The prophet, under the the parable of a prisoner, making
  • Ahab
  • judge himself, denounces God's judgment against him
  • 17368-900818-1931-1Ki20.2
  • 17369-900818-1931-1Ki20.3
  • 17370-900818-1932-1Ki20.4
  • 17372-900818-1933-1Ki20.6
  • 17373-900818-1935-1Ki20.7
  • 17376-900818-1936-1Ki20.10
  • 17377-900818-1939-1Ki20.11
  • This was no doubt a proverbial mode of expression. Jonathan
  • renders it: `Let not him who girds himself, and goes down to
  • battle, boast as one who has conquered and returned from it.'
  • The word harness is an obsolete word for armour, derived from
  • the
  • French harnois
  • 17378-900818-2019-1Ki20.12
  • That persons of regal dignity regaled themsleves in this manner
  • we may learn from Dr. Chandler, who, when he went to visit the
  • Aga
  • of Suki, after his return from hawking, found him vexed and
  • tired;
  • and `a couch was prepared from him beneath a shed made against a
  • cottage, and covered with green boughs to keep off the sun. He
  • entered as we were standing by, and fell down on it to sleep,
  • without taking any notice of us.'
  • 17379-900818-2020-1Ki20.13
  • 17380-900818-2021-1Ki20.14
  • 17381-900818-2022-1Ki20.15
  • 17382-900818-2030-1Ki20.16
  • king, who gave orders over his cups, while he was drinking at
  • noon. Drunkennnes is a sin which is most detestable in all, but
  • more so in a king than in a private individual, in asmuch as the
  • greater weight a man's situation carries, whether from
  • accumulated
  • riches, family connections, hereditary authority, or invested
  • command, so is the influence which his vices must have on those
  • around him. Perhaps it may be said, from past experience, that
  • drunkenness, which is a most heinous sin in the sight of God,
  • may
  • be charged on those who indulge {only now and then} in that
  • which
  • may eventually lead them into drunkenness; for they shut their
  • eyes against the most palpable facts, and rather than give up
  • the
  • paltry gratification of a debach, involve thousands by their
  • example to positive harm. Ben-hadad's drunkeness was the
  • forerunner of his fall. Belshazzar also, we read, drank wine
  • with
  • his princes, his wives, and his concubines, and praised the gods
  • of gold, silver, brass, iron, wood, and stone: and in the {same
  • hour} came forth the finger of a man's hand and wrote his doom
  • on
  • the plaster of the wall. Those who fancy themselves perfectly
  • secure, and above the possibility of falling, are commonly
  • nearest
  • their destruction: there is always an Ahab read to take
  • advantage
  • of and improve the self-imposed imbecility.
  • 17383-900818-2030-1Ki20.17
  • 17384-900818-2031-1Ki20.18
  • 17386-900818-2032-1Ki20.20
  • 17387-900818-2033-1Ki20.21
  • 17388-900818-2034-1Ki20.22
  • 17389-900818-2036-1Ki20.23
  • It was the general belief in the heathen world, that each
  • district
  • had its tutelary and protecting diety, who could do nothing out
  • his own province.
  • 17390-900818-2036-1Ki20.24
  • 17391-900818-2036-1Ki20.25
  • 17392-900818-2039-1Ki20.26
  • Supposed to the the Aphek near the river Adonis, between
  • Heliopolis and Biblos, and probably the same place that Paul
  • Luca
  • mentions in his Voyage to the Levant. It was swallowed up by an
  • earthquake, and formed a lake about nine miles in circumference,
  • in which he says there were several houses still to be seen
  • entire, under the water.
  • 17393-900818-2040-1Ki20.27
  • 17394-900818-2043-1Ki20.28
  • 17395-900818-2043-1Ki20.29
  • 17396-900818-2045-1Ki20.30
  • chamber within a chamber.
  • 17397-900818-2057-1Ki20.31
  • Six of the citizens of Calais are reported to have acted nearly
  • in
  • the same manner, when they surrendered their city to Edward the
  • Third, king of England, in 1346. See the whole story
  • circumstantially related by Sir John Froissart, (who lived in
  • that
  • time,) with that simplicity and detail that give it every
  • appearance of truth.
  • 17398-900818-2059-1Ki20.32
  • 17399-900818-2108-1Ki20.33
  • 17400-900818-2117-1Ki20.34
  • One of the conditions of this covenant, we learn, was, that Ahab
  • should have `streets (chutzoth) in Damascus;' a proposal better
  • relished by Ahab then understood by the generality of
  • commentators. This, however, is well illustrated by Mr. Harmer,
  • from William of Tyre, the great historian of the Crusades; from
  • whom it appears that it was customary to give those nations
  • which
  • were engaged in them, churches, streets, and great jurisdiction
  • therein, in those places which they assisted to conquer. The
  • Genoese and Venetians had each a street in Acon, or Acre, in
  • which
  • they had their own jurisdiction, with liberty to have an oven,
  • mill, baths, weights, and measures,
  • 17401-900818-2119-1Ki20.35
  • 17402-900818-2120-1Ki20.36
  • 17403-900818-2121-1Ki20.37
  • 17404-900818-2121-1Ki20.38
  • 17405-900818-2123-1Ki20.39
  • 17406-900818-2124-1Ki20.40
  • 17407-900818-2125-1Ki20.41
  • 17408-900818-2125-1Ki20.42
  • 17409-900818-2126-1Ki20.43
  • 17410-900818-2130-1Ki21.1
  • 5-14 Jezebel writing letters against Naboth, he is condemed of
  • blasphemy
  • 15,16 Ahab take possession of the vineyard
  • 17-24 Elijah denounces judgments against Ahab and Jezebel
  • 25-29 Wicked Ahab repenting, God defers the judgment
  • 17411-900818-2134-1Ki21.2
  • The request of Ahab, at first view, appears fair and honourable.
  • But, as he most evidentally wished Naboth to {alienate it
  • finally}, which was expressly forbidden and provided against in
  • the law of God, (Le 25.14-28,) it was high iniquity in Ahab to
  • tempt him to do it, and to covet it showed the depravity of his
  • soul.
  • 17412-900818-2135-1Ki21.3
  • 17413-900818-2137-1Ki21.4
  • 17414-900818-2138-1Ki21.5
  • 17415-900818-2139-1Ki21.6
  • 17416-900818-2140-1Ki21.7
  • 17417-900818-2142-1Ki21.8
  • 17418-900818-2143-1Ki21.9
  • 17419-900818-2147-1Ki21.10
  • Some, with Parkhurst, would render the original, bairachta
  • elohim wamailech, `Thou hast blessed the gods and Molech;' a
  • sense, however, which seems extremely forced, and not
  • acknowledged
  • by any of the ancient versions, though the LXX and Vulgate
  • render
  • bairachata by (), benedixit, `blessed.' It is no unusual thing
  • for a word to have opposite senses.
  • 17420-900818-2148-1Ki21.11
  • 17421-900818-2149-1Ki21.12
  • 17422-900818-2151-1Ki21.13
  • 17423-900818-2152-1Ki21.14
  • 17424-900818-2152-1Ki21.15
  • 17425-900818-2153-1Ki21.16
  • 17426-900818-2153-1Ki21.17
  • 17427-900818-2154-1Ki21.18
  • 17428-900818-2157-1Ki21.19
  • This punishment, on Ahab's humiliation and repentence, was
  • transferred from him to his son Jehoram, (ver. 29) in whom it
  • was
  • literally accomplished:
  • 17429-900818-2158-1Ki21.20
  • 17430-900818-2220-1Ki21.21
  • 17431-900818-2221-1Ki21.22
  • 17432-900818-2226-1Ki21.23
  • Shocking as this must appear to minds that have been humanized
  • by
  • the kindly influence of Christianity, we still find similar
  • instances in the accounts of modern travellers. Mr. Bruce says,
  • that when at Gondar, `the bodies of those killed by the sword
  • were
  • hewn to pieces and scattered about the streets, being denied
  • burial. I was miserable, and almost driven to despair, at seeing
  • my hunting dogs, twice let loose by the carelessness of my
  • servants, bringing into the court-yard the heads and arms of
  • slaughtered men, and which I could no way prevent, but by the
  • destruction of the dogs themselves.'
  • 17433-900818-2227-1Ki21.24
  • 17434-900818-2229-1Ki21.25
  • 17435-900818-2232-1Ki21.26
  • 17436-900818-2233-1Ki21.27
  • 17438-900818-2236-1Ki21.29
  • 17439-900818-2239-1Ki22.1
  • Michaiah, is slain at Ramoth-gilead
  • 37-40 The dogs lick up his blood, and Ahaziah succeeds him
  • 41-44 Jehosaphat's good reign
  • 45 His acts
  • 46-50 Jehoram succeeds him
  • 51-53 Ahaziah;s evil reign
  • 17440-900818-2241-1Ki22.2
  • 17441-900818-2242-1Ki22.3
  • 17442-900818-2243-1Ki22.4
  • 17443-900818-2245-1Ki22.5
  • 17444-900818-2250-1Ki22.6
  • This prophecy is couched in the {ambiguous terms} in which the
  • heathen oracles were delivered. It may mean, either `The Lord
  • will deliver it (Ramoth Gilead) into the king's (Ahab's) hand;'
  • or, `The Lord will deliver (Israel) into the king's (of Syria)
  • hand.' So in the famous reply of the Delphian oracle to Pyrrhus:
  • `I shalt say to thee, Pyrrhus the Romans shall overcome: thou
  • shalt
  • go, thou shalt return never in war shalt thou perish.'
  • 17445-900818-2250-1Ki22.7
  • 17446-900818-2254-1Ki22.8
  • 17447-900818-2254-1Ki22.9
  • 17448-900818-2256-1Ki22.10
  • 17449-900818-2257-1Ki22.11
  • 17450-900818-2258-1Ki22.12
  • 17451-900818-2258-1Ki22.13
  • 17452-900818-2300-1Ki22.14
  • 17453-900819-0918-1Ki22.15
  • This was strong {irony}; they were the precise words of the
  • false
  • prophets; but were spoken by Micaiah in such a tone and manner
  • as
  • at once shewed Ahab that he did not believe, but ridiculed these
  • words of uncertainty. The reply of the Dephian oracle to
  • Crosesus
  • was as ambiguous as they returned to Pyrrhus, `If Croesus
  • crosses
  • the Halys, he will overthrow a great empire.' This he understood
  • of the empire of Cyrus; the event proved it to be his own: he
  • was
  • deluded, yet the oracle maintained its credit.
  • 17454-900818-2305-1Ki22.16
  • 17455-900818-2306-1Ki22.17
  • 17456-900818-2307-1Ki22.18
  • 17457-900818-2310-1Ki22.19
  • Micaiah evidently gives here an account of what appeared to him
  • in a vision: many of the circumstances must be considered as
  • parabolical; for truth, rather than facts, is revealed in such
  • representations.
  • 17458-900818-2312-1Ki22.20
  • 17459-900818-2313-1Ki22.21
  • 17460-900818-2314-1Ki22.22
  • 17461-900818-2316-1Ki22.23
  • 17462-900818-2317-1Ki22.24
  • 17463-900818-2319-1Ki22.25
  • 17464-900818-2319-1Ki22.26
  • 17465-900818-2321-1Ki22.27
  • 17466-900818-2322-1Ki22.28
  • 17467-900818-2322-1Ki22.29
  • 17468-900818-2324-1Ki22.30
  • the battle.
  • 17469-900818-2325-1Ki22.31
  • 17470-900818-2326-1Ki22.32
  • 17471-900818-2327-1Ki22.33
  • 17472-900818-2329-1Ki22.34
  • 17473-900818-2329-1Ki22.35
  • 17474-900818-2330-1Ki22.36
  • 17475-900818-2332-1Ki22.37
  • 17476-900818-2335-1Ki22.38
  • 17477-900818-2337-1Ki22.39
  • That is, probably, deocrated with ivory in such abundance as to
  • merit the appellation of an {ivory house}.
  • 17478-900818-2338-1Ki22.40
  • 17479-900818-2339-1Ki22.41
  • `Began to reign alone'
  • 17480-900818-2340-1Ki22.42
  • 17481-900818-2342-1Ki22.43
  • 17482-900818-2342-1Ki22.44
  • 17483-900818-2343-1Ki22.45
  • 17484-900818-2344-1Ki22.46
  • 17485-900818-2344-1Ki22.47
  • 17486-900818-2350-1Ki22.48
  • Josephus and the Chaldee and Arabic praphrasts explain this
  • place
  • of Tarsus in Cilcia; the LXX Theodoret, and Jerome, understand
  • it
  • of Carthage; but the learned Bochart makes it Tartessus, an
  • island in the straits of Gades. Ibn Haukal describes Tarsousa as
  • belonging to Andalus, or Analusial and Festus Avienus expressly
  • says, [Hic gadir urbs est dicta Tartessus prius,] `the city
  • Cadiz
  • was formerly called Tartessus.'
  • 17488-900818-2351-1Ki22.50
  • 17489-900818-2352-1Ki22.51
  • 17490-900818-2354-1Ki22.52
  • 17491-900818-2355-1Ki22.53
  • 17492-900819-1719-2Ki1.1
  • CONCLUDING REMARKS ON THE TWO BOOKS OF KINGS
  • The events detailed in these books are highly interesting and
  • important. The account of the wisdom, magnificence, and extended
  • commerce of Solomon; the rash and impolitic conduct of Rehoboam;
  • the disobedient prophet; the widow of Zarepath; Elijah and the
  • prophets of Baal; Ben-hadad's pride and defeat; Elijah's
  • assumption into heaven; Elisha's succession to his ministry, and
  • the series of illustrious miracles he performed; the panic
  • flight
  • of the Syrians; the history of Ben-hadad and Hazael; and the
  • predicted death of Ahab and Jezebel, and their children, are all
  • pregnant with instruction, and have furnished themes for
  • frequent
  • dissertation. We perceive in these impressive histories the
  • characters and qualities of men painted with the utmost
  • fidelity,
  • and the attributes of God displayed with great effect: we
  • contemplate the exact accomplishment of God's promises and
  • threatenings, the wisdom of his dispensations, and the mingled
  • justice and mercy of his government. The particulars and
  • circumstances are sketched out with a brief and lively
  • description, and the imagination lingers with pleasure in
  • filling
  • up the striking outlines presented to our view. The authenticity
  • of these books is attested by the prophecies they contain, which
  • were subsequently fulfilled; by the citation of our Saviour and
  • his Apostles; by their universal reception by the Jewish and
  • Christian churches; and by the corresponding testimonies of
  • profane authors and ancient sculptures.
  • --------------------------- Chapter 1 of 2nd Kings -------------
  • -------
  • 2-4 Ahaziah, sending to baal-zebub, hath his judgement by Elijah
  • 5-12 Elijah twice brings fire from heaven upon them whom Ahaziah
  • sent to apprehend him.
  • 13-16 He pities the third captain, and, encouraged by an angel,
  • tells the king of his death
  • 17-18 Jehoram succeeds Ahazaih
  • 17493-900819-0931-2Ki1.2
  • The flat roofs of the eastern houses are generally surrounded
  • by a
  • parapet wall breast high; but instead of this, some terraces are
  • guarded with balustrades only, or latticed work. Of the same
  • kind, probably, was the lattice, or net, as the term {shevaca}
  • seems to import, through which Ahaziah fell into the court. This
  • incident proves the necessity of the law for the formation of
  • battlements for roof, (De 22.8) which God graciously dictated
  • from
  • Sinai, which furnishes a beautiful example of his paternal care
  • and goodness; for the terrace was a place wehre many offices of
  • the family were performed, and business frequently transacted.
  • 17494-900819-0932-2Ki1.3
  • 17495-900819-0934-2Ki1.4
  • shalt not come down from it.
  • 17497-900819-0934-2Ki1.6
  • 17498-900819-0935-2Ki1.7
  • 17499-900819-0938-2Ki1.8
  • That is, he wore a {rough garment}, either made of camel's hair
  • as that of John Baptist, or of a skin, dressed with the {hair
  • on}.
  • Sir J. Chardin informs us, in a MS. note on this place, cited by
  • Mr. Harmer, that the eastern dervishes and fakers are clothed
  • just
  • as Elijah was, with a {hairy} garment, girded with a leathern
  • girdle.
  • 17500-900819-0940-2Ki1.9
  • 17501-900819-0943-2Ki1.10
  • LXX render () fire shall come down; Elijah's words being simply
  • declarative, and not imprecatory.
  • 17502-900819-0944-2Ki1.11
  • 17503-900819-0945-2Ki1.12
  • 17504-900819-1608-2Ki1.13
  • 17505-900819-1609-2Ki1.14
  • 17506-900819-1610-2Ki1.15
  • 17507-900819-1614-2Ki1.16
  • Literally, `the lord of flies;' or, as the LXX render, Baal the
  • fly god. See note on ex 8.24
  • In the East there is usually at the end of each chamber a little
  • gallery, raised three or four feet above the floor, with a
  • balustrade in front, to which they go up a few steps: here they
  • place their beds; an allusion to which situation is involved in
  • this declaration of Elijah's, and frequently referred to in the
  • Sacred Scriptures
  • 17508-900819-1617-2Ki1.17
  • As it is said in ch 3.1, that he began his reign in the
  • {eighteenth of Jehosaphat,} it is supposed that Jehosaphat
  • admitted his son Jehoram to reign with him eight or nine years
  • before his death. `The second year that Jehoram was Prorex, and
  • the eighteenth of Jehosaphat.'
  • 17509-900819-1617-2Ki1.18
  • 17510-900819-1622-2Ki2.1
  • Jordan
  • 9-11 and, granting Elisha his request, is taken up by a fiery
  • chariot into heaven
  • 12-15 Elisha, dividing Jordan with Elijah's mantle, is
  • acknowledged
  • his successor
  • 16-18 The young prophets, hardly obtaining leave to seek Elijah,
  • cannot find him.
  • 19-22 Elisha with salt heals the unwholesome waters
  • 23-25 Bears destroy the children that mocked Elisha
  • 17511-900819-1624-2Ki2.2
  • 17512-900819-1625-2Ki2.3
  • 17513-900819-1626-2Ki2.4
  • 17514-900819-1628-2Ki2.5
  • `disciples of the prophets.'
  • 17516-900819-1629-2Ki2.7
  • 17517-900819-1631-2Ki2.8
  • `his sheep skin' says the Septuagint; the skins of sheep being
  • formerly worn by prophets as the simple insignia of their office
  • 17518-900819-1635-2Ki2.9
  • This probably refers to the law respecting the first-born, who
  • had
  • a double portion of the property of his father. As Elisha may
  • have considered himself as the first-born of Elijah, so he
  • requested a double portion of his spiritual influence.
  • 17519-900819-1636-2Ki2.10
  • 17520-900819-1638-2Ki2.11
  • 17521-900819-1640-2Ki2.12
  • 17522-900819-1641-2Ki2.13
  • 17523-900819-1642-2Ki2.14
  • 17524-900819-1643-2Ki2.15
  • 17525-900819-1644-2Ki2.16
  • 17526-900819-1645-2Ki2.17
  • 17528-900819-1646-2Ki2.19
  • 17529-900819-1647-2Ki2.20
  • 17530-900819-1648-2Ki2.21
  • 17532-900819-1656-2Ki2.23
  • The words () not only signify {little children} but {young men};
  • for {katon} signifies not only {little}, but {young,} in
  • opposition to {old;} and () signifes not only a {child}, but a
  • {young man} grown to years of maturity: thus Isaac is called ()
  • when {twenty-eight} years old, Joseph when {thirty-nine}, and
  • Rehoboam when {forty.} These idolatrous {young men}, having
  • heard
  • of the ascension of Elijah, without believing it, blasphemously
  • bade Elisha to follow him. The venerable prophet, from a Divine
  • impulse, pronounced a {curse} `in the name of the Lord,' which
  • was
  • immediately followed by the most terrible judgment; thus
  • evincing
  • the Source from which it flowed.
  • 17533-900819-1700-2Ki2.24
  • 17534-900819-1701-2Ki2.25
  • 17535-900819-1706-2Ki3.1
  • 4,5 Mesha rebels
  • 6-20 Jehoram, with Jehoshaphat, and the king of Edom, being
  • distressed for want of water, by Elisha obtains water, and
  • promise of victory
  • 21-25 The Moabites, deceived by the colour of the water, coming
  • to spoil, are overcome
  • 26,27 The king of Moab, failing in his attempt to break through
  • to
  • the king of Edom, sacrifices his son, and raises the siege
  • 17536-900819-1707-2Ki3.2
  • 17537-900819-1709-2Ki3.3
  • 17538-900819-1721-2Ki3.4
  • 17539-900819-1721-2Ki3.5
  • 17540-900819-1722-2Ki3.6
  • 17541-900819-1723-2Ki3.7
  • 17542-900819-1725-2Ki3.8
  • The wilderness of Edom was probably the same as that of {Zin} or
  • {Kadesh}, through which the children of Israel passed; extending
  • southward from the Dead Sea, to the eastern branch of the Red
  • Sea.
  • See note on Nu 13.21
  • 17543-900819-1726-2Ki3.9
  • 17544-900819-1726-2Ki3.10
  • 17545-900819-1730-2Ki3.11
  • That is, was his constant and confidential servant. Mr. Hanway,
  • speaking of a Persian supper, says, `Supper being now brought
  • in, a
  • servant presented a basin of water, and a napkin hung over his
  • shoulders; he went to every one in the company, and {poured
  • water}
  • on their hands to wash.'
  • 17546-900819-1731-2Ki3.12
  • 17547-900819-1732-2Ki3.13
  • 17548-900819-1734-2Ki3.14
  • 17549-900819-1736-2Ki3.15
  • This was evidently intended to soothe and tranquillize the
  • prophet's mind, which had been agitated and discomposed with
  • holy
  • indignation by the presence of the idolatrous king, and the
  • recollection of his abomination. The soothing influence of music
  • is genrally acknowledged in every civilized nation.
  • 17550-900819-1737-2Ki3.16
  • 17551-900819-1738-2Ki3.17
  • 17552-900819-1739-2Ki3.18
  • 17553-900819-1740-2Ki3.19
  • 17554-900819-1741-2Ki3.20
  • This supply was altogether miraculous; for there was neither
  • wind
  • nor rain, nor any other natural means to furnish it.
  • 17555-900819-1742-2Ki3.21
  • 17556-900819-1743-2Ki3.22
  • 17557-900819-1746-2Ki3.23
  • 17558-900819-1747-2Ki3.24
  • 17559-900819-1750-2Ki3.25
  • Kir-haraseth.
  • Supposed to be the same as {Ar}, or Areopolis, the capital of
  • Moab
  • 17560-900819-1750-2Ki3.26
  • 17561-900819-1756-2Ki3.27
  • In cases of great extremity, it was customary in various heathen
  • nations, to offer {human} sacrifices, and even their own
  • {children.} This was frequent among the Phoenicians, Greeks,
  • Romans, Scythians, Gauls, Africans, and others; and was the
  • natural fruit of a religious system which had for the objects of
  • its worship cruel and and merciless divinities. The king of
  • Moab,
  • in this case, sacrificed his son to obtain the favour of Chemosh
  • {his god}, who, being a devil, delighted in blood and murder,
  • and
  • the destruction of mankind. The dearer any thing was to them,
  • the
  • more acceptable those idolaters thought the sacrifice, and
  • therefore burnt their children in the fire to their honour.
  • 17562-900819-1800-2Ki4.1
  • 8-17 He obtains a son for the good Shunamite
  • 18-37 He restores her son when dead
  • 38-41 At Gilgal he heals the deadly pottage
  • 42-44 He satisfies an hundred men with twenty loaves
  • 17563-900819-1801-2Ki4.2
  • 17564-900819-1802-2Ki4.3
  • 17565-900819-1803-2Ki4.4
  • 17566-900819-1804-2Ki4.5
  • 17567-900819-1806-2Ki4.6
  • 17568-900819-1806-2Ki4.7
  • 17569-900819-1810-2Ki4.8
  • This city was situated in the tribe of Issachar, five miles
  • south
  • from mount Tabor, according to Eusebius; and is probably the
  • place
  • which he calls {sanim}, in Acrabatene, in the neighborhood of
  • Samaria or Sebaste.
  • 17570-900819-1811-2Ki4.9
  • 17571-900819-1814-2Ki4.10
  • An () or (), as the Arabs call it; a small back house annexed to
  • the principal dwelling, in which the prophet could live in a
  • great
  • privacy as in his own house, and to which he could retire at
  • pleasure, without breaking in upon the private affairs of the
  • family, or being in his turn interrupted by them in his
  • devotions.
  • See the notes on Ju 3.20
  • 17573-900819-1814-2Ki4.12
  • 17574-900819-2156-2Ki4.13
  • 17575-900819-2158-2Ki4.14
  • 17576-900819-2158-2Ki4.15
  • 17577-900819-2200-2Ki4.16
  • 17578-900819-2201-2Ki4.17
  • 17579-900819-2202-2Ki4.18
  • 17580-900819-2203-2Ki4.19
  • From this peculiar exclamation, and the season of the year, it
  • is
  • probable he was affected by the {coup de soleil}, or stroke of
  • the
  • sun, which is by no means uncommon in hot climates, and often
  • proves fatal.
  • 17581-900819-2204-2Ki4.20
  • 17582-900819-2205-2Ki4.21
  • 17583-900819-2205-2Ki4.22
  • 17584-900819-2206-2Ki4.23
  • 17585-900819-2210-2Ki4.24
  • These animals were not anciently, as now, used only by the lower
  • classes, but were in general use among the noble and chief
  • personages of the East, and it was not unusual for even the
  • husband to walk by the side of his wife while thus riding; the
  • driver, as was the custom, following. The Shunamite, when she
  • went to the prophet, did not desire so much attendance; but only
  • requested her husband to send her an ass and its driver.
  • 17586-900819-2210-2Ki4.25
  • 17587-900819-2211-2Ki4.26
  • 17588-900819-2213-2Ki4.27
  • 17589-900819-2215-2Ki4.28
  • 17590-900819-2216-2Ki4.29
  • 17591-900819-2217-2Ki4.30
  • 17592-900819-2219-2Ki4.31
  • 17593-900819-2219-2Ki4.32
  • 17594-900819-2220-2Ki4.33
  • 17595-900819-2221-2Ki4.34
  • 17596-900819-2222-2Ki4.35
  • 17597-900819-2223-2Ki4.36
  • 17598-900819-2223-2Ki4.37
  • 17599-900819-2225-2Ki4.38
  • 17600-900819-2231-2Ki4.39
  • The word () from {peka}, in Chaldee, to burst, and in Syriac, to
  • crack, thunder, is generally supposed to be the fruits of the
  • coloquintida, or colocynth; whose leaves are large, placed
  • alternately, very much like those of the {vine}, whence it might
  • be called a {wild vine}: the flowers are white, and the fruit of
  • the gourd kind, of the size of a large apple, and when ripe, of
  • a
  • yellow colour, and a pleasant and inviting appearance. It ranks
  • among vegetable {poisons}, as all intense bitters do; but,
  • judiciously employed, it is of considerable use in medicine. It
  • is said that the fruit, when ripe, is so full of wind that it
  • burts, and throws its liquor and seeds to a great distance: and
  • if
  • touched, before it breaks of itself, it flies open with an
  • explosion, and discharges it foetid contents in the face of him
  • who touched it.
  • 17601-900819-2232-2Ki4.40
  • 17602-900819-2233-2Ki4.41
  • 17603-900819-2238-2Ki4.42
  • Note: Parched corn, or corn to be parched; full ears before they
  • are ripe, parched on the fire: a very frequent food in the East.
  • The loaves were probably extremely samll, as their loaves of
  • bread
  • still are in eastern countries. But small as this may appear, it
  • would be a considerable present in the time of famine; though
  • very
  • inadequate to the number of persons.
  • present was an inhabitant, was situated, according to Eusebius
  • and
  • Jerome, fifteen miles north of Diospolis, or Lydda.
  • 17604-900819-2239-2Ki4.43
  • 17606-900819-2245-2Ki5.1
  • to be cured of his leprosy
  • 8-14 Elisha, sending him to Jordan cures him
  • 15-19 He refusing Naaman's gifts grants him some of the earth
  • 20-27 Gehazi, abusing his master's name unto Naaman, is smitten
  • with leprosy
  • countenance
  • 17607-900819-2245-2Ki5.2
  • 17608-900819-2247-2Ki5.3
  • 17609-900819-2247-2Ki5.4
  • 17610-900819-2252-2Ki5.5
  • This, at 353l. 11s. 10.5 d. the talent, would amount to 3535 l.
  • 18s. 9d.
  • If shekels are meant, as the Arabic reads, then this, at
  • 1l. 16s. 5d. each, will amount to 10.925l; and the whole to
  • 14,464l. 18s. 9d.: besides the value of the ten changes of
  • raiment.
  • 17612-900820-1955-2Ki5.7
  • 17613-900820-1956-2Ki5.8
  • 17614-900820-1957-2Ki5.9
  • 17616-900820-2000-2Ki5.11
  • surely come out, etc.
  • 17617-900820-2004-2Ki5.12
  • This river is evidently the Barrade, or Barada, as the Arabic
  • renders, the Chrysorrhoas of the Greeks, which taking its rise
  • in
  • Antilibanu, runs eastward towards Damascus, where it is divided
  • into three streams, one of which passes through the city, and
  • the
  • other two through the gardens; which reuniting at the east of
  • the city, forms a lake about five or six leagues to the
  • south-easst, called Behairat el Marj, or, Lake of the Meadow.
  • Pharpar was probably one of the branches.
  • 17618-900820-2006-2Ki5.13
  • 17619-900820-2007-2Ki5.14
  • 17620-900820-2010-2Ki5.15
  • 17621-900820-2011-2Ki5.16
  • 17622-900820-2012-2Ki5.17
  • 17623-900820-2017-2Ki5.18
  • This verse should probably, as many learned men have supposed,
  • be
  • read in the {past}, and not in the {future} tense: `In this
  • thing
  • the Lord pardon thy servant, that when my master {went} into the
  • house of Rimmon to worship there, and he {leaned} on my hand,
  • and
  • I {worshipped} in the house of Rimmon; in that I have
  • {worshipped}
  • in the house of Rimmon, the Lord pardon thy servant in this
  • thing.'
  • the Phoenecians, borrowed undoubtedly from the {Elyon} of the
  • Hebrews, one of the names of God.
  • 17624-900820-2019-2Ki5.19
  • 17625-900820-2021-2Ki5.20
  • 17626-900820-2022-2Ki5.21
  • 17627-900820-2023-2Ki5.22
  • 17628-900820-2024-2Ki5.23
  • 17629-900820-2025-2Ki5.24
  • 17630-900820-2028-2Ki5.25
  • 17631-900820-2030-2Ki5.26
  • 17632-900820-2031-2Ki5.27
  • 17633-900820-2035-2Ki6.1
  • dwellings, causes iron to swim.
  • 8-12 He discloses the king of Syria's counsel
  • 13-18 The army which was sent to Dothan to apprehend Elisha, is
  • smitten with blindness
  • 19-23 Being brought into Samaria, they are dismissed in peace
  • 24-29 The famine in Samaria cuases women to eat their own
  • children
  • 30-33 The king sends to slay Elisha
  • 17634-900820-2037-2Ki6.2
  • 17635-900820-2037-2Ki6.3
  • 17636-900820-2038-2Ki6.4
  • 17637-900820-2039-2Ki6.5
  • 17638-900820-2041-2Ki6.6
  • This could have no natural tendancy to raise the iron and cause
  • it
  • to swim: it was only a sign, or ceremony, which the prophet
  • chose
  • to employ on the occasion.
  • This was the real miracle; for the gravity of the metal must
  • otherwise still have kept it at the bottom of the river.
  • 17639-900820-2042-2Ki6.7
  • 17640-900820-2043-2Ki6.8
  • 17641-900820-2044-2Ki6.9
  • 17642-900820-2046-2Ki6.10
  • To see if it were so. but the Vulgate renders, `the king of
  • Israel sent to the place, and pre-occupied it;' which is very
  • likely, though not expressed in the Hebrew text.
  • 17643-900820-2047-2Ki6.11
  • 17644-900820-2049-2Ki6.12
  • 17645-900820-2052-2Ki6.13
  • This is supposed to be the same place where Joseph was sold by
  • his brethren; and it is placed by Eusebius 12 miles north of
  • Samaria.
  • 17646-900820-2054-2Ki6.14
  • It is strange the Syrian monarch did not think, that he who
  • could
  • penetrate his secrets with respect to the Israelitish army,
  • could
  • inform himself of all the machinations against his own life.
  • 17647-900820-2058-2Ki6.15
  • 17648-900820-2100-2Ki6.16
  • 17649-900820-2102-2Ki6.17
  • 17650-900820-2104-2Ki6.18
  • Confound their sight, so that they may not know what they see;
  • and
  • so mistake one place for another. The word {sanverim}, rendered
  • {blindness}, occurs only here and in Ge 19.11
  • 17651-900820-2105-2Ki6.19
  • 17652-900820-2105-2Ki6.20
  • 17653-900820-2107-2Ki6.21
  • This was dastardly: the utmost he ought to have done with these
  • men, when thus brought into his hand, was to make them prisoners
  • of war.
  • 17654-900820-2108-2Ki6.22
  • 17655-900820-2110-2Ki6.23
  • That is, for a considerable. What is mentioned in the next verse
  • was more than a year afterwards.
  • 17656-900820-2110-2Ki6.24
  • 17657-900820-2120-2Ki6.25
  • If the {pieces} of silver were {dracms}, the whole would amount
  • 2l. 9s.; which was a great price for so {mean} a part of this
  • {unclean} animal.
  • This probably denotes, as Bochart, Scheuchzer, and others
  • suppose,
  • a kind of {pulse}, or {vetches}, which the Arabs still call
  • {pigeon's dung}. `They never,' says Dr. Sahw, `constitute a dish
  • by themselves, but are strewed singly as a garnish over
  • {cuscasowe, pillowe}, and other dishes. They are besides in the
  • greatest repute after they are parched in pans and ovens; then
  • assuming the name {leb-lebby;} ' and he thinks they were so
  • called
  • from being pointed at one end, and acquiring an ash colour in
  • parching.
  • 17658-900820-2121-2Ki6.26
  • 17659-900820-2122-2Ki6.27
  • 17660-900820-2123-2Ki6.28
  • 17661-900820-2123-2Ki6.29
  • 17662-900820-2124-2Ki6.30
  • 17663-900820-2125-2Ki6.31
  • 17664-900820-2126-2Ki6.32
  • 17665-900820-2129-2Ki6.33
  • 17666-900820-2139-2Ki7.1
  • 3-11 four lepers, venturing on the host of the Syrians, bring
  • tidings of their flight
  • 12-16 The king, finding by spies the news to be true, spoils the
  • tents of the Syrians.
  • 17-20 The lord who would not believe the prophecy of plenty,
  • having
  • the charge of the gate, is trodden to death in the press
  • A seah of flour: the seah was about two gallons and a half; the
  • shekel 2s. 4d. at the lowest computation: a wide difference
  • between this and the price of the ass's head.
  • From this it appears that the gates were not only used as courts
  • of judicature, but as market-places. So Mr. Morier observe: `In
  • our rides we usually went out of the town at the {Derwazeh Shah
  • Abdul}, of the gate leading to the village of Shah Abdul Azeem,
  • where a market was held every morning, particularly of horses,
  • mules, asses, and camels. At about sun-rise, the owners of the
  • animals assemble and exhibit them for sale. But besides, here
  • were sellers of all sorts of goods, in temporary shops and
  • tents:
  • and this, perhaps, will explain the custom alluded to in 2ki
  • 7.18.'
  • 17667-900820-2141-2Ki7.2
  • hand.
  • 17668-900820-2142-2Ki7.3
  • 17669-900820-2142-2Ki7.4
  • 17670-900820-2144-2Ki7.5
  • 17671-900820-2146-2Ki7.6
  • 17672-900820-2148-2Ki7.7
  • 17673-900820-2149-2Ki7.8
  • 17674-900820-2151-2Ki7.9
  • 17675-900820-2151-2Ki7.10
  • 17676-900820-2159-2Ki7.11
  • This was a very natural conclusion; and, in history of the
  • revolt
  • of Ali Bey, we have an account of a strategem very similar to
  • that
  • supposed to have been practised by the Syrians. The pasha of
  • Damascus having approaced the Sea of Tiberias, found sheil Daher
  • encamped there; but the shiek, deferring the engagement till the
  • next morning, during the night divided his army into three
  • parts,
  • and left the camp with great fires ablazing, all sorts of
  • provisions, and a large quantity of spiritous liquors. In the
  • middle of the night, the pasha, thinking to surprise the shiek,
  • marched in silence to the camp, which, to his astonishment, he
  • found entirely abandoned; and imagining the shiek had fled with
  • so
  • much precipitation that he could not carry off his baggage and
  • stores, he stopped in the camp to refresh his soldiers. They
  • soon
  • fell to plunder, and drank so freely of the spirits, that,
  • overcome with its fumes, they sunk into a deep lethargy. At that
  • time, two shieks came silently to the camp, and being rejoined
  • by
  • Daher, rushed upon the sleeping foe, 8,000 of whom were slain;
  • the
  • pasha and a few soldiers barely escaping with their lives.
  • 17678-900820-2200-2Ki7.13
  • 17680-900820-2201-2Ki7.15
  • 17681-900820-2202-2Ki7.16
  • 17682-900820-2203-2Ki7.17
  • 17683-900820-2203-2Ki7.18
  • 17685-900820-2204-2Ki7.20
  • 17686-900823-2035-2Ki8.1
  • to avoid the forewarned famime, for Elisha's miracle's sake
  • has her land restored by the king
  • 7-15 Hazael, being sent with a present by Hen-hadad to Elisha
  • at Damascus, after he had heard the prophecy, kills his
  • master, and succeeds him
  • 16-19 Jehoram's wicked reign in Judah
  • 20-22 Edom and Libnah revolt
  • 23,24 Ahaziah succeeds Jehoram
  • 25-27 Ahaziah's wicked reign
  • 28,29 He visits Joram, being wounded, at Jezreel
  • 17687-900823-2036-2Ki8.2
  • 17688-900823-2037-2Ki8.3
  • 17689-900823-2043-2Ki8.4
  • As it appears not likely that the king would hold conversation
  • with a leprous man; or, that, knowing Gehazi had been dismissed
  • with the highest disgrace from the prophet's service, he would
  • talk with him concerning his late master; some have supposed
  • that
  • this happened before the cleansing of Naaman. But it agrees
  • better with the chronology to considser it as having taken place
  • after that event; the king, probably, having an insatiable
  • curiosity to know the private history of a man who had done such
  • astonishing things. As to the circumstances of Gehazi's disease,
  • he might overlook that, and converse with him, keeping at a
  • reasonable distance, as nothing but actual contact could defile.
  • 17690-900823-2045-2Ki8.5
  • 17691-900823-2046-2Ki8.6
  • 17692-900823-2047-2Ki8.7
  • 17693-900823-2048-2Ki8.8
  • 17694-900823-2049-2Ki8.9
  • 17695-900823-2050-2Ki8.10
  • 17696-900823-2051-2Ki8.11
  • 17697-900823-2053-2Ki8.12
  • 17698-900823-2054-2Ki8.13
  • 17699-900823-2055-2Ki8.14
  • 17700-900823-2115-2Ki8.15
  • There is a considerable degree of ambiguity in this passage. The
  • pronoun [he] is generally referred to Hazael; but Dr. Geddes and
  • others are decidedly of the opinion, that we should understand
  • by it
  • {Ben-hadad}; who, encouraged by the favourable answer of Elisha,
  • as reported to Hazael, adopted a violent remedy to all the heat
  • of
  • his fever, and put over his face the {keever, or fly-net}. See
  • note on 1Sa 19.13. dipped in water, which suddenly checked the
  • perspiration, and occasioned his death.
  • 17701-900823-2117-2Ki8.16
  • `Began to reign in concert with his father.'
  • 17702-900823-2117-2Ki8.17
  • 17703-900823-2118-2Ki8.18
  • 17704-900823-2120-2Ki8.19
  • 17705-900823-2121-2Ki8.20
  • 17706-900823-2122-2Ki8.21
  • Zair is supposed by Calmet and others to be the same as Seir,
  • the
  • country of Seir the Horite, inhabited by the Edomites or
  • Idumeans.
  • Probably the former was a dialectical pronunciation of the
  • latter.
  • 17707-900823-2123-2Ki8.22
  • 17708-900823-2125-2Ki8.23
  • 17709-900823-2125-2Ki8.24
  • 17710-900823-2126-2Ki8.25
  • 17711-900823-2131-2Ki8.26
  • In the parallel passage of Chronicles, it is said, `forty and
  • two
  • years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign;' but this is
  • evidently a mistake, as it makes the son two years older than
  • his
  • own father! For his father began to reign when he was thirty-two
  • years old, and reigned eight years, and so died, being forty
  • years
  • old.
  • 17712-900823-2132-2Ki8.27
  • 17713-900823-2134-2Ki8.28
  • 17714-900823-2136-2Ki8.29
  • wounded
  • 17715-900823-2141-2Ki9.1
  • at Ramoth-gilead
  • 4-10 The prophet having done his message, flees
  • 11-26 Jehu, being made king by the soldiers, kills Joram in the
  • field of Naboth
  • 27-29 Ahaziah is slain at Gur, and buried at Jerusalem
  • 30-37 Proud Jezebel is thrown down out of a window, and eaten by
  • dogs.
  • The Jews say that this was Jonah, the prophet, the son of
  • Amittai.
  • As the upper garments of the Orientals were long and flowing, it
  • was indispensably necessary to tuck uyp the skirts with a girdle
  • about their loins, in order to use any expedition in their work
  • or
  • on a journey.
  • 17716-900823-2143-2Ki9.2
  • Jehoram having retired from the army, Jehu seems to have been
  • left
  • first in command, having been long employed by Ahab's family.
  • 17717-900823-2144-2Ki9.3
  • 17718-900823-2147-2Ki9.4
  • Hannaar hannavee, not as some would render, ` the servant of the
  • prophet,' but, as correctly rendered by our venerable
  • translators,
  • `the young man, the prophet;' for () hannaar, `the young man,'
  • is
  • not in {regimine}, but in {appositione,} with (), hannavee, `the
  • prophet.'
  • 17719-900823-2147-2Ki9.5
  • 17720-900823-2148-2Ki9.6
  • 17721-900823-2149-2Ki9.7
  • 17722-900823-2150-2Ki9.8
  • 17723-900823-2151-2Ki9.9
  • 17724-900823-2151-2Ki9.10
  • 17725-900823-2154-2Ki9.11
  • It is probable there was something peculiar in the young
  • prophet's
  • manner and address, similar to the vehement actions sometimes
  • used
  • by the prophets when under the Divine influence, which cause the
  • bystanders to use this contemptuous language.
  • 17726-900823-2154-2Ki9.12
  • 17727-900823-2203-2Ki9.13
  • The spreading of garments in the street, before persons to whom
  • it
  • was intended to shew particular honour, was an ancient and very
  • general custom; the garments in this case being used for
  • carpets.
  • In the Agamennon of AEschylus, the hypocritocal Clytemnestra
  • commands the maids to spead carpets before her returning
  • husband,
  • that on his descending from his cahriot he may place his foot on
  • `a purple-covered path.' We also find this custom among the
  • Romans. Plutarch relates, that when Cato of Utica left the
  • Macedonian army, where he had become legionary tribune, the
  • soldiers sperad their clothes in the way.
  • The ancient fortified cities were generally strengthened with a
  • citadel, (Ju 9.46,51) commonly built on an eminence, to which
  • they
  • ascended by a {flight of stairs}, (Ne 3.15) It is extremely
  • probable, therefore, that Ramoth-gilead, being a frontier town
  • of Israel and Syria, had a tower of this nature; and that Jehu
  • was
  • proclaimed king on the {top of the stairs} by which they
  • ascended
  • the hill on which the tower stood, i.e, in the area before the
  • door of the tower, and consequently the most public place in the
  • city.
  • 17728-900824-2055-2Ki9.14
  • 17729-900824-2056-2Ki9.15
  • 17730-900824-2057-2Ki9.16
  • 17731-900824-2100-2Ki9.17
  • 17732-900824-2101-2Ki9.18
  • 17734-900824-2102-2Ki9.20
  • 17735-900824-2103-2Ki9.21
  • 17736-900824-2105-2Ki9.22
  • 17737-900824-2105-2Ki9.23
  • 17738-900824-2107-2Ki9.24
  • 17739-900824-2107-2Ki9.25
  • 17740-900824-2108-2Ki9.26
  • 17741-900824-2110-2Ki9.27
  • 17742-900824-2111-2Ki9.28
  • 17743-900824-2113-2Ki9.29
  • his sickness.'
  • 17744-900824-2114-2Ki9.30
  • 17745-900824-2115-2Ki9.31
  • 17746-900824-2116-2Ki9.32
  • 17747-900824-2119-2Ki9.33
  • This terrible mode of punishment appears to have been but rarely
  • used, though we occasionally meet with it during this and
  • subsequent periods. The same punishment, it is well known,
  • obtained among the Romans, who used to throw certain malefactors
  • from the Tarpeian rock. This practice obtains among the Moors at
  • Constantia, a town of Barbary; and is also of frequent
  • occurrence
  • in Persia.
  • 17748-900824-2120-2Ki9.34
  • 17749-900824-2121-2Ki9.35
  • 17750-900824-2122-2Ki9.36
  • 17751-900824-2122-2Ki9.37
  • 17752-900824-2127-2Ki10.1
  • beheaded
  • 8-11 He excuses the fact by the prophecy of Elijah
  • 12-14 At the shearing house he slays two and forty of Ahaziah's
  • brethren
  • 15-17 He takes Jehonadab into his company
  • 18-28 By subtilty he destroys all the worshippers of Baal
  • 29-31 Jehu follows Jeroboam's sins
  • 32,33 Hazael oppresses Israel
  • 34-36 Jehoahaz succeeds Jehu
  • 17753-900824-2128-2Ki10.2
  • 17754-900824-2128-2Ki10.3
  • 17755-900824-2129-2Ki10.4
  • 17756-900824-2130-2Ki10.5
  • 17757-900824-2134-2Ki10.6
  • or wet nurse for their children. If a boy, the father appoints a
  • steady man from the age of two years to be his laleh, who, I
  • conjecture, must stand in the same capacity as the bringers up
  • of
  • children mentioned in the catastrophe of Ahab's sons. But if it
  • be
  • a daughter, she has a {gees sefeed} or white head, attached to
  • her
  • for the same purpose as the {laleh}.'
  • 17758-900824-2135-2Ki10.7
  • 17759-900824-2138-2Ki10.8
  • Such barbarities are by no means uncommon in the East. `It has
  • been know to occur,' says Mr. Morier, `after the combat was
  • over,
  • that prisoners have been put to death in cold blood, in order
  • that
  • the heads, which are immediately despatched to the king, and
  • deposited in heaps at the place gates, might make a more
  • considerable show.'
  • 17760-900824-2138-2Ki10.9
  • 17761-900824-2140-2Ki10.10
  • 17762-900824-2141-2Ki10.11
  • 17763-900824-2142-2Ki10.12
  • 17764-900824-2143-2Ki10.13
  • 17765-900824-2143-2Ki10.14
  • 17766-900824-2153-2Ki10.15
  • assisting him into the chariot, but that he might give him an
  • assurance that he would assist him in the prosecution of his
  • desires; for {giving the hand} is considered as a pledge of
  • friendship and fidelity, or a form of entering into a contract,
  • among all nations. Mr. Bruce relates, that when he entreated the
  • protection of a sheikh, the great people who were assembled
  • came,
  • `and after {joining hands}, repeated a kind of prayer, of about
  • two minutes long; by which they declared themselves and their
  • children accursed, if ever they lifted their hands against me in
  • the {tell} (or field) in the desert, or on the river; or, in
  • case
  • that I, or mine, should fly to them to refuge, if they did not
  • protect us at the risk of their lives, their families, and their
  • fortunes, or, as they emphetically expressed it, to the death of
  • the last male child among them.' Another striking instance
  • occurs
  • in Ockley's {History of the Saracens.} Telha, just before he
  • died, asked one of Ali's men if he belonged to the emperor of
  • the
  • faithful; and being informed that he did, `Give me then,' said
  • he,
  • `your hand, that I may put mine in it, and by this action renew
  • the oath of fidelity which I have already made to Ali.'
  • 17767-900824-2156-2Ki10.16
  • 17768-900824-2157-2Ki10.17
  • 17769-900824-2158-2Ki10.18
  • 17770-900824-2159-2Ki10.19
  • 17771-900824-2200-2Ki10.20
  • 17772-900824-2201-2Ki10.21
  • mouth.
  • 17773-900824-2202-2Ki10.22
  • 17774-900824-2203-2Ki10.23
  • 17775-900824-2205-2Ki10.24
  • 17776-900824-2206-2Ki10.25
  • 17777-900824-2207-2Ki10.26
  • 17778-900824-2209-2Ki10.27
  • This was and ancient mode of degradation, which still continues
  • in
  • the East; and we are informed, that Abbas the Great, king of
  • Persia, having conquered Bagdad, treated the tomb of Hanifah,
  • one
  • of the fathers of the church among the Turks, in a similar
  • manner.
  • 17780-900824-2211-2Ki10.29
  • 17781-900824-2212-2Ki10.30
  • 17782-900824-2214-2Ki10.31
  • 17783-900824-2214-2Ki10.32
  • 17784-900824-2215-2Ki10.33
  • 17785-900824-2217-2Ki10.34
  • 17786-900824-2217-2Ki10.35
  • 17787-900824-2218-2Ki10.36
  • 17788-900824-2233-2Ki11.1
  • massacre of the seed royal, is hid six years in the house
  • of God
  • 13-16 Jehoiada, giving order to the captains, in the seventh
  • year
  • anoints him king
  • 17-21 Jehoiada restores the worship of God
  • Abyssinia. Judith `surprised the rock Damo, and slew the whole
  • of
  • the princes, to the number, it is said, of about 400;' while the
  • infant king, Del Naad, was conveyed for safety to a loyal
  • province, and afterwards restored.
  • 17789-900824-2238-2Ki11.2
  • thinks does not mean a room to sleep in, but a chamber used as a
  • {repository for beds}; for, in the East, they sleep upon cotton
  • matresses, `of which they have several in great houses, against
  • they should have occasion, and a room on purposed for them.'
  • 17790-900824-2238-2Ki11.3
  • 17791-900824-2240-2Ki11.4
  • 17792-900824-2241-2Ki11.5
  • 17793-900824-2246-2Ki11.6
  • 17794-900824-2246-2Ki11.7
  • 17795-900824-2247-2Ki11.8
  • 17796-900824-2247-2Ki11.9
  • 17797-900824-2250-2Ki11.10
  • Josephus states that, for fear of creating suspicion, they came
  • unarmed, `and Jehoida having opend the arsenal in the temple
  • which
  • David had prepared, he divided among the centurions, priests,
  • and
  • Levites, the spears (arrows), and quivers, and all other kinds
  • of
  • weapons whhich he found there.'
  • 17798-900824-2251-2Ki11.11
  • 17799-900824-2257-2Ki11.12
  • `they clapped the hand,' which Mr Harmer thinks was similar to
  • the
  • mode in which Oriental females express their respect for persons
  • of high rank, by gently applying one their hands to their mouth.
  • So Pitts relate, that in some of the towns of Barabary, the
  • leaders of the sacred caravan being received with loud
  • acclamations, `the very women get upon the tops of the houses to
  • view the parade, or fine show, where they keep striking their
  • four
  • fingers on their lips, as fast as they can, making a joyful
  • noise
  • all the while.'
  • 17800-900825-0842-2Ki11.13
  • 17801-900825-0845-2Ki11.14
  • The Orientals considered a seat by a pillar or column as
  • particularly honourable.
  • 17802-900825-0846-2Ki11.15
  • 17803-900825-0847-2Ki11.16
  • 17804-900825-0849-2Ki11.17
  • 17805-900825-0851-2Ki11.18
  • 17806-900825-0852-2Ki11.19
  • 17807-900825-0853-2Ki11.20
  • 17808-900825-0854-2Ki11.21
  • 17809-900825-0857-2Ki12.1
  • 4-16 He gives order for the repair of the temple
  • 17,18 Hazael is diverted from Jerusalem by a present of the
  • hallowed treasures
  • 19-21 Jehoash being slain, Amaziah succeeds him
  • 17810-900825-0858-2Ki12.2
  • 17811-900825-0858-2Ki12.3
  • 17812-900825-0903-2Ki12.4
  • 17813-900825-0903-2Ki12.5
  • 17814-900825-0905-2Ki12.6
  • 17815-900825-0906-2Ki12.7
  • 17817-900825-0907-2Ki12.9
  • 17818-900825-0913-2Ki12.10
  • Sir J. Chardin informs us, `it is a custom of Persia always to
  • seal up bags of money; and the money of the king's treasure is
  • not
  • told, but is received by bags sealed up.' These are what are
  • called in the East {purses}; each of which, as Maillet informs
  • us,
  • contains money to the amount of 1500 livres, or about 63l. of
  • our
  • money. The money thus collected for the reparation of the
  • temple,
  • seems, in like manner, to have been reckoned in bags of equal
  • value to each other; as we can scarcely imagine the placing it
  • in
  • bags would otherwise have been mentioned. The value of a Jewish
  • purse is unknown; but the bags mentioned in 2ki 5.23, amounted
  • to
  • a talent.
  • 17819-900825-0913-2Ki12.11
  • 17820-900825-0914-2Ki12.12
  • 17821-900825-0917-2Ki12.13
  • That is, there were no vessels made for the service of the
  • temple
  • till all the outward repairs were completed; but, when this was
  • done, `they brought the rest of the money before the king and
  • Jehoiada, whereof were made vessles of gold and silver,' (2ch
  • 24.14) to replace those which had been taken away by Atahaliah
  • and
  • her sons.
  • 17823-900825-0918-2Ki12.15
  • 17824-900825-0918-2Ki12.16
  • 17825-900825-0920-2Ki12.17
  • 17826-900825-0923-2Ki12.18
  • He dearly bought, by such unhallowed means, a peace which was of
  • short duration; for the next year Hazael returned, and Jehoash
  • having no more treasures, was obliged to hazard a battle, which
  • he
  • lost, and the principal part of his nobility, so that Judah was
  • totally ruined, and Jehoash soon after slain in his bed by his
  • own
  • servants.
  • 17827-900825-0924-2Ki12.19
  • 17828-900825-0925-2Ki12.20
  • 17829-900825-0928-2Ki12.21
  • This person is called Zabad in Chronicles, and Shimeath his
  • mother
  • is said to be an Ammonitess; and Jehozabad is said to be the
  • son,
  • not of Shomer, but of Shimrith, a Moabitess. Who the fathers of
  • these two persons were we know not, they were probably
  • foreigners
  • and aliens. Some suppose that they belonged to the king's
  • chamber, and therefore could have easy access to him.
  • 17830-900825-0933-2Ki13.1
  • 3-7 Jehoahaz, oppressed by Hazael, is relieved by prayer
  • 8,9 Joash succeeds him
  • 10,11 His wicked reign
  • 12,13 Jeroboam succeeds him
  • 14-19 Elisha dying, prophesies to Joash three victories over the
  • Syrians
  • 20,21 The Moabites invading the land, Elisha's bones raise a
  • dead
  • man.
  • 22-25 Joash gets three victories over Ben-hadad
  • 17831-900825-0938-2Ki13.2
  • 17832-900825-0942-2Ki13.3
  • Rather `all his days;' for Joash son of Jehoahaz delivered
  • Israel from Ben-hadad
  • 17833-900825-0946-2Ki13.4
  • 17834-900825-0948-2Ki13.5
  • This saviour was undoubtedly Joash, whose successful wars are
  • subsequetnly detailed. Houbigant recommends to read the
  • {seventh}
  • verse after the {fourth}.
  • 17835-900825-0950-2Ki13.6
  • 17836-900825-0951-2Ki13.7
  • 17837-900825-0952-2Ki13.8
  • 17838-900825-0954-2Ki13.9
  • 17839-900825-0956-2Ki13.10
  • Joash, the son of Jehoahaz, was associated with his father in
  • the
  • government two years before his death. It is this association
  • that is spoken of here. Joash reigned con-jointly with his
  • father.
  • 17840-900825-0956-2Ki13.11
  • 17841-900825-0957-2Ki13.12
  • 17842-900825-0958-2Ki13.13
  • 17843-900825-1000-2Ki13.14
  • 17845-900825-1000-2Ki13.16
  • 17846-900825-1003-2Ki13.17
  • This was a symbolical action, indicative of the deliverance of
  • Israel from Syria. It was an ancient custom to shoot an arrow or
  • cast a spear into a country before the commencement of
  • hostilities.
  • 17847-900825-1004-2Ki13.18
  • 17848-900825-1005-2Ki13.19
  • 17849-900825-1006-2Ki13.20
  • 17850-900825-1007-2Ki13.21
  • 17851-900825-1008-2Ki13.22
  • 17852-900825-1012-2Ki13.23
  • 17853-900825-1012-2Ki13.24
  • 17854-900825-1013-2Ki13.25
  • 17855-900825-1017-2Ki14.1
  • 5,6 His justice on the murderers of his father
  • 7 His victory over Edom
  • 8-14 Amaziah, provoking Jehoash, is overcome and spoiled
  • 15-16 Jeroboam succeeds Jehoash
  • 17-20 Amaziah slain by a conspiracy
  • 21,22 Azariah succeeds him
  • 23-27 Jeroboam's wicked reign
  • 28,29 Zachariah succeeds him
  • 17857-900825-1019-2Ki14.3
  • 17858-900825-1019-2Ki14.4
  • 17859-900825-1020-2Ki14.5
  • 17860-900825-1020-2Ki14.6
  • 17861-900825-1029-2Ki14.7
  • Some suppose that the {Valley of Salt} was south of the Dead, or
  • Salt Sea, twords the land of Edom; and others suppose it to be
  • the
  • Valley of Salt, about three or four miles south-east of Palmyra,
  • which now supplies, in a great measure, the surrounding country
  • with salt.
  • Greek signifies a {rock}, the celebrated capital of Arabia
  • Petreaea. Strabo places it three or four days' journey from
  • Jericho, and five days' journey from the forest of palm trees on
  • the Red Sea. Pliny places it 600 miles from Gaza, and 125 from
  • the Persian Gulf; but Cellarius and Reland very justly consider
  • that the numbers have been changed, and that we ought to read
  • 125
  • miles from Gaza, and 600 from the Persian Gulf. Eusebius places
  • Beerothbenajaakan 30 miles west from Petra, and Ellath ten miles
  • east; and Burckhardt discovered the ruins of this ancient city
  • in
  • a valley called Wady Mousa.
  • 17862-900825-1030-2Ki14.8
  • 17863-900825-1036-2Ki14.9
  • job 31.18 {thistle}, in 1sa 13.6 {thicket} in is 34.13,
  • {bramble},and in 2ch 33.11 pr 26.9 ca 2.2 ho 9.6 thorn, is
  • probably the black thorn, or sloe tree, the prunus spinosa of
  • Linnaeues, as the same word signifies in Arabic. There is a vast
  • deal of insolent dignity in this remonstrance of Jehoash; but it
  • has nothing conciliatory; no proposal of making amends for the
  • injury his army had done to the unoffending inhabitants of
  • Judah.
  • incautious passenger, is made the emblem of the house of Judah
  • and
  • David, while the house of Jehu is represented by the stately
  • cedar.
  • 17864-900825-1040-2Ki14.10
  • 17865-900825-1042-2Ki14.11
  • 17866-900825-1042-2Ki14.12
  • 17867-900825-1044-2Ki14.13
  • 17868-900825-1044-2Ki14.14
  • 17869-900825-1045-2Ki14.15
  • 17870-900825-1046-2Ki14.16
  • 17871-900825-1047-2Ki14.17
  • 17872-900825-1048-2Ki14.18
  • 17873-900825-1049-2Ki14.19
  • 17874-900825-1049-2Ki14.20
  • 17875-900825-1050-2Ki14.21
  • 17876-900825-1054-2Ki14.22
  • Elath, the Aela or Elana of the Greek and Roman writers, was a
  • celebrated port situated at the extremity of the eastern branch
  • of
  • the Red Sea, hence called the Elanitic Gulf, ten miles east from
  • Petra, according to Eusebius, and 150 Roman miles from Gaza
  • according to Pliny, but 1260 stadia, or 157 miles, according to
  • Strabo and Marcianus Herecleota. It is now called Akaba, and is
  • nothing but a tower of catle, surrounded by a large grove of
  • date
  • trees, the residence of a governor, dependent on him of Grand
  • Cairo.
  • 17877-900825-1055-2Ki14.23
  • 17878-900825-1056-2Ki14.24
  • 17879-900825-1057-2Ki14.25
  • 17880-900825-1058-2Ki14.26
  • 17881-900825-1059-2Ki14.27
  • 17882-900825-1101-2Ki14.28
  • These places belonged to Judah by David's conquest, (2Sa 3.11,)
  • but had been repossessed by the Syrians.
  • 17883-900825-1102-2Ki14.29
  • 17884-900825-1153-2Ki15.1
  • 5-7 He dying a leper, Jotham succeeds
  • 8-12 Zachariah the last of Jehu's generation, reigning ill, is
  • slain by Shallum
  • 13-15 Shallum, reigning a month, is slain by Nenahem
  • 16-20 Menahem strengthens himself by Pul
  • 21,22 Pekahiah succeeds him
  • 23-26 Pekinah is slain by Pekah
  • 27-31 Pekah is oppressed by Tiglath-pileser, and slain by Hoshea
  • 32-35 Jotham's good reign
  • 36-38 Ahaz succeeds him
  • partnership in the kingdom with his father, who made him consort
  • at his going to the Syrian wars. It is the sixteenth year of
  • Jeroboam's monarchy.'
  • 17886-900825-1538-2Ki15.3
  • 17887-900825-1539-2Ki15.4
  • 17888-900825-1542-2Ki15.5
  • 17889-900825-1548-2Ki15.6
  • Dr. kennicott complains loudly here of `the corruption in the
  • name
  • of this king of Judah, who is expressed by {four} different
  • names
  • in this chapter; Ozriah, Oziah, Ozrihu, and Ozihu. Our oldest
  • Hebrew MS relieves us here, by reading truly, in verses 1, 6, 7,
  • Uzziah, where the printed text is differently corrupted. This
  • reading is called {true},
  • 1. Because it is supported by the Syriac and Arabic versions in
  • these three verses
  • 2. Because it is so expressed in the parallel place in
  • Chronicles
  • 3. Because the printed text has it so in verses 32 and 24 of
  • this
  • very chapter
  • 4. Because it is not (Azarias), but (Ozias,) Uziah in St.
  • Matthew's genealogy
  • 17890-900825-1549-2Ki15.7
  • 17891-900825-1550-2Ki15.8
  • 17892-900825-1550-2Ki15.9
  • 17893-900825-1552-2Ki15.10
  • 17894-900825-1552-2Ki15.11
  • 17895-900825-1553-2Ki15.12
  • 17896-900825-1555-2Ki15.13
  • 17897-900825-1555-2Ki15.14
  • 17898-900825-1556-2Ki15.15
  • 17899-900825-1557-2Ki15.16
  • 17900-900825-1557-2Ki15.17
  • 17901-900825-1557-2Ki15.18
  • 17902-900825-1601-2Ki15.19
  • Prideaux supposes that this Pul was the father of the famous
  • Sardanapaulus, who was called Sardan with his father's name Pul
  • annexed, as was frequent in those times, making Sadanpul: thus
  • Merodach, king of Babylon, was Merodach
  • -Baladan, because he was
  • the son Baladan. This Pul began to reign accordig to Usher, A.M.
  • 3237, the fifth year of Menahem; and he is supposed to be the
  • same
  • that reigned in Nineveh, when Jonah preached in that city.
  • 17903-900825-1604-2Ki15.20
  • to the king of Assyria fifty shekels of silver for each man,' i.
  • e,
  • in his army. It may be supposed, that Menahem compelled `the
  • mighty men of wealth' to give much more a-piece than this sum,
  • (somewhat about 5l. sterling each) and each of them in some
  • proportion to his affluence
  • 17904-900825-1605-2Ki15.21
  • 17906-900825-1606-2Ki15.23
  • 17907-900825-1606-2Ki15.24
  • 17908-900825-1608-2Ki15.25
  • From the context of the Hebrew text, it would appear that Argob
  • and Arieh were slain with the king, and that the fifty
  • Gileadites
  • were conspirators with Pekah.
  • 17909-900825-1609-2Ki15.26
  • 17910-900825-1610-2Ki15.27
  • 17911-900825-1610-2Ki15.28
  • 17912-900825-1617-2Ki15.29
  • Some suppose Tiglath-pileser to be the son of Sardanapalus: but
  • the learned Prideaux makes him the same as Arbace the Mede,
  • called
  • by Aeliam, Thelgamus, and by Castor, Ninus Junior, who, with
  • Belesis, headed the conspiracy against Sardanapalus, and fixed
  • his
  • royal seat at Nineveh, as Belesis, called in Scripture Baladan
  • (Is
  • 39.1) did his at Babylon. He reigned nineteen years, from A.M.
  • 3257 to A.M. 3276
  • 17913-900825-1619-2Ki15.30
  • `After an anarch for some years.' in the twentieth `In the
  • fourth
  • year of Ahaz, in the twentieth year after Jotham had begun to
  • reign.'-
  • -Usher
  • 17914-900825-1620-2Ki15.31
  • 17915-900825-1621-2Ki15.32
  • 17916-900825-1622-2Ki15.33
  • 17917-900825-1622-2Ki15.34
  • 17918-900825-1623-2Ki15.35
  • 17919-900825-1623-2Ki15.36
  • 17920-900825-1629-2Ki15.37
  • In those days. `At the end of Jotham's reign.' This Jotham died
  • at forty-one. He was too great a blessing to be continued long
  • to
  • such an unworthy people. His death was a judgment, especially
  • considering the character of ahaz, his son and successor: for we
  • read,
  • Hezekiah, who served the Lord, and whose prayer in sickness was
  • most graciously herd and answered.
  • 17921-900825-1630-2Ki15.38
  • 17922-900825-1636-2Ki16.1
  • 5-9 Ahaz, assailed by Rezin and Pekah, hires Tiglath-pilser
  • against them
  • 10-16 Ahaz, sending a pattern of an altar from Damascus to
  • Urijah,
  • diverts the brazen altar to his own devotions,
  • 17,18 He spoils the temple
  • 19,20 Hezekiah succeeds him
  • 17923-900825-1637-2Ki16.2
  • 17924-900825-1642-2Ki16.3
  • 17925-900825-1642-2Ki16.4
  • 17926-900825-1643-2Ki16.5
  • 17927-900825-1644-2Ki16.6
  • 17928-900825-1646-2Ki16.7
  • 17929-900825-1647-2Ki16.8
  • 17930-900825-1651-2Ki16.9
  • Josephus informs us that this place was in Upper Media; and it
  • is
  • clear that it must be understood of some city or country in the
  • dominions of the king of Assyria. It is highly probable that it
  • was the country on the banks of the river Cyrus, or Kyrus, now
  • called Kur, or Kura; and we find cities called Cyropolis,
  • Cyrena,
  • and Carine, mentioned by writers as lying in these parts, and a
  • part of Media, called Syromedia, as it is thought, from the
  • Syrians who were carried captive thither.
  • 17931-900825-1652-2Ki16.10
  • 17932-900825-1655-2Ki16.11
  • 17933-900825-1656-2Ki16.12
  • 17934-900825-1658-2Ki16.13
  • 17935-900825-1658-2Ki16.14
  • 17936-900825-1700-2Ki16.15
  • 17937-900825-1701-2Ki16.16
  • 17938-900825-1702-2Ki16.17
  • 17939-900825-1705-2Ki16.18
  • but it is probable that it was either, as Locke supposes, a sort
  • of shelter or canopy erected for the people on the sabbath when
  • the crowd was too great for the porch to contain them; or, as
  • Dr.
  • Geddes supposes, a seat, covered with a canopy, placed on an
  • elevation, for the king and his court, when they attended public
  • worship.
  • 17940-900825-1707-2Ki16.19
  • 17941-900825-1709-2Ki16.20
  • 17942-900825-1716-2Ki17.1
  • 3,4 Being subdued by Shalmaneser, he conspires against him with
  • So, king of Egypt
  • 5-23 Samaria for sinning is led into captivity
  • 24-41 The strange nations which were transplanted into Samaria
  • being plagued with lions, make a mixture of religions.
  • which Calmet thus reconciles: `Hosea conspired against Pekah,
  • the
  • 20th year of the reign of this prince, which was the 18th of
  • Jotham, king of Judah. Two years after this, that is, the 4th of
  • Ahaz and the 20th of Jotham, Hosea made himself master of a part
  • of the kingdom, according to ch. 15.30 Finally, the 12th year of
  • Ahaz, Hosea had peaceable possession of the whole kingdom,
  • agreeably to ch 17.1.'
  • 17943-900825-1716-2Ki17.2
  • 17944-900825-1720-2Ki17.3
  • This was the son and successor of Tiglath-pileser: he reigned 14
  • years, from A.M. 3276 to 3290
  • 17945-900825-1722-2Ki17.4
  • 17946-900825-1723-2Ki17.5
  • 17947-900825-1725-2Ki17.6
  • 17948-900825-1727-2Ki17.7
  • 17949-900825-1728-2Ki17.8
  • 17950-900825-1729-2Ki17.9
  • 17951-900825-1730-2Ki17.10
  • 17952-900825-1731-2Ki17.11
  • 17953-900825-1732-2Ki17.12
  • 17954-900825-1734-2Ki17.13
  • 17955-900825-1738-2Ki17.14
  • 17956-900825-1740-2Ki17.15
  • 17957-900825-1742-2Ki17.16
  • 17958-900825-1744-2Ki17.17
  • 17959-900825-1746-2Ki17.18
  • 17960-900825-1747-2Ki17.19
  • 17961-900825-1749-2Ki17.20
  • 17962-900825-1751-2Ki17.21
  • 17963-900825-1752-2Ki17.22
  • 17964-900825-1753-2Ki17.23
  • 17965-900825-1754-2Ki17.24
  • 17966-900825-1756-2Ki17.25
  • 17967-900825-1756-2Ki17.26
  • 17968-900825-1757-2Ki17.27
  • 17969-900825-1757-2Ki17.28
  • 17970-900825-1758-2Ki17.29
  • 17971-900825-1802-2Ki17.30
  • Succoth benoth, literally `the tents of the duaghters'
  • Cuth is probably the Cush watered by the Gihon, or Araxes, now
  • Aras (Ge 2.13) the ancient country of the Scythians, where we
  • meet
  • with Quittians, Coethians, of Coetae, and Cytheans, and the
  • cities
  • of Cotatis, Cetemane, Dythanum, Cyta, Cethena, etc.
  • Supposed to denote the solar orb; the emblem of which, according
  • to the Rabbins, was a cock.
  • Jarchi says this idol was of the form of a goat.
  • 17972-900825-1804-2Ki17.31
  • Supposed to be the same as the Anubis of the Egyptians; and was
  • in
  • form partly a dog and partly a man.
  • 17973-900825-1805-2Ki17.32
  • 17974-900825-1810-2Ki17.33
  • The new inhabitants of the land imitated the idolatrous
  • Israelites, by associating their idols with jehovah, as the
  • objects of worship. The reaminder, however, of the verses seem
  • to
  • relate to the Israelites after they were carried captive. They
  • still persevered in idolatry and disobedience; and not being
  • purified, were left to be consumed in the furnace. it is said
  • that the Israelites `did not fear the Lord,' yet the heathens,
  • who
  • followed their example, are said `to have feared the Lord.' The
  • Israelites did not so much as fear the wrath of Almighty god;
  • but,
  • on the other hand, the poor pagans feared the power of his
  • wrath,
  • and to avert it paid some ignorant worship, according to the
  • wretched instructions given them. as this was an external
  • acknowledgement of his power and God-head, and a homage paid to
  • him,he was pleased in consequence to withdraw his judgements
  • from
  • them.-
  • -SCOTT
  • 17975-900825-1812-2Ki17.34
  • 17976-900825-1813-2Ki17.35
  • 17977-900825-1814-2Ki17.36
  • 17978-900825-1816-2Ki17.37
  • 17979-900825-1816-2Ki17.38
  • 17980-900825-1817-2Ki17.39
  • 17981-900825-1818-2Ki17.40
  • 17982-900825-1819-2Ki17.41
  • 17983-900825-1822-2Ki18.1
  • 4-8 He destroys idolatry, and prospers
  • 9-12 The inhabitants of Samaria are carried captive for their
  • sins
  • 13-16 Sennacherib invading Judah, is pacified by a tribute
  • 17-37 Rab-shakeh, by blaphemous persuasions, solicits the
  • people to
  • revolt
  • 17984-900825-1825-2Ki18.2
  • As Ahaz ws 20 years old when he began to reign, and died when he
  • had reigned 16 years, his whole age only amounted to 36 years;
  • and
  • as Hezekiah was, at least, entering on his 25th year when he
  • began
  • to reign, then Ahaz must have been under 12 years of age when
  • his
  • son was born! This is not at all impossible: and there are
  • well-attested facts of men having children at as early a period,
  • especially in eastern countries.
  • 17985-900825-1826-2Ki18.3
  • 17986-900825-1830-2Ki18.4
  • that is, a piece of brass
  • 17987-900825-1832-2Ki18.5
  • 17988-900825-2143-2Ki18.6
  • None of the kings of judah, from the time of the division of the
  • kingdomn, equalled Hezekiah in the stedfastness and simplicity
  • oh
  • his dependence upon the Lord; in which he aspired to an equality
  • with his progenitor David, who had reigned over the whole land.
  • Even Asa, through weakness of faith, sought the assistance of a
  • heathen prince; and Jehosaphat formed an alliance with
  • idolatrous
  • Ahab; but Hezekiah clave to the Lord, in entire confidence and
  • unreserved obedience, to the end of his life.
  • 17989-900825-2145-2Ki18.7
  • 17990-900825-2145-2Ki18.8
  • 17991-900825-2146-2Ki18.9
  • 17992-900825-2148-2Ki18.10
  • 17993-900825-2151-2Ki18.11
  • It is thought, with much probability, that Halah, or Chalach, is
  • Ptolemy's Calachene, the northern part of Assyria; that habor,
  • or
  • Chabor, is the mountain or mountainous country, between Media
  • and
  • Assyria, called by Ptolemy, Charboras; and that Gozan is
  • Gauzanitis of Ptolemy, situated between that mountain and the
  • Caspian sea, and between the two channels of the river Cyrus.
  • 17994-900825-2152-2Ki18.12
  • 17995-900825-2153-2Ki18.13
  • 17996-900825-2154-2Ki18.14
  • 17997-900825-2154-2Ki18.15
  • 17998-900825-2155-2Ki18.16
  • 17999-900825-2159-2Ki18.17
  • Calmet remarks, that these are not the names of persons, but of
  • offices: Tartan signifies `he who presides over gifts or
  • tribute;'
  • Rabsaris, `the chief of the eunuchs;' and rabshakeh, `the chief
  • cup-bearer.'
  • If the Fuller's field were near En
  • -Rogel, or the Fuller's fountain
  • east of Jersualem, as is generally supposed, then the conduit of
  • the upper pool may been an aqueduct that brought the water from
  • the upper or eastern reservoir of that fountain, which had been
  • siezed in order to distress the city.
  • 18000-900825-2200-2Ki18.18
  • 18001-900825-2203-2Ki18.19
  • He was the chief speaker, being a very eloquent man, and,
  • according to the Hebrews, whom Procopius follows, an apostate
  • Jew; which is not improbable, as he spoke Hebrew so fluently;
  • and
  • when he blasphemed the Divine Majesty, the king and nobles rent
  • their clothes, which was usual unless the blasphemer were an
  • Israelite.
  • 18002-900825-2204-2Ki18.20
  • strength are for the war.
  • 18003-900825-2206-2Ki18.21
  • 18004-900825-2206-2Ki18.22
  • 18005-900825-2208-2Ki18.23
  • 18006-900825-2209-2Ki18.24
  • 18007-900825-2210-2Ki18.25
  • 18008-900825-2211-2Ki18.26
  • Perceiving that the object of this blasphemous caitiff was to
  • stir
  • up the people to sedition, they mildly and reasonably required
  • him to make his proposals in the Syrian language.
  • 18009-900825-2212-2Ki18.27
  • 18010-900825-2213-2Ki18.28
  • 18011-900825-2214-2Ki18.29
  • 18012-900825-2215-2Ki18.30
  • 18013-900825-2216-2Ki18.31
  • blessing
  • 18014-900825-2217-2Ki18.32
  • 18015-900825-2218-2Ki18.33
  • 18016-900825-2224-2Ki18.34
  • Hamath, there is little doubt, was the Epiphania of the Greeks,
  • as
  • Josephus, Theodoret, and Jerome, expressly assert. It was a
  • celebrated city of Syria, situate on the Orontes, and the
  • present
  • hamah doubtless occupies its site; as Abulfeda, who was prince
  • or
  • emir of Hamah about a.d. 1345, epressly states, in his
  • Description
  • of Syria, that Hamah is an ancient city mentioned in the
  • writings
  • of the israelites. It is still a considerable town, situated on
  • both sides of the Orontes, about three days' journey and half
  • from
  • Tripoli; and must contain, Bruckhardt says, at least 30,000
  • inhabitants.
  • Arpad is probably the town of Arphas, mentioned by Josephus as
  • limiting the province of Gamalitis, Gaulanitis, Batanea, and
  • Trachonitis, to the N.E.; and the Raphan, or Raphanea, which
  • Stephanus places near Epiphania.
  • 18017-900825-2224-2Ki18.35
  • 18018-900825-2225-2Ki18.36
  • 18019-900825-2226-2Ki18.37
  • 18020-900825-2231-2Ki19.1
  • 6,7 Isaiah comforts them
  • 8-13 Sennacherib, going to encounter Tirhakah, sends a
  • blasphemous
  • letter to Hezekiah
  • 14-19 Hezekiah's prayer
  • 20-34 Isaiah's prophecy of the pride and destruction of
  • Sennacherib, and the good of Zion
  • 35 An angel slays the Assyrians
  • 36,37 Sennacherib is slain by his own sons
  • 18021-900825-2232-2Ki19.2
  • 18022-900825-2233-2Ki19.3
  • 18023-900825-2236-2Ki19.4
  • 18025-900825-2237-2Ki19.6
  • 18026-900825-2238-2Ki19.7
  • 18027-900825-2239-2Ki19.8
  • 18028-900825-2245-2Ki19.9
  • When Sennacherib had levied contributions on Hezekiah, he
  • marched
  • his army into Egypt; where, after several successes, he laid
  • siege
  • to Pelusium, and spent much time in it; but hearing that
  • Tirhakah,
  • king of Ethiopia, whom Strabo calls Therchon, was marching
  • against
  • him with a great army, to assist his kinsman Sevechus, or
  • Sethon,
  • the king of Egypt, he durst not abide his coming, raised the
  • siege; and returning to Judea, he encamped against Lachish, and
  • afterwards against libnah. But finding that Tirhakah pursued him
  • as a fugitive, he marched back to encounter him; and having
  • totally routed his army, he returned to wreak his vengeance on
  • Hezekiah.
  • 18029-900825-2246-2Ki19.10
  • 18030-900825-2246-2Ki19.11
  • 18031-900825-2249-2Ki19.12
  • Palmyrene, west of the Euphrates; or rather, Rezipha, in
  • Mesoptamia, east of the Euphrates
  • 18032-900825-2250-2Ki19.13
  • 18033-900825-2251-2Ki19.14
  • 18034-900825-2254-2Ki19.15
  • 18035-900825-2255-2Ki19.16
  • 18036-900825-2256-2Ki19.17
  • 18037-900825-2257-2Ki19.18
  • 18038-900825-2257-2Ki19.19
  • 18039-900825-2259-2Ki19.20
  • 18040-900825-2300-2Ki19.21
  • 18041-900825-2302-2Ki19.22
  • 18042-900825-2304-2Ki19.23
  • thereof.
  • 18043-900825-2307-2Ki19.24
  • I have conquered strange countries, and marched through the
  • driest
  • places, in which I have digged wells for my army.
  • sufficient to dry up all the riers of besieged places, either by
  • drinking them, or by diverting their course into other channels.
  • 18044-900825-2309-2Ki19.25
  • ago, and fromed it of ancient times? Should I now bring it to be
  • laid waste, and fenced cities to be ruinous heaps?
  • 18045-900825-2311-2Ki19.26
  • 18046-900825-2313-2Ki19.27
  • 18047-900825-2315-2Ki19.28
  • This alludes to the method by which the common people manage
  • their beasts in the East, especially the dromedaries, which are
  • governed by a bridle fastened to a ring, which runs through the
  • nostril of the beast.
  • 18048-900825-2316-2Ki19.29
  • 18049-900825-2318-2Ki19.30
  • that remaineth
  • 18050-900825-2319-2Ki19.31
  • 18051-900825-2320-2Ki19.32
  • 18053-900825-2322-2Ki19.34
  • 18054-900825-2324-2Ki19.35
  • 18055-900825-2324-2Ki19.36
  • 18056-900825-2328-2Ki19.37
  • Turcomania and part of Persia; having Gerogia on the north,
  • Curdistan, of the ancient Assyria on the south, and Asia Minor,
  • now Natolia, on the west.
  • 18057-900825-2334-2Ki20.1
  • his life lengthened
  • 8-11 The sun goes ten degrees backward for a sign of that
  • promise
  • 12,13 Berodach-baladan sending to visit Hezekiah, because of the
  • wonder, has notice of his treasures
  • 14-19 Isaiah understanding thereof, foretells the Babylonian
  • captivity
  • 20,21 Manasseh succeeds Hezekiah
  • 18058-900826-0749-2Ki20.2
  • 18059-900826-0755-2Ki20.3
  • 18060-900826-0755-2Ki20.4
  • 18061-900826-0759-2Ki20.5
  • 18062-900826-0800-2Ki20.6
  • 18063-900826-0805-2Ki20.7
  • inflammatory tumor, or burning boil; and some think that
  • Hezekiah's malady was a pleurisy; others that it was the plague;
  • and
  • others the elephantiasis, a species of leprosy, as one of the
  • Hexapla versions renders in Job 2.7. A poultice of figs might be
  • very proper to maturate a boil; or dismiss any obstinate
  • inflammatory swelling; but we need not discuss its propriety in
  • this case, because it was as much the means which God chose to
  • bless for his recovery, as the clay which Christ moistened to
  • anoint the eyes of the blind man; for in both cases, without
  • Divine interposition the cure could no have been effected.
  • 18064-900826-0806-2Ki20.8
  • 18065-900826-0806-2Ki20.9
  • 18066-900826-0807-2Ki20.10
  • 18067-900826-0808-2Ki20.11
  • 18068-900826-0810-2Ki20.12
  • 18069-900826-0811-2Ki20.13
  • 18070-900826-0813-2Ki20.14
  • 18071-900826-0813-2Ki20.15
  • 18072-900826-0814-2Ki20.16
  • 18073-900826-0815-2Ki20.17
  • 18074-900826-0816-2Ki20.18
  • `Fulfilled in Da 1.3-7'
  • 18075-900826-0817-2Ki20.19
  • 18076-900826-0818-2Ki20.20
  • 18077-900826-0819-2Ki20.21
  • 18078-900826-0822-2Ki21.1
  • 3-9 His great idolatry
  • 10-16 His wickedness causes prophecies against Judah
  • 17,18 Amon succeeds him
  • 19-22 Amon's wicked reign
  • 23-26 He being slain by his servants, and those murderers slain
  • by
  • the people, Josiah is made king
  • 18079-900826-0823-2Ki21.2
  • 18080-900826-0826-2Ki21.3
  • Rather, as we have before remarked, Asherah or Astarte. So
  • Castel
  • defines Asherah to be Simulacrum ligneum Astarte icatum; `A
  • wooden image devoted to Astarte.'
  • 18081-900826-0828-2Ki21.4
  • 18082-900826-0829-2Ki21.5
  • 18083-900826-0830-2Ki21.6
  • 18084-900826-0832-2Ki21.7
  • 18085-900826-0833-2Ki21.8
  • 18086-900826-0835-2Ki21.9
  • 18087-900826-0842-2Ki21.10
  • passed, and it is a heavy doom. The prophets were sent in the
  • first
  • place to teach them the knowledge of God, to remind them of
  • their duty,
  • and direct them in it: if they succeeded not in that, their next
  • work was to reprove them for their sins, and to set them in view
  • before them, that they might repent and reform, and return to
  • their duty: if in this they prevailed not, their next work was
  • to
  • foretell the judgments of God, that the terror of them might
  • awaken to repentance those who would not be made sensible of the
  • obligations of his love; or else that the execution of them,
  • in their season, might be a demonstration of the divine mission
  • of
  • the prophets who foretold then. They were made {judges} to those
  • who would not hear and receive them {as teachers.}-
  • -HENRY
  • 18088-900826-0844-2Ki21.11
  • 18089-900826-0846-2Ki21.12
  • 18090-900826-0851-2Ki21.13
  • This metaphor is taken from the custom of using a line in
  • measuring land, and in dividing portions of it among several
  • persons. Samaria was taken, pillaged, and ruined, and its
  • inhabitants carried into captivity: Jerusalem shall have the
  • same
  • measure.
  • I will empty Jerusalem of all its wealth and inhabitants, as
  • truly
  • as a dish turned up and wiped is emptied of its contents.
  • it upon the face thereof.
  • 18091-900826-0853-2Ki21.14
  • 18092-900826-0854-2Ki21.15
  • 18093-900826-0856-2Ki21.16
  • 18094-900826-0856-2Ki21.17
  • 18095-900826-0857-2Ki21.18
  • 18096-900826-0858-2Ki21.19
  • 18097-900826-0859-2Ki21.20
  • 18099-900826-0859-2Ki21.22
  • 18100-900826-0900-2Ki21.23
  • 18101-900826-0901-2Ki21.24
  • 18102-900826-0902-2Ki21.25
  • 18103-900826-0902-2Ki21.26
  • 18104-900826-0907-2Ki22.1
  • 3-7 He takes care for the repair of the temple
  • 8-14 Hilkiah having found a book of the law, Josiah sends to
  • Huldah to enquire of the Lord
  • 15-20 Huldah prophesies the destruction of Jerusalem, but
  • respite
  • thereof in Josiah's time
  • This prince was one of the best, if not the best, of all the
  • Jewish kings since the time of David. He began well, continued
  • well, and ended well.
  • This was a city in the plain county of the tribe of Judah; and
  • is
  • mentioned in the parallel passage along with Lachish and Eglon.
  • 18105-900826-0909-2Ki22.2
  • 18106-900826-0911-2Ki22.3
  • 18107-900826-0914-2Ki22.4
  • Ten years seem to have elapsed since the people began to present
  • the accustomed offerings; yet no one had taken an account of
  • them,
  • nor were they applied to the purpose for which they were given.
  • 18108-900826-0914-2Ki22.5
  • 18110-900826-0915-2Ki22.7
  • 18111-900826-0920-2Ki22.8
  • This certainly was a genuine copy of the divine law, probably
  • the
  • {autograph} of Moses, as it is said, in the parallel place of
  • Chronicles, to be the book of the {law of the Lord by Moses}. It
  • is not probable that this was the only copy of the law in the
  • land, or that Josiah had never before seen the book of Moses;
  • but
  • the fact seems to be, that this was the original of the covenant
  • renewed by Moses in the plains of Moab, and now being
  • unexpectedly
  • found, its antiquity, the occasion of its being made, the
  • present
  • circumstances of the people, the imperfect state in which the
  • reformation was as yet, after all that had been done, would all
  • concur to produce the effect here mentioned on the mind of the
  • pious Josiah.
  • 18112-900826-0921-2Ki22.9
  • 18113-900826-0922-2Ki22.10
  • 18114-900826-0923-2Ki22.11
  • 18115-900826-0925-2Ki22.12
  • 18116-900826-0927-2Ki22.13
  • 18117-900826-0929-2Ki22.14
  • 18118-900826-0929-2Ki22.15
  • 18119-900826-0930-2Ki22.16
  • 18120-900826-0933-2Ki22.17
  • 18121-900826-0934-2Ki22.18
  • 18122-900826-0938-2Ki22.19
  • 18123-900826-0945-2Ki22.20
  • During thy life, none of these calamities shall fall upon thee
  • nor
  • thy people; no adversary shall be permitted to disturb the peace
  • of Judea; and thou shalt at last `be gathered into thy grave in
  • peace.' Now, though it is stated that Pharaoh
  • -Necho slew him at
  • Megiddo, yet the Assyrians and the Jews were at peace; and
  • though
  • Josiah might feel it his duty to oppose the Egyptian king's
  • going
  • against his friend and ally, and that, in his endeavours to
  • oppose
  • him, he was mortally wounded at Megiddor, yet certainly he was
  • not
  • killed there, but was brought to Jerusalem, where he died in
  • peace.
  • 18124-900826-1417-2Ki23.1
  • 3 he renews the covenant of the Lord
  • 4-14 He destroys idolatry
  • 15-20 He burns dead men's bones upon the altar at Beth-el, as
  • was
  • prophesied
  • 21-23 He keeps a most solemn passover
  • 24,25 He puts away witches and all abomination
  • 26-28 God's final wrath against Judah
  • 29,30 Josiah, provoking Pharaoh-nechoh, is slain at Meggido
  • 31-35 Jehoahaz, succeeding him, is imprisoned by Pharaoh-nechoh,
  • who makes Jehoiakim king
  • 36,37 Jehoiakim's wicked reign
  • 18125-900826-1419-2Ki23.2
  • 18126-900826-1422-2Ki23.3
  • 18127-900826-1425-2Ki23.4
  • These were either sauch as occasionally supplied the high
  • priest's
  • office, or those of the {second course} or {order} established
  • by
  • David.
  • 18128-900826-1429-2Ki23.5
  • duodecim signa, `the twelve signs,' i.e, the zodiac; which is
  • the
  • most probable meaning of the word mazzaloth, from the Arabic
  • manzeel, a caravanserai, house, or dwelling, as being the
  • apparent
  • dwellings of the sun in his annual course; and the Targamists
  • and
  • Rabbins often employ the words tereysar mazzalaya, to denote the
  • signs of the zodiac.
  • 18129-900826-1431-2Ki23.6
  • Probably the common people
  • 18130-900826-1432-2Ki23.7
  • 18131-900826-1433-2Ki23.8
  • The northern and southern borders of Judah
  • 18132-900826-1434-2Ki23.9
  • 18133-900826-1436-2Ki23.10
  • 18134-900826-1439-2Ki23.11
  • Throughout the East, the horse because of his swiftness and
  • utility, was dedicated to the sun; and the Greeks and Romans
  • feigned that the chariot of the sun was drawn by four horses,
  • Pyrous, Eous, Aithon, and Phelgon: and hence also chariots were
  • dedicated to that luminary. Jarchi says, that those who adored
  • the sun had horses, which they mounted every morning, to go out
  • to
  • meet him at his rising. The kings of Judah had imitated these
  • idolatrous customs, and kept the horses of the sun even at the
  • entrance of the temple of the Lord!
  • 18135-900826-1441-2Ki23.12
  • 18136-900826-1445-2Ki23.13
  • anoint,' reads `the Mount of Olives.' Jarchi, following the
  • Chaldee, also says this was the Mount of Olives; for this is the
  • mount hammishchah, of unction: but because of the idolatrous
  • purposes for which it was used, the Scripture changed the
  • appealation to the mount of hammashchith, corruption.
  • 18137-900826-1446-2Ki23.14
  • 18138-900826-1447-2Ki23.15
  • 18139-900826-1449-2Ki23.16
  • The Septuagint and Hexaplar Syriac at Paris insert, `when
  • Jeroboam
  • stood by the altar at the feast. And turning about, he cast his
  • eyes on the sepulchre of the man of God'--
  • 18140-900826-1449-2Ki23.17
  • 18141-900826-1450-2Ki23.18
  • 18142-900826-1451-2Ki23.19
  • 18143-900826-1452-2Ki23.20
  • 18144-900826-1453-2Ki23.21
  • 18145-900826-1454-2Ki23.22
  • 18147-900826-1457-2Ki23.24
  • 18148-900826-1458-2Ki23.25
  • 18149-900826-1459-2Ki23.26
  • 18150-900826-1500-2Ki23.27
  • 18151-900826-1501-2Ki23.28
  • 18152-900826-1507-2Ki23.29
  • Pharaoh-nechoh, called (), Necos, the son of Psammiticus, by
  • Herodotus, was now marching `to make war upon the Medes and
  • Babylonians, who had dissolved the Assyrian empire,' the king of
  • the latter being the famoun Nabopollasar, who had also become
  • king
  • of Assyria.
  • Megiddo, called () Magdolum, by Herodotus, was situated in the
  • tribe of Manasseh, west of Jordan, in the valley of Jezreel,
  • and not
  • far fron Hadad
  • -Rimmon, or Maximianopolis. This shews that Josiah
  • reigned over the courtry formerly possessed by the ten tribes;
  • and
  • it is also probable, that nechoh had landed his troops at or
  • near
  • Caesarea of Palestine.
  • 18153-900826-1508-2Ki23.30
  • 18154-900826-1509-2Ki23.31
  • 18155-900826-1509-2Ki23.32
  • 18156-900826-1515-2Ki23.33
  • Theodoret (in Je ch 46) expressly affirms that Ribla or Reblatha
  • was in his time called Emesa. Emesa was a city of Syria,
  • situated
  • on the Orontes, and, according to the Antonine Itinerary, 18
  • miles
  • from laodeciea ad Libanum. It is now called Hos, or hems, about
  • eight hours, or twenty-four miles S.E. of Hamah or hamath, in
  • the
  • road to Damascus. The present town only occupies about one
  • quarted of the space contained within the ancient walls, which
  • apparently date from the time of the Saracens.
  • Here is nothing remarkable, except a Roman sepulchre, and a
  • large
  • castle in ruins.
  • 18157-900826-1517-2Ki23.34
  • 18158-900826-1517-2Ki23.35
  • 18159-900826-1519-2Ki23.36
  • Josephus here reads Abuma; but he also speaks of Ruma, a village
  • of Galilee.
  • 18160-900826-1520-2Ki23.37
  • 18161-900826-1525-2Ki24.1
  • against him, procures his own ruin
  • 5,6 Jehoiachin succeeds him
  • 7 The king of Egypt is vanquished by the king of Babylon
  • 8,9 Jehoiachin's evil reign
  • 10-16 Jerusalem is taken and carried captive into Babylon
  • 17-20 Zedekiah is made king, and reigns ill, unto the utter
  • destruction of Judah
  • This prince, so famous in the writings of the prophets, was the
  • son of Nabopollasar king of Babylon
  • 18162-900826-1526-2Ki24.2
  • 18163-900826-1528-2Ki24.3
  • 18164-900826-1529-2Ki24.4
  • 18165-900826-1530-2Ki24.5
  • 18166-900826-1535-2Ki24.6
  • As Jehoiakim was `buried with the burial of an ass,' by being
  • `drawn and cast forth beyond the gates of Jerusalem,' without
  • internment, the expression `slept with his fathers,' can only
  • mean
  • that the died, or slept the sleep of death. In the East, a body
  • exposed during the night would be a prey to wild animals; if any
  • of it were left till the morning, the carnivorous birds would
  • devour it.
  • As this man reigned only three months, and was a mere vassal of
  • the
  • king of Babylon, his reign is scarcely reckoned; and therefore
  • Jeremiah (31.30) says of Jehoaikim, `he shall have none to sit
  • upon the throne of David.'
  • 18167-900826-1536-2Ki24.7
  • 18168-900826-1540-2Ki24.8
  • In the parallel place, his said to be only eight years old; but
  • this must be a mistake, for we find that having reigned only
  • three
  • months, he was carried captive to Babylon, and there had wives;
  • and had he been of such a tender age, it could scarcely have
  • been
  • said that, as king, `he did that which was evil in the sight of
  • the Lord.'
  • 18170-900826-1541-2Ki24.10
  • 18172-900826-1544-2Ki24.12
  • `Nebuchadnezzar's eighth year.'
  • 18173-900826-1545-2Ki24.13
  • 18174-900826-1548-2Ki24.14
  • That is, all the chief men, the nobles, and the artificers.
  • Among these were 7000 mighty men, and 1000 craftsmen and smiths.
  • 18175-900826-1549-2Ki24.15
  • 18176-900826-1549-2Ki24.16
  • 18177-900826-1553-2Ki24.17
  • he was son Josiah, brother to Jehoiakim, and uncle of
  • Jehoiachin.
  • The change of name was to shew Nebuchadnezzar's supremacy, and
  • that Zedekiah was only his vassal or viceroy. The custom of
  • changing name, we are assured by travellers, still exists in the
  • East.
  • 18178-900826-1554-2Ki24.18
  • 18179-900826-1555-2Ki24.19
  • 18180-900826-1556-2Ki24.20
  • 18181-900826-1605-2Ki25.1
  • 4-7 Zedekiah taken, his sons slain, his eyes put out
  • 8-12 Nebzar-adan defaces the city, carries the remnat, except
  • a few poor labourers, into captivity
  • 13-17 and spoils and carries away the treasures
  • 18-21 The nobles are slain at Riblah
  • 22-26 Gedaliah, who was over them that remained, being slain,
  • the
  • rest flee into Egypt.
  • 27-30 Evil-merodach advances Jehoiachin in his court.
  • This, according to the computation of Archbishop Usher, was on
  • Thursday, January 30th, A.M. 3414, which was a sabbatical year;
  • wherein they proclaimed liberty to their servants, according to
  • the law, but soon enthralled them again.
  • 18183-900826-1606-2Ki25.3
  • 18184-900826-1608-2Ki25.4
  • This being the ninth day of the fourth month, corresponded to
  • Wednesday, july 27.
  • 18185-900826-1609-2Ki25.5
  • 18186-900826-1610-2Ki25.6
  • 18187-900826-1613-2Ki25.7
  • Thus were fulfilled the apparently contradictory prophecies of
  • jeremiah and Ezekiel--that his eyes should SEE the king of
  • Babylon, but Babylon he should NOT SEE, though he should die
  • there.
  • 18188-900826-1618-2Ki25.8
  • three days after he reduced the temple to ashes, and carried
  • Judah
  • captive; in the 11th year of Zedekiah; the 19th of
  • Nebuchadnezzar;
  • 424 years, 3 months, and 8 days from the foundation of the
  • temple;
  • 468 years from the beginning of the reign of David; 388 years
  • from
  • the division of the ten tribes; and 134 years from their
  • captivity
  • 18189-900826-1619-2Ki25.9
  • 18190-900826-1619-2Ki25.10
  • 18191-900826-1620-2Ki25.11
  • 18192-900826-1620-2Ki25.12
  • 18193-900826-1622-2Ki25.13
  • 18194-900826-1622-2Ki25.14
  • 18195-900826-1623-2Ki25.15
  • 18196-900826-1624-2Ki25.16
  • 18197-900826-1624-2Ki25.17
  • 18198-900826-1626-2Ki25.18
  • case of any temporary incapacity.
  • 18199-900826-1627-2Ki25.19
  • 18200-900826-1628-2Ki25.20
  • 18201-900826-1630-2Ki25.21
  • These men were put to death as accessories to Zedekiah's
  • rebellion; for the king of Babylon had no doubt found that they
  • had counselled him to revolt.
  • 18202-900826-1631-2Ki25.22
  • 18203-900826-1633-2Ki25.23
  • There were several places of the name of Mizpah, or Mizpeh, and
  • we
  • do not certainly know which of them this was; but it is probable
  • that it was that situated east of Jordan, in the mountains of
  • Gilead, (Ge 31.49) and most contiguous to Babylon; and therefore
  • the most proper for the residence of Gedaliah.
  • 18204-900826-1634-2Ki25.24
  • 18205-900826-1634-2Ki25.25
  • 18206-900826-1635-2Ki25.26
  • 18207-900826-1636-2Ki25.27
  • 18208-900826-1637-2Ki25.28
  • 18209-900826-1638-2Ki25.29
  • 18210-900826-1639-2Ki25.30
  • 18211-900909-1540-1Ch1.1
  • 8-16 The sons of Ham
  • 17-23 The sons of Shem
  • 24-28 Shem's line to Abraham
  • 29-31 Ishmael's sons
  • 32,33 The sons of Keturah
  • 34-37 The posterity of Abraham by Esau
  • 38-42 The sons of Seir
  • 43-50 The kings of Edom
  • 51-54 The dukes of Edom
  • 18212-900909-1541-1Ch1.2
  • 18213-900909-1542-1Ch1.3
  • 18214-900909-1544-1Ch1.4
  • 18215-900909-1544-1Ch1.5
  • 18216-900909-1545-1Ch1.6
  • 18217-900909-1547-1Ch1.7
  • These, and other words ending in {im}, forming the Hebrew plural
  • are not the names of individuals, but of nations.
  • 18218-900909-1547-1Ch1.8
  • 18220-900909-1547-1Ch1.10
  • 18221-900909-1548-1Ch1.11
  • 18222-900909-1548-1Ch1.12
  • 18223-900909-1549-1Ch1.13
  • 18224-900909-1604-1Ch1.14
  • 18225-900909-1604-1Ch1.15
  • 18226-900909-1605-1Ch1.16
  • 18227-900909-1607-1Ch1.17
  • 18228-900909-1607-1Ch1.18
  • 18229-900909-1608-1Ch1.19
  • 18230-900909-1608-1Ch1.20
  • 18231-900909-1608-1Ch1.21
  • 18232-900909-1609-1Ch1.22
  • 18233-900909-1610-1Ch1.23
  • 18234-900909-1611-1Ch1.24
  • 18235-900909-1611-1Ch1.25
  • 18236-900909-1612-1Ch1.26
  • 18237-900909-1613-1Ch1.27
  • 18238-900909-1613-1Ch1.28
  • 18239-900909-1614-1Ch1.29
  • 18240-900909-1615-1Ch1.30
  • 18242-900909-1616-1Ch1.32
  • 18243-900909-1617-1Ch1.33
  • 18244-900909-1618-1Ch1.34
  • 18245-900909-1618-1Ch1.35
  • 18246-900909-1620-1Ch1.36
  • The various reading of () {Zephi}, and () {Zepho}, is caused
  • simply by the mutation of {yood} and {wav}
  • 18248-900909-1620-1Ch1.38
  • The variation here is only in the translation
  • 18249-900909-1622-1Ch1.39
  • This variation is simply the mutation of {yood} and {wav}; that
  • in Genesis being properly Heman, and this Homam
  • 18250-900909-1625-1Ch1.40
  • Both these variations are also caused by the mutation of {yood}
  • and
  • {wav}; the former being written {Alvan}, and () {Alian};
  • {Shepho}
  • and {Shephi}.
  • The difference here is only in the translation; the original
  • being uniformly Aiyah.
  • 18251-900909-1627-1Ch1.41
  • This variation is only caused by the mutation of {daleth} and
  • {raish} the original being in Genedis {Hemdan}, and here
  • {Hamran}.
  • 18252-900909-1628-1Ch1.42
  • The former of these is the same in the original {Zauvan} and the
  • latter () is an error for () {weakan}, `and Achan.'
  • 18253-900909-1629-1Ch1.43
  • 18254-900909-1629-1Ch1.44
  • 18258-900909-1630-1Ch1.48
  • The original is uniformly Shaul.
  • 18260-900909-1632-1Ch1.50
  • This variation is occasioned simply by the mutation of {raish}
  • and
  • {daleth}; being in Genesis {Hadar} and here {Hadad}
  • This simply depends on the interchange of {yood} and {wav};
  • being written in Genesis {Pau} and here {Pai}.
  • 18261-900909-1634-1Ch1.51
  • This is another instance of the mutation of {yood} and {wav}; in
  • the former instance being {Alvah}, and here {Aliah}, though the
  • Keri also reads ().
  • 18262-900909-1634-1Ch1.52
  • 18264-900909-1635-1Ch1.54
  • 18265-900909-1639-1Ch2.1
  • 3-12 The posterity of Judah by Tamar
  • 13-17 The children of Jesse
  • 18-20 The posterity of Caleb the son of Hezron
  • 21-24 Hezron's posterity by the daughter of Machir
  • 25-33 Jerahmeel's posterity
  • 34-41 Sheshan's posterity
  • 42-49 Another branch of Caleb's posterity
  • 50-55 The posterity of Caleb the son of Hur
  • 18267-900909-1640-1Ch2.3
  • 18268-900909-1641-1Ch2.4
  • 18269-900909-1642-1Ch2.5
  • 18270-900909-1654-1Ch2.6
  • Zabdi, is apparently here called Zimro, in consequence of a
  • {baith} being mistaken for a {mem} and a {daleth} for a {raish}.
  • Darda, is here called {Dara} by the elision of a {daleth}
  • 18271-900909-1655-1Ch2.7
  • Achan is probably called Achar, from the trouble he occasioned.
  • 18273-900909-1656-1Ch2.9
  • 18274-900909-1657-1Ch2.10
  • 18275-900909-1658-1Ch2.11
  • 18276-900909-1659-1Ch2.12
  • 18277-900909-1700-1Ch2.13
  • 18279-900909-1701-1Ch2.15
  • It appears from the parallel places of Samuel, that Jesse had
  • eight sons, of whom David was the youngest; but one may have
  • died before David came to the throne.
  • 18280-900909-1701-1Ch2.16
  • 18281-900909-1703-1Ch2.17
  • Jether is essentially the same as Ithra, the latter only having
  • the
  • addition of an (); and it is probable, that he was an Ishmaelite
  • by birth but an Israelite by religion
  • 18282-900909-1706-1Ch2.18
  • Caleb is the same as Chelubai, the latter simply having a {wav}
  • inserted, and a {yood} affixed. This person must have lived some
  • time before Israel left Egypt; for Bezallel, the principal
  • person
  • employed in constructing the tabernacle, was his grandson.
  • 18283-900909-1706-1Ch2.19
  • 18284-900909-1707-1Ch2.20
  • 18285-900909-1708-1Ch2.21
  • 18286-900909-1709-1Ch2.22
  • 18287-900909-1712-1Ch2.23
  • Kenath was situated in the tribe of Manasseh, east of Jordan.
  • Eusebius says it was called in his time Kanatha; and was a town
  • in the
  • Trachonitis, near Bozra. Josephus places it in Coelo-syria; and
  • Pliny reckons it among the cities of the Decapolis. It was also
  • called Nobah, after Nobah an Israelite, who conquered it.
  • See Note on Ju 8.11
  • 18288-900909-1713-1Ch2.24
  • 18289-900909-1714-1Ch2.25
  • Of the persons mentioned in verses 25-33, nothing more is
  • recorded or known.
  • 18291-900909-1714-1Ch2.27
  • 18292-900909-1715-1Ch2.28
  • 18293-900909-1715-1Ch2.29
  • 18294-900909-1716-1Ch2.30
  • 18299-900909-1719-1Ch2.35
  • When the people of the East have no sons, they frequently marry
  • their daughters to their slaves, even when they have much
  • property
  • to bestow upon them. Hassan had been the slave of Kamel, his
  • predecessor; but Kamel, according to the custom of the country,
  • gave him one of his daughters in marriage, and left him at his
  • death one part of his great riches. Maillet, Lett. xi. p.118 v.
  • 31
  • 18300-900909-1719-1Ch2.36
  • 18306-900909-1724-1Ch2.42
  • This was not Caleb the son of Jephunneh, but Caleb the son of
  • Hezron,
  • and therefore called the brother of Jerahmeel: See the parallel
  • texts:
  • prince of the Ziphites;' for it was usual to call both the
  • founder
  • and the prince of a city its father.
  • 18307-900909-1741-1Ch2.43
  • 18309-900909-1741-1Ch2.45
  • Beth-zur was situate in the tribe of Judah, twenty miles south
  • from Jerusalem, towards Hebron, according to Eusebius. It was
  • fortified by Rehoboam. (2ch 11.7) and was a fortress of great
  • consequence, principally in the time of the Maccabees.
  • 18310-900909-1742-1Ch2.46
  • 18312-900909-1743-1Ch2.48
  • 18313-900909-1746-1Ch2.49
  • towards Gaza, according to Eusebius.
  • residence of Saul, but Gibeah in the tribe of Judah, to which
  • all these other cities belonged.
  • 18314-900909-1747-1Ch2.50
  • This Caleb was the grandson of the preceding, and brother to
  • Uri,
  • the father of Bezaleel.
  • Kirjath-jearim
  • 18315-900909-1748-1Ch2.51
  • 18316-900909-1750-1Ch2.52
  • probable they were deemed perfectly interchangeable, and
  • indifferently applied.
  • Hatsihammenuchoth
  • 18317-900909-1751-1Ch2.53
  • 18318-900909-1752-1Ch2.54
  • 18319-900909-1753-1Ch2.55
  • 18320-900909-1756-1Ch3.1
  • 10-16 His line to Zedekiah
  • 17-24 The successors of Jeconiah
  • It is probable this person had two names. The Targumist says he
  • was `called Chileab, because he was in every respect like his
  • father.'
  • 18321-900909-1758-1Ch3.2
  • 18322-900909-1759-1Ch3.3
  • The Targumist, Jarchi, and others, maintain that this was
  • Michal;
  • and though it is stated (2Sa 6.23) that `she had no child to the
  • day of her death,' yet she might have had a child before, at
  • that
  • time living.
  • 18323-900909-1800-1Ch3.4
  • 18324-900909-1801-1Ch3.5
  • 18325-900909-1802-1Ch3.6
  • 18326-900909-1803-1Ch3.7
  • 18327-900909-1804-1Ch3.8
  • 18328-900910-1948-1Ch3.9
  • 18329-900910-1950-1Ch3.10
  • 18330-900910-1951-1Ch3.11
  • 18331-900910-1953-1Ch3.12
  • 18332-900910-1954-1Ch3.13
  • 18333-900910-1957-1Ch3.14
  • The Targumist says he was Shallum , ` because the kingdom
  • departed
  • from the house of David in his days.'
  • 18335-900910-1959-1Ch3.16
  • As the sons of Jeconiah are enumerated in the succeeding verse,
  • and as Zedekiah is no where else mentioned as the son of
  • Jeconiah,
  • but as the son of Josiah, it is highly probable that son here
  • means successor.
  • 18336-900910-2001-1Ch3.17
  • As Salathiel was not the son of Assir, but of Jeconiah, it is
  • probable that the word assir, which signifies a prisoner, is an
  • ephithet applied to Jeconiah, who was a long time prisoner at
  • Babylon.
  • Salathiel
  • 18338-900910-2003-1Ch3.19
  • As St. Matthew states that Zerubbabel was the son of Salathiel,
  • Houbigant thinks these words should be omitted; and Pediah is
  • wanting in the Arabic and Syriac.
  • 18340-900910-2003-1Ch3.21
  • 18341-900910-2004-1Ch3.22
  • six. Five only are enumerated in the text, which Houbigant would
  • substitute as the true reading; but probably the father is
  • reckoned with his sons.
  • 18342-900910-2004-1Ch3.23
  • 18344-900910-2008-1Ch4.1
  • 5-8 Of Ashur, the posthumous son Hezron
  • 9,10 of Jabez, and his prayer
  • 11,10 The other families of the same stock
  • 21-23 The sons of Shelah
  • 24-38 The posterity and cities of Simeon
  • 39-43 Their conquest of Gedor, and of the Amalekites in mount
  • Seir
  • 18345-900910-2009-1Ch4.2
  • 18346-900910-2010-1Ch4.3
  • 18347-900910-2015-1Ch4.4
  • 18348-900910-2015-1Ch4.5
  • 18351-900910-2016-1Ch4.8
  • consequent without an antecedent.
  • 18352-900910-2017-1Ch4.9
  • 18353-900910-2022-1Ch4.10
  • 18355-900910-2022-1Ch4.12
  • 18356-900910-2023-1Ch4.13
  • 18357-900910-2024-1Ch4.14
  • 18358-900910-2025-1Ch4.15
  • 18360-900910-2028-1Ch4.17
  • Ezra seems to be the person before called Asareel in verse 16.
  • It is probable that the latter part of verse 18 should be trans-
  • posed before this passage, which Michaelis thinks is its right
  • place; for otherwise we have the pronoun she without an
  • antecedent, and children born without their father's being
  • mentioned.
  • 18361-900910-2030-1Ch4.18
  • Gedor was a city in the tribe of Judah; and probably the same
  • which
  • Eusebius calls (), and Jerome {Gedrus}, ten miles from
  • Diospolis,
  • or Lydda, towards Eleutheropolis
  • 18362-900910-2031-1Ch4.19
  • mentioned before
  • 18363-900910-2032-1Ch4.20
  • Shimon is supposed to have been another son of Mered, by
  • Jehudijah
  • As this latter name signifies a Jewess, it rather favours the
  • opinion that Bithiah was not a Jewess, but an Egyptian.
  • 18364-900910-2033-1Ch4.21
  • 18365-900910-2033-1Ch4.22
  • 18366-900910-2033-1Ch4.23
  • 18367-900910-2035-1Ch4.24
  • This genealogy differs in many particulars from those in the
  • parallel places; probably being occasioned by the same person's
  • having several names.
  • 18370-900910-2035-1Ch4.27
  • 18371-900910-2037-1Ch4.28
  • Beer-sheba was situated twenty miles south of Hebron, according
  • to Eusebius and Jerome, in whose time it was occupied by a Roman
  • garrison.
  • Probably the same as Malath, so often mentioned by Eusebius;
  • from
  • whom it appears it was situated about twenty miles from Hebron.
  • 18372-900910-2038-1Ch4.29
  • 18373-900910-2039-1Ch4.30
  • 18374-900910-2039-1Ch4.31
  • 18375-900910-2041-1Ch4.32
  • Ether, or Etham, was situated near Malath, according to Eusebius
  • Eusebius say Beth-ashan was sixteen miles west of Jerusalem.
  • 18376-900910-2041-1Ch4.33
  • among them
  • 18381-900910-2042-1Ch4.38
  • 18382-900910-2044-1Ch4.39
  • This expedition of the Simeonites took place in the days of
  • Hezekiah, and, as Calmet conjectures, near the time of the
  • captivity of the ten tribes; when the remnant of Simeon would
  • feel
  • themselves obliged to retire more southward into arabia Petraea,
  • for fear of the Jews, and to seek pasture for their flocks.
  • 18383-900910-2046-1Ch4.40
  • These were probably either Philistines of Egyptians, who dwelt
  • at
  • Gedor.
  • 18384-900910-2047-1Ch4.41
  • Or, the Meunnim, or Maonites
  • 18385-900910-2047-1Ch4.42
  • 18386-900910-2049-1Ch4.43
  • That is, those who escaped in the war against Saul, and after-
  • wards David, made against them
  • 18387-900910-2115-1Ch5.1
  • captivity
  • 9,10 Their habitation, and conquest of the hagarites
  • 11-17 The chief men and habitations of Gad
  • 18-22 The number and conquest of Reuben, Gad, and the half
  • tribe of
  • Manasseh
  • 23,24 The habitations and chief men of that half tribe
  • 25,26 Their captivity for their sin
  • 18388-900910-2117-1Ch5.2
  • By the chief ruler is meant first David, and after him the
  • Messiah
  • agreeably to the celebrated prophecy of Jacob. The Syriac calls
  • him `Christ the King' and the Arabic `Messiah the king.'
  • 18389-900910-2118-1Ch5.3
  • 18392-900910-2120-1Ch5.6
  • After their separation from the house of David, the ten tribes
  • continued to have princes of the tribes, the the time that
  • Tiglath-pileser carried them captive; at which time Beerah, who
  • according to the Targum was the same as Barcuch, was their
  • prince.
  • 18393-900910-2121-1Ch5.7
  • 18394-900910-2123-1Ch5.8
  • The city of nebo was doubtless situated on or near the
  • celebrated mountain of the same name, east of Jordan
  • 18395-900910-2124-1Ch5.9
  • That is, unto the borders of Arabia Deserta, which extends to
  • the
  • Euphrates.
  • 18396-900910-2125-1Ch5.10
  • 18397-900910-2127-1Ch5.11
  • The Gadites and the half tribe of Manasseh are joined to the
  • genealogy of Reuben, because they inhabited the country, and
  • formed a sort of separated colony east of Jordan.
  • 18399-900910-2127-1Ch5.13
  • 18402-900910-2128-1Ch5.16
  • 18403-900910-2129-1Ch5.17
  • 18404-900910-2129-1Ch5.18
  • 18405-900910-2131-1Ch5.19
  • the Hagarite, and these other tribes, were descendants of Hagar,
  • and dwelt, according to Strabo, in Arabia Deserta
  • 18406-900910-2133-1Ch5.20
  • 18407-900910-2139-1Ch5.21
  • camels
  • The came, in Hebrew {gamal}, retained with little variation in
  • all
  • languages, is, according to the Linnaean system, a genus of
  • quadrapeds of the order pecora; comprehending the camel,
  • properly
  • so called, with two prominences; the dromedary, with a single
  • one;
  • the lame, or Peruvian camel, with the back even and the breast
  • gibbose; and the pacos, or camel without any gibbosity. The
  • camel, properly so called, is about 6-1/2 feet in height: its
  • head
  • is small; ears short; neck long, slender, and bending; legs long
  • and slender, having four callosities on the four legs and two on
  • the hinder, on which it rests; feet soft, parted, but not
  • thoroughly divided; bottom of the foot tough and pliant; tail
  • about
  • two feet in length, terminating in a tuft; and hair fine, soft,
  • of
  • considerable length, and of a dusky reddish colour. Besides the
  • same internal structure as other ruminating animals, it is
  • furnished with an additional bag for containing a quantity of
  • water till wanted.
  • 18408-900910-2140-1Ch5.22
  • 18409-900910-2141-1Ch5.23
  • 18410-900910-2141-1Ch5.24
  • 18411-900910-2142-1Ch5.25
  • 18412-900910-2143-1Ch5.26
  • 18413-900910-2147-1Ch6.1
  • 4-15 The line of Eleazar unto the captivity
  • 16-48 The families of Gershom, Kohath, and Merari
  • 49-53 The office of Aaron, and his line unto Ahimaaz
  • 54-81 The cities of the priests and Levites
  • 18414-900910-2147-1Ch6.2
  • 18415-900910-2148-1Ch6.3
  • 18416-900910-2150-1Ch6.4
  • 18420-900910-2151-1Ch6.8
  • 18422-900910-2154-1Ch6.10
  • Johanan is supposed to the same as Jehoiada, as he would
  • otherwise not be mentioned.
  • 18423-900910-2154-1Ch6.11
  • 18424-900910-2154-1Ch6.12
  • 18425-900910-2155-1Ch6.13
  • 18426-900910-2157-1Ch6.14
  • Seraiah was carried to Riblah, and there put to death by order
  • of
  • Nebuchadnezzar; so that with him ended the succession of high
  • priests in the first temple.
  • 18427-900910-2159-1Ch6.15
  • 18428-900910-2200-1Ch6.16
  • 18429-900910-2201-1Ch6.17
  • 18430-900910-2201-1Ch6.18
  • 18431-900910-2202-1Ch6.19
  • 18432-900910-2203-1Ch6.20
  • 18433-900910-2204-1Ch6.21
  • 18434-900910-2205-1Ch6.22
  • 18436-900910-2205-1Ch6.24
  • 18437-900910-2207-1Ch6.25
  • 18438-900910-2208-1Ch6.26
  • 18439-900910-2209-1Ch6.27
  • 18440-900910-2213-1Ch6.28
  • It appears that the word Joel is here lost out of the text; and
  • that {washni}, which signifies {and the second}, and which
  • refers to Abiah, is made into a proper name. The Syriac and
  • Arabic read as in Samuel. The marginal references contain the
  • variations in the names given to the same persons; and nearly
  • all
  • that is known of them may be learned by consulting them.
  • 18441-900910-2213-1Ch6.29
  • 18443-900911-1955-1Ch6.31
  • 18444-900911-1957-1Ch6.32
  • 18445-900911-1959-1Ch6.33
  • This variation, as well as some others, only exists in the
  • translation; the Hebrew being uniformly Shemuel
  • 18446-900911-2000-1Ch6.34
  • 18447-900911-2000-1Ch6.35
  • 18448-900911-2002-1Ch6.36
  • While it is sufficiently evident that many of the variations of
  • the names of persons have arisen from the carelessness of
  • transcribers, or the inattention of translators, and others
  • from a
  • difference (probably dialectical) in the pronunciation; it is
  • also
  • evident, that the same persons, as in these instances, must have
  • had two or more totally distinct names.
  • 18449-900911-2004-1Ch6.37
  • 18450-900911-2004-1Ch6.38
  • 18451-900911-2006-1Ch6.39
  • Asaph is probably called his brother, because he was of the same
  • tribe as Heman; or perhaps, because he was his companion or
  • associate.
  • 18453-900911-2007-1Ch6.41
  • 18454-900911-2007-1Ch6.42
  • 18455-900911-2008-1Ch6.43
  • 18456-900911-2009-1Ch6.44
  • 18459-900911-2009-1Ch6.47
  • 18460-900911-2011-1Ch6.48
  • 18461-900911-2015-1Ch6.49
  • 18462-900911-2018-1Ch6.50
  • We have already had a list of these, through more extensive
  • 18465-900911-2019-1Ch6.53
  • 18466-900911-2020-1Ch6.54
  • 18467-900911-2020-1Ch6.55
  • 18469-900911-2021-1Ch6.57
  • 18470-900911-2023-1Ch6.58
  • This variation simply arises from the introduction of a {yood}
  • and
  • a change of the vowel points; Holon being written () and Hilen
  • ()
  • 18471-900911-2024-1Ch6.59
  • It is probable that either Ain, in Joshua, is a mistake for
  • Ashan, or that it was called by both names.
  • 18472-900911-2028-1Ch6.60
  • interchangeable.
  • Here there are only eleven enumerated; but two more are added in
  • in the book of Joshua, Juttah and Gibeon, which make thirteen.
  • None of the versions give the full number of names, though they
  • all give the whole sum of thirteen; and it is probable that
  • these
  • two cities had been destroyed and lay in ruins when this book
  • was
  • written, and hence were not enumerated.
  • 18473-900911-2028-1Ch6.61
  • 18474-900911-2029-1Ch6.62
  • 18475-900911-2029-1Ch6.63
  • 18476-900911-2030-1Ch6.64
  • 18477-900911-2030-1Ch6.65
  • 18478-900911-2030-1Ch6.66
  • 18479-900911-2031-1Ch6.67
  • 18480-900911-2032-1Ch6.68
  • 18481-900911-2032-1Ch6.69
  • 18482-900911-2038-1Ch6.70
  • Aner is probably another name of Tanach, which was a city of the
  • half tribe of Manasseh, west of Jordan; and Eusebius, Jerome,
  • and
  • Procopius of Gaza, say that it was in their time a considerable
  • place, three miles from Legio.
  • Ib-leam is here called Bileam, by a transposition of letters
  • common to all languages..It is evident, however, that many of
  • these cities or their name have been changed since the time of
  • Joshua; but, as it has been well observed, Salop and Shrewsbury,
  • Sarum and Salisbury, are as different names as any in these
  • catalogs; yet those who live in their vicinity are not at all
  • confused by them. Some cities also are here mentioned as
  • belonging to Ephraim, which in Joshua are spoken of as cities of
  • Dan; but various changes in such matters would occur in a course
  • of ages.
  • 18483-900911-2039-1Ch6.71
  • 18484-900911-2040-1Ch6.72
  • 18486-900911-2040-1Ch6.74
  • 18487-900911-2041-1Ch6.75
  • 18488-900911-2042-1Ch6.76
  • 18489-900911-2043-1Ch6.77
  • Probably the city on the summit of Tabor, mentioned by Polybius
  • and Josephus, the remains of which still exists.
  • 18490-900911-2044-1Ch6.78
  • 18492-900911-2045-1Ch6.80
  • 18493-900911-2046-1Ch6.81
  • 18494-900911-2048-1Ch7.1
  • 6-12 of Benjamin
  • 13 of Napthali
  • 14 of Manessah
  • 15-20 and of Ephraim
  • 21,22 The calamity of Ephraim by the men of Gath
  • 23-27 His posterity by Beriah
  • 28,29 Their habitations
  • 30-40 The sons of Asher
  • 18495-900911-2052-1Ch7.2
  • This was probably the number returned by Joab and his
  • assistants,
  • when they made that census of the people with which God was so
  • much displeased. We find that the effective men of Issachar
  • amounted to 87,000 (ver. 5), 22,600 of whom descended from Tola
  • his eldest son; but whether the 36,000 (ver 4) were descendants
  • of
  • Tola by Uzzi, and the 22,600 his descendants by Tola's other
  • sons;
  • or whether another of Issachar's sons be intended, does not
  • clearly appear; though the former seems the more obvious
  • meaning.
  • 18497-900911-2053-1Ch7.4
  • 18499-900911-2114-1Ch7.6
  • in the parallel place of Genesis, ten sons of Benjamin are
  • reckoned, Bela, Becher, Ashbel, Gera, Naaman, Ehi, Rosh, Nuppim,
  • Huppim, and Ard; and in Numbers, five only are mentioned, Bela,
  • Ashbel, Ahiraim, Shupman, and Hupham; and Ard and Naaaman are
  • said
  • to be the sons of Bela, and consequently Benjamin's grandsons.
  • In
  • the beginning of the foloowing chapter, Nohah, and Rapha; and
  • Addar, Gera, Abihud, Abishua, Naaman, Ahoha, another Gera,
  • Shepuphan, and Huram, are all represented as grandsons, not sons
  • of Benjamin: hence we see that in many cases, grandsons are
  • called
  • sons, and both are often confounded in the genealogical tables.
  • It seems, also, that the persons mentioned in the following
  • verse
  • were neither sons nor grandsons of Bela and Becher, but
  • distinguished persons among their descendants.
  • 18500-900911-2115-1Ch7.7
  • 18503-900911-2115-1Ch7.10
  • 18504-900911-2115-1Ch7.11
  • 18505-900911-2120-1Ch7.12
  • Aher signifies another, and it has been conjectured that these
  • were Danites, `the sons of another tribe;' especially as Hushim
  • is
  • named as the only son of Dan,
  • his descendants first established idolatry. But Zebulun, as well
  • as Dan, is here omitted, perhaps because none of either of these
  • tribes returned at first from Babylon. Though the Benjamites had
  • been almost destroyed in the first days of the judges, they soon
  • became numerous and powerful.
  • 18506-900911-2121-1Ch7.13
  • 18507-900911-2125-1Ch7.14
  • The text in these two verses seems to be strangely corrupted;
  • and,
  • as it stands, is scarcely intelligible. Probably it should be
  • rendered, `The sons of Manasseh were Ashriel, who his Syrian
  • concubines bore to him; and Machir the father of Gilead, whom
  • (his
  • wife) bore to him. Machir took for a wife Maachah, sister to
  • Huppim and Shuppim.' This is nearly the version of Dr. Geddes.
  • 18508-900911-2127-1Ch7.15
  • It is certain that Zelophehad was not a son, but a descendant of
  • Manasseh's, three generations having intervened; for he was the
  • son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of
  • Manasseh.
  • 18510-900911-2127-1Ch7.17
  • 18511-900911-2128-1Ch7.18
  • 18513-900911-2128-1Ch7.20
  • 18514-900911-2131-1Ch7.21
  • Or rather, `when (kee) they came down to take away their cattle;
  • '
  • for it does not appear that the sons of Ephraim were the
  • aggressors, but the men of Gath, who appear to have been born in
  • Egypt. This is the only place in the Sacred Writings where this
  • piece of history is mentioned, and the transaction seems to have
  • happened before the Israelites came out of Egypt; for it appears
  • from the following verse, that Ephraim was alive when these
  • children of his were slain.
  • 18515-900911-2132-1Ch7.22
  • 18516-900911-2136-1Ch7.23
  • that is, In evil
  • Many similar instances of the naming of children from passing
  • circumstances, occur throughout the sacred volume. See those of
  • a
  • similar character with this verse: Ge 35.18, where Rachel, while
  • dying, names her new-born son Ben-oni, or, the son of my sorrow.
  • So in 1SA 4.21, the wife of Phinheas, on being apprised of the
  • death of Eli and her husband, and that the ark was taken by the
  • Philistines, while in the pains of travail, and dying, named her
  • son I-chabod, or, there is no glory. So also in the 4th chapter
  • of this book, ver. 9, we read that Jabez, or, sorrowful, had
  • that
  • name given to him, because his mother `bare him with sorrow.'
  • 18517-900911-2137-1Ch7.24
  • 18520-900911-2138-1Ch7.27
  • 18521-900911-2141-1Ch7.28
  • Naaran, or Naarath, Eusebius says was a town in his time called
  • Noorath, five miles from Jerich. It appears to be the same as
  • Neara, mentioned by Josephus, from whence, he says, they brought
  • the water which watered the palm-trees of Jericho.
  • 18522-900911-2144-1Ch7.29
  • 18523-900911-2146-1Ch7.30
  • This variation only exists in the translation; the original
  • being
  • uniformly Jimnah, or Yimnah.
  • This variation is also attributable to the translator; the
  • Hebrew being in both places Isui, or rather, Yishwi
  • 18525-900911-2146-1Ch7.32
  • 18527-900911-2147-1Ch7.34
  • 18530-900911-2149-1Ch7.37
  • This name is essentially the same, the variation being caused
  • by a paragogic {noon}: here it is written Ithran, and in the
  • following verse Jether.
  • 18533-900911-2150-1Ch7.40
  • 18534-900911-2230-1Ch8.1
  • 33-40 The stock of Saul and Jonathan
  • 18536-900911-2232-1Ch8.3
  • The variation in this name is occasioned simply by the
  • transposition of a {daleth} and {raish}; being in the parallel
  • passage () Ard, and here Addar
  • 18538-900911-2236-1Ch8.5
  • seems to be merely a contracted form of () Shupham, or rather,
  • Shephupman, which, by the mutation of {mem} into {noon} is here
  • changed into {Shephupham}.
  • Huram appears to be an error for Hupham in the parallel passage
  • of Numbers, which, by contraction, is written {Huppim.}
  • 18539-900911-2237-1Ch8.6
  • 18541-900911-2237-1Ch8.8
  • 18542-900911-2240-1Ch8.9
  • In the preceding verse it is said that `Hushim and Baara were
  • his wives;' and here it said, `he begat of Hodesh his wife,' and
  • then in the eleventh verse, his children by Hushim are
  • mentioned,
  • but not a word of Baara. It is probable, therefore, that Hodesh
  • was another name for Baara; and this is asserted by the
  • Targumist:
  • `And he begat of Baara, that is, of Chodesh, his wife, so called
  • because he espoused her anew.'
  • 18543-900911-2246-1Ch8.10
  • Ono is stated by Reland to have been three miles from Lydda
  • Lod, or Lydda, was situated about four leagues from Joppa, and a
  • day's journey, or about thirty-two miles N.W. from Jerusalem;
  • and
  • according to the Antonine Itinerary, twelve miles from Jamnia,
  • eighteen from Eleutheropolis, and twenty two from Bethar.
  • Josephus says it was a village, not yielding to a city in
  • greatness; and that it was one three toparchies dismembered from
  • Samaria, and given to the Jews. It was destroyed by Cesitus in
  • the Jewish war, and, when rebuilt, was called Diospolis. It is
  • now called Loudd, and is a poor village, situated in a fine
  • plain
  • about a league to the E.N.E. of Ramia.
  • 18545-900911-2246-1Ch8.12
  • Ono is stated by Reland to have been three miles from Lydda
  • Lod, or Lydda, was situated about four leagues from Joppa, and a
  • day's journey, or about thirty-two miles N.W. from Jerusalem;
  • and
  • according to the Antonine Itinerary, twelve miles from Jamnia,
  • eighteen from Eleutheropolis, and twenty two from Bethar.
  • Josephus says it was a village, not yielding to a city in
  • greatness; and that it was one three toparchies dismembered from
  • Samaria, and given to the Jews. It was destroyed by Cesitus in
  • the Jewish war, and, when rebuilt, was called Diospolis. It is
  • now called Loudd, and is a poor village, situated in a fine
  • plain
  • about a league to the E.N.E. of Ramia.
  • 18546-900911-2247-1Ch8.13
  • 18549-900911-2248-1Ch8.16
  • 18554-900911-2248-1Ch8.21
  • 18561-900911-2255-1Ch8.28
  • Jerusalem, the ancient capital of Judea, is situated in long. 35
  • deg. 20. min. E. lat. 31 deg. 47 min 47 sec. N.; and, according
  • to
  • the best authorities, 136 miles S.W. of Damascus, 34 miles S. of
  • Shechem or Nablous, 45 miles E. of Jaffa, 27 miles N. of Hebron,
  • and about 20 miles W. of Jericho. The city of Jerusalem was
  • built
  • on hills, and encompassed with mountains (Ps 125.2) in a stony
  • and
  • barren soil, and was about sixteen furlongs in length, say
  • Strabo. The ancient city of Jebus, taken by David from the
  • Jebusites, was not large, and stood on a mountain south of that
  • on
  • which the temple was erected. Here David built a new city,
  • called
  • the city of David, wherein was the royal palace. Between these
  • two mountains lay the valley of Millo, filled up by David and
  • Solomon; and after the reign of Manasseh, another city is
  • mentioned, called the {second.} The Maccabees considerably
  • enlarged Jerusalem on the north, enclosing a third hill; and
  • Josephus mentions a fourth hill, called Bezetha, which Agrippa
  • joined to the former: this new city lay north of the temple,
  • along
  • the brook Kidron. See note on 1ch 9.34
  • 18562-900911-2256-1Ch8.29
  • 18563-900911-2256-1Ch8.30
  • 18564-900911-2257-1Ch8.31
  • 18565-900911-2257-1Ch8.32
  • 18566-900911-2259-1Ch8.33
  • 18567-900911-2300-1Ch8.34
  • 18568-900911-2300-1Ch8.35
  • 18569-900911-2300-1Ch8.36
  • 18570-900911-2301-1Ch8.37
  • 18573-900911-2302-1Ch8.40
  • 18574-900912-1839-1Ch9.1
  • 2-9 The Israelites
  • 10-13 The priests
  • 14-26 and the Levites, with Nethinims, which dwelt in Jerusalem
  • 27-34 The charge of certain Levites
  • 35-44 The stock of Saul and Jonathan
  • 18575-900912-1840-1Ch9.2
  • 18576-900912-1841-1Ch9.3
  • 18577-900912-1841-1Ch9.4
  • 18578-900912-1842-1Ch9.5
  • 18579-900912-1843-1Ch9.6
  • 18580-900912-1843-1Ch9.7
  • 18581-900912-1844-1Ch9.8
  • 18583-900912-1844-1Ch9.10
  • 18584-900912-1845-1Ch9.11
  • 18585-900912-1846-1Ch9.12
  • 18586-900912-1846-1Ch9.13
  • 18587-900912-1847-1Ch9.14
  • 18588-900912-1848-1Ch9.15
  • 18589-900912-1850-1Ch9.16
  • 18590-900912-1851-1Ch9.17
  • 18591-900912-1859-1Ch9.18
  • The original is wead hennah, which Houbigant and Dr. Geddes
  • consider as a proper name, and render, `And Adnah was over the
  • eastern gate, called the king's;' i.e. the gate by which the
  • kings
  • of Judah went to the temple. The list is here nearly the same
  • with those found in Ezra and Nehemiah, and contains those who
  • returned to Jerusalem with Zerubbabel: but the list in Nehemiah
  • is
  • more ample, probably because it contains those who came
  • {afterwards}; the object of the sacred writer here being to give
  • the names of those who came first (ver 2.) These consisted of
  • men
  • belonging not only to the tribes of Judah and Benjamin, but to
  • many of the other tribes of Israel, who took advantage of the
  • proclamation of Cyrus to return to Jerusalem. Properly speaking,
  • the divisions mentioned here constituted the {whole} of the
  • Israelitish people, who were divided into priests, Levites,
  • common
  • Israekites, and Nethinims.
  • 18592-900912-1901-1Ch9.19
  • 18593-900912-1902-1Ch9.20
  • 18594-900912-1902-1Ch9.21
  • 18595-900912-1904-1Ch9.22
  • 18596-900912-1905-1Ch9.23
  • 18597-900912-1905-1Ch9.24
  • 18598-900912-1905-1Ch9.25
  • 18599-900912-1906-1Ch9.26
  • 18600-900912-1907-1Ch9.27
  • 18601-900912-1908-1Ch9.28
  • out.
  • 18602-900912-1909-1Ch9.29
  • 18603-900912-1909-1Ch9.30
  • 18604-900912-1910-1Ch9.31
  • 18605-900912-1910-1Ch9.32
  • 18606-900912-1912-1Ch9.33
  • A number of levites were employed by rotation in singing the
  • praises of Jehovah; and they seem to have continued the service
  • day and night:
  • 18607-900912-1920-1Ch9.34
  • We have already seen the situation and extent of this city,
  • (Note
  • of ch 8.28;) but the Jerusalem of sacred history is no more.
  • After having been successively destroyed by the Babylonians and
  • Romans, and taken by the Saracens, Crusaders, and Turks, in the
  • possession of the latter of whom it still continues, not a
  • vestige
  • remains of the capital of David and Solomon, not a monument of
  • Jewish times is standing. The very course of the walls is
  • changed, and the boundaries of the ancient city are become
  • doubtful. The monks pretend to shew the sites of the sacred
  • places; but they have not the slightest pretensions to even a
  • probable identity with the real places. The Jerusalem that now
  • is, however, called by the Arabs {El Kouds}, or `the holy city,'
  • is still a respectable, good looking town, of an irregular
  • shape:
  • it is surrounded by high embattled walls, enclosing an area not
  • exceeding two miles and a half, and occupying two small hills,
  • having the valley of Jehoshaphat on the east, the valley of
  • Siloam
  • and Gehinnom on the south, and the valley of Rephaim on the
  • west;
  • and containing a population variously estimated at from 20,000
  • to
  • 30,000 souls.
  • 18608-900912-1924-1Ch9.35
  • Some editions read {achatho} `his sister;' but in the parallel
  • place 1ch 8.29 is {ishto}, `his wife,' which is also the reading
  • of the LXX., Vulgate, Arabic, and Syriac here, and is
  • undoubtedly
  • the true reading. This repetition of part of Bemjamin's
  • genealogy
  • seems to have been intended merely as an introduction to the
  • ensuing history.
  • 18609-900912-1924-1Ch9.36
  • 18610-900912-1926-1Ch9.37
  • Aacher is merely an abbreviation of Zechariah, by the omission
  • of
  • {Jah} or {Yah}, one of the names of God.
  • 18611-900912-1927-1Ch9.38
  • Shimean seems to be a mistake for Shimeah; the only difference
  • being {mem} final, and {hay}; and the LXX. in both places read
  • {Samaa}
  • 18612-900912-1929-1Ch9.39
  • 18613-900912-1929-1Ch9.40
  • 18614-900912-1930-1Ch9.41
  • 18615-900912-1931-1Ch9.42
  • Jarah seems also to be a mistake for Jehoadah, and the LXX. read
  • uniformly () {Iada}.
  • 18616-900912-1932-1Ch9.43
  • Rapha is merely a contracted form of Rephaih
  • 18618-900908-1609-1Ch10.1
  • 8-10 The Philistines triumph over Saul
  • 11,12 The kindness of jabesh-gilead towards Saul and his sons
  • 13,14 Saul's sin for which the kingdom was translated from him
  • to
  • David
  • 18619-900908-1611-1Ch10.2
  • 18620-900908-1612-1Ch10.3
  • 18621-900908-1613-1Ch10.4
  • 18623-900908-1616-1Ch10.6
  • `All his men,' in Saul; that is, all who were present with him
  • in
  • the battle; and his family received such a blow, that it never
  • recovered itself again. For though Ishbosheth reigned over a
  • part
  • of the country, yet it was not in any splendour. This history
  • seems to be repeated here as an introduction to that of the
  • kingdom of David.
  • 18624-900908-1616-1Ch10.7
  • 18625-900908-1617-1Ch10.8
  • 18626-900908-1618-1Ch10.9
  • 18627-900908-1618-1Ch10.10
  • 18628-900908-1618-1Ch10.11
  • 18629-900908-1626-1Ch10.12
  • 18630-900908-1628-1Ch10.13
  • 18631-900908-1635-1Ch10.14
  • 18632-900908-1637-1Ch11.1
  • 18633-900908-1639-1Ch11.2
  • 18634-900908-1641-1Ch11.3
  • 18635-900908-1643-1Ch11.4
  • 18636-900908-1718-1Ch11.5
  • 18637-900908-1719-1Ch11.6
  • 18638-900908-1720-1Ch11.7
  • 18639-900908-1721-1Ch11.8
  • 18640-900908-1722-1Ch11.9
  • 18641-900908-1725-1Ch11.10
  • The valiant men who assisted David in his advancement, and
  • helped
  • to establish him in his authority, were those, in all
  • likelihood,
  • that had accompanied him during his persecution by Saul.
  • 18642-900908-1726-1Ch11.11
  • 18643-900908-1729-1Ch11.12
  • it being written here {Dodo}, and in the parallel passage
  • {Dodai}
  • 18644-900908-1732-1Ch11.13
  • Ephes-dammim is here called Pas-dammim, by aphaeresis
  • In Samuel it is, `a piece of ground full of {lentiles}' and
  • there
  • is probably a mistake of {seorim} `barley,' for {adashim},
  • `lentiles.' or vice-versa. Some, however, think there were both
  • lentiles and barley in the field, which is not unlikely.
  • 18645-900908-1733-1Ch11.14
  • 18646-900908-1734-1Ch11.15
  • 18647-900908-1735-1Ch11.16
  • 18648-900908-1735-1Ch11.17
  • 18649-900908-1736-1Ch11.18
  • 18650-900908-1738-1Ch11.19
  • 18651-900908-1739-1Ch11.20
  • 18652-900908-1740-1Ch11.21
  • 18653-900908-1741-1Ch11.22
  • 18654-900908-1742-1Ch11.23
  • 18656-900908-1743-1Ch11.25
  • 18657-900908-1743-1Ch11.26
  • 18658-900908-1748-1Ch11.27
  • Shammah, Shammoth, and as it is in
  • deemed perfectly interchangeable, and accordingly used
  • indifferently.
  • mutation of () {raish} and () {daleth}
  • 18659-900908-1749-1Ch11.28
  • This variation springs simply form the points; the word being
  • written () {Anethothite} in Samuel, and here () {Antothite}
  • 18660-900908-1752-1Ch11.29
  • The reading of () {Mebunnai} for () Sibbecai, seems to be
  • occasioned by the mistake of () samech of () mem, and a () noon
  • for a () caph; and a difference in the vowel points.
  • 18661-900908-1754-1Ch11.30
  • Heleb seems evidently a mistake for Heled, which is essentially
  • the same with Heldai, the latter merely having a paragogic ()
  • yood
  • 18662-900908-1802-1Ch11.31
  • The variation of () Ithai, and () Ittai, simply arises from the
  • elision of () yood which is compensated by the reduplication of
  • the next letter
  • 18663-900908-1804-1Ch11.32
  • 18664-900908-1806-1Ch11.33
  • Barhumhite, () seems a mistake for () Baharumite; the letters
  • cheth and raish being transposed
  • 18665-900908-1807-1Ch11.34
  • 18666-900908-1808-1Ch11.35
  • 18668-900908-1809-1Ch11.37
  • 18669-900908-1809-1Ch11.38
  • 18670-900908-1810-1Ch11.39
  • 18671-900908-1810-1Ch11.40
  • 18672-900908-1811-1Ch11.41
  • 18676-900908-1811-1Ch11.45
  • 18679-900909-0845-1Ch12.1
  • 23-40 The armies that came to him at Hebron
  • Sometimes, in the East, when a successful prince endeavored to
  • extirpate the preceding royal family, some of them escaped the
  • slaughter, and secured themselves in an impregnable fortress, or
  • in a place of great secrecy; while others have been known to
  • seek
  • an asylum in a foreign county, from when they have occasioned,
  • from time to time, great anxiety and great difficulties to the
  • usurper of the crown. The expression {shut up}, so often applied
  • to the extermination of eastern royal families.
  • term may be used in a more extensive sense, for those who, by
  • retiring into deserts, or foreign countries, preserve themselves
  • from being slain by the men who usurp the dominions of their
  • ancestors. Thus the term is here applied to David, though he did
  • not shut himself up, strictly speaking, in Ziklag. It is
  • described as a town in the country, and was probably an unwalled
  • town; and it is certain that he did not confine himself to it,
  • but, on the contrary, was continually making excursions from
  • thence.
  • 18680-900909-0846-1Ch12.2
  • 18681-900909-0847-1Ch12.3
  • 18682-900909-0848-1Ch12.4
  • 18685-900909-0849-1Ch12.7
  • 18686-900909-0851-1Ch12.8
  • mountains to make haste.
  • 18692-900909-0852-1Ch12.14
  • thousand. or, one that was least could resist an hundred, the
  • greatest a thousand.
  • 18693-900909-0853-1Ch12.15
  • 18694-900909-0853-1Ch12.16
  • 18695-900909-0856-1Ch12.17
  • 18696-900909-0859-1Ch12.18
  • 18697-900909-0900-1Ch12.19
  • 18698-900909-0916-1Ch12.20
  • returning from the army of the Philistines to Ziklag. It is
  • probable that they did not bring their companies with them; yet
  • they both assured him of future assistance, and very seasonably
  • helped him against the Amalekites who had spoiled Ziklag.
  • 18699-900909-0917-1Ch12.21
  • 18700-900909-0918-1Ch12.22
  • That is, says the Targumist, a very numerous army, like the army
  • of the angel of God
  • 18701-900909-0922-1Ch12.23
  • Some learned men understand this as relating to the time when
  • David was make king over Judah, on his first coming to Hebron:
  • but
  • it seems wholly to refer to his being made king over all Israel,
  • after the death of Ishbosheth; for there was no such union or
  • assembly of the several tribes on the former occasion, as is
  • here
  • described.
  • 18702-900909-0922-1Ch12.24
  • 18705-900909-0923-1Ch12.27
  • 18706-900909-0923-1Ch12.28
  • 18707-900909-0924-1Ch12.29
  • 18708-900909-0925-1Ch12.30
  • 18709-900909-0927-1Ch12.31
  • 18710-900909-0930-1Ch12.32
  • That is, as the following words indicate, intelligent men, who
  • understood the signs of the times, well versed in political
  • affairs, and knew what was proper to be done in all the
  • exigencies
  • of human life; and who now perceived that it was both the duty
  • and
  • political interest of Israel to advance David to the throne.
  • 18711-900909-0933-1Ch12.33
  • and a heart. That is, they were all sincerely affected towards
  • David, though so numerous.
  • 18714-900909-0933-1Ch12.36
  • 18715-900909-0934-1Ch12.37
  • 18716-900909-0936-1Ch12.38
  • The meaning of this expression may be inferred from that of
  • {a double heart} in verse 33. If a double heart be expressive of
  • insincerity or duplicity, a perfect heart, which seems to be put
  • in opposition to it, must signify a sincere, faithful, and
  • entire
  • attachment.
  • 18717-900909-0937-1Ch12.39
  • 18718-900909-0942-1Ch12.40
  • The Septuagint reads () `brought to them' which is probably
  • correct; the Hebrew {lahem} `to them' might be easily mistaken
  • for
  • {lechem} bread. The passage will then read, `bought them on
  • asses, on camels, and on mules, and on oxen, meat, meal, cakes
  • of
  • figs,' etc., which renders the introduction of {and}
  • unnecessary.
  • From the mention of oil, figs, and raisins, mr. Harmer thinks
  • that
  • this assembly was held in autumn.
  • 18719-900909-0944-1Ch13.1
  • jearim
  • 9-14 Uzza being smitten, the ark is left at the house of Obed-
  • edom
  • 18720-900909-0946-1Ch13.2
  • 18721-900909-0947-1Ch13.3
  • 18722-900909-0947-1Ch13.4
  • 18723-900909-0949-1Ch13.5
  • 18724-900909-0950-1Ch13.6
  • 18725-900909-0958-1Ch13.7
  • at ver. 38, a particular caution is given that strangers must
  • not
  • touch, or even pry into, the most holy things connected with the
  • tabernacle, lest the offender die. In giving the law, also, even
  • a beast which touched Sainai's mount was, by the Almighty's
  • fiat,
  • to be stoned or thrust through with a dart. And again we read,
  • (nu 4.15) after special orders to Aaron and his sons about
  • covering the sanctuary and all the vessels previously to a
  • removal, that the Koathites, who were to carry them, `shall not
  • touch any holy thing, lest they die.' These were positive
  • commands. May the sin of Uzza in touching the ark, warn
  • Christians to take heed of rashness and irreverence in dealing
  • about holy things.
  • 18726-900909-1014-1Ch13.8
  • kainoro, in arabic, kinnarat, and in Greek () certainly denotes
  • a
  • harp, played on with the hand, according to 1sa 16.23. The
  • number
  • of strings in the harp was at first three; but afterwards they
  • were increased to four, and at last to seven
  • was an instrument of the harp kind; having twelve sounds.
  • 18727-900909-1014-1Ch13.9
  • 18728-900909-1016-1Ch13.10
  • 18729-900909-1017-1Ch13.11
  • 18730-900909-1018-1Ch13.12
  • 18731-900909-1018-1Ch13.13
  • 18732-900909-1019-1Ch13.14
  • 18733-900909-1022-1Ch14.1
  • 2-7 David's felicity in people, wives, and children
  • 8-17 His two victories against the Philistines
  • 18734-900909-1023-1Ch14.2
  • 18735-900909-1024-1Ch14.3
  • 18736-900909-1026-1Ch14.4
  • 18737-900909-1026-1Ch14.5
  • 18739-900909-1030-1Ch14.7
  • Probably Beeliada is a mistake for Eliada, as the LXX., Syriac,
  • and Arabic read here.
  • This variation merely arises from the change of a vowel. Here we
  • have 13 persons mentioned, but only 11 in Samuel; and it is
  • probable that the duplicate Elishama and Eliphelet dying when
  • young, were therefore omitted in the latter.
  • 18740-900909-1031-1Ch14.8
  • 18741-900909-1031-1Ch14.9
  • 18742-900909-1033-1Ch14.10
  • 18743-900909-1034-1Ch14.11
  • that is, a place of breaches.
  • 18744-900909-1035-1Ch14.12
  • 18745-900909-1035-1Ch14.13
  • 18746-900909-1036-1Ch14.14
  • 18747-900909-1042-1Ch14.15
  • Some, taking the word bechaim, translated `mulberry trees,' as a
  • proper name, render,`when thou shalt hear a sound of going upon
  • the summits of Becahaim;' other understanding {rosh} `a top,' in
  • the sense of beginning or entrance, read, `when thou hearest a
  • sound of footsteps at the entrance of the grove of mulberry
  • trees;' and others think a rustling among the leaves is
  • intended.
  • The Targumist read, `When thou shalt hear the sound of the
  • angels coming to thy assistance, then go out to battle; for
  • an angel is sent from the presence of God, that he may render
  • thy
  • way prosperous.' If there had not been an evident supernatural
  • interference, David might have thought that the {ruse de guerre}
  • which he had used, was the cause of his victory.
  • 18748-900909-1043-1Ch14.16
  • 18749-900909-1044-1Ch14.17
  • 18750-900909-1046-1Ch15.1
  • Levites bring it from Obed-edom
  • 25-28 He performs the solemnity thereof with great joy
  • 29 Michal despises him
  • 18751-900909-1048-1Ch15.2
  • Levites.
  • 18752-900909-1048-1Ch15.3
  • 18753-900909-1049-1Ch15.4
  • 18754-900909-1050-1Ch15.5
  • 18755-900909-1050-1Ch15.6
  • 18756-900909-1050-1Ch15.7
  • 18757-900909-1051-1Ch15.8
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  • 18759-900909-1052-1Ch15.10
  • 18760-900909-1053-1Ch15.11
  • 18761-900909-1054-1Ch15.12
  • 18762-900909-1056-1Ch15.13
  • 18763-900909-1056-1Ch15.14
  • 18764-900909-1057-1Ch15.15
  • 18765-900909-1100-1Ch15.16
  • 18766-900909-1101-1Ch15.17
  • 18767-900909-1103-1Ch15.18
  • 18768-900909-1103-1Ch15.19
  • 18769-900909-1104-1Ch15.20
  • 18770-900909-1122-1Ch15.21
  • 18771-900909-1123-1Ch15.22
  • carriage.
  • 18772-900909-1124-1Ch15.23
  • 18773-900909-1126-1Ch15.24
  • 18774-900909-1129-1Ch15.25
  • 18775-900909-1130-1Ch15.26
  • 18776-900909-1131-1Ch15.27
  • 18777-900909-1134-1Ch15.28
  • Jerome on Ho 5.8 says this instrument is properly called in
  • Greek
  • () from () a horn. The trumpets were, according to Joesphus,
  • made
  • of metal, and about a cubit in length.
  • 18778-900909-1135-1Ch15.29
  • 18779-900909-1139-1Ch16.1
  • 4-6 He orders a choir to sing thanksgiving
  • 7-36 The psalm of thanksgiving
  • 37-43 He appoints ministers, proters, priests, and musicians, to
  • attend continually on the ark
  • 18780-900909-1140-1Ch16.2
  • 18781-900909-1140-1Ch16.3
  • 18782-900909-1142-1Ch16.4
  • 18783-900909-1143-1Ch16.5
  • harps
  • 18784-900909-1144-1Ch16.6
  • 18785-900909-1144-1Ch16.7
  • 18786-900909-1147-1Ch16.8
  • This beautiful hymn, to the 22nd verse, is nearly the same as
  • Ps 105,1-15; from the 23rd to the 33rd it accords with Ps 96;
  • and
  • the conclusion agrees with Ps 106, with the addition of verses
  • 34-36.
  • 18787-900909-1148-1Ch16.9
  • 18788-900909-1149-1Ch16.10
  • 18789-900909-1150-1Ch16.11
  • 18790-900909-1151-1Ch16.12
  • 18791-900909-1151-1Ch16.13
  • 18792-900909-1152-1Ch16.14
  • 18793-900909-1152-1Ch16.15
  • 18794-900909-1153-1Ch16.16
  • 18795-900909-1154-1Ch16.17
  • 18796-900909-1155-1Ch16.18
  • 18797-900909-1156-1Ch16.19
  • 18798-900909-1156-1Ch16.20
  • 18799-900909-1157-1Ch16.21
  • 18800-900909-1157-1Ch16.22
  • 18801-900909-1158-1Ch16.23
  • 18802-900909-1158-1Ch16.24
  • 18803-900909-1159-1Ch16.25
  • 18804-900909-1200-1Ch16.26
  • 18805-900909-1201-1Ch16.27
  • 18806-900909-1209-1Ch16.28
  • 18807-900909-1212-1Ch16.29
  • 18808-900909-1213-1Ch16.30
  • 18809-900909-1214-1Ch16.31
  • 18810-900909-1215-1Ch16.32
  • 18811-900909-1215-1Ch16.33
  • 18812-900909-1216-1Ch16.34
  • 18813-900909-1218-1Ch16.35
  • 18814-900909-1218-1Ch16.36
  • 18815-900909-1219-1Ch16.37
  • 18816-900909-1220-1Ch16.38
  • 18817-900909-1221-1Ch16.39
  • 18818-900909-1222-1Ch16.40
  • 18819-900909-1223-1Ch16.41
  • 18820-900909-1224-1Ch16.42
  • 18821-900909-1225-1Ch16.43
  • 18822-900909-1225-1Ch17.1
  • house
  • 3-10 after by the word of God forbids him
  • 11-15 He promises him blessings and benefits in his seed
  • 16-27 David's prayer and thanksgiving
  • 18823-900904-2109-1Ch17.2
  • 18824-900904-2110-1Ch17.3
  • 18825-900904-2111-1Ch17.4
  • 18826-900904-2112-1Ch17.5
  • 18827-900904-2114-1Ch17.6
  • 18828-900904-2115-1Ch17.7
  • 18829-900904-2118-1Ch17.8
  • 18830-900904-2120-1Ch17.9
  • 18831-900904-2121-1Ch17.10
  • 18832-900904-2123-1Ch17.11
  • 18833-900904-2125-1Ch17.12
  • 18834-900904-2127-1Ch17.13
  • 18835-900904-2128-1Ch17.14
  • In the parallel passage, it is `thine house, and thy kingdom.'
  • Jehovah was Israel's king; and David and Solomon were merely his
  • viceregents, as well as types of the Messiah
  • 18836-900904-2129-1Ch17.15
  • 18837-900904-2130-1Ch17.16
  • 18838-900904-2133-1Ch17.17
  • 18839-900904-2134-1Ch17.18
  • 18840-900904-2135-1Ch17.19
  • 18841-900904-2136-1Ch17.20
  • 18842-900904-2139-1Ch17.21
  • 18843-900904-2140-1Ch17.22
  • 18844-900904-2140-1Ch17.23
  • 18845-900904-2141-1Ch17.24
  • 18846-900904-2142-1Ch17.25
  • 18847-900904-2143-1Ch17.26
  • 18848-900904-2143-1Ch17.27
  • 18849-900904-2147-1Ch18.1
  • 3-8 He smites Hadarezer and the Syrians
  • 9,10 Tou sends Hadoram with presents to bless David
  • 11,12 The presents and the spoil David dedicates to God
  • 13 He put garrisons in Edom
  • 14-17 David's officers
  • 18850-900904-2148-1Ch18.2
  • 18851-900904-2151-1Ch18.3
  • Hadadezer in the parallel passage, seems an evident mistake for
  • Hadarezer; for the LXX. and Vulgate there, as here, read ()
  • Adarezer. The difference arises from the mistake of a (), raish
  • for a () daleth, two letters very similar.
  • 18852-900904-2155-1Ch18.4
  • The words {wyakker Dawid eth col haraichev} should be rendered,
  • `and David disjointed all the chariots;' which is nearly the
  • rendering of the LXX. To have houghed the horses would have been
  • both unreasonable and inhuman; for, as he had gained so
  • complete a
  • victory, there was no danger of their falling into the hands of
  • the enemy; and if he did not choose to keep them, which indeed
  • the
  • law would not permit, he ought to have killed them outright.
  • 18853-900904-2156-1Ch18.5
  • 18854-900904-2212-1Ch18.6
  • 18855-900904-2213-1Ch18.7
  • 18856-900904-2214-1Ch18.8
  • 18857-900904-2214-1Ch18.9
  • 18858-900904-2217-1Ch18.10
  • Idoram; for the LXX. have there ().
  • 18859-900904-2219-1Ch18.11
  • 18860-900904-2223-1Ch18.12
  • 18861-900904-2224-1Ch18.13
  • 18862-900904-2225-1Ch18.14
  • 18863-900904-2226-1Ch18.15
  • 18864-900904-2228-1Ch18.16
  • 18865-900904-2229-1Ch18.17
  • 18866-900905-1947-1Ch19.1
  • are villainously treated
  • 6-15 The Ammonites, strengthened by the Syrians, are overcome by
  • Joab and Abishai
  • 16-19 Shopach, making a new supply of the Syrians, is slain by
  • David
  • 18867-900905-1948-1Ch19.2
  • 18868-900905-1949-1Ch19.3
  • 18869-900905-1952-1Ch19.4
  • 18870-900905-1953-1Ch19.5
  • 18871-900905-1955-1Ch19.6
  • 18872-900905-2003-1Ch19.7
  • Thirty-two thousand soldiers, exclusive of the thousand send by
  • the Maachah, are mentioned in the parallel passage (2Sa 10.6)
  • but
  • of chariots or cavalry there is no mention; and the number of
  • chariots stated here is prodigious, and beyond all credibility.
  • But as the word {raichev} denotes not only a chariot, but a
  • rider,
  • (see Is 21.7) it ought most probably to be rendered here, in a
  • collective sense, cavalry; and then the number of troops will
  • exactly agree with the passage in Samuel. It is probable that
  • they were a kind of auxiliary troops who were usually mounted on
  • horses, or in chariots, but who occasionally served as
  • foot-soldiers.
  • This variation exists only in the translation, the original
  • being
  • the same in both places, {melech maachah} king Maachah.
  • 18873-900905-2003-1Ch19.8
  • 18874-900905-2004-1Ch19.9
  • 18875-900905-2005-1Ch19.10
  • 18876-900905-2007-1Ch19.11
  • elision of (), {yood} which is by no means uncommon.
  • 18877-900905-2008-1Ch19.12
  • 18878-900905-2010-1Ch19.13
  • In Samuel, `let us play the men;' but the original is the same
  • in
  • both places, {nithchazzak}.
  • 18879-900905-2011-1Ch19.14
  • 18880-900905-2011-1Ch19.15
  • 18881-900905-2014-1Ch19.16
  • that is, Euphrates.
  • This variation arises from the permutation of () {baith} and
  • () pay; being written in the parallel passage () Shobach, and
  • here
  • () Shophach.
  • 18882-900905-2015-1Ch19.17
  • Instead of {alaihem, `upon them,' it is in 2Sa 10.17 {chelamah},
  • `to Helam:' the one seems evidently to be a mistake for the
  • other.
  • 18883-900905-2019-1Ch19.18
  • mistaking () {noon final}, which stands for 700, for () zayin,
  • with a dot above, which denotes 7000, or vice versa: the great
  • similarity of these letters might easily cause the one to be
  • mistaken for the other.
  • If these troops were as we have suppose, a kind of {dismounted
  • cavalry}, the terms {footmen and horsemen} might be
  • indifferently
  • applied to them.
  • 18884-900905-2020-1Ch19.19
  • 18885-900905-2024-1Ch20.1
  • thereof tortured
  • 4-8 Three giants are slain in three several overthrows of the
  • Philistines.
  • 18886-900905-2025-1Ch20.2
  • 18887-900905-2028-1Ch20.3
  • instead of {wyyasar,} `and he cut,' the parallel passage is
  • {wyasem,} `and he put them;' which is also the reading here of
  • seven MSS collated by Dr. Kennicott. Sawing asunder, etc. of
  • human beings, have no more place in the text, that they had in
  • David's conduct towards the Ammonites.
  • 18888-900905-2030-1Ch20.4
  • 18889-900905-2031-1Ch20.5
  • 18890-900905-2032-1Ch20.6
  • 18891-900905-2033-1Ch20.7
  • 18892-900905-2034-1Ch20.8
  • 18893-900905-2041-1Ch21.1
  • 5-8 The number of the people being brought, David repents of it
  • 9-13 David having three plagues propounded by God, chooses the
  • pestilence
  • 14-17 After the death of seventy thousand, David by repentance
  • prevents the destruction of Jerusalem
  • 18-27 David, by Gad's direction, purchases Ornan's threshing
  • floor;
  • where having built an altar, God gives a sign of his favour
  • by fire, and stays the plague.
  • 28-30 David sacrifices there, being restrained from Gibeon by
  • fear
  • of the angel
  • 18894-900905-2042-1Ch21.2
  • 18895-900905-2043-1Ch21.3
  • 18896-900905-2044-1Ch21.4
  • 18897-900905-2045-1Ch21.5
  • The Syriac has 800,000 as in the parallel passage of Samuel
  • 18898-900905-2046-1Ch21.6
  • 18899-900905-2048-1Ch21.7
  • And it was evil in the eyes of God concerning this thing
  • 18900-900905-2049-1Ch21.8
  • 18901-900905-2050-1Ch21.9
  • 18902-900905-2051-1Ch21.10
  • 18903-900905-2052-1Ch21.11
  • 18904-900905-2056-1Ch21.12
  • In 2Sa 24.13, it is {seven years}; but the Septuagint has there
  • ()
  • {three years}, as here; which is, no doubt, the true reading;
  • the
  • letter () {zayin} being mistaken for () {gimmel}, Three.
  • 18905-900905-2101-1Ch21.13
  • David here acted nobly: had he chosen war, his personal safety
  • was
  • in no danger, as there was an ordinance preventing him from
  • going
  • to battle; and in famine, his wealth would have secured his and
  • his family's support; but all were equally exposed to the
  • pestilence.
  • 18906-900905-2101-1Ch21.14
  • 18907-900905-2103-1Ch21.15
  • 18908-900905-2104-1Ch21.16
  • 18909-900905-2106-1Ch21.17
  • 18910-900905-2107-1Ch21.18
  • 18911-900905-2108-1Ch21.19
  • 18912-900905-2109-1Ch21.20
  • When Ornan turned back and saw the angel, then he, and his four
  • sons with him, hid themselves
  • 18913-900905-2109-1Ch21.21
  • 18914-900905-2110-1Ch21.22
  • 18915-900905-2111-1Ch21.23
  • 18916-900905-2114-1Ch21.24
  • It is a maxim form heaven `Honour the Lord with thy substance.'
  • He who has a religion that costs him nothing, had a religion
  • that
  • is worth nothing; nor will any man esteem the ordinances of God,
  • if those ordinances cost him nothing. Had Araunah;s noble offer
  • been accepted, it would have been Araunah's sacrifice, not
  • David's; nor would it have answered the end of turning away the
  • displeasure of the Most High. It was David that sinned, not
  • Araunah; therefore David must offer sacrifice.
  • 18917-900905-2114-1Ch21.25
  • 18918-900905-2116-1Ch21.26
  • 18919-900905-2117-1Ch21.27
  • 18921-900905-2119-1Ch21.29
  • 18922-900905-2120-1Ch21.30
  • 18923-900905-2125-1Ch22.1
  • abundance for the building of it.
  • 6-16 He instructs Solomon in God's promises, and his duty in
  • building the temple.
  • 17-19 He charges the princes to assist his son
  • David perhaps had some assurance that this was the place on
  • which God designed that His house should be built; and perhaps
  • it
  • was this that induced him to buy not only the threshing floor,
  • put
  • probably some adjacent ground also, as Calmet supposes, that
  • there
  • might be sufficient room for such a structure.
  • 18924-900905-2126-1Ch22.2
  • 18925-900905-2127-1Ch22.3
  • 18926-900905-2128-1Ch22.4
  • 18927-900905-2130-1Ch22.5
  • 18928-900905-2130-1Ch22.6
  • 18929-900905-2132-1Ch22.7
  • 18930-900905-2133-1Ch22.8
  • 18931-900905-2135-1Ch22.9
  • that is, Peaceable
  • 18932-900905-2136-1Ch22.10
  • 18933-900905-2137-1Ch22.11
  • 18934-900905-2138-1Ch22.12
  • 18935-900905-2140-1Ch22.13
  • 18936-900905-2144-1Ch22.14
  • This, at 5075l, 15s 7.5d, the talent, would amount to the sum of
  • 507,578,125l
  • This, at 353l 11s 10d. the talent, would amount to 353,591,666l
  • 13s 4d.; and both sums would amount to the sum of 868,169,791l
  • 13s
  • 4d.
  • 18937-900905-2145-1Ch22.15
  • that is, masons and carpenters.
  • 18938-900905-2146-1Ch22.16
  • 18939-900905-2147-1Ch22.17
  • 18940-900905-2148-1Ch22.18
  • 18941-900905-2150-1Ch22.19
  • 18942-900905-2220-1Ch23.1
  • 2-6 The number and distribution of the Levites
  • 7-11 The families of the Gershonites
  • 12-20 The sons of Kohath
  • 21-23 The sons of Merari
  • 24-32 The office of the Levites
  • 18943-900905-2223-1Ch23.2
  • 18944-900905-2223-1Ch23.3
  • 18945-900905-2226-1Ch23.4
  • 18946-900905-2228-1Ch23.5
  • 18947-900905-2230-1Ch23.6
  • Gershon () is called () Gershom, in the parallel passage, simply
  • by the mutation of () {noon} into () {mem}
  • 18948-900905-2232-1Ch23.7
  • Laadan and Libni, seem to have been two distinct names of this
  • person; but the variation of Shimi and Shimei exists only in the
  • translation, the original being uniformly ().
  • 18949-900905-2233-1Ch23.8
  • 18951-900905-2234-1Ch23.10
  • Zina seems to be a mistake for Zizah; for both the LXX and
  • Vulgate
  • read uniformly () Ziza
  • 18952-900905-2235-1Ch23.11
  • 18953-900905-2235-1Ch23.12
  • 18954-900905-2239-1Ch23.13
  • 18955-900905-2240-1Ch23.14
  • 18956-900905-2240-1Ch23.15
  • 18957-900905-2240-1Ch23.16
  • 18958-900905-2241-1Ch23.17
  • 18959-900905-2242-1Ch23.18
  • 18960-900905-2242-1Ch23.19
  • 18962-900905-2243-1Ch23.21
  • 18963-900905-2243-1Ch23.22
  • 18964-900905-2244-1Ch23.23
  • 18965-900905-2249-1Ch23.24
  • At first David appointed the Levites to serve from thirty years
  • old and upwards; but considering, probably, that the temple
  • which
  • was about to be built, with its courts, chambers, etc., would
  • require a more numerous ministry, he fixed this period, by this
  • subsequent regulation, at twenty years and upwards. In the time
  • of Moses, the age was from thirty years to fifty: here this
  • latter
  • period is not mentioned, probably because the service was not so
  • laborious now; for the ark being fixed, they had no longer any
  • burdens to carry; and therefore even an old man might continue
  • to
  • serve. See the Note on Nu 8.24.
  • 18966-900905-2251-1Ch23.25
  • Jerusalem.
  • 18967-900905-2251-1Ch23.26
  • 18968-900905-2252-1Ch23.27
  • 18969-900905-2254-1Ch23.28
  • 18970-900906-2014-1Ch23.29
  • It was the priests' office to place this bread before the Lord;
  • and it was their privilege to feed on the old loaves when they
  • were replaced by the new.
  • The standards of all weights and measures were in the sanctuary;
  • and therefore the levites had the inspection of weights and
  • measures of every kind, that no fraud might in this way be
  • committed. Honesty is inseparably connected with piety; and
  • hence the levites, being sufficiently numerous, were employed to
  • superintend the former, as well as the latter.
  • 18971-900906-2016-1Ch23.30
  • 18972-900906-2017-1Ch23.31
  • 18973-900906-2018-1Ch23.32
  • 18974-900906-2020-1Ch24.1
  • orders.
  • 20-25 The Kohathites
  • 26-31 and the Merarties, divided by lot
  • 18975-900906-2021-1Ch24.2
  • 18976-900906-2022-1Ch24.3
  • This was Abiathar, who appears to have had the name of
  • Ahimelech,
  • as well as his father.
  • 18977-900906-2024-1Ch24.4
  • 18978-900906-2025-1Ch24.5
  • 18979-900906-2026-1Ch24.6
  • 18980-900906-2026-1Ch24.7
  • 18981-900906-2027-1Ch24.8
  • 18982-900906-2027-1Ch24.9
  • 18983-900906-2029-1Ch24.10
  • As the Evangelist Luke mentions the course of Abia, it is
  • evident that these courses of the priests, established by David,
  • no doubt under Divine direction, were continued, with some
  • alterations, till the days of Christ: these records must
  • therefore have been very useful after the Babylonian captivity.
  • 18984-900906-2030-1Ch24.11
  • 18985-900906-2030-1Ch24.12
  • 18987-900906-2030-1Ch24.14
  • 18992-900906-2031-1Ch24.19
  • 18993-900906-2032-1Ch24.20
  • 18994-900906-2033-1Ch24.21
  • Probably Isshiah is a contracted form, or a corruption, of
  • Jeshaiah
  • 18995-900906-2035-1Ch24.22
  • The original is uniformly Izharites.
  • The variation of () Shelomith, and () Shelomoth, arises from the
  • mutation of () {wav} and () {yood}.
  • 18996-900906-2037-1Ch24.23
  • original being uniformly () or ()
  • 18997-900906-2037-1Ch24.24
  • 18998-900906-2038-1Ch24.25
  • 19000-900906-2039-1Ch24.27
  • 19001-900906-2039-1Ch24.28
  • 19002-900906-2040-1Ch24.29
  • 19003-900906-2040-1Ch24.30
  • 19004-900906-2042-1Ch24.31
  • The whole company being ranged according to their families, with
  • the proper number of divisions, the order of their courses was
  • assigned them by lot, without respect to rank or seniority.
  • 19005-900906-2050-1Ch25.1
  • 8-31 Their division by lot into four and twenty orders
  • That is, the chief of the several orders; not military captains
  • The word prophesy, here, seems to mean no more than praising God
  • by singing inspired prophetical hymns.
  • 19006-900906-2052-1Ch25.2
  • 19007-900906-2054-1Ch25.3
  • `With Shimei, mentioned ver. 17.'
  • supplied here by the Arabic version.
  • 19008-900906-2058-1Ch25.4
  • 19009-900906-2100-1Ch25.5
  • This may denote that he presided over those who used wind
  • instruments.
  • 19010-900906-2101-1Ch25.6
  • 19011-900906-2103-1Ch25.7
  • These two hundred and eighty-eight, being twenty courses of
  • twelve each, were more skillful than the other Levites; and
  • being
  • placed under the twenty-four sons of the chief singers, they had
  • the four thousand before mentioned divided among them, to
  • officiate by courses, according to their instructions.
  • 19012-900906-2107-1Ch25.8
  • Even among the twenty-four leaders, some were more expert than
  • others; some were teachers, and others were scholars;
  • but every one was taken by the solemn casting of lots, without
  • any
  • regard to these distinctions. Thus all things were disposed for
  • the preserving of order, and avoiding all disputes about
  • precedence: there being no respect had, in this divine
  • distribution, to birth, but the younger in course preceded the
  • elder.
  • 19013-900906-2108-1Ch25.9
  • Dr. Geddes, chiefly on the authority of the Arabic, add, `who
  • with
  • his sons and brethren were twelve.'
  • 19014-900906-2108-1Ch25.10
  • 19015-900906-2110-1Ch25.11
  • Izri, seems to be called Zeri by the aphaeresis of (), {yood}.
  • 19016-900906-2110-1Ch25.12
  • 19018-900906-2112-1Ch25.14
  • This variation rises from the mutation of {aleph} and {yood};
  • the word being written in the parallel passage {Asarelah}, and
  • here, () Jesarelah
  • 19022-900906-2114-1Ch25.18
  • Probably this person was called by both names; or Uzziel may be
  • a
  • mistake for Azareel. In the Syriac and Arabic, the name is
  • nearly
  • the same in both places.
  • 19023-900906-2114-1Ch25.19
  • 19024-900906-2115-1Ch25.20
  • 19034-900906-2115-1Ch25.30
  • 19035-900906-2125-1Ch25.31
  • 19036-900906-2125-1Ch26.1
  • 13-19 The gates assigned by lot
  • 20-28 The Levites that had charge of the treasures
  • 29-32 Officers and judges
  • There were four classes of these, each of which belonged to the
  • four gates of the temple, which opened to the four cardinal
  • points
  • of heaven. The eastern gate fell to Shelemiah; the northern to
  • Zechariah (ver 14.) the southern to Obed-edom (ver 15) and the
  • western to Shuppim and Hosah (ver 16). These several persons
  • were
  • captains of these porter-bands, or door-keepers, at the
  • different
  • gates. There were probably a thousand men under each of these
  • captains; as we find, from 1ch 23.5, that their whole number was
  • four thousand.
  • by the aphaeresis of () {mem}.
  • This variation arises from the mutation of {yood} into {aleph};
  • being written in the parallel passages () {Ebiaspah}, and here
  • Asaph.
  • 19039-900906-2125-1Ch26.4
  • 19040-900906-2126-1Ch26.5
  • 19041-900906-2132-1Ch26.6
  • They were not only porters, or door keepers, in the ordinary
  • sense
  • of the word, but they were a military guard to the gate, as Dr.
  • Delaney suggests that the word {shoarim} should be rendered: and
  • perhaps in this sense alone are we to understand their office,
  • which appears to have been of considerable dignity, and
  • conferred
  • only on men of the first rank. They were appointed to attend the
  • temple, to guard all the avenues to it, to open and shut all the
  • outer gates, and attend at them, not only for state but for
  • service. They were also required to direct and instruct
  • those who were going to worship in the courts of the sanctuary
  • in
  • the conduct they were to observe, to encourage those who were
  • timid, to send back the strangers and unclean, and to guard
  • against thieves and others who were enemies to the house of God.
  • 19043-900906-2133-1Ch26.8
  • 19044-900906-2133-1Ch26.9
  • 19045-900906-2133-1Ch26.10
  • 19047-900906-2135-1Ch26.12
  • That is, classes against each other. Ward formerly signified a
  • class or division: we still apply the term to the different
  • apartments in hospitals, and to the more extensive districts
  • into
  • which the city of London is divided.
  • 19048-900906-2136-1Ch26.13
  • for the great.
  • 19049-900906-2137-1Ch26.14
  • Zechariah
  • 19050-900906-2139-1Ch26.15
  • the offerings made for the priests and Levites, were laid up.
  • Obed-edom is said to have had the charge of the treasures, etc.
  • 19051-900906-2142-1Ch26.16
  • That is, ejection; probably the gate through which all the filth
  • which from time to time might accumulate in the temple and its
  • courts, was cast out.
  • That is, their stations were opposite to each other; as the
  • north
  • to the south, and the east to the west.
  • 19052-900906-2142-1Ch26.17
  • 19053-900906-2144-1Ch26.18
  • Parbar is most probably the same as parwar, which denotes
  • suburbs.
  • consequently this may be considered as leading to the suburbs.
  • 19054-900906-2146-1Ch26.19
  • Kore, or rather, Kohri, is essentially the same with () Korah,
  • merely having a paragogic {yood}.
  • 19055-900906-2148-1Ch26.20
  • 19056-900906-2148-1Ch26.21
  • 19057-900906-2150-1Ch26.22
  • Jehieli, () is the same as Jehiel, () with the addition of
  • {yood}
  • 19058-900906-2150-1Ch26.23
  • 19059-900906-2152-1Ch26.24
  • The difference between () Shubael, and () Shebuel, simply arises
  • from the elision of {wav} and a change of vowels.
  • 19060-900906-2152-1Ch26.25
  • 19061-900906-2153-1Ch26.26
  • 19062-900906-2154-1Ch26.27
  • 19063-900906-2154-1Ch26.28
  • 19064-900906-2155-1Ch26.29
  • 19065-900906-2156-1Ch26.30
  • 19066-900906-2157-1Ch26.31
  • 19067-900906-2201-1Ch26.32
  • a half on the other side of Jordan, than with all the rest of
  • the
  • tribes; there were two thousand seven hundred, whereas on the
  • west
  • side of Jorda there were only one thousand seven hundred. Either
  • those remote tribes were not so well furnished with judges of
  • their own, or because they lay farthest from Jerusalem, on the
  • borders of the neighboring nations, and were thus in danger of
  • being infected with idolatry, they most needed the help of
  • Levites
  • to prevent their running into the abominations of the idolaters.
  • 19068-900906-2210-1Ch27.1
  • 16-22 The princes of the twelve tribes
  • 23,24 The numbering of the people is hindered
  • 25-34 David's several officers
  • The patriarchs, chief generals, or generals of brigade. This
  • enumeration is widely different from that of the preceding. In
  • that, we have the order and course of the priests and Levites,
  • in
  • their ecclesiastical ministrations: in this, we have the
  • account of
  • the order of the civil service, what related simply to the
  • political state of the king and kingdom. Twenty-four persons,
  • chosen out of David's worthies, each of whom had a second, were
  • placed over 24,000 men, who all served a month at a time, in
  • turn;
  • and this was the whole of their service during the year, after
  • which they attended to their own affairs. Thus the king had
  • always on foot a regular force of 24,000, who served without
  • expense to him or the state, and were not oppressed by the
  • service, which took up only a twelfth part of their time; and by
  • this plan he could, at any time, bring into the field 12 times
  • 24,000 or 288,000 fighting men, independently of the 12,000
  • officers, which made in the whole an effective force of 300,000
  • soldiers; and all these men were prepared, disciplined, and
  • ready
  • at a call, without the smallest expense to the state or the
  • king.
  • These were, properly speaking, the militia of the Israelites
  • kingdom.
  • 19069-900906-2211-1Ch27.2
  • 19070-900906-2237-1Ch27.3
  • The chief
  • 19071-900906-2237-1Ch27.4
  • 19072-900906-2239-1Ch27.5
  • Or, `Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada the chief priest:' it was
  • Jehoiada, and not Benaiah, who was priest.
  • 19073-900906-2240-1Ch27.6
  • 19074-900906-2240-1Ch27.7
  • 19075-900906-2242-1Ch27.8
  • If this person was the same as Shammoth the Hararite, or
  • Shammah the Harodite, it is probable that he took the
  • denomination
  • Izrahite, from one of his progenitors of the name Izrah, and
  • derived the other from the place of his residence.
  • 19076-900906-2243-1Ch27.9
  • 19077-900906-2243-1Ch27.10
  • 19078-900906-2244-1Ch27.11
  • 19079-900906-2245-1Ch27.12
  • 19080-900906-2245-1Ch27.13
  • 19081-900906-2246-1Ch27.14
  • 19082-900906-2246-1Ch27.15
  • 19083-900906-2249-1Ch27.16
  • These persons, called `princes of the tribes,' in ver 22, and
  • 28.1, appear to have been civil rulers over their several
  • tribes,
  • and honorary men, without pay, not unlike the lords lieutenants
  • of
  • our counties. In this enumeration there is no mention of the
  • tribes of Gad and Asher, probably because they were joined to
  • the
  • neighboring tribes; or perhaps, the account of these has been
  • lost
  • from the register.
  • 19084-900906-2249-1Ch27.17
  • 19085-900906-2251-1Ch27.18
  • If Elihu be not a mistake for Eliab, it is probable that he was
  • called by both names.
  • 19088-900906-2251-1Ch27.21
  • 19090-900906-2254-1Ch27.23
  • It seems probable, from this passage, that Joab began, by
  • David's
  • order, to number the children, as well as adults, but was
  • prevented from finishing the account, probably because the
  • plague
  • had begun. The numbering of the effective men might have been
  • deemed a political expedient; but pride and ostentation alone
  • could dictate the numbering of minors and infants, especially as
  • God had pronounced the seed of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob,
  • innumerable.
  • 19091-900906-2255-1Ch27.24
  • 19092-900906-2256-1Ch27.25
  • 19094-900906-2257-1Ch27.27
  • vineyards
  • 19095-900906-2306-1Ch27.28
  • jummeez, is the (), or sycomore, of the Greeks, so called from
  • () a
  • fig-tree, and () a mulberry tree, because it resembles the
  • latter
  • in its leaves, and the former in its fruits. `The sycamore,' say
  • Mr. Norded, `is of the height of a beech, and bears its fruit
  • in a
  • manner quite different from other trees: it has them on the
  • trunk
  • itself, which shoots out little sprigs, in form of grape stalks,
  • at the end of which grow the fruit close to one another, almost
  • like a cluster of grapes. The tree is always green, and bears
  • fruit several times in the year, without observing any certain
  • seasons; for I have seen some sycamores that have given fruit
  • two
  • months after others. The fruit has the figure and smell of real
  • figs, but is inferior to them in the taste, having a disgustful
  • sweetness. Its colour is a yellow, inclining to an ochre,
  • shadowed by a flesh colour. In the inside it resembles the
  • common
  • figs, excepting that it has a blackish colouring with yellow
  • spots. This sort of tree is pretty common in Egypt; the people,
  • for the greater part, live on its fruit, and think themselves
  • well
  • regaled when they have a piece of bread, a couple of sycamore
  • figs, and a pitcher of water.'
  • 19096-900906-2306-1Ch27.29
  • 19097-900906-2307-1Ch27.30
  • 19099-900906-2308-1Ch27.32
  • 19100-900906-2309-1Ch27.33
  • 19101-900906-2309-1Ch27.34
  • 19102-900907-0855-1Ch28.1
  • him, and promise to his son Solomon, exhorts them to fear
  • God
  • 9,10 He encourages Solomon to build the temple
  • 11-21 He gives him patterns, gold and silver, etc
  • or eunuchs
  • 19103-900907-0853-1Ch28.2
  • 19104-900907-0854-1Ch28.3
  • 19105-900906-2321-1Ch28.4
  • 19106-900906-2322-1Ch28.5
  • 19107-900906-2323-1Ch28.6
  • 19108-900907-2009-1Ch28.7
  • 19109-900907-2011-1Ch28.8
  • 19110-900907-2017-1Ch28.9
  • 19111-900907-2018-1Ch28.10
  • 19112-900907-2026-1Ch28.11
  • He gave him an ichnograph of the building, with elevations,
  • sections and specifications of every part; and all this he
  • himself
  • received by inspiration from God himself (ver 12,19) just as
  • Moses
  • had received the plan of the tabernacle.
  • be not Hebrew, but Persian; in which language we have () ganj,
  • a granary, a hidden treasure, treasury, or barn. It may,
  • however,
  • be a Chaldee from of the Hebrew () genez (from () genaz, to
  • treasure up;) the () being merely formative, as () dech, ()
  • illaich, and other Chaldee words.
  • 19113-900907-2029-1Ch28.12
  • ist.
  • 19114-900907-2030-1Ch28.13
  • 19115-900907-2030-1Ch28.14
  • The quality of gold which was to be put in {each article}
  • 19116-900907-2031-1Ch28.15
  • 19117-900907-2032-1Ch28.16
  • 19118-900907-2032-1Ch28.17
  • 19119-900907-2033-1Ch28.18
  • 19120-900907-2034-1Ch28.19
  • 19121-900907-2035-1Ch28.20
  • 19122-900907-2037-1Ch28.21
  • 19123-900907-2040-1Ch29.1
  • 6-9 causes the princes and people to offer willingly
  • 10-19 David's thanksgiving and prayer
  • 20-25 The people, having blessed God, and sacrificed, make
  • Solomon
  • king.
  • 26-30 David's reign and death
  • 19124-900907-2046-1Ch29.2
  • stone or gem called onyx, but a marble called in Greek
  • onychites,
  • which Pliny mentions as a stone Caramania; for one would hardly
  • think that gems of any kind were used externally in such a
  • building as the temple. Antiquity gave both stones this name,
  • because of their resemblance to the nail of the finger.
  • marble, so called from its colour resembling stibium: so Vulgate
  • quasi stibinos. marble stones. Avney shayish is rendered in the
  • Targum avney marmoraiyah, `stones of marble,' which was
  • remarkable
  • for its bright white colour. Josephus says that the temple was
  • built of large blocks of white marble, beautifully polished, so
  • as
  • to produce a most splendid appearance.
  • 19125-900907-2047-1Ch29.3
  • present we only use the plural {goods} to designate property or
  • personal effects.
  • 19126-900907-2048-1Ch29.4
  • 19127-900907-2049-1Ch29.5
  • 19128-900907-2049-1Ch29.6
  • 19130-900907-2050-1Ch29.8
  • 19131-900907-2051-1Ch29.9
  • 19132-900907-2053-1Ch29.10
  • 19133-900907-2056-1Ch29.11
  • 19134-900907-2059-1Ch29.12
  • 19135-900907-2100-1Ch29.13
  • 19136-900907-2102-1Ch29.14
  • 19137-900907-2103-1Ch29.15
  • 19138-900907-2104-1Ch29.16
  • 19139-900907-2106-1Ch29.17
  • 19140-900907-2109-1Ch29.18
  • 19141-900907-2110-1Ch29.19
  • 19142-900907-2111-1Ch29.20
  • 19143-900907-2112-1Ch29.21
  • 19144-900907-2114-1Ch29.22
  • 19145-900907-2115-1Ch29.23
  • 19146-900907-2117-1Ch29.24
  • 19147-900907-2118-1Ch29.25
  • 19148-900907-2118-1Ch29.26
  • 19149-900907-2119-1Ch29.27
  • 19150-900826-1953-1Ch29.28
  • David at his death had every thing that his heart could wish:
  • `he died in a good old age, full of days, riches, and honour;'
  • having gained more renown than any crowned head ever did.
  • `David,' says Dr. Delaney, `was a true believer, a zealous
  • adorer
  • of God, teacher of His law and worship, and inspirer of His
  • praise; a glorious example, a perpetual and inexhaustible
  • fountain
  • of true piety; a consummate and unrivaled hero; a skillful and
  • successful captain; a steady patriot; a wise ruler; a faithful,
  • generous, and magnanimous fried; and what is yet rarer, a no
  • less
  • generous and magnanimous enemy; a true penitent, a divine
  • musician, a sublime poet, and an inspired prophet. By birth a
  • peasant, by merit a prince! In youth a hero, in manhood a
  • monarch, and in age a saint.'
  • 19151-900826-1955-1Ch29.29
  • 19152-900826-1955-1Ch29.30
  • 19153-900826-1926-2Ch1.1
  • 7-12 Solomon's choice of wisdom is blessed by God
  • 13-17 Solomon's forces and wealth
  • 19154-900826-1928-2Ch1.2
  • This seems to have taken place a short time after David's
  • decease,
  • and, according to some, in the {second} year of Solomon's reign;
  • when being established in his kingdom, he convened his chief
  • men,
  • and spake to them concerning the solemn sacrifice which he
  • purposed to offer to God.
  • 19155-900826-1929-2Ch1.3
  • 19156-900826-1931-2Ch1.4
  • The tabernacle and the brazen altar still remained at Gibeon;
  • but
  • David had brought away the ark out of the tabernacle, and placed
  • it in a tent in Jerusalem.
  • 19157-900826-1932-2Ch1.5
  • 19158-900826-1933-2Ch1.6
  • 19159-900826-1934-2Ch1.7
  • This was the night following the sacrifice which Solomon had
  • offered
  • 19160-900826-1935-2Ch1.8
  • 19161-900826-1937-2Ch1.9
  • 19162-900826-1938-2Ch1.10
  • 19163-900826-1941-2Ch1.11
  • This does not occur in Kings: and it implies that the request of
  • Solomon, as arising from a spiritual judgment and heart, was
  • peculiarly acceptable to that God who searches, regards, and
  • demands the heart. God promised Solomon all the things which he
  • had not asked, except the life of his enemies; for he was to be
  • a peaceable king, a type of the Prince of peace.
  • 19164-900826-1942-2Ch1.12
  • 19165-900826-1942-2Ch1.13
  • 19166-900826-1943-2Ch1.14
  • Cities where the chariots, and horses belonging to them, were
  • kept
  • 19167-900826-2001-2Ch1.15
  • He destroyed its value by making it so exceedingly plentiful
  • 19168-900826-2010-2Ch1.16
  • The word () mikweh, is regarded by the ancient translators as a
  • proper name: the LXX have () `from Tekoa,' the Vulgate, de Coa,
  • `from Koa,' which is adopted by Dr. Geddes; the Syriac, `from
  • the
  • city Aphelia;' and the Arabic, `ex urbe Australium.' Bochart
  • thinks it signifies a tribute; others suppose that it signifies
  • a
  • string or drove of horses, or as Jarchi says, what the Germans
  • call () a stud; but Houbigant supposes it to be a corruption for
  • mercavah, `chariots.' Our English translation, however, which
  • regards it as synonymous with {tikwah}, seems by far the best.
  • According to Norden, linen yarn is still one of the principal
  • articles of commerce in Egypt, and is exported in very large
  • quantities, together with unmanufactured flax and spun cotton;
  • and
  • Sanutus, 400 years ago, remarked that though Christian countries
  • abounded in flax, yet the goodness of the Egyptian was such,
  • that
  • it was dispersed even to the west.
  • 19169-900826-2010-2Ch1.17
  • 19170-900826-2014-2Ch2.1
  • 17,18
  • 3-10 His embassage to Huram for workmen and provision of stuff
  • 11-16 Huram sends him a kind answer
  • 19171-900826-2015-2Ch2.2
  • 19172-900826-2015-2Ch2.3
  • As thou didst
  • 19173-900826-2018-2Ch2.4
  • 19174-900826-2019-2Ch2.5
  • 19175-900826-2020-2Ch2.6
  • 19176-900826-2021-2Ch2.7
  • 19177-900826-2029-2Ch2.8
  • Called in the parallel passage, by a transposition of letters,
  • almuggim, or `almug-trees;' which is rendered by the Vulgate,
  • ligna thynia, the thya or lignum vitae wood. Theophrastus say
  • that `the thyon of thya tree grows near the temple of Jupiter
  • Ammon (in Africa), and in the Cyrenaica; that it resembles the
  • cypress in its boughs, leaves, stalk, and fruit; and that its
  • wood
  • (from its close texture) never rots.' The LXX render here ();
  • and
  • Josephus calls it (), torch or pine-trees; but cautions us
  • against
  • supposing that the wood was like what was known in his time by
  • that name; for these `were to the sight like the wood of the
  • fig-tree, but more white and shining.' The Syriac version has
  • {kaison dekee-sotho}, probably cypress wood; and Dr. Shaw
  • supposes
  • it denotes the cypress. Several critics understand it to mean
  • gummy wood; and Celsius queries whether it may not be the
  • sandal-tree, as the Rabbins and Dr. Geddes suppose.
  • 19178-900826-2030-2Ch2.9
  • 19179-900826-2030-2Ch2.10
  • 19180-900826-2031-2Ch2.11
  • 19181-900826-2034-2Ch2.12
  • 19182-900826-2035-2Ch2.13
  • 19183-900826-2035-2Ch2.14
  • 19184-900826-2036-2Ch2.15
  • 19185-900826-2037-2Ch2.16
  • 19186-900826-2038-2Ch2.17
  • 19187-900826-2039-2Ch2.18
  • 19188-900826-2235-2Ch3.1
  • 3-10 The measure and ornaments of the house
  • 11-13 The cherubims
  • 14-17 The vail and pillars
  • 19189-900826-2043-2Ch3.2
  • 19190-900826-2047-2Ch3.3
  • It is supposed, with much probability, that the first measure
  • means the cubit used in the time of Moses, contradistinguished
  • from
  • that used in Babylon, and which the Israelites used after their
  • return from captivity, it was necessary for the writer to make
  • this remark, lest it should be thought that the measurement was
  • by
  • the Babylonish cubit, which was a palm or one-sixth shorter
  • than the cubit of Moses; which may serve to reconcile some
  • variations in the historical books, with respect to numbers when
  • applied to measures.
  • 19191-900826-2050-2Ch3.4
  • As the height of the temple was only thirty cubits, 120 seems
  • too
  • great a height for the porch; but the Syriac, Arabic, and the
  • LXX
  • in the codex Alexandrinus, have only twenty, probably reading,
  • instead of maiah weesrim, `one hundred and twenty,' ammoth
  • esrim,
  • `twenty cubits;' which brings it within the proportion of the
  • other measures.
  • 19192-900826-2050-2Ch3.5
  • 19193-900826-2053-2Ch3.6
  • Parvaim is supposed by Calmet to be the same as Sepharvaim in
  • Armenia or Media; Bochart is of opinion that it is Taprobanes,
  • now
  • the island of Ceylon, which he drives from taph, a border, and
  • Parvan, i.e, `the coast of Parvan;' but the late Editor Calmet
  • thinks it the same as the Parvatoi mountains of Ptolemy, at the
  • head of the Indus.
  • 19194-900826-2054-2Ch3.7
  • 19195-900826-2055-2Ch3.8
  • 19197-900826-2056-2Ch3.10
  • 19200-900826-2057-2Ch3.13
  • 19201-900826-2057-2Ch3.14
  • 19202-900826-2059-2Ch3.15
  • The Syriac and Arabic have, agreeably to the parallel passage,
  • `eighteen cubits high;' but the Septuagint, Chaldee, and Vulgate
  • have `thirty and five cubits high.' See the note on 1ki 7.15
  • 19203-900826-2100-2Ch3.16
  • 19204-900826-2102-2Ch3.17
  • 19205-900826-2238-2Ch4.1
  • 2-5 The molten sea upon twelve oxen
  • 6-8 The ten lavers, candlesticks, and tables
  • 9-18 The courts, and the instruments of brass
  • 19-22 The instruments of gold
  • 19206-900826-2239-2Ch4.2
  • 19207-900826-2245-2Ch4.3
  • In the parallel passage of Kings, instead of bekarim, `oxen,' we
  • have pekaim, `knops,' in the form of colocynths. (See on 1ki 6.
  • 18,
  • and 2ki 4.39;) which last is supposed by able critics to be the
  • reading which ought to received here; bekarim, `oxen,' being a
  • mistake for pekaim, `knops.' houbigant, however, contends that
  • the words in both places are right; but that bakar does not
  • signify an ox here, but a large kind of grape, according to its
  • meaning in Arabic. But Dr. A. Clarke states that bakar, or
  • bakarat, has no such meaning in Arabic, though the phrase
  • {aino 'lbikri, or `ox-eye'} signifies a species of black grape,
  • very large, and of incredible sweetness; that consequently the
  • criticism of this great man is not solid; and that the likeliest
  • method of reconciling the two places is to suppose a change in
  • the
  • letters as above.
  • 19208-900826-2246-2Ch4.4
  • 19209-900826-2249-2Ch4.5
  • In the parallel passage, it is said to hold only two thousand
  • baths, but that, if filled up to the top, it would hold 3000.
  • But, as we have already seen that the Babylonish cubit was less
  • than that of the ancient Hebrews, it might be the same with
  • measures of capacity, so that 2000 of the ancient jewish baths
  • might have been equal to 3000 of those used after the captivity.
  • The Targum cuts the knot: ` It received 3000 baths of dry
  • measure,
  • and held 2000 of liquid measure.'
  • 19210-900826-2251-2Ch4.6
  • work of burnt offering.
  • 19211-900826-2252-2Ch4.7
  • 19212-900826-2253-2Ch4.8
  • 19213-900826-2253-2Ch4.9
  • 19214-900826-2254-2Ch4.10
  • 19215-900826-2254-2Ch4.11
  • 19216-900826-2255-2Ch4.12
  • 19217-900826-2256-2Ch4.13
  • 19218-900826-2257-2Ch4.14
  • 19219-900827-2050-2Ch4.15
  • 19220-900827-2052-2Ch4.16
  • 19221-900827-2053-2Ch4.17
  • 19222-900827-2053-2Ch4.18
  • 19223-900827-2055-2Ch4.19
  • 19224-900827-2056-2Ch4.20
  • 19225-900827-2058-2Ch4.21
  • Probably each branch of the chandelier was made like a plant
  • in flower; and the opening of the flower was either the lamp, or
  • served to support it.
  • best gold.
  • 19226-900827-2101-2Ch4.22
  • Capellus and others suppose we should read, agreeably to 1ki 7.
  • 50
  • `The hinges also of the doors of the inner house,' etc: the word
  • {pothoth, `hinges'} being mistaken for {paithach, `an entry' or
  • `door-way.'
  • 19227-900827-2103-2Ch5.1
  • 2-10 The solemn induction of the ark into the oracle
  • 11-14 God being praised, gives a visible sign of his favour
  • 19228-900827-2105-2Ch5.2
  • 19229-900827-2107-2Ch5.3
  • That is, as the Targumist observes, in the feast of tabernacles,
  • which was held in the seventh month of the ecclesiastical year,
  • which was called Ethanim.
  • 19230-900827-2108-2Ch5.4
  • Probably the Levites, of the family of Kohath, carried the ark
  • into the courts of the temple; and then the priests conveyed it
  • into its proper place.
  • 19231-900827-2108-2Ch5.5
  • 19232-900827-2109-2Ch5.6
  • 19233-900827-2109-2Ch5.7
  • 19234-900827-2110-2Ch5.8
  • 19235-900827-2112-2Ch5.9
  • As the ark was no longer to be carried about, the staves were
  • unnecessary
  • That is, the day when these events were recorded; not the day
  • when these extracts were made, after the captivity, and
  • consequently, long after the destruction of the temple.
  • 19236-900827-2116-2Ch5.10
  • In the parallel passage in the Epistle to the Hebrews, it is
  • expressly stated that in the ark were `the golden pot that had
  • manna, and Aaron's rod that budded, and the tables of the
  • covenant;' but it is evident that the apostle speaks there of
  • the
  • tabernacle erected by Moses, and of the state and contents of
  • that
  • tabernacle in the time of Moses; and in the temple there were
  • several things {added}, and several {left out}.
  • 19237-900827-2118-2Ch5.11
  • 19238-900827-2122-2Ch5.12
  • 19239-900827-2125-2Ch5.13
  • 19240-900827-2125-2Ch5.14
  • 19241-900827-2127-2Ch6.1
  • 12-42 Solomon's prayer in the consecration of the temple, upon
  • the
  • brasen scaffold, etc.
  • 19242-900827-2128-2Ch6.2
  • 19243-900827-2130-2Ch6.3
  • 19244-900827-2131-2Ch6.4
  • 19245-900827-2134-2Ch6.5
  • The judges and Saul were chosen by God, for a season, to be
  • rulers
  • of Israel; but not establish a permanent and hereditary
  • authority
  • over that people, as was the case with David. This clause is
  • wanting in the parallel passage of Kings; but it helps to clear
  • the sense.
  • 19246-900827-2136-2Ch6.6
  • This clause is also not in Kings. Jerusalem was expressly marked
  • out, by the building of the temple, to be the center of worship
  • of
  • Israel; as Jehovah had before spoken by Moses: see the parallel
  • passages.
  • 19247-900827-2136-2Ch6.7
  • 19248-900827-2137-2Ch6.8
  • 19249-900827-2137-2Ch6.9
  • 19250-900827-2138-2Ch6.10
  • 19251-900827-2140-2Ch6.11
  • As `there was nothing in the ark but the two tables of stone,'
  • consequently they are called the covenant, i. e. a sign of the
  • covenant.
  • 19252-900827-2141-2Ch6.12
  • 19253-900827-2143-2Ch6.13
  • 19254-900827-2158-2Ch6.14
  • 19255-900827-2159-2Ch6.15
  • 19256-900827-2201-2Ch6.16
  • cut off
  • 19257-900827-2202-2Ch6.17
  • 19258-900827-2207-2Ch6.18
  • `the heaven and the heavens of heavens;' which words seem to
  • imply
  • that there are systems and systems of systems and systems of
  • systems, each possessing its sun, it primary and secondary
  • planets;
  • all extending beyond each other in unlimited space, in the same
  • regular and graduated order which we find to prevail in our
  • solar
  • system; which, probably, in its thousands of millions of miles
  • in
  • diameter, is, to some others, no more than the area of the lunar
  • orbit to that of Georgium Sidus.
  • 19259-900827-2208-2Ch6.19
  • 19260-900827-2209-2Ch6.20
  • 19261-900827-2210-2Ch6.21
  • 19262-900827-2211-2Ch6.22
  • 19263-900827-2212-2Ch6.23
  • 19264-900827-2215-2Ch6.24
  • 19265-900827-2216-2Ch6.25
  • 19266-900827-2218-2Ch6.26
  • 19267-900827-2220-2Ch6.27
  • 19268-900827-2224-2Ch6.28
  • `Persia', says Chardin, `is subject to have its harvest spoiled
  • by
  • hail, by drought, or by insects; either locusts, or small
  • insects,
  • which they call {sim}, which are small white lice;' probably the
  • caterpillars of the text.
  • 19269-900827-2225-2Ch6.29
  • 19270-900827-2226-2Ch6.30
  • 19271-900827-2234-2Ch6.31
  • of the land.
  • 19272-900827-2237-2Ch6.32
  • 19273-900827-2238-2Ch6.33
  • 19274-900827-2240-2Ch6.34
  • 19275-900827-2241-2Ch6.35
  • 19276-900827-2243-2Ch6.36
  • carry them away.
  • 19277-900827-2245-2Ch6.37
  • 19278-900827-2246-2Ch6.38
  • 19279-900827-2247-2Ch6.39
  • 19280-900827-2248-2Ch6.40
  • 19281-900827-2250-2Ch6.41
  • 19282-900827-2252-2Ch6.42
  • not,' agreeably to the interpretation of this phrase in the
  • Syriac
  • and Arabic versions.
  • Or, as Dr. Geddes renders, `the pious deeds of thy servant
  • David.'
  • The Syriac has, `the good actions of they servant.'
  • 19283-900830-2145-2Ch7.1
  • heaven, and glory in the temple, the people worship him
  • 4-7 Solomon's solemn sacrifice
  • 8-11 Solomon having kept the feast of tabernacles, and the feast
  • of dedication of the altar, dismisses the people
  • 12-22 God appearing to Solomon, gives him promises upon
  • condition
  • 19284-900830-2145-2Ch7.2
  • 19285-900830-2147-2Ch7.3
  • 19286-900830-2148-2Ch7.4
  • They presented the victims to the priests, and they and the
  • Levites slew them, and sprinkled the blood; or, perhaps, the
  • people themselves slew them, and having caught the blood,
  • collected the fat, etc. presented them to the priests to be
  • offered as the law required.
  • 19287-900830-2152-2Ch7.5
  • The number of sheep and oxen here mentioned has to some appeared
  • incredibly large; but it must be considered that a prodigious
  • number of persons was now at Jerusalem, and that this was the
  • amount of all the victims that had been offered during the seven
  • days of the feast of tabernacles, as well as the time the feast
  • of the dedication lasted.
  • 19288-900830-2155-2Ch7.6
  • 19289-900830-2156-2Ch7.7
  • 19290-900830-2208-2Ch7.8
  • That is, from one extremity of the land to another; Hamath
  • being situated on the north, and the river of Egypt on the
  • south.
  • 19291-900830-2209-2Ch7.9
  • 19292-900830-2211-2Ch7.10
  • 19293-900830-2211-2Ch7.11
  • 19294-900830-2213-2Ch7.12
  • 19295-900830-2215-2Ch7.13
  • 19296-900830-2218-2Ch7.14
  • 19297-900830-2219-2Ch7.15
  • 19298-900830-2220-2Ch7.16
  • 19299-900830-2222-2Ch7.17
  • 19300-900830-2223-2Ch7.18
  • 19301-900830-2224-2Ch7.19
  • 19302-900830-2225-2Ch7.20
  • 19303-900830-2227-2Ch7.21
  • 19304-900830-2228-2Ch7.22
  • 19305-900830-2233-2Ch8.1
  • 7-10 The Canaanites which were left, Solomon makes tributaries,
  • but the Israelites rulers
  • 11 Pharaoh's daughter removes to her house
  • 12,13 Solomon's yearly solemn sacrifices
  • 14-16 He appoints the priests and Levites to their places
  • 17,18 The navy fetches gold from Ophir
  • 19306-900830-2233-2Ch8.2
  • 19307-900830-2234-2Ch8.3
  • 19308-900830-2242-2Ch8.4
  • Tadmor, the Palmyra of the Greeks, as we learn from Josephus,
  • a celebrated city of Syria, situated in an oasis, or fertile
  • spot
  • of land, surrounded on all sides by a vast sandy desert, like an
  • island in the midst of the ocean; according to Pliny, 337 miles
  • from Seleucian and Tigrim, 203 from the nearest part of the
  • Mediterranean, and 176 from Damascus; according to Josephus, one
  • day's journey west of the Euphrates, and six from Babylon; and
  • according to Ptolemy, in lat. 34d north, or that of Tripoli, and
  • about 4d more easterly; and it is described by Mr. Wood as
  • `situated under a barren ridge of hills to the west, and open of
  • the other sides to the desert:' `about six days' journey from
  • Aleppo, and as much from Damascus, and about twenty leagues west
  • of the Euphrates.' Palmyra attained the height of its splendour
  • when the royal city of Zenobia was conquered by the emperor
  • Aurelian; became a Roman colony after the victories of Trajan;
  • and
  • was probably reduced to its present miserable state in the wars
  • of
  • the Saracens. Its magnificent ruins, however, scattered over an
  • extent of several miles, sufficiently attest its former
  • splendour
  • and riches.
  • 19309-900901-0905-2Ch8.5
  • 19310-900901-0908-2Ch8.6
  • which he desired to build
  • 19311-900901-0909-2Ch8.7
  • 19312-900901-0910-2Ch8.8
  • 19313-900901-0910-2Ch8.9
  • 19314-900901-0911-2Ch8.10
  • 19315-900901-0912-2Ch8.11
  • 19316-900901-0914-2Ch8.12
  • 19317-900901-0916-2Ch8.13
  • 19318-900901-0919-2Ch8.14
  • of David the man of God
  • 19319-900901-0920-2Ch8.15
  • 19320-900901-0921-2Ch8.16
  • 19321-900901-0922-2Ch8.17
  • 19322-900901-0926-2Ch8.18
  • conjectures respecting the situation of Ophir are endless.
  • Grotius conjectures it to be a part of Arabia called Aphar by
  • Arrian; while Bochart and others have placed it in the island of
  • Ceylon. Calmet supposes it to have been situated in Armenia; but
  • his late editor places it at the head of the Indus. Josephus
  • says
  • that Ophir is in the Indies, called the Gold country; by which
  • he
  • is supposed to mean Chersonesus Aurea, now Malacca, opposite
  • Sumatra; and Le Poivre observes that the inhabitants of these
  • places call their gold mines `ophirs.'
  • 19323-900901-1027-2Ch9.1
  • 13,14 Solomon's revenue in gold
  • 15,16 His targets and shields
  • 17,19 The throne of ivory
  • 20-22 His vessels
  • 23,24 His presents
  • 25 His chariots and horse
  • 26-28 His tributes
  • 29-31 His reign and death
  • 19324-900901-1027-2Ch9.2
  • 19325-900901-1030-2Ch9.3
  • 19326-900901-1031-2Ch9.4
  • 19327-900901-1032-2Ch9.5
  • 19328-900901-1034-2Ch9.6
  • 19329-900901-1036-2Ch9.7
  • 19330-900901-1039-2Ch9.8
  • 19331-900901-1048-2Ch9.9
  • This queen is called {Balkis} by the Arabians, who say she came
  • from the city of Sheba, also called Mareb, in Yemen or Arabia
  • Felix; but the Ethiopians call her {Maqueda}, claim her as their
  • sovereign, and say that her posterity reigned there for a long
  • time. Mr. Bruce has given us the history of her and her
  • descendants from Abyssinian records; and Josephus says that
  • Sheba
  • was the ancient name of the city of {Meroe}, (south of Egypt,
  • and
  • sometimes comprehended in Ethiopia,) and that this princess came
  • from thence. Those who think the princess came from
  • Arabia, rely chiefly on the fact that gold, silver, spices,
  • and precious stones, which were the presents she made to
  • Solomon, are the natural products of that country; and that
  • it may well be placed at the uttermost part of the earth, as
  • it borders on the southern ocean, and formerly they knew no
  • land beyond it.
  • 19332-900901-1049-2Ch9.10
  • 19333-900901-1051-2Ch9.11
  • 19334-900901-1051-2Ch9.12
  • 19335-900901-1053-2Ch9.13
  • 19336-900901-1054-2Ch9.14
  • 19337-900901-1054-2Ch9.15
  • 19338-900901-1055-2Ch9.16
  • 19339-900901-1055-2Ch9.17
  • 19340-900901-1056-2Ch9.18
  • 19341-900901-1056-2Ch9.19
  • 19342-900901-1058-2Ch9.20
  • 19343-900901-1105-2Ch9.21
  • Bochart thinks this Tarshish was probably the promontory Cory,
  • on
  • the north of the island of Ceylon, which, according to him, was
  • the land of ophir. That it was name of a place in the East
  • Indies, seems probable from the articles brought thence, and
  • also
  • from the ships sent thither being built at Ezion-geber, on the
  • Red
  • Sea; though Michaelis supposes that the fleet coasted along the
  • shore of Africa, doubling the Cape of Good Hope, and came to
  • Tartessus, in Spain, and thence back again the same way; that
  • this
  • accounts for their three years' voyage out and home and that
  • Spain and the coasts of Africa furnish all the the commodities
  • which they brought back.
  • Tukkeeyim is rendered taysin in the Targum, () in the
  • Alexandrian
  • MS. of the LXX., and pavos, `peacocks,' in the Vulgate; with
  • which the Syriac, Arabic, and Rabbins agree. This derives
  • confirmation from the fact, that the peacock is called in
  • Malabric, Togei.
  • 19344-900901-1107-2Ch9.22
  • 19345-900901-1109-2Ch9.23
  • 19346-900901-1109-2Ch9.24
  • 19347-900901-1110-2Ch9.25
  • 19348-900901-1111-2Ch9.26
  • 19349-900901-1113-2Ch9.27
  • 19350-900901-1122-2Ch9.28
  • `Moses,' says Bp. Warburton, `had expressly prohibited the mul-
  • tiplying of horses, (De 17.16;) by which the future king was
  • forbidden to establish a body of calvary, because this
  • could not be effected without sending into Egypt, with which
  • people
  • God had forbidden any communication, as this would be dangerous
  • to
  • religion. When Solomon had violated this law, and multiplied
  • horses to excess, (1ki 4.26,) it was soon attended with those
  • fatal consequences that the law foretold: for this wisest of
  • kings
  • having likewise, in violation of {another} law, married
  • Pharaoh's
  • daughter, (the early fruits of this commerce,) and then, by a
  • repetition of the same crime, but a transgression of another
  • law,
  • had espoused more strange women, (1ki 4.26; 11.1,) they first,in
  • defiance of a {fourth} law, persuaded him to build them idol
  • temples for {their use}; and afterwards, against a {fifth} law,
  • brought him to erect other temples for {his own.}'
  • 19351-900901-1124-2Ch9.29
  • 19352-900901-1125-2Ch9.30
  • 19353-900901-2204-2Ch9.31
  • 19354-900901-1131-2Ch10.1
  • Jeroboam make a suit of relaxation unto him,
  • 6-15 Rehobaom, refusing the old mens' counsel, by the advise of
  • young men answers them roughly,
  • 16-19 Ten tribes revolting, kill Hadoram, and make Rehoboam flee
  • 19355-900901-1134-2Ch10.2
  • 19356-900901-1134-2Ch10.3
  • 19357-900901-1135-2Ch10.4
  • 19358-900901-1136-2Ch10.5
  • 19359-900901-1137-2Ch10.6
  • 19360-900901-1138-2Ch10.7
  • 19361-900901-1144-2Ch10.8
  • It was a custom in different countries to educate with the heir
  • to
  • the throne, young noblemen of nearly the same age. This, as
  • Calmet observes, answered two great and important ends:
  • 1. It excited the prince to emulation; that he might, as far as
  • possible, surpass in all many exercises, and in all acts of
  • prudence and virtue, those whom one day he was to surpass in
  • the elevation and dignity of his station.
  • 2. That he might acquire a correct knowledge of the disposition
  • and views of those who were likely to be, under him, the
  • highest officers of the state, and consequently know the better
  • how to trust and employ them.
  • 19362-900901-1145-2Ch10.9
  • 19363-900901-1147-2Ch10.10
  • stronger than the might of my father.'
  • 19364-900901-1148-2Ch10.11
  • 19365-900901-1148-2Ch10.12
  • 19366-900901-1149-2Ch10.13
  • 19367-900901-1150-2Ch10.14
  • 19368-900901-1153-2Ch10.15
  • 19369-900901-1155-2Ch10.16
  • 19370-900901-1158-2Ch10.17
  • 19371-900901-1200-2Ch10.18
  • 19372-900901-1201-2Ch10.19
  • 19373-900901-1205-2Ch11.1
  • Shemaiah
  • 5-12 He strengthens his kingdom with forts and provisions
  • 13-17 The priests and Levites, and such as feared God, forsaken
  • by
  • Jeroboam, strengthen the kingdom of Judah
  • 18-23 The wives and children of Rehoboam
  • 19374-900901-1707-2Ch11.2
  • 19375-900901-1708-2Ch11.3
  • 19376-900901-1710-2Ch11.4
  • 19377-900901-1711-2Ch11.5
  • 19378-900901-1715-2Ch11.6
  • Bethlehem, called Bethlehem Judah (ju 17.7) to distinguish it
  • from
  • another Bethlehem in Zebulon, (Jos 19.15) and also Ephratah, (i.
  • e.
  • fruitful,) and by the Arabs, Bait-el-lahm, is situated on a
  • rising
  • ground on the southern side of a deep and extensive valley, and
  • reclining from E. to W. not quite six miles S. of Jerusalem.
  • 19379-900901-1716-2Ch11.7
  • 19380-900901-1717-2Ch11.8
  • 19381-900901-1717-2Ch11.9
  • 19382-900901-1719-2Ch11.10
  • 19383-900901-1720-2Ch11.11
  • 19384-900901-1721-2Ch11.12
  • 19385-900901-1722-2Ch11.13
  • 19386-900901-1723-2Ch11.14
  • 19387-900901-1725-2Ch11.15
  • The word, seirim literally signifies hairy ones, or goats
  • see Note on Le 17.7
  • 19388-900901-1727-2Ch11.16
  • 19389-900901-1728-2Ch11.17
  • 19390-900901-1731-2Ch11.18
  • Eliab was David's eldest brother; and more than eighty years had
  • elapsed since David, at the age of thirty, began to reign:
  • Abigail
  • must therefore have been grand-daughter to eliab; and this shews
  • the latitude in which the words {son} and {daughter} are used in
  • Scripture.
  • 19392-900901-1732-2Ch11.20
  • 19393-900901-1733-2Ch11.21
  • 19394-900901-1734-2Ch11.22
  • 19395-900901-1735-2Ch11.23
  • 19396-900901-1739-2Ch12.1
  • 5-12 He and the princes, repenting at the preaching of Shemiah,
  • are delivered from destruction, but not from spoil
  • 13-16 The reign and death of Rehoboam
  • 19397-900901-1740-2Ch12.2
  • 19398-900901-1746-2Ch12.3
  • Lubim, apparently the same with Lehabim (Ge 10.13) were probably
  • the ancient inhabitants of Lybia, (called Lubi in the Syriac
  • version, Ac. 2.10) a district of Africa, adjoining to Egypt, and
  • extending along the shore of the mediterranean as far as the
  • city
  • of Cyrene.
  • The Sukkiim, (from sachach, `to cover,') are supposed to have
  • been the Troglodites, as the LXX. and Vulgate render, a people
  • of
  • Egypt, on the west of the Read Sea, so called because they dwelt
  • in caves.
  • These Cushim were probably the inhabitants of Ethiopia, south of
  • Egypt.
  • 19399-900901-1746-2Ch12.4
  • 19400-900901-1748-2Ch12.5
  • 19401-900901-1749-2Ch12.6
  • 19402-900901-1752-2Ch12.7
  • 19403-900901-1753-2Ch12.8
  • 19404-900901-1754-2Ch12.9
  • 19405-900901-1755-2Ch12.10
  • 19407-900901-1756-2Ch12.12
  • things.
  • 19408-900901-1758-2Ch12.13
  • 19409-900901-1800-2Ch12.14
  • 19410-900901-1801-2Ch12.15
  • 19411-900901-1802-2Ch12.16
  • 19412-900901-1805-2Ch13.1
  • 4-12 he declares the right of his cause
  • 13-20 Trusting in God, he overcomes Jerobaom
  • 21,22 The wives and children of Abijah
  • 19413-900901-1807-2Ch13.2
  • 19414-900901-1808-2Ch13.3
  • 19415-900901-2134-2Ch13.4
  • Zemaraim could not be, as some have supposed, the same as the
  • hill
  • of Samaria, so called from Shemer, in the days of Omri; near
  • Zemaraim, a city of Benjamin, near Bethel.
  • 19416-900901-2136-2Ch13.5
  • 19417-900901-2137-2Ch13.6
  • 19418-900901-2138-2Ch13.7
  • 19419-900901-2140-2Ch13.8
  • 19420-900901-2141-2Ch13.9
  • 19421-900901-2146-2Ch13.10
  • We have not abandoned the Lord; and we still serve him
  • according to
  • His own law. But what Abijah urged concerning the state of
  • religion in Judah was not strictly just; and, as spoken by him,
  • it
  • favoured ostentation. Abijah himself was but an indifferent
  • character; and idolatry was evidently connived at in his days.
  • Yet it was true, that the men of Judah had priests, ordinances,
  • and worship of Jehovah among them; that there were numbers of
  • pious worshipers in the land; that theirs was was the more
  • righteous cause; that Jehovah was on their side as their
  • Captain,
  • while Israel fought against him; and that the presence of the
  • priests with the sacred trumpets was a token of His presence and
  • favour.
  • 19422-900901-2148-2Ch13.11
  • 19423-900901-2150-2Ch13.12
  • 19424-900901-2151-2Ch13.13
  • 19425-900901-2152-2Ch13.14
  • 19426-900901-2153-2Ch13.15
  • 19427-900901-2154-2Ch13.16
  • 19428-900901-2154-2Ch13.17
  • 19429-900901-2155-2Ch13.18
  • 19430-900901-2159-2Ch13.19
  • Jeshanah, according to the Talmud, was not far from Sephoris.
  • Perhaps it is the Migdal
  • -Senna of Eusebius, eight miles north of
  • Jericho.
  • Ephrain, or Ephron, a city of Benjamin, is placed by Eusebius,
  • eight mills south of Jerusalem, near Bethel. Josephus calls
  • Ephrain and Bethel two little cities; and places the former in
  • the
  • tribe of Benjamin, near the wilderness of Judea, in the way to
  • Jericho.
  • 19431-900901-2159-2Ch13.20
  • 19432-900901-2200-2Ch13.21
  • 19433-900901-2201-2Ch13.22
  • 19434-900901-2204-2Ch14.1
  • 6-8 having peace, he strengthens his kingdom with forts and
  • armies
  • 9-15 Calling of God, he overthrows Zerah, and spoils the
  • Ethiopians
  • 19435-900901-2205-2Ch14.2
  • 19436-900901-2207-2Ch14.3
  • 19437-900901-2209-2Ch14.4
  • 19438-900901-2210-2Ch14.5
  • 19439-900901-2211-2Ch14.6
  • 19440-900901-2212-2Ch14.7
  • 19441-900901-2213-2Ch14.8
  • 19442-900901-2214-2Ch14.9
  • 19443-900901-2214-2Ch14.10
  • 19444-900901-2219-2Ch14.11
  • 19445-900901-2220-2Ch14.12
  • 19446-900901-2221-2Ch14.13
  • 19447-900901-2222-2Ch14.14
  • 19448-900901-2223-2Ch14.15
  • 19449-900901-2225-2Ch15.1
  • Azariah the son of Oded, make a solemn covenant with God
  • 16,17 He puts down Maachah his mother for idolatry
  • 18,19 He brings dedicated things into the house of God, and
  • enjoys
  • a long peace.
  • 19450-900901-2228-2Ch15.2
  • 19451-900901-2309-2Ch15.3
  • 19452-900901-2310-2Ch15.4
  • 19453-900901-2310-2Ch15.5
  • 19454-900901-2312-2Ch15.6
  • 19455-900901-2314-2Ch15.7
  • 19456-900901-2316-2Ch15.8
  • 19457-900901-2317-2Ch15.9
  • 19458-900901-2317-2Ch15.10
  • 19459-900901-2318-2Ch15.11
  • 19460-900901-2320-2Ch15.12
  • 19461-900901-2321-2Ch15.13
  • 19462-900901-2321-2Ch15.14
  • 19463-900901-2325-2Ch15.15
  • 19464-900901-2327-2Ch15.16
  • 19465-900901-2328-2Ch15.17
  • 19466-900901-2328-2Ch15.18
  • 19467-900901-2329-2Ch15.19
  • 19468-900901-2333-2Ch16.1
  • Ramah
  • 7-10 Being reproved thereof by Hanani, he puts him in prison
  • 11,12 Among his other acts in his disease he seeks not to God,
  • but
  • to the physicians
  • 13,14 His death and burial
  • See the note on 1ki 15.32
  • `From the rending of the ten tribes from Judah, over which Asa
  • was now king.'
  • 19469-900901-2334-2Ch16.2
  • 19470-900901-2335-2Ch16.3
  • 19471-900901-2338-2Ch16.4
  • Abel-maim is called Abel-beth-maachah in 1ki 15.20, and
  • elsewhere,
  • on account of its belonging to the district of Beth-maachah.
  • 19472-900902-0803-2Ch16.5
  • 19473-900902-0805-2Ch16.6
  • 19474-900902-0807-2Ch16.7
  • 19475-900902-0809-2Ch16.8
  • 19476-900902-0812-2Ch16.9
  • 19477-900902-0814-2Ch16.10
  • 19478-900902-0815-2Ch16.11
  • 19479-900902-0817-2Ch16.12
  • 19480-900902-0818-2Ch16.13
  • 19481-900902-0820-2Ch16.14
  • 19482-900902-0824-2Ch17.1
  • 7-9 He sends Levites with the princes to teach Judah
  • 10,11 His enemies being terrified by God, some of them bring him
  • presents and tribute
  • 12-19 His greatness, captains, and armies
  • 19483-900902-0824-2Ch17.2
  • 19484-900902-0828-2Ch17.3
  • 19485-900902-0829-2Ch17.4
  • 19486-900902-0832-2Ch17.5
  • 19487-900902-0835-2Ch17.6
  • 19488-900902-0841-2Ch17.7
  • In these verse we have an account of a remarkable itinerant
  • ministry established by Jehoshaphat, in which three classes of
  • men
  • were employed:
  • 1..the Princes; 2. the Levites 3. the Priests
  • We may presume that the Princes instructed the people in the
  • nature of the civil law and constitution of the kingdom; that
  • the
  • Levites instructed them in every thing that appertained to the
  • temple service, and ritual law; and that the Priests instructed
  • them in the nature and design of their religion. Thus the nation
  • became thoroughly instructed in their duty to God, to the king,
  • and to each other; they therefore became as one man; and
  • against a
  • people thus united, on such principles, no enemy could be
  • successful.
  • 19489-900902-0841-2Ch17.8
  • 19490-900902-0843-2Ch17.9
  • 19491-900902-0844-2Ch17.10
  • 19492-900902-0844-2Ch17.11
  • 19493-900902-0846-2Ch17.12
  • 19494-900902-0847-2Ch17.13
  • 19495-900902-0847-2Ch17.14
  • 19496-900902-0848-2Ch17.15
  • 19497-900902-0849-2Ch17.16
  • 19498-900902-0849-2Ch17.17
  • 19499-900902-0850-2Ch17.18
  • 19500-900902-0850-2Ch17.19
  • 19501-900902-0856-2Ch18.1
  • with him against Ramoth-gilead
  • 4-34 Ahab, seduced by false prophets, according to the word of
  • Micaiah, is slain there
  • He took Athaliah, the daughter of Ahab, to be wife to his son
  • Joram, (2ki 8.18) which fatal connection was highly displeasing
  • to
  • God, and Jehoshaphat was severely reproved for it by Jehu the
  • seer
  • 19502-900902-0857-2Ch18.2
  • 19503-900902-0858-2Ch18.3
  • 19504-900902-0901-2Ch18.4
  • 19505-900902-0903-2Ch18.5
  • 19506-900902-0904-2Ch18.6
  • 19507-900902-0906-2Ch18.7
  • 19508-900902-0907-2Ch18.8
  • 19509-900902-0910-2Ch18.9
  • Threshing floors, among the ancient Jews, as we have before
  • remarked, were only, as they are to this day in the East, round
  • level plats of ground in the open air. Hence a floor might well
  • be near the gate of Samaria, which was built on a hill, and
  • afford
  • no improper place for the kings of Judah and Israel to give
  • audience to the prophets.
  • 19510-900902-0915-2Ch18.10
  • Mr. Bruce, in describing the head-dress of the governors of
  • Abysisinia, says, `A large broad fillet was bound upon their
  • forehead, and tied behind their head: in the middle of this was
  • a
  • horn, or conical piece of silver, gilt, about four inches long,
  • much in the shape of our common candle extinguishers. This is
  • called kirn [keren] and is only worn in reviews, or parades
  • after
  • victory.' Such, it may be supposed, were the {horns of iron}
  • which Zedekiah (who appears to have acted the hero returning
  • from
  • a military triumph) made for himself, when he presumed, in the
  • name of jehovah, to flatter his prince with the promise of
  • victory: `Thus saith the Lord, With these thou shalt push Syria,
  • until they be consumed.'
  • 19511-900902-0916-2Ch18.11
  • 19512-900902-0917-2Ch18.12
  • 19513-900902-0919-2Ch18.13
  • 19514-900902-0920-2Ch18.14
  • 19515-900902-0920-2Ch18.15
  • 19516-900902-0922-2Ch18.16
  • 19517-900902-0922-2Ch18.17
  • 19518-900902-0923-2Ch18.18
  • 19519-900902-0925-2Ch18.19
  • 19520-900902-0925-2Ch18.20
  • 19521-900902-0926-2Ch18.21
  • 19522-900902-0929-2Ch18.22
  • 19523-900902-0930-2Ch18.23
  • 19524-900902-0935-2Ch18.24
  • chamber in a chamber. `In one of the halls of the seraglio at
  • Constantinople,' says De La Motraye, `the eunuch made us pass by
  • several little chambers, with doors shut, like the cells of
  • monks
  • or nuns, as far as I could judge by one that another eunuch
  • opened.' This exactly corresponds with the idea of a `chamber
  • within a chamber;' and it would appear that Michaiah predicted
  • that Zedekiah should fly for shelter to a {Harem}, which we have
  • seen was deem {inviolate.}
  • 19525-900902-0936-2Ch18.25
  • 19526-900902-0937-2Ch18.26
  • 19527-900902-0938-2Ch18.27
  • 19528-900902-0938-2Ch18.28
  • 19529-900902-0939-2Ch18.29
  • 19530-900902-0940-2Ch18.30
  • 19531-900902-0941-2Ch18.31
  • 19532-900902-0942-2Ch18.32
  • 19533-900902-0947-2Ch18.33
  • plate. The {shiryon} in Syriac, {sheryono}, seems to have
  • covered
  • both the back and breast of the warrior, and was consequently
  • not
  • properly a {breast-palate}, but a {coat of mail or corslet}. The
  • corslet was made of flax of of wool woven very thick, of ox-
  • hide,
  • of brass, or of iron. The metallic corslet consisted not of
  • solid
  • piece, but of scales, hooks, or rings, connected like the links
  • of
  • a chain, that the warrior might move with greater ease. It was
  • between the joints of this {harness} that Ahab received his
  • mortal
  • wound.
  • 19534-900902-0947-2Ch18.34
  • 19535-900902-1010-2Ch19.1
  • 5-7 His instructions to the judges
  • 8-11 to the priests and Levites
  • 19536-900902-1014-2Ch19.2
  • 19537-900902-1015-2Ch19.3
  • 19538-900902-1016-2Ch19.4
  • 19539-900902-1016-2Ch19.5
  • 19540-900902-1017-2Ch19.6
  • 19541-900902-1019-2Ch19.7
  • 19542-900902-1020-2Ch19.8
  • 19543-900902-1020-2Ch19.9
  • 19544-900902-1021-2Ch19.10
  • 19545-900902-1023-2Ch19.11
  • 19546-900902-1027-2Ch20.1
  • 5-13 His prayer
  • 14-19 The prophecy of Jahaziel
  • 20,21 Jehoshaphat exhorts the people, and sets singers to praise
  • the Lord
  • 22-25 The great overthrow of his enemies
  • 26-30 The people, having blessed God at Berachah, return in
  • triumph
  • 31-34 Jehosaphat's reign
  • 35-37 His convoy of ships, according to the prophecy of Eliezer,
  • unhappily perish.
  • 19547-900902-1030-2Ch20.2
  • northern boundary of Edom, which is the reading of one of Dr.
  • Kennicott's MSS (89) instead of {aram}, `Syria.'
  • 19548-900902-1032-2Ch20.3
  • 19549-900902-1032-2Ch20.4
  • 19550-900902-1033-2Ch20.5
  • 19551-900902-1035-2Ch20.6
  • 19552-900902-1036-2Ch20.7
  • 19553-900902-1037-2Ch20.8
  • 19554-900902-1038-2Ch20.9
  • Vulgate, read {nikra}, `is invoked:' `thy name is invoked in
  • this
  • house.'
  • 19555-900902-1039-2Ch20.10
  • 19556-900902-1041-2Ch20.11
  • Six of Dr. kennicott's and De Rossi's MSS. and {raah}, `evil:'
  • `Behold they reward us {evil.}' which is also the reading of the
  • Targum.
  • 19557-900902-1043-2Ch20.12
  • 19558-900902-1044-2Ch20.13
  • 19559-900902-1045-2Ch20.14
  • 19560-900902-1046-2Ch20.15
  • 19561-900902-1048-2Ch20.16
  • The cliff of Ziz was probably near Ziza, which Ptolemy places in
  • Arabia Petraea, long. 69.5d lat 31d
  • The wilderness of jeruel seems, form vers. 20, to have been a
  • part
  • of the wilderness of Tekoa.
  • 19562-900902-1050-2Ch20.17
  • 19563-900902-1050-2Ch20.18
  • 19564-900902-1052-2Ch20.19
  • 19565-900902-1053-2Ch20.20
  • 19566-900902-1056-2Ch20.21
  • 19567-900902-1059-2Ch20.22
  • Houbigant's version is, `the Lord set against the children of
  • Amon
  • and Moab ambushments of those who came from mount Seir against
  • Judah; and the children of Ammon and Moab were smitten: but they
  • afterwards rose up against the inhabitants of mount Seir, and
  • utterly destroyed them who being destroyed, they rose up one
  • against one another, and mutually destroyed each other.'
  • 19568-900902-1100-2Ch20.23
  • 19569-900902-1101-2Ch20.24
  • 19570-900902-1106-2Ch20.25
  • Instead of {pegarim,} `dead bodies,' eight MSS. and several
  • ancient editions read {begadim.} `garments' None of the ancient
  • versions, except the Chaldee, have {dead bodies}: {garments}
  • would therefore appear to be a true reading; and the succeeding
  • clause should be rendered, `which they seized for themselves.'
  • 19571-900902-1110-2Ch20.26
  • by fasting and prayer, and received the assurance of it with
  • grateful joy, Jehoshaphat and his army returned immediate and
  • fervent thanks and praise to the Lord, who had in so wonderful a
  • manner performed his promise. Scott, who quotes the following
  • from Bp. Patrick: `They did not return every man to his own
  • home;
  • but first went back to Jerusalem, to bless the Lord again for
  • hearing their prayer and making good his promises.'
  • 19572-900902-1111-2Ch20.27
  • 19573-900902-1114-2Ch20.28
  • Instead of celebrating his own heroism or the valour of his
  • troops
  • on this memorable occasion, this excellent prince sung with his
  • whole army the praises of jehovah, the God of hosts, who
  • disposes
  • of the victory according to his pleasure. This conduct was
  • becoming the descendant and successor of David, the man after
  • God's own heart, and of a religious people, the peculiar
  • inheritance of Jehovah
  • 19574-900902-1115-2Ch20.29
  • 19575-900902-1115-2Ch20.30
  • 19576-900902-1116-2Ch20.31
  • 19577-900902-1117-2Ch20.32
  • 19578-900902-1118-2Ch20.33
  • 19579-900902-1119-2Ch20.34
  • 19580-900902-1120-2Ch20.35
  • 19581-900902-1123-2Ch20.36
  • `Tarsos in the great sea,' says the Targumist, by which is
  • meant a
  • a place in the Mediterranean, called the Great Sea by the
  • Hebrews.
  • 19582-900902-1124-2Ch20.37
  • 19583-900902-1141-2Ch21.1
  • 5-7 His wicked reign
  • 8-11 Edom and Libnah revolt
  • 12-15 The prophecy of Elijah against him in writing
  • 16,17 Philistines and Arabians oppress him
  • 18-20 His incurable disease, infamous death, and burial
  • 19584-900902-1143-2Ch21.2
  • Jehosaphat was certainly not king of Israel, but of Judah;
  • Yisrael
  • must therefore be a mistake for Yehoodah; which is the reading
  • of
  • {thirty-eight} of Dr. kennicott's and De Rossi's MSS., and of
  • the
  • Syriac, Arabic, Septuagint, and Vulgate.
  • 19585-900902-1145-2Ch21.3
  • before his death, and in the fifth year of Joram king of Israel;
  • so that Jehoram reigned three years with his father, and five
  • years alone, in all eight years.
  • `Jehoram made partner of the kingdom with his father, 1ki 8.16.'
  • 19586-900902-1146-2Ch21.4
  • 19587-900902-1147-2Ch21.5
  • 19588-900902-1148-2Ch21.6
  • 19589-900902-1150-2Ch21.7
  • 19590-900902-1152-2Ch21.8
  • 19592-900902-1153-2Ch21.10
  • 19593-900902-1156-2Ch21.11
  • 19594-900902-1200-2Ch21.12
  • If the account of the translation of Elijah be given in the
  • order
  • in which it happened, then it occurred in the reign of
  • Jehoshaphat, the father of Jehoram. Hence, it is probable that
  • he
  • wrote it before his assumption, and left it to be delivered by
  • Elisha or one of the prophets.
  • 19595-900902-1203-2Ch21.13
  • 19596-900902-1206-2Ch21.14
  • Many of the people had concurred in Jehoram's idolatry, and some
  • of them must have been instruments in his base, unnatural
  • murders; they were therefore joined in his punishment, and he
  • suffered by the loss of his subjects.
  • 19597-900902-1209-2Ch21.15
  • This is supposed to have been a violent dysentery, a disease
  • which
  • is often attended with symptoms similar to those described in
  • the
  • text; by the same death perished Antiochus Ephiphenes, and Herod
  • Agrippa.
  • 19598-900902-1210-2Ch21.16
  • 19599-900902-1211-2Ch21.17
  • 19600-900902-1213-2Ch21.18
  • disease.
  • 19601-900902-1213-2Ch21.19
  • 19602-900902-1215-2Ch21.20
  • being regretted: no one wished him to live any longer. He was
  • hated while he lived, and neglected when he died.
  • 19603-900902-1218-2Ch22.1
  • 5-9 in his confederacy with Joram, the son of Ahab, he is slain
  • by Jehu
  • 10-12 Athaliah, destroying all the seed royal, save Joash, whom
  • Jehoshabeath his aunt hid, usurps the kingdom
  • 19604-900902-1221-2Ch22.2
  • In the parallel passage, (on which see the Note) he is said to
  • be
  • only twenty-two; and this is doubtless the true reading, as it
  • is
  • supported here by several MSS. and Versions.
  • 19605-900902-1222-2Ch22.3
  • 19606-900902-1223-2Ch22.4
  • 19607-900902-1225-2Ch22.5
  • 19608-900902-1229-2Ch22.6
  • Ahaziah, () and Jehoahaz () are essentially the same both in
  • letters and sense, the word () {yeho} or () {yah} being merely
  • transposed: but Azariah, () seems to have been a distinct name
  • by
  • which he was known.
  • 19609-900902-1230-2Ch22.7
  • 19610-900902-1240-2Ch22.8
  • 19611-900902-1240-2Ch22.9
  • The account in the parallel passage is somewhat different. `The
  • current of the story at large is this,' says Dr. Lightfoot:
  • `Jehu
  • slayeth Joram in the field of Jezreel, as Ahaziah and Joram were
  • together: Ahaziah seeing this, flies, and gets into Samaria, and
  • hides himself there. Jehu marcheth to Jezreel, and makes Jezebel
  • dogs' meat: from thence sends to Samaria for the heads of Ahab's
  • children and posterity; which are brought him by night, and
  • shewed
  • to the people in the morning. Then he marcheth to Samaria, and,
  • by the way, slayeth forty-two of Ahab's kinsmen, and findeth
  • Jehonadab, the father of the Rechabites. Coming into Samaria, he
  • maketh search for Ahaziah: they find him hid, bring him to Jehu,
  • and he commands to carry him towards Gur, by Ibleam, and there
  • to
  • slay him. They do so: smite him in his chariot, and his
  • charioteer driveth away to Megiddo before he dies.' `2ki 9.27,
  • at
  • megiddo, in the kingdom of Samaria.'
  • 19612-900902-1241-2Ch22.10
  • 19613-900902-1242-2Ch22.11
  • 19614-900902-1243-2Ch22.12
  • 19615-900902-1245-2Ch23.1
  • 12-15 Athaliah is slain
  • 16-21 Jehoiada restores the worship of God
  • 19616-900902-1248-2Ch23.2
  • Houbigant omits the words {of Israel.} Bp. Patrick, however, is
  • of the opinion that Judah is here called by the general name of
  • {Israel}: but it is probable, that these `chief fathers of
  • Israel'
  • were the descendants of those priests and Levites, and other
  • pious
  • persons of the ten tribes, who left their cities and
  • possessions,
  • and joined themselves to Judah, in the days of Jeroboam. See the
  • parallel passages.
  • 19617-900902-1249-2Ch23.3
  • 19618-900902-1250-2Ch23.4
  • 19619-900902-1251-2Ch23.5
  • 19620-900902-1252-2Ch23.6
  • 19621-900902-1252-2Ch23.7
  • 19622-900902-1254-2Ch23.8
  • 19623-900902-1511-2Ch23.9
  • When the soldier retired from the tumults of war to the bosom of
  • his family, he frequently hung up his arms in the temple as a
  • grateful acknowledgment of the protection he had received, and
  • of
  • the victories he had won. It is highly probable, therefore, that
  • the arms of David which Jehoida delivered to the captains of
  • hundred, `which were in the house of God,' were laid up in the
  • tabernacle by David when he resigned the command of his armies
  • to
  • his generals; and there is reason to believe that his conduct,
  • in
  • this respect, was followed by many of his companions in arms.
  • 19624-900902-1512-2Ch23.10
  • 19625-900902-1515-2Ch23.11
  • 19626-900902-1516-2Ch23.12
  • 19627-900902-1518-2Ch23.13
  • 19628-900902-1521-2Ch23.14
  • The Vulgate has here, and in the parallel place, Educite illam
  • extra septa templi, `Take her out beyond the precints of the
  • temple.' These were walls erected in parallel lines, and forming
  • an extensive range of buildings around the sacred edifice.
  • slain.
  • 19629-900902-1524-2Ch23.15
  • This gate was in the eastern wall of the city, towards the brook
  • Kedron, (je 31.40) at which the king's horses probably went out
  • from the stables at Millo. It was near the temple; and some
  • Rabbins suppose that, in order to go to the temple, a person
  • might
  • go on horseback to this place, but was then obliged to alight.
  • 19630-900902-1525-2Ch23.16
  • 19631-900902-1526-2Ch23.17
  • 19632-900902-1529-2Ch23.18
  • 19633-900902-1529-2Ch23.19
  • 19634-900902-1530-2Ch23.20
  • 19635-900902-1530-2Ch23.21
  • 19636-900902-1536-2Ch24.1
  • 4-14 He gives order for the repair of the temple
  • 15,16 Jehoiada's death and honourable burial
  • 17-22 Joash, falling into idolatry, slays Zechariah the son of
  • Jehoida
  • 23-26 Joash is spoiled by the Syrians, and slain by Zabad and
  • Jehozabad
  • 27 Amaziah succeeds him
  • Joash is merely an abbreviation of Jehoash
  • As Joash was hidden six years in the temple, and was but seven
  • when he came to the throne, he could have been but one year old
  • when secreted by his aunt.
  • 19637-900902-1537-2Ch24.2
  • 19638-900902-1540-2Ch24.3
  • Not for himself, as the Jewish expositers suppose, but for
  • Joash;
  • for Jehoiada's advanced age renders it highly improbable that he
  • should take them for himself. He was born in the reign of
  • Solomon, and lived through six successive reigns; and must, on
  • any computation, have been upwards of 100 years old when Joash
  • began to reign.
  • 19639-900902-1541-2Ch24.4
  • 19640-900902-1541-2Ch24.5
  • 19641-900902-1543-2Ch24.6
  • This was the poll-tax fixed by Moses, of half a shekel, which
  • was
  • levied on every man of twenty years old and upwards, as `a
  • ransom
  • for their souls, that there might be no plague among them.'
  • 19642-900902-1546-2Ch24.7
  • other, were all slain before his death (ch 22.1) this spoilation
  • of the temple must have taken place in his life time.
  • 19643-900902-1547-2Ch24.8
  • 19644-900902-1547-2Ch24.9
  • 19645-900902-1548-2Ch24.10
  • 19646-900902-1549-2Ch24.11
  • It was necessary to associate with the high priest some {civil
  • authority} and activity, in order to the the neglected work
  • performed.
  • 19647-900902-1550-2Ch24.12
  • 19648-900902-1551-2Ch24.13
  • work by their hand
  • state.'
  • 19649-900902-1554-2Ch24.14
  • It appears from this, that the daily morning and evening
  • sacrifices
  • had been previously interrupted; and that they were again
  • neglected
  • after the death of Jehoiada.
  • 19650-900902-1556-2Ch24.15
  • seems to be a metaphor taken from a guest regaled by a plentiful
  • banquet, used to express the termination of life without
  • reluctance.
  • 19651-900902-1558-2Ch24.16
  • 19652-900902-1600-2Ch24.17
  • 19653-900902-1602-2Ch24.18
  • 19654-900902-1605-2Ch24.19
  • 19655-900902-1607-2Ch24.20
  • 19656-900902-1608-2Ch24.21
  • 19657-900902-1615-2Ch24.22
  • These words were prophetic, and not imprecatory; and should be
  • rendered as Houbigant proposes, in the future tense: `The Lord
  • will look upon it, and avenge it.' The event soon verified this
  • prediction; for, before the year was expired, the Syrians came
  • up
  • against Jerusalem, and destroyed all the princes of the people
  • and
  • Joash himself was slain in his bed by his own servants. Many
  • circumstances served to aggravate this barbarous act. Zechariah
  • was a high-priest and a prophet, upright and unblameable in the
  • discharge of his high offices; this murder was perpetrated
  • within
  • the very precincts of the courts of the Lord; and this truly
  • good
  • man was by blood the nearest relative of Joash, and the son of
  • the man who had save him from being murdered, and raised him to
  • the throne!
  • 19658-900902-1617-2Ch24.23
  • 19659-900902-1619-2Ch24.24
  • 19660-900902-1623-2Ch24.25
  • Houbigant reads, `the sons of Jehoiada;' but perhaps Joash slew
  • some other sons of Jehoiada
  • 19661-900902-1623-2Ch24.26
  • 19662-900902-1624-2Ch24.27
  • 19663-900902-1630-2Ch25.1
  • 3,4 He executes justice on the traitors
  • 5-10 having hired an army of israelites against the Edomites, at
  • the word of a prophet dismisses them
  • 11,12 He overthrows the Edomites
  • 13 The Israelites, discontented with their dismission, spoil as
  • they return home
  • 14-16 Amaziah, proud of his victory, serves the gods of Edom,
  • and
  • despises the admonitions of the prophet
  • 17-24 He provokes Joash to his overthrow
  • 25,26 His reign
  • 27,28 He is slain by conspiracy
  • 19664-900902-1631-2Ch25.2
  • 19665-900902-1635-2Ch25.3
  • his father, had considerable influence; and therefore he found
  • it dangerous to bring them to justice, till he was assured of
  • the
  • loyalty of his other officers: when this was clear, he called
  • them
  • to an account, and justly put them to death for treason and
  • murder; for, if even these conspirators against Joash intended
  • to
  • avenge upon him the death of Zechariah, they acted without a
  • commission from that God `to who vengeance belongeth.'
  • 19666-900902-1636-2Ch25.4
  • 19667-900902-1637-2Ch25.5
  • 19668-900902-1639-2Ch25.6
  • Estimating the shekel at 2s 6d. and the talent, being 3000
  • shekels
  • (see Ex 38.25,26) at 375l., one hundred talents would amount to
  • 37,500l; which divided among 100,000 men, quotes only 7s 6d;
  • hence
  • we may suppose, that this was only an earnest of their pay, or
  • that they expected to be enriched by the plunder of the
  • Edomites.
  • 19669-900902-1640-2Ch25.7
  • 19670-900902-1643-2Ch25.8
  • 19671-900902-1643-2Ch25.9
  • 19672-900902-1644-2Ch25.10
  • 19673-900902-1644-2Ch25.11
  • 19674-900902-1649-2Ch25.12
  • No intimation is given on what account, or on what provacation,
  • this most cruel conduct towards the prisoners of war was
  • adopted.
  • The enmity between israel and Edom seems to have been reciprocal
  • and deeply malignant. The victorious king and his army
  • considered
  • every individual of Edom as a traitor and rebel; and so adjudged
  • them to death, and acted on this judgment. But their conduct was
  • wholly inexcusable, and could only perpetuate rancour to future
  • generations, and provoke the surviving Edomites to cruel
  • retaliations, whenever they had it in their power.
  • 19675-900902-1651-2Ch25.13
  • These Israelites seem to have returned home, when discharged by
  • Amaziah, whose powerful army deterred them from attempting
  • revenge
  • at that time; but when he was engaged in war with the Edomites,
  • they marched from Samaria, and plundered all the cities till
  • they
  • came to Beth-horon, where they slew 3000 of the inhabitants.
  • 19676-900902-1652-2Ch25.14
  • 19677-900902-1654-2Ch25.15
  • 19678-900902-1656-2Ch25.16
  • 19679-900902-1657-2Ch25.17
  • 19680-900902-1658-2Ch25.18
  • 19681-900902-1700-2Ch25.19
  • 19682-900902-1701-2Ch25.20
  • 19683-900902-1707-2Ch25.21
  • That is, `they fought against each other.' To face an enemy, or
  • to
  • face one another, is still a common expression. The reason of
  • this war was evidently the injury the army of Joash had done to
  • the unoffending inhabitants of Judah. The ravages committed by
  • them were totally unprovoked, base, and cowardly: they fell upon
  • women, old men, and children, and butchered them in cold blood,
  • when all the effective men were gone with their king against the
  • Edomites. The quarrel of Amaziah were certainly just, yet he was
  • put to the rout: he fell, and Judah with him, as Joash had said;
  • and the reason was, because `it came of God, that he might
  • deliver
  • them into the hands of their enemies, because they sought after
  • the gods of Edom.' This was the reason why the Israelites
  • triumphed.
  • 19684-900902-1708-2Ch25.22
  • 19685-900902-1710-2Ch25.23
  • 19686-900902-1711-2Ch25.24
  • It is probable that these hostages were given in order that
  • Amaziah might regain his liberty.
  • 19687-900902-1712-2Ch25.25
  • 19688-900902-1712-2Ch25.26
  • 19689-900902-1713-2Ch25.27
  • 19690-900902-1714-2Ch25.28
  • 19691-900902-1717-2Ch26.1
  • Zechariah, prospers
  • 16-21 Waxing proud, he invades the priest's office, and is
  • smitten
  • with leprosy
  • 22,23 He dies, and Jotham succeeds him
  • 19692-900902-1717-2Ch26.2
  • 19693-900902-1718-2Ch26.3
  • 19694-900902-1719-2Ch26.4
  • 19695-900902-1721-2Ch26.5
  • 19696-900902-1724-2Ch26.6
  • Jabneh, or jamnia, was given to the tribe of Dan; and was
  • situated
  • between lydda and Azotus. it is now called yebna, and is
  • described as `a village about twelve miles distant from Jaffa
  • (Joppa) in a fine open plain, surrounded by hills, and covered
  • by
  • herbage. On sloping hills of easy ascent, by which the plains
  • were bordered, yebna, Ekron, Ashdod, and Askalon were in sight.'
  • 19697-900902-1725-2Ch26.7
  • 19698-900902-1727-2Ch26.8
  • 19699-900902-1729-2Ch26.9
  • 19700-900902-1732-2Ch26.10
  • or, cut out many cisterns
  • 19701-900902-1732-2Ch26.11
  • 19703-900902-1733-2Ch26.13
  • 19704-900902-1736-2Ch26.14
  • 19705-900902-1743-2Ch26.15
  • These engines, it is probable, bore some resemblance to the
  • balistae and cataputae of the Romans, which were employed for
  • throwing stones and arrows, and were in reality the mortars and
  • carcasses of antiquity. With respect to the towers which Uzziah
  • built in the wilderness, (ver 10) Mr. Harmer appears to have
  • given
  • a truer view of the subject than commentators in general
  • have done, who suppose that they were conveniences made only for
  • sheltering the shepherds from bad weather, or to defend them
  • from
  • incursions of enemies; for they might rather be designed to keep
  • the nations that pastured there in awe, and also to induce them
  • quietly to pay the tribute to which the 8th verse seems to
  • refer.
  • William of Tyre describes a country not far from the Euphrates
  • as
  • inhabited by Syrian and Armenian Christians, who fed great flock
  • and herds there, but were kept in subjection to the Turks, in
  • consequence of their living among them in strong places.
  • 19706-900902-1745-2Ch26.16
  • 19707-900902-1746-2Ch26.17
  • 19708-900902-1747-2Ch26.18
  • 19709-900902-1748-2Ch26.19
  • 19710-900902-1749-2Ch26.20
  • 19711-900902-1750-2Ch26.21
  • 19712-900902-1751-2Ch26.22
  • 19713-900902-1752-2Ch26.23
  • 19714-900902-1753-2Ch27.1
  • 19715-900902-1755-2Ch27.2
  • he copied his father's conduct as far as it was pious and
  • constitutional; and avoided his transgression
  • 19716-900902-1757-2Ch27.3
  • interior palace.' Ophel appears to have been a tower, or fort,
  • on the city wall, in which we read `the Nehthinim dwelt.'
  • 19717-900902-1759-2Ch27.4
  • built for the protection of the country people against
  • marauders.
  • 19718-900902-1803-2Ch27.5
  • We find here, that he brought the Ammonites under a heavy
  • tribute
  • for three years; but whether this was the effect of his
  • prevailing
  • against them, is not so evident. Some think that they paid this
  • tribute for three years, and then revolted; that, in
  • consequence,
  • he attacked them, and their utter subjection was the result.
  • the homer, and contained about 32 pecks 1 pint.
  • 19719-900902-1804-2Ch27.6
  • 19720-900902-1806-2Ch27.7
  • There is not so much found in the book of Kings, which we have
  • now, as here: in both places we have abridged accounts; the
  • larger histories having been lost.
  • 19722-900902-1806-2Ch27.9
  • 19723-900902-1810-2Ch28.1
  • Syrians.
  • 6-15 Judah being captivated by the Israelites, is sent home by
  • the
  • counsel of Oded the prophet.
  • 16-21 Ahaz sending for aid to Assyria, is not helped thereby,
  • 22-25 In his distress he grows more idolatrous
  • 26,27 He dying, Hezekiah succeeds him
  • 19724-900902-1811-2Ch28.2
  • 19725-900902-1813-2Ch28.3
  • 19726-900902-1813-2Ch28.4
  • 19727-900902-1814-2Ch28.5
  • 19728-900902-1816-2Ch28.6
  • 19729-900902-1817-2Ch28.7
  • 19730-900902-1817-2Ch28.8
  • 19731-900902-1825-2Ch28.9
  • To this beautiful speech nothing can be added by the best
  • comment:
  • it is simple, humane, pious, and overwhelmingly convincing; and
  • it
  • is no wonder that it produced the effect here described. That
  • there was much humanity, as well as firmness, in the heads of
  • the
  • children of Ephraim, who joined with the prophet of Jehovah on
  • this occasion, their subsequent conduct, as detailed in the
  • fifteenth verse, sufficiently proves. They did not barely
  • dismiss
  • these most unfortunate captives, but they took that very spoil
  • which their victorious army had taken, and with clothed, shod,
  • fed, and anointed these distressed people, set the feeblest of
  • them upon asses, and escorted them safely to jericho! We can
  • scarcely find a parallel to this in the universal history of the
  • wars which savage man has carried on against his fellows from
  • the
  • foundation of the world. The compliance also of the whole army,
  • in leaving both the captives and spoil to the disposal of the
  • princes, was really wonderful, and perhaps unparalleled in
  • history. Both the princes and army are worthy to be held up to
  • the admiration and imitation of mankind.
  • 19732-900902-1827-2Ch28.10
  • 19733-900902-1828-2Ch28.11
  • 19734-900902-1828-2Ch28.12
  • 19735-900902-1829-2Ch28.13
  • 19737-900902-1831-2Ch28.15
  • 19738-900902-1833-2Ch28.16
  • Instead of malchey, `kings,' the Chaldee, Syriac, Arabic, and
  • Vulgate, one MS., and the parallel place, have {mailech}, `king.
  • '
  • 19739-900902-1834-2Ch28.17
  • 19740-900902-1836-2Ch28.18
  • 19741-900902-1838-2Ch28.19
  • 19742-900902-1839-2Ch28.20
  • 19743-900902-1840-2Ch28.21
  • 19744-900902-1840-2Ch28.22
  • 19745-900902-2201-2Ch28.23
  • This passage, says Mr. Hallet, greatly surprised me; for the
  • sacred
  • historian is here represented as saying, `The gods of Damascus
  • had
  • smitten Ahaz.' But it is impossible to suppose that an inspired
  • author should say this for the Scripture every where represents
  • the heathen idols as nothing and vanity, and as incapable of
  • doing
  • either good or hurt. All difficulty is avoided if we follow the
  • old Hebrew copies, from which the Greek translation was made:
  • `And
  • king Ahaz said, I will seek to the gods of Damascus which have
  • smitten me.'
  • 19746-900902-2202-2Ch28.24
  • 19747-900902-2203-2Ch28.25
  • 19748-900902-2203-2Ch28.26
  • 19749-900902-2211-2Ch28.27
  • being sometimes applied by the writer of this book, in a general
  • way, to judah. The Hebrews were accustomed to honour the memory
  • of those kings who had reigned well, by depositing their remains
  • in the royal cemetery. On the contrary, those who died under the
  • the disapprobation of the people, as a mark of posthumous
  • disgrace, were denied interment with their predecessors, and
  • were
  • buried in some other place in Jerusalem. So it was with Ahaz,
  • who, though brought into the city, was not buried in the
  • sepulchres of the kings of Judah. It was doubtless with a design
  • to make a suitable impression on the minds of their kings while
  • living, that such distinctions were observed. They might thus
  • restrain them from evil, or excite them to good, according as
  • they
  • were fearful of being execrated, or desirous of being honoured,
  • when dead.
  • 19750-900902-2215-2Ch29.1
  • 3,4 He restores religion
  • 5-11 He exhorts the Levites
  • 12-19 They sanctify themselves, and cleanse the house of God
  • 20-36 Hezekiah offers solemn sacrifices, wherein the Levites are
  • more foreward than the priests
  • 19751-900902-2216-2Ch29.2
  • did that which was right, but not like David, that is, not with
  • David's integrity and zeal.
  • 19752-900902-2217-2Ch29.3
  • 19753-900902-2218-2Ch29.4
  • 19754-900902-2219-2Ch29.5
  • 19755-900902-2221-2Ch29.6
  • 19756-900902-2225-2Ch29.7
  • ordinances, may truly be said to forsake God himself. The lamps
  • were not lighted, and incense was not burnt: there are still
  • such
  • neglects as these, and they are no less culpable, if the Word be
  • not duly read and opened, answering to the lighting of the
  • lamps,
  • and if prayers and praises be not duly offered up, which was
  • signified by the burning of incense.
  • 19757-900902-2228-2Ch29.8
  • It is probable Hezekiah refers to that dreadful defeat by the
  • Israelites, in which one hundred and twenty thousand were slain,
  • and two hundred thousand taken prisoners:
  • 19758-900902-2229-2Ch29.9
  • 19759-900902-2232-2Ch29.10
  • To renew that covenant under which the whole people were
  • constantly considered, and of which circumcision was the sign,
  • and
  • the spirit of which was, `I will be your God, ye shall be my
  • people.'
  • 19760-900902-2238-2Ch29.11
  • 19761-900902-2240-2Ch29.12
  • 19762-900902-2240-2Ch29.13
  • 19763-900902-2241-2Ch29.14
  • 19764-900902-2242-2Ch29.15
  • 19765-900902-2246-2Ch29.16
  • The priests and Levites cleansed first the courts both of the
  • priests and of the people. On this labour they spent eight days.
  • Then they cleansed the interior of the temple; but, as the
  • levites
  • had no right to enter the temple, the priests carried all the
  • dirt
  • and rubbish to the porch, whence they were collected by the
  • Levites, carried away, and cast into the brook Kidron: in this
  • work, eight more days were occupied; and thus the temple was
  • purified in sixteen days.
  • 19766-900902-2246-2Ch29.17
  • 19767-900902-2247-2Ch29.18
  • 19768-900902-2249-2Ch29.19
  • pollute.'
  • with abhorrence.
  • 19769-900902-2249-2Ch29.20
  • 19770-900902-2256-2Ch29.21
  • The law only required one bullock for the sins of the high
  • priest,
  • another for the sins of the people, and one he-goat for the sins
  • of the prince: but Hezekiah offered many more, and the reason
  • appears sufficiently evident: the law only speaks of the sins of
  • ignorance, but here there were sins of every dye, idolatry,
  • apostasy from the Divine worship, profanation of the temple,
  • etc.
  • The sin offerings, we are informed, were offered, first, for the
  • Kingdom, for the transgressions of the king and his family;
  • secondly, for the sanctuary, which had been defiled and
  • polluted;
  • and for the priests, who had been profane, negligent, and
  • unholy;
  • and finally, for Judah, for the whole mass of the people, who
  • had
  • been led away into every kind of abomination by the above
  • examples.
  • 19771-900902-2256-2Ch29.22
  • 19772-900902-2257-2Ch29.23
  • 19773-900902-2258-2Ch29.24
  • 19774-900902-2300-2Ch29.25
  • hand of his prophets.
  • 19775-900902-2301-2Ch29.26
  • 19776-900902-2302-2Ch29.27
  • 19777-900902-2303-2Ch29.28
  • 19778-900902-2303-2Ch29.29
  • 19779-900902-2304-2Ch29.30
  • 19780-900902-2307-2Ch29.31
  • As the burnt offerings were wholly consumed on the altar, the
  • offering of them evinced greater zeal and liberality than the
  • oblation of peace offerings, the greater part of which was eaten
  • by the officer and his friends.
  • 19781-900902-2308-2Ch29.32
  • comparing the sacrifices offered on this occasion with those of
  • Solomon at the dedication of the temple, we may form some idea
  • of
  • the decrease of the prosperity and riches of Judah, or of the
  • decline of the general spirit of piety.
  • 19782-900902-2309-2Ch29.33
  • It is probable that the consecrated things denote the peace
  • offerings and thank offerings.
  • 19783-900902-2312-2Ch29.34
  • Peace offerings, and such like, the Levites might flay and
  • dress;
  • but the whole burnt offerings could only be touched by the
  • priests, except in a case of necessity, such as the present.
  • 19784-900902-2314-2Ch29.35
  • 19785-900902-2317-2Ch29.36
  • Both Hezekiah and the people rejoiced, that God had prepared the
  • hearts of the people to bring about so great and glorious a
  • reformation in so short a time. This good king's example and
  • influence were here, as in many other cases, under God, the
  • grand
  • spring of all those mighty movements.
  • 19786-900903-0900-2Ch30.1
  • Judah and Israel.
  • 13-26 The assembly, having destroyed the altars of idolatry,
  • keep
  • the feast fourteen days
  • 27 The priests and Levites bless the people
  • 19787-900903-0907-2Ch30.2
  • In Ijar, as they could not celebrate in Nisan, the 14th of which
  • month was the proper time. But Hezekiah and his counsellors
  • justly concluded, that the regulation of the 14th day of the
  • second month, which had been made for individuals who were
  • hindered from eating the passover at the appointed season, might
  • in their present circumstances be extended to the people at
  • large.
  • 19788-900903-0907-2Ch30.3
  • 19789-900903-0908-2Ch30.4
  • 19790-900903-0909-2Ch30.5
  • 19791-900903-0913-2Ch30.6
  • as the running footmen, who were formerly, before the
  • establishment of posts, and still are in some places, trained,
  • and
  • kept on purpose to convey dispatches speedily by running.
  • 19792-900903-0913-2Ch30.7
  • 19793-900903-0916-2Ch30.8
  • 19794-900903-0919-2Ch30.9
  • 19795-900903-0920-2Ch30.10
  • 19796-900903-0925-2Ch30.11
  • It has been said, that Hezekiah had no right to invite Hoshea's
  • subjects to repair to Jerusalem to his passover; but it may be
  • presumed, that he was encouraged to do this by Hoshea himself,
  • who was one of their best kings; besides which, both the golden
  • calves having been taken away by the Assyrians, the apostate
  • Israelites, being thus deprived of idols, had begun to return to
  • the Lord, and to go up to Jerusalem to worship, some time before
  • Hezekiah gave them this invitation
  • 19797-900903-0926-2Ch30.12
  • 19798-900903-0927-2Ch30.13
  • 19799-900903-0927-2Ch30.14
  • 19800-900903-0928-2Ch30.15
  • 19801-900903-0929-2Ch30.16
  • 19802-900903-0930-2Ch30.17
  • 19803-900903-0932-2Ch30.18
  • 19804-900903-0933-2Ch30.19
  • 19805-900903-0934-2Ch30.20
  • 19806-900903-0936-2Ch30.21
  • 19807-900903-0938-2Ch30.22
  • 19808-900903-0940-2Ch30.23
  • They did not observe other seven days of unleavened bread, but
  • offered sacrifices with praise and thanksgiving, and feasting,
  • other seven days; and, as the people in general, and especially
  • those who came out of the kingdom of Israel, would be unprepared
  • for this additional expense, both Hezekiah and his princes
  • liberally supplied them with cattle for sacrifices.
  • 19809-900903-0941-2Ch30.24
  • 19810-900903-0942-2Ch30.25
  • 19811-900903-0942-2Ch30.26
  • 19812-900903-0943-2Ch30.27
  • 19813-900903-0948-2Ch31.1
  • 2-4 Hezekiah orders the courses of the priests and Levites, and
  • provides for their work and maintenance
  • 5-10 The people's forwardness in offerings and tithes
  • 11-19 Hezekiah appoints officers to dispose of the tithes
  • 20,21 The sincerity of Hezekiah
  • 19814-900903-1032-2Ch31.2
  • Yehowah, `within the gates of the camps of Jehovah;' which
  • comprehended the whole of the buildings that surrounded the
  • temple, in which the priests and Levites were stationed, and
  • which
  • resembled military encampments.
  • 19815-900903-1035-2Ch31.3
  • 19816-900903-1036-2Ch31.4
  • 19817-900903-1044-2Ch31.5
  • The word {devash} generally denotes the {honey} produced by
  • bees;
  • but as we have already observed (Ge 43.11) the Jewish doctors
  • are of opinion that it here signifies dates, of the fruit of the
  • palmtree; which the Arabians call daboos, and the honey produced
  • from them, dibs. `This liquor,' says Dr. Shaw, `which has a more
  • luscious sweetness than honey, is of the consistence of a thin
  • syrup, but quickly grows tart and ropy, acquiring an
  • intoxicating
  • quality, and giving by distillation an agreeable spirit, or
  • araky,
  • according to the general name of these people for all hot
  • liquors,
  • extracted by the alembic.' Though Jehovah forbad any devash, or
  • honey, to offered to him upon the altar, yet it appears it might
  • be presented as first-fruits, or in the way of tithes, which
  • were
  • designed for the sustenance of the priests.
  • 19818-900903-1045-2Ch31.6
  • 19819-900903-1045-2Ch31.7
  • 19820-900903-1047-2Ch31.8
  • 19822-900903-1049-2Ch31.10
  • 19823-900903-1049-2Ch31.11
  • 19824-900903-1050-2Ch31.12
  • 19825-900903-1051-2Ch31.13
  • 19826-900903-1052-2Ch31.14
  • 19827-900903-1054-2Ch31.15
  • Instead of Miniamin, Benjamin is the reading of three MSS., and
  • of
  • the Syriac, Arabic, LXX, and Vulgate.
  • 19828-900903-1055-2Ch31.16
  • 19829-900903-1057-2Ch31.17
  • 19830-900903-1057-2Ch31.18
  • 19831-900903-1058-2Ch31.19
  • 19832-900903-1059-2Ch31.20
  • 19833-900903-1100-2Ch31.21
  • 19834-900903-1106-2Ch32.1
  • encourages his people
  • 9-20 Against the blasphemies of Sennarchib, Hezekiah and Isaiah
  • pray
  • 21-23 An angel destroys the host of the Assyrians
  • 24 Hezekiah praying in his sickness, God gives him a sign of
  • recovery
  • 25,26 He waxing proud, is humbled by God
  • 27-30 His wealth and works
  • 31 His error in the ambassage of Babylon
  • 32,33 He dying, Manasseh succeeds him
  • 19835-900903-1107-2Ch32.2
  • 19836-900903-1108-2Ch32.3
  • 19837-900903-1112-2Ch32.4
  • This was prudently done; for, without water, how could an
  • immense
  • army subsist in ar arid country? No doubt the Assyrian army
  • suffered much through this; as a Christian army did, through the
  • same cause, 1800 years afterwards.
  • The Septuagint, Syriac, and Arabic read king, in the singular
  • number.
  • 19838-900903-1114-2Ch32.5
  • 19839-900903-1115-2Ch32.6
  • 19840-900903-1116-2Ch32.7
  • 19841-900903-1118-2Ch32.8
  • 19842-900903-1119-2Ch32.9
  • 19843-900903-1120-2Ch32.10
  • 19844-900903-1121-2Ch32.11
  • 19845-900903-1126-2Ch32.12
  • This was artfully malicious: many of the people had sacrificed
  • to Jehovah on {high places} (Ch. 31.1;) and Hezekiah had removed
  • them, as incentives to idolatry. Hence Rabshakeh insinuates that
  • by so doing he had offended Jehovah, deprived the people of
  • their
  • religious rights, and that, consequently, he could neither
  • expect
  • the blessing of God, nor the cooperation of the people.
  • 19846-900903-1128-2Ch32.13
  • 19847-900903-1129-2Ch32.14
  • 19848-900903-1130-2Ch32.15
  • 19849-900903-1131-2Ch32.16
  • 19850-900903-1132-2Ch32.17
  • 19851-900903-1132-2Ch32.18
  • 19852-900903-1134-2Ch32.19
  • 19853-900903-1135-2Ch32.20
  • 19854-900903-1144-2Ch32.21
  • 19855-900903-1145-2Ch32.22
  • 19856-900903-1147-2Ch32.23
  • 19857-900903-1148-2Ch32.24
  • 3 2ki 20.4-11 is 38.4-8,21,22
  • 19858-900903-1150-2Ch32.25
  • 19859-900903-1152-2Ch32.26
  • 19860-900903-1154-2Ch32.27
  • 19861-900903-1154-2Ch32.28
  • 19862-900903-1156-2Ch32.29
  • 19863-900903-1159-2Ch32.30
  • Or, `Hezekiah stopped the upper going out (motza, i.e., the
  • egress
  • into the open air,) of the waters of Gihon, and brought them
  • underneath, (lemattah, by a subterraneous course.) to the west
  • of
  • the city of David:' See Note on 1ki 1.45
  • 19864-900903-1201-2Ch32.31
  • 19865-900903-1204-2Ch32.32
  • 19866-900903-1205-2Ch32.33
  • 19867-900903-1209-2Ch33.1
  • 3-10 He sets up idolatry, and will not be admonished
  • 11 He is carried into Babylon
  • 12-17 Upon his prayer to God he is released and puts down
  • idolatry
  • 18,19 His acts
  • 20 He dying, Amon succeeds him
  • 21-24 who is slain by his servants
  • 25 The murderers being slain, Josiah succeeds him
  • 19868-900903-1211-2Ch33.2
  • 19869-900903-1213-2Ch33.3
  • 19870-900903-1214-2Ch33.4
  • 19871-900903-1215-2Ch33.5
  • 19872-900903-1217-2Ch33.6
  • 19873-900903-1222-2Ch33.7
  • The Targumist says, `He set up an image, the likeness of
  • himself,
  • in the house of the sanctuary.' In the parallel passage it is,
  • `a
  • graven image of the grove,' or rather, Asherah or Astarte.
  • Manasseh, as Bp Patrick observes, seems to have studied to find
  • out what God had forbidden in his law, that he might practice
  • it:
  • a most prodigious change from the height of piety in his
  • father's
  • time, into the sink of impiety in this!
  • 19874-900903-1223-2Ch33.8
  • 19875-900903-1227-2Ch33.9
  • 19876-900903-1227-2Ch33.10
  • 19877-900903-1231-2Ch33.11
  • The word bachochim may possibly her signify with fetters or
  • chains
  • as the kindred word chachim denotes
  • 19878-900903-1233-2Ch33.12
  • 19879-900903-1235-2Ch33.13
  • 19880-900903-1314-2Ch33.14
  • 19881-900903-1315-2Ch33.15
  • 19882-900903-1316-2Ch33.16
  • 19883-900903-1317-2Ch33.17
  • 19884-900903-1319-2Ch33.18
  • 19885-900903-1325-2Ch33.19
  • So the Targum and Vulgate: the Syraic has {Hanum the Prophet};
  • and
  • the Arabic, Saphan the prophet. This record is totally lost, for
  • the captivity and repentance are related no where else; and the
  • prayer of Manasseh in the Apocrypha was probably composed long
  • afterwards: it is not acknowledged as canonical even by the
  • Romish
  • church, though it was anciently used as a form of confession,
  • and
  • as such still received by the Greek church.
  • 19886-900903-1326-2Ch33.20
  • 19887-900903-1327-2Ch33.21
  • 19888-900903-1332-2Ch33.22
  • Amon's conduct is recorded as like his father Manasseh, in
  • sacrificing to graven images; by which some think it is an
  • evidence that Manasseh did not truly repent, but they forget how
  • many good kings had wicked sons. In one point of view Manasseh
  • was defective, although it cannot be supposed that it affected
  • his
  • eternal state; for when he cast out the images, he did not
  • utterly
  • deface and destroy them, according to the law in De 7.5, which
  • required, moreover, that the graven images should be burnt with
  • fire. How necessary that law was, this instance shews; for the
  • carved images being only thrown aside, and not burnt, Amon knew
  • where to find them, soon set them up, and sacrificed to them.
  • 19889-900903-1333-2Ch33.23
  • 19890-900903-1335-2Ch33.24
  • 19891-900903-1335-2Ch33.25
  • 19892-900903-1340-2Ch34.1
  • 3-7 He destroys idolatry
  • 8-13 He takes order for the repair of the temple
  • 14-22 Hilkiah, having found a book of the law, Josiah sends to
  • Huldah to enquire of the Lord
  • 23-28 Huldah prophesies the destruction of Jerusalem, but
  • respite
  • thereof in Josiah's time
  • 29-33 Josiah, causing it to be read in a solemn assembly, renews
  • the covenant with God
  • 19893-900903-1341-2Ch34.2
  • 19894-900903-1344-2Ch34.3
  • 19895-900903-1345-2Ch34.4
  • 19896-900903-1346-2Ch34.5
  • 19897-900903-1347-2Ch34.6
  • 19898-900903-1348-2Ch34.7
  • 19899-900903-1349-2Ch34.8
  • 19900-900903-1353-2Ch34.9
  • Instead of {wyyashuvoo}, `and they returned,' as the {Keri} has,
  • we should, with the {Kethiv}, read {weyoshevey,} `and the
  • inhabitants of;' a reading which is supported by many MSS,;
  • printed editions, and all the versions, as well as necessity and
  • common sense.
  • 19901-900903-1353-2Ch34.10
  • 19902-900903-1354-2Ch34.11
  • 19903-900903-1355-2Ch34.12
  • The verb {skill} is now obsolete: the meaning is, `every one who
  • is skillful, maiveen, on instruments of music.'
  • 19904-900903-1357-2Ch34.13
  • 19905-900903-1401-2Ch34.14
  • Literally, `a book of the law of the Lord, by the hand of Moses,
  • '
  • i.e, as Dr. Kennicott understands it, `in the handwriting of
  • Moses;' for, says he, though there are fifteen places in the Old
  • Testament which mention the `Law of Moses,' and `book of Moses,'
  • yet this one place only mentions `the book of the law in, or by,
  • the hand of Moses.'
  • 19907-900903-1402-2Ch34.16
  • 19908-900903-1403-2Ch34.17
  • 19909-900903-1404-2Ch34.18
  • 19910-900903-1404-2Ch34.19
  • 19911-900903-1408-2Ch34.20
  • This person seems to have borne both the name of Achbor and
  • Abdon.
  • () Micah, merely by the omission of () {yah}, one of the Divine
  • names.
  • This variation only exists in the translation; the original
  • being
  • uniformly Asaiah, or rather, Asayah
  • 19912-900903-1411-2Ch34.21
  • 19913-900903-1414-2Ch34.22
  • Hasrah is most probably a mistake for Harhas; as the Septuagint
  • reads, both here and in the parallel place.
  • was either the name of a street, or a particular part of the
  • city
  • of Jerusalem.
  • 19914-900903-1414-2Ch34.23
  • 19915-900903-1416-2Ch34.24
  • 19916-900903-1417-2Ch34.25
  • 19917-900903-1417-2Ch34.26
  • 19918-900903-1421-2Ch34.27
  • `Because,' says the Targumist, `thy heart was melted, and thou
  • hast humbled thyself in the sight of the word of the Lord,
  • meymra
  • dyya, when thou didst hear His words, yath pithgamoi, against
  • this
  • place.' Here meymra, the personal word, is plainly distinguished
  • from pithgam, a word spoken.
  • 19919-900903-1422-2Ch34.28
  • 19920-900903-1423-2Ch34.29
  • 19921-900903-1426-2Ch34.30
  • 19922-900903-1432-2Ch34.31
  • Instead of al omdo, `in his place,' the parallel passage 2ki 23.
  • 3
  • has al haammood, `by the pillar;' which is probably the true
  • reading, as the LXX in both places read (), `the pillar'
  • This was expressed, 1. In general, To walk after Jehovah; to
  • have
  • no gods beside him. 2. To take this law for the regulation of
  • their conduct. 3. In particular, To bend their whole heart and
  • soul to the performance of it; so that they might not only have
  • religion without, but piety within.
  • 19923-900903-1433-2Ch34.32
  • 19924-900903-1434-2Ch34.33
  • 19925-900903-1444-2Ch35.1
  • 20-24 He provoking Pharaoh-necho, is slain at Megiddo
  • 25-27 Lamentations for Josiah
  • The whole solemnity was performed with great exactness according
  • to the law, and upon this account there was none like it since
  • Samuel's time; for even in Hezekiah's passover there were
  • several
  • irregularities. Bp. Patrick observes, that in this also it
  • exceeded the other passovers which preceding hings had kept,
  • that
  • though Josiah was by no means so rich as David, or Solomon, of
  • Jehosaphat, yet he furnished the congregation with beasts for
  • sacrifice, both paschal and euccharistical, at his own proper
  • cost
  • and charge, which was more than any king ever did before.
  • at 2ki 23.21 is very particularly related her, while the
  • destruction of idolatry is largely related in the Kings, and
  • here
  • only touched upon. The feasts of the Lord God, appointed by the
  • ceremonial law, were very numerous; but the passover was the
  • chief. It was the first which was solemnized in the night
  • wherein Israel came out of Egypt, and ushered in those which
  • were
  • afterwards instituted: and it was the last great feast which was
  • held in the night wherein Christ was betrayed, before the vail
  • of
  • the temple was rent in twain. Be means of this feast, both
  • Josiah
  • and Hezekiah revived religion in their day.
  • 19926-900903-1557-2Ch35.2
  • 19927-900903-1558-2Ch35.3
  • 19928-900903-1603-2Ch35.4
  • The regulations formed by David, and established by Solomon,
  • concerning the courses of the priests and Levites, were
  • committed
  • to writing, and preserved, for them to refer to continually.
  • Josiah, as well as Hezekiah, required the priests and levites to
  • attend to their several duties, and encouraged them therein, but
  • he neither added, altered, not retrenched anything: he merely
  • enforced what had been established in the law, and in the
  • regulations made by David and the contemporary prophets: ` the
  • commandment of the king...was by the word of the Lord.'
  • 19929-900903-1604-2Ch35.5
  • 19930-900903-1605-2Ch35.6
  • 19931-900903-1608-2Ch35.7
  • According to the calculation, that not fewer than ten, nor more
  • than twenty persons, were to join for one kid or lamb, the
  • numbers
  • given on this occasion would suffice for above 400,000 persons.
  • 19932-900903-1610-2Ch35.8
  • 19933-900903-1610-2Ch35.9
  • 19934-900903-1611-2Ch35.10
  • 19935-900903-1612-2Ch35.11
  • 19936-900903-1612-2Ch35.12
  • 19937-900903-1614-2Ch35.13
  • 19938-900903-1614-2Ch35.14
  • 19939-900903-1616-2Ch35.15
  • 19941-900903-1618-2Ch35.17
  • 19942-900903-1620-2Ch35.18
  • present, more literally or exactly consecrated, according to the
  • law, or more religiously observed. The words do not refer to the
  • number present, but to the manner and spirit.
  • 19944-900903-1622-2Ch35.20
  • Pharaoh, the lame, says the Targumist
  • 19945-900903-1623-2Ch35.21
  • 19946-900903-1633-2Ch35.22
  • Josiah's conduct in this affair has been treated with great
  • severity; and he has been charged with engaging rashly in an
  • unjust war, and disregarding the express command of God. But
  • Scripture no where condemns him; and Pharaoh, in marching
  • through
  • Josiah's territories, against his will, certainly committed an
  • act
  • of hostility. It is evident that Josiah was in possession of the
  • whole land of Israel (ch 26.6); and probably he held the
  • northern
  • parts of it as a grant from the king of Babylon; and was not
  • only
  • in alliance with him, but bound to guard his frontiers against
  • hostile invaders. He may, therefore, be fairly justified from
  • the
  • charge of unjustly meddling in a war that did not belong him. It
  • is true the ambassadors assured Josiah, that `God had commanded
  • Pharaoh to make haste;' and he is therefore said not to have
  • hearkened to the words of necho, from the mouth of God.' But
  • Necho
  • produced no proof that he was a prophet of Jehovah; and the word
  • he employed, elohim, may denote gods or idols; and critics have
  • noticed that that the expression, `from the mouth of God,' is
  • not
  • use when the true God is meant.
  • 19947-900903-1634-2Ch35.23
  • 19948-900903-1635-2Ch35.24
  • 19949-900903-1636-2Ch35.25
  • 19950-900903-1636-2Ch35.26
  • 19951-900903-1637-2Ch35.27
  • 19952-900903-1642-2Ch36.1
  • into Egypt
  • 5-8 Jehoikim reigning ill, is carried bound into Babylon
  • 9,10 Jehoiachin succeeding, reigns ill, and is brought into
  • Babylon
  • 11-13 Zedekiah succeeding, reigns ill, despite the prophets, and
  • rebels against Nebuchadnezzar
  • 14-21 Jerusalem, for the sins of the priests and the people, is
  • wholly destroyed
  • 22,23 The proclamation of Cyrus
  • 19954-900903-1643-2Ch36.3
  • 19955-900903-1644-2Ch36.4
  • 19956-900903-1645-2Ch36.5
  • 19957-900903-1646-2Ch36.6
  • 19958-900903-1647-2Ch36.7
  • 19959-900903-1649-2Ch36.8
  • 19960-900903-1650-2Ch36.9
  • The Syriac, Arabic, and the parallel place, (on which see the
  • note,) have `eighteen years;' which, as Scaliger observes, is no
  • doubt the genuine reading.
  • 19961-900903-1652-2Ch36.10
  • 19962-900903-1653-2Ch36.11
  • 19963-900903-1655-2Ch36.12
  • 19964-900903-1657-2Ch36.13
  • 19965-900903-1658-2Ch36.14
  • 19966-900903-1700-2Ch36.15
  • 19967-900903-1703-2Ch36.16
  • 19968-900903-1705-2Ch36.17
  • 19969-900903-1707-2Ch36.18
  • 19970-900903-1708-2Ch36.19
  • 19971-900903-1709-2Ch36.20
  • 19972-900903-1710-2Ch36.21
  • 19973-900903-1715-2Ch36.22
  • They look back to the prophecy of Jeremiah, and show how that
  • was
  • accomplished; and they look forward to the history of Ezra,
  • which
  • begins with a repetition of these two last verses.
  • 19974-900903-1716-2Ch36.23
  • 19975-900524-2137
  • -Ezr1.1
  • 1 The proclamation of Cyrus for the building of the temple
  • 5 The people provide for their return
  • 7 Cyrus restores the vessels of the temple to Sheshbazzar
  • (Cyrus is said to have been the son of Cambyses, king of
  • Persia, and Mandane, daughter of Astyages, king of Media: he
  • was born about 600 years before Christ, and died at the age of
  • 70, after a reign of 30 years. He was mentioned by name, and
  • his conquests foretold, by the prophet Isaiah, about a century
  • before his birth. Josephus states the partiality he evinced
  • towards the Jews, arose from the circumstance of these
  • prophecies being shewn him, probably by Daniel.)
  • 19976-900524-2144
  • -Ezr1.2
  • (According to the testimony of ancient writers, Cyrus, at this
  • time, reigned over the Medes, Persians, Hyrcanians, Syrians,
  • Assyrians, Indians, etc., and all lesser Asia.)
  • 19977-900524-2146
  • -Ezr1.3
  • 19978-900524-2154
  • -Ezr1.4
  • 19979-900524-2156
  • -Ezr1.5
  • 19980-900525-1907
  • -Ezr1.6
  • 19981-900525-1912
  • -Ezr1.7
  • 19982-900525-1915
  • -Ezr1.8
  • 19983-900525-1917
  • -Ezr1.9
  • 19985-900525-1944
  • -Ezr1.11
  • (Instead of 5400, the enumeration of the articles in ver. 9,
  • 10, only amounts to 2499; but in the account, Esdras 2.13, 14,
  • the amount is 5469, as will be evident from the following
  • statements:
  • In Ezra. In Esdras.
  • Gold chargers..... 30 Gold cups......... 1000
  • Silver ditto...... 1000 Silver cups....... 1000
  • Knives............ 29 Silver censers.... 29
  • Gold basons....... 30 Gold vials........ 30
  • Silver ditto...... 410 Silver vials...... 2410
  • Other vessels..... 1000 Other vessels..... 1000
  • ____ ____
  • Said to be........ 5400 Total............. 5469
  • But only.......... 2499
  • ____ ____
  • Deficiency........ 2901 Surplus........... 69
  • It is supposed that they actually amounted to 5400, but that
  • only the chief of them were specified, the spoons, etc. being
  • omitted.)
  • 19986-900525-2000
  • -Ezr2.1
  • 1 The number that return of the people
  • 36 of the priests
  • 40 of the Levites
  • 43 of the Nethinims
  • 55 of Solomon's servants
  • 61 of the priests who could not shew their pedigree
  • 64 The whole number of them, with their substance
  • 68 Their oblations
  • 19987-900525-2014
  • -Ezr2.2
  • 19988-900525-2027
  • -Ezr2.3
  • (The word children, in this table, when prefixed to the name
  • of a man, signifies the descendants of that person, as from
  • ver. 3-21; and when prefixed to the name of a town, place,
  • etc., it signifies the inhabitants of that place, as from
  • ver. 21-25.)
  • 19989-900525-2029
  • -Ezr2.4
  • 19990-900525-2043
  • -Ezr2.5
  • 19991-900525-2041
  • -Ezr2.6
  • 19992-900525-2044
  • -Ezr2.7
  • 19993-900525-2045
  • -Ezr2.8
  • 19994-900525-2048
  • -Ezr2.9
  • 19995-900525-2059
  • -Ezr2.10
  • (The variation of Bani, and Binnui, arises from the elision of,
  • wav: but the LXX. have here Bavovi, as in the parallel place.)
  • 19996-900528-2058
  • -Ezr2.11
  • 19997-900528-2059
  • -Ezr2.12
  • 19998-900528-2100
  • -Ezr2.13
  • 19999-900529-0926
  • -Ezr2.14
  • 20000-900529-0927
  • -Ezr2.15
  • 20001-900529-0928
  • -Ezr2.16
  • 20002-900529-0929
  • -Ezr2.17
  • 20003-900529-0929
  • -Ezr2.18
  • 20004-900529-0931
  • -Ezr2.19
  • 20005-900529-0932
  • -Ezr2.20
  • 20006-900529-0932
  • -Ezr2.21
  • 20007-900529-0934
  • -Ezr2.22
  • 20008-900529-0935
  • -Ezr2.23
  • 20009-900529-0936
  • -Ezr2.24
  • 20010-900529-0938
  • -Ezr2.25
  • 20011-900529-0939
  • -Ezr2.26
  • 20012-900529-0940
  • -Ezr2.27
  • 20013-900529-0941
  • -Ezr2.28
  • 20014-900529-0944
  • -Ezr2.29
  • (This Nebo was probably the Nabau which Eusebius and Jerome
  • place eight miles south from Hebron.)
  • 20015-900529-0946
  • -Ezr2.30
  • (The children of Magbish are not named in our present copies
  • of Nehemiah; but the Alexandrian MS. of the LXX. has the same
  • reading as here.)
  • 20016-900529-0947
  • -Ezr2.31
  • 20017-900529-0948
  • -Ezr2.32
  • 20018-900529-0952
  • -Ezr2.33
  • (Hadid is probably the Adida of Josephus, and the Maccabees,
  • (1 Mac 12.38; 13.13,) a city situated on a hill in the plain
  • country of Judah, and the Aditha of Eusebius, which he places
  • near Diospolis, Lydda, or Lod.)
  • 20019-900529-0954
  • -Ezr2.34
  • 20020-900529-0954
  • -Ezr2.35
  • 20021-900529-0956
  • -Ezr2.36
  • 20022-900529-1301
  • -Ezr2.37
  • 20023-900529-1302
  • -Ezr2.38
  • 20024-900529-1303
  • -Ezr2.39
  • 20025-900529-1305
  • -Ezr2.40
  • 20026-900529-1307
  • -Ezr2.41
  • 20027-900701-1659
  • -Ezr2.42
  • 20028-900529-1312
  • -Ezr2.43
  • (This variation only exists in the translation, the original
  • being written here Husupha, and in the parallel place
  • defectively, Hasupha.)
  • 20029-900529-1315
  • -Ezr2.44
  • (Sia, is merely a contraction of, Siaha, by the elision of,
  • hay.)
  • 20030-900529-1319
  • -Ezr2.45
  • (These variations merely arise from the mutation of, hay,
  • into, according to the Chaldee dialect; the original, being
  • respectively, Lebanah, and Lebana; Hagabah, and Hagaba.)
  • 20031-900529-1321
  • -Ezr2.46
  • (Shamlai, of the Kethiv, is evidently a mistake for Shalmai, as
  • the Keri and LXX. have.)
  • 20034-900529-1323
  • -Ezr2.49
  • 20035-900529-1324
  • -Ezr2.50
  • 20037-900529-1325
  • -Ezr2.52
  • 20038-900529-1326
  • -Ezr2.53
  • 20040-900529-1328
  • -Ezr2.55
  • 20041-900529-1329
  • -Ezr2.56
  • 20042-900529-1330
  • -Ezr2.57
  • 20043-900529-1332
  • -Ezr2.58
  • 20044-900529-1334
  • -Ezr2.59
  • 20045-900529-1338
  • -Ezr2.60
  • 20046-900529-1339
  • -Ezr2.61
  • 20047-900529-1947
  • -Ezr2.62
  • were polluted from the priesthood
  • 20048-900529-1955
  • -Ezr2.63
  • (The person who held this office at this time was probably
  • Zerubbabel. The word Tirshatha is supposed to be Persian; and
  • if, as Castel supposes, it signifies austerity, or that fear
  • which is impressed by the authority of a governor, it may be
  • derived from tars, 'ear,' or tursh, 'acid, austere.')
  • 20049-900529-2007
  • -Ezr2.64
  • (Though the sum total, both here and in Nehemiah, is equal,
  • namely, 42,360, yet the particulars reckoned up only make
  • 29,818 in Ezra, and 31,089 in Nehemiah; and we find that
  • Nehemiah mentions 1765 persons who are not in Ezra, and Ezra
  • has 494 not mentioned in Nehemiah. This last circumstance,
  • which seems to render all hope of reconciling them impossible,
  • Mr. Alting thinks is the very point by which they can be
  • reconciled; for, if we add Ezra's surplus to the sum in
  • Nehemiah, and Nehemiah's surplus to the number in Ezra, they
  • will both amount to 31,583; which subtracted from 42,360,
  • leaves a deficiency of 10,777, which are not named because they
  • did not belong to the tribes of Judah and Benjamin, or to the
  • priests, but to the other Israelitish tribes.)
  • 20050-900529-2011
  • -Ezr2.65
  • 20053-900701-1702
  • -Ezr2.68
  • 20054-900529-2018
  • -Ezr2.69
  • 20055-900701-1703
  • -Ezr2.70
  • 20056-900529-2025
  • -Ezr3.1
  • 1 The altar is set up
  • 4 Offerings renewed
  • 7 Workmen employed in preparing materials
  • 8 The foundations of the temple are laid in great joy and
  • mourning
  • 20057-900529-2040
  • -Ezr3.2
  • (Bp. Patrick observes, that before the temple was built, there
  • seems to have been a tabernacle pitched for Divine service, as
  • was in David's time, not on mount Moriah, but mount Sion, to
  • be used while the temple was building. Let us learn hence to
  • begin with God, and to do what we can in the worship of God,
  • when we cannot do what we would. They could not immediately
  • have a temple, but they would not be without an altar.
  • Wherever a Christian goes, if he carry not with him the
  • sacrifices of prayer and praise, he is wanting in his duty;
  • for he has an altar ever ready that sanctifies both the gift
  • and the giver.)
  • 20058-900529-2044
  • -Ezr3.3
  • 20059-900529-2049
  • -Ezr3.4
  • in his day
  • 20060-900529-2052
  • -Ezr3.5
  • 20061-900529-2054
  • -Ezr3.6
  • Heb. the temple of the Lord was not yet founded
  • 20062-900529-2104
  • -Ezr3.7
  • (Joppa, now Jaffa or Yaffa, one of the most ancient sea-ports
  • in the world, is situated in a fine plain on the shore of the
  • Mediterranean, between Jamnia south and Caesarea of Palestine
  • north, 150 stadia from Antipatris, according to Josephus, 30
  • miles south of Caesarea, 12 miles north of Ashdod, 9 miles
  • west of Ramla, and 40 miles west of Jerusalem, according to
  • modern authorities; and in lat. 32 degrees 50' long. 65 degrees
  • 40' according to Ptolemy. It is still a considerable town,
  • containing about 4000 or 5000 souls, and occupying a circular
  • eminence close to the seaside, with a citadel on the summit;
  • the bottom of the hill being surrounded by a wall 12 or 14 feet
  • high, and two or three feet thick. The environs are occupied by
  • extensive gardens.)
  • 20063-900530-1916
  • -Ezr3.8
  • 20064-900530-1937
  • -Ezr3.9
  • (Not Jeshua the high-priest, before mentioned, but another
  • Jeshua, a Levite, mentioned in the parallel passage.)
  • (Hodaviah, is called Hodevah, by the elision of, yood, and was
  • probably named Judah, from the word having the same
  • signification.)
  • 20065-900702-1021
  • -Ezr3.10
  • 20066-900530-1943
  • -Ezr3.11
  • 20067-900530-1948
  • -Ezr3.12
  • 20068-900530-2014
  • -Ezr3.13
  • (This sight must have been very affecting; a whole people, one
  • part weeping aloud with sorrow, the other shouting aloud for
  • joy; and on the same occasion too, in which both sides felt an
  • equal interest. The prophet Haggai (ch 2.1-9) comforted them on
  • this occasion, by assuring them that the glory of this latter
  • house should exceed that of the former, because the Lord would
  • come to this temple, and fill it with His glory.)
  • 20069-900531-0803
  • -Ezr4.1
  • 1 The adversaries, being not accepted in the building of the
  • temple with the Jews, endeavour to hinder it
  • 7 Their letter to Artaxerxes
  • 17 The answer and decree of Artaxerxes
  • 23 The building is hindered
  • (These were the Samaritans, the descendants of the various
  • nations with which the kings of Assyria had peopled Israel,
  • when they had carried the original inhabitants captive.)
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  • (This was Cambyses, son of Cyrus, who succeeded his father,
  • A.M. 3475, and reigned seven years and five months.)
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  • (This Artaxerxes was one of the Magi, who usurped the throne
  • after the death of Cambyses, for seven months, feigning
  • himself to be Smerdis, brother of Cambyses: he is called
  • Oropoestus by Justin, Smerdis by Herodotus, Mardus by
  • AEschylus, and Sphendatates by Ctesias.)
  • (That is, probably, both the language and character were
  • Syrian or Chaldaic; and therefore, from the 8th verse of this
  • chapter, to ch. 7.27, the original is not Hebrew, but Chaldee,
  • in those parts which consist of letters, decrees, etc.,
  • originally written in that language.)
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  • palace
  • (Salt is reckoned among the principal necessaries of life,
  • (Ecclus. 39.26 or 31;) hence, by a very natural figure, salt is
  • used for food or maintenance in general. I am well informed,
  • says Mr. Parkhurst, that it is a common expression of the
  • natives in the East Indies, 'I eat such a one's salt,' meaning,
  • I am fed by him. Salt was also, as it still is, among eastern
  • nations, a symbol of friendship and hospitality; and hence, to
  • eat a man's salt, is to be bound to him by the ties of
  • friendship.)
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  • for which
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  • (This was Darius Hystaspes, one of the seven princes who slew
  • the usurper Smerdis: he ascended the throne of Persia,
  • A.M. 3483, B.C. 521, and reigned 36 years.)
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  • -Ezr5.1
  • 1 Zerubbabel and Jeshua, incited by Haggai and Zechariah, set
  • forward the building of the temple
  • 3 Tatnai and Shethar-boznai are not able to hinder the Jews
  • 6 Their letter to Darius against the Jews
  • (These are the same Haggai and Zechariah, whose writings we
  • have among the twelve minor prophets; and, as a great part of
  • them refer to the events here recorded, the reader will find it
  • very profitable to compare them with the history.)
  • (That is, 'the grandson of Iddo;' for Zechariah was the son of
  • Berechiah, the son of Iddo.)
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  • (Tatnai was governor of the provinces which belonged to the
  • Persian empire west of the Euphrates, comprehending Syria,
  • Arabia Deserta, Phoenicia, and Samaria. He seems to have been
  • a mild and judicious man, and to have adcted with great
  • prudence and caution, and without any passion or prejudice.)
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  • -Ezr6.1
  • 1 Darius, finding the decree of Cyrus, makes a new decree for
  • the advancement of the building
  • 13 By the help of Tatnai and Shethar-boznai, according to the
  • decree, the temple is finished
  • 16 The feast of the dedication is kept
  • 19 and the passover
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  • -Ezr6.2
  • (Probably from the Persian, kham, 'a house for a summer
  • residence,' with a prefix, aleph, and the Chaldee termination,
  • tha, most likely denotes Ecbatana, as the Vulgate and Josephus
  • read, the summer residence of the Persian monarchs. It was
  • situated in a mountainous region at the foot of mount Orontes,
  • or Jasonius, according to Ammianus, on the southern confines
  • of Media and Persia, and according to Pliny, 750 miles from
  • Seleucia the Great, 20 miles from the Caspian passes, 450 miles
  • from Susa, and the same from Gazae Atropatene, and in lat. 37
  • deg. 45 min., long. 88 deg., according to Ptolemy. The building
  • of the city is ascribed to Semiramis by Diodorus, but to
  • Deioces by Eusebius, (in Chron. 1.1,) and Herodotus, who states
  • that it was surrounded by seven walls, strong and ample, built
  • in circles one within another, rising each above each by the
  • height of their respective battlements; each being
  • distinguished by a different colour, the first white, the
  • second black, the third purple, the fourth blue, the fifth
  • orange, the sixth plated with silver, and the seventh with
  • gold. The largest of these was nearly the extent of Athens,
  • i.e. 200 furlongs, according to Dion Chrysostom; but Diodorus
  • Siculus states the circumference of Ecbatana to be 250
  • furlongs. Within the inner circle stood the king's palace and
  • the royal treasury, so much celebrated for its splendour and
  • riches by Polybius. It is highly probable, as D'Anville and
  • Major Rennel suppose, that the present Hamadan, whose ruins
  • attest its former splendour, occupies the site of Ecbatana. It
  • is situated in Al Gebal, at the foot of the lofty mountain
  • Alwend, about 80 leagues from Ispahan, and also from Bagdad.)
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  • (This was Artaxerxes, the third son and successor of Xerxes,
  • surnamed Longimanus, or in Persian, Ardsheer deeraz dest,
  • 'Ardsheer the long-handed;' so called, according to the Greeks,
  • from the extra-ordinary length of his hands, but according to
  • the Easterns, from the extent of his dominions. He ascended
  • the Persian throne, A.M. 3540, B.C. 464, and reigned forty-one
  • years. He is said to have been the most handsome person of his
  • age, and to have been a prince of a very mild and generous
  • disposition.)
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  • See on
  • (Having set up the worship of God in this dedication, they took
  • care to keep it up, and made the book of Moses their rule, to
  • which they had an eye in this establishment. Though the temple
  • service could not now be performed with so much pomp and plenty
  • as formerly, because of their poverty, yet no doubt it was
  • performed with as much purity and close adherence to the Divine
  • institutions as ever. No beauty is like the beauty of
  • holiness.)
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  • -Ezr6.17
  • (Though the tribes of Benjamin and Judah, with the priests and
  • Levites, formed the bulk of the people, yet many from the other
  • tribes had returned with them from captivity.)
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  • -Ezr6.22
  • (Darius, as reigning over the country of Assyria, is here
  • called 'the king of Assyria.')
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  • -Ezr7.1
  • 1 Ezra goes up to Jerusalem
  • 11 The gracious commission of Artaxerxes to Ezra
  • 27 Ezra blesses God for this favour
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  • -Ezr7.2
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  • -Ezr7.5
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  • (Sopher mahir does not merely signify a speedy writer, or an
  • excellent penman, but one eminently skilful in expounding the
  • law, sophro chochmo, 'a wise scribe,' as the Syriac renders.)
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  • -Ezr7.7
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  • according to
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  • -Ezr7.10
  • 20142-900605-2058
  • -Ezr7.11
  • 20143-900605-2112
  • -Ezr7.12
  • (The title of the king would, in Persian, run thus: Ardsheer
  • shahinshah, or padshah, 'Ardsheer, king of kings,' i.e. great
  • or supreme king or emperor.)
  • the law of the God of heaven, peace, etc. and at such a time
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  • (Seven princes of Persia having conspired against and slain
  • the usurper Smerdis, and thus made way for the family of
  • Darius, which afterwards filled the throne, the Persian kings
  • of this race had always seven chief princes as their
  • counsellors, who possessed peculiar privileges, were his chief
  • assistants in the government, and by whose advice all the
  • public affairs of the empire were transacted. The names of
  • these counsellors are given in the parallel place of the book
  • of Esther.)
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  • (He gave them the fullest liberty to order every thing
  • according to their own institutions; binding them to no form
  • or mode of worship.)
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  • (As Artaxerxes believed he was appointed by the Almighty to do
  • this work, he therefore wished to do it heartily; knowing that
  • if he did not, God would be displeased, and that the kingdom
  • would be cut off from him or his posterity.)
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  • (That is, 'west of the Euphrates,' which was beyond with regard
  • to the king of Persia, who was on the east.)
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  • (There is a most amiable spirit of piety in these reflections.
  • Instead of expatiating on the praises of his munificent patron,
  • or boasting of his own services, he blesses God for 'putting
  • such a thing in the king's heart;' and for all the assistance
  • and favour shewn him by the king and his counsellors.)
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  • (In what the king decreed he saw the hand of God: he therefore
  • gave Him the praise, and took courage.)
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  • -Ezr8.1
  • 1 The companions of Ezra, who returned from Babylon
  • 15 He sends to Iddo for ministers for the temple
  • 21 He keeps a fast
  • 24 He commits the treasures to the custody of the priests
  • 31 From Ahava they come to Jerusalem
  • 33 The treasure is weighed in the temple
  • 36 The commission is delivered
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  • (This variation is attributable to the translators; the
  • original being uniformly Parosh.)
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  • (Ahava is supposed to be the river Adiava, which, with the
  • Diava, is said by Ammianus to have given name to Adiabene, a
  • province of Assyria, through which they flowed into the Tigris.
  • These rivers were also called respectively, Anzabas and Zabas,
  • the Caprus and Lycus of Ptolemy; the former of which he places,
  • at its source, in long. 79 deg., lat. 39 1/2 deg., and at its
  • junction with the Tigris, in long. 79 1/2 deg., lat. 36 deg.
  • 6'; and the latter, at its source, in long 78 deg., lat. 39
  • deg.; and where it falls into the Tigris, in long. 79 deg.,
  • lat. 36 1/2 deg. They are now called the Great and Little Zab,
  • or the Zabein, i.e. the two Zabs, which, says Ibn Haukal, 'are
  • considerable streams, each about half as large as the Dejleh
  • (or Tigris). They rise among the mountains of Azerbaijan: of
  • these, the larger is that which runs towards Haditheh. These
  • streams form part of the Tigris, and water the district of
  • Semerah.'
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  • -Ezr8.17
  • (Casiphia is supposed to denote the Caspian mountains, between
  • Media and Hyrcania, near the Caspian Sea. It is evident, from
  • a comparison of ch. 7.9 with ver. 31, that Casiphia could not
  • be far from Ahava.)
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  • (The Syriac renders, nechosho korinthyo tovo, 'good Corinthian
  • brass;' so called from the brass found after the burning of
  • Corinth by Lucius Mummius, which was, as is generally supposed,
  • brass, copper, silver, and gold, melted together. Sir J.
  • Chardin, however, in a MS. note, cited by Harmer, mentioned a
  • factitious metal used in the East, and highly esteemed there,
  • which might probably be of an origin as ancient as Ezra. He
  • says, 'I have heard some Dutch gentlemen speak of a metal in
  • the island of Sumatra, and among the Macassars, much more
  • esteemed than gold, which royal personages alone are privileged
  • to wear. It is a mixture, if I remember right, of gold and
  • steel, or copper and steel.' He afterwards added, 'calmbac is
  • the name of this metal, which is composed of gold and copper.')
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  • (Ezra and his company had now entered upon a journey of several
  • hundred miles through the desert, which they were nearly four
  • months in completing, encumbered with families and possessions,
  • and carrying large treasures with them, which would invite the
  • attempts of the Arabian hordes, and others, that infested that
  • neighbourhood; yet, having declared to the king, 'that the hand
  • of God was upon all them for good that seek him, and that his
  • power and wrath were against all them that forsook him,'
  • (ver. 22,) he determined to travel without a guard, except that
  • of the Almighty, being ashamed to ask any other, after his
  • former avowed confidence in Him! Having, therefore, humbled
  • themselves before the Lord, and besought his guidance and
  • protection, he was intreated by them, their enemies were
  • restrained or disabled, and they arrived unmolested at
  • Jerusalem.)
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  • 1 Ezra mourns for the affinity of the people with strangers
  • 5 He prays unto God, with confession of sins
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  • (Or rather, a hedge or fence, gader, such as were made for
  • sheep-folds.)
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  • less
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  • 1 Ezra encouraged to reform the strange marriages
  • 6 Ezra assembles the people
  • 9 The people repent, and promise amendment
  • 15 The care to perform it
  • 18 The names of them which had married strange wives
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  • -Ezr10.2
  • (Shechaniah here speaks in the name of the people, not
  • acknowledging himself culpable; for he is not in the following
  • list.)
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  • (Shechaniah's counsel, which he was then so clear in, will not
  • hold now: such marriages, it is certain, are contrary to the
  • will of God, and ought not to be made; but they are not null.
  • Our rule under the gospel is Quod fieri non debuit, factum
  • valet, 'That which ought not to have been done must, when done,
  • abide.') See
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  • (By the decree of Artaxerxes, Ezra was authorised to do every
  • thing that the law of God required.)
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  • (That is, some time in December, which is the coldest and most
  • rainy time of the year in Palestine. Dr. Russel, in his account
  • of the weather at Aleppo, which very much resembles that in
  • Judea, says, that the natives reckon the severity of the
  • winter, which they call marbania, to last but forty days,
  • beginning from the 12th of December, and ending the 20th of
  • January, and that this computation comes in fact very near the
  • truth: and that the air during this time is excessively
  • piercing, even to those that are just come from a cold
  • climate.)
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  • (They all resolved to do what Ezra had commanded; and they did
  • put away their wives, even those by whom they had children,
  • (ver. 44,) each of whom doubtless received a portion according
  • to the circumstances of her husband, and was not turned away
  • desolate. Humanity must have dictated this, and no law of God
  • is contrary to humanity.)
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  • greatly offended in this thing
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  • this matter be dispatched
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  • (The cases brought before the council were either so many, or
  • so complicated, that, though they separated themselves from
  • other employments, yet they were three whole months in
  • examining into their affairs, and making the necessary
  • separations required by the law.)
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  • (They bound themselves in the most solemn manner to do as the
  • rest of the delinquents had done, and make and acknowledgment
  • to God of their iniquity, by offering each a ram for a trespass
  • offering.)
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  • (That is, as Calmet observes, simple Israelites; thus
  • distinguished from the priests, Levites, and singers, mentioned
  • in ver. 18, 23, 24.)
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  • (This variation only exists in the translation, the original
  • being uniformly Malchijah, or rather, Malkeeyah.)
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  • (This observation was probably intended to shew that only a few
  • of them had children, and also how rigorously the law was put
  • in execution. According to a passage in Justin Martyr's
  • Dialogue with Trypho, a Jew, Ezra offered a paschal lamb on
  • this occasion, and addressed the people thus: 'And Ezra said to
  • the people, This pass-over is our Saviour and our Refuge; and
  • if ye will be persuaded of it, and let it enter into your
  • hearts, that we are to humble to Him in a sign, and afterwards
  • shall believe in Him, this place shall not be destroyed for
  • ever, saith the Lord of hosts; but, if ye will not believe in
  • Him, nor hearken to his preaching, ye shall be a laughing-stock
  • to the Gentiles.' This was probably a marginal note added by
  • some early Christian.
  • (This book details the events of a very interesting period of
  • the Sacred History, when, according to the decree of
  • Providence, the Jewish people were to be delivered from their
  • captivity, at the expiration of seventy years, and restored to
  • the land of their fathers. This book informs us how the Divine
  • goodness accomplished this most gracious design, and the movers
  • and agents He employed on the occasion. Ezra was undoubtedly
  • the chief agent under God in effecting this arduous work; and
  • his zeal, piety, knowledge, and discretion, appear here in a
  • most conspicuous point of view, and claim our utmost
  • admiration. Descended from Seraiah, in a direct line from
  • Aaron, he seems to have united all the requisites of a profound
  • statesmen with the functions of the sacerdotal character. He
  • appears to have made the Sacred Scriptures, during the
  • captivity, his peculiar study; and, perhaps assisted by
  • Nehemiah and the great synagogue, he corrected the errors which
  • had crept into the Sacred Writings, through the negligence or
  • mistake of transcribers; he collected all the books of which
  • the Sacred Scriptures then consisted, disposed them in their
  • proper order, and settled the canon of Scriptures for his time;
  • he occasionally added, under the dictation of the Holy Spirit,
  • whatever appeared necessary for the purpose of illustrating,
  • completing, or connecting them; he substituted the modern for
  • the ancient names of some places, which had now become
  • obsolete; and transcribed the whole of the Scriptures into the
  • Chaldee character. He is said to have lived to the age of 120
  • years, and, according to Josephus, was buried in Jerusalem; but
  • the Jews believe he died in Persia, in a second journey to
  • Artaxerxes, where his tomb is shewn in the city of Zamusa.
  • Though not styled a prophet, he wrote under the Divine Spirit;
  • and the canonical authority of his book has never been
  • disputed. It is written with all the spirit and fidelity that
  • could be displayed by a writer of contemporary times; and those
  • parts which chiefly consist of letters, decrees, etc., are
  • written in Chaldee, because it seemed more suitable to the
  • fidelity of a sacred historian to give these official
  • documents, as they may be termed, in the original language,
  • especially as the people, recently returned from the captivity,
  • were familiar, and perhaps more conversant with the Chaldee,
  • than with the Hebrew.)
  • 20255-900615-2033
  • -Ne1.1
  • 1 Nehemiah, understanding by Hanani the misery of Jerusalem,
  • mourns, fasts, and prays
  • 5 His prayer
  • (Shushan, or Susa, was the capital of Susiana, a province of
  • Persia, and the winter residence of the Persian monarchs;
  • situated about 252 miles east of Babylon, and the same distance
  • south-south-east of Ecbatana, in lat. 32 deg., long. 49 deg.
  • The circumference of its walls was about 120 stadia. Shouster
  • is supposed to occupy its site.)
  • 20256-900616-1339
  • -Ne1.2
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  • -Ne1.3
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  • -Ne1.4
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  • -Ne1.5
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  • -Ne1.6
  • 20261-900616-2100
  • -Ne1.7
  • 20262-900617-1015
  • -Ne1.8
  • 20263-900617-1023
  • -Ne1.9
  • 20264-900617-1026
  • -Ne1.10
  • 20265-900617-1038
  • -Ne1.11
  • (The office of cup-bearer was one of great trust, honour, and
  • emolument, in the Persian court. To be in such a place of trust
  • he must have been in the king's confidence; for no eastern
  • potentate would have a cup-bearer to whom he could not trust
  • his life, poison being often administered in that way. It was
  • an office much dessired, because it gave access to the king in
  • those seasons of hilarity when men are most disposed to grant
  • favours.)
  • 20266-900617-1043
  • -Ne2.1
  • 1 Artaxerxes, understanding the cause of Nehemiah's sadness,
  • sends him with letters and commission to Jerusalem
  • 9 Nehemiah, to the grief of the enemies, comes to Jerusalem
  • 12 He views secretly the ruins of the walls
  • 17 He incites the Jews to build
  • 20267-900617-1503
  • -Ne2.2
  • (Probably the king spoke as if he had some suspicion that
  • Nehemiah harboured some bad design, and that his face indicated
  • some conceived treachery, or remorse; and, indeed, the words
  • rendered sad, and sorrow of heart, might be rendered evil, and
  • wickedness of heart.)
  • 20268-900617-1506
  • -Ne2.3
  • (Far from wishing ill to my master, I wish him to live for
  • ever.)
  • 20269-900617-1508
  • -Ne2.4
  • 20270-900617-1510
  • -Ne2.5
  • 20271-900617-1516
  • -Ne2.6
  • (It was probably Esther who was present at this time, and who
  • seconded Nehemiah's request.)
  • (It is probable that this time was no more than six months, or
  • a year; after which he either returned, or had his leave of
  • absence lengthened, as we find he was twelve years governor of
  • the Jews.)
  • 20272-900617-1518
  • -Ne2.7
  • 20273-900617-1531
  • -Ne2.8
  • 20274-900617-1532
  • -Ne2.9
  • 20275-900617-1540
  • -Ne2.10
  • 20276-900617-1925
  • -Ne2.11
  • 20277-900617-1932
  • -Ne2.12
  • (This pious and noble-minded man attributes every thing to God.
  • If he purposed any good, it was because God put it into his
  • heart; if he did or received any good, it was because the good
  • hand of his God was upon him; if he expected any good, it was
  • because he earnestly prayed God to remember him for good.)
  • 20278-900617-1944
  • -Ne2.13
  • (This was the gate on the eastern side of the city, through
  • which the filth was carried to the brook Kidron and valley of
  • Hinnom.)
  • 20279-900617-1948
  • -Ne2.14
  • (The gate leading either to the fountain of Siloam, on the east
  • of the city, or to that of Gihon, on the west.)
  • (Probably the aqueduct made by Hezekiah to bring the waters of
  • Gihon to the city of David.)
  • 20280-900617-1954
  • -Ne2.15
  • (The gate leading to the valley of Jehoshaphat, east of the
  • city, through which the brook Kidron flows. It was by this gate
  • he went out; so that he went round the whole of the city, and
  • entered by the same gate.)
  • 20281-900617-1955
  • -Ne2.16
  • 20282-900617-1959
  • -Ne2.17
  • 20283-900617-2003
  • -Ne2.18
  • 20284-900617-2007
  • -Ne2.19
  • 20285-900617-2023
  • -Ne2.20
  • (When Nehemiah had prayed for the relief of his countrymen, and
  • perhaps in David's words, Ps. 51.18, he did not sit still and
  • say, 'Let God now do his own work, for I have no more to do;'
  • but set himself to do what he could towards it; and here we
  • find that the people were of one heart with Nehemiah. Our
  • prayers must be seconded with our serious endeavours, or else
  • we mock God. Nearly four months had passed, namely, from
  • Chisleu to Nisan (November to March), before Nehemiah made his
  • application to the king for leave to go to Jerusalem; either
  • because the winter was not a proper time for such a journey,
  • and he would not make a motion till he could pursue it, or
  • because it was so long before his month of waiting upon the
  • king came, and there was no coming into his presence until
  • called for. Es. 4.11. We are not thus limited to certain
  • moments in our addresses to the King of kings, but have liberty
  • of access to him at all times; to the throne of grace we never
  • come unseasonably.)
  • 20286-900617-2034
  • -Ne3.1
  • (This gate is supposed to have immediately communicated with
  • the temple, and to have been called the sheep gate, because the
  • sheep intended for sascrifice passed through it. But, after all
  • which learned men have written on this subject, which is but of
  • little interest, we scarcely know any thing about these gates:
  • what they were, why called by these names, or in what part of
  • the wall they were situated, beyond what may be learned from
  • the parallel passages.)
  • 20287-900618-1758
  • -Ne3.2
  • 20288-900618-1805
  • -Ne3.3
  • 20289-900618-1807
  • -Ne3.4
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  • -Ne3.5
  • 20291-900618-1812
  • -Ne3.6
  • 20292-900618-1818
  • -Ne3.7
  • (That is, probably, the palace of the Persian governor, west of
  • the Euphrates; the term throne being used to signify any royal
  • abode: for Sir J. Chardin, describing a splendid tent erected
  • by the king of Persia, says 'that there was an inscription
  • wrought upon the cornice of the anti-chamber, which gave it the
  • appellation of the throne of the second Solomon.' Sitting upon
  • a throne has, however, sometimes been granted to governors.)
  • 20293-900618-1821
  • -Ne3.8
  • 20294-900618-1822
  • -Ne3.9
  • 20295-900618-1823
  • -Ne3.10
  • 20296-900618-1825
  • -Ne3.11
  • 20297-900618-1827
  • -Ne3.12
  • 20298-900618-1835
  • -Ne3.13
  • (There were two towns of the name of Zanoah in the tribe of
  • Judah: see the parallel passages.)
  • 20299-900618-1844
  • -Ne3.14
  • (Beth-haccerem was a town of Judah, situated on a mountain,
  • between Jerusalem and Tekoa, according to Jerome on Je. ch. 6.
  • Dr. Pococke conjectures that the Mountain of the Franks, called
  • also the Mount of Bethulia, from a village of that name near
  • it, west-north-west of Tekoa, is the ancient Beth-haccerem; the
  • position of which seems to agree with the citadel of Herodium,
  • built by Herod, on a moderate-sized hill, sixty furlongs from
  • Jerusalem.)
  • 20300-900618-1855
  • -Ne3.15
  • (Siloah was situated under the eastern wall of Jerusalem,
  • between that city and the brook Kedron, and is described by
  • Chateaubriand as lying at the foot of Mount Zion. Dr.
  • Richardson represents the pool of Siloam as occurring higher up
  • the valley of Jehoshaphat, towards the north, than the well of
  • Nehemiah, a little beyond the village of Siloa, and nearly
  • opposite the tombs of Jehoshaphat and Zechariah.)
  • 20301-900618-1859
  • -Ne3.16
  • 20302-900618-2105
  • -Ne3.17
  • 20304-900618-2107
  • -Ne3.19
  • 20305-900618-2109
  • -Ne3.20
  • 20306-900618-2110
  • -Ne3.21
  • 20307-900618-2111
  • -Ne3.22
  • 20308-900618-2113
  • -Ne3.23
  • 20309-900618-2118
  • -Ne3.24
  • (That which had been left by Azariah, after he had repaired the
  • wall by his own house. It is probable that some of the
  • principal people were either obliged, or voluntarily offered,
  • to repair those parts of the wall which were opposite, or
  • adjacent, to their own houses. The names of those who repaired
  • the walls are commemorated, because it was an undertaking of
  • piety, virtue, and courage, to restore the holy city.)
  • 20310-900618-2121
  • -Ne3.25
  • 20311-900618-2126
  • -Ne3.26
  • the tower
  • (The water gate is supposed to have been that by which the
  • Nethinim brought in water for the use of the temple.)
  • 20312-900618-2129
  • -Ne3.27
  • 20313-900618-2131
  • -Ne3.28
  • 20314-900618-2132
  • -Ne3.29
  • 20315-900618-2133
  • -Ne3.30
  • 20316-900618-2134
  • -Ne3.31
  • 20317-900618-2142
  • -Ne3.32
  • (Thus the whole city was surrounded with a wall; for Eliashib
  • began at the sheep gate.)
  • (The word tzeraphim may denote smiths, or refiners, or persons
  • that worked in metals of any kind; but it is generally
  • understood of those who worked in gold. From the remotest
  • period of the history of the Jews, they had artists in all the
  • elegant and ornamental trades; and it appears that goldsmiths,
  • apothecaries, and merchants were formed into companies in the
  • time of Nehemiah.)
  • 20318-900618-2148
  • -Ne4.1
  • 1 While the enemies scoff, Nehemiah prays and continues the work
  • 7 Understanding the wrath and secrets of the enemy, he sets a
  • watch
  • 13 He arms the labourers
  • 19 and gives military precepts
  • 20319-900619-1956
  • -Ne4.2
  • 20320-900619-1959
  • -Ne4.3
  • 20321-900619-2002
  • -Ne4.4
  • 20322-900619-2005
  • -Ne4.5
  • 20323-900619-2012
  • -Ne4.6
  • (That is, the whole circuit of the wall was completed unto half
  • the intended height.)
  • (The original is very emphatic, wyhee laiv leam laasoth, 'for
  • the people had a heart to work.' Their heart was engaged in it,
  • and they went about it cheerfully and vigorously.)
  • 20324-900619-2020
  • -Ne4.7
  • 20325-900619-2023
  • -Ne4.8
  • 20326-900619-2049
  • -Ne4.9
  • 20327-900619-2052
  • -Ne4.10
  • 20328-900619-2054
  • -Ne4.11
  • 20329-900620-1159
  • -Ne4.12
  • to us. ye shall return
  • (Houbigant, Michaelis, and Dathe contend, that instead of
  • tashoovoo, 'ye shall return,' we should read chalshevoo, 'they
  • designed.'
  • 20330-900620-1203
  • -Ne4.13
  • etc. their swords
  • 20331-900620-1212
  • -Ne4.14
  • 20332-900620-1241
  • -Ne4.15
  • 20333-900620-1249
  • -Ne4.16
  • (This is no unusual thing in Palestine, even at the present
  • day; people sowing their seed are often attended by armed men,
  • to prevent the Arabs from robbing them of it.)
  • (Habergeon, from the Teutonic hals, the neck, and bergen, to
  • cover, defend, may be considered as signifying a breast-plate,
  • though the Franco
  • -Gallic hautbergon signifies a coat of mail;
  • the original shiryon, we have already seen, denotes a corslet.)
  • 20334-900620-1649
  • -Ne4.17
  • (That is, he had his arms at hand; and was as fully prepared to
  • fight as to work. The builders could not possibly have made any
  • progress, if they had literally held a weapon in one of their
  • hands; but the expression is evidently figurative, implying
  • that every man was a much a soldier as a builder.)
  • 20335-900620-1654
  • -Ne4.18
  • 20337-900620-1656
  • -Ne4.20
  • 20338-900620-2021
  • -Ne4.21
  • 20339-900620-2022
  • -Ne4.22
  • 20340-900620-2029
  • -Ne4.23
  • (The original of this obscure clause is ish shilcho hammayim,
  • which is rendered by Montanus, vir missile suum aquas, 'a man
  • his dart to the waters,' of which it is difficult to make
  • sense. It is wholly omitted by the LXX.; and one of De Rossi's
  • MSS. reads, meshallachah al hammayim, 'in order to send them to
  • the water.')
  • 20341-900620-2034
  • -Ne5.1
  • 1 The Jews complain of their debt, mortgage, and bondage
  • 6 Nehemiah rebukes the usurers, and causes them to make a
  • covenant of restitution
  • 14 He forbears his own allowance, and keeps hospitality
  • 20342-900620-2037
  • -Ne5.2
  • 20343-900620-2038
  • -Ne5.3
  • 20344-900620-2040
  • -Ne5.4
  • 20345-900620-2042
  • -Ne5.5
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  • -Ne5.6
  • 20347-900620-2053
  • -Ne5.7
  • 20348-900621-1958
  • -Ne5.8
  • 20349-900621-2001
  • -Ne5.9
  • 20350-900621-2010
  • -Ne5.10
  • 20351-900621-2014
  • -Ne5.11
  • (This was probably the rate of interest which they obliged
  • their poor debtors to pay each month, which would amount to
  • about 12 per cent. Another author states that this is the
  • lowest rate of interest in Syria: the usual rate is 20; and it
  • is sometimes as high as 30 per cent.)
  • 20352-900621-2017
  • -Ne5.12
  • 20353-900621-2034
  • -Ne5.13
  • (So 'when the Roman ambassadors entered the senate of Carthage,
  • they had their toga gathered up in their bosom, and said, We
  • carry here peace and war; you may have which you will. The
  • senate answered, You may give which you please. They then shook
  • their toga, and said, We bring you war.'-
  • -Livy.)
  • 20354-900621-2037
  • -Ne5.14
  • 20355-900621-2042
  • -Ne5.15
  • 20356-900621-2045
  • -Ne5.16
  • 20357-900621-2049
  • -Ne5.17
  • (He kept open house, and entertained all comers; besides having
  • 150 Jews, who had their food constantly at his table, and at
  • his expense.)
  • 20358-900621-2058
  • -Ne5.18
  • (This was food sufficient for more than two hundred men. Bp.
  • Pococke says that the bey of Tunis had daily twelve sheep, with
  • fish and fowls, soups, oranges, eggs, onions, boiled rice,
  • etc., etc. His nobles dined with him; after they had done, the
  • servants sat down; and when they had finished, the poor took
  • what was left. Here the bey's twelve sheep are equal to
  • Nehemiah's one ox and six choice sheep; and probably the mode
  • of living between the two was nearly alike. It is still the
  • practice in the East to calculate the expenses of the table,
  • not by the money paid, but by the provisions consumed by the
  • guests.)
  • 20359-900621-2102
  • -Ne5.19
  • 20360-900621-2107
  • -Ne6.1
  • 1 Sanballat practises by craft, by rumours, and by hired
  • prophecies, to terrify Nehemiah
  • 15 The work is finished, to the terror of the enemies
  • 17 Secret intelligence passes between the enemies and the nobles
  • of Judah
  • 20361-900622-1306
  • -Ne6.2
  • (They wished to get him out of Jerusalem, from his friends,
  • that they might either carry him off or murder him.)
  • 20362-900622-1309
  • -Ne6.3
  • 20363-900622-1310
  • -Ne6.4
  • 20364-900622-1314
  • -Ne6.5
  • (This was a gross insult to a person of Nehemiah's quality; as
  • the letters sent to chiefs and governors in the East are always
  • carefully folded up, put in silk bags, and then sealed.)
  • 20365-900622-1317
  • -Ne6.6
  • 20366-900623-1150
  • -Ne6.7
  • 20367-900623-1153
  • -Ne6.8
  • 20368-900623-1246
  • -Ne6.9
  • 20369-900624-1011
  • -Ne6.10
  • 20370-900624-1015
  • -Ne6.11
  • 20371-900624-1020
  • -Ne6.12
  • 20372-900624-1026
  • -Ne6.13
  • 20373-900624-1032
  • -Ne6.14
  • 20374-900624-1034
  • -Ne6.15
  • 20375-900624-1036
  • -Ne6.16
  • 20376-900624-1038
  • -Ne6.17
  • passing to Tobiah
  • 20377-900624-1040
  • -Ne6.18
  • 20378-900624-1042
  • -Ne6.19
  • 20379-900624-1336
  • -Ne7.1
  • 1 Nehemiah commits the charge of Jerusalem to Hanani and
  • Hananiah
  • 5 A register of the genealogy of them which came at the first
  • out of Babylon
  • 9 of the people
  • 39 of the priests
  • 43 of the Levites
  • 46 of the Nethinims
  • 57 of Solomon's servants
  • 63 and of the priests which could not find their pedigree
  • 66 The whole number of them, with their substance
  • 70 Their oblations
  • 20380-900624-1342
  • -Ne7.2
  • 20381-900624-1350
  • -Ne7.3
  • (This is, the gates were not to be opened till sun-rise, and to
  • be shut at sun-set; which is still the custom in many cities of
  • the East. If a traveller arrives after sun-set, he finds the
  • gates shut, and on no consideration will they open them till
  • morning.)
  • 20382-900624-1352
  • -Ne7.4
  • 20383-900624-1401
  • -Ne7.5
  • (Whatever good motion is in our minds, whether prudent or
  • pious, we must acknowledge it to come from God; for every good
  • gift and every good work are from above; he gives knowledge, he
  • gives grace. What is commonly called human prudence, ought to
  • be ascribed to the direction of Divine Providence. He who
  • teaches the husbandman discretion, Is. 28.26, as certainly
  • over-rules the deliberations of senators.)
  • 20384-900624-1407
  • -Ne7.6
  • 20385-900624-1417
  • -Ne7.7
  • (One of Dr. Kennicott's codices has Seraiah, as in the parallel
  • passage.)
  • (Three MSS. in the parallel place have Nehum, and four have
  • here Rehum.)
  • 20386-900624-1419
  • -Ne7.8
  • 20387-900624-1848
  • -Ne7.9
  • 20388-900624-1849
  • -Ne7.10
  • 20389-900624-1850
  • -Ne7.11
  • 20390-900624-1851
  • -Ne7.12
  • 20391-900624-1852
  • -Ne7.13
  • 20392-900624-1853
  • -Ne7.14
  • 20393-900624-1855
  • -Ne7.15
  • 20394-900624-1856
  • -Ne7.16
  • 20395-900624-1857
  • -Ne7.17
  • 20396-900624-1858
  • -Ne7.18
  • 20397-900624-1903
  • -Ne7.19
  • (One MS. of Dr. Kennicott's reads 'two thousand sixty and six;'
  • but no doubt 'two thousand and fifty-six,' is the true reading,
  • as in the parallel passage.)
  • 20398-900624-1904
  • -Ne7.20
  • (One of Dr. Kennicott's codices has 'six hundred fifty and
  • four.')
  • 20399-900624-1905
  • -Ne7.21
  • 20400-900624-1906
  • -Ne7.22
  • 20401-900624-1907
  • -Ne7.23
  • 20402-900624-1909
  • -Ne7.24
  • (Hariph and Jorah were probably two distinct names of this
  • person.)
  • 20403-900624-1911
  • -Ne7.25
  • (Gibeon is probably a mistake for Gibbar, or the contrary;
  • though this person may have been called by both names.)
  • 20404-900624-1915
  • -Ne7.26
  • (The Septuagint reads here the same as in the parallel place,
  • 'The children of Bethlehem, one hundred twenty and three; the
  • children of Netophah, fifty and six.' Though this reading is
  • not found in any Hebrew MS. yet collated, it is doubtless the
  • true one.)
  • 20405-900624-1917
  • -Ne7.27
  • 20406-900624-1918
  • -Ne7.28
  • 20407-900624-1920
  • -Ne7.29
  • (Instead of Kirjath-arim, in the parallel place of Ezra, many
  • MSS. read Kirjath-jearim, as here.)
  • 20408-900624-1921
  • -Ne7.30
  • 20409-900624-1926
  • -Ne7.31
  • (The variation between Michmash, and Michmas, arises from the
  • mutation of, sheen, and, samech; though several MSS. have the
  • former reading here also.)
  • 20410-900624-1927
  • -Ne7.32
  • 20411-900624-1930
  • -Ne7.33
  • (The Alexandrian MS. of the Septuagint adds, 'The children of
  • Magbish and hundred fifty and six,' as in Ezr. 2.30.)
  • 20412-900624-1931
  • -Ne7.34
  • 20413-900624-1931
  • -Ne7.35
  • 20414-900624-1932
  • -Ne7.36
  • 20415-900624-1934
  • -Ne7.37
  • 20416-900624-1936
  • -Ne7.38
  • 20417-900624-1937
  • -Ne7.39
  • 20418-900624-1938
  • -Ne7.40
  • 20419-900624-1939
  • -Ne7.41
  • 20420-900624-1940
  • -Ne7.42
  • 20421-900624-1941
  • -Ne7.43
  • 20422-900624-1944
  • -Ne7.44
  • (One of Dr. Kennicott's MSS. reads in the parallel place of
  • Ezra, 'an hundred and forty and eight,' as here.)
  • 20423-900624-1947
  • -Ne7.45
  • 20424-900624-1950
  • -Ne7.46
  • 20425-900624-1951
  • -Ne7.47
  • 20426-900624-1958
  • -Ne7.48
  • (The Alexandrian MS. of the Septuagint inserts here, 'the
  • children of Akoud, the children of Outa, the children of Ketar,
  • the children of Agab,' or Hagab: see the parallel passages.)
  • (In the parallel passage not only the Keri and Septuagint, but
  • many of Dr. Kennicott's MSS. read Shalmai, as here. A more
  • extensive collation of MSS. would doubtless tend still more to
  • harmonize both the names and numbers.)
  • 20429-900624-2000
  • -Ne7.51
  • (This variation only exists in the translation; the original
  • being uniformly Paseah.)
  • 20430-900625-1927
  • -Ne7.52
  • (The first of these variations is attributable to the
  • translation, the original being uniformly, Meunim; and the
  • latter arises from the mutation of, wav, and, yood, and
  • insertion of, sheen, though in the parallel passage the Kethiv
  • is, Nephisim; and here the Keri and many MSS. have,
  • Nephishesim.)
  • 20432-900625-1929
  • -Ne7.54
  • (Instead of Bazlith, many MSS. and the LXX. have Bazluth, as in
  • the parallel places.)
  • 20433-900625-1931
  • -Ne7.55
  • (Here there is no variation in the original; it being uniformly
  • Tamah.)
  • 20435-900625-1945
  • -Ne7.57
  • (Three MSS. have Peruda, instead of Perida, as in Ezra.)
  • 20436-900625-1947
  • -Ne7.58
  • (The variation of, Jaalah, and, Jaala, merely arises from the
  • mutation of, hay, into, aleph, according to the Chaldee
  • dialect.)
  • 20437-900625-1950
  • -Ne7.59
  • (Instead of Amon, two of De Rossi's MSS. have Amin, and the
  • LXX. have, Emin; which nearly approaches the Ami of Ezra.)
  • 20438-900625-1951

  • -Ne7.60
  • 20439-900625-1954
  • -Ne7.61
  • (The first of these variations only exists in the translation;
  • the original being uniformly, Tel-harsha: the latter simply
  • arises from the insertion of a, wav; being written, Addan, in
  • the parallel passage, and, Addon, here.)
  • 20440-900625-1955
  • -Ne7.62
  • 20441-900625-1957
  • -Ne7.63
  • 20442-900625-1959
  • -Ne7.64
  • 20443-900625-2003
  • -Ne7.65
  • 20444-900625-2004
  • -Ne7.66
  • 20445-900625-2006
  • -Ne7.67
  • 20446-900625-2007
  • -Ne7.68
  • 20447-900625-2018
  • -Ne7.69
  • (Here Jerome adds, in the Vulgate, Hucusque refertur quid in
  • commentario scriptum fuerit; exin Nehemiae historia texitur:
  • 'Thus far do the words extend which were written in the
  • register; what follows belongs to the history of Nehemiah.'
  • This addition is not found in the Hebrew, or any ancient
  • version: it is also wanting in the Paris and Complutensian
  • Polyglotts; but is found in the Editio Prima of the Vulgate.
  • What follows, however, seems to relate to a distinct oblation
  • from that recorded in Ezra; and was probably made after the
  • people were registered by Nehemiah, who was the Tirshatha, or
  • governor, at this time, as Zerubbabel had been at the first
  • return of the Jews from captivity. Blessed be God that our
  • faith and hope are not built upon the niceties of names and
  • numbers, genealogy and chronology, but on the great things of
  • the law and gospel. Whatever is given to the work of God and
  • his cause will surely be remembered by him.)
  • 20448-900625-2039
  • -Ne7.70
  • 1 5s. basons
  • 20449-900625-2038
  • -Ne7.71
  • (As a weight, the maneh was equal to 100 shekels; but as a
  • coin, equal to 60 shekels, or about 9.)
  • 20451-900625-2042
  • -Ne7.73
  • (It was for the purpose of ascertaining the different families,
  • and consequently the different cities, villages, etc., which
  • belonged to them, according to the ancient division of the
  • land, that the public registers were examined.)
  • 20452-900625-2048
  • -Ne8.1
  • 1 The religious manner of reading and hearing the law
  • 9 They comfort the people
  • 13 The forwardness of them to hear and be instructed
  • 16 They keep the feast of tabernacles
  • 20453-900626-1655
  • -Ne8.2
  • 20454-900626-1659
  • -Ne8.3
  • 20455-900626-1705
  • -Ne8.4
  • 20456-900626-1706
  • -Ne8.5
  • 20457-900626-1715
  • -Ne8.6
  • 20458-900626-1726
  • -Ne8.7
  • 20459-900627-1554
  • -Ne8.8
  • 20460-900627-1559
  • -Ne8.9
  • 20461-900627-1606
  • -Ne8.10
  • 20462-900627-1608
  • -Ne8.11
  • 20463-900627-1612
  • -Ne8.12
  • 20464-900628-1912
  • -Ne8.13
  • instruct in the words of the law
  • 20465-900628-1919
  • -Ne8.14
  • (That is, the feast of tabernacles, which was held in the month
  • Tisri, the seventh of the ecclesiastical year, in commemoration
  • of the sojourning of the Israelites in the wilderness after
  • they had been delivered from Egyptian bondage. For other
  • particulars see the parallel passages.)
  • 20466-900628-1922
  • -Ne8.15
  • 20467-900628-1925
  • -Ne8.16
  • 20468-900628-1929
  • -Ne8.17
  • 20469-900628-1932
  • -Ne8.18
  • 20470-900628-1942
  • -Ne9.1
  • 1 A solemn fast, and repentance of the people
  • 4 The Levites make a religious confession of God's goodness, and
  • their wickedness
  • (On the first of this month was the feast of trumpets; on the
  • tenth, the day of atonement; on the fourteenth began the feast
  • of tabernacles, which lasted seven days, ending on the twenty-
  • second; on the twenty-third, they separated themselves from
  • their illegitimate wives; and on the twenty-fourth, they held a
  • solemn day of fasting and confession of sin, and reading the
  • law; the whole of which they closed by renewing their
  • covenants.)
  • 20471-900628-1947
  • -Ne9.2
  • 20472-900628-1948
  • -Ne9.3
  • 20473-900628-1951
  • -Ne9.4
  • 20474-900628-1959
  • -Ne9.5
  • 20475-900628-2008
  • -Ne9.6
  • 20476-900628-2011
  • -Ne9.7
  • 20477-900628-2020
  • -Ne9.8
  • 20478-900628-2022
  • -Ne9.9
  • 20479-900628-2035
  • -Ne9.10
  • 20480-900628-2040
  • -Ne9.11
  • 20481-900628-2042
  • -Ne9.12
  • 20482-900629-1659
  • -Ne9.13
  • 20483-900629-1704
  • -Ne9.14
  • 20484-900629-1711
  • -Ne9.15
  • 20485-900629-1721
  • -Ne9.16
  • (There were two things to which the Israelites did not duly
  • give heed, else they had not done as they did. The word of God
  • they heard, but they gave no heed to God's commandments: and
  • the works of God they saw, but were not mindful of his wonders.
  • Had they really considered them as miracles, they would have
  • obeyed from a principle of faith and holy fear: had they duly
  • considered them as mercies, they would have obeyed from a
  • principle of gratitude and holy love.)
  • 20486-900629-1732
  • -Ne9.17
  • (Instead of bemiryam, 'in their rebellion,' seven MSS., one
  • edition, and the LXX., have bemitzrayim, 'in Egypt:' 'appointed
  • a captain to return to their bondage in Egypt.')
  • 20487-900701-1634
  • -Ne9.18
  • 20488-900629-2020
  • -Ne9.19
  • 20489-900629-2029
  • -Ne9.20
  • 20490-900629-2032
  • -Ne9.21
  • 20491-900629-2037
  • -Ne9.22
  • 20492-900629-2042
  • -Ne9.23
  • 20493-900629-2046
  • -Ne9.24
  • 20494-900629-2055
  • -Ne9.25
  • (They became effeminate, fell under the power of luxury, got
  • totally corrupted in their manners, sinned against all the
  • mercies of God, and then were destroyed by His judgments.)
  • 20495-900630-1214
  • -Ne9.26
  • 20496-900630-1219
  • -Ne9.27
  • 20497-900630-1223
  • -Ne9.28
  • 20498-900630-1257
  • -Ne9.29
  • 20499-900630-1303
  • -Ne9.30
  • 20500-900630-1306
  • -Ne9.31
  • 20501-900630-1314
  • -Ne9.32
  • 20502-900630-1319
  • -Ne9.33
  • 20503-900630-1321
  • -Ne9.34
  • 20504-900630-1326
  • -Ne9.35
  • (Instead of bemalkuthom, 'in their kingdom,' bemalkuthecha, 'in
  • thy kingdom,' is the reading of two of Dr. Kennicott's MSS.,
  • LXX., Syriac, and Arabic.)
  • 20505-900630-1327
  • -Ne9.36
  • 20506-900630-1328
  • -Ne9.37
  • 20507-900630-1944
  • -Ne9.38
  • 20508-900630-1948
  • -Ne10.1
  • 1 The names of them that sealed the covenant
  • 29 The points of the covenant
  • 20509-900630-1950
  • -Ne10.2
  • 20510-900630-1954
  • -Ne10.3
  • (The original is uniformly Malchijah, or rather, Malkeeyah.)
  • 20511-900630-1956
  • -Ne10.4
  • 20512-900630-1957
  • -Ne10.5
  • 20513-900630-1959
  • -Ne10.6
  • 20514-900630-2013
  • -Ne10.7
  • (Mijamin and Miamin are the same in the original, which is a
  • defective form of, Miniamin.)
  • 20515-900630-2017
  • -Ne10.8
  • 20516-900630-2019
  • -Ne10.9
  • 20517-900630-2020
  • -Ne10.10
  • 20518-900630-2022
  • -Ne10.11
  • 20519-900630-2023
  • -Ne10.12
  • 20521-900630-2026
  • -Ne10.14
  • (The original is uniformly Zattu.)
  • 20522-900630-2028
  • -Ne10.15
  • 20523-900630-2030
  • -Ne10.16
  • 20525-900630-2044
  • -Ne10.18
  • 20532-900630-2045
  • -Ne10.25
  • 20535-900630-2038
  • -Ne10.28
  • 20536-900630-2053
  • -Ne10.29
  • 20537-900630-2055
  • -Ne10.30
  • 20538-900701-1002
  • -Ne10.31
  • 20539-900701-1007
  • -Ne10.32
  • (According to the law, every one above twenty years of age was
  • to give half a shekel to the sanctuary for a ransom for their
  • souls. But, on account of the general poverty of the people,
  • occasioned by their wars, and captivity, and by heavy tributes,
  • etc., in the land of their captivity, this sum was reduced to
  • the third part of a shekel.)
  • 20540-900701-1010
  • -Ne10.33
  • 20541-900701-1018
  • -Ne10.34
  • (It was the business of the Nethinim to procure the wood for
  • the fires of the temple: but it is probable few of them
  • returned to their former masters after the captivity; and
  • therefore they found it necessary to cast lots among the
  • priests, Levites, and people, who should furnish the wood at
  • appointed times. This bringing of the wood to the temple at
  • last became a great day; and was constituted into a feast,
  • called by Josephus, the carrying of the wood.)
  • 20542-900701-1023
  • -Ne10.35
  • 20543-900701-1026
  • -Ne10.36
  • 20544-900701-1029
  • -Ne10.37
  • 20545-900701-1034
  • -Ne10.38
  • (The tithes of all the produce of the fields were brought to
  • the Levites; and out of these a tenth part was given to the
  • priests, which is here called the tithe of the tithes: see the
  • parallel passages.)
  • 20546-900701-1036
  • -Ne10.39
  • 20547-900701-1618
  • -Ne11.1
  • 1 The rulers, voluntary men, and the tenth man chosen by lot,
  • dwell at Jerusalem
  • 3 A catalogue of their names
  • 20 The residue dwell in other cities
  • (Jerusalem certainly had many inhabitants at this time, but not
  • sufficient to preserve the city, which was now encompassed with
  • a wall, the building of which was going on fast. Nehemiah,
  • therefore, obliged one-tenth of the country people to come and
  • dwell in it, that the population might be sufficient for the
  • defence of the city. Some volunteered their services, which was
  • at that time considered a sacrifice to patriotism; as Jerusalem
  • then afforded very few advantages, and was a place of
  • considerable danger: hence 'the people blessed them that
  • willingly offered themselves.')
  • 20548-900701-1621
  • -Ne11.2
  • 20549-900701-1633
  • -Ne11.3
  • (There is a good deal of difference between this enumeration
  • and that in Chronicles; as this comprehends not only those who
  • came first with Zerubbabel, but also those who came with Ezra
  • and Nehemiah.) See on
  • 20550-900701-1642
  • -Ne11.4
  • (The variation of Pharez and Perez is only found in the
  • translation; the original being uniformly.)
  • 20551-900701-1648
  • -Ne11.5
  • (Some suppose Shiloni to be the name of a man; others derive it
  • from Shiloh, the city so called; and others derive it from
  • Shelah, son of Judah.)
  • 20553-900701-1653
  • -Ne11.7
  • (It is probable that Joed was also called Hodaviah, and that
  • Pedaiah had also the name of Hasenuah.)
  • 20555-900701-1654
  • -Ne11.9
  • 20556-900702-1040
  • -Ne11.10
  • (One of Dr. Kennicott's MSS. omits, ben, 'son of,' and reads
  • 'Jedaiah, Joiarib, Jachin:' which is nearly that of the
  • parallel place. Joiarib, is merely a contracted form of
  • Jehoiarib, by the elision of, hay.)
  • 20557-900702-1044
  • -Ne11.11
  • (Seraiah probably had also the name of Azariah.)
  • (He had the command over all secular matters; as the high
  • priest had over all those which were spiritual.)
  • 20558-900702-1046
  • -Ne11.12
  • 20560-900702-1047
  • -Ne11.14
  • 20561-900702-1048
  • -Ne11.15
  • 20562-900702-1053
  • -Ne11.16
  • (Calmet supposes they provided the victuals for the priests,
  • the victims for the sacrifices, the sacerdotal vestments, the
  • sacred vessels, and other necessaries for the service of the
  • temple.)
  • 20563-900702-1057
  • -Ne11.17
  • (In the parallel passage, instead of Zichri, many manuscripts
  • have Zabdi, as here: he is also called Zaccur.)
  • 20564-900702-1059
  • -Ne11.18
  • 20565-900702-1101
  • -Ne11.19
  • 20567-900702-1102
  • -Ne11.21
  • 20568-900702-1108
  • -Ne11.22
  • 20569-900703-2110
  • -Ne11.23
  • 20570-900703-2112
  • -Ne11.24
  • 20571-900703-2114
  • -Ne11.25
  • 20572-900703-2115
  • -Ne11.26
  • 20573-900703-2117
  • -Ne11.27
  • 20574-900703-2123
  • -Ne11.28
  • (Probably the Mechanam which Jerome (in Beth-macha) places
  • eight miles from Eleutheropolis, towards Jerusalem.)
  • 20575-900703-2129
  • -Ne11.29
  • (Rimmon is placed by Eusebius in the south of Judah, 16 miles
  • south of Eleutheropolis.)
  • (These variations are only chargeable to the translator; the
  • original being uniformly Zorah.)
  • 20576-900703-2133
  • -Ne11.30
  • 20577-900703-2137
  • -Ne11.31
  • 20578-900703-2138
  • -Ne11.32
  • 20579-900703-2140
  • -Ne11.33
  • 20580-900703-2141
  • -Ne11.34
  • 20581-900703-2142
  • -Ne11.35
  • 20582-900703-2143
  • -Ne11.36
  • 20583-900705-1937
  • -Ne12.1
  • 1 The priests and the Levites which came up with Zerubbabel
  • 10 The succession of high priests
  • 22 Certain chief Levites
  • 27 The solemnity of the dedication of the walls
  • 44 The offices of priests and Levites appointed in the temple
  • (We have in this chapter a record of little more than the
  • names of a great many priests and Levites, that were eminent
  • in their day among the returned Jews. It is good to know what
  • our godly ancestors and predecessors were, that we may learn
  • thereby what we should be.)
  • 20584-900705-1939
  • -Ne12.2
  • 20585-900705-1940
  • -Ne12.3
  • 20586-900705-1943
  • -Ne12.4
  • (Instead of Ginnetho, many MSS. and Vulgate have Ginnethon.)
  • 20587-900705-2004
  • -Ne12.5
  • (The variation between Moadiah, and Maadiah, merely arises from
  • the elision of, wav: the LXX., however, in ver 17, have
  • Maakai.)
  • 20588-900705-2005
  • -Ne12.6
  • 20589-900705-2009
  • -Ne12.7
  • (The variation of, Sallu, and, Sallai, is simply caused by the
  • mutation of, wav, and, yood.)
  • ('The chief of the priests' seem to have been the heads of the
  • courses established by David.)
  • 20590-900705-2012
  • -Ne12.8
  • 20591-900705-2013
  • -Ne12.9
  • 20592-900705-2014
  • -Ne12.10
  • 20593-900705-2018
  • -Ne12.11
  • (Jaddua is supposed to be Jaddus the high priest, who went in
  • his pontifical robes to meet Alexander the Great, when
  • advancing to destroy Jerusalem; who was so struck with his
  • appearance, that he forbore all hostilities, and granted many
  • privileges to the Jews. According to Eusebius, he was high
  • priest from A.M. 3665 to 3982.)
  • 20594-900705-2019
  • -Ne12.12
  • 20596-900705-2022
  • -Ne12.14
  • (Two MSS. and Vulgate in ver. 3, have Shebaniah; and here many
  • MSS. have Shechaniah.)
  • 20597-900705-2023
  • -Ne12.15
  • 20598-900705-2024
  • -Ne12.16
  • 20599-900705-2026
  • -Ne12.17
  • (The LXX. and Vulgate have here, Miamin.)
  • 20600-900705-2026
  • -Ne12.18
  • 20602-900705-2027
  • -Ne12.20
  • 20604-900705-2028
  • -Ne12.22
  • 20605-900705-2029
  • -Ne12.23
  • 20606-900705-2033
  • -Ne12.24
  • 20607-900705-2037
  • -Ne12.25
  • 20608-900705-2038
  • -Ne12.26
  • 20609-900705-2100
  • -Ne12.27
  • (Jerusalem was the holy city, and the wall was built under the
  • immediate superintendence and blessing of Jehovah: it was
  • therefore proper that it should be dedicated to that God who
  • was there worshipped by solemn praises, prayers, and
  • sacrifices. The dedication seems to have consisted in
  • processions of the most eminent persons around the walls, with
  • thanksgivings to God, who had enabled them to bring the work to
  • so happy a conclusion; and, no doubt, to all this were added a
  • particular consecration of the city to God, and the most
  • earnest invocation that He would take it under His
  • guardianship and defend it and its inhabitants against their
  • enemies.)
  • 20610-900706-1326
  • -Ne12.28
  • 20611-900706-1329
  • -Ne12.29
  • (Or, Beth
  • -Gilgal, a village erected where the Israelites
  • encamped after they had crossed the Jordan.)
  • 20612-900706-1331
  • -Ne12.30
  • 20613-900706-1333
  • -Ne12.31
  • 20615-900706-1334
  • -Ne12.33
  • 20617-900706-1336
  • -Ne12.35
  • 20618-900706-1338
  • -Ne12.36
  • 20619-900706-1342
  • -Ne12.37
  • (Jerusalem was built on very uneven ground, some hills being
  • enclosed within the walls, there was a necessity, therefore,
  • for steps, by which to ascend and descend; probably similar to
  • what is seen in the city of Bristol.)
  • 20620-900706-1343
  • -Ne12.38
  • 20621-900706-1346
  • -Ne12.39
  • 20622-900706-1349
  • -Ne12.40
  • 20623-900706-1350
  • -Ne12.41
  • 20624-900706-1352
  • -Ne12.42
  • 20625-900706-1357
  • -Ne12.43
  • 20626-900706-1402
  • -Ne12.44
  • the joy of Judah. Levites
  • 20627-900706-1406
  • -Ne12.45
  • (That is, they suffered no unclean person to enter the temple.)
  • 20628-900706-1410
  • -Ne12.46
  • 20629-900706-1414
  • -Ne12.47
  • (That is, the people separated, or set apart,the tenth of the
  • produce of their lands for the use of the Levites; and the
  • Levites separated the tenth of their tithes for the priests.)
  • 20630-900706-1633
  • -Ne13.1
  • 1 Upon the reading of the law, separation is made from the mixed
  • multitude
  • 4 Nehemiah, at his return, causes the chambers to be cleansed
  • 10 He reforms the offices in the house of God
  • 15 the violation of the sabbath
  • 23 and the marriages with the strange wives
  • (Some suppose that the events recorded in these verses took
  • place several years after those related in the preceding
  • chapter, while Nehemiah was absent at the Persian court; but
  • the introductory language, on that day, seems rather to imply
  • that they occurred immediately, or at least about that time.)
  • 20631-900706-1638
  • -Ne13.2
  • 20632-900706-1640
  • -Ne13.3
  • 20633-900706-1642
  • -Ne13.4
  • 20634-900706-1645
  • -Ne13.5
  • the
  • 20635-900706-1650
  • -Ne13.6
  • (Nehemiah came to Jerusalem in the twentieth year of
  • Artaxerxes, and remained there till the thirty-second, being
  • twelve years; then returned to Babylon; and probably, after
  • about a year, got leave to revisit his brethren, and found
  • matters as here stated.)
  • 20636-900706-1919
  • -Ne13.7
  • 20637-900706-1920
  • -Ne13.8
  • 20638-900706-1922
  • -Ne13.9
  • 20639-900706-1923
  • -Ne13.10
  • 20640-900706-1926
  • -Ne13.11
  • 20641-900706-1928
  • -Ne13.12
  • 20642-900706-1932
  • -Ne13.13
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  • -Ne13.14
  • (If thou wert strict to mark what is done amiss, even my good
  • deeds must be wiped out: but, Lord, remember me in thy mercy,
  • and let my upright conduct be acceptable to Thee! By some,
  • Nehemiah has been thought to deal too much with God on the
  • principle of merit. That he wished God to remember him for good
  • is sufficiently evident, and who does not wish the same? but
  • that he expected heaven for his good deeds does not appear; for
  • it is perfectly clear that he expected nothing from God but
  • through the greatness of his mercy.)
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  • -Ne13.24
  • Heb. people and people
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  • -Ne13.28
  • (Josephus relates, that this young man was named Manasseh; and
  • that at his request, Sanballat and the Samaritans built their
  • temple upon mount Gerizim, in opposition to that at Jerusalem,
  • at which he officiated, in some measure, according to the
  • Mosaic ritual.)
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  • -Ne13.29
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  • -Ne13.30
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  • -Ne13.31
  • (Of Nehemiah, the author and principal actor in the events
  • recorded in this book, the Jews speak as one of the greatest
  • men of their nation. His concern for his country entitles him
  • to the character of the first patriot that ever lived.
  • Descended, according to some, of the family of Aaron, or
  • according to others, of the tribe of Judah and allied to the
  • royal family of David, in the course of Divine Providence, he
  • was a captive in Babylon: but there his excellences were so
  • apparent, that he was chosen by the Persian king to fill an
  • office the most respectable and the most confidential in the
  • whole court. Here he lived in ease and affluence: he lacked no
  • good thing; and here he might have continued to live, in the
  • same affluence, and in the same confidence; but he could enjoy
  • neither, so long as he knew his people distressed, the
  • sepulchres of his fathers trodden under foot, the altars of his
  • God overturned, and his worship either totally neglected or
  • corrupted. He sought the peace of Jerusalem; prayed for it; and
  • was willing to sacrifice wealth, ease, safety, and even life
  • itself, if he might be the instrument of restoring the
  • desolations of Israel. And God, who saw the desire of his
  • heart and knew the excellences with which he had endowed him,
  • granted his request, and gave him the high honour of restoring
  • the desolated city of his ancestors, and the pure worship of
  • their God. The opposition of Sanballat and the Samaritans, and
  • the firmness and zeal with which he repelled their insults and
  • ineffectual efforts cannot be read without the liveliest
  • emotions; and will afford to the latest times, a noble and
  • animating example of distinguished patriotism, united with the
  • sincerest devotion to the interests of religion. The virtue and
  • piety of this great and good man, appear with equal lustre in
  • the numerous and important reformations he effected. He
  • relieved the people from their hardships and oppressions, by
  • abolishing the harsh and usurious practices of the nobles and
  • rulers; gave up his own revenue, as governor of the province,
  • for the benefit of the people; and, as a further means of
  • conciliating their affections, exhibited an example of the most
  • princely hospitality. As the best security for good morals, and
  • the better observance of the laws of God, he re-established the
  • offices of public worship, and prevented the profanation of the
  • sabbath, which had arrived at a shameful excess; he furnished
  • the returned captives with authentic registers, and enabled
  • them, in the best manner possible, after so long and calamitous
  • an interval, to trace the genealogies, and claim the
  • inheritance of their respective families; and further, he
  • accomplished the separation of the Jewish people from the mixed
  • multitude, with which they had been incorporated, and annulled
  • the numerous marriages which they had made with heathens and
  • idolaters of every description. For disinterestedness,
  • philanthropy, patriotism, prudence, courage, zeal, humanity,
  • and every virtue that constitutes a great mind, and proves a
  • soul in deep communion with God, Nehemiah will ever stand
  • conspicuous among the greatest men of the Jewish nation; and an
  • exemplar worthy of being copied by the first patriots in every
  • nation under heaven.)
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  • -Es1.1
  • 1 Ahasuerus makes royal feasts
  • 10 Vashti, sent for, refuses to come
  • 13 Ahasuerus, by the counsel of Memucan, puts away Vashti, and
  • makes the decree of men's sovereignty
  • (Prideaux has shewn satisfactorily that Ahasuerus was the
  • Artaxerxes Longimanus of the Greeks, agreeably to the
  • Septuagint and Josephus.) See note on
  • 20662-900707-1119
  • -Es1.2
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  • -Es1.3
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  • -Es1.4
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  • -Es1.5
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  • -Es1.6
  • (These were couches, covered with gold and silver cloth, on
  • which the guests reclined; for the Orientals do not sit, but
  • recline at their meals.)
  • of blue colour
  • 20667-900707-1137
  • -Es1.7
  • hand of the king
  • 20668-900707-1142
  • -Es1.8
  • (Every person drank what he pleased. Among the Greeks, however,
  • each guest was obliged to keep the round, or leave the company:
  • hence the proverb, Drink, or begone. Mr. Herbert, in his poem
  • entitled The Church Porch, has severely reprobated this vile
  • custom. In Britain, however, this demoralizing custom is now
  • almost destroyed, and a new era of social pleasure is arising,
  • by temperate habits, increased domestic comforts, and the
  • spread of gospel truths.)
  • 20669-900707-1143
  • -Es1.9
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  • -Es1.10
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  • -Es1.11
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  • -Es1.12
  • (This refusal of Vashti's to expose herself to the view of such
  • a group of drunken Bacchanalians, was highly praiseworthy, and
  • became the dignity of her rank and the modesty of her sex.)
  • was the king
  • 20673-900707-2040
  • -Es1.13
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  • -Es1.14
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  • -Es1.15
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  • -Es1.16
  • (This reasoning was inconsequent and false. Vashti had not
  • generally disobeyed the king, therefore she could be no
  • precedent for the general conduct of the Persian women. She
  • disobeyed only in one particular; and this, to serve a purpose,
  • Memucan draws into a general consequence: and the rest came
  • into the conclusion, being either too intoxicated to be able to
  • discern right from wrong, or too intent on reducing women to a
  • state of vassalage, to neglect the present favourable
  • opportunity.)
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  • -Es1.17
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  • -Es1.18
  • (Saroth, the princesses: but the meaning is well expressed by
  • our term ladies.)
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  • -Es1.19
  • not away
  • (Let it be inserted among the permanent laws, and be made a
  • part of the constitution of the empire. The Persians seem to
  • have affected such a degree of wisdom in the construction of
  • their laws, that they never could be amended, and should never
  • be repealed; and this formed the ground of the saying, 'The
  • laws of the Medes and Persians that change not.')
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  • -Es1.20
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  • -Es1.21
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  • -Es1.22
  • (Both the law of God and common sense taught this from the
  • foundation of the world; and this parade of enactment was only
  • to deprive Vashti of her crown.)
  • language of his country
  • 20683-900707-2119
  • -Es2.1
  • 1 Out of the choice of virgins a queen is to be chosen
  • 5 Mordecai the nursing father of Esther
  • 8 Esther preferred before the rest
  • 12 The manner of purification, and going in to the king
  • 15 Esther best pleasing the king, is made queen
  • 21 Mordecai discovering a treason, is recorded in the chronicles
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  • -Es2.2
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  • -Es2.3
  • (This was the usual way in which the harem, or seraglio, was
  • furnished; the finest women in the land, whether of high or low
  • birth, were sought out and brought to the harem. They all
  • became the king's concubines; but one was raised as chief wife,
  • or sultana, to the throne; and her issue was especially
  • entitled to inherit.)
  • (Saris hammelech, 'the king's eunuch:' so the LXX., Vulgate,
  • Targum, and Syriac.)
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  • -Es2.4
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  • -Es2.5
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  • -Es2.6
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  • -Es2.7
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  • -Es2.8
  • (One of Dr. Kennicott's MSS. instead of Hegai has Heg, as in
  • ver. 3.)
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  • -Es2.9
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  • -Es2.10
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  • -Es2.11
  • (The apartments of the women are accounted so inviolable, that
  • it is even a crime to enquire what passes within their walls. A
  • man, says Chardin, may walk a hundred days, one after the
  • other, by the house where the women are, and yet know no more
  • what is done there than at the farther end of Tartary. This
  • sufficiently explains the conduct of Mordecai.)
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  • -Es2.12
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  • -Es2.14
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  • -Es2.15
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  • -Es2.17
  • set
  • (Bishop Patrick observes, that those who suggest that Esther
  • committed a great sin to come at the dignity of queen of
  • Persia, do not consider the custom of those times and
  • countries. Every one that the king took to his bed was married
  • to him, and was his wife of a lower rank, as Hagar was to
  • Abraham.)
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  • -Es2.18
  • (We learn from Herodotus and Atheneus, that the Persian
  • monarchs were accustomed to give their wives distinct cities
  • and provinces for the purpose of supplying them with different
  • articles of dress: one was assigned for ornamenting the head
  • and neck; another provided robes, zones, etc.; and the city of
  • Anthilla was given to a Persian queen, we read, to supply her
  • with shoes and sandals. It is probable, therefore, that, at the
  • desire of Esther, Ahasuerus relieved those cities and provinces
  • that had before paid it, from this expense.)
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  • -Es2.19
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  • -Es2.20
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  • -Es2.21
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  • -Es2.22
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  • -Es2.23
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  • -Es3.1
  • 1 Haman, advanced by the king, and despised by Mordecai, seeks
  • revenge upon all the Jews
  • 7 He casts lots
  • 8 He obtains by calumniation a decree of the king to put the
  • Jews to death
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  • -Es3.2
  • (Dr. Shaw, speaking of the cities in the East, says, 'If we
  • quit the streets, and enter into any of the principal houses,
  • we shall first pass through a porch, or gate-way, with benches
  • on each side, where the master of the family receives visits,
  • and despatches business; few persons, not even the nearest
  • relations, having admission any farther, except upon
  • extraordinary occasions.' These servants were probably officers
  • who here waited the king's call; and it is likely that Mordecai
  • was one of them.)
  • (Yichr welo yishtachaweh, 'bowed not down, nor prostrated
  • himself,' or worshipped him. Had this meant only civil
  • reverence the king would not have needed to command it; nor
  • would Mordecai have refused it; there was, therefore, some kind
  • of divine honour intended, such as was paid to the Persian
  • kings, and which even the Greeks refused, as express
  • adoration.)
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  • -Es3.3
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  • -Es3.4
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  • -Es3.5
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  • -Es3.6
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  • -Es3.7
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  • -Es3.8
  • etc.
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  • -Es3.9
  • pay. Heb. and I will weigh
  • (Here Haman is obliged to acknowledge that there would be a
  • loss to the revenue, which he was willing to make up out of his
  • own property. Ten thousand talents of silver, counted by the
  • Babylonish talent, amount to 2,119,000.; but reckoned by the
  • Jewish talent, they amount to double that sum. In those days,
  • silver and gold were more plentiful than at present; and we
  • have many instances of individuals possessing almost incredible
  • riches. Herodotus relates, that when Xerxes went into Greece,
  • Pythius the Lydian had 2000 talents of silver, and 4,000,000
  • of gold darics, which unitedly amount to nearly 5,500,000.
  • Plutarch tells us, that after Crassus had dedicated the tenth
  • of all he had to Hercules, he entertained the Roman people at
  • 10,000 tables, and distributed to every citizen as much corn as
  • was sufficient for three months; and, after all these expenses,
  • he had 7100 Roman talents left, which amount to more than
  • 1,500,000. Lentulus the augur is said to have possessed no
  • less than 3,333,333. 6s. 8d. Apicius was worth more than
  • 916,671 13s. 4d.; and, after having spent in his kitchen
  • 833,333 6s. 8d. he considered the remainder too little for his
  • support, and poisoned himself!)
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  • -Es3.10
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  • -Es3.11
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  • -Es3.12
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  • -Es3.13
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  • -Es3.14
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  • -Es3.15
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  • -Es4.1
  • 1 The great mourning of Mordecai and the Jews
  • 4 Esther, understanding it, sends to Mordecai, who shews the
  • cause, and advises her to undertake the suit
  • 10 She excusing herself, is threatened by Mordecai
  • 15 She appointing a fast, undertakes the suit
  • (Mordecai gave every demonstration of the most poignant grief.
  • Nor did he hide this from the city; and the Greek says that he
  • uttered these words aloud: 'A people is going to be destroyed
  • who have done no evil.'
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  • -Es4.3
  • (It cannot reasonably be doubted, that the mournings, fastings,
  • and weepings of the Jews were attended by constant prayers and
  • supplications; though all mention of them, and of the glorious
  • God whom they worshipped, seems to have been studiously
  • avoided.)
  • laid under many
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  • -Es4.4
  • 20725-900710-1656
  • -Es4.5
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  • -Es4.7
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  • -Es4.8
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  • -Es4.11
  • (Herodotus informs us, that ever since the reign of Deioces,
  • king of Media, for the security of the king's person, it was
  • enacted that no one should be admitted into his presence; but
  • that if any one had business with him, he should transact it
  • through the medium of his ministers.)
  • (That the kings of Persia carried a golden sceptre, we have the
  • following proof in Xenophon: 'It is not (said Cyrus to his son
  • Cambyses) the golden sceptre that saves the kingdom; but
  • faithful friends are the truest and best sceptre of the
  • kingdom.')
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  • -Es4.13
  • 20734-900710-1954
  • -Es4.14
  • (The fact related in this verse was unquestionably the reason
  • why Esther was raised to regal honours, by the overruling
  • providence of God: she was therefore bound in gratitude to do
  • this service for God, else she would not have answered the end
  • of her elevation: and she need not fear the miscarriage of the
  • enterprise, for if God designed her for it, he would surely
  • bear her through and give success. It appeared by the event
  • that Mordecai spoke prophetically, when he modestly conjectured
  • that Esther came to the kingdom that she might be the
  • instrument of the Jews' deliverance. Mordecai thoroughly
  • believed that it was a cause which one way or other would
  • certainly be carried, and which, therefore, she might safely
  • venture upon. Instruments might fail, but God's covenant
  • cannot. There is a wise design in all the providences of God,
  • which is unknown to us till it is accomplished; but it will
  • prove in the issue that all is intended for and centre in the
  • good of those who trust in Him.)
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  • -Es4.16
  • (If I lose my life in the attempt to save my people, I shall
  • lose it cheerfully. I see it is my duty to make the attempt;
  • and, come what will, I am resolved to do it.)
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  • -Es4.17
  • 20738-900710-2011
  • -Es5.1
  • 1 Esther, adventuring on the king's favour, obtains the grace of
  • the golden sceptre, and invites the king and Haman to a
  • banquet
  • 6 She, being encouraged by the king in her suit, invites them to
  • another banquet the next day
  • 9 Haman, proud of his advancement, repines at the contempt of
  • Mordecai
  • 14 By the counsel of Zeresh he prepares for him a gallows
  • 20739-900710-2013
  • -Es5.2
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  • -Es5.3
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  • -Es5.4
  • (Mishteh, from shathah, 'to drink,' a compotation, feast, or
  • banquet accompanied with drinking; the drinking in the East
  • being at the beginning, and not at the end of the
  • entertainment. Oleharius, describing an entertainment at the
  • Persian court, says, 'The floor of the hall was covered with
  • cotton cloth, which was covered with all sorts of fruits and
  • sweetmeats in basons of gold. With them was served up excellent
  • Shiraz wine. After an hour's time, the sweetmeats were removed,
  • to make way for the more substantial part of the entertainment,
  • such as rice, boiled and roast mutton, etc. When the company
  • had been at table an hour and a half, warm water was brought,
  • in a ewer of gold, for washing; and grace being said, they
  • began to retire without speaking a word, according to the
  • custom of the country.')
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  • -Es5.5
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  • -Es5.6
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  • -Es5.8
  • (Esther probably wished another interview, that she might
  • ingratiate herself more fully into the king's favour, and thus
  • secure the success of her design. But Providence disposed of
  • things thus, to give time for the important event mentioned in
  • the following chapter.)
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  • -Es5.9
  • 20747-900711-1232
  • -Es5.10
  • 20748-900711-1235
  • -Es5.11
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  • -Es5.12
  • (Plutarch, in his life of Artaxerxes, informs us, that none but
  • the king's mother, and his real wife, were permitted to sit at
  • his table; and therefore he mentions it as a condescension in
  • that prince, that he sometimes invited his brothers. Haman,
  • therefore, had some reason to be proud of this favour.)
  • 20750-900711-1909
  • -Es5.13
  • (Pride will ever render its possessor unhappy. Haman, though
  • possessed of immense riches, glory, and honour, and the prime
  • favourite of his king, is wretched, because he could not have
  • the homage of that man whom his heart even despised! Oh, how
  • distressing are the inquietudes of pride and vanity.)
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  • -Es5.14
  • 20752-900711-2012
  • -Es6.1
  • 1 Ahasuerus, reading in the chronicles of the good service done
  • by Mordecai, takes care for his reward
  • 4 Haman, coming to sue that Mordecai might be hanged, gives
  • counsel that he might do him honour
  • 12 Complaining of this, his friends tell him of his final
  • destiny
  • (As chronicles were composed among the Persians, a more
  • instructive and interesting work could not be brought before
  • the king; because they were all written in verse, and were
  • generally the work of the most eminent poets of the empire.)
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  • -Es6.2
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  • -Es6.3
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  • -Es6.4
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  • -Es6.6
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  • -Es6.7
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  • -Es6.8
  • wherewith the king clotheth himself
  • (Herodotus relates, that the kings of Persia had horses
  • peculiar to themselves, which were brought from Armenia, and
  • were remarkable for their beauty; and if the same law prevailed
  • in Persia as in Judea, no man, under the penalty of death,
  • might ride on the king's horse, any more than sit on his
  • throne, wear his crown, or hold his sceptre.)
  • 20760-900711-2029
  • -Es6.9
  • 20761-900711-2031
  • -Es6.10
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  • -Es6.11
  • (Pitts gives a similar account of the mode of honouring a
  • person who turns a Mohammedan, at Algiers: 'The apostate is to
  • get on a stately steed, with a rich saddle and fine trappings:
  • he is also richly habited, and has a turban on his head, but
  • nothing of this is to be called his own; only there are given
  • him about two or three yards of broad cloth, which is laid
  • before him on the saddle. The horse, with him on his back, is
  • led all round the city, which he is several hours in doing. The
  • apostate is attended with drums and other music, and twenty or
  • thirty serjeants. They march in order on each side of the
  • horse, with naked swords in their hands. The crier goes before,
  • with a loud voice giving thanks to God for the proselyte that
  • is made.')
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  • -Es6.12
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  • -Es6.13
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  • -Es6.14
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  • -Es7.1
  • 1 Esther, entertaining the king and Haman, makes suit for her
  • own life, and her people's
  • 5 She accuses Haman
  • 7 The king in his anger, understanding of the gallows which
  • Haman had made for Mordecai, causes him to be hanged thereon
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  • -Es7.2
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  • -Es7.3
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  • -Es7.4
  • and cause to perish
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  • -Es7.5
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  • -Es7.6
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  • -Es7.7
  • 20773-900712-0747
  • -Es7.8
  • (When a criminal was condemned by a Roman judge, he was
  • delivered to the serjeant with these words: I, lictor, caput
  • obnubito arbori infelici suspendito, 'Go, serjeant, cover his
  • head, and hang him on the accursed tree.')
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  • -Es7.9
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  • -Es7.10
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  • -Es8.1
  • 1 Mordecai is advanced
  • 3 Esther makes suit to reverse Haman's letters
  • 7 Ahasuerus grants to the Jews to defend themselves
  • 15 Mordecai's honour, and the Jews' joy
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  • -Es8.2
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  • -Es8.3
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  • -Es8.4
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  • -Es8.5
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  • -Es8.6
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  • -Es8.7
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  • -Es8.8
  • (No, not the king himself; and this was the reason that the
  • king was forced not to reverse, but to give a contradictory
  • decree; that if the Jews, pursuant to the first decree, were
  • assulted, they might legitimately, by virtue of the second,
  • defend themselves, slay their enemies, and even take the
  • spoil.)
  • 20784-900712-2018
  • -Es8.9
  • (The Hebrew word Hoddo, in Syriac, Hendoo, and in Arabic, Hind,
  • is rendered India by all the versions. India, or Hindostan, is
  • a large country of the south of Asia, extending from north to
  • south about 2400 miles, and from east to west 1800, between
  • 8 degrees and 35 degrees N. lat. and 68 degrees and 92 degrees
  • E. long.; being bounded on the west by the Indus, east by the
  • Birman empire and Thibet, north by the Indian Caucasus, and
  • south by the Indian Ocean. It is probable, however, that all
  • the country east of the Indus was anciently called India.)
  • 20785-900712-2028
  • -Es8.10
  • (Rechesh, in Syriac, rechesha, probably denotes a swift horse.)
  • (Achashteranim, from the Persian akhash, large, and aster, a
  • mule, probably, as Bochart supposes, denotes a large mule.)
  • (Beney harammachim, 'the sons of mares,' as the word ramakat
  • denotes in Arabic; probably an expletive of the preceeding
  • word.)
  • 20786-900713-0906
  • -Es8.11
  • 20787-900713-0908
  • -Es8.12
  • 20788-900713-0910
  • -Es8.13
  • 20789-900713-0911
  • -Es8.14
  • 20790-900713-0920
  • -Es8.15
  • (Mordecai was now made the chief minister, or vizier, instead
  • of Haman; and was accordingly invested with the 'royal
  • apparel,' in conformity to the custom of the East. So we are
  • informed, in the History of the Revolt of Ali Bey, that on the
  • election of a new sheikh bellet, or chief of the country, in
  • Egypt, the pasha who approves of him invests him with a robe of
  • valuable fur. Perhaps the crown was one of the insignia of the
  • office of vizier. Concerning the blue, fine linen, and purple,
  • see the Notes on Ex 25.4; 39.27.)
  • (Haman was too proud to be popular: few lamented his fall.)
  • 20791-900713-0928
  • -Es8.16
  • (That is, prosperity and hope. The dark cloud which had so long
  • hung over them was dispelled; and again the sunshine of
  • prosperity beamed upon them.)
  • 20792-900713-0943
  • -Es8.17
  • 20793-900713-0948
  • -Es9.1
  • 1 The Jews slay their enemies, with the ten sons of Haman
  • 12 Ahasuerus, at the request of Esther, grants another day of
  • slaughter, and Haman's sons to be hanged
  • 20 The two days of Purim are made festival
  • 20794-900713-1535
  • -Es9.2
  • 20795-900713-1539
  • -Es9.3
  • belonged to the king. the fear
  • 20796-900713-1541
  • -Es9.4
  • 20797-900713-1600
  • -Es9.5
  • (The Chaldee paraphrast says that none appeared against the
  • Jews but Amalekites only, who were infatuated, and had their
  • hearts hardened, as Pharaoh's against Israel, to take up arms
  • to their own destruction. Some had such an inveterate,
  • implacable malice against the Jews, that Haman's fall and
  • Mordecai's advancement, instead of convincing, seemed only to
  • exasperate them the more. How have the most dreadful scourges
  • ravaged a country, and yet the inhabitants are unmindful of the
  • Almighty Disposer of events, and that the cause of his
  • righteous displeasure is their continual provocation! Forty
  • years long was he grieved with one generation, who learned not
  • his ways, although daily fed and clothed by a miracle.)
  • 20798-900713-1601
  • -Es9.6
  • 20802-900713-1929
  • -Es9.10
  • (It does not appear that the Jews slew any person who did not
  • rise up to destroy them: they stood for their lives; and gave
  • full proof that they sought their own personal safety, and not
  • the property of their enemies: though the decree in their
  • favour gave them authority to take the property of all their
  • adversaries.)
  • 20803-900713-1931
  • -Es9.11
  • 20804-900713-1931
  • -Es9.12
  • 20805-900713-2020
  • -Es9.13
  • (Esther had probably been informed by Mordecai, that there were
  • still many enemies of the Jews who sought their destruction,
  • who had escaped the preceding day; and therefore begged that
  • the second day might be added to the former permission; and
  • that the sons of Haman, who had already been slain, might be
  • suspended on gibbets, as a terror to those who sought the
  • destruction of the Jews.)
  • sons
  • 20807-900713-2023
  • -Es9.15
  • 20808-900713-2026
  • -Es9.16
  • 20809-900713-2027
  • -Es9.17
  • 20810-900713-2028
  • -Es9.18
  • 20811-900713-2034
  • -Es9.19
  • (The eastern princes and people not only invite their friends
  • to feasts, but it is their custom to send a portion of the
  • banquet to those that cannot well attend, especially their
  • relations, and those in a state of mourning. Thus, when the
  • Grand Emir found that it incommoded M. D'Arvieux to eat with
  • him, he desired him to take his own time for eating, and sent
  • him from his kitchen what he liked best.)
  • 20812-900713-2039
  • -Es9.20
  • (That is, as the words imply, the history contained in this
  • book; and not merely the letters afterwards mentioned, as some
  • understand it.)
  • 20814-900713-2042
  • -Es9.22
  • 20816-900713-2048
  • -Es9.24
  • (The word pur seems to be derived either from the Persian bahr
  • and bar, a part, portion, lot, or pari, any thing which happens
  • fortuitously or fortunately; whence the annual festival in
  • commemoration of the wonderful deliverance of the Jews from
  • their enemies was called Purim, or in Arabic and Persian, Fuhr,
  • or Lots; which has been observed by them, in all places of
  • their dispersion, from that day to the present time, without
  • any interruption.)
  • 20817-900713-2057
  • -Es9.25
  • 20818-900714-1026
  • -Es9.26
  • 20819-900714-1030
  • -Es9.27
  • 20820-900714-1033
  • -Es9.28
  • 20821-900714-1053
  • -Es9.29
  • 20822-900714-1057
  • -Es9.30
  • 20823-900714-1100
  • -Es9.31
  • 20825-900714-1114
  • -Es10.1
  • 1 Ahasuerus' greatness
  • 3 Mordecai's advancement
  • 20826-900714-1138
  • -Es10.2
  • (Media, which comprehended the modern Azerbijan and part of
  • Irak, was a celebrated country of Asia, bounded on the north by
  • the Caspian Sea and Armenia, west by Assyria, south by Susiana
  • and Persia, and east by Hyrcania and Parthia, extending from
  • 30 degrees to 37 degrees N. lat. and 45 degrees to 53 degrees
  • E. long.)
  • (Persia Proper, now Fars, was but a small province, being
  • bounded on the north by Media, west by Susiana, south by the
  • Persian Gulf, and east by Caramania, extending from 27 degrees
  • to 33 degrees N. lat. and 50 degrees to 55 degrees E. long. But
  • the Persian empire in its ancient state extended from the
  • Hellespont to the Indus, above 2800 miles, and from Pontus to
  • the shores of Arabia, above 2000 miles; comprehending a
  • multitude of various nations.)
  • 20827-900714-1244
  • -Es10.3
  • (This Book, which derives its name from the person whose
  • history it chiefly relates, is termed in Hebrew, megillath
  • Esther, 'the volume of Esther.' Concerning its author there are
  • various opinions: some attribute it to Ezra; some to Joachim,
  • the son of Joshua the high priest; others to the men of the
  • great synagogue; and others to Mordecai, which seems the most
  • probable opinion. The events here related probably refer to the
  • time of Artaxerxes Longimanus, who, according to Prideaux, was
  • the Ahasuerus of Esther, agreeably to Josephus, (Ant. 1 xi.
  • c.6,) the Septuagint version, and the apocryphal additions to
  • this book. The history, therefore, comes in between the sixth
  • and seventh chapters of Ezra, commencing about A.M. 3540, and
  • continuing through a period of twelve years: it relates the
  • royal feast of Ahasuerus; the disgrace of Vashti, (ch. i.;) the
  • elevation of Esther to the Persian throne; the essential
  • service rendered to the king by Mordecai, in detecting a plot
  • against his life, (ch. ii.;) the promotion of Haman, and his
  • purposed destruction of the Jews, (ch. iii.;) the consequent
  • affliction of the Jews, and the measures pursued by them,
  • (ch. iv.;) the defeat of Haman's plot, through the
  • instrumentality of Esther, against Mordecai, (ch. v.-vii.;) and
  • also the defeat of his general plot against the Jews,
  • (ch. viii.; ix.1-15;) the institution of the feast of Purim to
  • commemorate this deliverance, (ch. ix. 16-32;) and the
  • advancement of Mordecai, (ch. x.;) and though some Christians
  • have hesitated to receive this book into the sacred canon, yet
  • it has always been received by the Jews, not only as perfectly
  • authentic, but also as one of the most excellent of their
  • sacred books. That it is a genuine and faithful description of
  • a real fact, the observation of the feast of Purim, to the
  • present day, is a sufficient evidence; since it is impossible,
  • and in fact inconceivable, that a nation should institute, and
  • afterwards continue to celebrate without interruption, through
  • every generation of that people, in a long succession of ages,
  • in whatever places they may have sojourned, this solemn annual
  • festival, merely because one of their nation had written an
  • agreeable fable or romance. It has been remarked, as an
  • objection to this book, that the name of God no where occurs in
  • it: His superintending providence, however, is frequently
  • illustrated. It is shewn, indeed, in every part of the work;
  • disconcerting evil designs, and producing great events, by
  • means seemingly inadequate. It also presents an interesting
  • description of mortified pride, and of malice baffled to the
  • destruction of its possessors; and exhibits a very lively
  • representation of the vexations and troubles, the anxieties,
  • treachery, and dissimulation of a corrupt court.)
  • 20828-900728-1950
  • -Job1.1
  • 1 The holiness, riches, and religious care of Job for his
  • children
  • 6 Satan, appearing before God, by calumniation obtains leave to
  • afflict Job
  • 13 Understanding of the loss of his children and goods, in his
  • mourning he blesses God
  • 20829-900728-1953
  • -Job1.2
  • 20830-900728-1957
  • -Job1.3
  • 20831-900728-2000
  • -Job1.4
  • 20832-900728-2010
  • -Job1.5
  • 20833-900728-2013
  • -Job1.6
  • 20834-900728-2015
  • -Job1.7
  • 20835-900728-2021
  • -Job1.8
  • 20836-900728-2024
  • -Job1.9
  • 20837-900728-2029
  • -Job1.10
  • 20838-900728-2033
  • -Job1.11
  • 20839-900728-2037
  • -Job1.12
  • 20840-900728-2039
  • -Job1.13
  • 20841-900728-2040
  • -Job1.14
  • 20842-900728-2042
  • -Job1.15
  • 20843-900728-2045
  • -Job1.16
  • 20844-900728-2048
  • -Job1.17
  • 20845-900728-2050
  • -Job1.18
  • 20846-900728-2054
  • -Job1.19
  • 20847-900728-2056
  • -Job1.20
  • 20848-900728-2103
  • -Job1.21
  • 20849-900728-2106
  • -Job1.22
  • 20850-900728-2110
  • -Job2.1
  • 1 Satan appearing again before God, obtains further leave to
  • tempt Job
  • 7 He smites him with sore boils
  • 9 Job reproves his wife, who moved him to curse God
  • 11 His three friends condole with him in silence
  • 20851-900729-0947
  • -Job2.2
  • 20852-900729-0952
  • -Job2.3
  • 20853-900729-0955
  • -Job2.4
  • 20854-900729-0957
  • -Job2.5
  • 20855-900729-1003
  • -Job2.6
  • (By naphsho, 'his soul,' Maimonides understands 'his mind,' or
  • intellectual powers.)
  • 20856-900729-1011
  • -Job2.7
  • (Shechin r, supposed to be the Judham, or black leprosy, of
  • the Arabs, termed Elephantiasis by the Greeks, from its
  • rendering the skin, like that of the elephant, scabrous, dark
  • coloured, and furrowed all over with tubercles. This loathsome
  • and most afflictive disease is accompanied with most
  • intolerable itching.)
  • 20857-900729-1014
  • -Job2.8
  • 20858-900729-1016
  • -Job2.9
  • 20859-900729-1021
  • -Job2.10
  • 20860-900729-1026
  • -Job2.11
  • 20861-900729-1031
  • -Job2.12
  • 20862-900729-1033
  • -Job2.13
  • 20863-900729-1038
  • -Job3.1
  • 1 Job curses the day and services of his birth
  • 13 The ease of death
  • 20 He complains of life, because of his anguish
  • 20864-900729-1039
  • -Job3.2
  • 20865-900729-1041
  • -Job3.3
  • (That is, as we say, 'Let it be blotted out of the calendar.')
  • 20866-900729-1514
  • -Job3.4
  • 20867-900729-1519
  • -Job3.5
  • bitter day
  • 20868-900729-1522
  • -Job3.6
  • among the days
  • 20869-900729-1523
  • -Job3.7
  • 20870-900729-1525
  • -Job3.8
  • 20871-900729-1527
  • -Job3.9
  • 20872-900729-1529
  • -Job3.10
  • 20873-900729-1532
  • -Job3.11
  • 20874-900729-1533
  • -Job3.12
  • 20875-900729-1534
  • -Job3.13
  • 20876-900729-1538
  • -Job3.14
  • (Who erect splendid mausoleums, funeral monuments, etc. to keep
  • their names from perishing, while their bodies are turned to
  • corruption.)
  • 20877-900729-1542
  • -Job3.15
  • (That is, 'the covetous, whom nothing can satisfy,' as the
  • poet Saady has observed, 'but the dust that fills his mouth,
  • when laid in the grave.')
  • 20878-900729-1545
  • -Job3.16
  • 20879-900729-1547
  • -Job3.17
  • 20880-900729-1549
  • -Job3.18
  • 20881-900729-1551
  • -Job3.19
  • 20882-900805-1049
  • -Job3.20
  • 20883-900729-1556
  • -Job3.21
  • 20885-900729-1558
  • -Job3.23
  • 20886-900729-1600
  • -Job3.24
  • 20887-900729-1602
  • -Job3.25
  • which
  • 20888-900729-1603
  • -Job3.26
  • 20889-900729-1606
  • -Job4.1
  • 1 Eliphaz reproves Job for want of religion
  • 7 He teaches God's judgments to be not for the righteous, but
  • for the wicked
  • 12 His fearful vision to humble the excellency of creatures
  • before God
  • 20890-900729-1853
  • -Job4.2
  • 20891-900729-1856
  • -Job4.3
  • 20892-900729-1858
  • -Job4.4
  • 20893-900729-1900
  • -Job4.5
  • 20894-900729-1903
  • -Job4.6
  • 20895-900729-1905
  • -Job4.7
  • 20896-900730-1304
  • -Job4.8
  • 20897-900730-1307
  • -Job4.9
  • 20898-900730-1308
  • -Job4.10
  • 20899-900730-1311
  • -Job4.11
  • 20900-900730-1313
  • -Job4.12
  • 20901-900730-1316
  • -Job4.13
  • 20902-900730-1319
  • -Job4.14
  • bones
  • 20903-900730-1322
  • -Job4.15
  • 20904-900730-1409
  • -Job4.16
  • 20905-900730-1413
  • -Job4.17
  • 20906-900730-1417
  • -Job4.18
  • whom he put light
  • 20907-900730-1427
  • -Job4.19
  • 20908-900730-1430
  • -Job4.20
  • 20909-900730-1432
  • -Job4.21
  • 20910-900730-1436
  • -Job5.1
  • 1 Eliphaz shews that the end of the wicked is misery
  • 6 that man is born to trouble
  • 8 that God is to be regarded in affliction
  • 17 the happy end of God's correction
  • 20911-900730-1707
  • -Job5.2
  • 20912-900730-1711
  • -Job5.3
  • 20913-900730-1714
  • -Job5.4
  • 20914-900730-1718
  • -Job5.5
  • 20915-900730-1721
  • -Job5.6
  • 20916-900730-1724
  • -Job5.7
  • 20917-900731-0915
  • -Job5.8
  • 20918-900731-0919
  • -Job5.9
  • 20919-900731-0922
  • -Job5.10
  • 20920-900731-0925
  • -Job5.11
  • 20921-900731-0928
  • -Job5.12
  • 20922-900731-0932
  • -Job5.13
  • 20923-900731-0935
  • -Job5.14
  • 20924-900731-0936
  • -Job5.15
  • 20925-900731-0941
  • -Job5.16
  • 20926-900731-0943
  • -Job5.17
  • 20927-900731-0944
  • -Job5.18
  • 20928-900731-0946
  • -Job5.19
  • 20929-900731-0949
  • -Job5.20
  • 20930-900731-1204
  • -Job5.21
  • 20931-900731-1205
  • -Job5.22
  • 20932-900731-1207
  • -Job5.23
  • 20933-900731-1238
  • -Job5.24
  • 20934-900731-1242
  • -Job5.25
  • 20935-900731-1244
  • -Job5.26
  • 20936-900731-1247
  • -Job5.27
  • 20937-900731-1250
  • -Job6.1
  • 1 Job shews that his complaints are not causeless
  • 8 He wishes for death, wherein he is assured of comfort
  • 14 He reproves his friends of unkindness
  • 20938-900731-1251
  • -Job6.2
  • 20939-900731-1253
  • -Job6.3
  • grief
  • 20940-900731-1256
  • -Job6.4
  • 20941-900731-1259
  • -Job6.5
  • 20942-900731-1301
  • -Job6.6
  • 20943-900731-1302
  • -Job6.7
  • 20944-900731-1304
  • -Job6.8
  • 20945-900731-1306
  • -Job6.9
  • 20946-900731-1311
  • -Job6.10
  • 20947-900731-1314
  • -Job6.11
  • 20948-900731-1316
  • -Job6.12
  • 20949-900731-1317
  • -Job6.13
  • 20950-900731-1320
  • -Job6.14
  • 20951-900731-1323
  • -Job6.15
  • 20953-900731-1325
  • -Job6.17
  • Heb. in the heat thereof they are extinguished
  • 20955-900731-1328
  • -Job6.19
  • 20956-900731-1329
  • -Job6.20
  • 20957-900731-1333
  • -Job6.21
  • 20958-900731-1334
  • -Job6.22
  • 20959-900731-1336
  • -Job6.23
  • 20960-900731-1339
  • -Job6.24
  • 20961-900731-1342
  • -Job6.25
  • 20962-900731-1345
  • -Job6.26
  • 20963-900731-1349
  • -Job6.27
  • 20964-900731-1351
  • -Job6.28
  • 20965-900731-1352
  • -Job6.29
  • 20966-900731-1354
  • -Job6.30
  • 20967-900731-1357
  • -Job7.1
  • 1 Job excuses his desire of death
  • 12 He complains of his own restlessness, and expostulates with
  • God
  • 20968-900731-1940
  • -Job7.2
  • 20969-900731-1941
  • -Job7.3
  • 20970-900731-1944
  • -Job7.4
  • 20971-900731-1946
  • -Job7.5
  • 20972-900731-1951
  • -Job7.6
  • 20973-900731-1954
  • -Job7.7
  • 20974-900731-1956
  • -Job7.8
  • 20975-900731-1958
  • -Job7.9
  • 20976-900731-2000
  • -Job7.10
  • 20977-900731-2003
  • -Job7.11
  • 20978-900731-2005
  • -Job7.12
  • 20979-900731-2007
  • -Job7.13
  • 20980-900731-2008
  • -Job7.14
  • 20981-900731-2012
  • -Job7.15
  • 20982-900731-2015
  • -Job7.16
  • 20983-900731-2017
  • -Job7.17
  • 20984-900731-2020
  • -Job7.18
  • 20985-900731-2023
  • -Job7.19
  • 20986-900731-2026
  • -Job7.20
  • 20987-900731-2031
  • -Job7.21
  • 20988-900731-2036
  • -Job8.1
  • 1 Bildad shews God's justice in dealing with men according to
  • their works
  • 8 He alleges antiquity to prove the certain destruction of the
  • hypocrite
  • 20 He applies God's just dealing to Job
  • 20989-900731-2039
  • -Job8.2
  • 20990-900801-1004
  • -Job8.3
  • 20991-900801-1007
  • -Job8.4
  • transgression
  • 20992-900801-1010
  • -Job8.5
  • 20993-900801-1030
  • -Job8.6
  • 20994-900801-1049
  • -Job8.7
  • 20995-900801-1052
  • -Job8.8
  • 20996-900801-1054
  • -Job8.9
  • 20997-900801-1056
  • -Job8.10
  • 20998-900801-1108
  • -Job8.11
  • 20999-900801-2031
  • -Job8.12
  • 21000-900801-2036
  • -Job8.13
  • 21001-900801-2037
  • -Job8.14
  • 21002-900801-2039
  • -Job8.15
  • 21003-900801-2041
  • -Job8.16
  • 21004-900801-2042
  • -Job8.17
  • 21005-900801-2044
  • -Job8.18
  • 21006-900801-2046
  • -Job8.19
  • 21007-900801-2048
  • -Job8.20
  • 21008-900801-2050
  • -Job8.21
  • 21009-900801-2052
  • -Job8.22
  • 21010-900802-0933
  • -Job9.1
  • 1 Job acknowledges God's justice
  • 22 Man's innocency is not to be condemned by afflictions
  • 21011-900802-0932
  • -Job9.2
  • 21012-900802-0937
  • -Job9.3
  • 21013-900802-0945
  • -Job9.4
  • 21014-900802-0951
  • -Job9.5
  • 21015-900802-1703
  • -Job9.6
  • 21016-900802-1707
  • -Job9.7
  • 21017-900802-1711
  • -Job9.8
  • 21018-900802-1715
  • -Job9.9
  • the chambers
  • 21019-900802-1719
  • -Job9.10
  • 21020-900802-1720
  • -Job9.11
  • 21021-900803-1552
  • -Job9.12
  • 21022-900803-1554
  • -Job9.13
  • 21023-900803-1556
  • -Job9.14
  • 21024-900803-1559
  • -Job9.15
  • 21025-900803-1614
  • -Job9.16
  • 21026-900804-1141
  • -Job9.17
  • 21027-900804-1147
  • -Job9.18
  • 21028-900804-1153
  • -Job9.19
  • 21029-900804-1323
  • -Job9.20
  • 21030-900805-1013
  • -Job9.21
  • 21031-900805-1011
  • -Job9.22
  • 21032-900805-1016
  • -Job9.23
  • 21033-900805-1020
  • -Job9.24
  • 21034-900805-1024
  • -Job9.25
  • (Rotz, a runner, or courier; some of whom are said to go 150
  • miles in less than 24 hours.)
  • 21035-900805-1027
  • -Job9.26
  • eagle
  • 21036-900805-1028
  • -Job9.27
  • 21037-900805-1030
  • -Job9.28
  • 21038-900805-1031
  • -Job9.29
  • 21039-900805-1033
  • -Job9.30
  • 21040-900805-1035
  • -Job9.31
  • 21041-900805-1038
  • -Job9.32
  • 21042-900805-1041
  • -Job9.33
  • 21043-900805-1043
  • -Job9.34
  • 21045-900805-1828
  • -Job10.1
  • 1 Job, taking liberty of complaint, expostulates with God about
  • his afflictions
  • 18 He complains of life, and craves a little ease before death
  • 21046-900805-1834
  • -Job10.2
  • 21047-900805-1848
  • -Job10.3
  • 21048-900805-1850
  • -Job10.4
  • 21049-900805-1852
  • -Job10.5
  • 21050-900805-1853
  • -Job10.6
  • 21051-900805-1858
  • -Job10.7
  • 21052-900805-1900
  • -Job10.8
  • 21053-900805-1903
  • -Job10.9
  • 21054-900805-1904
  • -Job10.10
  • 21055-900805-1906
  • -Job10.11
  • 21056-900805-1907
  • -Job10.12
  • 21057-900805-1909
  • -Job10.13
  • 21058-900805-1911
  • -Job10.14
  • 21059-900805-1915
  • -Job10.15
  • 21060-900805-1918
  • -Job10.16
  • 21061-900805-1922
  • -Job10.17
  • (I am as if attacked by successive troops; if one company be
  • wearied, another succeds to the attack.)
  • 21062-900805-1924
  • -Job10.18
  • 21063-900805-1925
  • -Job10.19
  • 21064-900805-1927
  • -Job10.20
  • 21065-900805-1932
  • -Job10.21
  • 21066-900805-1937
  • -Job10.22
  • (Where death projects his shadow, intercepting the light of
  • life: without any order, having no arrangement, no distinction
  • of inhabitants; the poor and the rich are there, the king and
  • the beggar, their bodies in equal corruption and disgrace:
  • where the light is as darkness, a palpable obscure, space and
  • place, with only such a light or capability of distinction, as
  • renders 'darkness visible.')
  • 21067-900805-1940
  • -Job11.1
  • 1 Zophar reproves Job for justifying himself
  • 5 God's wisdom is unsearchable
  • 13 The assured blessing of repentance
  • 21068-900806-1337
  • -Job11.2
  • 21069-900806-1339
  • -Job11.3
  • 21070-900806-1342
  • -Job11.4
  • 21071-900806-1344
  • -Job11.5
  • 21072-900806-1347
  • -Job11.6
  • 21073-900806-1350
  • -Job11.7
  • 21074-900806-1352
  • -Job11.8
  • 21075-900806-1354
  • -Job11.9
  • 21076-900806-1356
  • -Job11.10
  • 21077-900806-1359
  • -Job11.11
  • 21078-900806-1405
  • -Job11.12
  • 21079-900806-1408
  • -Job11.13
  • 21080-900806-1419
  • -Job11.14
  • 21081-900806-1423
  • -Job11.15
  • 21082-900806-1426
  • -Job11.16
  • 21083-900806-1429
  • -Job11.17
  • 21084-900806-1431
  • -Job11.18
  • 21085-900806-1433
  • -Job11.19
  • 21086-900806-1437
  • -Job11.20
  • 21087-900806-1439
  • -Job12.1
  • 1 Job maintains himself against his friends that reprove him
  • 7 He acknowledges the general doctrine of God's omnipotence
  • 21088-900806-1441
  • -Job12.2
  • 21089-900806-1931
  • -Job12.3
  • I fall not lower than you. who knoweth not such things as
  • these. Heb. with whom are not such as these
  • 21090-900806-1936
  • -Job12.4
  • 21091-900806-1946
  • -Job12.5
  • 21092-900806-1948
  • -Job12.6
  • 21093-900806-1949
  • -Job12.7
  • 21095-900806-1951
  • -Job12.9
  • 21096-900806-1955
  • -Job12.10
  • 21097-900806-1957
  • -Job12.11
  • 21098-900806-2002
  • -Job12.12
  • 21099-900806-2006
  • -Job12.13
  • 21100-900806-2016
  • -Job12.14
  • 21101-900806-2019
  • -Job12.15
  • 21102-900806-2021
  • -Job12.16
  • 21103-900806-2022
  • -Job12.17
  • 21104-900806-2024
  • -Job12.18
  • 21105-900806-2025
  • -Job12.19
  • 21106-900806-2027
  • -Job12.20
  • 21107-900806-2032
  • -Job12.21
  • the strong
  • 21108-900807-1048
  • -Job12.22
  • 21109-900807-1101
  • -Job12.23
  • 21110-900807-1105
  • -Job12.24
  • (Bethohoo, 'in chaos,' i.e. in a state of utter confusion; it
  • is the same word which is employed in Ge 1.2, to describe the
  • chaotic state of the earth at the creation.)
  • 21111-900807-1115
  • -Job12.25
  • 21112-900807-1119
  • -Job13.1
  • 1 Job reproves his friends for partiality
  • 14 He professes his confidence in God; and intreats to know his
  • own sins, and God's purpose in afflicting him
  • 21113-900807-1123
  • -Job13.2
  • 21114-900807-1125
  • -Job13.3
  • 21115-900807-1129
  • -Job13.4
  • 21116-900807-1131
  • -Job13.5
  • 21117-900807-1133
  • -Job13.6
  • 21118-900807-1134
  • -Job13.7
  • 21119-900807-1136
  • -Job13.8
  • 21120-900807-1141
  • -Job13.9
  • 21121-900807-1142
  • -Job13.10
  • 21122-900807-1143
  • -Job13.11
  • 21123-900807-1148
  • -Job13.12
  • 21124-900807-1150
  • -Job13.13
  • 21125-900807-1152
  • -Job13.14
  • 21126-900807-1155
  • -Job13.15
  • 21127-900807-1159
  • -Job13.16
  • 21128-900807-1200
  • -Job13.17
  • 21129-900807-1202
  • -Job13.18
  • 21130-900807-1204
  • -Job13.19
  • 21131-900807-1205
  • -Job13.20
  • 21132-900807-1207
  • -Job13.21
  • 21133-900807-1913
  • -Job13.22
  • 21134-900807-1914
  • -Job13.23
  • 21135-900807-1917
  • -Job13.24
  • 21136-900807-1919
  • -Job13.25
  • 21137-900807-1921
  • -Job13.26
  • 21138-900807-1924
  • -Job13.27
  • 21139-900807-1926
  • -Job13.28
  • 21140-900807-1929
  • -Job14.1
  • 1 Job intreats God for favour, by the shortness of life, and
  • certainty of death
  • 7 He waits for his change
  • 16 By sin the creature is subject to corruption
  • 21141-900807-1933
  • -Job14.2
  • 21142-900807-1941
  • -Job14.3
  • 21143-900807-1943
  • -Job14.4
  • 21144-900807-1947
  • -Job14.5
  • 21145-900807-2010
  • -Job14.6
  • 21146-900807-2013
  • -Job14.7
  • 21147-900807-2014
  • -Job14.8
  • 21148-900807-2015
  • -Job14.9
  • 21149-900807-2018
  • -Job14.10
  • 21150-900807-2019
  • -Job14.11
  • 21151-900807-2023
  • -Job14.12
  • 21152-900807-2027
  • -Job14.13
  • 21153-900807-2034
  • -Job14.14
  • 21154-900807-2037
  • -Job14.15
  • 21155-900807-2039
  • -Job14.16
  • 21156-900807-2040
  • -Job14.17
  • 21157-900807-2042
  • -Job14.18
  • 21158-900807-2045
  • -Job14.19
  • (Hence the proverb, 'Constant droppings make a hole in a
  • stone.')
  • 21159-900807-2046
  • -Job14.20
  • 21160-900807-2048
  • -Job14.21
  • 21161-900807-2051
  • -Job14.22
  • 21162-900807-2054
  • -Job15.1
  • 1 Eliphaz reproves Job for impiety in justifying himself
  • 17 He proves by tradition the unquietness of wicked men
  • 21163-900808-1305
  • -Job15.2
  • 21164-900808-1307
  • -Job15.3
  • 21165-900808-1310
  • -Job15.4
  • 21166-900808-1314
  • -Job15.5
  • 21167-900808-1316
  • -Job15.6
  • 21168-900808-1632
  • -Job15.7
  • 21169-900808-1635
  • -Job15.8
  • 21170-900808-1637
  • -Job15.9
  • 21171-900808-1641
  • -Job15.10
  • 21172-900808-1644
  • -Job15.11
  • 21173-900808-1646
  • -Job15.12
  • 21174-900808-1649
  • -Job15.13
  • 21175-900808-1653
  • -Job15.14
  • 21176-900808-1654
  • -Job15.15
  • 21177-900808-2021
  • -Job15.16
  • (Rather, 'How much less (aph kee,) abominable and filthy man,'
  • who, under the influence of sinful propensities, commits sin as
  • greedily as a thirsty man or camel drinks down water.)
  • 21178-900808-2023
  • -Job15.17
  • 21179-900808-2024
  • -Job15.18
  • 21180-900808-2025
  • -Job15.19
  • 21181-900808-2027
  • -Job15.20
  • 21182-900808-2031
  • -Job15.21
  • 21183-900808-2034
  • -Job15.22
  • 21184-900808-2037
  • -Job15.23
  • 21185-900808-2038
  • -Job15.24
  • 21186-900808-2042
  • -Job15.25
  • 21187-900808-2044
  • -Job15.26
  • 21188-900808-2048
  • -Job15.27
  • 21189-900808-2050
  • -Job15.28
  • 21190-900808-2053
  • -Job15.29
  • 21191-900808-2058
  • -Job15.30
  • 21192-900809-1256
  • -Job15.31
  • 21193-900809-1259
  • -Job15.32
  • 21194-900809-1300
  • -Job15.33
  • 21195-900809-1303
  • -Job15.34
  • 21196-900809-1305
  • -Job15.35
  • 21197-900809-1307
  • -Job16.1
  • 1 Job reproves his friends for unmercifulness
  • 17 He maintains his innocency
  • 21198-900809-1308
  • -Job16.2
  • 21199-900809-1311
  • -Job16.3
  • 21200-900809-1315
  • -Job16.4
  • 21201-900809-1317
  • -Job16.5
  • 21202-900809-1319
  • -Job16.6
  • 21203-900809-1321
  • -Job16.7
  • 21204-900809-1326
  • -Job16.8
  • (Some render, 'thou has fettered me,' as kamat signifies in
  • Arabic; but as it signifies in Syriac to be wrinkled, the
  • common version seems, from the connexion, to be more correct;
  • and if Job's disease were the elephantiasis, these words would
  • apply most forcibly to the wrinkled state of the skin in that
  • disorder.)
  • 21205-900809-1328
  • -Job16.9
  • 21206-900809-1332
  • -Job16.10
  • 21207-900809-1335
  • -Job16.11
  • 21208-900809-1338
  • -Job16.12
  • 21209-900809-1341
  • -Job16.13
  • 21210-900809-1342
  • -Job16.14
  • 21211-900809-1344
  • -Job16.15
  • 21212-900809-1411
  • -Job16.16
  • 21213-900809-1415
  • -Job16.17
  • 21214-900809-1417
  • -Job16.18
  • 21215-900809-1419
  • -Job16.19
  • 21216-900809-1421
  • -Job16.20
  • 21217-900809-1423
  • -Job16.21
  • 21218-900809-1425
  • -Job16.22
  • 21219-900809-1429
  • -Job17.1
  • 1 Job appeals from men to God
  • 6 The unmerciful dealing of men with the afflicted may astonish,
  • but not discourage the righteous
  • 11 His hope is not in life, but in death
  • 21220-900809-1720
  • -Job17.2
  • 21221-900809-1722
  • -Job17.3
  • 21222-900809-1725
  • -Job17.4
  • 21223-900809-1727
  • -Job17.5
  • 21224-900809-1729
  • -Job17.6
  • 21225-900809-1730
  • -Job17.7
  • 21226-900809-1732
  • -Job17.8
  • 21227-900809-1736
  • -Job17.9
  • 21228-900809-1921
  • -Job17.10
  • 21229-900809-1924
  • -Job17.11
  • 21230-900809-1926
  • -Job17.12
  • 21231-900809-1928
  • -Job17.13
  • 21232-900809-1931
  • -Job17.14
  • 21233-900809-1932
  • -Job17.15
  • 21234-900809-1936
  • -Job17.16
  • 21235-900809-1939
  • -Job18.1
  • 1 Bildad reproves Job for presumtion and impatience
  • 5 The calamities of the wicked
  • 21236-900809-1941
  • -Job18.2
  • 21237-900809-1942
  • -Job18.3
  • 21238-900809-1945
  • -Job18.4
  • 21239-900809-1946
  • -Job18.5
  • 21240-900809-1947
  • -Job18.6
  • 21241-900809-1949
  • -Job18.7
  • 21242-900809-1952
  • -Job18.8
  • 21243-900809-1953
  • -Job18.9
  • 21244-900809-1954
  • -Job18.10
  • 21245-900809-1957
  • -Job18.11
  • 21246-900809-2000
  • -Job18.12
  • 21247-900809-2002
  • -Job18.13
  • 21248-900809-2004
  • -Job18.14
  • 21249-900809-2008
  • -Job18.15
  • 21250-900809-2012
  • -Job18.16
  • 21251-900809-2013
  • -Job18.17
  • 21252-900809-2015
  • -Job18.18
  • 21253-900809-2017
  • -Job18.19
  • 21254-900809-2020
  • -Job18.20
  • horror
  • 21255-900809-2023
  • -Job18.21
  • 21256-900809-2025
  • -Job19.1
  • 1 Job, complaining of his friends' cruelty, shews there is
  • misery enough in him to feed their cruelty
  • 21 He craves pity
  • 23 He believes the resurrection
  • 21257-900810-1032
  • -Job19.2
  • 21258-900810-1037
  • -Job19.3
  • 21259-900810-1040
  • -Job19.4
  • 21260-900810-1042
  • -Job19.5
  • 21261-900810-1046
  • -Job19.6
  • 21262-900810-1050
  • -Job19.7
  • 21263-900810-1053
  • -Job19.8
  • 21264-900810-1056
  • -Job19.9
  • 21265-900810-1058
  • -Job19.10
  • 21266-900810-1100
  • -Job19.11
  • 21267-900810-1102
  • -Job19.12
  • 21268-900810-1105
  • -Job19.13
  • 21269-900810-1108
  • -Job19.14
  • 21270-900810-1109
  • -Job19.15
  • 21271-900810-1111
  • -Job19.16
  • 21272-900810-1112
  • -Job19.17
  • 21273-900810-1115
  • -Job19.18
  • 21274-900810-1117
  • -Job19.19
  • 21275-900810-1119
  • -Job19.20
  • 21276-900810-1122
  • -Job19.21
  • 21277-900810-1124
  • -Job19.22
  • 21278-900810-1130
  • -Job19.23
  • (Rather, 'Oh that they were described (yuchakoo) in a book,
  • with an iron stile and lead! Were graven on a rock for ever!'
  • Pliny observes, 'At first men wrote on palm leaves, and
  • afterwards on the bark or rind of other trees. In process of
  • time, public monuments were written on rolls of lead (plumbeis
  • voluminibus); and those of a private nature on linen books, or
  • tables covered with wax.')
  • 21279-900810-1131
  • -Job19.24
  • 21280-900810-1134
  • -Job19.25
  • 21281-900810-1644
  • -Job19.26
  • destroyed, yet out of my flesh shall I see God
  • 21282-900810-1647
  • -Job19.27
  • within me are counsumed with earnest desire [for that day.]
  • 21283-900810-1650
  • -Job19.28
  • root
  • (Instead of bee, 'in me,' bo, 'in him,' is the reading of more
  • than 100 MSS.)
  • 21284-900810-1652
  • -Job19.29
  • 21285-900810-1655
  • -Job20.1
  • Zophar shews the state and portion of the wicked
  • 21286-900810-1659
  • -Job20.2
  • 21287-900810-1702
  • -Job20.3
  • 21288-900810-1704
  • -Job20.4
  • 21289-900810-1708
  • -Job20.5
  • 21290-900810-1710
  • -Job20.6
  • 21291-900810-1712
  • -Job20.7
  • 21292-900810-1714
  • -Job20.8
  • 21293-900810-1716
  • -Job20.9
  • 21294-900810-1718
  • -Job20.10
  • 21295-900810-1721
  • -Job20.11
  • 21296-900810-1723
  • -Job20.12
  • 21297-900810-1725
  • -Job20.13
  • 21298-900810-1728
  • -Job20.14
  • 21299-900810-1730
  • -Job20.15
  • 21300-900810-1856
  • -Job20.16
  • 21301-900810-1859
  • -Job20.17
  • 21302-900810-1903
  • -Job20.18
  • 21303-900810-1909
  • -Job20.19
  • 21304-900810-1911
  • -Job20.20
  • 21305-900810-1913
  • -Job20.21
  • 21306-900810-2024
  • -Job20.22
  • 21307-900810-2026
  • -Job20.23
  • 21308-900810-2028
  • -Job20.24
  • 21309-900810-2030
  • -Job20.25
  • 21310-900810-2033
  • -Job20.26
  • 21311-900810-2036
  • -Job20.27
  • 21312-900810-2041
  • -Job20.28
  • 21313-900810-2044
  • -Job20.29
  • 21314-900810-2051
  • -Job21.1
  • 1 Job shews that even in the judgment of man he has reason to be
  • grieved
  • 7 Sometimes the wicked prosper, though they despise God
  • 16 Sometimes their destruction is manifest
  • 21 The happy and unhappy are alike in death
  • 27 The judgment of the wicked is in another world
  • 21315-900810-2052
  • -Job21.2
  • 21316-900811-1220
  • -Job21.3
  • 21317-900811-1225
  • -Job21.4
  • 21318-900811-1228
  • -Job21.5
  • 21319-900811-1230
  • -Job21.6
  • 21320-900811-1235
  • -Job21.7
  • 21321-900811-1236
  • -Job21.8
  • 21322-900811-1238
  • -Job21.9
  • 21323-900811-1240
  • -Job21.10
  • 21324-900811-1241
  • -Job21.11
  • 21325-900811-1242
  • -Job21.12
  • 21326-900811-1244
  • -Job21.13
  • 21327-900811-1247
  • -Job21.14
  • 21328-900811-1350
  • -Job21.15
  • 21329-900811-1353
  • -Job21.16
  • 21330-900811-1355
  • -Job21.17
  • 21331-900811-1359
  • -Job21.18
  • 21332-900811-1403
  • -Job21.19
  • 21333-900811-1420
  • -Job21.20
  • 21334-900811-2029
  • -Job21.21
  • 21335-900812-1020
  • -Job21.22
  • 21336-900811-2048
  • -Job21.23
  • strength of his perfection
  • 21337-900811-2050
  • -Job21.24
  • 21338-900811-2053
  • -Job21.25
  • 21339-900811-2056
  • -Job21.26
  • 21340-900811-2059
  • -Job21.27
  • 21341-900811-2101
  • -Job21.28
  • 21342-900811-2102
  • -Job21.29
  • 21343-900811-2104
  • -Job21.30
  • 21344-900811-2107
  • -Job21.31
  • 21345-900811-2109
  • -Job21.32
  • 21346-900811-2111
  • -Job21.33
  • 21347-900811-2112
  • -Job21.34
  • 21348-900811-2114
  • -Job22.1
  • 1 Eliphaz shews that man's goodness profits not God
  • 5 He accuses Job of divers sins
  • 21 He exhorts him to repentance, with promises of mercy
  • 21349-900812-0942
  • -Job22.2
  • success depend thereon?
  • 21350-900812-0944
  • -Job22.3
  • 21351-900812-0948
  • -Job22.4
  • 21352-900812-1022
  • -Job22.5
  • 21353-900812-1045
  • -Job22.6
  • 21354-900812-1048
  • -Job22.7
  • 21355-900812-2032
  • -Job22.8
  • accepted for countenance
  • 21356-900813-1009
  • -Job22.9
  • 21357-900812-2038
  • -Job22.10
  • 21358-900812-2041
  • -Job22.11
  • 21359-900812-2043
  • -Job22.12
  • 21360-900812-2044
  • -Job22.13
  • 21361-900812-2046
  • -Job22.14
  • 21362-900812-2047
  • -Job22.15
  • 21363-900813-1012
  • -Job22.16
  • poured upon their foundation
  • 21364-900813-1024
  • -Job22.17
  • 21365-900813-1035
  • -Job22.18
  • 21366-900813-1042
  • -Job22.19
  • 21367-900813-1045
  • -Job22.20
  • 21368-900813-1050
  • -Job22.21
  • 21369-900813-1053
  • -Job22.22
  • 21370-900813-1141
  • -Job22.23
  • 21371-900813-1449
  • -Job22.24
  • 21372-900813-1452
  • -Job22.25
  • 21373-900813-1455
  • -Job22.26
  • 21374-900813-1457
  • -Job22.27
  • 21375-900813-1500
  • -Job22.28
  • 21376-900813-1503
  • -Job22.29
  • 21377-900813-1511
  • -Job22.30
  • shall deliver the island
  • 21378-900813-1514
  • -Job23.1
  • 1 Job longs to appear before God
  • 6 in confidence of his mercy
  • 8 God, who is invisible, observes our ways
  • 11 Job's innocency
  • 13 God's decree is immutable
  • 21379-900813-1516
  • -Job23.2
  • 21380-900813-1518
  • -Job23.3
  • 21381-900813-1712
  • -Job23.4
  • 21382-900813-1714
  • -Job23.5
  • 21383-900813-1717
  • -Job23.6
  • 21384-900813-1720
  • -Job23.7
  • 21385-900813-1721
  • -Job23.8
  • 21386-900813-1722
  • -Job23.9
  • 21387-900813-1727
  • -Job23.10
  • 21388-900813-1731
  • -Job23.11
  • 21389-900813-1736
  • -Job23.12
  • 21390-900813-1908
  • -Job23.13
  • 21391-900813-1911
  • -Job23.14
  • 21392-900813-1912
  • -Job23.15
  • 21393-900813-1914
  • -Job23.16
  • 21394-900813-1948
  • -Job23.17
  • 21395-900813-1955
  • -Job24.1
  • 1 Wickedness often goes unpunished
  • 17 There is a secret judgment for the wicked
  • 21396-900813-1958
  • -Job24.2
  • 21397-900813-2000
  • -Job24.3
  • 21398-900813-2004
  • -Job24.4
  • 21399-900813-2007
  • -Job24.5
  • 21400-900813-2009
  • -Job24.6
  • wicked gather the vintage
  • 21401-900813-2011
  • -Job24.7
  • 21402-900813-2012
  • -Job24.8
  • 21403-900813-2013
  • -Job24.9
  • 21404-900813-2014
  • -Job24.10
  • 21405-900813-2015
  • -Job24.11
  • 21406-900813-2018
  • -Job24.12
  • 21407-900813-2022
  • -Job24.13
  • 21408-900813-2024
  • -Job24.14
  • 21409-900813-2029
  • -Job24.15
  • (Or, 'putteth a covering on his face;' probably the hood of the
  • burnoose, or cloak, which the Arabs sometimes throw over their
  • other garments.)
  • 21410-900813-2032
  • -Job24.16
  • 21411-900813-2033
  • -Job24.17
  • 21412-900813-2035
  • -Job24.18
  • 21413-900813-2038
  • -Job24.19
  • 21414-900813-2040
  • -Job24.20
  • 21415-900813-2042
  • -Job24.21
  • 21416-900813-2043
  • -Job24.22
  • 21417-900813-2047
  • -Job24.23
  • 21418-900813-2058
  • -Job24.24
  • 21419-900813-2055
  • -Job24.25
  • 21420-900813-2056
  • -Job25.1
  • Bildad shews that man cannot be justified before God
  • 21421-900814-0818
  • -Job25.2
  • 21422-900814-0822
  • -Job25.3
  • 21423-900814-0829
  • -Job25.4
  • 21424-900814-1022
  • -Job25.5
  • 21425-900814-1030
  • -Job25.6
  • (The original is degradingly expressive: 'How much less enosh,
  • miserable man, who is a worm; and the son of Adam, who is
  • toleah, a maggot.')
  • 21426-900814-1032
  • -Job26.1
  • 1 Job, reproving the uncharitable spirit of Bildad
  • 5 acknowledges the power of God to be infinite and unsearchable
  • 21427-900814-1037
  • -Job26.2
  • (Bildad had produced no argument to refute Job's doctrine; and
  • therefore Job ironically admires the assistance which Bildad
  • had given to his friends in their extremity, and the
  • instruction he had afforded him in his perplexity.)
  • 21428-900814-1050
  • -Job26.3
  • 21429-900814-1052
  • -Job26.4
  • 21430-900814-1056
  • -Job26.5
  • (Or, 'The giants (rephaim) are in anguish under the waters and
  • their inhabitants;' probably in allusion to the destruction of
  • the earth by the deluge.)
  • 21431-900814-1059
  • -Job26.6
  • 21432-900814-1103
  • -Job26.7
  • 21433-900814-1105
  • -Job26.8
  • 21434-900814-1108
  • -Job26.9
  • 21435-900814-1111
  • -Job26.10
  • 21436-900814-1113
  • -Job26.11
  • 21437-900814-1116
  • -Job26.12
  • 21438-900814-1118
  • -Job26.13
  • 21439-900814-1122
  • -Job26.14
  • 21440-900814-1125
  • -Job27.1
  • 1 Job protests his sincerity
  • 8 The hypocrite is without hope
  • 11 The blessings which the wicked have are turned into curses
  • 21441-900814-1626
  • -Job27.2
  • 21442-900814-1629
  • -Job27.3
  • 21443-900814-1630
  • -Job27.4
  • 21444-900814-1632
  • -Job27.5
  • 21445-900814-1706
  • -Job27.6
  • 21446-900814-1709
  • -Job27.7
  • 21447-900814-1920
  • -Job27.8
  • 21448-900814-1945
  • -Job27.9
  • 21449-900814-1948
  • -Job27.10
  • 21450-900814-1950
  • -Job27.11
  • 21451-900814-1952
  • -Job27.12
  • 21452-900814-1955
  • -Job27.13
  • 21453-900814-1959
  • -Job27.14
  • 21454-900814-2001
  • -Job27.15
  • 21455-900814-2005
  • -Job27.16
  • (D'Herbelot tells us, that Bokhten, an illustrious poet of
  • Cufah, in the 9th century, had so many presents made him, that
  • at his death he was found possessed of 100 suits of clothes,
  • 200 shirts, and 500 turbans.)
  • 21456-900814-2006
  • -Job27.17
  • 21457-900814-2007
  • -Job27.18
  • 21458-900814-2011
  • -Job27.19
  • 21459-900814-2014
  • -Job27.20
  • 21460-900814-2016
  • -Job27.21
  • 21461-900814-2019
  • -Job27.22
  • 21462-900814-2021
  • -Job27.23
  • 21463-900814-2025
  • -Job28.1
  • 1 There is a knowledge of natural things
  • 12 But wisdom is an excellent gift of God
  • 21464-900814-2026
  • -Job28.2
  • 21465-900814-2028
  • -Job28.3
  • 21467-900814-2030
  • -Job28.5
  • 21468-900814-2031
  • -Job28.6
  • 21469-900814-2033
  • -Job28.7
  • 21471-900814-2035
  • -Job28.9
  • 21472-900814-2036
  • -Job28.10
  • 21473-900814-2037
  • -Job28.11
  • 21474-900815-1319
  • -Job28.12
  • 21475-900815-1322
  • -Job28.13
  • 21476-900815-1326
  • -Job28.14
  • 21477-900815-1329
  • -Job28.15
  • given for it
  • 21478-900815-1331
  • -Job28.16
  • 21479-900815-1333
  • -Job28.17
  • 21480-900815-1914
  • -Job28.18
  • 21481-900815-1915
  • -Job28.19
  • 21482-900815-1917
  • -Job28.20
  • 21483-900815-1919
  • -Job28.21
  • 21484-900815-1921
  • -Job28.22
  • 21485-900815-1923
  • -Job28.23
  • 21486-900815-1925
  • -Job28.24
  • 21487-900815-1933
  • -Job28.25
  • (God has given an atmosphere to the earth, which, possessing a
  • certain degree of gravity perfectly suited to the necessities
  • of all animals, vegetables, and fluids, should be the cause,
  • in His hands, of preserving animal and vegetable life; for by
  • it the blood circulates in the veins of animals, and the
  • juices in the tubes of vegetables. Without this atmospheric
  • pressure there could be no respiration; and the elasticity of
  • the particles of air in animal and vegetable bodies, would
  • rupture the vessels in which they are contained, and destroy
  • both kinds of life)
  • (He has exactly proportioned the aqueous surface of the earth
  • to the terrene parts, for the purpose of evaporation, etc.)
  • 21488-900815-1935
  • -Job28.26
  • 21489-900815-1936
  • -Job28.27
  • 21490-900815-1942
  • -Job28.28
  • 21491-900815-1945
  • -Job29.1
  • Job bemoans his former prosperity
  • 21492-900818-2040
  • -Job29.2
  • 21493-900816-1348
  • -Job29.3
  • 21494-900816-1350
  • -Job29.4
  • 21495-900816-1354
  • -Job29.5
  • 21496-900816-1356
  • -Job29.6
  • 21497-900816-1358
  • -Job29.7
  • 21498-900816-1400
  • -Job29.8
  • 21499-900816-1402
  • -Job29.9
  • 21500-900816-1905
  • -Job29.10
  • their tongue
  • 21501-900816-1906
  • -Job29.11
  • 21502-900816-1908
  • -Job29.12
  • 21503-900816-1912
  • -Job29.13
  • 21504-900816-1915
  • -Job29.14
  • 21505-900816-2004
  • -Job29.15
  • 21506-900816-2006
  • -Job29.16
  • 21507-900816-2009
  • -Job29.17
  • 21508-900816-2011
  • -Job29.18
  • 21509-900816-2013
  • -Job29.19
  • 21510-900816-2015
  • -Job29.20
  • 21511-900816-2016
  • -Job29.21
  • 21512-900816-2018
  • -Job29.22
  • 21513-900816-2019
  • -Job29.23
  • 21514-900816-2021
  • -Job29.24
  • 21515-900816-2023
  • -Job29.25
  • 21516-900816-2029
  • -Job30.1
  • 1 Job's honour is turned into extreme contempt
  • 15 and his prosperity into calamity
  • 21518-900816-2032
  • -Job30.3
  • 21519-900816-2056
  • -Job30.4
  • (The Hebrew malluach, in Arabic, malluch and in Syriac
  • mallucho, is probably the halimus of the Romans, which
  • Dioscorides describes as a kind of bramble, without thorns, the
  • leaves of which are boiled and eaten.)
  • (The Hebrew rothem, in Arabic, ratim, and in Spanish, retama,
  • most probably signifies the genista or broom, which is very
  • abundant in the deserts of Arabia.)
  • 21520-900817-1114
  • -Job30.5
  • 21521-900817-1116
  • -Job30.6
  • 21522-900817-1122
  • -Job30.7
  • (Charul probably denotes some kind of briar or bramble: so
  • Vulgate renders it by spina or sentis, (Pr. 24.31. Zep. 2.9.)
  • Celsius and Scheuchzer are inclined to think it the paliurus, a
  • shrub growing sometimes to a considerable height in desert
  • places. 'One of the inconveniences of the vegetable thickets of
  • Egypt is,' says Denon, 'that it is difficult to remain in them,
  • as nine tenths of the trees and plants are armed with inexorable
  • thorns, which suffer only an unquiet enjoyment of the shadow
  • which is so constantly desirable.')
  • 21523-900817-1125
  • -Job30.8
  • 21524-900817-1127
  • -Job30.9
  • 21525-900817-1130
  • -Job30.10
  • face
  • 21526-900817-1132
  • -Job30.11
  • 21527-900817-1134
  • -Job30.12
  • 21528-900817-1135
  • -Job30.13
  • 21529-900817-1136
  • -Job30.14
  • 21530-900817-1138
  • -Job30.15
  • 21531-900817-1139
  • -Job30.16
  • 21532-900817-1141
  • -Job30.17
  • 21533-900817-1143
  • -Job30.18
  • 21534-900817-1145
  • -Job30.19
  • 21535-900817-1146
  • -Job30.20
  • 21536-900817-1150
  • -Job30.21
  • 21537-900817-1153
  • -Job30.22
  • 21538-900817-1155
  • -Job30.23
  • 21539-900817-1157
  • -Job30.24
  • 21540-900817-1201
  • -Job30.25
  • 21541-900817-1204
  • -Job30.26
  • 21542-900817-1205
  • -Job30.27
  • 21543-900817-1206
  • -Job30.28
  • 21544-900817-1222
  • -Job30.29
  • (Benoth ynah, in Arabic, bintu nmatin, not owls, but
  • ostriches, so called from their doleful and hideous noises. 'I
  • have often,' says Dr. Shaw, 'heard them groan as if they were
  • in the greatest agonies.')
  • 21545-900817-1224
  • -Job30.30
  • 21546-900817-1225
  • -Job30.31
  • 21547-900817-1230
  • -Job31.1
  • Job makes a solemn protestation of his integrity in several
  • duties
  • 21548-900817-2026
  • -Job31.2
  • 21549-900817-2029
  • -Job31.3
  • 21550-900817-2032
  • -Job31.4
  • 21551-900817-2033
  • -Job31.5
  • 21552-900817-2037
  • -Job31.6
  • balances of justice
  • 21553-900817-2040
  • -Job31.7
  • 21554-900817-2043
  • -Job31.8
  • 21555-900817-2046
  • -Job31.9
  • 21556-900817-2048
  • -Job31.10
  • 21557-900817-2050
  • -Job31.11
  • 21558-900817-2051
  • -Job31.12
  • 21559-900817-2054
  • -Job31.13
  • (In ancient times slaves had no action at law against their
  • owners; but Job admitted them to all civil rights, and
  • permitted them to complain even against himself.)
  • 21560-900817-2057
  • -Job31.14
  • 21561-900818-1334
  • -Job31.15
  • in one womb?
  • 21562-900818-1336
  • -Job31.16
  • 21563-900818-1339
  • -Job31.17
  • 21564-900818-1340
  • -Job31.18
  • 21565-900818-1347
  • -Job31.19
  • 21566-900818-1348
  • -Job31.20
  • 21567-900818-1350
  • -Job31.21
  • 21568-900818-1352
  • -Job31.22
  • 21569-900818-1354
  • -Job31.23
  • 21570-900818-1359
  • -Job31.24
  • 21571-900818-1937
  • -Job31.25
  • 21572-900818-1951
  • -Job31.26
  • 21573-900818-1954
  • -Job31.27
  • 21574-900818-1958
  • -Job31.28
  • 21575-900818-2000
  • -Job31.29
  • 21576-900818-2003
  • -Job31.30
  • 21577-900818-2006
  • -Job31.31
  • 21578-900818-2010
  • -Job31.32
  • 21579-900818-2012
  • -Job31.33
  • 21580-900818-2016
  • -Job31.34
  • 21581-900818-2021
  • -Job31.35
  • that the Almighty will answer me
  • 21582-900818-2023
  • -Job31.36
  • 21583-900818-2024
  • -Job31.37
  • 21584-900818-2026
  • -Job31.38
  • 21585-900818-2028
  • -Job31.39
  • soul of the owners thereof to expire, or breathe out
  • 21586-900818-2031
  • -Job31.40
  • (Choach, probably the black thorn.) See on
  • 21587-900818-2035
  • -Job32.1
  • 1 Elihu is angry with Job and his three friends
  • 6 Because wisdom comes not from age, he excuses the boldness of
  • his youth
  • 11 He reproves them for not satisfying Job
  • 16 His zeal to speak
  • 21588-900819-1004
  • -Job32.2
  • 21589-900819-1006
  • -Job32.3
  • 21590-900819-1008
  • -Job32.4
  • 21591-900819-1008
  • -Job32.5
  • 21592-900819-1010
  • -Job32.6
  • 21593-900819-1012
  • -Job32.7
  • 21594-900819-1016
  • -Job32.8
  • 21595-900819-1018
  • -Job32.9
  • 21596-900819-1019
  • -Job32.10
  • 21597-900819-1025
  • -Job32.11
  • (Instead of tevoonotheychem, nine MSS. read techoonotheychem,
  • 'your arguments;' but the sense is nearly the same.)
  • (Ad tachkeroon millin, 'whilst ye were searching for words;' a
  • fine irony, which they must have felt.)
  • 21598-900819-1029
  • -Job32.12
  • (Wedeychem is rendered 'and your testimonies,' by the Syriac,
  • Arabic, and LXX., and one of De Rossi's Mss. (874) is so
  • pointed as to require this reading.)
  • 21599-900819-1033
  • -Job32.13
  • 21600-900819-1034
  • -Job32.14
  • 21601-900820-1116
  • -Job32.15
  • 21602-900820-1117
  • -Job32.16
  • 21603-900820-1118
  • -Job32.17
  • 21604-900820-1120
  • -Job32.18
  • 21605-900820-1123
  • -Job32.19
  • 21606-900820-1124
  • -Job32.20
  • 21607-900820-1126
  • -Job32.21
  • 21608-900820-1128
  • -Job32.22
  • 21609-900820-1132
  • -Job33.1
  • 1 Elihu offers himself instead of God to reason with Job
  • 8 He excuses God from giving man an account of his ways, by his
  • greatness
  • 14 God calls man to repentance by visions, by afflictions, and
  • by
  • his ministry
  • 31 He incites Job to attention
  • 21610-900820-1133
  • -Job33.2
  • 21611-900820-1135
  • -Job33.3
  • 21612-900820-1137
  • -Job33.4
  • 21613-900820-1138
  • -Job33.5
  • 21614-900820-1141
  • -Job33.6
  • 21615-900820-1143
  • -Job33.7
  • 21616-900820-1144
  • -Job33.8
  • 21617-900820-1145
  • -Job33.9
  • 21618-900820-1148
  • -Job33.10
  • 21619-900820-1150
  • -Job33.11
  • 21620-900820-1153
  • -Job33.12
  • 21621-900820-1158
  • -Job33.13
  • 21622-900820-1201
  • -Job33.14
  • 21623-900820-1203
  • -Job33.15
  • 21624-900820-1205
  • -Job33.16
  • 21625-900820-1208
  • -Job33.17
  • 21626-900820-1210
  • -Job33.18
  • 21627-900820-1335
  • -Job33.19
  • 21628-900820-1337
  • -Job33.20
  • 21629-900820-1339
  • -Job33.21
  • 21630-900820-1342
  • -Job33.22
  • 21631-900820-1556
  • -Job33.23
  • 21632-900820-1612
  • -Job33.24
  • 21633-900820-1617
  • -Job33.25
  • 21634-900820-1625
  • -Job33.26
  • 21635-900820-1917
  • -Job33.27
  • etc.
  • 21636-900820-1920
  • -Job33.28
  • 21637-900820-2006
  • -Job33.29
  • 21638-900820-2008
  • -Job33.30
  • 21639-900820-2009
  • -Job33.31
  • 21640-900820-2010
  • -Job33.32
  • 21641-900820-2012
  • -Job33.33
  • 21642-900820-2014
  • -Job34.1
  • 1 Elihu accuses Job for charging God with injustice
  • 10 God omnipotent cannot be unjust
  • 31 Man must humble himself unto God
  • 34 Elihu reproves Job
  • 21643-900820-2014
  • -Job34.2
  • 21644-900820-2016
  • -Job34.3
  • 21645-900820-2018
  • -Job34.4
  • 21646-900820-2021
  • -Job34.5
  • 21647-900820-2022
  • -Job34.6
  • 21648-900820-2023
  • -Job34.7
  • 21649-900820-2025
  • -Job34.8
  • 21650-900820-2027
  • -Job34.9
  • 21651-900820-2031
  • -Job34.10
  • 21652-900821-1006
  • -Job34.11
  • 21653-900821-1008
  • -Job34.12
  • 21654-900821-1010
  • -Job34.13
  • 21655-900821-1012
  • -Job34.14
  • 21656-900821-1013
  • -Job34.15
  • 21657-900821-1014
  • -Job34.16
  • 21658-900821-1016
  • -Job34.17
  • 21659-900821-1018
  • -Job34.18
  • 21660-900821-1023
  • -Job34.19
  • 21661-900821-1032
  • -Job34.20
  • mighty. without
  • 21662-900821-1036
  • -Job34.21
  • 21663-900821-1041
  • -Job34.22
  • 21664-900821-1956
  • -Job34.23
  • 21665-900821-2000
  • -Job34.24
  • 21666-900821-2002
  • -Job34.25
  • 21667-900821-2005
  • -Job34.26
  • 21668-900821-2009
  • -Job34.27
  • 21669-900821-2012
  • -Job34.28
  • 21670-900821-2020
  • -Job34.29
  • 21671-900821-2025
  • -Job34.30
  • 21672-900821-2027
  • -Job34.31
  • 21673-900821-2030
  • -Job34.32
  • 21674-900821-2036
  • -Job34.33
  • 21675-900821-2039
  • -Job34.34
  • 21676-900821-2040
  • -Job34.35
  • 21677-900821-2042
  • -Job34.36
  • tried
  • 21678-900821-2044
  • -Job34.37
  • 21679-900821-2047
  • -Job35.1
  • 1 Comparison is not to be made with God, because our good or
  • evil cannot extend unto him
  • 9 Many cry in their afflictions, but are not heard for want of
  • faith
  • 21680-900821-2048
  • -Job35.2
  • 21681-900821-2051
  • -Job35.3
  • 21682-900821-2052
  • -Job35.4
  • 21683-900822-1301
  • -Job35.5
  • 21684-900822-1303
  • -Job35.6
  • 21685-900822-1303
  • -Job35.7
  • 21686-900822-1306
  • -Job35.8
  • 21687-900822-1308
  • -Job35.9
  • 21688-900822-1314
  • -Job35.10
  • 21689-900822-2012
  • -Job35.11
  • 21690-900822-2014
  • -Job35.12
  • 21691-900822-2019
  • -Job35.13
  • 21692-900822-2023
  • -Job35.14
  • 21693-900822-2027
  • -Job35.15
  • 21694-900822-2028
  • -Job35.16
  • 21695-900822-2030
  • -Job36.1
  • 1 Elihu shews how God is just in his ways
  • 16 How Job's sins hinder God's blessings
  • 24 God's works are to be magnified
  • 21696-900822-2033
  • -Job36.2
  • 21697-900822-2037
  • -Job36.3
  • 21698-900822-2045
  • -Job36.4
  • 21699-900823-1017
  • -Job36.5
  • 21700-900823-1029
  • -Job36.6
  • 21701-900823-1033
  • -Job36.7
  • 21702-900823-1035
  • -Job36.8
  • 21703-900823-1039
  • -Job36.9
  • 21704-900823-1043
  • -Job36.10
  • 21705-900823-1328
  • -Job36.11
  • 21706-900823-1330
  • -Job36.12
  • 21707-900823-1332
  • -Job36.13
  • 21708-900823-1335
  • -Job36.14
  • 21709-900823-1336
  • -Job36.15
  • 21710-900823-1339
  • -Job36.16
  • table. full
  • 21711-900823-1341
  • -Job36.17
  • 21712-900823-1343
  • -Job36.18
  • 21713-900823-1346
  • -Job36.19
  • 21714-900823-1348
  • -Job36.20
  • 21715-900823-1352
  • -Job36.21
  • 21716-900823-1358
  • -Job36.22
  • 21717-900824-0949
  • -Job36.23
  • 21718-900824-0953
  • -Job36.24
  • 21720-900824-0956
  • -Job36.26
  • 21721-900824-1159
  • -Job36.27
  • 21722-900824-1207
  • -Job36.28
  • 21723-900824-1209
  • -Job36.29
  • 21724-900824-1213
  • -Job36.30
  • 21725-900824-1219
  • -Job36.31
  • 21726-900824-1223
  • -Job36.32
  • (Perhaps these difficult verses should be rendered, 'He
  • covereth the concave with lightning, and chargeth it what it
  • shall strike. Its noise declareth concerning him; a magazine of
  • wrath against iniquity.')
  • 21727-900824-1226
  • -Job36.33
  • 21728-900824-1233
  • -Job37.1
  • 1 God is to be feared because of his great works
  • 15 His wisdom is unsearchable in them
  • 21729-900824-1241
  • -Job37.2
  • 21730-900824-1244
  • -Job37.3
  • 21731-900824-1246
  • -Job37.4
  • 21732-900824-1249
  • -Job37.5
  • 21733-900824-1253
  • -Job37.6
  • to the showers of rain of his strength
  • 21734-900824-1302
  • -Job37.7
  • 21735-900824-1303
  • -Job37.8
  • 21736-900824-1309
  • -Job37.9
  • 21737-900824-1310
  • -Job37.10
  • 21738-900824-1313
  • -Job37.11
  • 21739-900824-1315
  • -Job37.12
  • 21740-900824-1318
  • -Job37.13
  • 21741-900824-1325
  • -Job37.14
  • 21742-900824-1328
  • -Job37.15
  • 21743-900824-1331
  • -Job37.16
  • 21744-900824-1332
  • -Job37.17
  • 21745-900824-1338
  • -Job37.18
  • 21746-900824-1342
  • -Job37.19
  • 21747-900824-1344
  • -Job37.20
  • 21748-900824-1346
  • -Job37.21
  • 21749-900824-1350
  • -Job37.22
  • 21750-900824-1356
  • -Job37.23
  • 21751-900824-1400
  • -Job37.24
  • 21752-900824-1403
  • -Job38.1
  • 1 God challenges Job to answer
  • 4 God, by his mighty works, convinces Job of ignorance
  • 31 and imbecility
  • 21753-900824-1541
  • -Job38.2
  • 21754-900824-1552
  • -Job38.3
  • 21755-900825-1203
  • -Job38.4
  • 21756-900825-1206
  • -Job38.5
  • 21757-900825-1211
  • -Job38.6
  • 21758-900825-1213
  • -Job38.7
  • 21759-900825-1218
  • -Job38.8
  • 21760-900825-1219
  • -Job38.9
  • 21761-900825-1221
  • -Job38.10
  • upon it
  • 21762-900825-1232
  • -Job38.11
  • (Thus far shall thy flux and reflux extend. The tides are
  • marvellously limited and regulated, not only by the lunar and
  • solar attraction, but by the quantum of time required to
  • remove any part of the earth's surface, by its rotation round
  • its axis, from under the immediate attractive influence of the
  • sun and moon. Hence the attraction of the sun and moon, and the
  • gravitation of the sea to its own centre, which prevent too
  • great a flux on the one hand, and too great reflux on the
  • other, are some of those bars and doors by which its proud
  • waves are stayed, and prevented from coming farther.)
  • 21763-900825-1234
  • -Job38.12
  • 21764-900825-1237
  • -Job38.13
  • 21765-900825-1238
  • -Job38.14
  • 21766-900825-1240
  • -Job38.15
  • 21767-900826-1848
  • -Job38.16
  • 21768-900826-1900
  • -Job38.17
  • 21769-900826-1903
  • -Job38.18
  • 21770-900826-1906
  • -Job38.19
  • 21771-900826-1907
  • -Job38.20
  • 21772-900826-1908
  • -Job38.21
  • 21773-900826-1913
  • -Job38.22
  • 21774-900826-1923
  • -Job38.23
  • 21775-900826-1924
  • -Job38.24
  • 21776-900826-1925
  • -Job38.25
  • 21777-900826-1939
  • -Job38.26
  • (It is well known that rain falls copiously in thunder storms.
  • The flash is first seen, the clap is next heard, and last the
  • rain descends; though in fact they all take place at the same
  • time. The lightning traverses all space in no perceivable
  • succession of time. Sound is propagated at the rate of 1142
  • feet in a second. Rain travels still more slowly, and will be
  • seen sooner or later according to the weight of the drops, and
  • the distance of the cloud. Now as water is composed of two
  • elastic airs or gases, called oxygen and hydrogen, in the
  • proportion of 88 1/4 of the former and 11 3/4 of the latter in
  • 100 parts, the electric spark, or matter of lightning, passing
  • through the atmosphere, ignites and decomposes those gases,
  • which explode; and the water falls down in the form of rain.
  • This explosion, as well as the rushing in of the circumambient
  • air to restore the equilibrium, will account for the clap and
  • peal; and thus by the lightning of thunder God causes it to
  • rain on the earth.)
  • 21779-900826-1944
  • -Job38.28
  • 21780-900826-1945
  • -Job38.29
  • 21781-900826-1946
  • -Job38.30
  • 21782-900826-1949
  • -Job38.31
  • 21783-900826-1951
  • -Job38.32
  • 21784-900826-1953
  • -Job38.33
  • 21785-900826-1954
  • -Job38.34
  • 21786-900826-1956
  • -Job38.35
  • 21787-900826-1959
  • -Job38.36
  • 21788-900826-2004
  • -Job38.37
  • 21789-900826-2005
  • -Job38.38
  • 21790-900826-2007
  • -Job38.39
  • 21791-900826-2007
  • -Job38.40
  • 21792-900826-2008
  • -Job38.41
  • 21793-900826-2013
  • -Job39.1
  • 1 Of the wild goats and hinds
  • 5 Of the wild ass
  • 9 The unicorn
  • 13 The peacock, stork, and ostrich
  • 19 The horse
  • 26 The hawk
  • 27 The eagle
  • 21794-900826-2015
  • -Job39.2
  • 21797-900826-2017
  • -Job39.5
  • 21798-900827-0957
  • -Job39.6
  • 21799-900827-0959
  • -Job39.7
  • 21800-900827-1001
  • -Job39.8
  • 21801-900827-1002
  • -Job39.9
  • 21802-900827-1003
  • -Job39.10
  • 21803-900827-1006
  • -Job39.11
  • 21804-900827-1008
  • -Job39.12
  • 21805-900827-1024
  • -Job39.13
  • 21808-900827-1026
  • -Job39.16
  • 21809-900827-1028
  • -Job39.17
  • 21810-900827-1029
  • -Job39.18
  • 21811-900827-1031
  • -Job39.19
  • 21812-900827-1032
  • -Job39.20
  • 21813-900827-1034
  • -Job39.21
  • 21814-900827-1035
  • -Job39.22
  • 21815-900827-1036
  • -Job39.23
  • 21816-900827-1037
  • -Job39.24
  • 21817-900827-1038
  • -Job39.25
  • 21818-900827-1556
  • -Job39.26
  • (Netz, Arabic naz, Latin nisus, the hawk, so called from
  • natzah, to shoot away, fly, because of the rapidity of its
  • flight. It probably comprehends various species of the falcon
  • family, as the ger-falcon, goshawk, and sparrowhawk.)
  • (Is it through thy teaching that the falcon, or any other bird
  • of passage, knows the precise time for taking flight, and the
  • direction in which she is to go to arrive at a warmer climate?)
  • 21819-900827-1559
  • -Job39.27
  • 21820-900827-1601
  • -Job39.28
  • 21821-900827-1602
  • -Job39.29
  • (The eagle is proverbial for her strong and clear sight.)
  • 21822-900827-1603
  • -Job39.30
  • 21823-900827-1605
  • -Job40.1
  • 1 Job humbles himself to God
  • 6 God stirs him up to shew his righteousness, power, and wisdom
  • 16 Of the behemoth
  • 21824-900827-1610
  • -Job40.2
  • 21826-900827-1617
  • -Job40.4
  • 21827-900827-2005
  • -Job40.5
  • 21828-900827-2006
  • -Job40.6
  • 21829-900827-2008
  • -Job40.7
  • 21830-900827-2010
  • -Job40.8
  • 21831-900827-2013
  • -Job40.9
  • 21832-900827-2016
  • -Job40.10
  • 21833-900827-2021
  • -Job40.11
  • 21834-900827-2024
  • -Job40.12
  • 21835-900827-2025
  • -Job40.13
  • 21836-900827-2026
  • -Job40.14
  • 21837-900827-2040
  • -Job40.15
  • (The Hebrew word is probably the same as the Egyptian Pehemou,
  • Pehemout, (from P, the article, ehe, a bull and mout, water:)
  • the hippopotamus, or river horse. It is nearly as large as the
  • elephant; its head is enormously large, its mouth very wide,
  • the jaws extending upwards of two feet, armed with four cutting
  • teeth, each twelve inches long; its hide is so tough and so
  • thick as to resist the strokes of a sabre, and it thinly
  • covered with hair of lightish colour; its legs are three feet
  • long; though amphibious, its hoofs, which are quadrified, are
  • unconnected; and its tail is naked, about a foot in length, but
  • exceedingly thick and strong. It inhabits the rivers of Africa;
  • feeds on grass and other vegetables; moves slowly and heavily;
  • swims dexterously; sleeps in reedy places; has a tremendous
  • voice between the lowing of the ox and the roar of the
  • elephant; and when irritated, will attack boats and men with
  • fury.)
  • 21839-900827-2042
  • -Job40.17
  • 21840-900827-2042
  • -Job40.18
  • 21841-900827-2043
  • -Job40.19
  • 21842-900827-2044
  • -Job40.20
  • 21843-900827-2045
  • -Job40.21
  • 21844-900827-2046
  • -Job40.22
  • 21845-900827-2048
  • -Job40.23
  • 21846-900827-2049
  • -Job40.24
  • gin?
  • 21847-900827-2053
  • -Job41.1
  • Of God's great power in the leviathan
  • 21848-900828-0925
  • -Job41.2
  • 21849-900828-0926
  • -Job41.3
  • 21850-900828-0927
  • -Job41.4
  • 21851-900828-0928
  • -Job41.5
  • 21852-900828-0929
  • -Job41.6
  • 21853-900828-1639
  • -Job41.7
  • (The Leviathan, described here, has been solidly proved by
  • Bochart to denote the crocodile; and the description suits no
  • other species of amphibious animals. It is a species of lizard,
  • with a two-edged tail, large oblong head, small but vivacious
  • eyes, short legs, and triangular feet, the fore ones having
  • four, and the hinder ones five toes, armed with strong, sharp
  • claws. Its length is usually about twenty feet, and its
  • circumference about five feet; it has, in proportion to its
  • size, the largest mouth of all monsters; moves both its jaws
  • equally, the upper of which is armed with not less than forty,
  • and the under with thirty-eight sharp, strong, and massy teeth;
  • its voice is a loud, hollow growling, of the most terrific
  • description; and is furnished with a coat of mail, so scaly and
  • callous as to resist the force of a musket-ball in every part,
  • except under the belly. It is a natural inhabitant of the Nile,
  • and other African and Asiatic rivers; is of enormous voracity
  • and strength, as well as fleetness in swimming; attacks mankind
  • and the largest animals with the most daring impetuosity; and
  • when taken by means of a powerful net, will often overturn the
  • boats that surround it. Nothing that it once seizes can escape;
  • and, shaking its prey to pieces, it is swallowed without
  • mastication.)
  • 21854-900828-1641
  • -Job41.8
  • 21855-900828-1642
  • -Job41.9
  • 21856-900828-1645
  • -Job41.10
  • 21857-900828-1647
  • -Job41.11
  • 21858-900828-1648
  • -Job41.12
  • 21859-900828-1649
  • -Job41.13
  • 21860-900828-1650
  • -Job41.14
  • 21861-900828-1651
  • -Job41.15
  • 21864-900828-1652
  • -Job41.18
  • 21865-900828-1653
  • -Job41.19
  • 21866-900828-1654
  • -Job41.20
  • 21867-900828-1654
  • -Job41.21
  • 21868-900828-2036
  • -Job41.22
  • 21869-900828-2037
  • -Job41.23
  • 21870-900828-2038
  • -Job41.24
  • 21871-900828-2039
  • -Job41.25
  • 21872-900828-2040
  • -Job41.26
  • 21874-900828-2041
  • -Job41.28
  • 21875-900828-2041
  • -Job41.29
  • 21876-900828-2043
  • -Job41.30
  • (So hard and impenetrable are his scales, that splinters of
  • flint are the same to him as the softest reeds.)
  • 21877-900828-2046
  • -Job41.31
  • (When a large crocodile dives to the bottom, the violent
  • agitation of the water may justly be compared to liquor boiling
  • in a caldron; and his body being strongly impregnated with the
  • scent of musk, the water is affected by it to a considerable
  • distance. In the oriental style, great rivers and lakes are
  • called seas.)
  • 21878-900828-2048
  • -Job41.32
  • (By his rapid passage through the water he makes it white with
  • foam; and by his tail he causes the waves behind him to sparkle
  • like a trail of light.)
  • 21879-900828-2050
  • -Job41.33
  • (There is no creature among terrestrial animals so thoroughly
  • dangerous, so exceedingly strong, and so difficult to be
  • wounded or slain; and perhaps there is no creature so totally
  • destitute of fear as the crocodile.)
  • 21880-900828-2051
  • -Job41.34
  • 21881-900828-2054
  • -Job42.1
  • 1 Job submits himself unto God
  • 7 God, preferring Job's cause, makes his friends submit
  • themselves, and accepts him
  • 10 He magnifies and blesses Job
  • 16 Job's age and death
  • 21882-900829-1002
  • -Job42.2
  • 21883-900829-1004
  • -Job42.3
  • 21884-900829-1005
  • -Job42.4
  • 21885-900829-1007
  • -Job42.5
  • 21886-900829-1015
  • -Job42.6
  • 21887-900829-1018
  • -Job42.7
  • 21888-900829-1026
  • -Job42.8
  • (From this it appears that Job was considered as a priest, not
  • only to his own family, but also to others. For his children he
  • offered burnt offerings, (ch. 1.5,) and now he is to make the
  • same kind of offerings, accompanied with intercession, in
  • behalf of his three friends. This is a full proof of the
  • innocence and integrity of Job.)
  • 21889-900829-1145
  • -Job42.9
  • 21890-900829-1152
  • -Job42.10
  • had been to Job unto the double
  • 21891-900829-1156
  • -Job42.11
  • 21892-900829-1200
  • -Job42.12
  • 21893-900829-1202
  • -Job42.13
  • 21895-900829-1248
  • -Job42.15
  • 21896-900829-1252
  • -Job42.16
  • (How long he had lived before his afflictions we cannot tell:
  • if we could rely upon the LXX. all would be plain, which adds
  • here, 'And all the years he lived were two hundred and forty.')
  • 21897-900829-1257
  • -Job42.17
  • 21898-900114-1626
  • -Ps1.1
  • Psalms 1:1
  • CONCLUDING REMARKS ON THE BOOK OF PSALMS
  • The Psalms have been the general song of the universal Church;
  • and
  • in their praise, all the Fathers have been unanimously eloquent.
  • Men of all nations find in these compositions a language at once
  • suitable to their feelings, and expressive of their highest
  • joys and
  • deepest sorrows, as well as of all the endlessly varied wishes
  • and
  • desires of their hearts. Whether the pious believer is disposed
  • to
  • indulge the exalted sentiments of praise and thanksgiving
  • towards
  • the ALMIGHTY FATHER of his being; to pour out his soul in
  • penitence
  • or prayer; to bewail, with tears of contrition, past offences;
  • to
  • magnify the goodness and mercy of GOD; to dwell with ecstacy on
  • the
  • divine attributes of wisdom and omnipotence; or to rejoice in
  • the
  • coming of the MESSIAH, the Psalms afford him the most perfect
  • models
  • for expressing all his feelings.
  • 4-6 The unhappiness of the ungodly
  • 21899-900114-1657
  • -Ps1.2
  • Psalm 1:2
  • 21900-900114-1700
  • -Ps1.3
  • 21901-900114-1701
  • -Ps1.4
  • 21902-900114-1702
  • -Ps1.5
  • 21903-900114-1703
  • -Ps1.6
  • 21904-900114-1708
  • -Ps2.1
  • 10-12 Kings are exhorted to accept it
  • 21905-900114-1711
  • -Ps2.2
  • 21906-900114-1712
  • -Ps2.3
  • 21907-900114-1713
  • -Ps2.4
  • 21908-900114-1715
  • -Ps2.5
  • 21909-900114-1718
  • -Ps2.6
  • 21910-900114-1720
  • -Ps2.7
  • 21911-900114-1721
  • -Ps2.8
  • Psalms 2:8
  • 21912-900114-1722
  • -Ps2.9
  • 21913-900114-1724
  • -Ps2.10
  • 21914-900114-1725
  • -Ps2.11
  • 21915-900114-1732
  • -Ps2.12
  • The LXX and Vulgate have, and ye perish from the righteous way:
  • and
  • the Syriac `and ye perish from his way.'
  • 21916-900114-1737
  • -Ps3.1
  • A.M. 2083 B.C. 1021 (Title) Psalm Mizmor, for the verb to [cut,
  • prune, sing], a poem [cut] into short sentences, divided into
  • syllables, [pruned] from every redundancy, and thus adapted for
  • [singing]
  • 21917-900114-1738
  • -Ps3.2
  • 21918-900114-1740
  • -Ps3.3
  • 21919-900114-1742
  • -Ps3.4
  • 21920-900114-1744
  • -Ps3.5
  • 21921-900114-1745
  • -Ps3.6
  • 21922-900114-1747
  • -Ps3.7
  • 21923-900114-1749
  • -Ps3.8
  • 21924-900114-1758
  • -Ps4.1
  • 2-5 He reproves and exhorts his enemies
  • 6-8 Man's happiness is in God's favour
  • 21925-900114-1800
  • -Ps4.2
  • 21926-900114-1802
  • -Ps4.3
  • 21927-900114-1804
  • -Ps4.4
  • 21928-900114-1807
  • -Ps4.5
  • 21929-900114-1809
  • -Ps4.6
  • 21930-900114-1810
  • -Ps4.7
  • 21931-900114-1812
  • -Ps4.8
  • 21932-900114-2205
  • -Ps5.1
  • Psalms 5:1
  • 4-6 God favours not the wicked
  • 7-9 David, professing his faith, prays to God to guide him
  • 10 to destroy his enemies
  • 11,12 and to preserve the godly
  • 21933-900114-1818
  • -Ps5.2
  • 21934-900114-1819
  • -Ps5.3
  • 21935-900114-1820
  • -Ps5.4
  • 21936-900114-1822
  • -Ps5.5
  • 21937-900114-1824
  • -Ps5.6
  • 21938-900114-1828
  • -Ps5.7
  • 21939-900114-1830
  • -Ps5.8
  • 21940-900114-1834
  • -Ps5.9
  • 21941-900114-1840
  • -Ps5.10
  • 21942-900114-1843
  • -Ps5.11
  • 21943-900114-1845
  • -Ps5.12
  • 21944-900114-2208
  • -Ps6.1
  • 8-10 He triumphs over his enemies
  • 21945-900114-2210
  • -Ps6.2
  • 21946-900114-2212
  • -Ps6.3
  • 21947-900114-2215
  • -Ps6.4
  • 21948-900114-2216
  • -Ps6.5
  • 21949-900114-2219
  • -Ps6.6
  • 21950-900114-2220
  • -Ps6.7
  • 21951-900114-2222
  • -Ps6.8
  • 21952-900114-2224
  • -Ps6.9
  • 21953-900114-2229
  • -Ps6.10
  • 21954-900114-2240
  • -Ps7.1
  • innocency
  • 1-17 By faith he sees his defence, and the destruction of his
  • enemies
  • a [mournful song] or [elegy] from the Arabic [shaga] to be
  • [anxious, sorrowful]
  • Cush signifies [black], an epithet, in all languages, when
  • applied
  • to he mind, expressive of moral turpitude; and therefore
  • probably
  • here applied to [Shimei], denoting that he was a calumniator and
  • villain
  • 21955-900114-2242
  • -Ps7.2
  • 21956-900114-2244
  • -Ps7.3
  • 21957-900114-2245
  • -Ps7.4
  • 21958-900114-2247
  • -Ps7.5
  • 21959-900114-2249
  • -Ps7.6
  • 21960-900114-2251
  • -Ps7.7
  • 21961-900114-2253
  • -Ps7.8
  • 21962-900114-2256
  • -Ps7.9
  • 21963-900114-2257
  • -Ps7.10
  • 21964-900114-2258
  • -Ps7.11
  • 21965-900114-2259
  • -Ps7.12
  • 21966-900114-2301
  • -Ps7.13
  • 21967-900114-2302
  • -Ps7.14
  • 21968-900114-2304
  • -Ps7.15
  • 21969-900114-2306
  • -Ps7.16
  • 21970-900114-2307
  • -Ps7.17
  • 21971-900115-1932
  • -Ps8.1
  • 21972-900115-1935
  • -Ps8.2
  • 21973-900115-1937
  • -Ps8.3
  • 21974-900115-1939
  • -Ps8.4
  • 21975-900115-1941
  • -Ps8.5
  • 21976-900115-1943
  • -Ps8.6
  • 21977-900115-1943
  • -Ps8.7
  • 21978-900115-1945
  • -Ps8.8
  • 21979-900115-1945
  • -Ps8.9
  • 21980-900115-1953
  • -Ps9.1
  • 11,12 He incites others to praise him
  • 13-20 He prays that he may have cause to praise him
  • of the champion:' so the Chaldee has, `A Psalm of David, to be
  • sung
  • concerning the death of the man who went out between
  • ([mibbeyney])
  • the camps;' evidently considering [labben], of the same import
  • as
  • [bainayim], a middle-man or champion,' as Goliath is termed
  • 1sa 17.4, concerning whose defeat this psalm is generally
  • supposed
  • to have been composed.
  • 21981-900115-1955
  • -Ps9.2
  • 21982-900115-1956
  • -Ps9.3
  • 21983-900115-1958
  • -Ps9.4
  • 21984-900115-2000
  • -Ps9.5
  • 21985-900115-2004
  • -Ps9.6
  • end, and [their] critics hast thou destroyed
  • 21986-900115-2005
  • -Ps9.7
  • 21987-900115-2006
  • -Ps9.8
  • 21988-900115-2008
  • -Ps9.9
  • 21989-900115-2011
  • -Ps9.10
  • 21990-900115-2013
  • -Ps9.11
  • 21991-900115-2021
  • -Ps9.12
  • 21992-900115-2023
  • -Ps9.13
  • 21993-900115-2026
  • -Ps9.14
  • 21994-900115-2027
  • -Ps9.15
  • 21995-900115-2030
  • -Ps9.16
  • 21996-900115-2033
  • -Ps9.17
  • 21997-900115-2036
  • -Ps9.18
  • 21998-900115-2041
  • -Ps9.19
  • 21999-900115-2043
  • -Ps9.20
  • 22000-900115-2045
  • -Ps10.1
  • 12-15 He prays for remedy
  • 16-18 He professes his confidence
  • 22001-900115-2048
  • -Ps10.2
  • 22002-900115-2053
  • -Ps10.3
  • Lord
  • 22003-900115-2056
  • -Ps10.4
  • 22004-900115-2058
  • -Ps10.5
  • 22005-900115-2100
  • -Ps10.6
  • 22006-900115-2103
  • -Ps10.7
  • 22007-900115-2104
  • -Ps10.8
  • 22008-900115-2107
  • -Ps10.9
  • 22009-900115-2109
  • -Ps10.10
  • 22010-900115-2110
  • -Ps10.11
  • 22011-900115-2112
  • -Ps10.12
  • 22012-900115-2113
  • -Ps10.13
  • 22013-900115-2117
  • -Ps10.14
  • 22014-900115-2118
  • -Ps10.15
  • 22015-900115-2120
  • -Ps10.16
  • 22016-900115-2124
  • -Ps10.17
  • 22017-900115-2125
  • -Ps10.18
  • 22018-900115-2128
  • -Ps11.1
  • 4-7 The providence and justice of God
  • 22019-900115-2130
  • -Ps11.2
  • 22020-900115-2132
  • -Ps11.3
  • 22021-900115-2135
  • -Ps11.4
  • 22022-900115-2137
  • -Ps11.5
  • 22023-900115-2139
  • -Ps11.6
  • 22024-900115-2141
  • -Ps11.7
  • 22025-900115-2144
  • -Ps12.1
  • 3-8 He comforts himself with God's promises, and his judgments
  • on the wicked

  • 22026-900115-2147
  • -Ps12.2
  • 22027-900115-2149
  • -Ps12.3
  • 22028-900115-2150
  • -Ps12.4
  • 22029-900115-2153
  • -Ps12.5
  • 22030-900115-2154
  • -Ps12.6
  • 22031-900115-2156
  • -Ps12.7
  • 22032-900115-2158
  • -Ps12.8
  • 22033-900115-2201
  • -Ps13.1
  • 3,4 He prays for preventing grace
  • 5,6 He boasts of divine mercy
  • 22034-900116-1749
  • -Ps13.2
  • 22035-900116-1752
  • -Ps13.3
  • 22036-900116-1753
  • -Ps13.4
  • 22037-900116-1755
  • -Ps13.5
  • 22038-900116-1756
  • -Ps13.6
  • 22039-900116-1800
  • -Ps14.1
  • 4-6 He convinces the wicked by the light of their conscience
  • 7 He glories in the salvation of God
  • 22040-900116-1802
  • -Ps14.2
  • 22041-900116-1805
  • -Ps14.3
  • 22042-900116-1807
  • -Ps14.4
  • 22043-900116-1809
  • -Ps14.5
  • 22044-900116-1811
  • -Ps14.6
  • 22045-900116-1812
  • -Ps14.7
  • 22046-900116-1815
  • -Ps15.1
  • 22047-900212-2223
  • -Ps15.2
  • 22048-900116-1820
  • -Ps15.3
  • 22049-900116-1822
  • -Ps15.4
  • 22050-900116-1825
  • -Ps15.5
  • 22051-900116-1829
  • -Ps16.1
  • 5-11 He shews the hope of his calling, of the resurrection, and
  • life everlasting
  • David
  • 22052-900211-1617
  • -Ps16.2
  • 22053-900211-1621
  • -Ps16.3
  • 22054-900211-1624
  • -Ps16.4
  • 22055-900211-1627
  • -Ps16.5
  • 22056-900211-1629
  • -Ps16.6
  • 22057-900211-1631
  • -Ps16.7
  • 22058-900211-1633
  • -Ps16.8
  • 22059-900211-1635
  • -Ps16.9
  • 22060-900211-1640
  • -Ps16.10
  • or from [holl], a cavern, though now used only for the place of
  • torment, anciently denoted the [concealed] or [unseen place] of
  • the
  • dead in general; corresponding to the Greek [] the [invisible
  • place]
  • and the Hebrew [sheol], to ask, seek, the place and state of
  • those
  • who are out of the way, and to be sought for.
  • 22061-900211-1643
  • -Ps16.11
  • 22062-900211-1649
  • -Ps17.1
  • against his enemies
  • 10-12 He shews their pride, craft, and eagerness
  • 13-15 He prays against them in confidence of his hope
  • 22063-900211-1725
  • -Ps17.2
  • 22064-900211-1728
  • -Ps17.3
  • 22065-900211-1730
  • -Ps17.4
  • 22066-900211-1731
  • -Ps17.5
  • 22067-900211-1733
  • -Ps17.6
  • 22068-900211-1735
  • -Ps17.7
  • up against thy right hand.
  • 22069-900211-1737
  • -Ps17.8
  • 22070-900211-1738
  • -Ps17.9
  • 22071-900211-1740
  • -Ps17.10
  • 22072-900211-1740
  • -Ps17.11
  • 22073-900211-1743
  • -Ps17.12
  • them) is as a lion that desireth to ravin.
  • 22074-900211-1745
  • -Ps17.13
  • 22075-900211-1748
  • -Ps17.14
  • 22076-900211-1751
  • -Ps17.15
  • 22077-900211-1757
  • -Ps18.1
  • 22078-900211-1800
  • -Ps18.2
  • 22079-900211-1802
  • -Ps18.3
  • 22080-900211-1804
  • -Ps18.4
  • 22081-900211-1805
  • -Ps18.5
  • 22082-900211-1806
  • -Ps18.6
  • 22083-900211-1808
  • -Ps18.7
  • 22084-900211-1810
  • -Ps18.8
  • 22085-900221-1537
  • -Ps18.9
  • forth to fight the battles of David, When He descended to the
  • engagement, the very heavens bowed to render his descent more
  • awful:
  • His military tent was substantial darkness; the voice of His
  • thunder was the warlike alarm which sounded to battle; the
  • chariot
  • in which He rode was the thick clouds of heaven, conducted by
  • cherubs, and carried on by the irresistable force and rapid
  • wings of
  • an impetuous tempest; and the darts and weapons He employed
  • were
  • thunder-bolts, lightnings, fiery hail, deluging rains, and
  • stormy
  • winds! No wonder that when God arose all His enemies were
  • scattered, and those that hated Him fled before Him.
  • 22086-900221-1539
  • -Ps18.10
  • 22087-900221-1540
  • -Ps18.11
  • 22088-900221-1541
  • -Ps18.12
  • 22089-900221-1543
  • -Ps18.13
  • 22090-900221-1544
  • -Ps18.14
  • 22091-900221-1546
  • -Ps18.15
  • 22092-900221-1547
  • -Ps18.16
  • 22093-900221-1550
  • -Ps18.17
  • 22094-900221-1551
  • -Ps18.18
  • 22095-900221-1552
  • -Ps18.19
  • 22096-900221-1554
  • -Ps18.20
  • 22097-900221-1555
  • -Ps18.21
  • 22098-900221-1555
  • -Ps18.22
  • 22099-900221-1558
  • -Ps18.23
  • 22100-900221-1600
  • -Ps18.24
  • 22101-900221-1601
  • -Ps18.25
  • 22102-900221-1603
  • -Ps18.26
  • 22103-900221-1605
  • -Ps18.27
  • 22104-900221-1607
  • -Ps18.28
  • 22105-900221-1609
  • -Ps18.29
  • 22106-900221-1610
  • -Ps18.30
  • 22107-900221-1611
  • -Ps18.31
  • 22108-900221-1614
  • -Ps18.32
  • The girdle was a necessary part of the eastern dress: It
  • strengthened and supported the the loins; served to confine the
  • garments close to the body; and to tuck them in when journeying.
  • The strength of God was to his soul what the girdle was to his
  • body.
  • 22109-900221-1615
  • -Ps18.33
  • 22110-900221-1616
  • -Ps18.34
  • 22111-900221-1631
  • -Ps18.35
  • 22112-900221-1632
  • -Ps18.36
  • 22113-900221-1633
  • -Ps18.37
  • 22114-900221-1636
  • -Ps18.38
  • 22115-900221-1639
  • -Ps18.39
  • 22116-900221-1639
  • -Ps18.40
  • 22117-900221-1640
  • -Ps18.41
  • 22118-900221-1641
  • -Ps18.42
  • 22119-900221-1644
  • -Ps18.43
  • 22120-900221-1647
  • -Ps18.44
  • 22121-900221-1648
  • -Ps18.45
  • 22122-900221-1650
  • -Ps18.46
  • 22123-900221-1651
  • -Ps18.47
  • 22124-900221-1652
  • -Ps18.48
  • 22125-900221-1653
  • -Ps18.49
  • 22126-900221-1656
  • -Ps18.50
  • 22127-900221-1907
  • -Ps19.1
  • 7-12 The excellency of the divine law
  • 12-14 David prays for grace
  • (Title.) A pslam. It is uncertain when this highly finished and
  • beautiful ode was composed; though some think it was written by
  • David in the wilderness when persecuted by Saul.
  • only containing the celestial bodies, but also the the air,
  • light,
  • rain, dews, etc. all of which display the infinite power and
  • wisdom of their Almighty Creator
  • 22128-900221-1909
  • -Ps19.2
  • 22129-900221-1913
  • -Ps19.3
  • heard; yet into all the earth hath gone out their sound, and to
  • the extremity of the world their words.' The Hebrew, kav,
  • rendered, line, like the Greek [ ] by which the LXX (who are
  • followed by St. Paul), render it, no doubt signifies the sound
  • as
  • well as the cord which emits it. The Vulgate, Jerome, and
  • Symmachus, render it to the same purpose.
  • their voice heard.
  • 22130-900221-1917
  • -Ps19.4
  • 22131-900221-1919
  • -Ps19.5
  • 22132-900221-1921
  • -Ps19.6
  • 22133-900221-1927
  • -Ps19.7
  • 22134-900221-1930
  • -Ps19.8
  • 22135-900221-1934
  • -Ps19.9
  • 22136-900221-1936
  • -Ps19.10
  • 22137-900221-2001
  • -Ps19.11
  • 22138-900221-2002
  • -Ps19.12
  • 22139-900221-2005
  • -Ps19.13
  • 22140-900221-2008
  • -Ps19.14
  • 22141-900221-2012
  • -Ps20.1
  • 7-9 and expresses her confidence in God's succour
  • 22142-900221-2014
  • -Ps20.2
  • 22143-900221-2017
  • -Ps20.3
  • 22144-900221-2018
  • -Ps20.4
  • 22145-900221-2020
  • -Ps20.5
  • 22146-900221-2023
  • -Ps20.6
  • 22147-900221-2025
  • -Ps20.7
  • 22148-900221-2026
  • -Ps20.8
  • 22149-900221-2027
  • -Ps20.9
  • 22150-900221-2031
  • -Ps21.1
  • 7-13 with confidence of further success
  • (Title.) A psalm. This is the people's [ ] or song of
  • triumph, aftehr the victory for which they prayed in the former
  • psalm.
  • 22151-900221-2031
  • -Ps21.2
  • 22152-900221-2033
  • -Ps21.3
  • 22153-900221-2034
  • -Ps21.4
  • 22154-900221-2036
  • -Ps21.5
  • 22155-900221-2039
  • -Ps21.6
  • 22156-900221-2041
  • -Ps21.7
  • 22157-900221-2045
  • -Ps21.8
  • 22158-900221-2047
  • -Ps21.9
  • 22159-900221-2048
  • -Ps21.10
  • 22160-900221-2051
  • -Ps21.11
  • 22161-900221-2053
  • -Ps21.12
  • 22162-900221-2055
  • -Ps21.13
  • 22163-900221-2104
  • -Ps22.1
  • 9-22 He prays in great distress
  • 23-31 He praises God
  • 22164-900221-2107
  • -Ps22.2
  • 22165-900221-2109
  • -Ps22.3
  • 22166-900221-2110
  • -Ps22.4
  • 22167-900221-2111
  • -Ps22.5
  • 22168-900221-2113
  • -Ps22.6
  • 22169-900221-2117
  • -Ps22.7
  • 22170-900221-2119
  • -Ps22.8
  • 22171-900221-2121
  • -Ps22.9
  • 22172-900221-2122
  • -Ps22.10
  • 22173-900221-2124
  • -Ps22.11
  • 22174-900221-2125
  • -Ps22.12
  • 22175-900221-2128
  • -Ps22.13
  • 22176-900221-2129
  • -Ps22.14
  • 22177-900221-2131
  • -Ps22.15
  • 22178-900221-2141
  • -Ps22.16
  • The textual reading is kaari, `as a lion my hands and feet;' but
  • several MSS read karoo, and others karoo in the margin, which
  • affords the reading adopted by our translators. So the LXX [],
  • so
  • also the Vulgate, Syriac, Arabic, and Ethiopic; and as all the
  • Evangelists so quote the passage, and apply it to the cucifixion
  • of Christ, there seems little doubt that this is the genuine
  • reading; especially when it is considered that the other
  • contains
  • no sense at all. The whole difference lies between wav and yood,
  • which might be easily taken for one another.
  • 22179-900221-2142
  • -Ps22.17
  • 22180-900221-2142
  • -Ps22.18
  • 22181-900221-2145
  • -Ps22.19
  • 22182-900221-2146
  • -Ps22.20
  • 22183-900221-2148
  • -Ps22.21
  • 22184-900221-2149
  • -Ps22.22
  • 22185-900221-2152
  • -Ps22.23
  • 22186-900221-2153
  • -Ps22.24
  • 22187-900221-2154
  • -Ps22.25
  • 22188-900221-2155
  • -Ps22.26
  • 22189-900221-2157
  • -Ps22.27
  • 22190-900221-2158
  • -Ps22.28
  • 22191-900221-2200
  • -Ps22.29
  • 22192-900221-2201
  • -Ps22.30
  • 22193-900221-2203
  • -Ps22.31
  • 22194-900221-2205
  • -Ps23.1
  • 22195-900221-2208
  • -Ps23.2
  • 22196-900221-2210
  • -Ps23.3
  • 22197-900221-2213
  • -Ps23.4
  • 22198-900221-2216
  • -Ps23.5
  • 22199-900221-2218
  • -Ps23.6
  • 22200-900221-2221
  • -Ps24.1
  • 3-6 The citizens of his spiritual kingdom
  • 7-10 An exhortation to receive him
  • 22201-900221-2223
  • -Ps24.2
  • 22202-900225-1845
  • -Ps24.3
  • 22203-900221-2228
  • -Ps24.4
  • 22204-900221-2231
  • -Ps24.5
  • 22205-900221-2232
  • -Ps24.6
  • 22206-900221-2234
  • -Ps24.7
  • 22207-900221-2237
  • -Ps24.8
  • 22208-900221-2237
  • -Ps24.9
  • 22209-900221-2238
  • -Ps24.10
  • 22210-900221-2241
  • -Ps25.1
  • 7-15 He prays for remission of sins
  • 16-22 and for help in affliction
  • 22211-900221-2244
  • -Ps25.2
  • 22212-900221-2247
  • -Ps25.3
  • 22213-900221-2248
  • -Ps25.4
  • 22214-900221-2252
  • -Ps25.5
  • 22215-900221-2255
  • -Ps25.6
  • 22216-900221-2257
  • -Ps25.7
  • 22217-900221-2259
  • -Ps25.8
  • 22218-900221-2301
  • -Ps25.9
  • 22219-900221-2305
  • -Ps25.10
  • 22220-900222-1038
  • -Ps25.11
  • 22221-900222-1039
  • -Ps25.12
  • 22222-900222-1043
  • -Ps25.13
  • 22223-900222-1047
  • -Ps25.14
  • 22224-900222-1048
  • -Ps25.15
  • 22225-900222-1049
  • -Ps25.16
  • 22226-900222-1050
  • -Ps25.17
  • 22227-900222-1051
  • -Ps25.18
  • 22228-900222-1054
  • -Ps25.19
  • 22229-900222-1056
  • -Ps25.20
  • 22230-900222-1057
  • -Ps25.21
  • 22231-900222-1057
  • -Ps25.22
  • 22232-900222-1100
  • -Ps26.1
  • 22233-900222-1101
  • -Ps26.2
  • 22234-900222-1104
  • -Ps26.3
  • 22235-900222-1105
  • -Ps26.4
  • 22236-900222-1107
  • -Ps26.5
  • 22237-900222-1108
  • -Ps26.6
  • 22238-900222-1110
  • -Ps26.7
  • 22239-900222-1113
  • -Ps26.8
  • 22240-900222-1116
  • -Ps26.9
  • 22241-900222-1118
  • -Ps26.10
  • 22242-900222-1121
  • -Ps26.11
  • 22243-900222-1122
  • -Ps26.12
  • 22244-900222-1132
  • -Ps27.1
  • 22245-900222-1133
  • -Ps27.2
  • 22246-900222-1135
  • -Ps27.3
  • 22247-900222-1138
  • -Ps27.4
  • 22248-900222-1142
  • -Ps27.5
  • 22249-900222-1148
  • -Ps27.6
  • 22250-900222-1149
  • -Ps27.7
  • 22251-900222-1150
  • -Ps27.8
  • 22252-900222-1153
  • -Ps27.9
  • 22253-900222-1154
  • -Ps27.10
  • 22254-900222-1157
  • -Ps27.11
  • 22255-900222-1158
  • -Ps27.12
  • 22256-900222-1200
  • -Ps27.13
  • 22257-900222-1203
  • -Ps27.14
  • 22258-900222-1206
  • -Ps28.1
  • 6-9 and for the people
  • 22259-900222-1207
  • -Ps28.2
  • 22260-900222-1209
  • -Ps28.3
  • 22261-900222-1211
  • -Ps28.4
  • 22262-900222-1214
  • -Ps28.5
  • 22263-900222-1214
  • -Ps28.6
  • 22264-900222-1218
  • -Ps28.7
  • 22265-900222-1220
  • -Ps28.8
  • 22266-900222-1222
  • -Ps28.9
  • 22267-900222-1440
  • -Ps29.1
  • 3-10 by reason of is power
  • 11 and protection of his people
  • 22268-900222-1443
  • -Ps29.2
  • 22269-900222-1446
  • -Ps29.3
  • 22270-900222-1448
  • -Ps29.4
  • 22271-900222-1448
  • -Ps29.5
  • 22272-900222-1449
  • -Ps29.6
  • 22273-900222-1451
  • -Ps29.7
  • 22274-900222-1452
  • -Ps29.8
  • 22275-900222-1456
  • -Ps29.9
  • and maketh bare the forrests;' understanding ayyaloth, as
  • denoting here, not hinds, but oaks, as it signifies in Syriac
  • 22276-900222-1457
  • -Ps29.10
  • 22277-900222-1459
  • -Ps29.11
  • 22278-900222-1505
  • -Ps30.1
  • 4-12 He exhorts others to praise him by example of God's
  • dealings
  • with him
  • at the dedication of the house;' by which is supposed to be
  • meant
  • the place he built on the threshing floor of Araunab, after the
  • grievous plague which had nearly desolated the kingdom
  • 22279-900222-1507
  • -Ps30.2
  • 22280-900222-1509
  • -Ps30.3
  • 22281-900222-1511
  • -Ps30.4
  • 22282-900222-1515
  • -Ps30.5
  • 22283-900222-1516
  • -Ps30.6
  • 22284-900222-1518
  • -Ps30.7
  • 22285-900222-1519
  • -Ps30.8
  • 22286-900222-1519
  • -Ps30.9
  • 22287-900222-1520
  • -Ps30.10
  • 22288-900222-1523
  • -Ps30.11
  • 22289-900222-1524
  • -Ps30.12
  • 22290-900222-1527
  • -Ps31.1
  • 7,8 He rejoices in his mercy
  • 9-18 He prays in his calamity
  • 19-24 He praises God for his goodness
  • 22291-900222-1529
  • -Ps31.2
  • 22292-900222-1534
  • -Ps31.3
  • 22293-900222-1542
  • -Ps31.4
  • 22294-900222-1544
  • -Ps31.5
  • 22295-900222-1546
  • -Ps31.6
  • 22296-900222-1548
  • -Ps31.7
  • 22297-900222-1549
  • -Ps31.8
  • 22298-900222-1550
  • -Ps31.9
  • 22299-900222-1551
  • -Ps31.10
  • 22300-900222-1554
  • -Ps31.11
  • 22301-900222-1555
  • -Ps31.12
  • 22302-900222-1557
  • -Ps31.13
  • 22303-900222-1558
  • -Ps31.14
  • 22304-900222-1600
  • -Ps31.15
  • 22305-900222-1603
  • -Ps31.16
  • 22306-900222-1610
  • -Ps31.17
  • 22307-900222-1610
  • -Ps31.18
  • 22308-900222-1612
  • -Ps31.19
  • 22309-900222-1614
  • -Ps31.20
  • 22310-900222-1615
  • -Ps31.21
  • 22311-900222-1617
  • -Ps31.22
  • 22312-900222-1619
  • -Ps31.23
  • 22313-900222-1620
  • -Ps31.24
  • 22314-900222-1646
  • -Ps32.1
  • 3-7 Confession of sins gives ease to the conscience
  • 8-11 God's promises bring joy
  • instruction
  • 22315-900222-1647
  • -Ps32.2
  • 22316-900222-1650
  • -Ps32.3
  • 22317-900222-1651
  • -Ps32.4
  • 22318-900222-1654
  • -Ps32.5
  • 22319-900222-1658
  • -Ps32.6
  • 22320-900222-1700
  • -Ps32.7
  • 22321-900222-1702
  • -Ps32.8
  • thee
  • 22322-900222-1703
  • -Ps32.9
  • 22323-900222-1704
  • -Ps32.10
  • 22324-900222-1708
  • -Ps32.11
  • 22325-900222-1711
  • -Ps33.1
  • 6-11 for his power
  • 12-19 and for his providence
  • 20-22 Confidence is to be placed in God
  • 22326-900222-2002
  • -Ps33.2
  • nabla;'
  • 22327-900222-2003
  • -Ps33.3
  • 22328-900222-2006
  • -Ps33.4
  • 22329-900222-2007
  • -Ps33.5
  • 22330-900222-2009
  • -Ps33.6
  • 22331-900222-2010
  • -Ps33.7
  • 22332-900222-2011
  • -Ps33.8
  • 22333-900222-2012
  • -Ps33.9
  • 22334-900222-2015
  • -Ps33.10
  • 22335-900222-2017
  • -Ps33.11
  • 22336-900222-2018
  • -Ps33.12
  • 22337-900222-2020
  • -Ps33.13
  • 22338-900222-2021
  • -Ps33.14
  • 22339-900222-2022
  • -Ps33.15
  • 22340-900222-2024
  • -Ps33.16
  • 22341-900222-2025
  • -Ps33.17
  • 22342-900222-2026
  • -Ps33.18
  • 22343-900222-2029
  • -Ps33.19
  • 22344-900222-2030
  • -Ps33.20
  • 22345-900222-2032
  • -Ps33.21
  • 22346-900222-2032
  • -Ps33.22
  • 22347-900222-2051
  • -Ps34.1
  • experience
  • 8-10 They are blessed that trust in God
  • 11-14 He exhorts to the fear of God
  • 15-22 The privileges of the righteous
  • second of the alphabetical Psalms (the first being Ps. 25); each
  • verse beginning consecutively with a letter of the Hebrew
  • alphabet. The verse, however, which begins with [] and which
  • should should come in between the fifth and sixth, is totally
  • wanting; but as the 22nd, which now begins with [] 'redeemeth,`
  • is entirely out of the series, it is not improbable that it was
  • originally written oophodeh, `and redeemeth' and occupied that
  • situation, in which connection it reads admirably
  • 22348-900222-2053
  • -Ps34.2
  • 22349-900222-2054
  • -Ps34.3
  • 22350-900222-2056
  • -Ps34.4
  • 22351-900222-2118
  • -Ps34.5
  • 22352-900222-2119
  • -Ps34.6
  • 22353-900222-2121
  • -Ps34.7
  • 22354-900222-2122
  • -Ps34.8
  • 22355-900222-2124
  • -Ps34.9
  • 22356-900222-2125
  • -Ps34.10
  • 22357-900222-2127
  • -Ps34.11
  • 22358-900222-2127
  • -Ps34.12
  • 22359-900222-2129
  • -Ps34.13
  • 22360-900222-2132
  • -Ps34.14
  • 22361-900222-2133
  • -Ps34.15
  • 22362-900222-2134
  • -Ps34.16
  • 22363-900222-2139
  • -Ps34.17
  • Hebrew text; but it is preserved in all the versions; and it was
  • probably lost from its similtude to [tzaakoo], `they cry:' --
  • tzaakoo tazddeekim, `the righteous cry.'
  • 22364-900222-2141
  • -Ps34.18
  • 22365-900222-2144
  • -Ps34.19
  • 22366-900222-2144
  • -Ps34.20
  • 22367-900222-2146
  • -Ps34.21
  • 22368-900222-2148
  • -Ps34.22
  • 22369-900222-2151
  • -Ps35.1
  • 11-21 He complains of their wrongful dealing
  • 22-28 Thereby he incites God against them
  • 22370-900222-2152
  • -Ps35.2
  • 22371-900222-2153
  • -Ps35.3
  • 22372-900222-2155
  • -Ps35.4
  • 22373-900222-2156
  • -Ps35.5
  • 22374-900222-2157
  • -Ps35.6
  • 22375-900222-2158
  • -Ps35.7
  • 22376-900222-2202
  • -Ps35.8
  • original, are in the future tense, as a prediction, and should
  • probably be so rendered, though as that tense is frequently used
  • in Hebrew for the imperative, most translators, both ancient and
  • modern, have considered them as an imprecation
  • 22377-900222-2203
  • -Ps35.9
  • 22378-900222-2206
  • -Ps35.10
  • 22379-900222-2207
  • -Ps35.11
  • 22380-900222-2210
  • -Ps35.12
  • 22381-900222-2212
  • -Ps35.13
  • 22382-900222-2213
  • -Ps35.14
  • 22383-900222-2217
  • -Ps35.15
  • 22384-900222-2218
  • -Ps35.16
  • 22385-900222-2221
  • -Ps35.17
  • 22386-900222-2223
  • -Ps35.18
  • 22387-900222-2225
  • -Ps35.19
  • 22388-900222-2227
  • -Ps35.20
  • 22389-900222-2228
  • -Ps35.21
  • 22390-900222-2229
  • -Ps35.22
  • 22391-900222-2230
  • -Ps35.23
  • 22392-900222-2231
  • -Ps35.24
  • 22393-900222-2233
  • -Ps35.25
  • 22394-900222-2236
  • -Ps35.26
  • 22395-900222-2238
  • -Ps35.27
  • 22396-900222-2239
  • -Ps35.28
  • 22397-900222-2248
  • -Ps36.1
  • 8,9 The excellency of God's mercy
  • 10-12 David prays for favour to God's children
  • supposed to hve been composed by David at the beginning of
  • Saul's
  • persecutions; but Calmet and others, on good grounds, are of
  • opinion that it was written during the Babylonian captivity
  • wicked is within [his heart]; there is no fear of God before his
  • eyes;' for instead of [libbi] `my heart' four MSS have [libbo]
  • `his heart' which is also the reading of the LXX, Vulgate,
  • Syriac,
  • Arabic, Ethipic, and Anglo
  • -Saxon.
  • 22398-900223-1022
  • -Ps36.2
  • 22399-900223-1026
  • -Ps36.3
  • 22400-900223-1029
  • -Ps36.4
  • 22401-900223-1030
  • -Ps36.5
  • 22402-900223-1034
  • -Ps36.6
  • 22403-900223-1036
  • -Ps36.7
  • 22404-900223-1042
  • -Ps36.8
  • a thirsty field by showers from heaven
  • in which there is probably a reference to the garden of Eden,
  • and
  • the river that ran through and watered it.
  • 22405-900223-1044
  • -Ps36.9
  • 22406-900223-1046
  • -Ps36.10
  • 22407-900223-1047
  • -Ps36.11
  • 22408-900223-1049
  • -Ps36.12
  • 22409-900223-1052
  • -Ps37.1
  • different estate of the godly and the wicked
  • (Title.) This is the third alphabetical Psalm. It seems to have
  • been intended as an instructive and consoling ode for the
  • captives
  • in Babylon, who might feel themselves severely tempted when they
  • saw those idolaters in prosperity, and themselves in adversity.
  • 22410-900223-1053
  • -Ps37.2
  • 22411-900223-1056
  • -Ps37.3
  • 22412-900223-1057
  • -Ps37.4
  • 22413-900223-1059
  • -Ps37.5
  • 22414-900223-1100
  • -Ps37.6
  • 22415-900223-1102
  • -Ps37.7
  • 22416-900223-1104
  • -Ps37.8
  • 22417-900223-1109
  • -Ps37.9
  • given by God himself as an inheritance to their fathers, and
  • their
  • posterity forever: and this verse seems to contain a promise of
  • their return thither
  • 22418-900223-1112
  • -Ps37.10
  • 22419-900223-1113
  • -Ps37.11
  • 22420-900223-1114
  • -Ps37.12
  • 22421-900223-1115
  • -Ps37.13
  • 22422-900223-1116
  • -Ps37.14
  • 22423-900223-1119
  • -Ps37.15
  • 22424-900223-1120
  • -Ps37.16
  • 22425-900223-1122
  • -Ps37.17
  • 22426-900223-1130
  • -Ps37.18
  • 22427-900223-1131
  • -Ps37.19
  • 22428-900223-1133
  • -Ps37.20
  • wholly consumed in sacrifices, by the fire on the altar, so the
  • wicked shall consume away in the fire of God's anger
  • 22429-900223-1136
  • -Ps37.21
  • 22430-900223-1137
  • -Ps37.22
  • 22431-900223-1139
  • -Ps37.23
  • 22432-900223-1141
  • -Ps37.24
  • 22433-900223-1143
  • -Ps37.25
  • 22434-900223-1428
  • -Ps37.26
  • 22435-900223-2230
  • -Ps37.27
  • 22436-900223-2233
  • -Ps37.28
  • 22437-900223-2233
  • -Ps37.29
  • 22438-900223-2234
  • -Ps37.30
  • 22439-900223-2236
  • -Ps37.31
  • 22440-900223-2237
  • -Ps37.32
  • 22441-900223-2238
  • -Ps37.33
  • 22442-900223-2242
  • -Ps37.34
  • one point to another. The first point is the human heart; the
  • line is its intense desire; and the last point is God, to whom
  • the
  • heart extends this straight line of earnest desire. He who,
  • while
  • he waits on God, keeps his way, is sure to have the further
  • blessings of which he is in pursuit.
  • 22443-900223-2243
  • -Ps37.35
  • 22444-900223-2244
  • -Ps37.36
  • 22445-900223-2245
  • -Ps37.37
  • 22446-900223-2246
  • -Ps37.38
  • 22447-900223-2247
  • -Ps37.39
  • 22448-900223-2248
  • -Ps37.40
  • 22449-900223-2251
  • -Ps38.1
  • (Title.) This deeply penitential Psalm is supposed to have been
  • composed by David under some grievous affliction, either bodily
  • or
  • mental, or both, after his illicit intercourse with Bathsheba
  • 22450-900223-2252
  • -Ps38.2
  • 22451-900223-2254
  • -Ps38.3
  • 22452-900223-2255
  • -Ps38.4
  • 22453-900223-2300
  • -Ps38.5
  • therefore the sacred writers describe them by the distempers of
  • the body. (See the Parallel Texts on these verses.) On reading
  • these and similar passages, say Bp. Lowth, some, who were but
  • little acquainted with the genius of Hebrew poetry, have
  • pretended
  • to enquire into the nature of the disease with which the poet
  • was
  • afflicted; not less absurdly in my opinion, that if they had
  • perplexed themselves to discover in what river he was plunged,
  • when he complains that `the deep waters had gove over his soul.'
  • 22454-900223-2301
  • -Ps38.6
  • 22455-900223-2302
  • -Ps38.7
  • 22456-900223-2306
  • -Ps38.8
  • 22457-900223-2308
  • -Ps38.9
  • Jehovah
  • 22458-900223-2310
  • -Ps38.10
  • 22459-900223-2311
  • -Ps38.11
  • 22460-900223-2313
  • -Ps38.12
  • 22461-900223-2313
  • -Ps38.13
  • 22462-900223-2314
  • -Ps38.14
  • 22463-900223-2316
  • -Ps38.15
  • [yehowah,] Jehovah
  • 22464-900223-2317
  • -Ps38.16
  • 22465-900223-2318
  • -Ps38.17
  • 22466-900223-2320
  • -Ps38.18
  • 22467-900223-2323
  • -Ps38.19
  • `lively' Bp Lowth would read chinmon `without cause'--`but mine
  • enemies without cause have strengthened themselves.' As this
  • emendation renders this member of the sentence parallel to the
  • other, it is by no means improbable
  • 22468-900223-2325
  • -Ps38.20
  • 22469-900223-2325
  • -Ps38.21
  • 22470-900223-2326
  • -Ps38.22
  • 22471-900223-2333
  • -Ps39.1
  • 4-6 The consideration of the brevity and vanity of life
  • 7-9 the revrence of God's judgments
  • 10-13 and prayer, are his bridles of impatience
  • same as Ethan, 1Ch 6.44, was one of the sons of Merari, and is
  • supposed to have been one the four masters of music, or leaders
  • of
  • bands, belonging to the temple servoce. It is therefore probable
  • thqt David, having composed this Psalm, gave it to Jeduthan and
  • his company to sing; and it is very likely, that it was written
  • on
  • the same occasion as the preceding.
  • 22472-900223-2334
  • -Ps39.2
  • 22473-900223-2334
  • -Ps39.3
  • 22474-900223-2335
  • -Ps39.4
  • 22475-900223-2337
  • -Ps39.5
  • 22476-900223-2341
  • -Ps39.6
  • he appeareth for a little, and then vanisheth
  • 22477-900224-1013
  • -Ps39.7
  • 22478-900223-2343
  • -Ps39.8
  • 22479-900223-2344
  • -Ps39.9
  • 22480-900223-2345
  • -Ps39.10
  • 22481-900223-2347
  • -Ps39.11
  • away
  • 22482-900223-2348
  • -Ps39.12
  • 22483-900223-2349
  • -Ps39.13
  • 22484-900223-2353
  • -Ps40.1
  • 6-10 Obedience is the best sacrifice
  • 11-17 The sense of David's evils inflames his prayer
  • composed by David about the same time, and on the same occasion,
  • as the two preceeding; with this difference, that here he
  • magnifies God for have obtained the mercy which he sought there.
  • it also contains a remarkable prophecy of the incarnation and
  • sacrifice of Jesus Christ.
  • 22485-900223-2356
  • -Ps40.2
  • 22486-900223-2357
  • -Ps40.3
  • 22487-900223-2359
  • -Ps40.4
  • 22488-900224-0002
  • -Ps40.5
  • 22489-900224-0003
  • -Ps40.6
  • 22490-900224-1016
  • -Ps40.7
  • 22491-900224-1018
  • -Ps40.8
  • 22492-900224-1019
  • -Ps40.9
  • 22493-900224-1021
  • -Ps40.10
  • 22494-900224-1024
  • -Ps40.11
  • From this verse to the end, we have quite a new subject; for the
  • former contains a thanksgiving, and this contains a
  • supplication.
  • It is nearly the same as the seventieth, and probably formed a
  • distinct Psalm.
  • 22495-900224-1026
  • -Ps40.12
  • 22496-900224-1026
  • -Ps40.13
  • 22497-900224-1029
  • -Ps40.14
  • the psalmist simply prays for deliverance, are in the
  • imperative;
  • but here, and in the following verses, they are in the future
  • tense, and naturally express the language of lively faith and
  • hope, rather than that of wishing the destruction foreseen and
  • predicted.
  • 22498-900224-1031
  • -Ps40.15
  • 22499-900224-1033
  • -Ps40.16
  • 22500-900224-1035
  • -Ps40.17
  • 22501-900224-1041
  • -Ps41.1
  • 4-9 David complains of his enemies' treachery
  • 10-13 He flees to God for succour
  • (Title.) This Psalm is supposed to have been written on the same
  • occasion as the three former; and to relate to David's
  • affliction
  • and the evil treatment received from his enemies during its
  • continuance.
  • 22502-900224-1042
  • -Ps41.2
  • 22503-900224-1043
  • -Ps41.3
  • 22504-900224-1045
  • -Ps41.4
  • 22505-900224-1045
  • -Ps41.5
  • 22506-900224-1050
  • -Ps41.6
  • 22507-900224-1051
  • -Ps41.7
  • 22508-900224-1052
  • -Ps41.8
  • 22509-900224-1054
  • -Ps41.9
  • 22510-900224-1055
  • -Ps41.10
  • 22511-900224-1055
  • -Ps41.11
  • 22512-900224-1056
  • -Ps41.12
  • 22513-900224-1059
  • -Ps41.13
  • psalm ends the forst of the five books into which the Hebrews
  • have
  • divided the Psalms
  • 22514-900224-1104
  • -Ps42.1
  • 5-11 He encourages his soul to trust in God
  • A.M. 2983 B.C. 1021 (Title.) Maschil, or a Psalm giving instruc-
  • tion, of the sons, etc. Or, `An instructive Psalm,' or didactic
  • ode,`for the sons of Korah.' It is generally supposed to have
  • been written by David when driven from Jerusalem and beyond
  • Jordan, by Absalom's rebellion.
  • 22515-900224-1105
  • -Ps42.2
  • 22516-900224-1156
  • -Ps42.3
  • 22517-900224-1159
  • -Ps42.4
  • 22518-900224-1203
  • -Ps42.5
  • 22519-900224-1205
  • -Ps42.6
  • 22520-900224-1209
  • -Ps42.7
  • means of the electric fluid, the base being uppermost, and the
  • point let dowm perpendicularly form the clouds. It has a
  • particular kind of circular motion at the point; and, being
  • hollow
  • within, attracts vast quantities of water, which it frequently
  • pours down in torrents upon the earth. These spouts are frequent
  • on the coast of Syria; and no doubt the Psalmist had often seen
  • them, and the ravages which they made.
  • 22521-900224-1210
  • -Ps42.8
  • 22522-900224-1212
  • -Ps42.9
  • 22523-900224-1212
  • -Ps42.10
  • 22524-900224-1213
  • -Ps42.11
  • 22525-900224-1218
  • -Ps43.1
  • serve God joyfully
  • 5 He encourages his soul to trust in God
  • of the preceeding, and had the same author; and they are written
  • as one in forty-six MSS. The sameness of subject, similarity of
  • composition, and return of the same burden in both, are
  • sufficient evidence of this opinion
  • 22526-900224-1219
  • -Ps43.2
  • 22527-900224-1221
  • -Ps43.3
  • 22528-900224-1233
  • -Ps43.4
  • 22529-900224-1233
  • -Ps43.5
  • 22530-900224-1237
  • -Ps44.1
  • 7-16 complains of her present evils
  • 17-23 professing her integrity,
  • 24-26 she fervently prays for succour
  • 22531-900224-1241
  • -Ps44.2
  • peoples (of Canaan,) and madest then (the Hebrews) to shoot
  • forth;
  • `for halach is to send forth in any manner, and is applied to a
  • vine spreading its roots
  • 22532-900224-1242
  • -Ps44.3
  • 22533-900224-1244
  • -Ps44.4
  • 22534-900224-1245
  • -Ps44.5
  • 22535-900224-1246
  • -Ps44.6
  • 22536-900224-1248
  • -Ps44.7
  • 22537-900224-1248
  • -Ps44.8
  • 22538-900224-1249
  • -Ps44.9
  • 22539-900224-1250
  • -Ps44.10
  • 22540-900224-1252
  • -Ps44.11
  • 22541-900224-1253
  • -Ps44.12
  • 22542-900224-1254
  • -Ps44.13
  • 22543-900224-1255
  • -Ps44.14
  • 22544-900224-1255
  • -Ps44.15
  • 22545-900224-1256
  • -Ps44.16
  • 22546-900224-1257
  • -Ps44.17
  • 22547-900224-1258
  • -Ps44.18
  • 22548-900224-1300
  • -Ps44.19
  • 22549-900224-1300
  • -Ps44.20
  • 22550-900224-1301
  • -Ps44.21
  • 22551-900224-1303
  • -Ps44.22
  • 22552-900224-1304
  • -Ps44.23
  • 22553-900224-1305
  • -Ps44.24
  • 22554-900224-1305
  • -Ps44.25
  • 22555-900224-1306
  • -Ps44.26
  • 22556-900224-1320
  • -Ps45.1
  • 10-17 The duty of the church, and the benefits thereof
  • (Title.) To the chief. Or, rather, `To the chief musician upon
  • the
  • hexachords, a didactic ode for the sons of Korah, and a song of
  • loves.' Shoshannim most probably denotes hexachords, or six
  • stringed instruments, from shesh, `six:' hence the Persian
  • shasta, a
  • six stringed lute. This Psalm is supposed to be an epithalamium,
  • or
  • nuptial song, on the marriage of Solomon with Pharoh's daughter;
  • but
  • with what propriety could Solomon be described as fairer than
  • the
  • children of men, a mighty warrior, a victorius conqueror, and a
  • prince whose throne is for ever and ever! A greater than Solomn
  • is
  • here; and the person described is no other than the Messiah, as
  • is
  • acknowledged by many Jewish writers. The Targum on ver 3. says,
  • `Thy beauty, malka meshecha, O King Messiah, is greater than the
  • children of men:' and the Apostle expressly quotes it as such
  • He.
  • 1.8,9. It was probably written by David after Nathan's prophetic
  • address
  • 22557-900224-1434
  • -Ps45.2
  • 22558-900224-1434
  • -Ps45.3
  • 22559-900224-1434
  • -Ps45.4
  • 22560-900224-1434
  • -Ps45.5
  • 22561-900224-1434
  • -Ps45.6
  • 22562-900224-1434
  • -Ps45.7
  • 22563-900224-1436
  • -Ps45.8
  • 22564-900224-1438
  • -Ps45.9
  • 22565-900224-1439
  • -Ps45.10
  • 22566-900224-1441
  • -Ps45.11
  • 22567-900224-1443
  • -Ps45.12
  • 22568-900224-1444
  • -Ps45.13
  • 22569-900224-1445
  • -Ps45.14
  • 22570-900224-1447
  • -Ps45.15
  • 22571-900224-1448
  • -Ps45.16
  • 22572-900224-1449
  • -Ps45.17
  • 22573-900224-1453
  • -Ps46.1
  • 8-11 An exhortation to behold it
  • 22574-900224-1454
  • -Ps46.2
  • 22575-900224-1456
  • -Ps46.3
  • 22576-900224-1458
  • -Ps46.4
  • 22577-900224-1502
  • -Ps46.5
  • 22578-900224-1504
  • -Ps46.6
  • 22579-900224-1505
  • -Ps46.7
  • 22580-900224-1506
  • -Ps46.8
  • 22581-900224-1507
  • -Ps46.9
  • 22582-900224-1508
  • -Ps46.10
  • 22583-900224-1509
  • -Ps46.11
  • 22584-900224-1513
  • -Ps47.1
  • Christ.
  • Solomon on the removal of the ark into the temple. 2CH ch.7
  • 22585-900224-1515
  • -Ps47.2
  • 22586-900224-1516
  • -Ps47.3
  • 22587-900224-1518
  • -Ps47.4
  • 22588-900224-1521
  • -Ps47.5
  • 22589-900224-1523
  • -Ps47.6
  • 22590-900224-1525
  • -Ps47.7
  • 22591-900224-1526
  • -Ps47.8
  • 22592-900224-1529
  • -Ps47.9
  • people of
  • 22593-900224-1533
  • -Ps48.1
  • been sung at the dedication of the second temple; though some
  • think it was composed on the victory obtained by Jehosaphat
  • 22594-900224-1537
  • -Ps48.2
  • 22595-900224-1538
  • -Ps48.3
  • 22596-900224-1613
  • -Ps48.4
  • 22597-900224-1614
  • -Ps48.5
  • 22598-900224-1615
  • -Ps48.6
  • 22599-900224-1616
  • -Ps48.7
  • 22600-900224-1617
  • -Ps48.8
  • 22601-900224-1618
  • -Ps48.9
  • 22602-900224-1620
  • -Ps48.10
  • 22603-900224-1621
  • -Ps48.11
  • 22604-900224-1622
  • -Ps48.12
  • 22605-900224-1624
  • -Ps48.13
  • 22606-900224-1625
  • -Ps48.14
  • 22607-900224-1629
  • -Ps49.1
  • on worldly power, but on God
  • 16-20 Worldly prosperity is not to be admired
  • probably written by one of the descendents of the sons of Korah,
  • during the Babylonian captivity
  • 22608-900224-1630
  • -Ps49.2
  • 22609-900224-1631
  • -Ps49.3
  • 22610-900224-1632
  • -Ps49.4
  • 22611-900224-1635
  • -Ps49.5
  • 22612-900224-1636
  • -Ps49.6
  • 22613-900224-1636
  • -Ps49.7
  • 22614-900224-1637
  • -Ps49.8
  • 22615-900224-1638
  • -Ps49.9
  • 22616-900224-1640
  • -Ps49.10
  • 22617-900224-1643
  • -Ps49.11
  • dwelling place through all generations, though their names are
  • celebrated over countries.'
  • 22618-900224-1646
  • -Ps49.12
  • a night. Man's continuance in the world, or in honour or
  • distinction, resembles a traveller's lodging at an inn, whence
  • he
  • removes in the morning; and is frequently far more transient and
  • evanescent.
  • 22619-900224-1647
  • -Ps49.13
  • 22620-900224-1651
  • -Ps49.14
  • them
  • 22621-900224-1652
  • -Ps49.15
  • 22622-900224-1653
  • -Ps49.16
  • 22623-900224-1654
  • -Ps49.17
  • 22624-900224-1655
  • -Ps49.18
  • 22625-900224-1657
  • -Ps49.19
  • 22626-900224-1658
  • -Ps49.20
  • 22627-900224-1706
  • -Ps50.1
  • 5,6 His order to gather his saints
  • 7-13 The pleasure of God is not in ceremonies
  • 14-23 but in sincerity of obedience
  • 22628-900224-1708
  • -Ps50.2
  • 22629-900224-1710
  • -Ps50.3
  • 22630-900224-1711
  • -Ps50.4
  • 22631-900224-1713
  • -Ps50.5
  • 22632-900224-1720
  • -Ps50.6
  • 22633-900224-1723
  • -Ps50.7
  • 22634-900224-1723
  • -Ps50.8
  • 22635-900224-1724
  • -Ps50.9
  • 22636-900224-1725
  • -Ps50.10
  • 22637-900224-1728
  • -Ps50.11
  • 22638-900224-1729
  • -Ps50.12
  • 22639-900224-1730
  • -Ps50.13
  • 22640-900224-1732
  • -Ps50.14
  • 22641-900224-2127
  • -Ps50.15
  • 22642-900224-1736
  • -Ps50.16
  • 22643-900224-1737
  • -Ps50.17
  • 22644-900224-1739
  • -Ps50.18
  • 22645-900224-1741
  • -Ps50.19
  • 22646-900224-1742
  • -Ps50.20
  • 22647-900224-1746
  • -Ps50.21
  • Horsley renders, `that I AM [Eheyeh] is such an one as thyself.'
  • 22648-900224-1748
  • -Ps50.22
  • 22649-900224-1752
  • -Ps50.23
  • 22650-900224-1758
  • -Ps51.1
  • confession
  • 6-15 He prays for sanctification
  • 16,17 God delights not in sacrifice, but in sincerity
  • 18,19 He prays for the church
  • 22651-900224-1759
  • -Ps51.2
  • 22652-900224-1801
  • -Ps51.3
  • 22653-900224-1803
  • -Ps51.4
  • 22654-900224-1804
  • -Ps51.5
  • 22655-900224-1806
  • -Ps51.6
  • 22656-900224-1808
  • -Ps51.7
  • 22657-900224-1809
  • -Ps51.8
  • 22658-900224-1810
  • -Ps51.9
  • 22659-900224-1945
  • -Ps51.10
  • 22660-900224-1947
  • -Ps51.11
  • 22661-900224-1950
  • -Ps51.12
  • 22662-900224-1952
  • -Ps51.13
  • 22663-900224-1955
  • -Ps51.14
  • 22664-900224-1956
  • -Ps51.15
  • 22665-900224-1959
  • -Ps51.16
  • 22666-900224-2001
  • -Ps51.17
  • 22667-900224-2003
  • -Ps51.18
  • 22668-900224-2004
  • -Ps51.19
  • 22669-900224-2012
  • -Ps52.1
  • destruction
  • 6,7 The righteous shall rejoice at it
  • 8,9 David, upon his confidence in God's mercy, gives thanks
  • 22670-900224-2016
  • -Ps52.2
  • 22671-900224-2017
  • -Ps52.3
  • 22672-900224-2018
  • -Ps52.4
  • 22673-900224-2020
  • -Ps52.5
  • 22674-900224-2021
  • -Ps52.6
  • 22675-900224-2024
  • -Ps52.7
  • 22676-900224-2024
  • -Ps52.8
  • 22677-900224-2026
  • -Ps52.9
  • 22678-900224-2039
  • -Ps53.1
  • 4,5 He convinces the wicked by the light of their own conscience
  • 6 He glories in the salvation of God
  • 22679-900224-2041
  • -Ps53.2
  • 22680-900224-2042
  • -Ps53.3
  • 22681-900224-2044
  • -Ps53.4
  • 'kol' `all' as in ps 14
  • 22682-900224-2048
  • -Ps53.5
  • 22683-900224-2052
  • -Ps53.6
  • and Chaldee, read yehowah, Jehovah as in Ps. 14.7
  • 22684-900224-2055
  • -Ps54.1
  • 4-7 Upon his confidence in God's help he promises sacrifice
  • 22685-900224-2056
  • -Ps54.2
  • 22686-900224-2057
  • -Ps54.3
  • 22687-900224-2058
  • -Ps54.4
  • 22688-900224-2059
  • -Ps54.5
  • 22689-900224-2100
  • -Ps54.6
  • 22690-900224-2101
  • -Ps54.7
  • 22691-900224-2105
  • -Ps55.1
  • 9-15 He prays against his enemies, of whose wickedness and
  • treachery he complains
  • 16-23 He comforts himslef in God's preservation oh him, and
  • confusion of his enemies
  • 22692-900224-2106
  • -Ps55.2
  • 22693-900224-2110
  • -Ps55.3
  • 22694-900224-2109
  • -Ps55.4
  • 22695-900224-2111
  • -Ps55.5
  • 22696-900224-2112
  • -Ps55.6
  • 22697-900224-2113
  • -Ps55.7
  • 22698-900224-2114
  • -Ps55.8
  • his rebellious party
  • 22699-900224-2117
  • -Ps55.9
  • be confounded;'--and the prayer was heard
  • 22700-900224-2118
  • -Ps55.10
  • 22701-900224-2119
  • -Ps55.11
  • 22702-900224-2120
  • -Ps55.12
  • 22703-900224-2122
  • -Ps55.13
  • 22704-900224-2123
  • -Ps55.14
  • 22705-900224-2126
  • -Ps55.15
  • descend quickly into the grave;' which is a prediction of the
  • sudden destruction which befel the ringleaders of this unnatural
  • rebellion.
  • 22706-900224-2129
  • -Ps55.16
  • 22707-900224-2131
  • -Ps55.17
  • 22708-900224-2132
  • -Ps55.18
  • 22709-900224-2134
  • -Ps55.19
  • not God.
  • 22710-900224-2136
  • -Ps55.20
  • 22711-900224-2137
  • -Ps55.21
  • 22712-900224-2139
  • -Ps55.22
  • 22713-900224-2142
  • -Ps55.23
  • [heb.] men of bloods and deciet shall not halve thier days
  • 22714-900224-2150
  • -Ps56.1
  • of his enemies,
  • 9-13 He professes his confidence in God's word, and promises to
  • praise him
  • may be rendered, `concerning the dumb dove, (or opressed band)
  • in
  • distant places, `i.e, David, or his companions: though some
  • consider it as the name of a tune, and others a musical
  • instrument. Michtam, or, a golden Psalm
  • 22715-900224-2151
  • -Ps56.2
  • 22716-900224-2152
  • -Ps56.3
  • 22717-900224-2154
  • -Ps56.4
  • 22718-900224-2155
  • -Ps56.5
  • 22719-900224-2157
  • -Ps56.6
  • 22720-900224-2158
  • -Ps56.7
  • 22721-900224-2200
  • -Ps56.8
  • 22722-900224-2201
  • -Ps56.9
  • 22723-900224-2201
  • -Ps56.10
  • 22724-900224-2202
  • -Ps56.11
  • 22725-900224-2203
  • -Ps56.12
  • 22726-900224-2205
  • -Ps56.13
  • 22727-900224-2212
  • -Ps57.1
  • case
  • 7-12 He encourages himself to praise God
  • golden Psalm. This Psalm is supposed to have been called al
  • tashcheth, or `destroy not,' because David thus addressed one
  • his
  • followers when about to kill Saul in the cave; and michtam, or
  • 'golden' because written, or worthy to be written, in gold.
  • 22728-900224-2213
  • -Ps57.2
  • 22729-900224-2215
  • -Ps57.3
  • 22730-900224-2217
  • -Ps57.4
  • 22731-900224-2218
  • -Ps57.5
  • 22732-900224-2220
  • -Ps57.6
  • 22733-900224-2221
  • -Ps57.7
  • 22734-900224-2223
  • -Ps57.8
  • or dawn: a highly poetical expression, which Milton and and
  • others
  • have borrowed:-
  • -Cheerly rouse the slumbering morn
  • 22735-900224-2224
  • -Ps57.9
  • 22736-900224-2225
  • -Ps57.10
  • 22737-900224-2225
  • -Ps57.11
  • 22738-900224-2229
  • -Ps58.1
  • 3-5 describes the nature of the wicked
  • 6-9 devotes them to God's judgments
  • 10-11 whereat the righteous shall rejoice
  • 22739-900224-2231
  • -Ps58.2
  • 22740-900224-2232
  • -Ps58.3
  • 22741-910119-2102
  • -Ps58.4
  • which M. Forskal describes as spotted with black and white,
  • about
  • one foot in length, nearly half an inch thick, oviparous, and
  • its
  • bite almost instant death. It is the aspic of the ancients, and
  • is so called the the literati of Cyprus, though the common
  • people
  • call it [], deaf.
  • 22742-910119-2103
  • -Ps58.5
  • well known to the ancients. Virgil, and many others state the
  • fact:-
  • -Frigidus in pratis cantando, rumpitur anguis `In the
  • meadows the cold snake is burst by incantation.'
  • 22743-900224-2240
  • -Ps58.6
  • 22744-900224-2240
  • -Ps58.7
  • 22745-910119-2104
  • -Ps58.8
  • so called from the Arabic balla, to wet, moisten, because of the
  • glutinous slime emitted from its body, by which it appears to
  • waste
  • itself away in its own motion: and in the same manner the wicked
  • prove their own destruction
  • 22746-900224-2249
  • -Ps58.9
  • 22747-900224-2251
  • -Ps58.10
  • 22748-900224-2253
  • -Ps58.11
  • 22749-900225-1228
  • -Ps59.1
  • 6,7 He complains of their cruelty
  • 8-10 He trusts in god
  • 11-15 He prays against them
  • 16,17 He praises God
  • Psalm.
  • flourished before the time of Mohammed, called Moallakat, from
  • being
  • suspended on the walls of the temple of Mecca, were also called
  • Modhabat, `golden' because they were written in [letters of
  • gold] on
  • the papyrus; and probably this is another reason why the six
  • poems
  • of David were called [golden]
  • 22750-900225-1229
  • -Ps59.2
  • 22751-900225-1231
  • -Ps59.3
  • 22752-900225-1232
  • -Ps59.4
  • 22753-900225-1233
  • -Ps59.5
  • 22754-900225-1234
  • -Ps59.6
  • 22755-900225-1235
  • -Ps59.7
  • 22756-900225-1236
  • -Ps59.8
  • 22757-900225-1239
  • -Ps59.9
  • [uzzee, `my strength'] `O my strength, I will wait upon thee.'
  • 22758-900225-1242
  • -Ps59.10
  • 22759-900225-1245
  • -Ps59.11
  • 22760-900225-1247
  • -Ps59.12
  • 22761-900225-1249
  • -Ps59.13
  • 22762-900225-1249
  • -Ps59.14
  • 22763-900225-1252
  • -Ps59.15
  • 22764-900225-1254
  • -Ps59.16
  • 22765-900225-1259
  • -Ps59.17
  • 22766-900225-1311
  • -Ps60.1
  • 4,5 now upon better hope, prays for deliverance
  • 6-12 Comforting himself in God's promises, he craves that help
  • whereon he trusts
  • harp, or [lute]; for aiduth appears to be the same as the
  • Arabic []
  • a harp or lute; concerning shushan,
  • 22767-900225-1340
  • -Ps60.2
  • 22768-900225-1345
  • -Ps60.3
  • 22769-900225-1346
  • -Ps60.4
  • 22770-900225-1347
  • -Ps60.5
  • 22771-900225-1349
  • -Ps60.6
  • 22772-900225-1350
  • -Ps60.7
  • 22773-900225-1352
  • -Ps60.8
  • 22774-900225-1353
  • -Ps60.9
  • 22775-900225-1355
  • -Ps60.10
  • 22776-900225-1356
  • -Ps60.11
  • 22777-900225-1357
  • -Ps60.12
  • 22778-900225-1401
  • -Ps61.1
  • 4-8 He vows perpetual service unto him, because of his promises
  • and two MSS supply {mizmor}, `a psalm.' Some suppose this Psalm
  • was composed when David was driven by Absalom's rebellion beyond
  • Jordan, and from the sanctuary of God.
  • 22779-900225-1403
  • -Ps61.2
  • 22780-900225-1404
  • -Ps61.3
  • 22781-900225-1405
  • -Ps61.4
  • 22782-900225-1406
  • -Ps61.5
  • 22783-900225-1408
  • -Ps61.6
  • the king.
  • 22784-900225-1409
  • -Ps61.7
  • 22785-900225-1410
  • -Ps61.8
  • 22786-900225-1417
  • -Ps62.1
  • enemies
  • 5-8 In the same confidence he encourages the godly
  • 9,10 No trust is to be put in worldly things
  • 11,12 Power and mercy belong to God
  • 22787-900225-1549
  • -Ps62.2
  • 22788-900225-1551
  • -Ps62.3
  • 22789-900225-1554
  • -Ps62.4
  • 22790-900225-1556
  • -Ps62.5
  • 22791-900225-1557
  • -Ps62.6
  • 22792-900225-1558
  • -Ps62.7
  • 22793-900225-1559
  • -Ps62.8
  • 22794-900225-1602
  • -Ps62.9
  • 22795-900225-1604
  • -Ps62.10
  • 22796-900225-1605
  • -Ps62.11
  • 22797-900225-1607
  • -Ps62.12
  • 22798-900225-1614
  • -Ps63.1
  • 4-8 His manner of blessing God
  • 9-11 His confidence of his enemies' destruction, and his own
  • safety
  • water
  • 22799-900225-1616
  • -Ps63.2
  • 22800-900225-1617
  • -Ps63.3
  • 22801-900225-1618
  • -Ps63.4
  • 22802-900225-1620
  • -Ps63.5
  • 22803-900225-1621
  • -Ps63.6
  • 22804-900225-1621
  • -Ps63.7
  • 22805-900225-1625
  • -Ps63.8
  • the diligence of the pursuit, and the nearness of the
  • attainment,
  • but the fast hold he had of the mercy of God.
  • 22806-900225-1627
  • -Ps63.9
  • 22807-900225-1629
  • -Ps63.10
  • the hands of the sword
  • 22808-900225-1630
  • -Ps63.11
  • God
  • 22809-900225-1634
  • -Ps64.1
  • 7-10 He promises himself to see such an evident destruction of
  • his
  • enemies, as the righteous shall rejoice at it.
  • 22810-900225-1635
  • -Ps64.2
  • 22811-900225-1636
  • -Ps64.3
  • 22812-900225-1638
  • -Ps64.4
  • 22813-900225-1640
  • -Ps64.5
  • 22814-900225-1642
  • -Ps64.6
  • thoroughly searched
  • 22815-900225-1644
  • -Ps64.7
  • 22816-900225-1645
  • -Ps64.8
  • 22817-900225-1646
  • -Ps64.9
  • 22818-900225-1647
  • -Ps64.10
  • 22819-900225-1650
  • -Ps65.1
  • 4-13 The blessedness of God's chosen by reason of benefits
  • 22820-900225-1652
  • -Ps65.2
  • 22821-900225-1654
  • -Ps65.3
  • 22822-900225-1656
  • -Ps65.4
  • 22823-900225-1707
  • -Ps65.5
  • 22824-900225-1708
  • -Ps65.6
  • 22825-900225-1709
  • -Ps65.7
  • 22826-900225-1715
  • -Ps65.8
  • tonadoes and earthquakes, are proofs to all that there is a
  • Supreme Being, who is wonderful and terrible in His acts.
  • twilight, the invariable succession of day and night, are all
  • ordained by Thee, and contribute to the happiness and
  • continuance
  • of man and beast.
  • 22827-900225-1718
  • -Ps65.9
  • 22828-900225-1720
  • -Ps65.10
  • furrows thereof. makest it soft. [heb.] dissolvest it.
  • 22829-900225-1722
  • -Ps65.11
  • 22830-900225-1724
  • -Ps65.12
  • 22831-900225-1725
  • -Ps65.13
  • 22832-900225-1729
  • -Ps66.1
  • 5-7 observe his great works
  • 8-11 to bless him for his gracious benefits
  • 12-15 He vows for himself religious service to God
  • 16-20 He declares God's special goodness to himself
  • 22833-900225-1730
  • -Ps66.2
  • 22834-900225-1732
  • -Ps66.3
  • 22835-900225-1733
  • -Ps66.4
  • 22836-900225-1734
  • -Ps66.5
  • 22837-900225-1736
  • -Ps66.6
  • 22838-900225-1737
  • -Ps66.7
  • 22839-900225-1738
  • -Ps66.8
  • 22840-900225-1740
  • -Ps66.9
  • 22841-900225-1741
  • -Ps66.10
  • 22842-900225-1742
  • -Ps66.11
  • 22843-900225-1743
  • -Ps66.12
  • 22844-900225-1745
  • -Ps66.13
  • 22845-900225-1746
  • -Ps66.14
  • 22846-900225-1747
  • -Ps66.15
  • 22847-900225-1748
  • -Ps66.16
  • 22848-900225-1749
  • -Ps66.17
  • 22849-900225-1750
  • -Ps66.18
  • 22850-900225-1750
  • -Ps66.19
  • 22851-900225-1751
  • -Ps66.20
  • 22852-900225-1758
  • -Ps67.1
  • 3-5 to the joy of the people
  • 6,7 and the increase of God's blessings
  • 22853-900225-1800
  • -Ps67.2
  • 22854-900225-1801
  • -Ps67.3
  • 22855-900225-1803
  • -Ps67.4
  • 22856-900225-1803
  • -Ps67.5
  • 22857-900225-1805
  • -Ps67.6
  • 22858-900225-1806
  • -Ps67.7
  • 22859-900225-1812
  • -Ps68.1
  • 4-6 An exhortation to praise God for his mercies
  • 7-18 for his care of the church
  • 19-35 for his great works
  • ode is supposed, with much probability, to have been composed by
  • David, and sung at the removal of the ark from Kirjath-jearim
  • 22860-900225-1813
  • -Ps68.2
  • 22861-900225-1815
  • -Ps68.3
  • 22862-900225-1818
  • -Ps68.4
  • being from none, but gives giving to all
  • 22863-900225-1821
  • -Ps68.5
  • 22864-900225-1822
  • -Ps68.6
  • 22865-900225-1823
  • -Ps68.7
  • 22866-900225-1824
  • -Ps68.8
  • 22867-900225-1826
  • -Ps68.9
  • 22868-900225-1827
  • -Ps68.10
  • 22869-900225-1828
  • -Ps68.11
  • 22870-900225-1830
  • -Ps68.12
  • 22871-900225-1835
  • -Ps68.13
  • between the brick-kilns in Egypt-a poor, enslaved, and oppressed
  • people, yet ye shall gradually rise to dignity, prosperity, and
  • splendour; as a dove, which has been defiled with dirt,
  • disordered, and dejected, by washing herself in a running
  • stream,
  • and trimming her plummage, gradually recovers the serenity of
  • her
  • disposition, the purity of colour, and the richness and varied
  • elegance of her appearance.'
  • 22872-900225-1837
  • -Ps68.14
  • 22873-900225-1838
  • -Ps68.15
  • 22874-900225-1839
  • -Ps68.16
  • 22875-900225-1840
  • -Ps68.17
  • 22876-900225-1846
  • -Ps68.18
  • 22877-900225-2201
  • -Ps68.19
  • 22878-900225-2202
  • -Ps68.20
  • 22879-900225-2204
  • -Ps68.21
  • 22880-900225-2205
  • -Ps68.22
  • 22881-900225-2207
  • -Ps68.23
  • 22882-900225-2207
  • -Ps68.24
  • 22883-900225-2208
  • -Ps68.25
  • 22884-900225-2209
  • -Ps68.26
  • 22885-900225-2211
  • -Ps68.27
  • 22886-900225-2212
  • -Ps68.28
  • 22887-900225-2214
  • -Ps68.29
  • 22888-900225-2219
  • -Ps68.30
  • 22889-900225-2220
  • -Ps68.31
  • 22890-900225-2221
  • -Ps68.32
  • 22891-900225-2223
  • -Ps68.33
  • 22892-900225-2227
  • -Ps68.34
  • lightning; for all nations have observed the the electric fluid
  • is
  • an irresistible agent,-destroying life, tearing towers and
  • castles
  • to pieces, rending the strongest oaks, and cleaving the most
  • solid
  • rocks; and the most enlightened nations have justly considered
  • it
  • as an especial manifestation of the power and sovereignty of
  • God.
  • 22893-900225-2230
  • -Ps68.35
  • 22894-900225-2235
  • -Ps69.1
  • 13-21 He prays for deliverance
  • 22-29 He devotes his enemies to destruction
  • 30-36 He praises God with thanksgiving
  • is probable that it was written by David during the rebellion of
  • Absalom. It is an exceedingly fine composition; it evidently
  • refers to the advent, passion, and resurrection of our Lord to
  • the
  • vocation of the Gentiles. and the rebrobation of Jews
  • 22895-900225-2237
  • -Ps69.2
  • 22896-900225-2239
  • -Ps69.3
  • 22897-900225-2240
  • -Ps69.4
  • 22898-900225-2241
  • -Ps69.5
  • 22899-900225-2242
  • -Ps69.6
  • 22900-900225-2244
  • -Ps69.7
  • 22901-900225-2245
  • -Ps69.8
  • 22902-900225-2247
  • -Ps69.9
  • 22903-900225-2247
  • -Ps69.10
  • 22904-900225-2249
  • -Ps69.11
  • 22905-900225-2251
  • -Ps69.12
  • 22906-900225-2257
  • -Ps69.13
  • 22907-900226-1711
  • -Ps69.14
  • 22908-900226-1712
  • -Ps69.15
  • 22909-900226-1713
  • -Ps69.16
  • 22910-900226-1715
  • -Ps69.17
  • 22911-900226-1716
  • -Ps69.18
  • 22912-900226-1717
  • -Ps69.19
  • 22913-900226-1720
  • -Ps69.20
  • 22914-900226-1726
  • -Ps69.21
  • jno 19.29, thinks that [rosh] is the same herb as the evangelist
  • calls hyssop; a species of which, growing in Judea, he proves
  • from
  • Isaac ben Orman, an Arabian writer, to be so bitter as not to be
  • eatable. Theophylact expressly tells us, that the hyssop was
  • added [] [as being deleterious] or poisonous: and Nonnus, in his
  • paraphrase, says [], `One gave the deadly acid mixed with
  • hyssop.'
  • 22915-900226-1728
  • -Ps69.22
  • their eyes shall be darkened,' in the future tense.
  • 22916-900226-1729
  • -Ps69.23
  • 22917-900226-1731
  • -Ps69.24
  • 22918-900226-1732
  • -Ps69.25
  • 22919-900226-1734
  • -Ps69.26
  • 22920-900226-1736
  • -Ps69.27
  • 22921-900226-1739
  • -Ps69.28
  • 22922-900226-1740
  • -Ps69.29
  • 22923-900226-1741
  • -Ps69.30
  • 22924-900226-1742
  • -Ps69.31
  • 22925-900226-1743
  • -Ps69.32
  • 22926-900226-1745
  • -Ps69.33
  • 22927-900226-1746
  • -Ps69.34
  • 22928-900226-1747
  • -Ps69.35
  • 22929-900226-1749
  • -Ps69.36
  • 22930-900226-1754
  • -Ps70.1
  • preservation of the godly
  • for word the same as the five last verses of Psalm 40; and it is
  • written as a part of the succeeding Psalm in about 27 MSS. Both
  • Psalms evidently appear to have been written by David during the
  • rebellion of Absalom, and probably at the crisis when he heard
  • of
  • the sanguinary counsel which Ahithophel had given respecting
  • him;
  • or, as some suppose, when beyond Jordan.
  • 22931-900226-1757
  • -Ps70.2
  • this meaning.
  • 22932-900226-1759
  • -Ps70.3
  • triumph at the same time.
  • 22933-900226-1800
  • -Ps70.4
  • 22934-900226-1800
  • -Ps70.5
  • 22935-900226-1806
  • -Ps71.1
  • favour, prays both for himself, and against the enemies of his
  • soul
  • 14-16 He promises constancy
  • 17,18 He prays for perseverance
  • 19-24 He praises God, and promises to do it cheerfully
  • 22936-900226-1807
  • -Ps71.2
  • 22937-900226-1813
  • -Ps71.3
  • 22938-900226-1815
  • -Ps71.4
  • 22939-900226-1816
  • -Ps71.5
  • 22940-900226-1819
  • -Ps71.6
  • 22941-900226-2005
  • -Ps71.7
  • the lion and bear, -conquering the Philistine,-escaping the fury
  • of Saul,-being raised to the throne of Israel,- enduring such
  • uncommon trials and afflictions,--and experiencing such
  • wonderful
  • deliverances, all mark me out as the subject of `[wonder] unto
  • many; but Thou art my strong Refuge.'
  • 22942-900226-2005
  • -Ps71.8
  • 22943-900226-2008
  • -Ps71.9
  • for it was in David's [old age] the the rebellion of Absalom
  • took
  • place.
  • 22944-900226-2009
  • -Ps71.10
  • 22945-900226-2010
  • -Ps71.11
  • 22946-900226-2011
  • -Ps71.12
  • 22947-900226-2013
  • -Ps71.13
  • denunciations
  • 22948-900226-2014
  • -Ps71.14
  • 22949-900226-2015
  • -Ps71.15
  • 22950-900226-2018
  • -Ps71.16
  • 22951-900226-2019
  • -Ps71.17
  • 22952-900226-2021
  • -Ps71.18
  • 22953-900226-2025
  • -Ps71.19
  • eternal, illimitable, unimpartible, unchangeable,
  • incomprehensible, uncompounded, ineffable Being, whose [essence]
  • is hidden from all created intelligences, and whose [counsels]
  • cannot be fathomed by any creature.
  • 22954-900226-2027
  • -Ps71.20
  • 22955-900226-2029
  • -Ps71.21
  • 22956-900226-2036
  • -Ps71.22
  • 22957-900226-2037
  • -Ps71.23
  • 22958-900226-2038
  • -Ps71.24
  • 22959-900117-0820
  • -Ps72.1
  • 01 David, praying for Solomon, shews the goodness and glory of
  • his kingdom, and in type of Christ's kingdom
  • 18 He blessed God
  • A.M. 2989. B.C. 1015. (Title.) A Psalm. This Psalm seems to have
  • been composed by David in his last days, when he had set his
  • beloved son on the throne. Then, says Calmet, transported with
  • joy and gratitude, he addressed this Psalm to God, in which he
  • prays Him to pour out His blessings on the young king and upon
  • the people. He then, wrapped up in a divine enthusiasm, ascends
  • to a higher subject; and sings the glory of the Messiah, and the
  • magnificence of his reign. for. or, of.
  • 22960-900116-0850
  • -Ps72.2
  • 22961-900116-0851
  • -Ps72.3
  • 22962-900116-0852
  • -Ps72.4
  • 22963-900116-0853
  • -Ps72.5
  • 22964-900116-0854
  • -Ps72.6
  • 22965-900116-0855
  • -Ps72.7
  • 22966-900116-0856
  • -Ps72.8
  • 22967-900116-0857
  • -Ps72.9
  • 22968-900116-0857
  • -Ps72.10
  • 22969-900116-0858
  • -Ps72.11
  • 22970-900116-0859
  • -Ps72.12
  • 22971-900116-0859
  • -Ps72.13
  • 22972-900116-0900
  • -Ps72.14
  • 22973-900116-0902
  • -Ps72.15
  • 22974-900116-0903
  • -Ps72.16
  • 22975-900116-0905
  • -Ps72.17
  • son to continue his father's name forever
  • 22976-900116-0905
  • -Ps72.18
  • 22977-900116-0906
  • -Ps72.19
  • 22978-900116-0907
  • -Ps72.20
  • and with it ends the second book of the Psalter.
  • 22979-900117-0821
  • -Ps73.1
  • 01 The prophet, prevailing in a temptation
  • 02 Shews the occasion thereof, the prosperity of the wicked
  • 13 The wound given thereby, diffidence
  • 15 The victory over it, knowledge of God's purpose, in
  • destroying the wicked, and sustaining the righteous.
  • 22980-900116-0911
  • -Ps73.2
  • 22981-900116-0915
  • -Ps73.3
  • 22982-900116-0915
  • -Ps73.4
  • 22983-900116-0916
  • -Ps73.5
  • with.
  • 22984-900116-0918
  • -Ps73.6
  • 22985-900116-0919
  • -Ps73.7
  • 22986-900116-0920
  • -Ps73.8
  • 22987-900116-0920
  • -Ps73.9
  • 22988-900116-0921
  • -Ps73.10
  • 22989-900116-0922
  • -Ps73.11
  • 22990-900116-0923
  • -Ps73.12
  • 22991-900116-0923
  • -Ps73.13
  • 22992-900116-0924
  • -Ps73.14
  • 22993-900116-0925
  • -Ps73.15
  • 22994-900116-0926
  • -Ps73.16
  • 22995-900116-0926
  • -Ps73.17
  • 22996-900116-0927
  • -Ps73.18
  • 22997-900116-0928
  • -Ps73.19
  • 22998-900116-0929
  • -Ps73.20
  • 22999-900116-0930
  • -Ps73.21
  • 23000-900116-0930
  • -Ps73.22
  • 23001-900116-0931
  • -Ps73.23
  • 23002-900116-0932
  • -Ps73.24
  • 23003-900116-0933
  • -Ps73.25
  • 23004-900116-0934
  • -Ps73.26
  • 23005-900116-0935
  • -Ps73.27
  • 23006-900116-0936
  • -Ps73.28
  • The LXX, Vulgate, Arabic, and Ethiopic, add in the gates of the
  • daughter of Zion; which makes a better conclusion; but it is not
  • acknowledged by any MS yet collated.
  • 23007-900117-0822
  • -Ps74.1
  • 01 The prophet complains of the desolation of the sanctuary
  • 10 He moves God to help in consideration of his power
  • 18 Of his reproachful enemies, or his children and of his
  • covenant.
  • A.M. 3416. B.C. 588 Maschil of Asaph. or, A Psalm for Asaph
  • to give instruction.
  • 23008-900116-0940
  • -Ps74.2
  • 23009-900116-0942
  • -Ps74.3
  • 23010-900116-0942
  • -Ps74.4
  • 23011-900116-0943
  • -Ps74.5
  • 23012-900116-0943
  • -Ps74.6
  • 23013-900116-0944
  • -Ps74.7
  • fire
  • 23014-900116-0945
  • -Ps74.8
  • 23015-900116-0945
  • -Ps74.9
  • 23016-900116-0946
  • -Ps74.10
  • 23017-900116-0947
  • -Ps74.11
  • sleeves, the hands and arms are frequently covered with the
  • folds of the robe; and, in order to do anything, the hand must
  • be disentangled, and drawn out.
  • 23018-900117-0823
  • -Ps74.12
  • 23019-900117-0824
  • -Ps74.13
  • 23020-900117-0825
  • -Ps74.14
  • 23021-900117-0826
  • -Ps74.15
  • 23022-900117-0827
  • -Ps74.16
  • 23023-900117-0828
  • -Ps74.17
  • 23024-900117-0829
  • -Ps74.18
  • 23025-900117-0830
  • -Ps74.19
  • 23026-900117-0831
  • -Ps74.20
  • 23027-900117-0832
  • -Ps74.21
  • 23028-900117-0832
  • -Ps74.22
  • 23029-900117-0833
  • -Ps74.23
  • 23030-900117-0838
  • -Ps75.1
  • 01 The prophet praises God
  • 02 He promises to judge uprightly
  • 04 He rebukes the proud by consideration of God's providence
  • 09 He praises God, and promises to execute justice.
  • A.M. 3294 B.B. 710
  • David on his accession to the throne over all Israel; others
  • refer it to the time of the captivity, considering it as a
  • continuation of the subject in the preceding; but B. Patrick
  • and others are of opinion that it was composed by Asaph to
  • commemorate the overthrow of Sennacherib's army.
  • 23031-900117-0838
  • -Ps75.2
  • 23032-900117-0839
  • -Ps75.3
  • 23033-900117-0840
  • -Ps75.4
  • 23034-900117-0840
  • -Ps75.5
  • 23035-900117-0841
  • -Ps75.6
  • 23036-900117-0842
  • -Ps75.7
  • 23037-900117-0844
  • -Ps75.8
  • stupifying drugs given to criminals to drink previous to their
  • execution.
  • 23038-900117-0844
  • -Ps75.9
  • 23039-900117-0845
  • -Ps75.10
  • 23040-900117-0847
  • -Ps76.1
  • 01 A declaration of God's majesty in the church
  • 11 An exhortation to serve him reverently.
  • followed by the Vulgate and Appollinarius. An ode against the
  • Assyrian; and it is considered by many of the best commentators
  • to have been composed by Asaph after the defeat of Sennacherib.
  • 23041-900117-0848
  • -Ps76.2
  • 23042-900117-0849
  • -Ps76.3
  • 23043-900117-0849
  • -Ps76.4
  • 23044-900117-0850
  • -Ps76.5
  • 23045-900117-0851
  • -Ps76.6
  • 23046-900117-0852
  • -Ps76.7
  • 23047-900117-0853
  • -Ps76.8
  • 23048-900117-0853
  • -Ps76.9
  • 23049-900117-0854
  • -Ps76.10
  • 23050-900117-0855
  • -Ps76.11
  • 23051-900117-0856
  • -Ps76.12
  • 23052-900117-0859
  • -Ps77.1
  • 01 The psalmist shews what fierce combat he had with diffidence
  • 10 The victory which he had by consideration of God's great and
  • gracious works.
  • A.M. cir 3463. B.C. cir 541
  • written during the Babylonian captivity.
  • 23053-900117-0901
  • -Ps77.2
  • 23054-900117-0902
  • -Ps77.3
  • 23055-900117-0905
  • -Ps77.4
  • 23056-900117-0905
  • -Ps77.5
  • 23057-900117-0906
  • -Ps77.6
  • 23058-900117-0907
  • -Ps77.7
  • 23059-900117-0908
  • -Ps77.8
  • 23060-900117-0908
  • -Ps77.9
  • 23061-900117-0911
  • -Ps77.10
  • change of the right hand of the Most High, i.e. it proceeds from
  • a change of God's conduct towards me. De Dieu renders, Precari,
  • hoc meum est; mutare dextram Altissimi: To pray, this is my
  • business: to change the right hand of the Most High. I can do
  • nothing else than pray: God is the Ruler of events. Mr. N.M.
  • Berlin translates, Dolere meum hoc est: mutare est dextrae
  • Altissimi: To grieve is my portion: to change (my condition)
  • belongs to the right hand of the Most High.
  • 23062-900117-0912
  • -Ps77.11
  • 23063-900117-0913
  • -Ps77.12
  • 23064-900117-0913
  • -Ps77.13
  • 23065-900117-0914
  • -Ps77.14
  • 23066-900117-0915
  • -Ps77.15
  • 23067-900117-0915
  • -Ps77.16
  • 23068-900117-0916
  • -Ps77.17
  • 23069-900117-0917
  • -Ps77.18
  • 23070-900117-0917
  • -Ps77.19
  • 23071-900215-1015
  • -Ps77.20
  • 23072-900117-0921
  • -Ps78.1
  • 01 An exhortation both to learn and to preach, the law of God
  • 09 The story of God's wrath against the incredulous and
  • disobedient
  • 67 The Israelites being rejected, God chose Judah, Zion, and
  • David.
  • instruction.
  • by Asaph in the days of Asa, who had gained, by the aid of the
  • Syrians, a great victory over the Israelites, and brought back
  • to the pure worship of God many out of the tribes of Ephraim,
  • Manasseh, and Simeon.
  • 23073-900117-0922
  • -Ps78.2
  • 23074-900117-0922
  • -Ps78.3
  • 23075-900117-0924
  • -Ps78.4
  • 23076-900117-0926
  • -Ps78.5
  • law, written on tables of stone, put within the ark, and covered
  • with the mercy seat. This testified the Lord's gracious presence
  • with his people, and seemed to point out to them both the way of
  • access and acceptance, and the standard or rule of their duty.
  • 23077-900117-0928
  • -Ps78.6
  • 23078-900117-0931
  • -Ps78.7
  • 23079-900117-0932
  • -Ps78.8
  • 23080-900117-0935
  • -Ps78.9
  • Ephraimites mentioned in 1ch 7.20-22; but it probably refers to
  • the conduct and defeat of the ten tribes of which Ephraim was
  • the head. Nothing is recorded in the history of Israel
  • concerning the cowardice of the Ephraimites, as distinct from
  • that of the other tribes: some therefore think, that the
  • children of Ephraim is put by a figure of speech for the nation
  • in general.
  • 23081-900117-0935
  • -Ps78.10
  • 23082-900117-0936
  • -Ps78.11
  • 23083-900117-0941
  • -Ps78.12
  • wrought so many miracles, is rendered by the Chaldee, Tanium,
  • LXX. Tavie Vulgate, Tanis, and Coptic, Tane from the Coptic,
  • ten, plain, flat, level; being situated in the low ground of the
  • Delta, on one of the eastern branches of the Nile, bearing its
  • own name, near a large lake, now called the lake of Menzala, 44
  • miles west of Pelusium, and 169 miles east of Alexandria,
  • according to the Antonine Itinerary, and three miles from the
  • Mediterranean, according to the Geograph. Nubiens. Clim.3, par.3
  • There are ruins still remaining to mark the site of Zoan, or
  • Tanis, called San by the Arabs; comprising broken obelisks,
  • capitals of the Corinthian order, a granite monument, etc.
  • 23084-900117-0941
  • -Ps78.13
  • 23085-900117-0942
  • -Ps78.14
  • 23086-900117-0943
  • -Ps78.15
  • 23087-900117-0943
  • -Ps78.16
  • 23088-900117-0944
  • -Ps78.17
  • 23089-900117-0944
  • -Ps78.18
  • 23090-900117-0946
  • -Ps78.19
  • 23091-900117-0946
  • -Ps78.20
  • 23092-900119-0809
  • -Ps78.21
  • 23093-900119-0810
  • -Ps78.22
  • 23094-900119-0811
  • -Ps78.23
  • 23095-900119-0813
  • -Ps78.24
  • form of seeds; and as it appeared to come down from the clouds,
  • it was not improperly termed degan shamayim, the corn of heaven
  • or heavenly grain.
  • 23096-900119-0815
  • -Ps78.25
  • Lechem abbeerim, bread of the mighty: - they ate such food as
  • could only be expected at the tables of the rich and great; -
  • the best, the most delicate food. Or, it might be so called
  • because it rendered the people healthy and vigorous, and fit for
  • their marches.
  • 23097-900119-0823
  • -Ps78.26
  • 23098-900119-0824
  • -Ps78.27
  • 23099-900119-0824
  • -Ps78.28
  • 23100-900119-0824
  • -Ps78.29
  • 23101-900119-0825
  • -Ps78.30
  • 23102-900119-0826
  • -Ps78.31
  • 23103-900119-0826
  • -Ps78.32
  • 23104-900119-0828
  • -Ps78.33
  • 23105-900119-0829
  • -Ps78.34
  • 23106-900119-0831
  • -Ps78.35
  • their redeemer, or kinsman: that one who possessed the right of
  • redemption; the nearest akin to him who had forfeited his
  • inheritance, as the word originally means; and hence is used for
  • a redeemer; and here denotes Him who redeemed them from Egyptian
  • bondage.
  • 23107-900119-0832
  • -Ps78.36
  • 23108-900119-0832
  • -Ps78.37
  • 23109-900119-0834
  • -Ps78.38
  • 23110-900119-0836
  • -Ps78.39
  • rendered, the spirit goeth away and returneth not again. To this
  • purpose the Arabic, He remembered that they were flesh; and a
  • spirit which when it departs returneth not again. The human
  • being is composed of flesh and spirit, or body and soul: these
  • are easily separated, and when separated, the body turns to
  • dust, and the spirit returns no more to animate the body in a
  • state of probation.
  • 23111-900119-0843
  • -Ps78.40
  • 23112-900119-0844
  • -Ps78.41
  • 23113-900119-0845
  • -Ps78.42
  • 23114-900119-0846
  • -Ps78.43
  • 23115-900119-0847
  • -Ps78.44
  • evidently shew the power of God over the elements of nature,
  • which at that time were the objects of Egyptian worship.
  • 23116-900119-0848
  • -Ps78.45
  • 23117-900119-0851
  • -Ps78.46
  • in 2ch 6.28 and Aquila here, and also the Vulgate in Chron, and
  • is 33.4 and Jerome here, bruchus, the chaffer, which every one
  • knows to be a great devourer of the leaves of trees. The syriac
  • in Joel 1.4 2.25 renders it tzartzooro, which Michaelis, from
  • the Arabic Tzartzar, a cricket, interprets the mole-cricket,
  • which in its grub state is also very destructive to corn, grass,
  • and other vegetables, by cankering the roots on which it feeds.
  • 23118-900119-0853
  • -Ps78.47
  • for various uses, from the grateful shade which its wide
  • spreading branches afforded, and on account of the fruit, which
  • Mr. Maillet says the Egyptians hold in the highest estimation,
  • we may conceive somewhat of the loss they sustained when their
  • vines were destroyed with hail; and their sycamore trees with
  • frost.
  • 23119-900119-0854
  • -Ps78.48
  • 23120-900119-0854
  • -Ps78.49
  • 23121-900119-0855
  • -Ps78.50
  • 23122-900119-0856
  • -Ps78.51
  • 23123-900119-0857
  • -Ps78.52
  • 23124-900119-0858
  • -Ps78.53
  • 23125-900119-0858
  • -Ps78.54
  • 23126-900119-0900
  • -Ps78.55
  • 23127-900119-0900
  • -Ps78.56
  • 23128-900119-0901
  • -Ps78.57
  • 23129-900119-0902
  • -Ps78.58
  • 23130-900119-0903
  • -Ps78.59
  • 23131-900119-0904
  • -Ps78.60
  • 23132-900119-0905
  • -Ps78.61
  • displayed.
  • 23133-900119-0905
  • -Ps78.62
  • 23134-900119-0906
  • -Ps78.63
  • 23135-900119-0907
  • -Ps78.64
  • 23136-900119-0907
  • -Ps78.65
  • 23137-900119-0908
  • -Ps78.66
  • 23138-900119-0908
  • -Ps78.67
  • 23139-900119-0909
  • -Ps78.68
  • 23140-900119-0910
  • -Ps78.69
  • 23141-900119-0911
  • -Ps78.70
  • 23142-900119-0912
  • -Ps78.71
  • 23143-900119-0913
  • -Ps78.72
  • 23144-900122-0917
  • -Ps79.1
  • 01 The psalmist complains of the desolation of Jerusalem
  • 08 He prays for deliverance
  • 13 and promises thankfulness
  • much probability, to have been written on the destruction of the
  • city and temple of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar.
  • 23145-900122-0917
  • -Ps79.2
  • 23146-900122-0920
  • -Ps79.3
  • bury them, or none was allowed to perform this last sad office.
  • The despotism of eastern princes often proceeds to such a degree
  • of extravagrance as to fill the mind with astonishment and
  • horror. In Morocco, no person dares to bury the body of a
  • malefactor without an order from the emperor; and Windus,
  • speaking of a man who was to have been sawn in two, informs us,
  • that his body must have remained to be eaten by the dogs; if the
  • emperor had not pardoned him.
  • 23147-900122-0921
  • -Ps79.4
  • 23148-900122-0922
  • -Ps79.5
  • 23149-900122-0924
  • -Ps79.6
  • 23150-900122-0924
  • -Ps79.7
  • 23151-900122-0926
  • -Ps79.8
  • us.
  • 23152-900122-0927
  • -Ps79.9
  • 23153-900122-0930
  • -Ps79.10
  • 23154-900122-0932
  • -Ps79.11
  • the children of death
  • 23155-900122-0933
  • -Ps79.12
  • 23156-900122-0934
  • -Ps79.13
  • 23157-900122-0938
  • -Ps80.1
  • 01 The psalmist in his prayer complains of the miseries of the
  • church
  • 08 God's former favours are turned into judgments
  • 14 He prays for deliverance
  • during the Babylonian captivity; but some think it refers to the
  • desolations made by Sennacherib.
  • 23158-900122-0940
  • -Ps80.2
  • immediately after the ark and cherubim, by Divine appointment,
  • to which this appears to be an allusion.
  • 23159-900122-0940
  • -Ps80.3
  • 23160-900122-0941
  • -Ps80.4
  • 23161-900122-0942
  • -Ps80.5
  • 23162-900122-0942
  • -Ps80.6
  • 23163-900122-0943
  • -Ps80.7
  • 23164-900122-0944
  • -Ps80.8
  • supported, is frequently employed by sacred writers: see the
  • Parallel Passages.
  • 23165-900122-0945
  • -Ps80.9
  • 23166-900122-0946
  • -Ps80.10
  • 23167-900122-0946
  • -Ps80.11
  • 23168-900122-0947
  • -Ps80.12
  • 23169-900122-0949
  • -Ps80.13
  • domestic hog. He is much smaller, but stronger, and more
  • undaunted, colour, an iron grey inclining to black; snout,
  • longer than that of the common breed: ears comparatively short;
  • tusks, very formidable; and habits, fierce and savage. He is
  • particularly destructive to corn-fields and vineyards.
  • 23170-900122-0950
  • -Ps80.14
  • 23171-900122-0951
  • -Ps80.15
  • Syriac, Arabic, and Ethiopic read, ben adam, Son of man; which
  • the Targumist renders makla mesheecha, the King Messiah.
  • 23172-900122-0952
  • -Ps80.16
  • 23173-900122-0952
  • -Ps80.17
  • 23174-900122-0953
  • -Ps80.18
  • 23175-900122-0954
  • -Ps80.19
  • 23176-900122-0957
  • -Ps81.1
  • 01 An exhortation to a solemn praising of God
  • 04 God challenges that duty by reason of his benefits
  • 08 God, exhorting to obedience, complsins of their disobedience,
  • which proves their own hurt.
  • sung at the feast of Trumpets, before the time of David; and
  • others think it was written at the removal of the ark to Mount
  • Zion; but the most probable opinion is, that it was sung at the
  • dedication of the second temple.
  • 23177-900122-0958
  • -Ps81.2
  • 23178-900122-0959
  • -Ps81.3
  • 23179-900122-0959
  • -Ps81.4
  • 23180-900122-1000
  • -Ps81.5
  • 23181-900122-1002
  • -Ps81.6
  • dood also signifies
  • cophino; and Diodati, his hands were removed from the baskets.
  • I.E. says he in a note, from carrying earth to make bricks.
  • 23182-900122-1003
  • -Ps81.7
  • 23183-900122-1004
  • -Ps81.8
  • 23184-900122-1004
  • -Ps81.9
  • 23185-900122-1005
  • -Ps81.10
  • 23186-900122-1006
  • -Ps81.11
  • 23187-900122-1007
  • -Ps81.12
  • imaginations.
  • 23188-900122-1007
  • -Ps81.13
  • 23189-900122-1008
  • -Ps81.14
  • 23190-900122-1010
  • -Ps81.15
  • 23191-900122-1011
  • -Ps81.16
  • 23192-900125-0914
  • -Ps82.1
  • 01 The psalmist, having exhorted the judges
  • 05 And reproved their negligence
  • 08 Prays God to judge
  • time of David, and others to that of Hezekiah; but it is more
  • probable that it was composed when Jehoshaphat reformed the
  • courts throughout his kingdom.
  • judgeth among the judges. (elohim) God is among His own people;
  • and presides especially in those courts of justice which Himself
  • has established.
  • 23193-900125-0915
  • -Ps82.2
  • 23194-900125-0916
  • -Ps82.3
  • 23195-900125-0917
  • -Ps82.4
  • 23196-900125-0918
  • -Ps82.5
  • 23197-900125-0918
  • -Ps82.6
  • 23198-900125-0919
  • -Ps82.7
  • 23199-900125-0920
  • -Ps82.8
  • 23200-900125-0921
  • -Ps83.1
  • 01 A complaint to God of the enemies conspiracies
  • 09 A prayer against them that oppress the Church
  • confederacy against Jehoshaphat, and others to the destruction
  • of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar.
  • 23201-900125-0923
  • -Ps83.2
  • 23202-900125-0923
  • -Ps83.3
  • 23203-900125-0924
  • -Ps83.4
  • 23204-900125-0925
  • -Ps83.5
  • 23205-900125-0927
  • -Ps83.6
  • of these people, particularly the Ishmaelities, to live a
  • migratory or wandering life; encamping sometimes in one place,
  • and sometimes in another, as they found convenience for
  • themselves and cattle; a custom retained by their descendants to
  • the present day.
  • 23206-900125-0927
  • -Ps83.7
  • 23207-900125-0928
  • -Ps83.8
  • Assyria.
  • 23208-900125-0929
  • -Ps83.9
  • the translation; the original being uniformly Kishon.
  • 23209-900125-0930
  • -Ps83.10
  • 23210-900125-0930
  • -Ps83.11
  • 23211-900125-0930
  • -Ps83.12
  • 23212-900125-0931
  • -Ps83.13
  • 23213-900125-0932
  • -Ps83.14
  • 23214-900125-0933
  • -Ps83.15
  • 23215-900125-0933
  • -Ps83.16
  • 23216-900125-0933
  • -Ps83.17
  • 23217-900125-0935
  • -Ps83.18
  • 23218-900126-0213
  • -Ps84.1
  • 01 The prophet, longing for the communion of the sanctuary
  • 04 Shews how blessed they are that dwell therein
  • 08 He prays to be restored unto it.
  • driven from Jerusalem by Absalom's rebellion: but it is more
  • probable that it was written at the foundation of the second
  • temple.
  • 23219-900126-0214
  • -Ps84.2
  • 23220-900126-0217
  • -Ps84.3
  • the swallow (or the ring-dove, according to some, but probably
  • the bird which Forskal mentions among the migratory birds of
  • Alexandria, by the name of Dururi) a nest for herself where she
  • may lay her young, so I seek thine altars, O Jehovah God of
  • hosts, my King and my God. That is, as nature inclines birds to
  • seek and prepare their nests, so grace has taught me to desire
  • thy altars, and to worship there.
  • 23221-900126-0220
  • -Ps84.4
  • 23222-900126-0221
  • -Ps84.5
  • 23223-900126-0223
  • -Ps84.6
  • probably a large shrub, which the Arabs still call baca and this
  • valley as Celsius observes, seems to be on embarrassed with such
  • bushes and thorns, which could not be passed without labour and
  • tears.
  • 23224-900126-0224
  • -Ps84.7
  • 23225-900126-0226
  • -Ps84.8
  • 23226-900126-0226
  • -Ps84.9
  • 23227-900126-0227
  • -Ps84.10
  • threshold.
  • 23228-900126-0230
  • -Ps84.11
  • 23229-900126-0230
  • -Ps84.12
  • 23230-900126-0311
  • -Ps85.1
  • 01 The Psalmist, out of the experience of former mercies, prays
  • for the continuance thereof.
  • 08 He promises to wait thereon, out of confidence of God's
  • goodness
  • 23231-900126-0311
  • -Ps85.2
  • 23232-900126-0312
  • -Ps85.3
  • 23233-900126-0314
  • -Ps85.4
  • all at once; a few returned with Zerubbabel, some more with Ezra
  • and Nehemiah; but a great number still remained in Babylonia,
  • Media, Assyria, etc; and therefore the Psalmist prays for a
  • complete restoration.
  • 23234-900126-0315
  • -Ps85.5
  • 23235-900126-0315
  • -Ps85.6
  • 23236-900126-0316
  • -Ps85.7
  • 23237-900126-0318
  • -Ps85.8
  • 23238-900126-0319
  • -Ps85.9
  • 23239-900126-0320
  • -Ps85.10
  • 23240-900126-0321
  • -Ps85.11
  • 23241-900126-0322
  • -Ps85.12
  • 23242-900126-0323
  • -Ps85.13
  • 23243-900126-0357
  • -Ps86.1
  • 01 David strengthens his prayer by the consciousness of his
  • religion
  • 05 By the goodness and power of God
  • 11 He desires the continuance of former grace
  • 14 Complaining of the proud, he craves some token of God's
  • goodness
  • Psalm is supposed to have been composed by David either when
  • persecuted by Saul, or driven from Jerusalem by Absalom.
  • 23244-900126-0358
  • -Ps86.2
  • 23245-900126-0359
  • -Ps86.3
  • 23246-900126-0400
  • -Ps86.4
  • 23247-900126-0401
  • -Ps86.5
  • 23248-900126-0402
  • -Ps86.6
  • 23249-900126-0403
  • -Ps86.7
  • 23250-900126-0404
  • -Ps86.8
  • 23251-900126-0405
  • -Ps86.9
  • 23252-900126-0405
  • -Ps86.10
  • 23253-900126-0409
  • -Ps86.11
  • 23254-900126-0410
  • -Ps86.12
  • 23255-900126-0411
  • -Ps86.13
  • 23256-900126-0414
  • -Ps86.14
  • 23257-900126-0415
  • -Ps86.15
  • 23258-900126-0416
  • -Ps86.16
  • 23259-900126-0416
  • -Ps86.17
  • 23260-900126-0426
  • -Ps87.1
  • 01 The nature and glory of the church
  • 04 The increase, honour, and comfort of the members thereof.
  • written by one of the descendants of Korah on the return from
  • the Bablonian captivity. It seems to have been written in praise
  • of Jerusalem; and, typically, of the Christian church.
  • 23261-900126-0426
  • -Ps87.2
  • 23262-900126-0427
  • -Ps87.3
  • 23263-900126-0430
  • -Ps87.4
  • 23264-900126-0432
  • -Ps87.5
  • 23265-900126-0433
  • -Ps87.6
  • 23266-900126-0434
  • -Ps87.7
  • 23267-900126-0458
  • -Ps88.1
  • 01 A prayer containing a grevious complaint.
  • have been written by Heman, son of Zerah, and grandson of Judah,
  • on the oppression of the Hebrews in Egypt.
  • 23268-900126-0458
  • -Ps88.2
  • 23269-900126-0459
  • -Ps88.3
  • 23270-900126-0500
  • -Ps88.4
  • 23271-900126-0501
  • -Ps88.5
  • 23272-900126-0502
  • -Ps88.6
  • 23273-900126-0506
  • -Ps88.7
  • 23274-900126-0508
  • -Ps88.8
  • 23275-900126-0508
  • -Ps88.9
  • 23276-900126-0510
  • -Ps88.10
  • strongest negations.
  • 23277-900126-0511
  • -Ps88.11
  • 23278-900126-0511
  • -Ps88.12
  • 23279-900126-0512
  • -Ps88.13
  • 23280-900126-0513
  • -Ps88.14
  • 23281-900126-0513
  • -Ps88.15
  • 23282-900126-0514
  • -Ps88.16
  • 23283-900126-0515
  • -Ps88.17
  • 23284-900126-0515
  • -Ps88.18
  • now never saw them.
  • 23285-900129-0838
  • -Ps89.1
  • 01 The psalmist praises God for his covenant
  • 05 For his wonderful power
  • 15 For the care of his church
  • 19 For his favour to the kingdom of David
  • 38 Then complaining of contrary events
  • 46 He expostulates, prays, and blesses God.
  • the Ezrahite, to give instructions. This Psalm is generally
  • supposed to have been written during the Babylonian captivity,
  • when, the family of David being dethroned, and the royal family
  • ruined, the Divine promises had apparently failed.
  • 23286-900129-0839
  • -Ps89.2
  • 23287-900129-0840
  • -Ps89.3
  • 23288-900129-0841
  • -Ps89.4
  • 23289-900129-0843
  • -Ps89.5
  • 23290-900129-0844
  • -Ps89.6
  • 23291-900129-0845
  • -Ps89.7
  • 23292-900129-0847
  • -Ps89.8
  • 23293-900129-0848
  • -Ps89.9
  • 23294-900129-0849
  • -Ps89.10
  • 23295-900129-0851
  • -Ps89.11
  • 23296-900129-0852
  • -Ps89.12
  • 23297-900129-0852
  • -Ps89.13
  • 23298-900129-0853
  • -Ps89.14
  • 23299-900129-0854
  • -Ps89.15
  • 23300-900129-0855
  • -Ps89.16
  • 23301-900129-0856
  • -Ps89.17
  • 23302-900129-0857
  • -Ps89.18
  • is of the Holy One of Israel.
  • 23303-900129-0858
  • -Ps89.19
  • 23304-900129-0859
  • -Ps89.20
  • 23305-900129-0859
  • -Ps89.21
  • 23306-900129-0902
  • -Ps89.22
  • 23307-900129-0903
  • -Ps89.23
  • 23308-900129-0904
  • -Ps89.24
  • 23309-900129-0905
  • -Ps89.25
  • signifies: for the accomplishment of these promises, see the
  • parallel texts.
  • 23310-900129-0906
  • -Ps89.26
  • 23311-900129-0906
  • -Ps89.27
  • 23312-900129-0907
  • -Ps89.28
  • 23313-900129-0908
  • -Ps89.29
  • 23314-900129-0909
  • -Ps89.30
  • 23315-900129-0909
  • -Ps89.31
  • 23316-900129-0911
  • -Ps89.32
  • 23317-900129-0912
  • -Ps89.33
  • 23318-900129-0913
  • -Ps89.34
  • 23319-900129-0913
  • -Ps89.35
  • 23320-900129-0914
  • -Ps89.36
  • 23321-900129-0921
  • -Ps89.37
  • as long as time shall last, his kingdom shall continue among
  • men. The moon is probably termed a faithful witness, because by
  • her, particularly, time is measured. Her decrease and increase
  • are especially observed by every nation; and by these time is
  • generally estimated, especially among eastern nations:-
  • -So many
  • moons is a man old--so many moons since such an event happened;
  • and even their years are reckoned by lunations. Or, the rainbow
  • may be intended; that faithful sign which God has established in
  • the clouds, that the earth shall no more be destroyed by water.
  • 23322-900129-0922
  • -Ps89.38
  • 23323-900129-0922
  • -Ps89.39
  • 23324-900129-0923
  • -Ps89.40
  • 23325-900129-0924
  • -Ps89.41
  • 23326-900129-0924
  • -Ps89.42
  • 23327-900129-0925
  • -Ps89.43
  • 23328-900129-0926
  • -Ps89.44
  • 23329-900129-0927
  • -Ps89.45
  • 23330-900129-0928
  • -Ps89.46
  • 23331-900129-0928
  • -Ps89.47
  • 23332-900129-0929
  • -Ps89.48
  • 23333-900129-0930
  • -Ps89.49
  • 23334-900129-0930
  • -Ps89.50
  • 23335-900129-0931
  • -Ps89.51
  • 23336-900129-0933
  • -Ps89.52
  • thought to have been added by a later hand, as it is wanting in
  • two MSS., in another written without points, and in three others
  • written separately from the text; though it is found in all the
  • versions.
  • 23337-900129-0952
  • -Ps90.1
  • 01 Moses, setting forth God's providence
  • 03 Complains of human fragility
  • 07 Divine chastisement
  • 10 and brevity of life
  • 12 He prays for the knowledge and sensible experience of God's
  • good providence.
  • a Psalm of Moses. This Psalm is supposed to have been composed
  • by Moses, when all the generation of the Israelites who had
  • offended God, were sentenced to fail in the wilderness, at the
  • age of seventy or eighty years, except Moses, Caleb, and Joshua.
  • 23338-900130-0856
  • -Ps90.2
  • 23339-900130-0857
  • -Ps90.3
  • to that dust out of which ye were originally formed
  • 23340-900130-0858
  • -Ps90.4
  • 23341-900130-0859
  • -Ps90.5
  • 23342-900130-0859
  • -Ps90.6
  • 23343-900130-0900
  • -Ps90.7
  • 23344-900130-0901
  • -Ps90.8
  • 23345-900130-0905
  • -Ps90.9
  • plans and operations are like the spider's web. Life is as
  • frail, and the thread of it as brittle, as one of those which
  • constitute the well-wrought and curious, but fragile habitation
  • of that insect. All the Versions have the word spider, but it is
  • not found in any Hebrew MSS, or edition yet collated. The Hebrew
  • might be rendered, We consume our lives with a groan.
  • 23346-900130-0906
  • -Ps90.10
  • seventy years.
  • 23347-900130-0907
  • -Ps90.11
  • 23348-900130-0909
  • -Ps90.12
  • 23349-900130-0910
  • -Ps90.13
  • 23350-900130-0911
  • -Ps90.14
  • 23351-900130-0911
  • -Ps90.15
  • 23352-900130-0912
  • -Ps90.16
  • 23353-900130-0913
  • -Ps90.17
  • 23354-900130-0916
  • -Ps91.1
  • 01 The state of the godly
  • 03 Their safety
  • 09 Their habitation
  • 11 Their servants
  • 14 Their friend; with the effects of them all.
  • on the same occasion as the preceeding; but others think it was
  • written by David, after his advice to his son Solomon.
  • 23355-900130-0917
  • -Ps91.2
  • 23356-900130-0918
  • -Ps91.3
  • 23357-900130-0919
  • -Ps91.4
  • 23358-900130-0920
  • -Ps91.5
  • 23359-900130-0921
  • -Ps91.6
  • 23360-900130-0922
  • -Ps91.7
  • 23361-900130-0922
  • -Ps91.8
  • 23362-900130-0923
  • -Ps91.9
  • 23363-900130-0924
  • -Ps91.10
  • 23364-900130-0926
  • -Ps91.11
  • 23365-900130-0926
  • -Ps91.12
  • 23366-900130-0927
  • -Ps91.13
  • 23367-900130-0928
  • -Ps91.14
  • 23368-900130-0929
  • -Ps91.15
  • 23369-900130-0930
  • -Ps91.16
  • 23370-900131-0824
  • -Ps92.1
  • 01 The prophet exhorts to praise God
  • 04 For his great works
  • 06 For his judgments on the wicked
  • 10 And for his goodness to the godly.
  • Psalm to have been composed by some of the Levites during or
  • near the close of the Babylonian captivity, acknowledging the
  • mercy of God, and foreseeing the destruction of their enemies,
  • and their own return to Jerusalmen and the temple service.
  • 23371-900131-0827
  • -Ps92.2
  • 23372-900131-0828
  • -Ps92.3
  • 23373-900131-0829
  • -Ps92.4
  • 23374-900131-0830
  • -Ps92.5
  • 23375-900131-0831
  • -Ps92.6
  • 23376-900131-0832
  • -Ps92.7
  • 23377-900131-0833
  • -Ps92.8
  • 23378-900131-0834
  • -Ps92.9
  • 23379-900131-0836
  • -Ps92.10
  • 23380-900131-0836
  • -Ps92.11
  • 23381-900131-0837
  • -Ps92.12
  • 23382-900131-0839
  • -Ps92.13
  • 23383-900131-0841
  • -Ps92.14
  • 23384-900131-0841
  • -Ps92.15
  • 23385-900131-0845
  • -Ps93.1
  • 01 The majesty, stability, power, and holiness of Christ's
  • kingdom.
  • occasion as the preceding, as a part of which it is written in
  • twelve MSS.
  • 23386-900131-0846
  • -Ps93.2
  • 23387-900131-0847
  • -Ps93.3
  • 23388-900131-0848
  • -Ps93.4
  • 23389-900131-0849
  • -Ps93.5
  • 23390-900131-0852
  • -Ps94.1
  • 01 The prophet, calling for justice, complains of tyranny and
  • impiety.
  • 08 He teaches God's providence
  • 12 He shews the blessedness of affliction
  • 16 God is the defender of the afflicted.
  • written by David on occasion of his war with the Armmonites, in
  • consequence of the indignities shewn to his messengers; but it
  • is more probable that it was written to bewail the destruction
  • of Jerusalem and the temple.
  • 23391-900131-0854
  • -Ps94.2
  • 23392-900131-0855
  • -Ps94.3
  • 23393-900131-0856
  • -Ps94.4
  • 23394-900131-0857
  • -Ps94.5
  • 23395-900131-0857
  • -Ps94.6
  • 23396-900131-0858
  • -Ps94.7
  • 23397-900131-0859
  • -Ps94.8
  • 23398-900131-0859
  • -Ps94.9
  • 23399-900131-0901
  • -Ps94.10
  • 23400-900131-0901
  • -Ps94.11
  • 23401-900131-0902
  • -Ps94.12
  • 23402-900131-0903
  • -Ps94.13
  • 23403-900131-0904
  • -Ps94.14
  • 23404-900131-0905
  • -Ps94.15
  • 23405-900131-0908
  • -Ps94.16
  • 23406-900131-0909
  • -Ps94.17
  • 23407-900131-0910
  • -Ps94.18
  • 23408-900131-0910
  • -Ps94.19
  • 23409-900131-0912
  • -Ps94.20
  • 23410-900131-0913
  • -Ps94.21
  • 23411-900131-0914
  • -Ps94.22
  • 23412-900131-0915
  • -Ps94.23
  • 23413-900131-0918
  • -Ps95.1
  • 01 An exhortation to praise God
  • 03 For his greatness
  • 06 And for his goodness
  • 08 And not to tempt him
  • 23414-900131-0919
  • -Ps95.2
  • 23415-900131-0922
  • -Ps95.3
  • 23416-900131-0925
  • -Ps95.4
  • hills are his
  • 23417-900131-0926
  • -Ps95.5
  • 23418-900131-0927
  • -Ps95.6
  • 23419-900131-0929
  • -Ps95.7
  • 23420-900131-0930
  • -Ps95.8
  • 23421-900131-0932
  • -Ps95.9
  • 23422-900131-0932
  • -Ps95.10
  • 23423-900131-0933
  • -Ps95.11
  • 23424-900207-0527
  • -Ps96.1
  • 01 An exhortation to praise God
  • 04 for his greatness
  • 08 for his kingdom
  • 11 for his general judgment
  • 23425-900207-0528
  • -Ps96.2
  • 23426-900207-0529
  • -Ps96.3
  • 23427-900207-0530
  • -Ps96.4
  • 23428-900207-0531
  • -Ps96.5
  • 23429-900207-0532
  • -Ps96.6
  • 23430-900207-0533
  • -Ps96.7
  • 23431-900207-0538
  • -Ps96.8
  • 23432-900207-0541
  • -Ps96.9
  • 23433-900207-0543
  • -Ps96.10
  • 23434-900207-0545
  • -Ps96.11
  • 23435-900207-0545
  • -Ps96.12
  • 23436-900207-0546
  • -Ps96.13
  • 23437-900207-0555
  • -Ps97.1
  • 01 The majesty of God's kingdom
  • 07 The church rejoices at God's judgments upon idolaters
  • 10 An exhortation to godliness and gladness
  • 23438-900207-0557
  • -Ps97.2
  • 23439-900207-0559
  • -Ps97.3
  • 23440-900207-0600
  • -Ps97.4
  • 23441-900207-0602
  • -Ps97.5
  • 23442-900207-0603
  • -Ps97.6
  • 23443-900207-0608
  • -Ps97.7
  • 23444-900207-0609
  • -Ps97.8
  • 23445-900207-0609
  • -Ps97.9
  • 23446-900207-0611
  • -Ps97.10
  • 23447-900207-0612
  • -Ps97.11
  • 23448-900207-0613
  • -Ps97.12
  • 23449-900207-0625
  • -Ps98.1
  • 01 The psalmist exhorts the Jews
  • 04 The Gentiles
  • 07 And all the creatures, to praise God
  • 23450-900207-0626
  • -Ps98.2
  • 23451-900207-0627
  • -Ps98.3
  • 23452-900207-0628
  • -Ps98.4
  • 23453-900207-0628
  • -Ps98.5
  • 23454-900207-0629
  • -Ps98.6
  • 23455-900207-0629
  • -Ps98.7
  • 23456-900207-0630
  • -Ps98.8
  • 23457-900207-0631
  • -Ps98.9
  • 23458-900207-0639
  • -Ps99.1
  • 01 The prophet, setting forth the kingdom of God in Zion
  • 05 Exhorts all, by the example of their forefathers, to worship
  • God at his holy hill
  • 23459-900207-0640
  • -Ps99.2
  • 23460-900207-0641
  • -Ps99.3
  • 23461-900207-0642
  • -Ps99.4
  • 23462-900207-0643
  • -Ps99.5
  • 23463-900207-0644
  • -Ps99.6
  • 23464-900207-0646
  • -Ps99.7
  • 23465-900207-0647
  • -Ps99.8
  • 23466-900207-0648
  • -Ps99.9
  • 23467-900207-0700
  • -Ps100.1
  • 01 An exhortation to praise God, cheerfully
  • 03 For his greatness
  • 04 And for his power
  • 23468-900207-0701
  • -Ps100.2
  • 23469-900207-0703
  • -Ps100.3
  • 23470-900207-0704
  • -Ps100.4
  • 23471-900207-0705
  • -Ps100.5
  • 23472-900207-0712
  • -Ps101.1
  • 01 David makes a vow and profession of godliness.
  • 23473-900207-0714
  • -Ps101.2
  • 23474-900207-0718
  • -Ps101.3
  • 23475-900207-0720
  • -Ps101.4
  • 23476-900207-0721
  • -Ps101.5
  • 23477-900207-0722
  • -Ps101.6
  • 23478-900207-0723
  • -Ps101.7
  • 23479-900207-0724
  • -Ps101.8
  • 23480-900207-0755
  • -Ps102.1
  • 01 The prophet in his prayer makes a grievous complaint.
  • 12 He takes comfort in the eternity, and mercy of God
  • 18 The mercies of God are to be recorded
  • 23 He sustains his weakness by the unchangeableness of God.
  • composed towards the close of the Babylonian captivity; and
  • probably by the prophet Daniel.
  • 23481-900207-0757
  • -Ps102.2
  • 23482-900207-0757
  • -Ps102.3
  • 23483-900207-0758
  • -Ps102.4
  • 23484-900207-0759
  • -Ps102.5
  • 23485-900207-0800
  • -Ps102.6
  • 23486-900207-0800
  • -Ps102.7
  • 23487-900207-0801
  • -Ps102.8
  • 23488-900207-0802
  • -Ps102.9
  • 23489-900207-0802
  • -Ps102.10
  • 23490-900207-0803
  • -Ps102.11
  • 23491-900207-0804
  • -Ps102.12
  • 23492-900207-0805
  • -Ps102.13
  • 23493-900207-0806
  • -Ps102.14
  • 23494-900207-0816
  • -Ps102.15
  • 23495-900207-0817
  • -Ps102.16
  • 23496-900207-0818
  • -Ps102.17
  • 23497-900207-0819
  • -Ps102.18
  • 23498-900207-0820
  • -Ps102.19
  • 23499-900207-0821
  • -Ps102.20
  • 23500-900207-0821
  • -Ps102.21
  • 23501-900207-0822
  • -Ps102.22
  • 23502-900207-0823
  • -Ps102.23
  • 23503-900207-0824
  • -Ps102.24
  • 23504-900207-0824
  • -Ps102.25
  • 23505-900207-0825
  • -Ps102.26
  • 23506-900207-0825
  • -Ps102.27
  • 23507-900207-0826
  • -Ps102.28
  • 23508-900207-0844
  • -Ps103.1
  • 01 An exhortation to bless God for his mercy
  • 05 And for the constancy thereof
  • 23509-900207-0844
  • -Ps103.2
  • 23510-900207-0846
  • -Ps103.3
  • 23511-900207-0846
  • -Ps103.4
  • 23512-900207-0847
  • -Ps103.5
  • 23513-900207-0848
  • -Ps103.6
  • 23514-900207-0849
  • -Ps103.7
  • 23515-900207-0850
  • -Ps103.8
  • 23516-900207-0850
  • -Ps103.9
  • 23517-900207-0851
  • -Ps103.10
  • 23518-900207-0852
  • -Ps103.11
  • 23519-900207-0852
  • -Ps103.12
  • 23520-900207-0853
  • -Ps103.13
  • 23521-900207-0854
  • -Ps103.14
  • 23522-900207-0854
  • -Ps103.15
  • 23523-900207-0855
  • -Ps103.16
  • 23524-900207-0857
  • -Ps103.17
  • 23525-900207-0858
  • -Ps103.18
  • 23526-900207-0859
  • -Ps103.19
  • 23527-900207-0859
  • -Ps103.20
  • 23528-900207-0901
  • -Ps103.21
  • 23529-900207-0901
  • -Ps103.22
  • 23530-900208-0913
  • -Ps104.1
  • 01 A meditation upon the mighty power
  • 07 And wonderful providence of God
  • 31 God's glory is eternal
  • 33 The prophet vows perpetually to praise God
  • providence, is ascribed to David in the LXX, Vulgate, Ethiopic,
  • Syriac, and Arabic; and as it opens and closes with the same
  • words as the preceding psalm, it is probable that it was
  • composed on the same occasion; and it is written as part of it
  • in nine MSS. ver. 35
  • 23531-900208-0914
  • -Ps104.2
  • 23532-900208-0914
  • -Ps104.3
  • 23533-900208-0915
  • -Ps104.4
  • 23534-900208-0916
  • -Ps104.5
  • the earth upon her bases.
  • 23535-900208-0917
  • -Ps104.6
  • 23536-900208-0917
  • -Ps104.7
  • 23537-900208-0918
  • -Ps104.8
  • descend.
  • 23538-900208-0919
  • -Ps104.9
  • 23539-900208-0921
  • -Ps104.10
  • the earth, but, by the providence of God, are rendered the means
  • of preserving every living thing; partly ascending from the
  • great deep through the strata of the earth, partly exhaled in
  • vapour from the surface of the ocean, and thence falling in
  • rain, especially on the tops and sides of mountains, they break
  • forth into fresh springs, and form streams and rivers.
  • 23540-900208-0921
  • -Ps104.11
  • 23541-900208-0922
  • -Ps104.12
  • 23542-900208-0924
  • -Ps104.13
  • 23543-900208-0925
  • -Ps104.14
  • 23544-900208-0929
  • -Ps104.15
  • or, more than oil.
  • 23545-900208-0932
  • -Ps104.16
  • 23546-900208-0936
  • -Ps104.17
  • but when erect, about three or four feet high; its general
  • colour is white; extremity of the wings, and small part of the
  • head, black; legs, very long, red, and naked a great way up; the
  • toes four, long and connected, with flat nails like those of a
  • man; beak long, jagged, red, and somewhat compressed; the upper
  • and under chaps both of a length, with a furrow from the
  • nostrils; it feeds on serpents, frogs, and insects, on which
  • account it might be deemed unclean; lays four eggs, and sits
  • thirty days; migrates about August, and returns in spring; and
  • is remarkable for its love to its parents, whom it never
  • forsakes, but feeds and cherishes when old; whence it had the
  • name chaseedah, which denotes kindness or piety, and stork, from
  • the Greek, natural affection.
  • 23547-900208-0938
  • -Ps104.18
  • is famous for mounting to the tops of the highest rocks. Its
  • general appearance is that of the tame goat, of a dusky brown
  • colour; but the male is larger, with long horns, bending
  • backwards.
  • 23548-900208-0938
  • -Ps104.19
  • 23549-900208-0939
  • -Ps104.20
  • forest.
  • 23550-900208-0940
  • -Ps104.21
  • 23551-900208-0940
  • -Ps104.22
  • 23552-900208-0941
  • -Ps104.23
  • 23553-900208-0942
  • -Ps104.24
  • 23554-900208-0943
  • -Ps104.25
  • 23555-900208-0944
  • -Ps104.26
  • 23556-900208-0944
  • -Ps104.27
  • 23557-900208-0944
  • -Ps104.28
  • 23558-900208-0945
  • -Ps104.29
  • 23559-900208-0946
  • -Ps104.30
  • 23560-900208-0947
  • -Ps104.31
  • 23561-900208-0948
  • -Ps104.32
  • 23562-900208-0949
  • -Ps104.33
  • 23563-900208-0949
  • -Ps104.34
  • 23564-900208-0950
  • -Ps104.35
  • 23565-900208-0959
  • -Ps105.1
  • 01 An exhortation to praise God, and to seek out his works
  • 07 The story of God's providence over Abraham
  • 16 Over Joseph
  • 23 Over Jacob in Egypt
  • 26 Over Moses delivering the Israelites
  • 37 Over the Israelites brought out of Egypt, fed in the
  • wilderness, and planted in Canaan.
  • part of this Psalm, as far as the 16th verse is found with
  • little variation, that David composed it at the removal of the
  • ark to Mount Zion, and he himself probably enlarged it
  • afterwards with the glorious detail of God's merciful dealings
  • with Abraham and his posterity till their settlement in the land
  • of Promise. The Hallelujah, which terminates the preceding
  • Psalm, is made the title of this by the Septuagint, Vulgate,
  • Arabic, and Ethiopic; and the Syriac considers it a paraphrase
  • on the words, Fear not, Jacob, to go down into Egypt; and
  • teaches us spiritaully not to fear when we are obliged to
  • contend with devils; for God is our shield, and will fight for
  • us.
  • 23566-900208-1000
  • -Ps105.2
  • 23567-900208-1001
  • -Ps105.3
  • 23568-900208-1001
  • -Ps105.4
  • 23569-900208-1002
  • -Ps105.5
  • 23570-900208-1002
  • -Ps105.6
  • 23571-900208-1004
  • -Ps105.7
  • 23572-900208-1004
  • -Ps105.8
  • 23573-900208-1005
  • -Ps105.9
  • 23574-900208-1005
  • -Ps105.10
  • 23575-900208-1006
  • -Ps105.11
  • 23576-900208-1006
  • -Ps105.12
  • 23577-900208-1007
  • -Ps105.13
  • 23578-900208-1007
  • -Ps105.14
  • 23579-900208-1008
  • -Ps105.15
  • 23580-900208-1009
  • -Ps105.16
  • 23581-900208-1010
  • -Ps105.17
  • 23582-900208-1011
  • -Ps105.18
  • 23583-900208-1011
  • -Ps105.19
  • 23584-900208-1015
  • -Ps105.20
  • 23585-900208-1016
  • -Ps105.21
  • 23586-900208-1016
  • -Ps105.22
  • 23587-900208-1017
  • -Ps105.23
  • 23588-900208-1018
  • -Ps105.24
  • 23589-900208-1018
  • -Ps105.25
  • 23590-900208-1020
  • -Ps105.26
  • 23591-900208-1021
  • -Ps105.27
  • 23592-900208-1022
  • -Ps105.28
  • 23593-900208-1023
  • -Ps105.29
  • 23594-900208-1023
  • -Ps105.30
  • 23595-900208-1024
  • -Ps105.31
  • 23596-900208-1024
  • -Ps105.32
  • 23597-900208-1025
  • -Ps105.33
  • 23598-900208-1026
  • -Ps105.34
  • 23599-900208-1026
  • -Ps105.35
  • 23600-900208-1027
  • -Ps105.36
  • 23601-900208-1029
  • -Ps105.37
  • children, and cattle, it must certainly have appeared
  • extraordinary, that there was none amoung them weak or feeble,
  • none unable to perform the journey. The order was that not a
  • hoof should be left behind; and He who commanded gave strength
  • to obey.
  • 23602-900208-1029
  • -Ps105.38
  • 23603-900208-1030
  • -Ps105.39
  • 23604-900208-1031
  • -Ps105.40
  • 23605-900208-1031
  • -Ps105.41
  • 23606-900208-1032
  • -Ps105.42
  • 23607-900208-1034
  • -Ps105.43
  • 23608-900208-1035
  • -Ps105.44
  • and houses they had built, the vineyards they had planted, etc.
  • 23609-900208-1035
  • -Ps105.45
  • 23610-900208-1445
  • -Ps106.1
  • 01 The psalmist exhorts to praise God
  • 04 He prays for pardon of sin, as God pardoned the fathers
  • 07 The story of the people's rebellion, and God's mercy
  • 47 He concludes with prayer and praise
  • first and two last verses of this are found in the same place;
  • and it is highly probable this was composed upon the same
  • occasion as the former, to which it seems to be a continuation;
  • for as that celebrates the mercies of God to Israel, so this
  • confesses and deplores the rebellions of Israel against Jehovah.
  • 23611-900208-1446
  • -Ps106.2
  • 23612-900208-1451
  • -Ps106.3
  • 23613-900208-1452
  • -Ps106.4
  • 23614-900208-1454
  • -Ps106.5
  • 23615-900208-1454
  • -Ps106.6
  • 23616-900208-1455
  • -Ps106.7
  • 23617-900208-1456
  • -Ps106.8
  • 23618-900208-1458
  • -Ps106.9
  • has life. The sea is an animated being, behaves itself proudly,
  • is rebuked, and retires in confussion.
  • 23619-900208-1459
  • -Ps106.10
  • 23620-900208-1459
  • -Ps106.11
  • 23621-900208-1500
  • -Ps106.12
  • 23622-900208-1501
  • -Ps106.13
  • days afterwards, at the waters of Marah.
  • 23623-900208-1502
  • -Ps106.14
  • 23624-900208-1504
  • -Ps106.15
  • innutritive food. God gave them flesh as they desired, but no
  • blessing accompanied it; and, in consequence, they did not
  • fatten, but grew lean upon it; and many surfeited by excess,
  • died of disease. Instead of razon, leanness, however, Bp. Lowth
  • supposes we should read zeraon, nausea or loathing, which
  • appears to be supported by several ancient versions, and by Nu.
  • 11.20, where this portion of the history of the Israelites is
  • recorded, and where the word zara is used, and rendered, it be
  • loathsome.
  • 23625-900208-1505
  • -Ps106.16
  • 23626-900208-1505
  • -Ps106.17
  • 23627-900208-1506
  • -Ps106.18
  • 23628-900208-1506
  • -Ps106.19
  • 23629-900208-1507
  • -Ps106.20
  • peculair object of their glory.
  • 23630-900208-1508
  • -Ps106.21
  • 23631-900208-1510
  • -Ps106.22
  • called the land of Ham, or rather, Cham, because it was peopled
  • by Mizraim the son of Ham, and grandson of Noah. Plutarch
  • informs us, that the Egyptians called their country Chemia; and
  • the Copts give it the name of Chemi, to the present day.
  • 23632-900208-1511
  • -Ps106.23
  • 23633-900208-1512
  • -Ps106.24
  • 23634-900208-1513
  • -Ps106.25
  • 23635-900208-1514
  • -Ps106.26
  • 23636-900208-1515
  • -Ps106.27
  • 23637-900208-1516
  • -Ps106.28
  • idols of the heathen were generally men, warriors, kings, or
  • lawgivers, who had been deified after their death; though many
  • of them had been execrated during their life.
  • 23638-900208-1517
  • -Ps106.29
  • 23639-900208-1518
  • -Ps106.30
  • 23640-900208-1518
  • -Ps106.31
  • 23641-900208-1519
  • -Ps106.32
  • 23642-900208-1520
  • -Ps106.33
  • 23643-900208-1521
  • -Ps106.34
  • 23644-900208-1521
  • -Ps106.35
  • 23645-900208-1523
  • -Ps106.36
  • 23646-900208-1525
  • -Ps106.37
  • may appear, it is certain, that they did not only exist, but
  • almost universally prevailed in the heathen world, especially
  • among the Canaanites and Phoenicians.
  • 23647-900208-1526
  • -Ps106.38
  • 23648-900208-1528
  • -Ps106.39
  • 23649-900208-1528
  • -Ps106.40
  • 23650-900208-1529
  • -Ps106.41
  • 23651-900208-1529
  • -Ps106.42
  • 23652-900208-1531
  • -Ps106.43
  • 23653-900208-1531
  • -Ps106.44
  • 23654-900208-1532
  • -Ps106.45
  • 23655-900208-1533
  • -Ps106.46
  • 23656-900208-1534
  • -Ps106.47
  • 23657-900208-1535
  • -Ps106.48
  • 23658-900215-1009
  • -Ps107.1
  • 01 The psalmist exhorts the redeemed in praising God to observe
  • his manifold providence
  • 04 Over travellers
  • 10 Over captives
  • 17 Over sick men
  • 23 Over seamen
  • 33 And in divers varieties of life.
  • it was evidently written to commemorate the return of the Jews
  • from the Babylonian captivity; and it may easily be perceived
  • that it must have been sung in alternate parts, having a double
  • burden, or two intercalary verses often recurring. Bp. Lowth
  • considers it as written after the method of the ancient
  • pastorals, where, be the subject of their verse what it will,
  • each swain endeavours to excel the other; and one may perceive
  • their thoughts and expressions gradually to rise upon each
  • other. No doubt, he adds, the composition of this Psalm is
  • admirable throughout; and the descriptive part of it adds at
  • least its share of beauty to the whole; but what is most to be
  • admired is its conciseness, and withal the expressiveness of the
  • diction, which strikes the imagination with illimitable
  • elegance. The weary and bewildered traveller--the miserable
  • captive in the dungeon--the sick and dying man--the seaman
  • foundering in a storm--are described in so affecting a manner,
  • that they far exceed any thing of the kind, though never so much
  • laboured.
  • 23659-900215-1009
  • -Ps107.2
  • 23660-900215-1010
  • -Ps107.3
  • 23661-900215-1010
  • -Ps107.4
  • Israelites in captivity are compared to travellers in a dreary,
  • uninhabited, and barren desert, spent with hunger and thirst, as
  • well as by the fatigues of the journey.
  • 23662-900215-1010
  • -Ps107.5
  • 23663-900215-1012
  • -Ps107.6
  • 23664-900215-1017
  • -Ps107.7
  • 23665-900215-1018
  • -Ps107.8
  • 23666-900215-1020
  • -Ps107.9
  • 23667-900215-1021
  • -Ps107.10
  • the captives in Babylon is illustrated by that of prisoners in a
  • dreary dungeon.
  • 23668-900215-1024
  • -Ps107.11
  • 23669-900215-1025
  • -Ps107.12
  • 23670-900215-1025
  • -Ps107.13
  • 23671-900215-1027
  • -Ps107.14
  • 23672-900215-1027
  • -Ps107.15
  • 23673-900215-1027
  • -Ps107.16
  • 23674-900215-1029
  • -Ps107.17
  • compared to persons in a dangerous malady, as the consequences
  • of their own sins.
  • 23675-900215-1029
  • -Ps107.18
  • 23676-900215-1030
  • -Ps107.19
  • 23677-900215-1031
  • -Ps107.20
  • 23678-900215-1031
  • -Ps107.21
  • 23679-900215-1032
  • -Ps107.22
  • 23680-900215-1033
  • -Ps107.23
  • dangerous and alarming as a dreadful tempest at sea; with a most
  • natural and striking description of which we are here presented.
  • 23681-900215-1033
  • -Ps107.24
  • 23682-900215-1034
  • -Ps107.25
  • 23683-900215-1035
  • -Ps107.26
  • 23684-900215-1035
  • -Ps107.27
  • 23685-900215-1036
  • -Ps107.28
  • 23686-900215-1036
  • -Ps107.29
  • 23687-900215-1037
  • -Ps107.30
  • 23688-900215-1038
  • -Ps107.31
  • 23689-900215-1039
  • -Ps107.32
  • 23690-900215-1040
  • -Ps107.33
  • 23691-900215-1041
  • -Ps107.34
  • 23692-900215-1042
  • -Ps107.35
  • 23693-900215-1042
  • -Ps107.36
  • 23694-900215-1043
  • -Ps107.37
  • 23695-900215-1044
  • -Ps107.38
  • 23696-900215-1048
  • -Ps107.39
  • frequently occur, and mark the superintendence of a benign
  • Providence, and the hand of a just God, appear to be brought
  • forward to illustrate the return of the Israelites from
  • captivity, and the punishment of their oppressors the
  • Babylonians. Wherefore, at last, as in a common chorus, they
  • conclude with exhorting each other to a serious consideration of
  • these things, and to make a proper return to the Almighty.
  • 23697-900215-1050
  • -Ps107.40
  • 23698-900215-1051
  • -Ps107.41
  • 23699-900215-1052
  • -Ps107.42
  • 23700-900215-1053
  • -Ps107.43
  • 23701-900215-1055
  • -Ps108.1
  • 01 David encourages himself to praise God
  • 05 He prays for God's assistance according to his promise
  • 11 His confidence in God's help
  • ver. 1-5 being the same as ps 57.7-11 and ver. 6-13 the same as
  • ps 60.5-12 and it is probably to be referred to the same period
  • as the latter. ps 68.
  • 23702-900215-1056
  • -Ps108.2
  • 23703-900215-1056
  • -Ps108.3
  • 23704-900215-1057
  • -Ps108.4
  • 23705-900215-1058
  • -Ps108.5
  • 23706-900215-1100
  • -Ps108.6
  • 23707-900215-1101
  • -Ps108.7
  • 23708-900215-1102
  • -Ps108.8
  • 23709-900215-1103
  • -Ps108.9
  • 23710-900215-1103
  • -Ps108.10
  • 23711-900215-1104
  • -Ps108.11
  • 23712-900215-1104
  • -Ps108.12
  • 23713-900215-1105
  • -Ps108.13
  • 23714-900216-0925
  • -Ps109.1
  • 01 David complaining of his slanderous enemies, under the person
  • of Judas devotes them
  • 16 He shews their sin
  • 21 Complaining of his own misery, he prays for help
  • 29 He promises thankfulness
  • was composed by David, when persecuted by Saul, who was rendered
  • more implacable by the base and malicious calumnies of Doeg and
  • others; though some are of opinion, that it was written when
  • David fled from Absalom, and that Ahithophel, rather than Doeg,
  • is the typical person against whom it is principally directed.
  • 23715-900216-0936
  • -Ps109.2
  • 23716-900216-0937
  • -Ps109.3
  • 23717-900216-0938
  • -Ps109.4
  • 23718-900216-0939
  • -Ps109.5
  • 23719-900216-0942
  • -Ps109.6
  • imprecations are those of David's enemies against himself; and
  • they would render, Set say they, a wicked, etc; but this is
  • rendered highly improbable by the 8th verse being applied by St.
  • Peter to the traitor Judas, of whom David was certainly not a
  • type. Bp. Horsley and others, however, render the verbs in the
  • future tense, the first verb alone being in the imperative;
  • justly considering the Psalmist as merely uttering prophetic
  • denunciations of God's displeasure against sinners.
  • 23720-900216-0943
  • -Ps109.7
  • 23721-900216-0943
  • -Ps109.8
  • 23722-900216-0944
  • -Ps109.9
  • 23723-900216-0944
  • -Ps109.10
  • 23724-900216-0945
  • -Ps109.11
  • 23725-900216-0945
  • -Ps109.12
  • 23726-900216-0946
  • -Ps109.13
  • 23727-900216-0947
  • -Ps109.14
  • 23728-900216-0948
  • -Ps109.15
  • 23729-900216-0949
  • -Ps109.16
  • 23730-900216-0950
  • -Ps109.17
  • 23731-900216-0951
  • -Ps109.18
  • 23732-900216-0952
  • -Ps109.19
  • 23733-900216-0953
  • -Ps109.20
  • 23734-900216-0953
  • -Ps109.21
  • 23735-900216-0955
  • -Ps109.22
  • 23736-900216-0955
  • -Ps109.23
  • 23737-900216-0957
  • -Ps109.24
  • 23738-900216-0957
  • -Ps109.25
  • 23739-900216-0959
  • -Ps109.26
  • 23740-900216-0959
  • -Ps109.27
  • 23741-900216-1000
  • -Ps109.28
  • 23742-900216-1001
  • -Ps109.29
  • 23743-900216-1002
  • -Ps109.30
  • 23744-900216-1003
  • -Ps109.31
  • 23745-900216-1005
  • -Ps110.1
  • 01 The kingdom
  • 04 The priesthood
  • 05 The conquest
  • 07 And the passion of Christ
  • David after Nathan's prophetic address; and from the grandeur of
  • the subject and the sublimity of the expressions, it is evident
  • that it can only refer, as the ancient Jews fully acknowledged,
  • to the royal dignity, priesthood, victories, and triumphs of the
  • MESSIAH.
  • 23746-900216-1007
  • -Ps110.2
  • 23747-900216-1008
  • -Ps110.3
  • thou shalt have, etc.
  • 23748-900216-1010
  • -Ps110.4
  • 23749-900216-1011
  • -Ps110.5
  • 23750-900216-1012
  • -Ps110.6
  • 23751-900216-1013
  • -Ps110.7
  • 23752-900216-1017
  • -Ps111.1
  • 01 The psalmist by his example incites others to praise God for
  • his glorious
  • 05 And gracious works
  • 10 The fear of God breeds true wisdom
  • beginning consecutively with a letter of the Hebrew alphabet,
  • Hallelujah, which begins with the fifth, must be considered as
  • the title.
  • 23753-900216-1019
  • -Ps111.2
  • 23754-900216-1020
  • -Ps111.3
  • 23755-900216-1021
  • -Ps111.4
  • 23756-900216-1022
  • -Ps111.5
  • 23757-900216-1022
  • -Ps111.6
  • 23758-900216-1024
  • -Ps111.7
  • 23759-900216-1024
  • -Ps111.8
  • 23760-900216-1026
  • -Ps111.9
  • 23761-900216-1028
  • -Ps111.10
  • 23762-900219-0918
  • -Ps112.1
  • 01 Godliness has the promises of this life
  • 04 And of the life to come
  • 10 The prosperity of the godly shall be an eyesore to the wicked
  • exactly as the preceding in the division of its verses; and like
  • it, was probably composed for the use of the Jews, after their
  • return from captivity.
  • 23763-900219-0918
  • -Ps112.2
  • 23764-900219-0920
  • -Ps112.3
  • 23765-900219-0921
  • -Ps112.4
  • 23766-900219-0923
  • -Ps112.5
  • 23767-900219-0923
  • -Ps112.6
  • 23768-900219-0924
  • -Ps112.7
  • 23769-900219-0925
  • -Ps112.8
  • 23770-900219-0927
  • -Ps112.9
  • 23771-900219-0928
  • -Ps112.10
  • 23772-900219-0932
  • -Ps113.1
  • 01 An exhortation to praise God for his excellency
  • 06 For his mercy
  • Hebrews the great Hallel, or praise; which was sung on their
  • most solemn festivals, and particularly after the celebration of
  • the Passover.
  • from the captivity.
  • 23773-900219-0933
  • -Ps113.2
  • 23774-900219-0934
  • -Ps113.3
  • 23775-900219-0935
  • -Ps113.4
  • 23776-900219-0936
  • -Ps113.5
  • 23777-900219-0938
  • -Ps113.6
  • line are to be referred severally to the two preceding lines; as
  • if it were, Who is exalted to dwell in the heavens; and who
  • humbleth himself to inspect the things on earth.
  • 23778-900219-0940
  • -Ps113.7
  • 23779-900219-0940
  • -Ps113.8
  • 23780-900219-0941
  • -Ps113.9
  • 23781-900219-0943
  • -Ps114.1
  • 01 The miracles wrought by God, when he brought his people out
  • of Egypt, are a just ground of fearing him.
  • sublimity, yields to few in the whole book. The composition of
  • it is inexpressibly beautiful, and in the highest style of
  • poetry.
  • 23782-900219-0944
  • -Ps114.2
  • 23783-900219-0944
  • -Ps114.3
  • 23784-900219-0945
  • -Ps114.4
  • 23785-900219-0945
  • -Ps114.5
  • 23786-900219-0946
  • -Ps114.6
  • 23787-900219-0946
  • -Ps114.7
  • 23788-900219-0947
  • -Ps114.8
  • 23789-900219-0950
  • -Ps115.1
  • 01 Because God is truly glorious
  • 04 And idols are vanity
  • 09 He exhorts to confidence in God
  • 12 God is to be blessed for his blessing
  • which the victory is wholly ascribed to Jehovah; and to none can
  • it be referred with more propriety than to that of Jehoshaphat
  • over the confederated forces of his enemies.
  • 23790-900219-0950
  • -Ps115.2
  • 23791-900219-0951
  • -Ps115.3
  • 23792-900219-0953
  • -Ps115.4
  • generally made in the form of man, they can neither see, hear,
  • smell, feel, walk, nor speak! Even the wiser heathen made them
  • the objects of their jests.
  • 23793-900219-0953
  • -Ps115.5
  • 23794-900219-0953
  • -Ps115.6
  • 23795-900219-0954
  • -Ps115.7
  • 23796-900219-0954
  • -Ps115.8
  • 23797-900219-0955
  • -Ps115.9
  • 23798-900219-0956
  • -Ps115.10
  • 23799-900219-0956
  • -Ps115.11
  • 23800-900219-0957
  • -Ps115.12
  • 23801-900219-0958
  • -Ps115.13
  • 23802-900219-0959
  • -Ps115.14
  • 23803-900219-0959
  • -Ps115.15
  • 23804-900219-1000
  • -Ps115.16
  • 23805-900219-1000
  • -Ps115.17
  • 23806-900219-1001
  • -Ps115.18
  • 23807-900219-1003
  • -Ps116.1
  • 01 The psalmist professes his love and duty to God for his
  • deliverance
  • 12 He studies to be thankful
  • dialect being used in this Psalm, it appears to have been
  • written after the Babylonian captivity.
  • 23808-900219-1004
  • -Ps116.2
  • 23809-900219-1005
  • -Ps116.3
  • 23810-900219-1006
  • -Ps116.4
  • 23811-900219-1007
  • -Ps116.5
  • 23812-900219-1008
  • -Ps116.6
  • 23813-900219-1008
  • -Ps116.7
  • 23814-900219-1009
  • -Ps116.8
  • 23815-900219-1010
  • -Ps116.9
  • 23816-900219-1010
  • -Ps116.10
  • 23817-900219-1011
  • -Ps116.11
  • 23818-900219-1011
  • -Ps116.12
  • 23819-900219-1012
  • -Ps116.13
  • 23820-900219-1013
  • -Ps116.14
  • 23821-900219-1013
  • -Ps116.15
  • 23822-900219-1014
  • -Ps116.16
  • 23823-900219-1015
  • -Ps116.17
  • 23824-900219-1015
  • -Ps116.18
  • 23825-900219-1016
  • -Ps116.19
  • 23826-900219-1018
  • -Ps117.1
  • 01 An exhortation to praise God for his mercy and truth
  • as a part of the preceding in thirty-two MSS.: it celebrates the
  • deliverance from the Babylonian captivity, the grand type of the
  • redemption of the world by the Messiah.
  • 23827-900219-1019
  • -Ps117.2
  • 23828-900220-0858
  • -Ps118.1
  • 01 An exhortation to praise God for his mercy
  • 05 The psalmist by his experience shews how good it is to trust
  • in God
  • 19 Under the type of the psalmist the coming of Christ in his
  • kingdom is expressed
  • David after Nathan's prophetic address; and sung by alternate
  • choirs at some public festival. It largely partakes of David's
  • spirit, and everywhere shews the hand of a master; the style is
  • grand and sublime; the subject noble and majestic.
  • 23829-900220-0859
  • -Ps118.2
  • 23830-900220-0900
  • -Ps118.3
  • 23831-900220-0900
  • -Ps118.4
  • 23832-900220-0901
  • -Ps118.5
  • 23833-900220-0903
  • -Ps118.6
  • 23834-900220-0904
  • -Ps118.7
  • 23835-900220-0904
  • -Ps118.8
  • 23836-900220-0905
  • -Ps118.9
  • 23837-900220-0906
  • -Ps118.10
  • 23838-900220-0907
  • -Ps118.11
  • 23839-900220-0908
  • -Ps118.12
  • 23840-900220-0908
  • -Ps118.13
  • 23841-900220-0909
  • -Ps118.14
  • 23842-900220-0910
  • -Ps118.15
  • 23843-900220-0910
  • -Ps118.16
  • 23844-900220-0911
  • -Ps118.17
  • 23845-900220-0912
  • -Ps118.18
  • 23846-900220-0913
  • -Ps118.19
  • 23847-900220-0918
  • -Ps118.20
  • the priest, the next by the king, the three next by a chorus of
  • people, the 25th by the king, the two next by the priest, the
  • 28th by the king, and the last the grand chorus of the whole
  • assembly.
  • 23848-900220-0918
  • -Ps118.21
  • 23849-900220-0919
  • -Ps118.22
  • 23850-900220-0920
  • -Ps118.23
  • 23851-900220-0920
  • -Ps118.24
  • 23852-900220-0921
  • -Ps118.25
  • 23853-900220-0921
  • -Ps118.26
  • 23854-900220-0922
  • -Ps118.27
  • 23855-900220-0923
  • -Ps118.28
  • 23856-900220-0923
  • -Ps118.29
  • 23857-900220-0927
  • -Ps119.1
  • 01 This psalm contains sundry prayers, praises, and professions
  • of obedience.
  • by Ezra, is another of the alphabetical Psalms: it consists of
  • twenty-two parts, answering to the number of the Hebrew letters;
  • every part being divided into eight verses, and each verse
  • beginning with that letter which forms the title of the part;
  • that is, the first part of eight verses. It is an elegant
  • important, and useful composition; the chief subjects of which
  • are the excellence of God's laws, and the happiness of those who
  • observe them.
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  • -Ps119.2
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  • -Ps119.3
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  • -Ps119.4
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  • -Ps119.6
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  • -Ps119.7
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  • -Ps119.8
  • 23865-900220-0934
  • -Ps119.9
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  • -Ps119.10
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  • -Ps119.11
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  • -Ps119.12
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  • -Ps119.13
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  • -Ps119.14
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  • -Ps119.15
  • 23872-900220-0939
  • -Ps119.16
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  • -Ps119.17
  • his faith and prayers. From this word is derived the name of
  • gimmel, the third letter of the alphabet, which is prefixed to
  • every verse in this part; this is a stroke of the Psalmist's art
  • and ingenuity.
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  • -Ps119.18
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  • -Ps119.19
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  • -Ps119.21
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  • -Ps119.22
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  • -Ps119.23
  • 23880-900220-0949
  • -Ps119.24
  • 23881-900220-0951
  • -Ps119.25
  • 23882-900220-0951
  • -Ps119.26
  • 23883-900220-0952
  • -Ps119.27
  • 23884-900220-0953
  • -Ps119.28
  • 23885-900220-0954
  • -Ps119.29
  • 23886-900220-0955
  • -Ps119.30
  • 23887-900220-0956
  • -Ps119.31
  • 23888-900220-0959
  • -Ps119.32
  • 23889-900220-1000
  • -Ps119.33
  • 23890-900220-1002
  • -Ps119.34
  • 23891-900220-1005
  • -Ps119.35
  • 23892-900220-1006
  • -Ps119.36
  • 23893-900220-1007
  • -Ps119.37
  • 23894-900220-1007
  • -Ps119.38
  • 23895-900220-1008
  • -Ps119.39
  • 23896-900220-1009
  • -Ps119.40
  • 23897-900220-1010
  • -Ps119.41
  • 23898-900220-1011
  • -Ps119.42
  • thing
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  • -Ps119.43
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  • -Ps119.44
  • obedience will constitute a large proportion of heavenly
  • happiness to all eternity; and the nearer we approach to it on
  • earth, the more we anticipate the felicity of heaven.
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  • -Ps119.45
  • 23902-900220-1015
  • -Ps119.46
  • 23903-900220-1016
  • -Ps119.47
  • 23904-900220-1017
  • -Ps119.48
  • 23905-900220-1017
  • -Ps119.49
  • 23906-900220-1018
  • -Ps119.50
  • 23907-900220-1019
  • -Ps119.51
  • 23908-900220-1021
  • -Ps119.52
  • 23909-900220-1023
  • -Ps119.53
  • wind called by the Arabs Simoom.
  • mental distress; and strongly marks the idea the Psalmist had of
  • the corrupting, pestilential, and destructive nature of sin.
  • 23910-900220-1024
  • -Ps119.54
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  • -Ps119.55
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  • -Ps119.56
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  • -Ps119.57
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  • -Ps119.58
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  • -Ps119.59
  • 23916-900227-1422
  • -Ps119.60
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  • -Ps119.61
  • 23918-900227-1425
  • -Ps119.62
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  • -Ps119.63
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  • -Ps119.64
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  • -Ps119.65
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  • -Ps119.66
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  • -Ps119.67
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  • -Ps119.68
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  • -Ps119.69
  • 23926-900227-1431
  • -Ps119.70
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  • -Ps119.71
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  • -Ps119.72
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  • -Ps119.73
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  • -Ps119.74
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  • -Ps119.75
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  • -Ps119.76
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  • -Ps119.77
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  • -Ps119.78
  • 23935-900227-1438
  • -Ps119.79
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  • -Ps119.81
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  • -Ps119.82
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  • -Ps119.83
  • made of skin, it is evident that one of these hung up in the
  • smoke must soon be parched, shrivelled up, lose all its
  • strength, and become unsightly and useless. Thus the Psalmist
  • appeared to himself to have become useless and despicable,
  • through and exhausted state of his body and mind, by long bodily
  • afflictions and mental distress.
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  • -Ps119.84
  • 23941-900227-1454
  • -Ps119.85
  • beasts are caught in the East; deep pits are dug in the earth,
  • and slightly covered over with reeds, turf, etc., so as not to
  • be discerned from the solid ground; and the animals attempting
  • to walk over them, the surface breaks, they fall in, and are
  • taken alive. Thus the Psalmist's enemies employed craft as well
  • as power in order to effect his ruin.
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  • -Ps119.86
  • 23943-900227-1454
  • -Ps119.87
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  • -Ps119.88
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  • -Ps119.90
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  • -Ps119.94
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  • -Ps119.95
  • 23952-900227-1500
  • -Ps119.96
  • knowledge, however extensive, noble, and excellent, has it
  • sounds, and limits, and end; but Thy law, a transcript of Thine
  • own mind, is infinite, and extends to eternity.
  • 23953-900227-1501
  • -Ps119.97
  • 23954-900227-1502
  • -Ps119.98
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  • -Ps119.100
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  • -Ps119.101
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  • -Ps119.102
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  • -Ps119.103
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  • -Ps119.104
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  • -Ps119.106
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  • -Ps119.107
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  • -Ps119.108
  • 23965-900227-1516
  • -Ps119.109
  • constant danger; every hour I am on the confines of death. The
  • LXX, Syriac, and Ethiopic read, in thy hand; but this is a
  • conjectural and useless alteration.
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  • -Ps119.110
  • 23967-900227-1522
  • -Ps119.111
  • 23968-900227-1519
  • -Ps119.112
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  • -Ps119.113
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  • -Ps119.114
  • 23971-900227-1523
  • -Ps119.115
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  • -Ps119.116
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  • -Ps119.117
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  • -Ps119.118
  • 23975-900227-1527
  • -Ps119.119
  • burnt up, fly off in fumes, or in scorice, which Thou sweepest
  • away.
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  • -Ps119.120
  • 23977-900227-1529
  • -Ps119.121
  • 23978-900227-1530
  • -Ps119.122
  • 23979-900227-1530
  • -Ps119.123
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  • -Ps119.124
  • 23981-900227-1532
  • -Ps119.125
  • 23982-900227-1534
  • -Ps119.126
  • Pharisees, make void the law of God, generally then it is time
  • for God to arise to vindicate His own honour and maintain His
  • cause among men.
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  • -Ps119.127
  • 23984-900227-1536
  • -Ps119.128
  • versions, except the Chaldee; which reads simply, all thy
  • precepts; and this renders the text more perspicuous and
  • unembarrassed.
  • 23985-900227-1537
  • -Ps119.129
  • 23986-900227-1539
  • -Ps119.130
  • to the mind upon every subject of which they treat; and speedily
  • communicate more useful knowledge to the simplest believer, upon
  • the most important topics, than the acutest philosophers have
  • been able to develope through successive ages.
  • 23987-900227-1540
  • -Ps119.131
  • 23988-900227-1540
  • -Ps119.132
  • toward those
  • 23989-900227-1541
  • -Ps119.133
  • 23990-900227-1542
  • -Ps119.134
  • 23991-900227-1543
  • -Ps119.135
  • 23992-900227-1544
  • -Ps119.136
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  • -Ps119.137
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  • -Ps119.138
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  • -Ps119.139
  • 23996-900227-1547
  • -Ps119.140
  • itself, reflecting the holiness of Jehovah's character and
  • government, and requiring and leading to purity of heart and
  • life.
  • 23997-900227-1548
  • -Ps119.141
  • 23998-900227-1550
  • -Ps119.142
  • wickedness by a law; or they may change their decrees, and with
  • them what is right today may be wrong tomorrow; but the law of
  • God is righteousness, and it is truth, today and for ever.
  • 23999-900227-1551
  • -Ps119.143
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  • -Ps119.144
  • 24001-900227-1552
  • -Ps119.145
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  • -Ps119.146
  • 24003-900227-1554
  • -Ps119.147
  • morning dawn; and was before hand with the light itself.
  • 24004-900227-1555
  • -Ps119.148
  • three watches of four hours each, beginning at six o'clock in
  • the evening; before the last of which, the day break, or morning
  • watch, as the LXX and Vulgate read, the Psalmist was awake.
  • 24005-900227-1556
  • -Ps119.149
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  • -Ps119.150
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  • -Ps119.151
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  • -Ps119.152
  • 24009-900227-1559
  • -Ps119.153
  • 24010-900227-1600
  • -Ps119.154
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  • -Ps119.155
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  • -Ps119.156
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  • -Ps119.157
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  • -Ps119.158
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  • -Ps119.159
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  • -Ps119.160
  • word is true.
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  • -Ps119.161
  • 24018-900227-1607
  • -Ps119.162
  • 24019-900227-1608
  • -Ps119.163
  • 24020-900227-1609
  • -Ps119.164
  • the term seven frequently denotes; but Rabbi Solomon says that
  • this is to be understood literally; for they praised God twice
  • in the morning before reading the decalogue, and once after;
  • twice in the evening before the same reading, and twice after;
  • making in the whole seven times.
  • 24021-900227-1611
  • -Ps119.165
  • block
  • 24022-900227-1611
  • -Ps119.166
  • 24023-900227-1612
  • -Ps119.167
  • 24024-900227-1612
  • -Ps119.168
  • 24025-900227-1613
  • -Ps119.169
  • 24026-900227-1614
  • -Ps119.170
  • 24027-900227-1615
  • -Ps119.171
  • context. My lips shall pour forth praise; for thou hast taught
  • me thy statues.
  • 24028-900227-1615
  • -Ps119.172
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  • -Ps119.173
  • 24030-900227-1617
  • -Ps119.174
  • 24031-900227-1618
  • -Ps119.175
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  • -Ps119.176
  • 24033-900228-1254
  • -Ps120.1
  • 01 David prays against Doeg
  • 03 Reproves his tongue
  • 05 Complains of his necessary conversation with the wicked
  • Psalm to have been composed by David, when the calumnies of Doeg
  • and others forced him to flee his country.
  • 24034-900228-1254
  • -Ps120.2
  • 24035-900228-1255
  • -Ps120.3
  • thee? or, what shall it profit thee?
  • 24036-900228-1256
  • -Ps120.4
  • with coals of juniper.
  • 24037-900228-1258
  • -Ps120.5
  • 24038-900228-1258
  • -Ps120.6
  • 24039-900228-1259
  • -Ps120.7
  • 24040-900228-1301
  • -Ps121.1
  • 01 The great safety of the godly, who put their trust in God's
  • protection
  • should my help come?
  • 24041-900228-1301
  • -Ps121.2
  • 24042-900228-1302
  • -Ps121.3
  • 24043-900228-1303
  • -Ps121.4
  • 24044-900228-1303
  • -Ps121.5
  • 24045-900228-1304
  • -Ps121.6
  • 24046-900228-1304
  • -Ps121.7
  • 24047-900228-1305
  • -Ps121.8
  • 24048-900228-1307
  • -Ps122.1
  • 01 David professes his joy for the church
  • 06 And prays for the peace thereof
  • 24049-900228-1307
  • -Ps122.2
  • 24050-900228-1308
  • -Ps122.3
  • 24051-900228-1308
  • -Ps122.4
  • 24052-900228-1309
  • -Ps122.5
  • 24053-900228-1310
  • -Ps122.6
  • 24054-900228-1311
  • -Ps122.7
  • 24055-900228-1311
  • -Ps122.8
  • 24056-900228-1312
  • -Ps122.9
  • 24057-900228-1315
  • -Ps123.1
  • 01 The godly profess their confidence in God
  • 03 And pray to be delivered from contempt
  • probably a complaint of the captives in Babylon, relative to the
  • contempt and cruel usage they received.
  • 24058-900228-1315
  • -Ps123.2
  • 24059-900228-1316
  • -Ps123.3
  • 24060-900228-1317
  • -Ps123.4
  • 24061-900228-1322
  • -Ps124.1
  • 01 The church blesses God for a miraculous deliverance
  • which is celebrated in this Psalm. Some refer it to the
  • deliverance of the Hezekiah from Sennacherib; and others to the
  • return from the Babylonian captivity; while Dr. A. Clarke refers
  • it to that of the Jews from the massacre intended by Haman.
  • 24062-900228-1322
  • -Ps124.2
  • 24063-900228-1323
  • -Ps124.3
  • 24064-900228-1323
  • -Ps124.4
  • 24065-900228-1323
  • -Ps124.5
  • 24066-900228-1324
  • -Ps124.6
  • 24067-900228-1325
  • -Ps124.7
  • 24068-900228-1325
  • -Ps124.8
  • 24069-900228-1328
  • -Ps125.1
  • 01 The safety of such as trust in God
  • 04 A prayer for the godly, and against the wicked
  • 24070-900228-1329
  • -Ps125.2
  • 24071-900228-1330
  • -Ps125.3
  • 24072-900228-1330
  • -Ps125.4
  • 24073-900228-1331
  • -Ps125.5
  • 24074-900228-1334
  • -Ps126.1
  • 01 The church celebrating her incredible return out of captivity
  • 04 Prays for and prophesies the good success thereof
  • composed in consequence of the proclamation of Cyrus in favour
  • of the Jews, giving them leave to return to their own land, and
  • rebuild their city and temple.
  • 24075-900228-1335
  • -Ps126.2
  • 24076-900228-1336
  • -Ps126.3
  • 24077-900228-1337
  • -Ps126.4
  • 24078-900228-1338
  • -Ps126.5
  • 24079-900228-1339
  • -Ps126.6
  • 24080-900228-1341
  • -Ps127.1
  • 01 The virtue of God's blessing
  • 03 Good children are his gift
  • 24081-900228-1342
  • -Ps127.2
  • 24082-900228-1344
  • -Ps127.3
  • 24083-900228-1344
  • -Ps127.4
  • 24084-900228-1345
  • -Ps127.5
  • 24085-900228-1346
  • -Ps128.1
  • 01 The sundry blessings which follow them that fear God
  • 24086-900228-1347
  • -Ps128.2
  • 24087-900228-1348
  • -Ps128.3
  • 24088-900228-1348
  • -Ps128.4
  • 24089-900228-1349
  • -Ps128.5
  • 24090-900228-1350
  • -Ps128.6
  • 24091-900228-1352
  • -Ps129.1
  • 01 An exhortation to praise God for saving Israel in their great
  • afflictions
  • 05 The haters of the church are cursed
  • probably composed in consequence of the opposition of the
  • Samaritans.
  • 24092-900228-1353
  • -Ps129.2
  • 24093-900228-1353
  • -Ps129.3
  • 24094-900228-1354
  • -Ps129.4
  • 24095-900228-1355
  • -Ps129.5
  • 24096-900228-1355
  • -Ps129.6
  • 24097-900228-1356
  • -Ps129.7
  • 24098-900228-1356
  • -Ps129.8
  • 24099-900301-0911
  • -Ps130.1
  • 01 The psalmist professes his hope in prayer
  • 05 And his patience in hope
  • 07 He exhorts Israel to trust in God
  • 24100-900301-0913
  • -Ps130.2
  • 24101-900301-0913
  • -Ps130.3
  • 24102-900301-0915
  • -Ps130.4
  • 24103-900301-0916
  • -Ps130.5
  • 24104-900301-0916
  • -Ps130.6
  • watch unto the morning
  • 24105-900301-0926
  • -Ps130.7
  • 24106-900301-0929
  • -Ps130.8
  • 24107-900301-0936
  • -Ps131.1
  • 01 David professing his humility
  • 03 Exhorts Israel to trust in God
  • David when accused by Saul and his courtiers that he affected
  • the crown; though others refer it to the time of the captivity;
  • and consider it as containing a fair account of the manner in
  • which the captives behaved themselves.
  • 24108-900515-0627
  • -Ps131.2
  • 24109-900301-0938
  • -Ps131.3
  • 24110-900301-0942
  • -Ps132.1
  • 01 David in his prayer commends unto God the religious care he
  • had for the ark
  • 08 His prayer at the removing of the ark
  • 11 With a repetition of God's promises
  • Psalm to Solomon; and others refer it to the building of the
  • second temple; but it seems more probable that it was sung at
  • the solemn induction of the ark into the tabernacle of Mount
  • Zion, expressing the holy joy and triumph of that event.
  • 24111-900301-0943
  • -Ps132.2
  • 24112-900301-0943
  • -Ps132.3
  • 24113-900301-0943
  • -Ps132.4
  • 24114-900301-0944
  • -Ps132.5
  • 24115-900301-0945
  • -Ps132.6
  • 24116-900301-0946
  • -Ps132.7
  • 24117-900301-0946
  • -Ps132.8
  • 24118-900301-0947
  • -Ps132.9
  • 24119-900301-0948
  • -Ps132.10
  • 24120-900301-0949
  • -Ps132.11
  • 24121-900301-0949
  • -Ps132.12
  • 24122-900301-0950
  • -Ps132.13
  • 24123-900301-0952
  • -Ps132.14
  • 24124-900301-0953
  • -Ps132.15
  • 24125-900301-0954
  • -Ps132.16
  • 24126-900301-0954
  • -Ps132.17
  • 24127-900301-0955
  • -Ps132.18
  • 24128-900301-0957
  • -Ps133.1
  • 01 The blessedness of unity among brethren
  • David was made king over all Israel
  • 24129-900301-0958
  • -Ps133.2
  • 24130-900301-1000
  • -Ps133.3
  • instructed by experience what the holy Psalmist means by The dew
  • of Hermon, our tents being as wet with it as if it had rained
  • all night. Some suppose that Zion here means a part of Mount
  • Hermon; but it is not written Sion here, but Zion, which is at
  • Jerusalem.
  • 24131-900301-1001
  • -Ps134.1
  • 01 An exhortation to bless God
  • 24132-900301-1002
  • -Ps134.2
  • 24133-900301-1003
  • -Ps134.3
  • 24134-900301-1005
  • -Ps135.1
  • 01 An exhortation to praise God for his mercy
  • 05 For his power
  • 08 For his judgements
  • 15 The vanity of idols
  • 19 An exhortation to bless God
  • morning hymn which the precentor called upon the Levites to sing
  • at the opening of the gates of the temple, as the foregoing was
  • sung at the shutting in the evening; but it is more probable
  • that it was composed by Solomon, to be sung at the dedication of
  • the temple.
  • 24135-900301-1006
  • -Ps135.2
  • 24136-900301-1007
  • -Ps135.3
  • 24137-900301-1007
  • -Ps135.4
  • 24138-900301-1008
  • -Ps135.5
  • 24139-900301-1010
  • -Ps135.6
  • 24140-900301-1013
  • -Ps135.7
  • night passes at Aleppo without much lightning in the north-west,
  • but not attended with thunder; and when it appears in the west
  • or south-western points, it is a sure sign of the approaching
  • rain, which is often followed with thunder.
  • 24141-900301-1014
  • -Ps135.8
  • 24142-900301-1015
  • -Ps135.9
  • 24143-900301-1015
  • -Ps135.10
  • 24144-900301-1016
  • -Ps135.11
  • 24145-900301-1017
  • -Ps135.12
  • 24146-900301-1017
  • -Ps135.13
  • generations
  • 24147-900301-1018
  • -Ps135.14
  • 24148-900301-1019
  • -Ps135.15
  • 24149-900301-1019
  • -Ps135.16
  • 24150-900301-1019
  • -Ps135.17
  • 24151-900301-1020
  • -Ps135.18
  • 24152-900301-1020
  • -Ps135.19
  • 24153-900301-1021
  • -Ps135.20
  • 24154-900301-1021
  • -Ps135.21
  • 24155-900301-1023
  • -Ps136.1
  • 01 An exhortation to give thanks to God for particular mercies.
  • with the addition of the burden, for his mercy endureth for
  • ever, at the end of each verse; and it was doubtless composed on
  • the same occasion. It seems evidently to have been a responsive
  • song; the first part of the verse being probably sung by the
  • Levites, and the burden by the people.
  • 24156-900301-1024
  • -Ps136.2
  • 24157-900301-1024
  • -Ps136.3
  • 24158-900301-1024
  • -Ps136.4
  • 24159-900301-1026
  • -Ps136.5
  • gravities, relations, connections, influences on each other,
  • revolutions, etc.; and in the wonderful adaptation of the
  • atmosphere for the purposes of refracting the light, forming
  • rain, dew, snow, etc., are exhibited the most astonishing
  • displays of the Divine wisdom.
  • 24160-900301-1027
  • -Ps136.6
  • 24161-900301-1027
  • -Ps136.7
  • 24162-900301-1028
  • -Ps136.8
  • 24163-900301-1032
  • -Ps136.9
  • of light; the moon of the night, the state of darkness. The rays
  • of the sun falling on the atmosphere, are refracted and diffused
  • over the whole of the hemisphere of the earth immediately under
  • his orb; while those rays of that vast luminary which, because
  • of the earth's smallness in comparison with the sun, are
  • diffused on all sides beyond the earth, falling on the opaque
  • disc of the moon, are reflected back on the lower hemisphere, or
  • the part of the earth opposite the sun. But the reflected light
  • being 50,000 times less in intensity than that of the sun, there
  • is a sufficient distinction between day and night, though each
  • is ruled and determined by one of these two great lights.
  • 24164-900301-1032
  • -Ps136.10
  • 24165-900301-1033
  • -Ps136.11
  • 24166-900301-1033
  • -Ps136.12
  • 24167-900301-1034
  • -Ps136.13
  • 24168-900301-1034
  • -Ps136.14
  • 24169-900301-1035
  • -Ps136.15
  • 24170-900301-1036
  • -Ps136.16
  • 24171-900301-1036
  • -Ps136.17
  • 24172-900301-1036
  • -Ps136.18
  • 24173-900301-1037
  • -Ps136.19
  • 24174-900301-1037
  • -Ps136.20
  • 24175-900301-1038
  • -Ps136.21
  • 24176-900301-1039
  • -Ps136.22
  • 24177-900301-1040
  • -Ps136.23
  • 24178-900301-1040
  • -Ps136.24
  • 24179-900301-1041
  • -Ps136.25
  • 24180-900301-1041
  • -Ps136.26
  • 24181-900301-1044
  • -Ps137.1
  • 01 The constancy of the Jews in captivity
  • 07 The prophet curses Edom and Babel
  • affecting elegy is unknown, but the occasion is evident; and it
  • was most probably composed during or near the close of the
  • captivity.
  • 24182-900301-1045
  • -Ps137.2
  • of the Euphrates, that Isaiah calls it the brook or river of
  • willows.
  • 24183-900301-1046
  • -Ps137.3
  • 24184-900301-1047
  • -Ps137.4
  • 24185-900301-1047
  • -Ps137.5
  • 24186-900301-1048
  • -Ps137.6
  • 24187-900301-1050
  • -Ps137.7
  • 24188-900301-1051
  • -Ps137.8
  • thou didst unto us
  • 24189-900301-1052
  • -Ps137.9
  • 24190-900301-1055
  • -Ps138.1
  • 01 David praises God for the truth of his word
  • 04 He prophesies that the kings of the earth shall praise God
  • 07 He professes his confidence in God
  • ledawid; and the Lxx, and Arabic prefix also the names of Haggai
  • and Zechariah; and it is probable that it was composed to be
  • sung at the dedication of the second temple.
  • 24191-900301-1056
  • -Ps138.2
  • 24192-900301-1057
  • -Ps138.3
  • 24193-900301-1057
  • -Ps138.4
  • 24194-900301-1059
  • -Ps138.5
  • 24195-900301-1100
  • -Ps138.6
  • 24196-900301-1102
  • -Ps138.7
  • 24197-900301-1103
  • -Ps138.8
  • 24198-900301-1107
  • -Ps139.1
  • 01 David praises God for his all-seeing providence
  • 17 And for this infinite mercies
  • 19 He defies the wicked
  • 23 He prays for sincerity
  • been composed by David when made king of Israel; though some
  • think it was written by him when accused of traitorous designs
  • against Saul. It is a most sublime ode on the wisdom, knowledge,
  • presence, and justice of God; the sentiments are grand, the
  • style highly elevated, and the images various, beautiful, and
  • impressive.
  • 24199-900301-1108
  • -Ps139.2
  • 24200-900301-1109
  • -Ps139.3
  • 24201-900301-1110
  • -Ps139.4
  • 24202-900301-1111
  • -Ps139.5
  • 24203-900301-1111
  • -Ps139.6
  • 24204-900301-1111
  • -Ps139.7
  • 24205-900301-1113
  • -Ps139.8
  • 24206-900301-1117
  • -Ps139.9
  • travel at the astonishing rate of 194,188 miles in one second of
  • time; and comes from the sun to the earth, a distance of
  • 95,513,794 miles in 8 minutes and nearly 12 seconds! But, could
  • I even fly upon the wings or rays of the morning light, which
  • diffuses itself with such velocity over the globe from east to
  • west, instead of being beyond Thy reach, or by this sudden
  • transition be able to escape thy notice. Thy arm could still at
  • pleasure prevent or arrest my progress, and I should still be
  • encircled with the immenity of Thy essence. The sentiment in
  • this noble passage is remarkably striking and the description
  • truly sublime.
  • 24207-900301-1117
  • -Ps139.10
  • 24208-900301-1118
  • -Ps139.11
  • 24209-900301-1119
  • -Ps139.12
  • 24210-900301-1120
  • -Ps139.13
  • 24211-900301-1121
  • -Ps139.14
  • 24212-900301-1122
  • -Ps139.15
  • 24213-900301-1123
  • -Ps139.16
  • be fashioned
  • 24214-900301-1123
  • -Ps139.17
  • 24215-900301-1124
  • -Ps139.18
  • 24216-900301-1125
  • -Ps139.19
  • 24217-900301-1126
  • -Ps139.20
  • 24218-900301-1126
  • -Ps139.21
  • 24219-900301-1127
  • -Ps139.22
  • 24220-900301-1127
  • -Ps139.23
  • 24221-900301-1128
  • -Ps139.24
  • 24222-900301-1129
  • -Ps140.1
  • 01 David prays to be delivered from Saul and Doeg
  • 08 He prays against them
  • 12 He comforts himself by confidence in God
  • 24223-900301-1130
  • -Ps140.2
  • 24224-900301-1135
  • -Ps140.3
  • 24225-900301-1136
  • -Ps140.4
  • 24226-900301-1137
  • -Ps140.5
  • 24227-900301-1138
  • -Ps140.6
  • 24228-900301-1139
  • -Ps140.7
  • 24229-900301-1139
  • -Ps140.8
  • 24230-900301-1140
  • -Ps140.9
  • 24231-900301-1141
  • -Ps140.10
  • 24232-900301-1143
  • -Ps140.11
  • violence be established in the earth; let him be hunted to his
  • overthrow.
  • 24233-900301-1144
  • -Ps140.12
  • 24234-900301-1145
  • -Ps140.13
  • 24235-900301-1146
  • -Ps141.1
  • 01 David prays that his suit may be acceptable
  • 03 His conscience sinccere
  • 07 And his life free from snares
  • 24236-900301-1148
  • -Ps141.2
  • from the sanctuary, here prays that the devotion of his heart,
  • and the elevation of his hands, might be accepted; that the one
  • might ascend to heaven fragrant and well pleasing as the cloud
  • of incense, and the other in conjunction with it, be prevalent
  • as the minchah, or evening oblation.
  • 24237-900301-1149
  • -Ps141.3
  • 24238-900301-1150
  • -Ps141.4
  • 24239-900301-1152
  • -Ps141.5
  • precious oil break my head, etc.
  • 24240-900301-1153
  • -Ps141.6
  • 24241-900301-1154
  • -Ps141.7
  • 24242-900301-1155
  • -Ps141.8
  • 24243-900301-1155
  • -Ps141.9
  • 24244-900301-1156
  • -Ps141.10
  • 24245-900301-1200
  • -Ps142.1
  • 01 David shews that in his trouble all his comfort was in prayer
  • unto God
  • giving instruction.
  • occasion, in the cave of Adullam, when he fled from Achish king
  • of Gath; and on another, in the cave of Engedi, where he had
  • taken refuge from the pursuit of Saul. It is not certain to
  • which of these events this Psalm refers; though probably to the
  • former.
  • 24246-900301-1201
  • -Ps142.2
  • 24247-900301-1202
  • -Ps142.3
  • 24248-900301-1204
  • -Ps142.4
  • was
  • after my soul
  • 24249-900301-1205
  • -Ps142.5
  • 24250-900301-1206
  • -Ps142.6
  • 24251-900301-1207
  • -Ps142.7
  • 24252-900301-1311
  • -Ps143.1
  • 01 David prays for favour in judgment
  • 03 He complains of his griefs
  • 05 He strengthens his faith by meditation and prayer
  • 07 He prays for grace
  • 09 For delivereance
  • 10 For sanctification
  • 12 For destruction of his enemies
  • this Psalm was composed by David on the rebellion of his son
  • Absalom; and there are several passages in it which agree
  • remarkably well with that period; for then he had most reason to
  • fear lest God should deal with him according to his sins; which
  • he deprecates with such a deep sense of his unworthiness, that
  • it has hence been numbered among the penitential Psalms, of
  • which it is the last. In it he prays to God for pardon, ver. 1;
  • acknowledges the impossibility of being saved but by grace, ver.
  • 2; deplores the lamentable effects of sin, ver. 3,4; comforts
  • himself with a retrospect of God's mercies of old, ver. 5; and
  • prays, in a variety of expressions, for remission of sin,
  • sanctification, and redemption. ver. 6-12.
  • 24253-900301-1312
  • -Ps143.2
  • 24254-900301-1313
  • -Ps143.3
  • 24255-900301-1315
  • -Ps143.4
  • 24256-900301-1316
  • -Ps143.5
  • 24257-900301-1316
  • -Ps143.6
  • 24258-900301-1317
  • -Ps143.7
  • 24259-900301-1319
  • -Ps143.8
  • 24260-900301-1320
  • -Ps143.9
  • 24261-900301-1321
  • -Ps143.10
  • 24262-900301-1322
  • -Ps143.11
  • 24263-900301-1323
  • -Ps143.12
  • 24264-900301-1330
  • -Ps144.1
  • 01 David blesses God for his mercy both to him and to man
  • 05 He prays that God would powerfully deliver him from his
  • enemies
  • 09 He promises to praise God
  • 11 He prays for the happy state of the kingdom
  • composed by David after the death of Absalom; and from a
  • collation of it with ps 18. in which the same ideas and forms
  • of expression occur, there can be no doubt of both having
  • proceeded from the same pen, and that David was the author.
  • 24265-900301-1331
  • -Ps144.2
  • 24266-900301-1332
  • -Ps144.3
  • 24267-900301-1332
  • -Ps144.4
  • 24268-900301-1333
  • -Ps144.5
  • 24269-900301-1334
  • -Ps144.6
  • 24270-900301-1335
  • -Ps144.7
  • 24271-900301-1335
  • -Ps144.8
  • 24272-900301-1336
  • -Ps144.9
  • 24273-900301-1337
  • -Ps144.10
  • 24274-900301-1337
  • -Ps144.11
  • 24275-900301-1339
  • -Ps144.12
  • 24276-900301-1340
  • -Ps144.13
  • 24277-900301-1341
  • -Ps144.14
  • flesh.
  • 24278-900301-1342
  • -Ps144.15
  • 24279-900301-1345
  • -Ps145.1
  • 01 David praises God for his fame
  • 08 For his goodness
  • 11 For his kingdom
  • 14 For his providence
  • 17 For his justice, holiness, and savings mercy
  • which is the last of the acrostic or alphabetical Psalms, each
  • verse beginning with a consecutive letter of the Hebrew
  • alphabet, is supposed to have been composed by David towards the
  • close of his life. Psalm of praise.
  • 24280-900301-1348
  • -Ps145.2
  • 24281-900301-1349
  • -Ps145.3
  • there is no search
  • 24282-900301-1350
  • -Ps145.4
  • 24283-900301-1351
  • -Ps145.5
  • 24284-900301-1352
  • -Ps145.6
  • declare it
  • 24285-900301-1353
  • -Ps145.7
  • 24286-900301-1354
  • -Ps145.8
  • 24287-900301-1354
  • -Ps145.9
  • 24288-900301-1356
  • -Ps145.10
  • 24289-900301-1358
  • -Ps145.11
  • 24290-900301-1358
  • -Ps145.12
  • 24291-900301-1359
  • -Ps145.13
  • 24292-900301-1400
  • -Ps145.14
  • 24293-900301-1401
  • -Ps145.15
  • 24294-900301-1402
  • -Ps145.16
  • 24295-900301-1403
  • -Ps145.17
  • 24296-900301-1404
  • -Ps145.18
  • 24297-900301-1405
  • -Ps145.19
  • 24298-900301-1405
  • -Ps145.20
  • 24299-900301-1406
  • -Ps145.21
  • 24300-900301-1408
  • -Ps146.1
  • 01 The Psalmist vows perpetual praises to God
  • 03 He exhorts not to trust in man
  • 05 God, for his power, justice, mercy, and kingdom, is only
  • worthy to be trusted
  • 24301-900301-1408
  • -Ps146.2
  • 24302-900301-1409
  • -Ps146.3
  • 24303-900301-1410
  • -Ps146.4
  • 24304-900301-1411
  • -Ps146.5
  • 24305-900301-1412
  • -Ps146.6
  • 24306-900301-1413
  • -Ps146.7
  • 24307-900301-1414
  • -Ps146.8
  • 24308-900301-1415
  • -Ps146.9
  • 24309-900301-1416
  • -Ps146.10
  • 24310-900301-1417
  • -Ps147.1
  • 01 The prophet exhorts to praise God for his care of the church
  • 04 His power and wisdom
  • 06 His mercy
  • 07 His providence
  • 12 To praise him for his blessings upon the kingdom
  • 15 For his power over the elements
  • 19 And for his ordinances in the church
  • 24311-900301-1419
  • -Ps147.2
  • 24312-900301-1420
  • -Ps147.3
  • 24313-900301-1421
  • -Ps147.4
  • 24314-900301-1422
  • -Ps147.5
  • is no number
  • 24315-900301-1423
  • -Ps147.6
  • 24316-900301-1423
  • -Ps147.7
  • 24317-900301-1424
  • -Ps147.8
  • 24318-900301-1425
  • -Ps147.9
  • 24319-900301-1426
  • -Ps147.10
  • 24320-900301-1427
  • -Ps147.11
  • 24321-900301-1427
  • -Ps147.12
  • 24322-900301-1428
  • -Ps147.13
  • 24323-900301-1430
  • -Ps147.14
  • 24324-900301-1430
  • -Ps147.15
  • 24325-900301-1431
  • -Ps147.16
  • 24326-900301-1432
  • -Ps147.17
  • 24327-900301-1432
  • -Ps147.18
  • 24328-900301-1433
  • -Ps147.19
  • 24329-900301-1434
  • -Ps147.20
  • 24330-900301-1435
  • -Ps148.1
  • 01 The psalmist exhorts the celestial
  • 07 The terrestrial
  • 11 And the rational creatures to praise God
  • 24331-900301-1435
  • -Ps148.2
  • 24332-900301-1436
  • -Ps148.3
  • 24333-900301-1437
  • -Ps148.4
  • 24334-900301-1437
  • -Ps148.5
  • 24335-900301-1438
  • -Ps148.6
  • 24336-900301-1438
  • -Ps148.7
  • 24337-900301-1440
  • -Ps148.8
  • 24338-900301-1440
  • -Ps148.9
  • 24339-900301-1441
  • -Ps148.10
  • 24340-900301-1443
  • -Ps148.11
  • 24341-900301-1443
  • -Ps148.12
  • 24342-900301-1444
  • -Ps148.13
  • 24343-900301-1445
  • -Ps148.14
  • 24344-900301-1447
  • -Ps149.1
  • 01 The prophet exhorts to praise God for his love to the church
  • 05 And for that power which he has given to the church
  • 24345-900301-1448
  • -Ps149.2
  • 24346-900301-1449
  • -Ps149.3
  • 24347-900301-1450
  • -Ps149.4
  • 24348-900301-1451
  • -Ps149.5
  • 24349-900301-1451
  • -Ps149.6
  • 24350-900301-1452
  • -Ps149.7
  • 24351-900301-1452
  • -Ps149.8
  • 24352-900301-1453
  • -Ps149.9
  • 24353-900301-1454
  • -Ps150.1
  • 01 An exhortation to praise God
  • 03 With all kinds of instruments
  • 24354-900301-1455
  • -Ps150.2
  • 24355-900301-1456
  • -Ps150.3
  • 24356-900301-1457
  • -Ps150.4
  • 24357-900301-1457
  • -Ps150.5
  • 24358-900301-1458
  • -Ps150.6
  • 24359-900130-2213
  • -Pr1.1
  • believe his word, 7-9; to avoid the enticings of sinners, 10-19.
  • Wisdom complains of her contempt, 20-23; She threatens her
  • contemners, 24-33.
  • 24360-900113-2241
  • -Pr1.2
  • 24361-900113-2243
  • -Pr1.3
  • 24362-900113-2249
  • -Pr1.4
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  • -Pr1.5
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  • -Pr1.6
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  • -Pr1.7
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  • -Pr1.8
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  • -Pr1.9
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  • -Pr1.10
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  • -Pr1.11
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  • -Pr1.12
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  • -Pr1.13
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  • -Pr1.14
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  • -Pr1.15
  • 24374-900114-1803
  • -Pr1.16
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  • -Pr1.17
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  • -Pr1.18
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  • -Pr1.19
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  • -Pr1.20
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  • -Pr1.21
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  • -Pr1.22
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  • -Pr1.23
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  • -Pr1.24
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  • -Pr1.25
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  • -Pr1.27
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  • -Pr1.28
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  • -Pr1.30
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  • -Pr1.31
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  • -Pr1.32
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  • -Pr1.33
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  • -Pr2.1
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  • -Pr2.2
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  • -Pr2.3
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  • -Pr2.9
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  • -Pr2.10
  • 18.1,2; 24.13,14; job 23.12; ps 19.10; 104.34;
  • 24402-900114-2322
  • -Pr2.11
  • 24403-900114-2328
  • -Pr2.12
  • 24404-900114-2332
  • -Pr2.13
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  • -Pr2.14
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  • 24413-900114-2358
  • -Pr2.22
  • 24414-900115-0005
  • -Pr3.1
  • Exhortation to benificence 27-32; the different state of the
  • wicked and upright,33-45;
  • 24415-900115-0008
  • -Pr3.2
  • 24416-900115-0014
  • -Pr3.3
  • 24417-900115-0018
  • -Pr3.4
  • 24418-900115-0023
  • -Pr3.5
  • 24419-900115-0026
  • -Pr3.6
  • 24420-900115-0029
  • -Pr3.7
  • 24421-900115-0032
  • -Pr3.8
  • 24422-900115-0035
  • -Pr3.9
  • 24423-900115-0042
  • -Pr3.10
  • 24424-900115-0045
  • -Pr3.11
  • 24425-900115-0045
  • -Pr3.12
  • 24426-900115-0047
  • -Pr3.13
  • 24427-900115-0050
  • -Pr3.14
  • 24428-900115-0051
  • -Pr3.15
  • 24429-900115-0054
  • -Pr3.16
  • 24430-900315-1644
  • -Pr3.17
  • 24431-900315-1645
  • -Pr3.18
  • 24432-900315-1650
  • -Pr3.19
  • 24433-900115-2210
  • -Pr3.20
  • 24434-900115-2212
  • -Pr3.21
  • 24435-900115-2213
  • -Pr3.22
  • 24436-900115-2215
  • -Pr3.23
  • 24437-900115-2217
  • -Pr3.24
  • 24438-900115-2220
  • -Pr3.25
  • 24439-900115-2221
  • -Pr3.26
  • 24440-900115-2222
  • -Pr3.27
  • 24441-900115-2224
  • -Pr3.28
  • 24442-900115-2226
  • -Pr3.29
  • 24443-900115-2227
  • -Pr3.30
  • 24444-900115-2230
  • -Pr3.31
  • 24445-900115-2231
  • -Pr3.32
  • 24446-900115-2235
  • -Pr3.33
  • 24447-900115-2236
  • -Pr3.34
  • 24448-900115-2237
  • -Pr3.35
  • 24449-900201-2043
  • -Pr4.1
  • 24450-900201-2047
  • -Pr4.2
  • 24451-900201-2052
  • -Pr4.3
  • 24452-900201-2211
  • -Pr4.4
  • 24453-900201-2059
  • -Pr4.5
  • 24454-900201-2104
  • -Pr4.6
  • 24455-900201-2108
  • -Pr4.7
  • 24456-900201-2109
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  • 24457-900201-2112
  • -Pr4.9
  • 24458-900201-2114
  • -Pr4.10
  • 24459-900201-2116
  • -Pr4.11
  • 24460-900201-2137
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  • 24461-900201-2141
  • -Pr4.13
  • 24462-900201-2142
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  • 24463-900201-2144
  • -Pr4.15
  • 24464-900201-2145
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  • 24465-900201-2147
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  • 24466-900201-2150
  • -Pr4.18
  • 24467-900201-2153
  • -Pr4.19
  • 24468-900201-2154
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  • 24469-900201-2155
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  • 24470-900201-2156
  • -Pr4.22
  • 24471-900201-2202
  • -Pr4.23
  • 24472-900201-2219
  • -Pr4.24
  • 24473-900201-2205
  • -Pr4.25
  • 24474-900201-2220
  • -Pr4.26
  • 24475-900201-2208
  • -Pr4.27
  • 24476-900204-2222
  • -Pr5.1
  • 24477-900204-2224
  • -Pr5.2
  • 24478-900204-2324
  • -Pr5.3
  • 24479-900204-2236
  • -Pr5.4
  • 24480-900204-2237
  • -Pr5.5
  • 24481-900204-2325
  • -Pr5.6
  • 24482-900204-2326
  • -Pr5.7
  • 24483-900204-2240
  • -Pr5.8
  • 24484-900204-2327
  • -Pr5.9
  • 24485-900204-2242
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  • 24486-900204-2245
  • -Pr5.11
  • 24487-900204-2331
  • -Pr5.12
  • 24488-900204-2250
  • -Pr5.13
  • 24489-900204-2251
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  • 24490-900204-2252
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  • 24491-900204-2333
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  • 24492-900204-2258
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  • 24493-900204-2259
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  • 24494-900204-2301
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  • 24495-900204-2302
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  • 24496-900204-2304
  • -Pr5.21
  • 24497-900204-2307
  • -Pr5.22
  • 24498-900204-2308
  • -Pr5.23
  • 24499-900205-2310
  • -Pr6.1
  • 24500-900210-1850
  • -Pr6.2
  • 24501-900210-1851
  • -Pr6.3
  • 24502-900210-1853
  • -Pr6.4
  • 24503-900205-2315
  • -Pr6.5
  • 24504-900210-1856
  • -Pr6.6
  • proper seasons, they bite off the end of the grain to prevent
  • it from germinating and lay it up in cells till needed.
  • 24505-900205-2309
  • -Pr6.7
  • 24506-900210-2238
  • -Pr6.8
  • 24507-900210-2243
  • -Pr6.9
  • 24508-900210-2244
  • -Pr6.10
  • 24509-900210-2303
  • -Pr6.11
  • 24510-900210-2304
  • -Pr6.12
  • 24511-900210-2305
  • -Pr6.13
  • 24512-900210-2309
  • -Pr6.14
  • 24513-900210-2310
  • -Pr6.15
  • 24514-900210-2315
  • -Pr6.16
  • 24515-900210-2320
  • -Pr6.17
  • 24516-900210-2324
  • -Pr6.18
  • 24517-900210-2343
  • -Pr6.19
  • 24518-900211-2144
  • -Pr6.20
  • 24519-900211-2145
  • -Pr6.21
  • 24520-900211-2147
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  • 24521-900211-2149
  • -Pr6.23
  • 24522-900211-2151
  • -Pr6.24
  • 24523-900211-2153
  • -Pr6.25
  • 24524-900211-2155
  • -Pr6.26
  • 24525-900211-2156
  • -Pr6.27
  • 24527-900211-2330
  • -Pr6.29
  • 24529-900211-2203
  • -Pr6.31
  • 24530-900211-2222
  • -Pr6.32
  • 24531-900211-2224
  • -Pr6.33
  • 24532-900211-2225
  • -Pr6.34
  • 24533-900211-2225
  • -Pr6.35
  • 24534-900211-2230
  • -Pr7.1
  • wisdom, 1-5; In an example of his own experience he shews, 6-9,
  • the cunning of a harlot, 10-21; and the desperate simplicity of
  • a young wonton, 22,23; He dehorteth from such wickedness, 24-27;
  • 24535-900211-2237
  • -Pr7.2
  • coat, or iris, through which the rays of light pass, and falling
  • upon the retina, there depict every object in its natural
  • colour, as upon a piece of white paper. Now the pupil of the eye
  • is essentially necessary to sight, and easily injured, it is not
  • only, in common with other parts, deeply entrenched in the
  • skull, ramparted with the forehead and cheek bones, defended by
  • the eyebrows, eyelids and eyelashes and placed so as to be
  • bestprotected by the hands, but, by a wonderful mechanism, is
  • contracted or dilated by the muscular power of the iris, without
  • which an excess of light would cause instant blindness.
  • 24536-900211-2238
  • -Pr7.3
  • 24537-900211-2239

  • -Pr7.4
  • 24538-900211-2240
  • -Pr7.5
  • 24539-900211-2242
  • -Pr7.6
  • 24541-900211-2245
  • -Pr7.8
  • 24542-900211-2246
  • -Pr7.9
  • 24543-900211-2248
  • -Pr7.10
  • 24544-900211-2249
  • -Pr7.11
  • 24545-900211-2251
  • -Pr7.12
  • 24546-900211-2253
  • -Pr7.13
  • said;
  • 24547-900211-2255
  • -Pr7.14
  • 24549-900211-2256
  • -Pr7.16
  • 24550-900211-2257
  • -Pr7.17
  • 24552-900211-2258
  • -Pr7.19
  • 24553-900211-2259
  • -Pr7.20
  • 24554-900211-2302
  • -Pr7.21
  • 24555-900211-2313
  • -Pr7.22
  • 'as a dog to the chain, and as a deer, till a dart strike
  • through his liver" and Dr. Hunt 'Or as a hart boundeth into the
  • toils, till a dart strike through his liver' The LXX Chaldee,
  • Syriac and Arabic, concur in this interpretation. The
  • circumstance of the dart, as applied to the deer, is beautiful
  • and proper, which otherwise we are at a loss to dispose of; and
  • this creture, of all others, was the most proper to be noticed
  • on this occasion; for the usual representation which the
  • Egyptians made of a man overthrown by flattery and fair speeches
  • was the picture of a heart captivated and ensnared by the sound
  • of music
  • 24556-900211-2314
  • -Pr7.23
  • 24557-900211-2316
  • -Pr7.24
  • 24558-900211-2317
  • -Pr7.25
  • 24559-900211-2318
  • -Pr7.26
  • 24560-900211-2335
  • -Pr7.27
  • 24561-900211-2323
  • -Pr8.1
  • 10-11; the nature,12-14, the power, 15-17; the riches, 18-21;
  • and the eternity of wisdom, 22-31. Wisdom is to be desired for
  • the blessedness it brings,32-36.
  • 24562-900211-2323
  • -Pr8.2
  • 24563-900211-2324
  • -Pr8.3
  • 24564-900211-2326
  • -Pr8.4
  • 24565-900212-2219
  • -Pr8.5
  • 24566-900212-2222
  • -Pr8.6
  • 24567-900212-2224
  • -Pr8.7
  • 24568-900212-2225
  • -Pr8.8
  • 24569-900212-2228
  • -Pr8.9
  • 24570-900212-2229
  • -Pr8.10
  • 24571-900212-2231
  • -Pr8.11
  • 24572-900212-2234
  • -Pr8.12
  • 24573-900212-2237
  • -Pr8.13
  • 24574-900212-2240
  • -Pr8.14
  • 24575-900212-2246
  • -Pr8.15
  • 24576-900212-2248
  • -Pr8.16
  • 24578-900212-2252
  • -Pr8.18
  • 24579-900212-2252
  • -Pr8.19
  • 24580-900212-2254
  • -Pr8.20
  • 24581-900212-2257
  • -Pr8.21
  • 24582-900212-2258
  • -Pr8.22
  • 24583-900212-2259
  • -Pr8.23
  • 24584-900212-2300
  • -Pr8.24
  • 24585-900213-2242
  • -Pr8.25
  • 24586-900212-2302
  • -Pr8.26
  • 24587-900212-2303
  • -Pr8.27
  • 24588-900212-2303
  • -Pr8.28
  • 24589-900212-2305
  • -Pr8.29
  • 24590-900212-2307
  • -Pr8.30
  • 24591-900212-2307
  • -Pr8.31
  • 24592-900212-2308
  • -Pr8.32
  • 24593-900212-2310
  • -Pr8.33
  • 24594-900212-2312
  • -Pr8.34
  • 24595-900212-2313
  • -Pr8.35
  • 24596-900212-2315
  • -Pr8.36
  • 24597-900212-2319
  • -Pr9.1
  • custom, 13-15; and error of folly, 16-18;
  • framed the universe as to exhibit a scene of grandeur and
  • stability, and made ample provision for the inumerable beings by
  • whichh it is inhabited. builded
  • 24598-900212-2320
  • -Pr9.2
  • 24599-900212-2322
  • -Pr9.3
  • 24600-900212-2327
  • -Pr9.4
  • 24601-900212-2329
  • -Pr9.5
  • 24602-900212-2330
  • -Pr9.6
  • 24603-900212-2332
  • -Pr9.7
  • 24604-900212-2334
  • -Pr9.8
  • 24605-900212-2335
  • -Pr9.9
  • 24606-900212-2336
  • -Pr9.10
  • 24607-900212-2337
  • -Pr9.11
  • 24608-900212-2338
  • -Pr9.12
  • 24609-900213-2245
  • -Pr9.13
  • 24610-900212-2340
  • -Pr9.14
  • 24611-900212-2340
  • -Pr9.15
  • 7.13-15;,25-27; 23.27,28;
  • 24612-900212-2341
  • -Pr9.16
  • 24613-900212-2342
  • -Pr9.17
  • 24614-900212-2343
  • -Pr9.18
  • 24615-900212-2345
  • -Pr10.1
  • of moral virtues, and their contrary vices.
  • 24616-900212-2347
  • -Pr10.2
  • 24617-900213-2123
  • -Pr10.3
  • 24618-900213-2126
  • -Pr10.4
  • 24619-900213-2127
  • -Pr10.5
  • 24620-900213-2128
  • -Pr10.6
  • 24621-900213-2132
  • -Pr10.7
  • 24622-900213-2251
  • -Pr10.8
  • 24623-900213-2252
  • -Pr10.9
  • 17.20; lu 12.1,2; 1co 4.5;
  • 24624-900213-2139
  • -Pr10.10
  • 24625-900213-2141
  • -Pr10.11
  • 24626-900213-2142
  • -Pr10.12
  • 24627-900213-2144
  • -Pr10.13
  • 24628-900213-2146
  • -Pr10.14
  • 24629-900213-2147
  • -Pr10.15
  • 24630-900213-2149
  • -Pr10.16
  • 24631-900213-2151
  • -Pr10.17
  • 24632-900213-2154
  • -Pr10.18
  • 24633-900213-2155
  • -Pr10.19
  • 24634-900213-2157
  • -Pr10.20
  • 24635-900213-2159
  • -Pr10.21
  • 24636-900213-2203
  • -Pr10.22
  • 24637-900213-2204
  • -Pr10.23
  • 24638-900213-2254
  • -Pr10.24
  • 24639-900213-2208
  • -Pr10.25
  • 24640-900213-2213
  • -Pr10.26
  • and pain to the teeth, and by softening and dissolving alkali of
  • the bone, impairs their texture, and renders them incapable of
  • mastication; and as smoke, by irritating the tender vessels,
  • causes the eyes to smart, and prevents distinct vision; so a
  • sluggish messenger is a continual vexation and loss to those by
  • whom he is employed.
  • 24641-900213-2215
  • -Pr10.27
  • 24642-900213-2217
  • -Pr10.28
  • 24643-900213-2219
  • -Pr10.29
  • 24644-900213-2225
  • -Pr10.30
  • 24645-900213-2226
  • -Pr10.31
  • 24646-900213-2228
  • -Pr10.32
  • 24647-900214-2210
  • -Pr11.1
  • 24648-900214-2211
  • -Pr11.2
  • 24649-900214-2213
  • -Pr11.3
  • 24650-900214-2216
  • -Pr11.4
  • 24651-900214-2217
  • -Pr11.5
  • 24652-900214-2219
  • -Pr11.6
  • 24653-900214-2220
  • -Pr11.7
  • 24654-900214-2222
  • -Pr11.8
  • 24655-900214-2226
  • -Pr11.9
  • 24656-900214-2317
  • -Pr11.10
  • 24657-900214-2317
  • -Pr11.11
  • 24658-900214-2233
  • -Pr11.12
  • 24659-900214-2235
  • -Pr11.13
  • 24660-900214-2236
  • -Pr11.14
  • 24661-900214-2238
  • -Pr11.15
  • 24662-900214-2240
  • -Pr11.16
  • 24663-900214-2243
  • -Pr11.17
  • 24664-900214-2245
  • -Pr11.18
  • 24665-900214-2248
  • -Pr11.19
  • 24666-900214-2249
  • -Pr11.20
  • 24667-900214-2251
  • -Pr11.21
  • 24668-900214-2254
  • -Pr11.22
  • 24669-900214-2257
  • -Pr11.23
  • 24670-900214-2259
  • -Pr11.24
  • 24671-900214-2300
  • -Pr11.25
  • 25.34,35;
  • 24672-900214-2301
  • -Pr11.26
  • 24673-900214-2303
  • -Pr11.27
  • 24674-900214-2310
  • -Pr11.28
  • 24675-900214-2311
  • -Pr11.29
  • 24676-900214-2312
  • -Pr11.30
  • 24677-900214-2314
  • -Pr11.31
  • 24678-900215-2010
  • -Pr12.1
  • 24679-900215-2012
  • -Pr12.2
  • 24680-900215-2013
  • -Pr12.3
  • 24681-900215-2231
  • -Pr12.4
  • 24682-900215-2234
  • -Pr12.5
  • 24683-900215-2020
  • -Pr12.6
  • 24684-900215-2022
  • -Pr12.7
  • 27.18-23; ps 37.10,35-37; 73.18,19;
  • 24685-900215-2025
  • -Pr12.8
  • 24686-900215-2029
  • -Pr12.9
  • despised, and is his own servant, is better than he that
  • boasteth himself and wanteth bread;' with which the versions
  • generally agree. That is, it is better to be in lowness and
  • obscurity, and to support oneself by manual labour, than to want
  • the necessaries of life, through a foolish vanity, or with the
  • pride of birth, which refuses to labour.
  • 24687-900215-2031
  • -Pr12.10
  • 24688-900215-2236
  • -Pr12.11
  • 24689-900215-2050
  • -Pr12.12
  • 24690-900215-2238
  • -Pr12.13
  • the wicked is in the transgression of the lips;
  • 24691-900215-2056
  • -Pr12.14
  • 24692-900215-2058
  • -Pr12.15
  • 24693-900215-2059
  • -Pr12.16
  • 24694-900215-2104
  • -Pr12.17
  • 24695-900215-2107
  • -Pr12.18
  • 24696-900215-2110
  • -Pr12.19
  • 24697-900215-2113
  • -Pr12.20
  • 24698-900215-2121
  • -Pr12.21
  • 24699-900215-2123
  • -Pr12.22
  • 24700-900215-2124
  • -Pr12.23
  • 24701-900215-2126
  • -Pr12.24
  • 24702-900215-2128
  • -Pr12.25
  • 24703-900215-2241
  • -Pr12.26
  • 24704-900215-2132
  • -Pr12.27
  • 24705-900215-2133
  • -Pr12.28
  • 24706-900215-2134
  • -Pr13.1
  • 24707-900215-2136
  • -Pr13.2
  • 24708-900215-2137
  • -Pr13.3
  • 24709-900215-2141
  • -Pr13.4
  • 24710-900215-2144
  • -Pr13.5
  • 24711-900215-2146
  • -Pr13.6
  • 24712-900215-2148
  • -Pr13.7
  • 24713-900215-2150
  • -Pr13.8
  • 24714-900215-2151
  • -Pr13.9
  • 24715-900215-2243
  • -Pr13.10
  • 24716-900215-2157
  • -Pr13.11
  • 13.22,23; 20.21; 27.23-27; ps 128.2;
  • 24717-900215-2200
  • -Pr13.12
  • 24718-900215-2203
  • -Pr13.13
  • 24719-900215-2204
  • -Pr13.14
  • 24720-900215-2206
  • -Pr13.15
  • 24721-900215-2208
  • -Pr13.16
  • 24722-900215-2211
  • -Pr13.17
  • 24723-900215-2214
  • -Pr13.18
  • 24724-900215-2216
  • -Pr13.19
  • 24725-900215-2220
  • -Pr13.20
  • 24726-900215-2222
  • -Pr13.21
  • is 3.10,11; ro 2.7-10;
  • 24727-900215-2223
  • -Pr13.22
  • 24728-900215-2225
  • -Pr13.23
  • 24729-900215-2226
  • -Pr13.24
  • 24730-900215-2228
  • -Pr13.25
  • 24731-900215-2229
  • -Pr14.1
  • 24732-900315-1651
  • -Pr14.2
  • 24733-900226-2118
  • -Pr14.3
  • 24734-900226-2119
  • -Pr14.4
  • 24735-900226-2121
  • -Pr14.5
  • 24736-900226-2125
  • -Pr14.6
  • 24737-900226-2127
  • -Pr14.7
  • 24738-900226-2130
  • -Pr14.8
  • 24739-900226-2132
  • -Pr14.9
  • 24740-900226-2134
  • -Pr14.10
  • 24741-900226-2137
  • -Pr14.11
  • 24742-900226-2138
  • -Pr14.12
  • 24743-900226-2139
  • -Pr14.13
  • 24744-900226-2142
  • -Pr14.14
  • 24745-900226-2144
  • -Pr14.15
  • 24746-900226-2146
  • -Pr14.16
  • 24747-900226-2148
  • -Pr14.17
  • 24748-900226-2159
  • -Pr14.18
  • 24749-900226-2158
  • -Pr14.19
  • 24750-900226-2159
  • -Pr14.20
  • 24751-900226-2204
  • -Pr14.21
  • 24752-900226-2206
  • -Pr14.22
  • 24753-900226-2207
  • -Pr14.23
  • 24754-900226-2209
  • -Pr14.24
  • 24755-900226-2210
  • -Pr14.25
  • 24756-900226-2213
  • -Pr14.26
  • 24757-900226-2214
  • -Pr14.27
  • 24758-900226-2215
  • -Pr14.28
  • 24759-900226-2218
  • -Pr14.29
  • 24760-900226-2220
  • -Pr14.30
  • 24761-900226-2222
  • -Pr14.31
  • 24762-900226-2225
  • -Pr14.32
  • 24763-900226-2226
  • -Pr14.33
  • 24764-900226-2228
  • -Pr14.34
  • 24765-900226-2230
  • -Pr14.35
  • 24766-900228-2201
  • -Pr15.1
  • 24767-900228-2203
  • -Pr15.2
  • is 50.4;
  • 24768-900228-2204
  • -Pr15.3
  • 24769-900228-2206
  • -Pr15.4
  • 24770-900228-2214
  • -Pr15.5
  • 24771-900228-2215
  • -Pr15.6
  • 24772-900228-2219
  • -Pr15.7
  • 24773-900228-2221
  • -Pr15.8
  • 24774-900228-2223
  • -Pr15.9
  • 24775-900228-2225
  • -Pr15.10
  • 24776-900228-2226
  • -Pr15.11
  • 24777-900228-2227
  • -Pr15.12
  • 24778-900228-2229
  • -Pr15.13
  • 24779-900228-2230
  • -Pr15.14
  • 24780-900228-2232
  • -Pr15.15
  • 24781-900228-2234
  • -Pr15.16
  • 24782-900228-2235
  • -Pr15.17
  • 24783-900228-2238
  • -Pr15.18
  • 24784-900228-2240
  • -Pr15.19
  • 24785-900228-2241
  • -Pr15.20
  • 24786-900228-2243
  • -Pr15.21
  • 24787-900228-2244
  • -Pr15.22
  • 24788-900301-2205
  • -Pr15.23
  • 24789-900228-2247
  • -Pr15.24
  • 24790-900228-2249
  • -Pr15.25
  • 24791-900228-2250
  • -Pr15.26
  • 24792-900228-2253
  • -Pr15.27
  • 24793-900228-2254
  • -Pr15.28
  • 24794-900228-2257
  • -Pr15.29
  • 24795-900228-2258
  • -Pr15.30
  • 24796-900228-2300
  • -Pr15.31
  • 24797-900228-2302
  • -Pr15.32
  • 24798-900228-2303
  • -Pr15.33
  • 24799-900301-2052
  • -Pr16.1
  • 24800-900301-2055
  • -Pr16.2
  • 24801-900301-2056
  • -Pr16.3
  • 24802-900301-2057
  • -Pr16.4
  • 24803-900301-2059
  • -Pr16.5
  • 24804-900301-2101
  • -Pr16.6
  • 24805-900301-2103
  • -Pr16.7
  • 24806-900301-2105
  • -Pr16.8
  • 24807-900301-2112
  • -Pr16.9
  • 24808-900301-2116
  • -Pr16.10
  • 24809-900301-2117
  • -Pr16.11
  • 24810-900301-2119
  • -Pr16.12
  • 24811-900301-2119
  • -Pr16.13
  • 24812-900301-2121
  • -Pr16.14
  • 24813-900301-2123
  • -Pr16.15
  • 24814-900301-2124
  • -Pr16.16
  • 24815-900301-2126
  • -Pr16.17
  • 24816-900301-2132
  • -Pr16.18
  • 24817-900301-2134
  • -Pr16.19
  • 24818-900301-2137
  • -Pr16.20
  • 24819-900301-2139
  • -Pr16.21
  • 24820-900301-2140
  • -Pr16.22
  • 24821-900301-2142
  • -Pr16.23
  • 24822-900301-2145
  • -Pr16.24
  • 24823-900301-2147
  • -Pr16.25
  • 24824-900301-2149
  • -Pr16.26
  • 24825-900301-2151
  • -Pr16.27
  • 24826-900301-2153
  • -Pr16.28
  • 24827-900301-2154
  • -Pr16.29
  • 24828-900301-2155
  • -Pr16.30
  • 24829-900301-2157
  • -Pr16.31
  • 24830-900301-2159
  • -Pr16.32
  • 24831-900301-2200
  • -Pr16.33
  • 24832-900302-1829
  • -Pr17.1
  • 24833-900302-1830
  • -Pr17.2
  • 24834-900302-1831
  • -Pr17.3
  • 24835-900302-1833
  • -Pr17.4
  • 24836-900302-1834
  • -Pr17.5
  • 24837-900302-1836
  • -Pr17.6
  • 24838-900302-1837
  • -Pr17.7
  • 24839-900305-2201
  • -Pr17.8
  • 24840-900302-1840
  • -Pr17.9
  • 24841-900305-2222
  • -Pr17.10
  • hundred times.
  • 24842-900302-1843
  • -Pr17.11
  • 24843-900302-1844
  • -Pr17.12
  • 24844-900302-1847
  • -Pr17.13
  • 24845-900305-2231
  • -Pr17.14
  • 24846-900302-1853
  • -Pr17.15
  • 24847-900302-1856
  • -Pr17.16
  • 24848-900302-1857
  • -Pr17.17
  • 24849-900302-1858
  • -Pr17.18
  • 24850-900302-1903
  • -Pr17.19
  • 24851-900302-1905
  • -Pr17.20
  • 24852-900302-1906
  • -Pr17.21
  • 24853-900302-1908
  • -Pr17.22
  • 24854-900302-1911
  • -Pr17.23
  • 24855-900302-1913
  • -Pr17.24
  • 24856-900302-1914
  • -Pr17.25
  • 24857-900305-2235
  • -Pr17.26
  • 24858-900302-1916
  • -Pr17.27
  • 24859-900302-1917
  • -Pr17.28
  • 24860-900305-2243
  • -Pr18.1
  • through or He that separateth himself seeketh, according to his
  • desire and intermeddleth in every business
  • 24861-900302-1922
  • -Pr18.2
  • 24862-900302-1923
  • -Pr18.3
  • 24863-900302-1925
  • -Pr18.4
  • 24864-900302-1927
  • -Pr18.5
  • 24865-900302-1929
  • -Pr18.6
  • 24866-900302-1931
  • -Pr18.7
  • 24867-900302-1933
  • -Pr18.8
  • wounded. innermost parts or chambers.
  • 24868-900304-2225
  • -Pr18.9
  • 24869-900305-2253
  • -Pr18.10
  • 24870-900304-2220
  • -Pr18.11
  • 24871-900304-2218
  • -Pr18.12
  • 24872-900315-1652
  • -Pr18.13
  • 24873-900304-2232
  • -Pr18.14
  • 24874-900304-2235
  • -Pr18.15
  • 24875-900304-2237
  • -Pr18.16
  • 24876-900304-2238
  • -Pr18.17
  • 24877-900304-2240
  • -Pr18.18
  • 24878-900304-2243
  • -Pr18.19
  • 24879-900304-2245
  • -Pr18.20
  • 24880-900304-2247
  • -Pr18.21
  • 24881-900304-2248
  • -Pr18.22
  • 24882-900304-2250
  • -Pr18.23
  • 24883-900304-2252
  • -Pr18.24
  • 24884-900305-2041
  • -Pr19.1
  • 24885-900305-2043
  • -Pr19.2
  • 24886-900305-2046
  • -Pr19.3
  • 24887-900305-2048
  • -Pr19.4
  • 24888-900305-2049
  • -Pr19.5
  • 24889-900305-2300
  • -Pr19.6
  • 24890-900305-2054
  • -Pr19.7
  • 24891-900305-2300
  • -Pr19.8
  • 24892-900305-2057
  • -Pr19.9
  • 24893-900305-2102
  • -Pr19.10
  • 24894-900305-2104
  • -Pr19.11
  • 24895-900305-2105
  • -Pr19.12
  • 24896-900305-2110
  • -Pr19.13
  • 24897-900305-2114
  • -Pr19.14
  • 24898-900305-2116
  • -Pr19.15
  • 24899-900305-2120
  • -Pr19.16
  • 24900-900305-2122
  • -Pr19.17
  • 24901-900305-2124
  • -Pr19.18
  • 24902-900305-2310
  • -Pr19.19
  • 24903-900305-2127
  • -Pr19.20
  • 24904-900315-1652
  • -Pr19.21
  • 24905-900305-2311
  • -Pr19.22
  • 24906-900305-2136
  • -Pr19.23
  • 24907-900305-2137
  • -Pr19.24
  • 24908-900305-2313
  • -Pr19.25
  • 24909-900305-2143
  • -Pr19.26
  • 24910-900305-2148
  • -Pr19.27
  • 24911-900305-2155
  • -Pr19.28
  • 24912-900305-2153
  • -Pr19.29
  • 24913-900305-2336
  • -Pr20.1
  • 24914-900305-2337
  • -Pr20.2
  • 24915-900305-2339
  • -Pr20.3
  • 24916-900305-2343
  • -Pr20.4
  • 24917-900305-2344
  • -Pr20.5
  • 24918-900305-2348
  • -Pr20.6
  • 24919-900305-2351
  • -Pr20.7
  • 24920-900305-2352
  • -Pr20.8
  • 24921-900305-2353
  • -Pr20.9
  • 24922-900306-0030
  • -Pr20.10
  • and an ephah
  • 24923-900306-0034
  • -Pr20.11
  • 24924-900306-0000
  • -Pr20.12
  • 24925-900306-0002
  • -Pr20.13
  • 24926-900306-0003
  • -Pr20.14
  • 24927-900306-0005
  • -Pr20.15
  • 24928-900306-0006
  • -Pr20.16
  • 24930-900306-0008
  • -Pr20.18
  • 24931-900306-0009
  • -Pr20.19
  • 24932-900306-0010
  • -Pr20.20
  • 24933-900306-0011
  • -Pr20.21
  • gotten
  • 24934-900306-0014
  • -Pr20.22
  • 24935-900306-0015
  • -Pr20.23
  • 24936-900306-0018
  • -Pr20.24
  • 24937-900306-0020
  • -Pr20.25
  • 24938-900306-0021
  • -Pr20.26
  • 24939-900306-0023
  • -Pr20.27
  • 24940-900306-0025
  • -Pr20.28
  • 24941-900306-0026
  • -Pr20.29
  • 24942-900306-0027
  • -Pr20.30
  • 24943-900306-2146
  • -Pr21.1
  • 24944-900306-2148
  • -Pr21.2
  • 24945-900306-2150
  • -Pr21.3
  • 24946-900306-2152
  • -Pr21.4
  • 24947-900306-2153
  • -Pr21.5
  • 24948-900306-2156
  • -Pr21.6
  • 24949-900306-2158
  • -Pr21.7
  • 24950-900306-2201
  • -Pr21.8
  • 24951-900306-2203
  • -Pr21.9
  • 21.19; 12.4; 19.13; 25.24; 27.15,16;
  • house of society
  • 24952-900306-2206
  • -Pr21.10
  • 24953-900306-2214
  • -Pr21.11
  • 24955-900306-2220
  • -Pr21.13
  • 24956-900306-2222
  • -Pr21.14
  • 24957-900306-2224
  • -Pr21.15
  • 24958-900306-2227
  • -Pr21.16
  • 24959-900306-2228
  • -Pr21.17
  • 24960-900306-2229
  • -Pr21.18
  • 24961-900306-2230
  • -Pr21.19
  • 24962-900306-2237
  • -Pr21.20
  • 24963-900306-2238
  • -Pr21.21
  • 24964-900306-2241
  • -Pr21.22
  • 24965-900306-2241
  • -Pr21.23
  • 24966-900306-2243
  • -Pr21.24
  • 24967-900306-2246
  • -Pr21.25
  • 24968-900306-2248
  • -Pr21.26
  • 24969-900306-2250
  • -Pr21.27
  • 24970-900306-2251
  • -Pr21.28
  • 24971-900306-2253
  • -Pr21.29
  • 24972-900306-2256
  • -Pr21.30
  • 24973-900306-2257
  • -Pr21.31
  • 24974-900306-2259
  • -Pr22.1
  • 24975-900306-2301
  • -Pr22.2
  • 24976-900306-2304
  • -Pr22.3
  • 24977-900306-2306
  • -Pr22.4
  • 24978-900306-2307
  • -Pr22.5
  • 24979-900306-2309
  • -Pr22.6
  • 24980-900306-2311
  • -Pr22.7
  • 24981-900306-2313
  • -Pr22.8
  • 24982-900306-2317
  • -Pr22.9
  • 24983-900306-2318
  • -Pr22.10
  • 24984-900306-2321
  • -Pr22.11
  • 24985-900306-2324
  • -Pr22.12
  • 24986-900306-2326
  • -Pr22.13
  • however improbable to indulge his love of ease and indolence
  • 24987-900306-2328
  • -Pr22.14
  • animals are often taken alive.
  • 24988-900306-2332
  • -Pr22.15
  • 24989-900306-2334
  • -Pr22.16
  • 24990-900306-2336
  • -Pr22.17
  • 24991-900306-2339
  • -Pr22.18
  • 24992-900306-2344
  • -Pr22.19
  • 24993-900306-2343
  • -Pr22.20
  • 24994-900306-2342
  • -Pr22.21
  • 24995-900306-2346
  • -Pr22.22
  • already seen was held at the gates of cities in the east.
  • 24996-900306-2348
  • -Pr22.23
  • 24997-900306-2349
  • -Pr22.24
  • 24998-900306-2350
  • -Pr22.25
  • 24999-900306-2350
  • -Pr22.26
  • 25000-900306-2351
  • -Pr22.27
  • 25001-900306-2352
  • -Pr22.28
  • 25002-900306-2354
  • -Pr22.29
  • kings; as the phrase denotes mean men.
  • 25003-900306-2354
  • -Pr23.1
  • 25004-900306-2355
  • -Pr23.2
  • 25005-900306-2355
  • -Pr23.3
  • 25006-900307-1835
  • -Pr23.4
  • 25007-900307-1839
  • -Pr23.5
  • Tillotson, 'as if a rich man sat brooding over an estate till it
  • was fledged, and gotten itself wings to fly away.'
  • 25008-900307-1841
  • -Pr23.6
  • 25009-900307-1842
  • -Pr23.7
  • 25010-900307-1842
  • -Pr23.8
  • 25011-900307-1845
  • -Pr23.9
  • 25012-900307-1846
  • -Pr23.10
  • 25013-900307-1847
  • -Pr23.11
  • 25014-900307-1848
  • -Pr23.12
  • 25015-900307-1849
  • -Pr23.13
  • 25016-900307-1849
  • -Pr23.14
  • 25017-900307-1852
  • -Pr23.15
  • 25018-900307-1853
  • -Pr23.16
  • 25019-900307-1855
  • -Pr23.17
  • 25020-900307-1928
  • -Pr23.18
  • 25021-900307-1858
  • -Pr23.19
  • 25022-900307-1900
  • -Pr23.20
  • 25023-900307-1903
  • -Pr23.21
  • 25024-900307-1905
  • -Pr23.22
  • 25025-900307-1929
  • -Pr23.23
  • 25026-900307-1909
  • -Pr23.24
  • 25027-900307-1910
  • -Pr23.25
  • 25028-900307-1912
  • -Pr23.26
  • 25029-900307-1913
  • -Pr23.27
  • 25030-900307-1914
  • -Pr23.28
  • 25031-900307-1916
  • -Pr23.29
  • 25032-900307-1931
  • -Pr23.30
  • 25033-900307-1932
  • -Pr23.31
  • 25034-900307-1921
  • -Pr23.32
  • 25035-900307-1922
  • -Pr23.33
  • 25036-900307-1924
  • -Pr23.34
  • 25037-900307-1925
  • -Pr23.35
  • 25038-900307-2207
  • -Pr24.1
  • 25039-900307-2209
  • -Pr24.2
  • 25040-900307-2210
  • -Pr24.3
  • 25041-900307-2212
  • -Pr24.4
  • 25042-900307-2213
  • -Pr24.5
  • 25043-900307-2214
  • -Pr24.6
  • 25044-900307-2216
  • -Pr24.7
  • 25045-900307-2217
  • -Pr24.8
  • 25046-900307-2308
  • -Pr24.9
  • 25047-900307-2220
  • -Pr24.10
  • 25048-900307-2222
  • -Pr24.11
  • 25049-900307-2225
  • -Pr24.12
  • 25050-900307-2227
  • -Pr24.13
  • 25051-900307-2228
  • -Pr24.14
  • 25052-900307-2230
  • -Pr24.15
  • 25053-900307-2232
  • -Pr24.16
  • 25054-900307-2234
  • -Pr24.17
  • 25055-900307-2235
  • -Pr24.18
  • 25056-900307-2238
  • -Pr24.19
  • 25057-900307-2239
  • -Pr24.20
  • 25058-900307-2242
  • -Pr24.21
  • 25059-900307-2243
  • -Pr24.22
  • 25060-900307-2246
  • -Pr24.23
  • 25061-900307-2250
  • -Pr24.24
  • 25062-900307-2253
  • -Pr24.25
  • 25063-900307-2310
  • -Pr24.26
  • 25064-900307-2255
  • -Pr24.27
  • 25065-900315-1653
  • -Pr24.28
  • 25066-900307-2259
  • -Pr24.29
  • 25067-900307-2300
  • -Pr24.30
  • 25068-900307-2303
  • -Pr24.31
  • 25069-900307-2304
  • -Pr24.32
  • 25070-900307-2305
  • -Pr24.33
  • 25071-900307-2306
  • -Pr24.34
  • 25072-900308-2038
  • -Pr25.1
  • quarrels, and sundry causes thereof, 8-28;
  • 25073-900308-2117
  • -Pr25.2
  • 25074-900308-2041
  • -Pr25.3
  • 25075-900308-2042
  • -Pr25.4
  • 25076-900308-2043
  • -Pr25.5
  • 25077-900308-2045
  • -Pr25.6
  • 25078-900308-2047
  • -Pr25.7
  • and thou shalt live at ease in safety and in peace.
  • 25079-900308-2049
  • -Pr25.8
  • 25080-900308-2050
  • -Pr25.9
  • 25081-900308-2050
  • -Pr25.10
  • 25082-900308-2053
  • -Pr25.11
  • spoken with propriety, opportunely and suitably to the occasion,
  • is as much in its place and as conspicuously beautiful as the
  • golden fruit which appears through the apertures of an
  • exquisitely wrought silver basket.
  • 25083-900308-2055
  • -Pr25.12
  • 25084-900308-2056
  • -Pr25.13
  • 25085-900308-2058
  • -Pr25.14
  • 25086-900308-2120
  • -Pr25.15
  • often accomplish the most difficult things
  • 25087-900308-2101
  • -Pr25.16
  • 25088-900308-2103
  • -Pr25.17
  • seldom in thy neighbour's
  • 25089-900308-2104
  • -Pr25.18
  • 25090-900308-2105
  • -Pr25.19
  • 25091-900308-2106
  • -Pr25.20
  • 25092-900308-2107
  • -Pr25.21
  • 25093-900308-2108
  • -Pr25.22
  • taken from smelting ores
  • 25094-900308-2110
  • -Pr25.23
  • angry countenance.
  • 25095-900308-2111
  • -Pr25.24
  • 25096-900308-2128
  • -Pr25.25
  • 15.30; is 52.7; na 1.15 lu 2.10,11 ro 10.15 1ti 1.15
  • 25097-900308-2128
  • -Pr25.26
  • 25098-900308-2115
  • -Pr25.27
  • 25099-900308-2116
  • -Pr25.28
  • 25100-900308-2131
  • -Pr26.1
  • about contentious busy-bodies, 17-28;
  • 1sa 12.17,18;
  • 25101-900308-2133
  • -Pr26.2
  • 25102-900308-2134
  • -Pr26.3
  • 25103-900308-2151
  • -Pr26.4
  • 25104-900308-2155
  • -Pr26.5
  • 25105-900308-2156
  • -Pr26.6
  • 25106-900308-2157
  • -Pr26.7
  • 25107-900308-2200
  • -Pr26.8
  • heap of stones. this probably refers to the custom of throwing a
  • stone to the heap under which a criminal was buried.
  • 25108-900308-2200
  • -Pr26.9
  • 25109-900308-2201
  • -Pr26.10
  • he hireth also the transgressors.
  • 25110-900308-2202
  • -Pr26.11
  • 25111-900308-2228
  • -Pr26.12
  • 25112-900308-2204
  • -Pr26.13
  • 25113-900308-2205
  • -Pr26.14
  • 25114-900308-2206
  • -Pr26.15
  • 25115-900308-2206
  • -Pr26.16
  • 25116-900308-2207
  • -Pr26.17
  • 25117-900308-2208
  • -Pr26.18
  • 25118-900308-2208
  • -Pr26.19
  • 25119-900308-2210
  • -Pr26.20
  • 25120-900308-2211
  • -Pr26.21
  • 25121-900308-2212
  • -Pr26.22
  • 25122-900308-2215
  • -Pr26.23
  • however smooth shining and splendid they may appear, are like a
  • vile vessel covered over with base metal
  • 25123-900308-2215
  • -Pr26.24
  • 25124-900308-2217
  • -Pr26.25
  • 25125-900308-2218
  • -Pr26.26
  • secret
  • 25126-900308-2223
  • -Pr26.27
  • 25127-900308-2225
  • -Pr26.28
  • injury and in proportion to the innonence of the injured.
  • 25128-900311-2307
  • -Pr27.1
  • avoid offenses, 11-22; and of the houselhold care, 23-27.
  • 25129-900311-2226
  • -Pr27.2
  • 25130-900311-2227
  • -Pr27.3
  • 25131-900311-2230
  • -Pr27.4
  • overflowing
  • 25132-900311-2231
  • -Pr27.5
  • 25133-900311-2233
  • -Pr27.6
  • 25134-900311-2235
  • -Pr27.7
  • 25135-900311-2237
  • -Pr27.8
  • 25136-900311-2240
  • -Pr27.9
  • 25137-900311-2242
  • -Pr27.10
  • 25138-900311-2244
  • -Pr27.11
  • 25139-900311-2245
  • -Pr27.12
  • 25140-900311-2246
  • -Pr27.13
  • 25141-900311-2248
  • -Pr27.14
  • 25142-900311-2248
  • -Pr27.15
  • 25143-900311-2249
  • -Pr27.16
  • 25144-900311-2251
  • -Pr27.17
  • 25145-900311-2310
  • -Pr27.18
  • 25146-900311-2255
  • -Pr27.19
  • 25147-900311-2257
  • -Pr27.20
  • 25148-900311-2258
  • -Pr27.21
  • 25149-900311-2259
  • -Pr27.22
  • 25150-900311-2311
  • -Pr27.23
  • 25151-900311-2302
  • -Pr27.24
  • 25152-900311-2303
  • -Pr27.25
  • 25153-900311-2304
  • -Pr27.26
  • 25154-900311-2304
  • -Pr27.27
  • 25155-900312-2205
  • -Pr28.1
  • 25156-900312-2208
  • -Pr28.2
  • 25157-900313-0001
  • -Pr28.3
  • 25158-900313-0002
  • -Pr28.4
  • 25159-900312-2214
  • -Pr28.5
  • 25160-900312-2215
  • -Pr28.6
  • 25161-900312-2216
  • -Pr28.7
  • keepeth
  • 25162-900312-2220
  • -Pr28.8
  • 25163-900313-0003
  • -Pr28.9
  • 25164-900312-2224
  • -Pr28.10
  • 25165-900313-0004
  • -Pr28.11
  • 25166-900312-2229
  • -Pr28.12
  • 25167-900313-0006
  • -Pr28.13
  • 25168-900312-2234
  • -Pr28.14
  • 25169-900312-2237
  • -Pr28.15
  • 25170-900313-0007
  • -Pr28.16
  • 25171-900312-2240
  • -Pr28.17
  • 25172-900312-2242
  • -Pr28.18
  • 25173-900312-2243
  • -Pr28.19
  • 25174-900312-2246
  • -Pr28.20
  • 25175-900312-2257
  • -Pr28.21
  • from the circumstance of holding out a piece of bread to a dog
  • in order to soothe him.
  • 25176-900312-2259
  • -Pr28.22
  • 25177-900312-2300
  • -Pr28.23
  • 25178-900312-2301
  • -Pr28.24
  • 25179-900312-2303
  • -Pr28.25
  • 25180-900312-2304
  • -Pr28.26
  • 25181-900312-2308
  • -Pr28.27
  • 25182-900312-2309
  • -Pr28.28
  • the wicked
  • 25183-900313-0010
  • -Pr29.1
  • Of anger, pride, theivery, cowardice and corruption,22-27
  • 25184-900312-2317
  • -Pr29.2
  • 25185-900312-2318
  • -Pr29.3
  • 25186-900312-2320
  • -Pr29.4
  • 25187-900312-2321
  • -Pr29.5
  • 25188-900312-2323
  • -Pr29.6
  • 25189-900312-2326
  • -Pr29.7
  • 25190-900313-0013
  • -Pr29.8
  • 25191-900312-2330
  • -Pr29.9
  • 25192-900312-2333
  • -Pr29.10
  • 25193-900312-2334
  • -Pr29.11
  • 25194-900312-2335
  • -Pr29.12
  • 25195-900312-2337
  • -Pr29.13
  • 25196-900312-2340
  • -Pr29.14
  • 25197-900312-2341
  • -Pr29.15
  • 25198-900312-2343
  • -Pr29.16
  • 25199-900312-2343
  • -Pr29.17
  • 25200-900312-2345
  • -Pr29.18
  • 25201-900312-2346
  • -Pr29.19
  • 25202-900312-2347
  • -Pr29.20
  • 25203-900312-2347
  • -Pr29.21
  • 25204-900312-2348
  • -Pr29.22
  • 25205-900312-2351
  • -Pr29.23
  • 25206-900312-2356
  • -Pr29.24
  • 25207-900313-0015
  • -Pr29.25
  • 25208-900312-2359
  • -Pr29.26
  • 25209-900313-0000
  • -Pr29.27
  • 25210-900312-2145
  • -Pr30.1
  • prayer,7-9. The meanest are not to be wronged,10; Four wicked
  • generations, 11-14. Four things insatiable,15,16. four things
  • exceeding wise, 24-28. Four things statley,29-31. Wrath is to be
  • prevented,32,33.
  • pupils; and this was the massa, or oracle, which he delivered,
  • not by his own wisdom, but by the Holy Spirit, for the benifit
  • of man; and which, it is probable, was added by the 'men of
  • Hezckiah'
  • 25211-900312-1952
  • -Pr30.2
  • 25212-900312-1953
  • -Pr30.3
  • 25213-900312-1956
  • -Pr30.4
  • 25214-900312-1957
  • -Pr30.5
  • 25215-900312-1958
  • -Pr30.6
  • 25216-900312-1959
  • -Pr30.7
  • 25217-900312-2147
  • -Pr30.8
  • 25218-900315-1654
  • -Pr30.9
  • 25219-900312-2009
  • -Pr30.10
  • 25220-900312-2011
  • -Pr30.11
  • 25221-900312-2015
  • -Pr30.12
  • 25222-900312-2016
  • -Pr30.13
  • 25223-900312-2019
  • -Pr30.14
  • 25224-900312-2021
  • -Pr30.15
  • 25225-900312-2022
  • -Pr30.16
  • 25226-900312-2149
  • -Pr30.17
  • 25227-900312-2024
  • -Pr30.18
  • 25228-900312-2025
  • -Pr30.19
  • 25229-900312-2025
  • -Pr30.20
  • 25230-900312-2026
  • -Pr30.21
  • 25231-900312-2029
  • -Pr30.22
  • 25232-900312-2027
  • -Pr30.23
  • 25233-900312-2029
  • -Pr30.24
  • 25234-900312-2031
  • -Pr30.25
  • towns, public roads and shew their wisdom and prudence by
  • preparing their meat in due season
  • 25235-900312-2031
  • -Pr30.26
  • 25236-900312-2032
  • -Pr30.27
  • 25237-900312-2033
  • -Pr30.28
  • 25238-900312-2033
  • -Pr30.29
  • 25239-900312-2034
  • -Pr30.30
  • 25240-900312-2035
  • -Pr30.31
  • 25241-900312-2036
  • -Pr30.32
  • 25242-900312-2037
  • -Pr30.33
  • 25243-900312-2039
  • -Pr31.1
  • are to be comforted and defended,6-9 The praise and properties
  • of a good wife, 10-31
  • 25244-900312-2152
  • -Pr31.2
  • 25245-900312-2041
  • -Pr31.3
  • 25246-900312-2042
  • -Pr31.4
  • 25247-900312-2043
  • -Pr31.5
  • 25248-900312-2044
  • -Pr31.6
  • 25249-900312-2045
  • -Pr31.7
  • 25250-900312-2047
  • -Pr31.8
  • 25251-900312-2050
  • -Pr31.9
  • 25252-900312-2052
  • -Pr31.10
  • verse beginning consecutively with a letter of the Hebrew
  • alphabet; in which we are presented with an admirable picture of
  • a good wife, according to the primitve manners of the East
  • 25253-900312-2053
  • -Pr31.11
  • 25254-900312-2054
  • -Pr31.12
  • 25255-900312-2156
  • -Pr31.13
  • 25256-900312-2056
  • -Pr31.14
  • 25257-900312-2058
  • -Pr31.15
  • 25258-900312-2059
  • -Pr31.16
  • 25259-900312-2101
  • -Pr31.17
  • 25260-900312-2102
  • -Pr31.18
  • 25261-900312-2104
  • -Pr31.19
  • twists the thread; while she holds the distaff, on which the
  • wool or flais rolled, in the guard of the left arm and draws
  • down the thread with the fingers of the left hand
  • 25262-900312-2106
  • -Pr31.20
  • 25263-900312-2107
  • -Pr31.21
  • 25264-900312-2108
  • -Pr31.22
  • 25265-900312-2109
  • -Pr31.23
  • 25266-900312-2110
  • -Pr31.24
  • 25267-900312-2112
  • -Pr31.25
  • 25268-900312-2115
  • -Pr31.26
  • 25269-900312-2115
  • -Pr31.27
  • 25270-900312-2117
  • -Pr31.28
  • 25271-900312-2118
  • -Pr31.29
  • 25272-900312-2142
  • -Pr31.30
  • 25273-900312-2144
  • -Pr31.31
  • 25274-900403-2213
  • -Ec1.1
  • the creatures are restless in their courses, 4-8 they bring
  • forth nothing new, and all old things are forgotten, 9-11; and
  • because he has found it so in the studies of wisdom,12-18
  • 1.12 1ki 11.42,43 2ch 9.30 10.17-19
  • 25275-900403-2216
  • -Ec1.2
  • 25276-900403-2218
  • -Ec1.3
  • 25277-900403-2221
  • -Ec1.4
  • 25278-900403-2222
  • -Ec1.5
  • 25279-900403-2226
  • -Ec1.6
  • and rendered, 'the sun also riseth, and the sun goeth down, and
  • hasteth to his place where he arose; going toward the south,
  • and turning about unto the north. The wind whirleth about
  • continually,' It alludes, in the front part to the apparent
  • daly motion of the sun from east to west, and his annual course
  • through the signs of the zodiac
  • 25280-900403-2227
  • -Ec1.7
  • 25281-900403-2229
  • -Ec1.8
  • 25282-900403-2230
  • -Ec1.9
  • 25283-900403-2231
  • -Ec1.10
  • 25284-900403-2232
  • -Ec1.11
  • 25285-900403-2232
  • -Ec1.12
  • 25286-900403-2234
  • -Ec1.13
  • 25287-900403-2235
  • -Ec1.14
  • 25288-900403-2236
  • -Ec1.15
  • 25289-900403-2238
  • -Ec1.16
  • 25290-900403-2239
  • -Ec1.17
  • 25291-900403-2240
  • -Ec1.18
  • 25292-900403-2244
  • -Ec2.1
  • Though the wise be better than the fool, yet both have one
  • event,12-17. The vanity of human labour, in leaving it they
  • know not to whom, 18-23. Nothing better than joy in our labour;
  • but that is God's gift 24-26
  • 25293-900403-2247
  • -Ec2.2
  • things of the world, but of an intemperate pleasure whose two
  • attendants, laughter and mirth are introduced by a beautiful
  • prosopopaeia, as in two persons, whom he treats with the utmost
  • contempt.
  • 25294-900403-2250
  • -Ec2.3
  • 25295-900403-2334
  • -Ec2.4
  • 25296-900403-2253
  • -Ec2.5
  • 25297-900403-2254
  • -Ec2.6
  • 25298-900403-2336
  • -Ec2.7
  • 25299-900403-2259
  • -Ec2.8
  • 25300-900403-2301
  • -Ec2.9
  • 25301-900403-2337
  • -Ec2.10
  • 25302-900403-2340
  • -Ec2.11
  • 25303-900403-2306
  • -Ec2.12
  • 25304-900403-2308
  • -Ec2.13
  • wisdom more than in folly
  • 25305-900403-2309
  • -Ec2.14
  • 25306-900403-2310
  • -Ec2.15
  • 25307-900403-2311
  • -Ec2.16
  • 25308-900403-2314
  • -Ec2.17
  • 25309-900403-2315
  • -Ec2.18
  • 25310-900403-2317
  • -Ec2.19
  • 25311-900403-2319
  • -Ec2.20
  • 25312-900403-2320
  • -Ec2.21
  • 25313-900403-2322
  • -Ec2.22
  • 25314-900403-2323
  • -Ec2.23
  • 25315-900403-2325
  • -Ec2.24
  • 25316-900403-2326
  • -Ec2.25
  • 25317-900403-2328
  • -Ec2.26
  • 25318-900404-2226
  • -Ec3.1
  • travail,1-10. There is an excellency in God's works,11-15.
  • But as for man, God shall judge his works hereafter, though here
  • he be like a beast,16-22
  • 25319-900404-2229
  • -Ec3.2
  • 25320-900404-2232
  • -Ec3.3
  • 25321-900404-2234
  • -Ec3.4
  • 25322-900404-2236
  • -Ec3.5
  • 25323-900404-2239
  • -Ec3.6
  • 25324-900404-2242
  • -Ec3.7
  • 25325-900404-2246
  • -Ec3.8
  • 25326-900404-2247
  • -Ec3.9
  • 25327-900404-2248
  • -Ec3.10
  • 25328-900804-0713
  • -Ec3.11
  • 25329-900404-2253
  • -Ec3.12
  • 25330-900404-2254
  • -Ec3.13
  • 25331-900404-2256
  • -Ec3.14
  • 25332-900404-2257
  • -Ec3.15
  • 25333-900404-2259
  • -Ec3.16
  • 25334-900404-2302
  • -Ec3.17
  • 25335-900404-2304
  • -Ec3.18
  • 25336-900404-2306
  • -Ec3.19
  • 25337-900404-2308
  • -Ec3.20
  • 25338-900404-2309
  • -Ec3.21
  • 25339-900404-2311
  • -Ec3.22
  • 25340-900404-2318
  • -Ec4.1
  • by idleness, 5,6 by covetuousness,7,8 by solitariness 9-12
  • by wilfulness,13-16
  • 25341-900404-2319
  • -Ec4.2
  • 25342-900404-2321
  • -Ec4.3
  • 25343-900404-2324
  • -Ec4.4
  • man from his neighbour
  • 25344-900404-2326
  • -Ec4.5
  • 25345-900404-2327
  • -Ec4.6
  • 25346-900404-2328
  • -Ec4.7
  • $.1 ps 78.33 zec 1.6
  • 25347-900404-2331
  • -Ec4.8
  • 25348-900404-2333
  • -Ec4.9
  • 25349-900404-2335
  • -Ec4.10
  • 25350-900404-2335
  • -Ec4.11
  • 25351-900404-2336
  • -Ec4.12
  • 25352-900404-2338
  • -Ec4.13
  • 25353-900404-2340
  • -Ec4.14
  • 25354-900404-2341
  • -Ec4.15
  • 25355-900404-2343
  • -Ec4.16
  • 25356-900405-2102
  • -Ec5.1
  • oppression,8; and in riches,9-17. Joy in irches is the gift of
  • God.
  • 25357-900405-2104
  • -Ec5.2
  • 25358-900405-2105
  • -Ec5.3
  • 25359-900405-2107
  • -Ec5.4
  • 25360-900405-2107
  • -Ec5.5
  • 25361-900405-2110
  • -Ec5.6
  • 25362-900405-2111
  • -Ec5.7
  • 5.3 mat 12.36
  • 25363-900405-2210
  • -Ec5.8
  • 3.1-4,9-12 6.10-13 zec 7.9-13 mal 3.5 ja 2.13 5.2-7
  • 25364-900405-2119
  • -Ec5.9
  • je 40.10-12
  • 25365-900405-2211
  • -Ec5.10
  • money increases.
  • 25366-900405-2124
  • -Ec5.11
  • 25367-900405-2124
  • -Ec5.12
  • 25368-900405-2132
  • -Ec5.13
  • 25369-900405-2134
  • -Ec5.14
  • 25370-900405-2135
  • -Ec5.15
  • 25371-900407-2334
  • -Ec5.16
  • 25372-900405-2138
  • -Ec5.17
  • 25373-900405-2143
  • -Ec5.18
  • 25374-900405-2145
  • -Ec5.19
  • 25375-900405-2213
  • -Ec5.20
  • 25376-900405-2148
  • -Ec6.1
  • children and a long life,3-6 the vanity of sight and wandering
  • desires,7-9 The conclusion of vanities,10-12
  • 25377-900405-2214
  • -Ec6.2
  • 25378-900405-2153
  • -Ec6.3
  • 25379-900405-2153
  • -Ec6.4
  • 25380-900405-2154
  • -Ec6.5
  • 25381-900405-2155
  • -Ec6.6
  • though
  • 25382-900405-2157
  • -Ec6.7
  • 25383-900405-2158
  • -Ec6.8
  • 25384-900405-2159
  • -Ec6.9
  • 25385-900405-2201
  • -Ec6.10
  • 25386-900405-2206
  • -Ec6.11
  • 25387-900405-2205
  • -Ec6.12
  • 25388-900407-1546
  • -Ec7.1
  • patience,7-10 wisdom,11-22 The difficulty of wisdom 23-29
  • 25389-900407-1550
  • -Ec7.2
  • 25390-900407-1555
  • -Ec7.3
  • 25391-900407-1559
  • -Ec7.4
  • 25392-900407-1601
  • -Ec7.5
  • 25393-900407-1615
  • -Ec7.6
  • 25394-900407-1616
  • -Ec7.7
  • 25395-900407-1619
  • -Ec7.8
  • 25396-900407-1622
  • -Ec7.9
  • 25397-900407-1623
  • -Ec7.10
  • 25398-900407-1624
  • -Ec7.11
  • 25399-900407-1626
  • -Ec7.12
  • 25400-900407-1628
  • -Ec7.13
  • 25401-900407-1637
  • -Ec7.14
  • 25402-900407-1640
  • -Ec7.15
  • 25403-900407-1643
  • -Ec7.16
  • 25404-900407-1645
  • -Ec7.17
  • 12.23
  • 25405-900407-1646
  • -Ec7.18
  • 25406-900407-1647
  • -Ec7.19
  • 25407-900407-1649
  • -Ec7.20
  • 25408-900407-1650
  • -Ec7.21
  • 25409-900407-1651
  • -Ec7.22
  • 25410-900407-1652
  • -Ec7.23
  • 25411-900407-1653
  • -Ec7.24
  • 25412-900407-1656
  • -Ec7.25
  • 25413-900407-1658
  • -Ec7.26
  • 25414-900407-1659
  • -Ec7.27
  • 25415-900407-1700
  • -Ec7.28
  • 25416-900407-2150
  • -Ec7.29
  • 25417-900407-2154
  • -Ec8.1
  • providence is to be observed,6-11 It is better with the godly in
  • adversity, than with the wicked in prosperity,12-15 The work of
  • God is unsearchable,16-17
  • 25418-900407-2155
  • -Ec8.2
  • i counsel
  • 25419-900407-2157
  • -Ec8.3
  • 25420-900407-2158
  • -Ec8.4
  • 25421-900407-2201
  • -Ec8.5
  • 25422-900407-2205
  • -Ec8.6
  • 25423-900407-2206
  • -Ec8.7
  • 25424-900407-2208
  • -Ec8.8
  • 25425-900407-2209
  • -Ec8.9
  • 25426-900407-2211
  • -Ec8.10
  • 25427-900407-2214
  • -Ec8.11
  • 25428-900407-2336
  • -Ec8.12
  • 25429-900407-2221
  • -Ec8.13
  • 25430-900407-2222
  • -Ec8.14
  • 25431-900407-2223
  • -Ec8.15
  • 25432-900407-2226
  • -Ec8.16
  • 25433-900407-2229
  • -Ec8.17
  • 25434-900407-2240
  • -Ec9.1
  • death unto men,4-6 Comfort is all their portion in this
  • life,7-10 God's providence rules over all,11,12 wisdom is better
  • than strength,13-18
  • 25435-900407-2244
  • -Ec9.2
  • 25436-900407-2249
  • -Ec9.3
  • 25437-900407-2250
  • -Ec9.4
  • 25438-900407-2253
  • -Ec9.5
  • 25439-900407-2254
  • -Ec9.6
  • 25440-900407-2300
  • -Ec9.7
  • 25441-900407-2338
  • -Ec9.8
  • 25442-900407-2307
  • -Ec9.9
  • 25443-900407-2315
  • -Ec9.10
  • 25444-900407-2319
  • -Ec9.11
  • 25445-900407-2321
  • -Ec9.12
  • 25446-900407-2324
  • -Ec9.13
  • 25447-900407-2324
  • -Ec9.14
  • 25448-900407-2325
  • -Ec9.15
  • 25449-900407-2329
  • -Ec9.16
  • 25450-900407-2327
  • -Ec9.17
  • 25451-900407-2330
  • -Ec9.18
  • 25452-900408-2141
  • -Ec10.1
  • day of judgement in the days of youth, are to be thought on,9,10
  • 25453-900408-2142
  • -Ec10.2
  • 25454-900408-2143
  • -Ec10.3
  • 25455-900408-2144
  • -Ec10.4
  • 25456-900408-2147
  • -Ec10.5
  • 25457-900408-2148
  • -Ec10.6
  • 25458-900408-2149
  • -Ec10.7
  • 25459-900408-2150
  • -Ec10.8
  • 25460-900408-2151
  • -Ec10.9
  • 25461-900408-2153
  • -Ec10.10
  • 25462-900408-2154
  • -Ec10.11
  • 25463-900408-2158
  • -Ec10.12
  • 25464-900408-2201
  • -Ec10.13
  • 25465-900408-2203
  • -Ec10.14
  • 25466-900408-2204
  • -Ec10.15
  • 25467-900408-2206
  • -Ec10.16
  • 25468-900408-2206
  • -Ec10.17
  • 25469-900408-2208
  • -Ec10.18
  • 25470-900408-2214
  • -Ec10.19
  • purpose, and served for every emergency, is too often spent in
  • feastings and revellings
  • 25471-900408-2215
  • -Ec10.20
  • 25472-900408-2219
  • -Ec11.1
  • 25473-900408-2222
  • -Ec11.2
  • 25474-900408-2223
  • -Ec11.3
  • 25475-900408-2223
  • -Ec11.4
  • 25476-900408-2225
  • -Ec11.5
  • 25477-900408-2227
  • -Ec11.6
  • 25478-900408-2229
  • -Ec11.7
  • 25479-900408-2231
  • -Ec11.8
  • 25480-900408-2237
  • -Ec11.9
  • 25481-900408-2238
  • -Ec11.10
  • 25482-900408-2244
  • -Ec12.1
  • care to edify,8-12 the fear of God is the cheif antidote for
  • vanity,13,14
  • 25483-900408-2246
  • -Ec12.2
  • 25484-900408-2247
  • -Ec12.3
  • 25485-900408-2247
  • -Ec12.4
  • 25486-900408-2252
  • -Ec12.5
  • 25487-900408-2252
  • -Ec12.6
  • 25488-900408-2254
  • -Ec12.7
  • 25489-900408-2255
  • -Ec12.8
  • 25490-900408-2257
  • -Ec12.9
  • 25491-900408-2258
  • -Ec12.10
  • 25492-900408-2300
  • -Ec12.11
  • 25493-900408-2302
  • -Ec12.12
  • 1.18
  • 25494-900408-2303
  • -Ec12.13
  • 25495-900408-2305
  • -Ec12.14
  • 25496-900409-2208
  • -So1.1
  • deformity,5,6 and prays to be directed, to his flock,7 Christ
  • directs her to the shepherd's tents,8; and shewing his love to
  • her,9,10 gives her gracious promises,11. the church and Christ
  • congrajulate one another,12-17
  • 25497-900410-2227
  • -So1.2
  • 25498-900410-2228
  • -So1.3
  • 25499-900410-2229
  • -So1.4
  • 25500-900409-2221
  • -So1.5
  • 25501-900409-2223
  • -So1.6
  • 25502-900409-2226
  • -So1.7
  • 25503-900410-2230
  • -So1.8
  • 25504-900409-2230
  • -So1.9
  • 25505-900409-2232
  • -So1.10
  • 25506-900409-2232
  • -So1.11
  • 25507-900409-2234
  • -So1.12
  • 25508-900409-2236
  • -So1.13
  • 25509-900410-2232
  • -So1.14
  • 25510-900410-2233
  • -So1.15
  • 25511-900409-2239
  • -So1.16
  • 25512-900409-2241
  • -So1.17
  • 25513-900410-2234
  • -So2.1
  • calling of the church,10-13 Christ's care of the church,14,15
  • The profession of the church, her faith,and hope 16,17
  • 25514-900409-2244
  • -So2.2
  • 25515-900410-2235
  • -So2.3
  • 7.23-26 12.2
  • 25516-900409-2249
  • -So2.4
  • 25517-900409-2251
  • -So2.5
  • 25518-900409-2252
  • -So2.6
  • 25519-900409-2254
  • -So2.7
  • 25520-900409-2256
  • -So2.8
  • 25521-900410-2236
  • -So2.9
  • 25522-900410-2237
  • -So2.10
  • 25523-900410-2117
  • -So2.11
  • 25524-900410-2116
  • -So2.12
  • 25525-900410-2238
  • -So2.13
  • 25526-900410-2121
  • -So2.14
  • 25527-900410-2239
  • -So2.15
  • 25528-900410-2239
  • -So2.16
  • 25529-900410-2240
  • -So2.17
  • 25530-900410-2129
  • -So3.1
  • glories in christ,6-11
  • 25531-900410-2131
  • -So3.2
  • 25532-900410-2132
  • -So3.3
  • 25533-900410-2134
  • -So3.4
  • 25534-900410-2135
  • -So3.5
  • 25535-900410-2137
  • -So3.6
  • 25536-900410-2241
  • -So3.7
  • 25537-900410-2139
  • -So3.8
  • 25538-900410-2242
  • -So3.9
  • 25539-900410-2141
  • -So3.10
  • 25540-900410-2146
  • -So3.11
  • 25541-900410-2243
  • -So4.1
  • his love to her,8-15 The church prays to bemade fit for his
  • presence, 16
  • 25542-900410-2156
  • -So4.2
  • 25543-900410-2244
  • -So4.3
  • 25544-900410-2202
  • -So4.4
  • 25545-900410-2204
  • -So4.5
  • 25546-900410-2205
  • -So4.6
  • 25547-900410-2245
  • -So4.7
  • 25548-900410-2208
  • -So4.8
  • 25549-900410-2246
  • -So4.9
  • 25550-900410-2212
  • -So4.10
  • love
  • 25551-900410-2247
  • -So4.11
  • 25552-900410-2215
  • -So4.12
  • 25553-900410-2247
  • -So4.13
  • 25554-900410-2248
  • -So4.14
  • 25555-900410-2248
  • -So4.15
  • 25556-900410-2249
  • -So4.16
  • 25557-900411-2134
  • -So5.1
  • taste of Christ's love is sick of love,2-8 A description of
  • Christ by his graces
  • 25558-900411-2207
  • -So5.2
  • 25559-900411-2141
  • -So5.3
  • 25560-900411-2143
  • -So5.4
  • 25561-900411-2145
  • -So5.5
  • 25562-900411-2209
  • -So5.6
  • 25563-900411-2153
  • -So5.7
  • 25564-900411-2155
  • -So5.8
  • 25565-900411-2210
  • -So5.9
  • 25566-900411-2211
  • -So5.10
  • 25567-900411-2158
  • -So5.11
  • 25568-900411-2159
  • -So5.12
  • 25569-900411-2201
  • -So5.13
  • 25570-900411-2202
  • -So5.14
  • 25571-900411-2204
  • -So5.15
  • 25572-900411-2206
  • -So5.16
  • 25573-900412-2144
  • -So6.1
  • graces of the church,4-9 and his love towards her,10-13
  • 25574-900412-2151
  • -So6.2
  • 25575-900412-2151
  • -So6.3
  • 25576-900412-2154
  • -So6.4
  • 25577-900412-2156
  • -So6.5
  • 25578-900412-2156
  • -So6.6
  • 25579-900412-2158
  • -So6.7
  • 25580-900412-2200
  • -So6.8
  • 25581-900412-2204
  • -So6.9
  • 25582-900412-2204
  • -So6.10
  • 25583-900412-2206
  • -So6.11
  • 25584-900412-2207
  • -So6.12
  • 25585-900412-2209
  • -So6.13
  • 25586-900412-2212
  • -So7.1
  • professes her faith and desire,10-13
  • 25587-900412-2213
  • -So7.2
  • 25588-900412-2214
  • -So7.3
  • 25589-900412-2217
  • -So7.4
  • 25590-900412-2219
  • -So7.5
  • 25591-900412-2221
  • -So7.6
  • 25592-900412-2222
  • -So7.7
  • 25593-900412-2224
  • -So7.8
  • 25594-900412-2226
  • -So7.9
  • 25595-900412-2227
  • -So7.10
  • 25596-900412-2228
  • -So7.11
  • 25597-900412-2230
  • -So7.12
  • 25598-900412-2233
  • -So7.13
  • 25599-900417-2149
  • -So8.1
  • The love of the church to Christ,1-5 The vehemency of love,6,7
  • The calling of the Gentiles,8-13 the church prays for Christ's
  • coming,14
  • 10.23,24 1ti 3.16 he 2.11,12
  • 25600-900417-2153
  • -So8.2
  • 25601-900417-2154
  • -So8.3
  • 25602-900417-2156
  • -So8.4
  • 25603-900417-2200
  • -So8.5
  • 25604-900417-2205
  • -So8.6
  • 25605-900417-2207
  • -So8.7
  • 25606-900417-2212
  • -So8.8
  • 25607-900417-2214
  • -So8.9
  • ep 2.20-22
  • 25608-900417-2216
  • -So8.10
  • 25609-900417-2218
  • -So8.11
  • 25610-900417-2220
  • -So8.12
  • 25611-900417-2222
  • -So8.13
  • 25612-900417-2223
  • -So8.14
  • 25613-900416-1552
  • -Isa1.1
  • Isaiah has, with singular propriety, been denominated the
  • Evangelical Prophet, on account of the number and variety of his
  • prophecies concerning the advent and character, the ministry and
  • preaching, the sufferings and death, and the extensive and
  • permanent kingdom of the Messiah. So explicit and determinate
  • are his predictions, as well as so numerous, that he seems to
  • speak rather of things past than of events yet future; and he
  • may
  • be rather called an evangelist than a prophet. Though later
  • critics, especially those on the continent have expended much
  • labour and learning in order to rob the prophet of his title;
  • yet no one, whose mind is unprejudiced, can be at a loss in
  • applying select portions of these prophecies to the mission and
  • character of Jesus Christ, and to the events in his history
  • which they are cited to illustrate by the sacred writers of the
  • New Testament. In fact, his prophecies concerning the Messiah
  • seem almost to anticipate the Gospel history; so clearly do they
  • predict his Divine character. (Compare ch. 7.14 with Mat 1.18-23
  • and Luke 1.27-35 6.1 4.6 34.4 60.5,9,19 62.6-8 61.1 with lu 4.18
  • 62.11 63.1-4) his miracles (35.5,6) his peculiar character and
  • virtues (11.2,3 50.11 63.1-3) his rejection (6.9-12 with Mar.
  • 8.14 6.14,15 53.3) his sufferings for our sins (1.6 53.4-11)
  • his death and burial (53.8,9) his victory over death (25.8
  • 53.10,12) his final glory (49.7,22,33 52,13-15 53 4.5) and the
  • establishment, increase, and perfection of his kingdom (2.2-4
  • 9.2,7 11.4-10 16.5 29 18-24 32.1 40.4,5 42.4 46.13 49.9-13
  • 51.3-6 53.6-10 555.1-3 59.16-21 60.1 61.1-5 65.25) each
  • specifically pointed out, and pourtrayed with the most striking
  • and discriminating characters. It is impossible, indeed, to
  • reflect on these, and on the whole chain of his illustrious
  • prophecies, and not be sensible that they furnish the most
  • incontestable evidence in support of Christianity. The style of
  • Isaiah has been universally admired as the most perfect model of
  • elegance and sublimity; and as distinguished for all the
  • magnificence, and for all the sweetness of the Hebrew language.
  • 01 Isaiah complains of Judah for her rebellion
  • 05 He laments her judgments
  • 10 He upraids their whole service
  • 16 He exhorts to repentance, with promises and threatenings
  • 21 Bewailing their wickedness, he denounces God's judgments
  • 25 He promises grace
  • 28 And threatens destruction to the wicked
  • 25614-900303-0904
  • -Isa1.2
  • 25615-900303-0904
  • -Isa1.3
  • 25616-900303-0912
  • -Isa1.4
  • 25617-900303-0913
  • -Isa1.5
  • 25618-900303-0916
  • -Isa1.6
  • 25619-900303-0917
  • -Isa1.7
  • 25620-900303-0918
  • -Isa1.8
  • 25621-900303-0920
  • -Isa1.9
  • 25622-900303-0922
  • -Isa1.10
  • 25623-900303-0923
  • -Isa1.11
  • 25624-900303-0923
  • -Isa1.12
  • 25625-900303-0924
  • -Isa1.13
  • 25626-900303-0925
  • -Isa1.14
  • 25627-900303-0928
  • -Isa1.15
  • 25628-900303-0929
  • -Isa1.16
  • 25629-900303-0930
  • -Isa1.17
  • 25630-900303-0930
  • -Isa1.18
  • 25631-900303-0931
  • -Isa1.19
  • 25632-900303-0932
  • -Isa1.20
  • 25633-900303-0933
  • -Isa1.21
  • 25634-900303-0933
  • -Isa1.22
  • 25635-900303-0935
  • -Isa1.23
  • 25636-900303-0936
  • -Isa1.24
  • 25637-900303-0937
  • -Isa1.25
  • 25638-910917-2001
  • -Isa1.26
  • 25639-900303-0939
  • -Isa1.27
  • 25640-900303-0940
  • -Isa1.28
  • 25641-900303-0941
  • -Isa1.29
  • 25642-900303-0942
  • -Isa1.30
  • 25643-900303-0943
  • -Isa1.31
  • 25644-900303-0944
  • -Isa2.1
  • 01 Isaiah prophesies the coming of Christ's kingdom
  • 06 Wickedness is the cause of God's forsaking
  • 10 He exhorts to fear, because of the powerful effects of God's
  • majesty
  • 25645-900303-0946
  • -Isa2.2
  • 25646-900303-0947
  • -Isa2.3
  • 25647-900303-0948
  • -Isa2.4
  • 25648-900303-0949
  • -Isa2.5
  • 25649-900303-0950
  • -Isa2.6
  • 25650-900303-0951
  • -Isa2.7
  • 25651-900303-0952
  • -Isa2.8
  • 25652-900303-0953
  • -Isa2.9
  • 25653-900303-0954
  • -Isa2.10
  • 25654-900303-0956
  • -Isa2.11
  • 25655-900303-0957
  • -Isa2.12
  • 25656-900303-0957
  • -Isa2.13
  • 25657-900303-0958
  • -Isa2.14
  • 25658-900303-0958
  • -Isa2.15
  • 25659-900303-0959
  • -Isa2.16
  • 25660-900303-0959
  • -Isa2.17
  • 25661-900303-1000
  • -Isa2.18
  • 25662-900303-1002
  • -Isa2.19
  • 25663-900303-1003
  • -Isa2.20
  • 25664-900303-1004
  • -Isa2.21
  • 25665-900303-1005
  • -Isa2.22
  • 25666-900303-1047
  • -Isa3.1
  • 01 The great calamities which come by sin
  • 10 The different reward of the righteous and wicked
  • 12 The oppression and covetousness of the rulers
  • 16 The judgments which shall be for the pride of the women
  • 25 The general desolation
  • 25667-900303-1047
  • -Isa3.2
  • 25668-900303-1048
  • -Isa3.3
  • 25669-900303-1049
  • -Isa3.4
  • 25670-900303-1050
  • -Isa3.5
  • 25671-900303-1050
  • -Isa3.6
  • 25672-900903-0635
  • -Isa3.7
  • Chardin testifies, are obliged to have a great stock of clothes
  • in readiness for presents on all occasions; and a great quantity
  • of provisions for the table is equally necessary. Hence the
  • person desired to undertake the government, alleges as an excuse
  • that he is not able to support the dignity of his station.
  • 25673-900303-1054
  • -Isa3.8
  • 25674-900303-1055
  • -Isa3.9
  • 25675-900303-1056
  • -Isa3.10
  • 25676-900303-1057
  • -Isa3.11
  • 25677-900303-1058
  • -Isa3.12
  • 25678-900303-1059
  • -Isa3.13
  • 25679-900303-1100
  • -Isa3.14
  • 25680-900303-1106
  • -Isa3.15
  • 25681-900303-1109
  • -Isa3.16
  • messakkaroth ainayim is rendered in the Targum, painting their
  • eyes with stibium: for sakar is probably the same as the Chaldee
  • sekar, or that import.
  • rings to which smaller ones are attached, which make a tinkling
  • sound as they move nimlby.
  • 25682-900303-1110
  • -Isa3.17
  • 25683-900303-1111
  • -Isa3.18
  • on their caps on the head, described by Lady M. W. Montague,
  • Let. 32.
  • 25684-900303-1112
  • -Isa3.19
  • 25685-900303-1114
  • -Isa3.20
  • rendered by Bp. Lowth
  • 25686-900303-1114
  • -Isa3.21
  • 25687-900303-1115
  • -Isa3.22
  • according to the weather.
  • 25688-900303-1116
  • -Isa3.23
  • 25689-900303-1117
  • -Isa3.24
  • 25690-900303-1118
  • -Isa3.25
  • 25691-900303-1118
  • -Isa3.26
  • 25692-900303-1120
  • -Isa4.1
  • 01 In the extremity of evils, Christ's kingdom shall be a
  • sanctuary.
  • us
  • 25693-900303-1122
  • -Isa4.2
  • 25694-900303-1123
  • -Isa4.3
  • 25695-900303-1124
  • -Isa4.4
  • 25696-900303-1126
  • -Isa4.5
  • 25697-900303-1126
  • -Isa4.6
  • 25698-900303-1129
  • -Isa5.1
  • 01 Under the parable of a vineyard, God excuses his severe
  • judgment
  • 08 His judgments upon covetousness
  • 11 Upon lasciviousness
  • 13 Upon impiety
  • 20 And upon injustice
  • 26 The executioners of God's judgments
  • 25699-900303-1133
  • -Isa5.2
  • an excellent vine; but some with Bp. Lowth, retain it as a
  • proper name. Sorek was a valley lying between Askalon and Gaza,
  • so called from the excellence of its vines.
  • 25700-900303-1133
  • -Isa5.3
  • 25701-900303-1134
  • -Isa5.4
  • 25702-900303-1135
  • -Isa5.5
  • 25703-900303-1136
  • -Isa5.6
  • 25704-900303-1139
  • -Isa5.7
  • here: he looked for mishpat, judgment, but behold mispach,
  • oppression; for tzedakah, justice, but behold tzedkah, a cry.
  • 25705-900303-1140
  • -Isa5.8
  • 25706-900303-1141
  • -Isa5.9
  • 25707-900303-1141
  • -Isa5.10
  • 25708-900303-1142
  • -Isa5.11
  • 25709-900303-1143
  • -Isa5.12
  • 25710-900303-1144
  • -Isa5.13
  • 25711-900303-1146
  • -Isa5.14
  • 25712-900303-1147
  • -Isa5.15
  • 25713-900303-1149
  • -Isa5.16
  • 25714-900303-1149
  • -Isa5.17
  • 25715-900303-1151
  • -Isa5.18
  • 25716-900303-1153
  • -Isa5.19
  • 25717-900303-1154
  • -Isa5.20
  • 25718-900303-1154
  • -Isa5.21
  • 25719-900303-1155
  • -Isa5.22
  • 25720-900303-1156
  • -Isa5.23
  • 25721-900303-1157
  • -Isa5.24
  • 25722-900303-1159
  • -Isa5.25
  • 25723-900303-1200
  • -Isa5.26
  • 25724-900303-1201
  • -Isa5.27
  • 25725-900303-1201
  • -Isa5.28
  • 25726-900303-1202
  • -Isa5.29
  • 25727-900303-1205
  • -Isa5.30
  • the destructions thereof
  • 25728-900305-0853
  • -Isa6.1
  • 01 Isaiah, in a vision of the Lord in his glory
  • 05 Being terrified, has has apprehensions removed
  • 08 He offers himself, and is sent to shew the obstinancy of the
  • people unto their desolation
  • 13 A remnant shall be saved
  • 25729-900305-0855
  • -Isa6.2
  • 25730-900305-0857
  • -Isa6.3
  • whole earth
  • 25731-900305-0857
  • -Isa6.4
  • 25732-900305-0859
  • -Isa6.5
  • 25733-900305-0900
  • -Isa6.6
  • 25734-900305-0901
  • -Isa6.7
  • 25735-900305-0902
  • -Isa6.8
  • 25736-900305-0903
  • -Isa6.9
  • 25737-900305-0904
  • -Isa6.10
  • 25738-900305-0905
  • -Isa6.11
  • 25739-900305-0906
  • -Isa6.12
  • 25740-900305-0913
  • -Isa6.13
  • been broused
  • very common in Palestine; the leaf of which resembles that of
  • the laurel, and its flower that of the olive. But the original
  • ailah, which our translators render the oak, (but here
  • distinguished from allon, the oak,) and Bp. Lowth the ilex, in
  • ch. 1.29,30, probably denotes, as Celsius contends, the
  • terebinth. It is an evergreen of moderate size, but having the
  • top and branches large in proportion to the trunk; leaves, like
  • those of the olive, but green intermixed with red and purple;
  • flowers, like those of the vine, growing in bunches, and purple;
  • fruit, of a ruddy purple, the size of a juniper berry, hanging
  • in clusters, very juicy, and containing a single seed of the
  • size of a grape stone; wood, hard and fibrous, from which a
  • resin distils; with an excresence scattered among the leaves,
  • of the size of a chestnut, or a purple colour, variegated with
  • green and while.
  • 25741-900305-0915
  • -Isa7.1
  • 01 Ahaz, being troubled with fear of Rezin and Pekah, is
  • comforted by Isaiah
  • 10 Ahaz, having liberty to choose a sign, and refusing it, hath
  • for a sign, Christ promised
  • 17 His judgment is prophesied to come by Assyria
  • 25742-900305-0916
  • -Isa7.2
  • 25743-900305-0920
  • -Isa7.3
  • 25744-900305-0921
  • -Isa7.4
  • 25745-900305-0921
  • -Isa7.5
  • 25746-900305-0922
  • -Isa7.6
  • 25747-900305-0922
  • -Isa7.7
  • 25748-900305-0926
  • -Isa7.8
  • and renders, "Though the head of Syria be Damascus; and the head
  • of Damascus Retzin; and the head of Ephraim be Samaria; and the
  • head of Samaria Remaliah's son; yet within threescore and five
  • years Ephraim shall be broken, that he be no more a people" This
  • renders the passage perfectly clear; and the prophecy received
  • its full accomplishment when Esarhaddon carried away the remains
  • of the ten tribes.
  • 25749-900305-0927
  • -Isa7.9
  • stable
  • 25750-900305-0927
  • -Isa7.10
  • 25751-900305-0928
  • -Isa7.11
  • 25752-900305-0929
  • -Isa7.12
  • 25753-900305-0932
  • -Isa7.13
  • 25754-900305-0933
  • -Isa7.14
  • 25755-900305-0934
  • -Isa7.15
  • following, we may render with Dr. Jubb and Lowth, "Behold the
  • virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and thou shalt call his
  • name Immanuel; butter and honey shall he eat when he shall know
  • to refuse the evil and choose the good. for," etc.
  • 25756-900305-0935
  • -Isa7.16
  • 25757-900305-0937
  • -Isa7.17
  • 25758-900305-0938
  • -Isa7.18
  • 25759-900305-0938
  • -Isa7.19
  • 25760-900305-0939
  • -Isa7.20
  • 25761-900305-0939
  • -Isa7.21
  • 25762-900305-0940
  • -Isa7.22
  • 25763-900305-0940
  • -Isa7.23
  • 25764-900305-0941
  • -Isa7.24
  • 25765-900305-0941
  • -Isa7.25
  • 25766-900305-0943
  • -Isa8.1
  • 01 In Maher-shalal-hash-baz, he prophesies that Syria and Israel
  • shall be subdued by Assyria
  • 05 Judah likewise for their indifelity
  • 09 God's judgments shall be irresistible
  • 11 Comfort shall be to them that fear God
  • 19 Great affictions to idolaters
  • hasteneth the prey. Or, make speed, etc. hasten, etc.
  • 25767-900305-0944
  • -Isa8.2
  • 25768-900305-0945
  • -Isa8.3
  • 25769-900305-0946
  • -Isa8.4
  • Assyria shall take away the riches, etc
  • 25770-900305-0947
  • -Isa8.5
  • 25771-900305-0947
  • -Isa8.6
  • 25772-900305-0949
  • -Isa8.7
  • 25773-900305-0950
  • -Isa8.8
  • land shall be the stretchings out of his wings
  • 25774-900305-0952
  • -Isa8.9
  • 25775-900305-0953
  • -Isa8.10
  • 25776-900305-0954
  • -Isa8.11
  • 25777-900305-0955
  • -Isa8.12
  • 25778-900305-0957
  • -Isa8.13
  • 25779-900305-0958
  • -Isa8.14
  • 25780-900305-0958
  • -Isa8.15
  • 25781-900305-0959
  • -Isa8.16
  • 25782-900305-1001
  • -Isa8.17
  • 25783-900305-1002
  • -Isa8.18
  • 25784-900305-1003
  • -Isa8.19
  • 25785-900305-1004
  • -Isa8.20
  • 25786-900305-1005
  • -Isa8.21
  • 25787-900305-1006
  • -Isa8.22
  • 25788-900305-1008
  • -Isa9.1
  • 01 What joy shall be in the midst of affictions, by the birth
  • and kingdom of Christ
  • 08 The judgments upon Israel for their pride
  • 13 For their hypocrisy
  • 18 And for their impenitency
  • 25789-900305-1029
  • -Isa9.2
  • 25790-900305-1031
  • -Isa9.3
  • 25791-900305-1033
  • -Isa9.4
  • 25792-900305-1034
  • -Isa9.5
  • warrior was, etc.
  • 25793-900305-1037
  • -Isa9.6
  • 25794-900305-1038
  • -Isa9.7
  • 25795-900305-1038
  • -Isa9.8
  • 25796-900305-1039
  • -Isa9.9
  • 25797-900305-1040
  • -Isa9.10
  • 25798-900305-1040
  • -Isa9.11
  • 25799-900305-1043
  • -Isa9.12
  • 25800-900305-1043
  • -Isa9.13
  • 25801-900305-1044
  • -Isa9.14
  • 25802-900305-1046
  • -Isa9.15
  • 25803-900305-1047
  • -Isa9.16
  • 25804-900305-1048
  • -Isa9.17
  • 25805-900305-1049
  • -Isa9.18
  • 25806-900305-1050
  • -Isa9.19
  • 25807-900305-1051
  • -Isa9.20
  • 25808-900305-1051
  • -Isa9.21
  • 25809-900306-1034
  • -Isa10.1
  • 01 The woe of tyrants
  • 05 Assyria, the rod of hyprocrites, for his pride shall be
  • broken
  • 20 A remnant of Israel shall be saved
  • 23 Judah is comforted with promise of deliverance from Assyria
  • grievousness
  • 25810-900306-1034
  • -Isa10.2
  • 25811-900306-1036
  • -Isa10.3
  • 25812-900306-1037
  • -Isa10.4
  • 25813-900306-1038
  • -Isa10.5
  • 25814-900306-1039
  • -Isa10.6
  • 25815-900306-1041
  • -Isa10.7
  • 25816-900306-1041
  • -Isa10.8
  • 25817-900306-1042
  • -Isa10.9
  • 25818-900306-1043
  • -Isa10.10
  • 25819-900306-1043
  • -Isa10.11
  • 25820-900306-1045
  • -Isa10.12
  • fruit of the greatness of the heart
  • 25821-900307-0625
  • -Isa10.13
  • 25822-900307-0626
  • -Isa10.14
  • the term pipe to express the note of the bullfinch
  • 25823-900307-0644
  • -Isa10.15
  • shake them
  • 25824-900307-0645
  • -Isa10.16
  • 25825-900307-0647
  • -Isa10.17
  • 25826-900307-0648
  • -Isa10.18
  • 25827-900307-0648
  • -Isa10.19
  • 25828-900307-0649
  • -Isa10.20
  • 25829-900307-0650
  • -Isa10.21
  • 25830-900307-0651
  • -Isa10.22
  • 25831-900307-0651
  • -Isa10.23
  • 25832-900307-0653
  • -Isa10.24
  • lift up his staff for thee
  • 25833-900307-0653
  • -Isa10.25
  • 25834-900307-0654
  • -Isa10.26
  • 25835-900307-0655
  • -Isa10.27
  • 25836-900307-0659
  • -Isa10.28
  • Sennacherib's army approaching Jerusalem in order to invest it,
  • and of the terror and confusion spreading and increasing through
  • the several places as he advanced; expressed with great brevity,
  • but finely diversified. Aiath, or Ai, was situated a little east
  • of Bethel about twelve miles north of Jerusalem; Michmash about
  • three miles nearer, where there was a narrow pass between two
  • sharp hills; Geba and Ramah about three miles more to the south;
  • Gibeah a mile and a half more southward; Anathoth within three
  • miles of Jerusalem; to the westward of which, towards Lydda, was
  • Nob, from which place Sennacherib might have a prospect of Zion,
  • and near which, it would appear, his army was destroyed.
  • 25837-900307-0700
  • -Isa10.29
  • 25838-900307-0700
  • -Isa10.30
  • 25839-900307-0701
  • -Isa10.31
  • 25840-900307-0702
  • -Isa10.32
  • 25841-900307-0703
  • -Isa10.33
  • 25842-900307-0703
  • -Isa10.34
  • 25843-900307-0713
  • -Isa11.1
  • 01 The peaceable kingdom of the Branch out of the root of Jesse
  • 10 The victorious restoration of Israel, and vocation of the
  • Gentiles.
  • of the Assyrian army under that of a mighty forest, here takes
  • occasion to represent the Great Person, who makes the subject of
  • this chapter, as a slender twig, shooting out of the trunk of
  • an old tree; which tender twig, though weak in appearance,
  • should become fruitful and prosper.
  • 25844-900307-0730
  • -Isa11.2
  • 25845-900307-0745
  • -Isa11.3
  • 25846-900307-0748
  • -Isa11.4
  • 25847-900307-0749
  • -Isa11.5
  • 25848-900307-0841
  • -Isa11.6
  • 25849-900307-0842
  • -Isa11.7
  • 25850-900307-0842
  • -Isa11.8
  • 25851-900307-0844
  • -Isa11.9
  • 25852-900307-0845
  • -Isa11.10
  • 25853-900307-0849
  • -Isa11.11
  • 25854-900307-0850
  • -Isa11.12
  • 25855-900307-0851
  • -Isa11.13
  • 25856-900307-0852
  • -Isa11.14
  • of their hand; the children of Ammon their obedience.
  • 25857-900307-0853
  • -Isa11.15
  • 25858-900307-0854
  • -Isa11.16
  • 25859-900307-0856
  • -Isa12.1
  • 01 A joyful thanksgiving of the faithful for the mercies of God
  • 25860-900307-0857
  • -Isa12.2
  • 25861-900307-0858
  • -Isa12.3
  • 25862-900307-0904
  • -Isa12.4
  • 25863-900307-0905
  • -Isa12.5
  • 25864-900307-0906
  • -Isa12.6
  • 25865-900307-0915
  • -Isa13.1
  • 01 God musters the armies of his wrath
  • 06 He threatens to destroy Babylon by the Medes
  • 19 The desolation of Bayblon
  • 25866-900307-0916
  • -Isa13.2
  • 25867-900307-0917
  • -Isa13.3
  • 25868-900307-0918
  • -Isa13.4
  • 25869-900307-0919
  • -Isa13.5
  • 25870-900307-0921
  • -Isa13.6
  • 25871-900307-0922
  • -Isa13.7
  • 25872-900307-0923
  • -Isa13.8
  • neighbor.
  • 25873-900307-0923
  • -Isa13.9
  • 25874-900307-0924
  • -Isa13.10
  • 25875-900307-0926
  • -Isa13.11
  • 25876-900307-0927
  • -Isa13.12
  • 25877-900307-0928
  • -Isa13.13
  • 25878-900307-0929
  • -Isa13.14
  • 25879-900307-0929
  • -Isa13.15
  • 25880-900307-0930
  • -Isa13.16
  • 25881-900307-0931
  • -Isa13.17
  • 25882-900307-0938
  • -Isa13.18
  • 25883-900307-0950
  • -Isa13.19
  • predicted, was situated in the midst of a large plain, having a
  • very deep and fruitful soil, on the Euphrates, about 252 miles
  • south-east of Palmyra, and the same distance north-west of Susa
  • and the Persian gulf, in lat. 32 degrees 30' N. and long. 44
  • degrees 20 E. According to Herodotus, it formed a perfect
  • square, each side of which was 120 stadia, and consequently its
  • circumference 480 stadia, or sixty miles; inclosed by a wall 200
  • cubits high and fifty wide, on the top of which were small watch
  • towers of one story high, leaving a space between them, through
  • which a chariot and four might pass and turn. On each side were
  • twenty-five gates of solid brass; from each of which proceeded a
  • street, 150 feet broad, making in all fifty streets; which,
  • crossing each other at right angles, intersected the city into
  • 676 squares, extending four stadia and a half on each side,
  • along which stood the houses, all built three or four stories
  • high, and highly decorated towards the street; the interior of
  • these squares being employed as gardens, pleasure grounds, etc.
  • Its principal ornaments were the temple of Belus, having a tower
  • of eight stories, upon a base of a quarter of a mile square; a
  • most magnificent palace; and the famous hanging gardens, or
  • artifical mountains raised upon arches, and planted with large
  • and beautiful trees. Cyrus took it by diverting the waters of
  • the Euphrates, which ran through the midst, and entering by the
  • channel; and the river being never restored to its proper
  • course, overflowed the whole country, and made it a morass.
  • Darius Hystasnes afterwards depopulated the place, lowered the
  • walls, and demolished the gates; Xerxes destroyed the temples;
  • the building of Seleucia nearly exhausted it of its
  • inhabitants; a king of the Parthians carried a number of them
  • into slavery, and destroyed the most beautiful parts; so that
  • modern travellers describe it as a mass of shapeless ruins, the
  • habitation of wild beasts.
  • 25884-900307-0951
  • -Isa13.20
  • 25885-900307-0951
  • -Isa13.21
  • 25886-900307-0953
  • -Isa13.22
  • 25887-900307-0956
  • -Isa14.1
  • 01 God's merciful restoration of Israel
  • 03 Their triumphant exultation over Babel
  • 24 God's purpose against Assyria
  • 29 Palestina is threatened
  • 25888-900307-0958
  • -Isa14.2
  • 25889-900307-0959
  • -Isa14.3
  • 25890-900307-1001
  • -Isa14.4
  • 25891-900307-1001
  • -Isa14.5
  • 25892-900307-1002
  • -Isa14.6
  • 25893-900307-1003
  • -Isa14.7
  • 25894-900307-1003
  • -Isa14.8
  • 25895-900307-1004
  • -Isa14.9
  • 25896-900307-1005
  • -Isa14.10
  • 25897-900307-1006
  • -Isa14.11
  • 25898-900307-1007
  • -Isa14.12
  • 25899-900307-1008
  • -Isa14.13
  • 25900-900307-1009
  • -Isa14.14
  • 25901-900307-1009
  • -Isa14.15
  • 25902-900307-1010
  • -Isa14.16
  • 25903-900307-1011
  • -Isa14.17
  • prisoners loose homewards
  • 25904-900307-1011
  • -Isa14.18
  • 25905-900307-1013
  • -Isa14.19
  • of this chapter, the deliverance of Judah from captivity, in
  • consequence of the destruction of Babylon, then introduces this
  • triumphant song, the beauties of which are excellently
  • illustrated by Bp. Lowth.
  • 25906-900307-1013
  • -Isa14.20
  • 25907-900307-1014
  • -Isa14.21
  • 25908-900307-1014
  • -Isa14.22
  • 25909-900307-1015
  • -Isa14.23
  • 25910-900307-1016
  • -Isa14.24
  • 25911-900307-1017
  • -Isa14.25
  • 25912-900307-1017
  • -Isa14.26
  • 25913-900307-1018
  • -Isa14.27
  • 25914-900307-1019
  • -Isa14.28
  • 25915-900307-1020
  • -Isa14.29
  • 25916-900307-1021
  • -Isa14.30
  • 25917-900307-1022
  • -Isa14.31
  • 25918-900307-1023
  • -Isa14.32
  • 25919-900307-1526
  • -Isa15.1
  • 01 The lamentable state of Moab
  • prophecy; which was most probably delivered, as Bp. Lowth
  • supposes, soon after the foregoing, (ch. 14.28-32,) in the first
  • year of Hezekiah, and accomplished in his fourth year when
  • Shalmaneser invaded Israel.
  • 25920-900307-1527
  • -Isa15.2
  • 25921-900307-1528
  • -Isa15.3
  • down with weeping
  • 25922-900307-1530
  • -Isa15.4
  • 25923-900307-1532
  • -Isa15.5
  • heifer
  • 25924-900307-1533
  • -Isa15.6
  • 25925-900307-1536
  • -Isa15.7
  • 25926-900307-1537
  • -Isa15.8
  • miles south from Ar or Areopolis
  • 25927-900307-1539
  • -Isa15.9
  • called both Dibon and Dimon.
  • the escaped of Moab, and Ariel, and the remnant of Admah'.
  • 25928-900307-1541
  • -Isa16.1
  • 01 Moab is exhorted to yield obedience to the throne of David
  • 06 Moab is threatened for her pride
  • 09 The prophet bewails her
  • 12 The judgment of Moab
  • 25929-900307-1542
  • -Isa16.2
  • 25930-900307-1543
  • -Isa16.3
  • 25931-900307-1544
  • -Isa16.4
  • 25932-900307-1545
  • -Isa16.5
  • 25933-900307-1546
  • -Isa16.6
  • 25934-900307-1547
  • -Isa16.7
  • 25935-900307-1548
  • -Isa16.8
  • 25936-900307-1549
  • -Isa16.9
  • 25937-900307-1549
  • -Isa16.10
  • 25938-900307-1550
  • -Isa16.11
  • 25939-900307-1551
  • -Isa16.12
  • 25940-900307-1551
  • -Isa16.13
  • 25941-900307-1552
  • -Isa16.14
  • 25942-900308-0955
  • -Isa17.1
  • 01 Syria and Israel are threatened
  • 06 A remnant shall forsake idolatry
  • 09 The rest shall be plagued for their impiety
  • 12 The woe of Israel's enemies
  • 25943-900308-0956
  • -Isa17.2
  • 25944-900308-0957
  • -Isa17.3
  • 25945-900308-0958
  • -Isa17.4
  • 25946-900308-0959
  • -Isa17.5
  • 25947-900308-1000
  • -Isa17.6
  • 25948-900308-1001
  • -Isa17.7
  • 25949-900308-1002
  • -Isa17.8
  • 25950-900308-1003
  • -Isa17.9
  • 25951-900308-1004
  • -Isa17.10
  • 25952-900308-1005
  • -Isa17.11
  • removed in the day of inheritance, and there shall be deadly
  • sorrow.
  • 25953-900308-1007
  • -Isa17.12
  • 25954-900308-1009
  • -Isa17.13
  • 25955-900308-1010
  • -Isa17.14
  • 25956-900308-1013
  • -Isa18.1
  • 01 God, in care of his people, will destroy the Ethiopians
  • 07 An accession thereby shall be made to the church
  • winged cymbal;' which he thinks is a periphrasis for the
  • Egyptian sistrum; and consequently, that Egypt, 'which borders
  • on the rivers of Cush,' is the country to which the prophecy is
  • addressed. If we translate 'shadowing with wings,' it may allude
  • to the multitude of its vessels, whose sails may be represented
  • under the notion of wings.
  • 25957-900308-1020
  • -Isa18.2
  • the Nile a light sort of ships or boats made of the papyrus. See
  • note on Ex. 2.3
  • Lowth renders, 'stretched out in length and smoothed.' Egypt,
  • which is situated between 24 degrees and 32 degrees north lat.
  • and 30 degrees and 33 degrees E. long., being bounded on the
  • south by Ethiopia, on the north by the Mediterranean, on the
  • east by the mountains of Arabia, and on the west by those of
  • Lybia, is one long vale, 750 miles in length, (through the
  • middle of which runs the Nile,) in breadth from one to two or
  • three day's journey, and even at the widest part of the Delta,
  • from Pelusium to Alexandria, not above 250 miles broad.
  • treadeth down. Heb. of line, line, and treading under foot. This
  • is an allusion to the frequent necessity of having recourse to
  • mensuration in Egypt, in order to determine their boundaries,
  • after the inundation of the Nile had smoothed their land and
  • effaced their landmarks; and to their method of throwing seed
  • upon the mud, when the waters had subsided, and treading it in
  • by turning their cattle into the fields.
  • 25958-900308-1021
  • -Isa18.3
  • 25959-900308-1022
  • -Isa18.4
  • 25960-900308-1022
  • -Isa18.5
  • 25961-900308-1023
  • -Isa18.6
  • 25962-900308-1024
  • -Isa18.7
  • 25963-900308-1027
  • -Isa19.1
  • 01 The confusion of Egypt
  • 11 The foolishness of their princes
  • 18 The calling of Egypt into the church
  • 23 The covenant of Egypt, Assyria, and Israel
  • 25964-900308-1029
  • -Isa19.2
  • 25965-900308-1032
  • -Isa19.3
  • about twenty-two years after the destruction of Sennacherib's
  • army; when, upon the death of Tirhakah, (B.C. 688,) not being
  • able to settle about the succession, they continued for two
  • years in a state of anarchy, confusion, and civil wars; which
  • was followed by the tyranny of twelve princes, who, dividing the
  • country among them, governed it for fifteen years; and at last,
  • by the sole dominion of Psammiticus, which he held for
  • fifty-four years.
  • 25966-900308-1035
  • -Isa19.4
  • Syriac, Vulgate, and the original adonim kasheh. Nebuchadnezzar,
  • who first conquered and ravaged Egypt, B.C. 573, and the
  • following year; and then, not only his successors, but Cambyses,
  • (who invaded Egypt, B.C. 526,) the son of Cyrus, and the whole
  • succession of Persian kings till the time of Alexander, who were
  • in general hard masters, and grievously oppressed the country.
  • 25967-900308-1036
  • -Isa19.5
  • 25968-900308-1036
  • -Isa19.6
  • 25969-900308-1037
  • -Isa19.7
  • 25970-900308-1037
  • -Isa19.8
  • 25971-900308-1038
  • -Isa19.9
  • 25972-900308-1038
  • -Isa19.10
  • 25973-900308-1040
  • -Isa19.11
  • 25974-900308-1040
  • -Isa19.12
  • 25975-900308-1041
  • -Isa19.13
  • 25976-900308-1043
  • -Isa19.14
  • 25977-900308-1043
  • -Isa19.15
  • 25978-900308-1044
  • -Isa19.16
  • 25979-900308-1045
  • -Isa19.17
  • 25980-900308-1050
  • -Isa19.18
  • 'destruction,' which is also the reading of Aquila, Theodotion,
  • and the Syriac, fifteen MSS. and seven editions have cheres,
  • 'the sun;' agreeable to Symmachus, the Arabic, and Vulagte;
  • while the Chaldee takes in both readings; and the LXX. reads
  • 'the city of righteousness,' a name apparently contrived by the
  • party of Onias, to give credit to his temple. As, however, heres
  • in Arabic signifies a lion, Conrad Ikenius is of opinion that
  • the place here mentioned is not Heliopolis, as is commonly
  • supposed, but Leontopolis in the Heliopolitan name, as it is
  • termed in the letter of Onias to Ptolemy. The whole passage from
  • this verse to the end, contains a general intimation of the
  • propagation of the knowledge of the true God in Egypt and Syria,
  • under the successors of Alexander, and the early reception of
  • the gospel in the same countries.
  • 25981-900308-1050
  • -Isa19.19
  • 25982-900308-1051
  • -Isa19.20
  • 25983-900308-1054
  • -Isa19.21
  • 25984-900308-1055
  • -Isa19.22
  • 25985-900308-1055
  • -Isa19.23
  • 25986-900308-1057
  • -Isa19.24
  • 25987-900308-1058
  • -Isa19.25
  • 25988-900308-1259
  • -Isa20.1
  • 01 A type prefiguring the shameful captivity of Egypt and
  • Ethiopia.
  • is probable, is here called Sargon, and in the book of Tobit,
  • Sacherdonus and Sacherdan, against whom Tirhakah, king of Cush
  • or Ethiopia, was in league with the king of Egypt.
  • 25989-900308-1300
  • -Isa20.2
  • 25990-900308-1301
  • -Isa20.3
  • 25991-900308-1302
  • -Isa20.4
  • 25992-900308-1302
  • -Isa20.5
  • 25993-900308-1304
  • -Isa20.6
  • 25994-900308-1307
  • -Isa21.1
  • 01 The prophet, bewailing the captivity of his people, sees in a
  • vision the fall of Babylon by the Medes and Persians.
  • 11 Edom, scorning the prophet, is moved to repentance.
  • 13 The set time of Arabia's calamity.
  • prediction of the taking of Babylon by the Medes and Persians;
  • which is here denominated 'the desert of the sea,' because the
  • country around it, and especially towards the sea, was a great
  • morass, often overflowed by the Tigris and Euphrates, and only
  • rendered habitable by being drained by a number of canals.
  • 25995-900308-1308
  • -Isa21.2
  • 25996-900308-1309
  • -Isa21.3
  • 25997-900308-1310
  • -Isa21.4
  • 25998-900308-1311
  • -Isa21.5
  • 25999-900308-1312
  • -Isa21.6
  • 26000-900308-1312
  • -Isa21.7
  • 26001-900308-1313
  • -Isa21.8
  • 26002-900308-1314
  • -Isa21.9
  • 26003-900308-1315
  • -Isa21.10
  • 26004-900308-1318
  • -Isa21.11
  • Arabia, mentioned by Stephanus, and the modern Dumah and
  • Dumathalgandel, on the borders of Arabia and Syria, in a rocky
  • valley. The Edomites, says Bp. Lowth, as well as Jews, were
  • subdued by the Babylonians. They enquire of the prophet how
  • long their subjection is to last; he intimates that the Jews
  • should be delivered from their captivity; not so the Edomites.
  • 'The morning cometh, and also the night'.
  • 26005-900308-1321
  • -Isa21.12
  • 26006-900308-1322
  • -Isa21.13
  • 26007-900308-1322
  • -Isa21.14
  • 26008-900308-1323
  • -Isa21.15
  • face of
  • 26009-900308-1324
  • -Isa21.16
  • 26010-900308-1324
  • -Isa21.17
  • 26011-900308-1330
  • -Isa22.1
  • 01 The prophet laments the invasion of Jewry
  • 08 He reproves their human wisdom and wordly joy
  • 15 He prophesies Shebna's deprivation
  • 20 And the substitution of Eliakim, prefiguring the kingdom of
  • Christ.
  • surrounding hills, and the seat of Divine revelation, is here
  • termed 'the valley of vision'. This prophecy foretells the
  • invasion of Jerusalem by the Assyrians under Sennacherib; and
  • probably also, by the Chaldeans under Nebuchadnezzar.
  • into which chiefly the windows open; those that open to the
  • street being so obstructed with lattice work, that no one can
  • see through them. Whenever, therefore, anything is to be seen or
  • heard in the streets, any public spectacle, or any alarm,
  • everyone immediately goes up to the house-top to satisfy his
  • curiosity. Hence all the people running to the top of their
  • houses, gives a lively image of a sudden general alarm.
  • 26012-900308-1331
  • -Isa22.2
  • 26013-900308-1332
  • -Isa22.3
  • 26014-900308-1332
  • -Isa22.4
  • 26015-900308-1333
  • -Isa22.5
  • 26016-900308-1334
  • -Isa22.6
  • 26017-900308-1334
  • -Isa22.7
  • 26018-900308-1335
  • -Isa22.8
  • 26019-900308-1335
  • -Isa22.9
  • 26020-900308-1336
  • -Isa22.10
  • 26021-900308-1336
  • -Isa22.11
  • 26022-900308-1337
  • -Isa22.12
  • 26023-900308-1338
  • -Isa22.13
  • 26024-900308-1338
  • -Isa22.14
  • 26025-900308-1339
  • -Isa22.15
  • 26026-900308-1342
  • -Isa22.16
  • great antiquity, says Bp. Lowth, called Naksi Rustam, which give
  • a clear idea of Shebna's pompous design for his sepulchre. They
  • consist of several sepulchres, each of them hewn in a high rock
  • near the top. The front of the rock to the valley below is
  • adorned with carved work in relieve, being the outside of the
  • sepulchre. Some of these sepulchres are about thirty feet in the
  • perpendicular from the valley, which is itself raised perhaps
  • about half as much by the accumulation of the earth since they
  • were made.
  • 26027-900308-1343
  • -Isa22.17
  • covering, and clothed thee gorgeously, shall surely violently
  • turn, etc.
  • 26028-900308-1343
  • -Isa22.18
  • 26029-900308-1344
  • -Isa22.19
  • 26030-900308-1344
  • -Isa22.20
  • 26031-900308-1345
  • -Isa22.21
  • 26032-900308-1346
  • -Isa22.22
  • preceding verse, were the ensigns of power and authority; so
  • likewise was the key the mark of office, either sacred or civil.
  • To comprehend how the key could be borne on the shoulder, it
  • will be sufficient to observe, that the ancient keys were of
  • considerable magnitude, and much bent.
  • 26033-900308-1347
  • -Isa22.23
  • 26034-900308-1349
  • -Isa22.24
  • 26035-900308-1349
  • -Isa22.25
  • 26036-900308-1356
  • -Isa23.1
  • 01 The miserable overthrow of Tyre
  • 15 Her restoration and whoredoms
  • foretold, was a city of Phoenicia, on the shore of the
  • Mediterranean, twenty-four miles south of Sidon, and thirty-two
  • north of Accho or Ptolemais, according to the Antonine and
  • Jerusalem Itineraries, about lat. 33 degrees 18'N. long. 35
  • degrees 10'E. There were two cities of this name; one on the
  • continent called Palae Tyrus, or Old Tyre, according to Strabo,
  • thirty stadia south of the other, which was situated on an
  • island, not above 700 paces from the main land, says Pliny. Old
  • Tyre was taken by Nebuchadnezzar, after a siege of thirteen
  • years, B.C.573, which he so utterly destroyed, that it never
  • afterwards rose higher than a village. But previous to this, the
  • inhabitants had removed their effects to the island which
  • afterwards became so famous by the name of Tyre, though now
  • consisting only of about 800 dwellings.
  • 26037-900308-1356
  • -Isa23.2
  • 26038-900308-1357
  • -Isa23.3
  • 26039-900308-1358
  • -Isa23.4
  • 26040-900308-1358
  • -Isa23.5
  • 26041-900308-1359
  • -Isa23.6
  • 26042-900308-1359
  • -Isa23.7
  • 26043-900308-1401
  • -Isa23.8
  • 26044-900308-1402
  • -Isa23.9
  • 26045-900308-1402
  • -Isa23.10
  • 26046-900308-1404
  • -Isa23.11
  • 26047-900308-1406
  • -Isa23.12
  • taken by the king of Ascalon, betook themselves to their ships;
  • and landed and built Tyre'; Sidon was therefore the mother city.
  • 26048-900308-1407
  • -Isa23.13
  • 26049-900308-1408
  • -Isa23.14
  • 26050-900308-1409
  • -Isa23.15
  • the song of an harlot
  • 26051-900308-1410
  • -Isa23.16
  • 26052-900308-1411
  • -Isa23.17
  • 26053-900308-1412
  • -Isa23.18
  • 26054-900312-0924
  • -Isa24.1
  • 01 The doleful judgments of God upon the land
  • 13 A remnant shall joyfully praise him
  • 16 God in his judgments shall advance his kingdom
  • 26055-900312-0926
  • -Isa24.2
  • 26056-900312-0927
  • -Isa24.3
  • 26057-900312-0928
  • -Isa24.4
  • 26058-900312-0929
  • -Isa24.5
  • 26059-900312-0931
  • -Isa24.6
  • 26060-900312-0932
  • -Isa24.7
  • 26061-900312-0932
  • -Isa24.8
  • 26062-900312-0933
  • -Isa24.9
  • 26063-900312-0934
  • -Isa24.10
  • 26064-900312-0934
  • -Isa24.11
  • 26065-900312-0936
  • -Isa24.12
  • 26066-900312-0936
  • -Isa24.13
  • 26067-900312-0938
  • -Isa24.14
  • 26068-900312-0940
  • -Isa24.15
  • 26069-900312-0942
  • -Isa24.16
  • 26070-900312-0943
  • -Isa24.17
  • 26071-900312-0945
  • -Isa24.18
  • 26072-900312-0945
  • -Isa24.19
  • 26073-900312-0946
  • -Isa24.20
  • 26074-900312-0947
  • -Isa24.21
  • 26075-900312-0948
  • -Isa24.22
  • prisoners
  • 26076-900312-0949
  • -Isa24.23
  • before his ancients
  • 26077-900312-0951
  • -Isa25.1
  • 26078-900312-0952
  • -Isa25.2
  • 26079-900312-0953
  • -Isa25.3
  • 26080-900312-0954
  • -Isa25.4
  • 26081-900312-0955
  • -Isa25.5
  • 26082-900312-0957
  • -Isa25.6
  • 26083-900312-0958
  • -Isa25.7
  • 26084-900312-0959
  • -Isa25.8
  • 26085-900312-1000
  • -Isa25.9
  • 26086-900312-1002
  • -Isa25.10
  • 26087-900312-1004
  • -Isa25.11
  • 26088-900312-1004
  • -Isa25.12
  • 26089-900312-1006
  • -Isa26.1
  • 26090-900312-1007
  • -Isa26.2
  • 26091-900312-1008
  • -Isa26.3
  • 26092-900312-1010
  • -Isa26.4
  • 26093-900312-1015
  • -Isa26.5
  • 26094-900312-1016
  • -Isa26.6
  • 26095-900312-1017
  • -Isa26.7
  • 26096-900312-1019
  • -Isa26.8
  • 26097-900312-1019
  • -Isa26.9
  • 26098-900312-1021
  • -Isa26.10
  • 26099-900312-1022
  • -Isa26.11
  • 26100-900312-1023
  • -Isa26.12
  • 26101-900312-1023
  • -Isa26.13
  • 26102-900312-1024
  • -Isa26.14
  • 26103-900312-1025
  • -Isa26.15
  • 26104-900312-1026
  • -Isa26.16
  • 26105-900312-1027
  • -Isa26.17
  • 26106-900312-1027
  • -Isa26.18
  • 26107-900312-1029
  • -Isa26.19
  • 26108-900312-1030
  • -Isa26.20
  • 26109-900312-1031
  • -Isa26.21
  • 26110-900312-1034
  • -Isa27.1
  • 26111-900312-1035
  • -Isa27.2
  • 26112-900312-1036
  • -Isa27.3
  • 26113-900312-1038
  • -Isa27.4
  • 26114-900312-1039
  • -Isa27.5
  • 26115-900312-1040
  • -Isa27.6
  • 26116-900312-1041
  • -Isa27.7
  • 26117-900312-1042
  • -Isa27.8
  • 26118-900312-1047
  • -Isa27.9
  • 26119-900312-1048
  • -Isa27.10
  • 26120-900312-1049
  • -Isa27.11
  • 26121-900312-1050
  • -Isa27.12
  • 26122-900312-1052
  • -Isa27.13
  • 26123-900313-1157
  • -Isa28.1
  • 01 The prophet threatens Ephraim for their pride and drunkenness
  • 05 The residue shall be advanced in the kingdom of Christ
  • 07 He rebukes their error
  • 09 Their untowardness to learn
  • 14 And their security
  • 16 Christ the sure foundation is promised
  • 17 Their security shall be tried
  • 23 They are incited to the consideration of God's discreet
  • providence
  • to the devastations of Israel and Judah by the Assyrian kings.
  • The ancient Samaria being beautifully situated on the top of a
  • round hill, and surrounded immediately with a rich valley, and
  • then a circle of other hills around it, suggested the idea of a
  • chaplet, or wreath of flowers.
  • 26124-900313-1158
  • -Isa28.2
  • 26125-900313-1159
  • -Isa28.3
  • 26126-900313-1202
  • -Isa28.4
  • early fig) draw near to perfection in the middle or latter end
  • of June, than the kermez, or summer fig, begins to be formed,
  • though it rarely ripens before August; about which time the same
  • tree frequently throws out a third crop, or winter fig, as we
  • may call it. This is usually of a much longer shape and darker
  • complexion than the kermez, hanging and ripening upon the tree,
  • even after the leaves are shed; and provided the winter proves
  • mild and temperate, is gathered as a delicious morsel in the
  • spring.'
  • 26127-900313-1203
  • -Isa28.5
  • 26128-900313-1204
  • -Isa28.6
  • 26129-900313-1205
  • -Isa28.7
  • 26130-900313-1206
  • -Isa28.8
  • 26131-900313-1207
  • -Isa28.9
  • 26132-900313-1222
  • -Isa28.10
  • 26133-900313-1223
  • -Isa28.11
  • 26134-900313-1223
  • -Isa28.12
  • 26135-900313-1225
  • -Isa28.13
  • 26136-900313-1226
  • -Isa28.14
  • 26137-900313-1228
  • -Isa28.15
  • proverbial expression to denote perfect security from mischief
  • or evil of which it is the cause.
  • 26138-900313-1229
  • -Isa28.16
  • 26139-900313-1230
  • -Isa28.17
  • 26140-900313-1232
  • -Isa28.18
  • and Bp. Lowth, would read tuppar; but the former may well have
  • the sense ascribed to it here, as it signifies in Chaldee and
  • Syriac.
  • 26141-900313-1233
  • -Isa28.19
  • understand doctrine
  • 26142-900313-1234
  • -Isa28.20
  • 26143-900313-1235
  • -Isa28.21
  • 26144-900313-1237
  • -Isa28.22
  • 26145-900313-1237
  • -Isa28.23
  • 26146-900313-1238
  • -Isa28.24
  • 26147-900313-1238
  • -Isa28.25
  • and the barley in the appointed place.
  • 26148-900313-1239
  • -Isa28.26
  • God doth teach him
  • 26149-900313-1240
  • -Isa28.27
  • 26150-900313-1241
  • -Isa28.28
  • 26151-900313-1241
  • -Isa28.29
  • 26152-900313-1324
  • -Isa29.1
  • 01 God's heavy judgment upon Jerusalem
  • 07 The unsatiableness of her enemies
  • 09 The senselessness
  • 13 And deep hypocrisy of the jews
  • 17 A promise of sanctification to the godly
  • 26153-900313-1335
  • -Isa29.2
  • me as the hearth of the great altar;' that is, it shall be the
  • seat of the fire of God, which shall issue from thence to
  • consume his enemies. The hearth of the altar is expressly called
  • ariel by Ezekiel, ch 43.15; which is put, in the former part
  • of the verse, for Jerusalem, the city in which the altar was.
  • The subject of this and the four following chapters, says Bp.
  • Lowth, is the invasion of Sennacherib; the great distress of the
  • Jews while it continued; their sudden and unexpected deliverance
  • by God's immediate and miraculous interposition on their behalf;
  • the subsequent prosperous state of the kingdom under Hezekiah;
  • interspersed with severe reproofs and threats of punishment for
  • their hypocrisy, stupidity, infidelity, their want of trust in
  • God, and their vain reliance on the assistance of Egypt; and
  • with promises of better times, both immediately to succeed, and
  • to be expected in the future age.
  • 26154-900313-1335
  • -Isa29.3
  • 26155-900313-1336
  • -Isa29.4
  • 26156-900313-1337
  • -Isa29.5
  • 26157-900313-1337
  • -Isa29.6
  • 26158-900313-1338
  • -Isa29.7
  • 26159-900313-1339
  • -Isa29.8
  • 26160-900313-1340
  • -Isa29.9
  • 26161-900313-1341
  • -Isa29.10
  • 26162-900313-1342
  • -Isa29.11
  • 26163-900313-1342
  • -Isa29.12
  • 26164-900313-1343
  • -Isa29.13
  • 26165-900313-1344
  • -Isa29.14
  • 26166-900313-1345
  • -Isa29.15
  • 26167-900313-1346
  • -Isa29.16
  • 26168-900313-1347
  • -Isa29.17
  • 26169-900313-1348
  • -Isa29.18
  • 26170-900313-1350
  • -Isa29.19
  • 26171-900313-1351
  • -Isa29.20
  • 26172-900313-1352
  • -Isa29.21
  • 26173-900313-1354
  • -Isa29.22
  • 26174-900313-1355
  • -Isa29.23
  • 26175-900313-1355
  • -Isa29.24
  • 26176-900313-1358
  • -Isa30.1
  • 01 The prophet threatens the people for their confidence in
  • Egypt
  • 08 And contempt of God's word
  • 18 God's mercies towards his church
  • 27 God's wrath and the people's joy, in the destruction of
  • Assyria
  • 26177-900313-1359
  • -Isa30.2
  • 26178-900313-1359
  • -Isa30.3
  • 26179-900313-1400
  • -Isa30.4
  • 26180-900313-1400
  • -Isa30.5
  • 26181-900313-1402
  • -Isa30.6
  • distress and difficulty:' the same deserts are here spoken of
  • which the Israelites passed through.
  • 26182-900313-1403
  • -Isa30.7
  • 26183-900313-1404
  • -Isa30.8
  • 26184-900313-1406
  • -Isa30.9
  • 26185-900313-1408
  • -Isa30.10
  • 26186-900313-1408
  • -Isa30.11
  • 26187-900313-1409
  • -Isa30.12
  • 26188-900313-1410
  • -Isa30.13
  • 26189-900313-1411
  • -Isa30.14
  • 26190-900313-1412
  • -Isa30.15
  • 26191-900313-1413
  • -Isa30.16
  • 26192-900313-1415
  • -Isa30.17
  • 26193-900313-1419
  • -Isa30.18
  • 26194-900313-1421
  • -Isa30.19
  • 26195-900313-1422
  • -Isa30.20
  • 26196-900313-1423
  • -Isa30.21
  • 26197-900313-1424
  • -Isa30.22
  • silver
  • 26198-900313-1426
  • -Isa30.23
  • 26199-900313-1427
  • -Isa30.24
  • 26200-900313-1428
  • -Isa30.25
  • 26201-900313-1429
  • -Isa30.26
  • 26202-900313-1430
  • -Isa30.27
  • 26203-900313-1433
  • -Isa30.28
  • of perdition;' that is, says Kimchi, nothing useful shall remain
  • behind, but all shall come to nothing and perish. The van of the
  • ancients was a large instrument, somewhat like a shovel, with a
  • long handle, with which they tossed the corn mixed with the
  • chaff and chopped straw into the air, that the wind might
  • separate them.
  • 26204-900313-1434
  • -Isa30.29
  • 26205-900313-1436
  • -Isa30.30
  • 26206-900313-1437
  • -Isa30.31
  • 26207-900313-1438
  • -Isa30.32
  • 26208-900313-1439
  • -Isa30.33
  • 26209-900313-1441
  • -Isa31.1
  • 01 The prophet shews the folly and danger of trusting to Egypt,
  • and forsaking God
  • 06 He exhorts to conversion
  • 08 He shews the fall of Assyria
  • 26210-900313-1442
  • -Isa31.2
  • 26211-900313-1443
  • -Isa31.3
  • 26212-900313-1444
  • -Isa31.4
  • 26213-900313-1446
  • -Isa31.5
  • as the mother bird spreads her wings to cover her young, throws
  • herself before them, and opposes the rapacious bird that
  • assaults them; so shall Jehovah protect, as with a shield,
  • Jerusalem from the enemy, protecting and delivering, springing
  • forward and rescuing her.
  • 26214-900313-1447
  • -Isa31.6
  • 26215-900313-1448
  • -Isa31.7
  • 26216-900313-1449
  • -Isa31.8
  • 26217-900313-1450
  • -Isa31.9
  • shall pass away for fear. or, his strength
  • 26218-900314-1521
  • -Isa32.1
  • 01 The blessings of Christ's kingdom
  • 09 Desolation is foreshewn
  • 14 Restoration is promised to succeed
  • 26219-900314-1522
  • -Isa32.2
  • 26220-900314-1523
  • -Isa32.3
  • 26221-900314-1524
  • -Isa32.4
  • 26222-900314-1525
  • -Isa32.5
  • 26223-900314-1526
  • -Isa32.6
  • 26224-900314-1527
  • -Isa32.7
  • judgment
  • 26225-900314-1528
  • -Isa32.8
  • 26226-900314-1529
  • -Isa32.9
  • 26227-900314-1530
  • -Isa32.10
  • 26228-900314-1531
  • -Isa32.11
  • 26229-900314-1531
  • -Isa32.12
  • 26230-900314-1532
  • -Isa32.13
  • 26231-900314-1533
  • -Isa32.14
  • 26232-900314-1535
  • -Isa32.15
  • 26233-900314-1536
  • -Isa32.16
  • 26234-900314-1538
  • -Isa32.17
  • 26235-900314-1539
  • -Isa32.18
  • 26236-900314-1541
  • -Isa32.19
  • 26237-900314-1542
  • -Isa32.20
  • 26238-900321-0931
  • -Isa33.1
  • 01 God's judgments against the enemies of the church
  • 13 The consternation of sinners, and privileges of the godly
  • 26239-900321-0932
  • -Isa33.2
  • 26240-900321-0933
  • -Isa33.3
  • 26241-900321-0934
  • -Isa33.4
  • 26242-900321-0936
  • -Isa33.5
  • 26243-900321-0938
  • -Isa33.6
  • 26244-900321-0939
  • -Isa33.7
  • 26245-900321-0941
  • -Isa33.8
  • 26246-900321-0942
  • -Isa33.9
  • 26247-900321-0942
  • -Isa33.10
  • 26248-900321-0943
  • -Isa33.11
  • 26249-900321-0944
  • -Isa33.12
  • 26250-900321-0945
  • -Isa33.13
  • 26251-900321-0946
  • -Isa33.14
  • 26252-900321-0950
  • -Isa33.15
  • 26253-900321-0951
  • -Isa33.16
  • 26254-900321-0951
  • -Isa33.17
  • 26255-900321-0954
  • -Isa33.18
  • 26256-900321-0954
  • -Isa33.19
  • 26257-900321-0955
  • -Isa33.20
  • 26258-900321-0956
  • -Isa33.21
  • 26259-900321-0957
  • -Isa33.22
  • 26260-900321-0959
  • -Isa33.23
  • 26261-900321-1000
  • -Isa33.24
  • 26262-900321-1004
  • -Isa34.1
  • 01 The judgments wherewith God revenges his church
  • 11 The desolation of her enemies
  • 16 The certainty of the prophecy
  • form one distinct prophecy; an entire, regular, and beautiful
  • poem, consisting of two parts; the first containing a
  • denunciation of Divine vengeance against the enemies of the
  • people or church of God' the second describing the flourishing
  • state of that church consequent upon those judgments. The event
  • foretold is represented as of the highest importance, and of
  • universal concern; all nations are called upon to attend to the
  • declaration of it; and the wrath of God is denounced against all
  • the nations who had provoked to anger the Defender of the cause
  • of Zion. By a figure frequently occurring in the prophetical
  • writings, the cities and people mentioned here, who were
  • remarkably distinguished as the enemies of the people of God are
  • put for those enemies in general.
  • 26263-900321-1006
  • -Isa34.2
  • 26264-900321-1007
  • -Isa34.3
  • 26265-900321-1008
  • -Isa34.4
  • 26266-900321-1009
  • -Isa34.5
  • 26267-900321-1012
  • -Isa34.6
  • 26268-900321-1013
  • -Isa34.7
  • 26269-900321-1015
  • -Isa34.8
  • 26270-900321-1016
  • -Isa34.9
  • 26271-900321-1017
  • -Isa34.10
  • 26272-900321-1018
  • -Isa34.11
  • 26273-900321-1018
  • -Isa34.12
  • 26274-900321-1019
  • -Isa34.13
  • 26275-900321-1020
  • -Isa34.14
  • the island. Heb. Ijim. screech owl. or, night-monster
  • 26276-900321-1020
  • -Isa34.15
  • 26277-900321-1021
  • -Isa34.16
  • 26278-900321-1021
  • -Isa34.17
  • 26279-900321-1023
  • -Isa35.1
  • 01 The joyful flourishing of Christ's kingdom
  • 03 The weak are encouraged by the virtues and privileges of the
  • Gospel
  • 26280-900321-1025
  • -Isa35.2
  • 26281-900321-1025
  • -Isa35.3
  • 26282-900321-1029
  • -Isa35.4
  • 26283-900321-1030
  • -Isa35.5
  • 26284-900321-1032
  • -Isa35.6
  • 26285-900321-1033
  • -Isa35.7
  • 26286-900321-1035
  • -Isa35.8
  • 26287-900321-1036
  • -Isa35.9
  • 26288-900321-1037
  • -Isa35.10
  • 26289-900326-1027
  • -Isa36.1
  • 01 Sennacherib invades Judah
  • 02 Rebshakeh, sent by Sennacherib, by blasphemous persuasions
  • solicits the people to revolt
  • 22 His words are told to Hezekiah
  • 26290-900326-1027
  • -Isa36.2
  • 26291-900326-1028
  • -Isa36.3
  • 26292-900326-1032
  • -Isa36.4
  • Armenia on the north, Media and Persia on the east, Babylonia on
  • the south, and the Tigris, which divides it from Mesopotamia, on
  • the west, between 33 and 38 degrees north lat. and 42 and 46
  • degrees east long. But the Assyrian empire, the bounds of which
  • were different at different times, in its most flourishing
  • state, according to the descriptions of the Greek and Roman
  • writers, comprehended all the countries and nations between the
  • Mediterranean on the west, and the Indus on the east, and
  • between the deserts of Scythia on the north, and the Indian
  • ocean on the south
  • 26293-900326-1033
  • -Isa36.5
  • for war. or, but counsel and strength are for the war
  • 26294-900326-1033
  • -Isa36.6
  • 26295-900326-1034
  • -Isa36.7
  • 26296-900326-1036
  • -Isa36.8
  • 26297-900326-1037
  • -Isa36.9
  • 26298-900326-1037
  • -Isa36.10
  • 26299-900326-1038
  • -Isa36.11
  • 26300-900326-1039
  • -Isa36.12
  • 26301-900326-1041
  • -Isa36.13
  • 26302-900326-1042
  • -Isa36.14
  • 26303-900326-1042
  • -Isa36.15
  • 26304-900326-1043
  • -Isa36.16
  • a present. Heb. make with me a blessing
  • 26305-900326-1044
  • -Isa36.17
  • 26306-900326-1045
  • -Isa36.18
  • 26307-900326-1049
  • -Isa36.19
  • translation.
  • capital of the Saspires, who, according to Herodotus, were the
  • only people that inhabited between the Colchians and Medes; and
  • probably the Sarapases, whom Strabo places in Armenia. Hiller
  • considers the name as denoting Sephar of the Parvaim, i.e. Mount
  • Sephar adjacent to the regions of Arabia called Parvaim. But it
  • is more probable, as Wells and others suppose, that Sepharvaim
  • if the Sipphara, of Ptolemy, the city of the Sippareni,
  • mentioned by Abydenus, and probably the Hipparenum of Pliny, a
  • city of Mesopotamia, situated upon the Euphrates, near where it
  • is divided into two arms, by one of which, it is probable, it
  • was divided into two parts.
  • 26308-900326-1050
  • -Isa36.20
  • 26309-900326-1052
  • -Isa36.21
  • 26310-900326-1057
  • -Isa36.22
  • Lowth, and the miraculous destruction of his army, which makes
  • the subject of so many of Isaiah's prophecies, is very properly
  • inserted here, as affording the best light to many parts of
  • these prophecies; and as almost necessary to introduce the
  • prophecy in the 37th chapter, being the answer of God to
  • Hezekiah's prayer, which could not be properly understood
  • without it. Sennacherib succeeded his father Shalmaneser on the
  • throne of Assyria, A.M. 3290, B.C. 714, and reigned only about
  • eight years.
  • 26311-900326-1100
  • -Isa37.1
  • 01 Hezekiah mourning, sends to Isaiah to pray for them
  • 06 Isiah comforts them
  • 08 Sennacherib, going to encounter Tirhakah, sends a blasphemous
  • letter to Hezekiah
  • 14 Hezekiah's prayer
  • 21 Isaiah's prophecy of the pride and destruction of
  • Sennacherib, and the good of Zion
  • 36 An angel slays the Assyrians
  • 37 Sennacherib is slain at Niveveh by his own sons.
  • 26312-900326-1100
  • -Isa37.2
  • 26313-900326-1101
  • -Isa37.3
  • 26314-900326-1103
  • -Isa37.4
  • 26315-900326-1103
  • -Isa37.5
  • 26316-900326-1104
  • -Isa37.6
  • 26317-900326-1108
  • -Isa37.7
  • 26318-900326-1108
  • -Isa37.8
  • 26319-900402-0845
  • -Isa37.9
  • applied in Scripture to at least three distinct and different
  • countries. 1. The country watered by the Gihon or Araxes, Ge
  • 2.13, also called Cuth, 2Ki 17.30. 2.A country of Arabia
  • Petraea, bordering upon Egypt, which extended from the northern
  • extremity of the Red sea along its eastern shore. 3. Ethiopia
  • Proper, an extensive country of Africa, comprehending Nubia and
  • Abyssinia; being bounded on the north by Egypt, on the east by
  • the Red Sea and Indian Ocean, and on the south and west by
  • various nations of Africa, and extending from about 6 degrees to
  • 24 degrees n. lat. and 25 to 45 east long. It is probable that
  • it was this latter Cush, or Ethiopia, of which Tirhakah was
  • king; he being in league with his kinsman Sevechus, son of So,
  • or Sabacon, king of Egypt, against Sennacherib, the king of
  • Assyria.
  • 26320-900402-0846
  • -Isa37.10
  • 26321-900402-0846
  • -Isa37.11
  • 26322-900402-0850
  • -Isa37.12
  • situated in the north-west part of Mesopotamia, between the
  • Euphrates and the river Chebar; about 110 miles west of Nisibis,
  • 90 east of Bir, 100 south of Diarbekir, and 170 north of
  • Palmyra.
  • Diarbekir, on the Tigris, called Madon, according to Asseman.
  • Jerusalem Targum reads; for both of which the Syriac has
  • Dolassar; and perhaps, as Doederlein supposes, the same as
  • Sharra, a city of Mesopotamia, half a mile from the Euphrates.
  • 26323-900402-0853
  • -Isa37.13
  • Mesopotamia, situated on an island in the Euphrates. Ivah.
  • 26324-900402-0854
  • -Isa37.14
  • 26325-900402-0854
  • -Isa37.15
  • 26326-900402-0856
  • -Isa37.16
  • 26327-900402-0856
  • -Isa37.17
  • 26328-900402-0857
  • -Isa37.18
  • 26329-900402-0858
  • -Isa37.19
  • 26330-900402-0859
  • -Isa37.20
  • 26331-900402-0859
  • -Isa37.21
  • 26332-900402-0901
  • -Isa37.22
  • 26333-900402-0902
  • -Isa37.23
  • 26334-900402-0904
  • -Isa37.24
  • tallness of the cedars thereof and the choice of the fir trees
  • thereof
  • 26335-900402-0904
  • -Isa37.25
  • 26336-900402-0905
  • -Isa37.26
  • of ancient times? Should I now bring it to be laid waste, and
  • defenced cities to be ruinous heaps? how I
  • 26337-900402-0906
  • -Isa37.27
  • 26338-900402-0907
  • -Isa37.28
  • 26339-900402-0910
  • -Isa37.29
  • 26340-900402-0911
  • -Isa37.30
  • 26341-900402-0913
  • -Isa37.31
  • of the house of Judah that remaineth.
  • 26342-900402-0913
  • -Isa37.32
  • 26343-900402-0914
  • -Isa37.33
  • 26344-900402-0914
  • -Isa37.34
  • 26345-900402-0916
  • -Isa37.35
  • 26346-900402-0917
  • -Isa37.36
  • 26347-900402-0918
  • -Isa37.37
  • 26348-900402-0921
  • -Isa37.38
  • Ptolemy, was the third son of Sennacherib; and having reigned
  • twenty-nine years over the Assyrians, he took advantage of the
  • anarchy and confusion which followed the death of
  • Mesessimordacus, and seized upon Babylon; which he added to his
  • former empire, and reigned over both for thirteen years; when he
  • was succeeded by his son Saosduchinus, A.M. 3336, B.C. 668.
  • 26349-900402-0923
  • -Isa38.1
  • 01 Hezekiah, having received a message of death, by prayer has
  • his life lengthened
  • 08 The sun goes ten degrees backward, for a sign of that promise
  • 09 His song of thanksgiving.
  • house
  • 26350-900402-0924
  • -Isa38.2
  • which is the place of honour in the East; in which, turning on
  • either side, he must turn his face to the wall; by which he
  • would withdraw himself from those attending him in his
  • apartment.
  • 26351-900402-0926
  • -Isa38.3
  • 26352-900402-0926
  • -Isa38.4
  • 26353-900402-0927
  • -Isa38.5
  • 26354-900402-0928
  • -Isa38.6
  • 26355-900402-0928
  • -Isa38.7
  • 26356-900402-0934
  • -Isa38.8
  • the Hebrew might be rendered, 'the steps of Ahaz'. The
  • researches of curious travellers in Hindostan, observes Bp.
  • Stock, have lately discovered in that country, three
  • observatories of similar form, the most remarkable of which is
  • to be seen with four miles of Delhi, the ancient capital of the
  • Mogul empire. A rectangled triangle, whose hypotenuse is a
  • staircase, (apparently parallel to the axis of the earth,)
  • bisects a zone, or coping of a wall, which wall connects the
  • two terminating towers at right and left. The coping itself is
  • of a circular form, and accurately graduated, to mark, by the
  • gnomon above, the sun's progress before and after noon.
  • 26357-900402-0940
  • -Isa38.9
  • Divine direction, after his recovery. He might have used some of
  • the Psalms of David his father, as he had appointed the Levites
  • to praise the Lord with the words of David, but the occasion
  • here was extraordinary. His heart being full of devout
  • affections, he would not confine himself to the compositions he
  • had, though of Divine inspiration, but offered up his praises in
  • his own words. The Lord put a new song into his mouth. He put
  • his thanksgiving into writing, that he might review it himself
  • afterwards for the reviving of the good impressions made upon
  • him by the providential interference, and that it might be
  • recommended to others also for their use upon the like occasion.
  • 26358-900402-0940
  • -Isa38.10
  • 26359-900402-0941
  • -Isa38.11
  • 26360-900402-0941
  • -Isa38.12
  • 26361-900402-0942
  • -Isa38.13
  • 26362-900402-0943
  • -Isa38.14
  • 26363-900402-0944
  • -Isa38.15
  • 26364-900402-0944
  • -Isa38.16
  • 26365-900402-0946
  • -Isa38.17
  • bitterness
  • soul from the pit.
  • 26366-900402-0946
  • -Isa38.18
  • 26367-900402-0947
  • -Isa38.19
  • 26368-900402-0948
  • -Isa38.20
  • 26369-900402-0948
  • -Isa38.21
  • 26370-900402-0949
  • -Isa38.22
  • 26371-900402-0950
  • -Isa39.1
  • 01 Merodach-baladan, sending to visit Hezekiah because of the
  • wonder, has notice of his treasures.
  • 03 Isaiah, understanding thereof, foretells the Babylonian
  • captivity.
  • 26372-900402-0951
  • -Isa39.2
  • 26373-900402-0952
  • -Isa39.3
  • 26374-900402-0953
  • -Isa39.4
  • 26375-900402-0953
  • -Isa39.5
  • 26376-900402-0954
  • -Isa39.6
  • 26377-900402-0954
  • -Isa39.7
  • 26378-900402-0955
  • -Isa39.8
  • 26379-900402-0957
  • -Isa40.1
  • 01 The promulgation of the Gospel
  • 03 The preaching of John Baptist
  • 09 The preaching of the apostles
  • 12 The prophet, by the omnipotency of God
  • 18 And his incomparableness
  • 26 Comforts the people.
  • 26380-900402-0959
  • -Isa40.2
  • 26381-900402-1000
  • -Isa40.3
  • 26382-900402-1001
  • -Isa40.4
  • 26383-900402-1002
  • -Isa40.5
  • 26384-900402-1004
  • -Isa40.6
  • 26385-900402-1005
  • -Isa40.7
  • 26386-900402-1006
  • -Isa40.8
  • 26387-900402-1008
  • -Isa40.9
  • good tidings to Zion
  • tellest good tidings to Jerusalem.
  • 26388-900402-1013
  • -Isa40.10
  • 26389-900402-1017
  • -Isa40.11
  • expressive of the tender attention of the shepherd to his flock.
  • That the greatest care in driving the cattle, in regard to the
  • dams and their young, was necessary, appears clearly from
  • Jacob's apology to his brother Esau, which is set in a still
  • stronger light by the following remarks of Sir J. Chardin:
  • "Their flocks feed down the places of their encampments so
  • quick, by the great numbers that they have, that they are
  • obliged to remove them often, which is very destructive to their
  • flocks, on account of the young ones, who have not strength
  • enough to follow."
  • 26390-900402-1018
  • -Isa40.12
  • 26391-900402-1018
  • -Isa40.13
  • 26392-900402-1019
  • -Isa40.14
  • understandings.
  • 26393-900402-1020
  • -Isa40.15
  • 26394-900402-1021
  • -Isa40.16
  • 26395-900402-1021
  • -Isa40.17
  • 26396-900402-1023
  • -Isa40.18
  • 26397-900402-1024
  • -Isa40.19
  • 26398-900402-1025
  • -Isa40.20
  • oblation. chooseth
  • 26399-900402-1025
  • -Isa40.21
  • 26400-900402-1048
  • -Isa40.22
  • he illustrates by the following passage from Dr. Shaw. "It is
  • usual in the summer season, and upon all occasions when a large
  • company is to be received, to have the court sheltered from heat
  • or inclemency of the weather by a velum, umbrealla, or veil, as
  • I shall call it; which, being expanded on ropes from one end of
  • the parapet to the other, may be folded or unfolded at pleasure.
  • The Psalmist seems to allude to some covering of this kind, in
  • that beautiful expression of spreading out the heavens as a
  • curtain".
  • 26401-900402-1048
  • -Isa40.23
  • 26402-900402-1108
  • -Isa40.24
  • 26403-900402-1108
  • -Isa40.25
  • 26404-900402-1110
  • -Isa40.26
  • 26405-900402-1111
  • -Isa40.27
  • 26406-900402-1113
  • -Isa40.28
  • 26407-900402-1113
  • -Isa40.29
  • 26408-900402-1114
  • -Isa40.30
  • 26409-900402-1116
  • -Isa40.31
  • 26410-900402-1117
  • -Isa41.1
  • 01 God expostulates with his people, about his mercies to the
  • church.
  • 10 About his promises
  • 21 And about the vanity of idols.
  • 26411-900402-1119
  • -Isa41.2
  • 26412-900402-1119
  • -Isa41.3
  • 26413-900402-1120
  • -Isa41.4
  • 26414-900402-1121
  • -Isa41.5
  • 26415-900402-1122
  • -Isa41.6
  • 26416-900402-1123
  • -Isa41.7
  • solder, It is good that it.
  • 26417-900402-1124
  • -Isa41.8
  • 26418-900402-1125
  • -Isa41.9
  • 26419-900402-1126
  • -Isa41.10
  • 26420-900402-1128
  • -Isa41.11
  • 26421-900402-1129
  • -Isa41.12
  • they that war against thee. Heb. the men of thy war.
  • 26422-900402-1129
  • -Isa41.13
  • 26423-900402-1131
  • -Isa41.14
  • 26424-900402-1132
  • -Isa41.15
  • 26425-900402-1133
  • -Isa41.16
  • 26426-900402-1135
  • -Isa41.17
  • 26427-900402-1136
  • -Isa41.18
  • 26428-900402-1137
  • -Isa41.19
  • 26429-900402-1138
  • -Isa41.20
  • 26430-900402-1139
  • -Isa41.21
  • 26431-900402-1139
  • -Isa41.22
  • 26432-900402-1140
  • -Isa41.23
  • 26433-900402-1141
  • -Isa41.24
  • of a viper. an abomination
  • 26434-900402-1144
  • -Isa41.25
  • the victories of Cyrus over the Chaldeans and their allies, at
  • least 150 years before the event, as one instance of his
  • foreknowledge and invincible power. Media lay north of Babylon,
  • and Persia eastward; and Cyrus commanded the forces of both
  • these nations; and, by his wonderful success, he trampled down
  • mighty monarchs as mortar, and as the potter treads the clay.
  • 26435-900402-1145
  • -Isa41.26
  • 26436-900402-1146
  • -Isa41.27
  • 26437-900402-1146
  • -Isa41.28
  • 26438-900402-1147
  • -Isa41.29
  • 26439-900404-0642
  • -Isa42.1
  • 01 The office of Christ, graced with meekness and constancy.
  • 05 God's promise unto him.
  • 10 An exhortation to praise God for his Gospel
  • 13 God will manifest himself, and check idolatry
  • 18 He reproves the people of incredulity.
  • 26440-900404-0642
  • -Isa42.2
  • 26441-900404-0644
  • -Isa42.3
  • 26442-900404-0645
  • -Isa42.4
  • 26443-900404-0647
  • -Isa42.5
  • 26444-900404-0648
  • -Isa42.6
  • 26445-900404-0649
  • -Isa42.7
  • 26446-900404-0651
  • -Isa42.8
  • 26447-900404-0652
  • -Isa42.9
  • 26448-900404-0654
  • -Isa42.10
  • 26449-900404-0654
  • -Isa42.11
  • 26450-900404-0655
  • -Isa42.12
  • 26451-900404-0657
  • -Isa42.13
  • 26452-900404-0657
  • -Isa42.14
  • 26453-900404-0658
  • -Isa42.15
  • 26454-900404-0700
  • -Isa42.16
  • 26455-900404-0700
  • -Isa42.17
  • 26456-900404-0701
  • -Isa42.18
  • 26457-900404-0702
  • -Isa42.19
  • 26458-900404-0703
  • -Isa42.20
  • 26459-900404-0704
  • -Isa42.21
  • 26460-900404-0705
  • -Isa42.22
  • of them
  • 26461-900404-0706
  • -Isa42.23
  • 26462-900404-0708
  • -Isa42.24
  • 26463-900404-0709
  • -Isa42.25
  • 26464-900404-0712
  • -Isa43.1
  • 01 The Lord comforts the church with his promises.
  • 08 He appeals to the people for witness of his omnipotency
  • 14 He foretells them the destruction of Babylon
  • 18 And his wonderful deliverance of his people
  • 22 He reproves the people as inexcusable
  • 26465-900404-0714
  • -Isa43.2
  • 26466-900404-0715
  • -Isa43.3
  • 26467-900404-0716
  • -Isa43.4
  • 26468-900404-0718
  • -Isa43.5
  • 26469-900404-0719
  • -Isa43.6
  • 26470-900404-0720
  • -Isa43.7
  • 26471-900404-0720
  • -Isa43.8
  • 26472-900404-0721
  • -Isa43.9
  • 26473-900404-0722
  • -Isa43.10
  • 26474-900404-0723
  • -Isa43.11
  • 26475-900404-0724
  • -Isa43.12
  • 26476-900404-0725
  • -Isa43.13
  • 26477-900404-0726
  • -Isa43.14
  • 26478-900404-0727
  • -Isa43.15
  • 26479-900404-0753
  • -Isa43.16
  • 26480-900404-0756
  • -Isa43.17
  • 26481-900404-0757
  • -Isa43.18
  • 26482-900404-0758
  • -Isa43.19
  • 26483-900404-0759
  • -Isa43.20
  • 26484-900404-0800
  • -Isa43.21
  • 26485-900404-0802
  • -Isa43.22
  • 26486-900404-0803
  • -Isa43.23
  • 26487-900404-0804
  • -Isa43.24
  • 26488-900404-0805
  • -Isa43.25
  • 26489-900404-0807
  • -Isa43.26
  • 26490-900404-0808
  • -Isa43.27
  • 26491-900404-0811
  • -Isa43.28
  • 26492-900404-0812
  • -Isa44.1
  • 01 God comforts the church with his promises
  • 07 The vanity of idols
  • 09 And folly of idol makers
  • 21 He exhorts to praise God for his redemption and omnipotency
  • 26493-900404-0814
  • -Isa44.2
  • 26494-900404-0815
  • -Isa44.3
  • 26495-900404-0816
  • -Isa44.4
  • 26496-900404-0817
  • -Isa44.5
  • 26497-900404-0819
  • -Isa44.6
  • 26498-900404-0820
  • -Isa44.7
  • 26499-900404-0822
  • -Isa44.8
  • 26500-900404-0824
  • -Isa44.9
  • 26501-900404-0824
  • -Isa44.10
  • 26502-900404-0825
  • -Isa44.11
  • 26503-900404-0826
  • -Isa44.12
  • 26504-900404-0826
  • -Isa44.13
  • 26505-900404-0827
  • -Isa44.14
  • 26506-900404-0828
  • -Isa44.15
  • 26507-900404-0828
  • -Isa44.16
  • 26508-900404-0828
  • -Isa44.17
  • 26509-900404-0830
  • -Isa44.18
  • 26510-900404-0831
  • -Isa44.19
  • 26511-900404-0832
  • -Isa44.20
  • 26512-900404-0833
  • -Isa44.21
  • 26513-900404-0834
  • -Isa44.22
  • 26514-900404-0835
  • -Isa44.23
  • 26515-900404-0836
  • -Isa44.24
  • 26516-900404-0838
  • -Isa44.25
  • 26517-900404-0840
  • -Isa44.26
  • 26518-900404-0840
  • -Isa44.27
  • 26519-900404-0841
  • -Isa44.28
  • 26520-900404-0845
  • -Isa45.1
  • 01 God calls Cyrus for his church's sake
  • 05 By his omnipotency he challenges obedience
  • 20 He convinces the idols of vanity by his saving power
  • the river, were secured by two leaved brazen gates, and these
  • were providentially left open when Cyrus's forces entered the
  • city in the night, through the channel of the river, in the
  • general disorder occasioned by the great feast which was then
  • celebrated; otherwise, says Herodotus, the Persians would have
  • been shut up in the bed of the river, as in a net, and all
  • destroyed. The gates of the palace were also imprudently opened
  • to ascertain the occasion of the tumult; when the two parties
  • under Gobrias and Gadatas rushed in, got possession of the
  • palace, and slew the king.
  • 26521-900404-0852
  • -Isa45.2
  • 26522-900404-0854
  • -Isa45.3
  • 26523-900404-0856
  • -Isa45.4
  • 26524-900404-0857
  • -Isa45.5
  • 26525-900404-0857
  • -Isa45.6
  • 26526-900405-1022
  • -Isa45.7
  • 26527-900405-1024
  • -Isa45.8
  • 26528-900405-1025
  • -Isa45.9
  • 26529-900405-1026
  • -Isa45.10
  • 26530-900405-1028
  • -Isa45.11
  • 26531-900405-1028
  • -Isa45.12
  • 26532-900405-1030
  • -Isa45.13
  • 26533-900405-1032
  • -Isa45.14
  • appearance is particularly remarked by Agatharchides, an ancient
  • Greek historian quoted by Bochart.
  • 26534-900405-1033
  • -Isa45.15
  • 26535-900405-1034
  • -Isa45.16
  • 26536-900405-1035
  • -Isa45.17
  • 26537-900405-1036
  • -Isa45.18
  • 26538-900405-1038
  • -Isa45.19
  • 26539-900405-1039
  • -Isa45.20
  • 26540-900405-1040
  • -Isa45.21
  • 26541-900405-1041
  • -Isa45.22
  • 26542-900405-1042
  • -Isa45.23
  • 26543-900405-1044
  • -Isa45.24
  • righteousness and strength.
  • 26544-900405-1047
  • -Isa45.25
  • 26545-900405-1050
  • -Isa46.1
  • 01 The idols of Babylon could not save themselves
  • 03 God saves his people to the end
  • 05 Idols are not comparable to God for power
  • 12 Or present salvation.
  • same as Baal; and Nebo is interpreted by Castell and Norberg of
  • Mercury; the two principal idols of Babylon. When that city was
  • taken by the Persians, these images were carried in triumph.
  • 26546-900405-1051
  • -Isa46.2
  • 26547-900405-1052
  • -Isa46.3
  • 26548-900405-1052
  • -Isa46.4
  • 26549-900405-1053
  • -Isa46.5
  • 26550-900405-1054
  • -Isa46.6
  • 26551-900405-1055
  • -Isa46.7
  • 26552-900405-1056
  • -Isa46.8
  • 26553-900405-1057
  • -Isa46.9
  • 26554-900405-1058
  • -Isa46.10
  • 26555-900405-1100
  • -Isa46.11
  • Cyrus, says Bp. Lowth, as in other respects, so particularly
  • because the ensign of Cyrus was a golden eagle.
  • 26556-900405-1101
  • -Isa46.12
  • 26557-900405-1102
  • -Isa46.13
  • 26558-900405-1105
  • -Isa47.1
  • 01 God's judgment upon Babylon and Chaldea
  • 06 For their unmercifulness
  • 07 Pride
  • 10 And overboldness
  • 11 Shall be irrestistible
  • 26559-900405-1106
  • -Isa47.2
  • 26560-900405-1107
  • -Isa47.3
  • 26561-900405-1107
  • -Isa47.4
  • 26562-900405-1110
  • -Isa47.5
  • lady of kingdoms,' the metropolis of a great empire, and
  • mistress of all the East, it became subject to the Persians; and
  • the imperial seat being removed to Susa, instead of having a
  • king, it had only a deputy residing there, who governed it as a
  • province of the Persian empire.
  • 26563-900405-1111
  • -Isa47.6
  • 26564-900405-1112
  • -Isa47.7
  • 26565-900405-1113
  • -Isa47.8
  • 26566-900405-1114
  • -Isa47.9
  • 26567-900405-1115
  • -Isa47.10
  • 26568-900405-1116
  • -Isa47.11
  • 26569-900405-1118
  • -Isa47.12
  • 26570-900405-1119
  • -Isa47.13
  • monthly prognosticators. Heb. that gave knowledge concerning the
  • months.
  • 26571-900405-1120
  • -Isa47.14
  • 26572-900405-1122
  • -Isa47.15
  • concourse of people, whom Jeremiah calls 'the mingled people'.
  • All these, at the approach of Cyrus, sought to escape to their
  • several countries.
  • 26573-900413-0506
  • -Isa48.1
  • 01 God, to convince the people of their foreknown obstinancy,
  • revealed his prophecies
  • 09 He saves them for his own sake
  • 12 He exhorts them to obedience, because of his power and
  • providence
  • 16 He laments their backwardness
  • 20 He powerfully delivers his people out of Babylon
  • 26574-900413-0508
  • -Isa48.2
  • 26575-900413-0508
  • -Isa48.3
  • 26576-900413-0510
  • -Isa48.4
  • 26577-900413-0511
  • -Isa48.5
  • 26578-900413-0512
  • -Isa48.6
  • 26579-900413-0512
  • -Isa48.7
  • 26580-900413-0515
  • -Isa48.8
  • 26581-900413-0516
  • -Isa48.9
  • 26582-900413-0517
  • -Isa48.10
  • 26583-900413-0519
  • -Isa48.11
  • 26584-900413-0520
  • -Isa48.12
  • servant'
  • 26585-900413-0521
  • -Isa48.13
  • spread out.
  • 26586-900413-0523
  • -Isa48.14
  • and two editions have bachem, 'among you'. The Lord. Rather, "He
  • whom the Lord hath loved, will execute his will on Babylon;"
  • that is, Cyrus.
  • 26587-900413-0524
  • -Isa48.15
  • 26588-900413-0524
  • -Isa48.16
  • 26589-900413-0526
  • -Isa48.17
  • 26590-900413-0527
  • -Isa48.18
  • 26591-900413-0528
  • -Isa48.19
  • 26592-900413-0529
  • -Isa48.20
  • 26593-900413-0530
  • -Isa48.21
  • 26594-900413-0531
  • -Isa48.22
  • 26595-900413-0533
  • -Isa49.1
  • 01 Christ being sent to the Jews, complains of them
  • 05 He is sent to the Gentiles with gracious promises
  • 13 God's love is perpetual to his church
  • 18 The ample restoration of the church
  • 24 The powerful deliverance out of captivity
  • 26596-900413-0536
  • -Isa49.2
  • efficacious word which is before represented by the sharp sword.
  • The doctrine of the gospel pierced the hearts of its hearers,
  • 'bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of
  • Christ.'
  • 26597-900413-0538
  • -Isa49.3
  • 26598-900413-0539
  • -Isa49.4
  • 26599-900413-0540
  • -Isa49.5
  • may, etc. Israel
  • 26600-900413-0541
  • -Isa49.6
  • 26601-900413-0544
  • -Isa49.7
  • soul
  • 26602-900413-0546
  • -Isa49.8
  • 26603-900413-0548
  • -Isa49.9
  • 26604-900413-0549
  • -Isa49.10
  • 26605-900413-0549
  • -Isa49.11
  • 26606-900413-0551
  • -Isa49.12
  • 26607-900413-0552
  • -Isa49.13
  • 26608-900413-0553
  • -Isa49.14
  • 26609-900413-0554
  • -Isa49.15
  • compassion. they may.
  • 26610-900413-0554
  • -Isa49.16
  • 26611-900413-0556
  • -Isa49.17
  • shall make haste;' those appointed to build the city and walls
  • of Zion, shall speedily begin and accomplish the work. Thy
  • destroyers.
  • 26612-900413-0558
  • -Isa49.18
  • 26613-900413-0559
  • -Isa49.19
  • 26614-900413-0600
  • -Isa49.20
  • 26615-900413-0601
  • -Isa49.21
  • 26616-900413-0603
  • -Isa49.22
  • 26617-900413-0607
  • -Isa49.23
  • as well as Alexander the Great, and his successors, particularly
  • Demetrius, conferred many privileges and immunities on the
  • Jewish people, and were munificent benefactors to their temple.
  • But the prophecy was more remarkably and fully fulfilled in the
  • favour which Constantine the Great, and other Christian princes
  • and princesses from his time to the present day, have shewn to
  • the church of Christ; though it cannot be disputed, that the
  • grand and signal accomplishment of these predictions is yet
  • future.
  • 26618-900413-0608
  • -Isa49.24
  • 26619-900413-0610
  • -Isa49.25
  • 26620-900413-0611
  • -Isa49.26
  • 26621-900413-0615
  • -Isa50.1
  • 01 Christ shews that the dereliction of the Jews is not to be
  • imputed to him, by his ability to save
  • 05 By his obedience in that work
  • 07 And by his confidence in that assistance
  • 10 An exhortation to trust in God, and not in ourselves
  • wives on slight occasions; and fathers, oppressed with debt,
  • sold their cildren till the year of release. But this, saith
  • God, cannot be my case: I am not governed by any such motives,
  • nor am I urged by any such necessity. Your captivity and
  • afflictions are the fruits of your own folly and wickedness. For
  • your iniquities.
  • 26622-900413-0616
  • -Isa50.2
  • 26623-900413-0616
  • -Isa50.3
  • 26624-900413-0617
  • -Isa50.4
  • 26625-900413-0618
  • -Isa50.5
  • 26626-900413-0623
  • -Isa50.6
  • veneration; and to pluck a man's beard is one of the grossest
  • indignities that can be offered. D'Arvieux gives a remarkable
  • instance of an Arab, who, having received a wound in his jaw,
  • chose to hazard his life rather than suffer the surgeon to cut
  • off his beard.
  • Throughout the East it is highly offensive to spit in any one's
  • presence; and if this is such an indignity, how much more
  • spitting in the face?
  • 26627-900413-0623
  • -Isa50.7
  • 26628-900413-0624
  • -Isa50.8
  • 26629-900413-0625
  • -Isa50.9
  • 26630-900413-0626
  • -Isa50.10
  • 26631-900413-0627
  • -Isa50.11
  • 26632-900413-0641
  • -Isa51.1
  • 01 An exhortation after the pattern of Abraham, to trust in
  • Christ
  • 03 By reason of his comfortable promises,
  • 04 Of his righteous salvation
  • 07 And man's mortality
  • 09 Christ by his sanctified arm defends his from the fear of man
  • 17 He bewails the afflictions of Jerusalem
  • 21 And promises deliverance
  • 26633-900413-0642
  • -Isa51.2
  • 26634-900413-0643
  • -Isa51.3
  • 26635-900413-0644
  • -Isa51.4
  • 26636-900413-0647
  • -Isa51.5
  • 26637-900413-0705
  • -Isa51.6
  • 26638-900413-0706
  • -Isa51.7
  • 26639-900413-0706
  • -Isa51.8
  • 26640-900413-0708
  • -Isa51.9
  • 26641-900413-0708
  • -Isa51.10
  • 26642-900413-0710
  • -Isa51.11
  • 26643-900413-0711
  • -Isa51.12
  • 26644-900413-0713
  • -Isa51.13
  • 26645-900413-0714
  • -Isa51.14
  • 26646-900413-0714
  • -Isa51.15
  • 26647-900413-0716
  • -Isa51.16
  • 26648-900413-0718
  • -Isa51.17
  • 26649-900413-0720
  • -Isa51.18
  • 26650-900413-0721
  • -Isa51.19
  • 26651-900413-0722
  • -Isa51.20
  • 26652-900413-0722
  • -Isa51.21
  • 26653-900413-0723
  • -Isa51.22
  • 26654-900413-0724
  • -Isa51.23
  • 26655-900413-0726
  • -Isa52.1
  • 01 Christ persuades the church to believe his free redemption
  • 07 To receive the ministers thereof
  • 09 To joy in the power thereof
  • 11 And to free themselves from bondage
  • 13 Christ's kingdom shall be exalted
  • 26656-900413-0728
  • -Isa52.2
  • floor, with the legs crossed; and when sitting is spoken of as a
  • posture of more than ordinary state, it means sitting on high,
  • on a chair of state, or throne. loose
  • 26657-900413-0757
  • -Isa52.3
  • 26658-900413-0758
  • -Isa52.4
  • 26659-900413-0758
  • -Isa52.5
  • 26660-900413-0759
  • -Isa52.6
  • 26661-900413-0801
  • -Isa52.7
  • welcome is his arrival! how agreeable are the tidings which he
  • brings!
  • 26662-900413-0803
  • -Isa52.8
  • 26663-900413-0803
  • -Isa52.9
  • 26664-900413-0804
  • -Isa52.10
  • 26665-900413-0806
  • -Isa52.11
  • 26666-900413-0807
  • -Isa52.12
  • 26667-900413-0808
  • -Isa52.13
  • 26668-900413-0809
  • -Isa52.14
  • 26669-900413-0810
  • -Isa52.15
  • 26670-900413-0812
  • -Isa53.1
  • 01 The prophet, complaining of incredulity, excuses the scandal
  • of the cross
  • 04 By the benefit of his passion
  • 10 And the good success thereof
  • 26671-900413-0816
  • -Isa53.2
  • 26672-900413-0818
  • -Isa53.3
  • his face from us. Heb. as a hiding of faces from him or from us.
  • We esteemed.
  • 26673-900413-0819
  • -Isa53.4
  • 26674-900413-0820
  • -Isa53.5
  • 26675-900413-0821
  • -Isa53.6
  • of us all to meet on him
  • 26676-900413-0822
  • -Isa53.7
  • 26677-900413-0824
  • -Isa53.8
  • 26678-900413-0824
  • -Isa53.9
  • 26679-900413-0827
  • -Isa53.10
  • 26680-900413-0829
  • -Isa53.11
  • 26681-900413-0832
  • -Isa53.12
  • 26682-900413-0834
  • -Isa54.1
  • 01 The prophet, for the comfort of the Gentiles, prophesies the
  • amplitude of their church
  • 04 Their safety
  • 06 Their certain deliverance out of affliction
  • 11 Their fair edification
  • 15 And their sure preservation
  • 26683-900413-0834
  • -Isa54.2
  • 26684-900413-0835
  • -Isa54.3
  • 26685-900413-0836
  • -Isa54.4
  • 26686-900413-0837
  • -Isa54.5
  • 26687-900413-0838
  • -Isa54.6
  • 26688-900413-0839
  • -Isa54.7
  • 26689-900413-0840
  • -Isa54.8
  • 26690-900413-0840
  • -Isa54.9
  • 26691-900413-0841
  • -Isa54.10
  • 26692-900413-0843
  • -Isa54.11
  • 26693-900413-0844
  • -Isa54.12
  • 26694-900413-0845
  • -Isa54.13
  • 26695-900413-0847
  • -Isa54.14
  • 26696-900413-0847
  • -Isa54.15
  • 26697-900413-0848
  • -Isa54.16
  • 26698-900413-0850
  • -Isa54.17
  • 26699-900413-0852
  • -Isa55.1
  • 01 The prophet, with the promises of Christ, calls to faith
  • 06 And to repentance
  • 08 The happy success of them that believe
  • 26700-900413-0854
  • -Isa55.2
  • 26701-900413-0855
  • -Isa55.3
  • 26702-900413-0856
  • -Isa55.4
  • 26703-900413-0857
  • -Isa55.5
  • 26704-900413-0858
  • -Isa55.6
  • 26705-900413-0901
  • -Isa55.7
  • 26706-900413-0902
  • -Isa55.8
  • 26707-900413-0902
  • -Isa55.9
  • 26708-900413-0903
  • -Isa55.10
  • 26709-900413-0904
  • -Isa55.11
  • 26710-900413-0907
  • -Isa55.12
  • 26711-900413-0909
  • -Isa55.13
  • 26712-900413-0910
  • -Isa56.1
  • 01 The prophet exhorts to sanctification
  • 03 He promises it shall be general, without respect of persons
  • 09 He inveighs against blind watchmen
  • 26713-900413-0912
  • -Isa56.2
  • 26714-900413-0913
  • -Isa56.3
  • 26715-900413-0914
  • -Isa56.4
  • 26716-900413-0915
  • -Isa56.5
  • 26717-900413-0916
  • -Isa56.6
  • 26718-900413-0917
  • -Isa56.7
  • 26719-900413-0919
  • -Isa56.8
  • 26720-900413-0919
  • -Isa56.9
  • 26721-900413-0921
  • -Isa56.10
  • 26722-900413-0923
  • -Isa56.11
  • know not to be satisfied
  • 26723-900413-0924
  • -Isa56.12
  • 26724-900413-1024
  • -Isa57.1
  • 01 The blessed death of the righteous
  • 03 God reproves the Jews for their whorish idolatry
  • 13 He gives promises of mercy to the penitent
  • 26725-900413-1025
  • -Isa57.2
  • 26726-900413-1026
  • -Isa57.3
  • 26727-900413-1029
  • -Isa57.4
  • 26728-900413-1031
  • -Isa57.5
  • 26729-900413-1031
  • -Isa57.6
  • 26730-900413-1036
  • -Isa57.7
  • 26731-900413-1037
  • -Isa57.8
  • larger than theirs. thou lovedst
  • 26732-900413-1038
  • -Isa57.9
  • 26733-900413-1039
  • -Isa57.10
  • 26734-900413-1040
  • -Isa57.11
  • 26735-900413-1043
  • -Isa57.12
  • 26736-900413-1044
  • -Isa57.13
  • 26737-900413-1045
  • -Isa57.14
  • 26738-900413-1047
  • -Isa57.15
  • 26739-900413-1048
  • -Isa57.16
  • 26740-900413-1049
  • -Isa57.17
  • 26741-900413-1050
  • -Isa57.18
  • 26742-900413-1053
  • -Isa57.19
  • fruit of the lips.' God creates this fruit of the lips, by
  • giving new subject and cause of thanksgiving by His mercies
  • conferred on His people. The great subject of thanksgiving is
  • peace, reconciliation and pardon offered to them that are nigh,
  • and to them that are afar off; not only to the Jew, but also to
  • the Gentile. the fruit
  • 26743-900413-1053
  • -Isa57.20
  • 26744-900413-1054
  • -Isa57.21
  • 26745-900413-1056
  • -Isa58.1
  • 01 The prophet, being sent to reprove hypocrisy, shews the
  • difference between a counterfeit fast and a true
  • 08 He declares what promises are due unto godliness
  • 13 And to the keeping of the sabbath
  • 26746-900413-1057
  • -Isa58.2
  • 26747-900413-1058
  • -Isa58.3
  • 26748-900413-1059
  • -Isa58.4
  • make
  • 26749-900413-1101
  • -Isa58.5
  • for a day
  • 26750-900413-1101
  • -Isa58.6
  • broken. ye break
  • 26751-900413-1104
  • -Isa58.7
  • 26752-900413-1105
  • -Isa58.8
  • 26753-900413-1106
  • -Isa58.9
  • 26754-900413-1108
  • -Isa58.10
  • which is adopted by Bp. Lowth; but 'to draw out the soul' in
  • relieving the poor, probably means to do it not of constraint,
  • but cheerfully. then
  • 26755-900413-1110
  • -Isa58.11
  • 26756-900413-1110
  • -Isa58.12
  • 26757-900413-1111
  • -Isa58.13
  • 26758-900413-1112
  • -Isa58.14
  • 26759-900413-1113
  • -Isa59.1
  • 01 The calamities of the Jews not owing to want of saving power
  • in God, but to their own enormous sins
  • 16 Salvation is only of God
  • 20 The covenant of the Redeemer
  • 26760-900413-1114
  • -Isa59.2
  • 26761-900413-1115
  • -Isa59.3
  • 26762-900413-1116
  • -Isa59.4
  • 26763-900413-1116
  • -Isa59.5
  • brake out a viper
  • 26764-900413-1117
  • -Isa59.6
  • 26765-900413-1118
  • -Isa59.7
  • 26766-900413-1119
  • -Isa59.8
  • 26767-900413-1120
  • -Isa59.9
  • 26768-900413-1121
  • -Isa59.10
  • 26769-900413-1121
  • -Isa59.11
  • 26770-900413-1123
  • -Isa59.12
  • 26771-900413-1124
  • -Isa59.13
  • 26772-900413-1125
  • -Isa59.14
  • 26773-900413-1127
  • -Isa59.15
  • 26774-900413-1127
  • -Isa59.16
  • 26775-900413-1128
  • -Isa59.17
  • 26776-900413-1130
  • -Isa59.18
  • 26777-900413-1132
  • -Isa59.19
  • If say they, ye see a generation which endured much tribulation,
  • then expect Him, according to what is written, 'When the enemy
  • shall come in like a flood'. The enemy
  • 26778-900413-1133
  • -Isa59.20
  • 26779-900413-1134
  • -Isa59.21
  • 26780-900416-0910
  • -Isa60.1
  • 01 The glory of the church in the abundant access of the
  • Gentiles.
  • 15 And the great blessings after a short affliction
  • light cometh
  • 26781-900416-0911
  • -Isa60.2
  • 26782-900416-0913
  • -Isa60.3
  • 26783-900416-0913
  • -Isa60.4
  • 26784-900416-0916
  • -Isa60.5
  • of the sea shall be turned towards thee
  • 26785-900416-0917
  • -Isa60.6
  • 26786-900416-0918
  • -Isa60.7
  • 26787-900416-0918
  • -Isa60.8
  • 26788-900416-0921
  • -Isa60.9
  • 26789-900416-0924
  • -Isa60.10
  • 26790-900416-0927
  • -Isa60.11
  • great increase and flourishing state of the church of God, by
  • the conversion and accession of the heathen nations to it; which
  • is set forth in such ample and exalted terms, as plainly shew
  • that the full completion of this prophecy is reserved for future
  • times. This subject is displayed in the most splendid colours,
  • under a great variety of images highly poetical, designed to
  • give a general idea of the glories of that perfect state of the
  • church of God, which we are taught to expect in the latter
  • times; when the fulness of the Gentiles shall come in, and the
  • Jews shall be converted and gathered from their dispersions, and
  • 'the kingdom of this world shall become the kingdom of our Lord
  • and of His Christ'. thy gates
  • 26791-900416-0928
  • -Isa60.12
  • 26792-900416-0931
  • -Isa60.13
  • Lebanon beautified Solomon's temple, that footstool of Jehovah;
  • so shall the peculiar advantages of every nation, and of every
  • description of men, concur to beautify the church of Christ,
  • which He has determined to make glorious. The language then
  • becomes more energetic, and the images employed more grand and
  • magnificent; and nothing can answer to the glorious description
  • but some future exalted state of the church on earth, or the
  • church triumphant in heaven; though several expressions seem to
  • limit it to the church below.
  • 26793-900416-0931
  • -Isa60.14
  • 26794-900416-0933
  • -Isa60.15
  • 26795-900416-0933
  • -Isa60.16
  • 26796-900416-0934
  • -Isa60.17
  • 26797-900416-0934
  • -Isa60.18
  • 26798-900416-0935
  • -Isa60.19
  • 26799-900416-0936
  • -Isa60.20
  • 26800-900416-0937
  • -Isa60.21
  • 26801-900416-0938
  • -Isa60.22
  • 26802-900416-0944
  • -Isa61.1
  • 01 The office of Christ
  • 04 The forwardness
  • 07 And blessing of the faithful
  • and the year of acceptance with Jehovah, is a manifest allusion
  • to the proclaiming of the year of the jubilee by sound of
  • trumpet; and our Saviour, by applying this text to himself,
  • plainly declares the typical design of that institution.
  • 26803-900416-0945
  • -Isa61.2
  • 26804-900416-0946
  • -Isa61.3
  • 26805-900416-0947
  • -Isa61.4
  • 26806-900416-0947
  • -Isa61.5
  • 26807-900416-0948
  • -Isa61.6
  • 26808-900416-0949
  • -Isa61.7
  • 26809-900416-0950
  • -Isa61.8
  • 26810-900416-0951
  • -Isa61.9
  • 26811-900416-0953
  • -Isa61.10
  • 26812-900416-0954
  • -Isa61.11
  • 26813-900416-0956
  • -Isa62.1
  • 01 The fervent desire of the prophet to confirm the church in
  • God's promises.
  • 06 The office of the ministers (unto which they are incited) in
  • preaching the Gospel
  • 10 And preparing the people thereto
  • 26814-900416-0957
  • -Isa62.2
  • 26815-900416-0957
  • -Isa62.3
  • 26816-900416-0958
  • -Isa62.4
  • 26817-900416-0959
  • -Isa62.5
  • bridegroom
  • 26818-900416-1001
  • -Isa62.6
  • 26819-900416-1002
  • -Isa62.7
  • 26820-900416-1002
  • -Isa62.8
  • 26821-900416-1003
  • -Isa62.9
  • 26822-900416-1004
  • -Isa62.10
  • 26823-900416-1004
  • -Isa62.11
  • 26824-900416-1006
  • -Isa62.12
  • 26825-900416-1009
  • -Isa63.1
  • 01 Christ shews who he is
  • 02 What his victory over his enemies
  • 07 And what his mercy toward his church
  • 10 In his just wrath he remembers his free mercy
  • 15 The church, in her prayer
  • 17 And complaint, professes her faith
  • 26826-900416-1009
  • -Isa63.2
  • 26827-900416-1013
  • -Isa63.3
  • the first six verses of this chapter seems in a manner detached
  • from the rest, and to stand by itself; containing a prophetical
  • respresentation of the victories of the Messiah over the enemies
  • of his church, here designated by the names of Edom and Bozrah.
  • Though, as Bp. Lowth observes, this prophecy must have its
  • accomplishment, there is no necessity for supposing that it has
  • been already accomplished. There are prophecies which intimate a
  • great slaughter of the enemies of God and his people, which
  • remain to be fulfilled; those in Eze . ch. 38, and Re ch. 20 are
  • called Gog and Magog. This prophecy of Isaiah may possibly refer
  • to the same, or the like event. and trample
  • 26828-900416-1013
  • -Isa63.4
  • 26829-900416-1014
  • -Isa63.5
  • 26830-900416-1015
  • -Isa63.6
  • 26831-900416-1017
  • -Isa63.7
  • 26832-900416-1018
  • -Isa63.8
  • 26833-900416-1021
  • -Isa63.9
  • 26834-900416-1022
  • -Isa63.10
  • 26835-900416-1029
  • -Isa63.11
  • 26836-900416-1029
  • -Isa63.12
  • 26837-900416-1030
  • -Isa63.13
  • 26838-900416-1031
  • -Isa63.14
  • 26839-900416-1033
  • -Isa63.15
  • 26840-900416-1034
  • -Isa63.16
  • everlasting is thy name
  • 26841-900416-1035
  • -Isa63.17
  • 26842-900416-1036
  • -Isa63.18
  • 26843-900416-1037
  • -Isa63.19
  • upon them
  • 26844-900416-1038
  • -Isa64.1
  • 01 The church prays for the illustration of God's power
  • 04 Celebrating God's mercy, it makes confession of their natural
  • corruptions
  • 09 It complains of their afflictions
  • 26845-900416-1040
  • -Isa64.2
  • 26846-900416-1041
  • -Isa64.3
  • 26847-900416-1042
  • -Isa64.4
  • etc. prepared
  • 26848-900416-1043
  • -Isa64.5
  • 26849-900416-1045
  • -Isa64.6
  • 26850-900416-1046
  • -Isa64.7
  • 26851-900416-1047
  • -Isa64.8
  • 26852-900416-1048
  • -Isa64.9
  • 26853-900416-1048
  • -Isa64.10
  • 26854-900416-1049
  • -Isa64.11
  • 26855-900416-1050
  • -Isa64.12
  • 26856-900416-1104
  • -Isa65.1
  • 01 The calling of the Gentiles, and the rejection of the Jews,
  • for their incredulity, idolatry, and hypocrisy
  • 08 A remnant shall be saved
  • 11 Judgments on the wicked, and blessings on the godly
  • 17 The blessed state of the new Jerusalem
  • 26857-900416-1106
  • -Isa65.2
  • 26858-900416-1108
  • -Isa65.3
  • 26859-900416-1108
  • -Isa65.4
  • 26860-900416-1109
  • -Isa65.5
  • 26861-900416-1110
  • -Isa65.6
  • 26862-900416-1111
  • -Isa65.7
  • 26863-900416-1112
  • -Isa65.8
  • 26864-900416-1113
  • -Isa65.9
  • 26865-900416-1113
  • -Isa65.10
  • 26866-900416-1114
  • -Isa65.11
  • 26867-900416-1116
  • -Isa65.12
  • 26868-900416-1116
  • -Isa65.13
  • 26869-900416-1117
  • -Isa65.14
  • 26870-900416-1118
  • -Isa65.15
  • 26871-900416-1424
  • -Isa65.16
  • 26872-900416-1425
  • -Isa65.17
  • 26873-900416-1427
  • -Isa65.18
  • 26874-900416-1428
  • -Isa65.19
  • 26875-900416-1428
  • -Isa65.20
  • 26876-900416-1429
  • -Isa65.21
  • 26877-900416-1429
  • -Isa65.22
  • 26878-900416-1431
  • -Isa65.23
  • 26879-900416-1431
  • -Isa65.24
  • 26880-900416-1432
  • -Isa65.25
  • 26881-900416-1443
  • -Isa66.1
  • 01 The glorious God will be served in humble sincerity
  • 05 He comforts the humble by shewing the confusion of their
  • enemies
  • 07 With the marvellous growth
  • 10 And the gracious benefits of the church
  • 15 God's severe judgments against the wicked
  • 18 The Gentiles shall have an holy church
  • 24 And see the damnation of the wicked
  • 26882-900416-1501
  • -Isa66.2
  • 26883-900416-1502
  • -Isa66.3
  • 26884-900416-1503
  • -Isa66.4
  • 26885-900416-1504
  • -Isa66.5
  • 26886-900416-1505
  • -Isa66.6
  • 26887-900416-1505
  • -Isa66.7
  • 26888-900416-1506
  • -Isa66.8
  • 26889-900416-1507
  • -Isa66.9
  • 26890-900416-1508
  • -Isa66.10
  • 26891-900416-1508
  • -Isa66.11
  • 26892-900416-1509
  • -Isa66.12
  • 26893-900416-1510
  • -Isa66.13
  • 26894-900416-1511
  • -Isa66.14
  • 26895-900416-1511
  • -Isa66.15
  • 26896-900416-1512
  • -Isa66.16
  • 26897-900416-1513
  • -Isa66.17
  • 26898-900416-1514
  • -Isa66.18
  • 26899-900416-1516
  • -Isa66.19
  • 26900-900416-1517
  • -Isa66.20
  • 26901-900416-1518
  • -Isa66.21
  • 26902-900416-1519
  • -Isa66.22
  • 26903-900416-1520
  • -Isa66.23
  • his sabbath. Shall all
  • 26904-900416-1521
  • -Isa66.24
  • 26905-900417-0931
  • -Jer1.1
  • 01 The time
  • 04 And the calling of Jeremiah
  • 11 His prophetical visions of an almond rod and a seething pot
  • 15 His heavy message against Judah
  • 17 God encourages him with his promise of assistance
  • 26906-900417-0933
  • -Jer1.2
  • 26907-900417-0934
  • -Jer1.3
  • 26908-900417-0935
  • -Jer1.4
  • 26909-900417-0936
  • -Jer1.5
  • 26910-900417-0937
  • -Jer1.6
  • 26911-900417-0938
  • -Jer1.7
  • 26912-900417-0940
  • -Jer1.8
  • 26913-900417-0940
  • -Jer1.9
  • 26914-900417-0942
  • -Jer1.10
  • 26915-900417-0942
  • -Jer1.11
  • 26916-900417-0943
  • -Jer1.12
  • 26917-900417-0944
  • -Jer1.13
  • 26918-900417-0944
  • -Jer1.14
  • 26919-900417-0947
  • -Jer1.15
  • 26920-900417-0955
  • -Jer1.16
  • 26921-900417-0957
  • -Jer1.17
  • 26922-900417-0958
  • -Jer1.18
  • 26923-900417-0959
  • -Jer1.19
  • 26924-900417-1003
  • -Jer2.1
  • 01 God having shewed his former kindness, expostulates with the
  • Jews on their causeless and unexampled revolt
  • 14 They are the causes of their own calamities
  • 18 The sins and idolatries of Judah
  • 35 Her confidence is rejected.
  • 26925-900417-1004
  • -Jer2.2
  • 26926-900417-1006
  • -Jer2.3
  • 26927-900417-1007
  • -Jer2.4
  • 26928-900417-1008
  • -Jer2.5
  • 26929-900417-1009
  • -Jer2.6
  • 26930-900417-1013
  • -Jer2.7
  • 26931-900418-0609
  • -Jer2.8
  • 26932-900418-0610
  • -Jer2.9
  • 26933-900418-0612
  • -Jer2.10
  • 26934-900418-0614
  • -Jer2.11
  • 26935-900418-0614
  • -Jer2.12
  • 26936-900418-0616
  • -Jer2.13
  • 26937-900418-0617
  • -Jer2.14
  • 26938-900418-0619
  • -Jer2.15
  • 26939-900418-0620
  • -Jer2.16
  • 26940-900418-0621
  • -Jer2.17
  • 26941-900418-0623
  • -Jer2.18
  • 26942-900418-0624
  • -Jer2.19
  • 26943-900418-0625
  • -Jer2.20
  • 26944-900418-0627
  • -Jer2.21
  • 26945-900418-0628
  • -Jer2.22
  • 26946-900418-0629
  • -Jer2.23
  • 26947-900418-0630
  • -Jer2.24
  • 26948-900418-0631
  • -Jer2.25
  • 26949-900418-0632
  • -Jer2.26
  • 26950-900418-0633
  • -Jer2.27
  • 26951-900418-0639
  • -Jer2.28
  • 26952-900418-0639
  • -Jer2.29
  • 26953-900418-0640
  • -Jer2.30
  • 26954-900418-0642
  • -Jer2.31
  • 26955-900418-0643
  • -Jer2.32
  • 26956-900418-0643
  • -Jer2.33
  • 26957-900418-0645
  • -Jer2.34
  • 26958-900418-0645
  • -Jer2.35
  • 26959-900418-0647
  • -Jer2.36
  • 26960-900418-0648
  • -Jer2.37
  • 26961-900418-0659
  • -Jer3.1
  • 01 God's great mercy in Judah's vile whoredom
  • 06 Judah is worse than Israel
  • 12 The promises of the gospel to the penitent
  • 20 Israel reproved, and called by God, makes a solemn confession
  • of their sins
  • 26962-900418-0700
  • -Jer3.2
  • 26963-900418-0701
  • -Jer3.3
  • 26964-900418-0702
  • -Jer3.4
  • 26965-900418-0703
  • -Jer3.5
  • 26966-900418-0704
  • -Jer3.6
  • 26967-900418-0704
  • -Jer3.7
  • 26968-900418-0705
  • -Jer3.8
  • 26969-900418-0706
  • -Jer3.9
  • 26970-900418-0707
  • -Jer3.10
  • 26971-900418-0711
  • -Jer3.11
  • 26972-900418-0712
  • -Jer3.12
  • 26973-900418-0714
  • -Jer3.13
  • 26974-900418-0715
  • -Jer3.14
  • 26975-900418-0728
  • -Jer3.15
  • 26976-900418-0730
  • -Jer3.16
  • 26977-900418-0821
  • -Jer3.17
  • 26978-900418-0823
  • -Jer3.18
  • 26979-900418-0825
  • -Jer3.19
  • 26980-900418-0826
  • -Jer3.20
  • 26981-900418-0827
  • -Jer3.21
  • 26982-900418-0827
  • -Jer3.22
  • 26983-900418-0828
  • -Jer3.23
  • 26984-900418-0829
  • -Jer3.24
  • 26985-900418-0831
  • -Jer3.25
  • 26986-900418-0833
  • -Jer4.1
  • 01 God calls Israel by his promise
  • 03 He exhorts Judah to repentance by ffearful judgments
  • 19 A grievous lamentation for Judah
  • 26987-900418-0834
  • -Jer4.2
  • 26988-900418-0834
  • -Jer4.3
  • 26989-900418-0836
  • -Jer4.4
  • 26990-900418-0837
  • -Jer4.5
  • 26991-900418-0838
  • -Jer4.6
  • 26992-900418-0839
  • -Jer4.7
  • 26993-900418-0840
  • -Jer4.8
  • 26994-900418-0841
  • -Jer4.9
  • 26995-900418-0843
  • -Jer4.10
  • 26996-900418-0847
  • -Jer4.11
  • 26997-900418-0847
  • -Jer4.12
  • sentence. Heb. utter judgments
  • 26998-900418-0848
  • -Jer4.13
  • 26999-900418-0849
  • -Jer4.14
  • 27000-900418-0850
  • -Jer4.15
  • 27001-900418-0851
  • -Jer4.16
  • 27002-900418-0851
  • -Jer4.17
  • 27003-900418-0852
  • -Jer4.18
  • 27004-900418-0853
  • -Jer4.19
  • 27005-900418-0854
  • -Jer4.20
  • 27006-900418-0855
  • -Jer4.21
  • 27007-900418-0856
  • -Jer4.22
  • 27008-900418-0857
  • -Jer4.23
  • 27009-900418-0858
  • -Jer4.24
  • 27010-900418-0859
  • -Jer4.25
  • 27011-900418-0859
  • -Jer4.26
  • 27012-900418-0900
  • -Jer4.27
  • 27013-900418-0902
  • -Jer4.28
  • 27014-900418-0902
  • -Jer4.29
  • 27015-900418-0904
  • -Jer4.30
  • 27016-900418-0905
  • -Jer4.31
  • 27017-900419-0937
  • -Jer5.1
  • 01 The judgments of God upon the Jews, for their perverseness
  • 07 For their adultery
  • 10 For their impiety
  • 15 For their worhip of idols
  • 19 For their contempt of God
  • 25 And for their great corruption in the civil state
  • 30 And ecclesiastical
  • 27018-900419-0938
  • -Jer5.2
  • 27019-900419-0939
  • -Jer5.3
  • 27020-900419-0939
  • -Jer5.4
  • 27021-900419-0953
  • -Jer5.5
  • 27022-900419-0954
  • -Jer5.6
  • 27023-900419-0956
  • -Jer5.7
  • 27024-900419-0957
  • -Jer5.8
  • 27025-900419-1000
  • -Jer5.9
  • 27026-900419-1001
  • -Jer5.10
  • 27027-900419-1001
  • -Jer5.11
  • 27028-900419-1002
  • -Jer5.12
  • 27029-900419-1003
  • -Jer5.13
  • 27030-900419-1004
  • -Jer5.14
  • 27031-900419-1005
  • -Jer5.15
  • 27032-900419-1005
  • -Jer5.16
  • 27033-900419-1006
  • -Jer5.17
  • 27034-900419-1006
  • -Jer5.18
  • 27035-900419-1015
  • -Jer5.19
  • 27036-900419-1016
  • -Jer5.20
  • 27037-900419-1017
  • -Jer5.21
  • 27038-900419-1018
  • -Jer5.22
  • 27039-900419-1019
  • -Jer5.23
  • 27040-900419-1019
  • -Jer5.24
  • 27041-900419-1019
  • -Jer5.25
  • 27042-900419-1020
  • -Jer5.26
  • 27043-900419-1022
  • -Jer5.27
  • or trap-cage, as Dr. Blayney renders; in which fowlers place
  • several tame birds, to decoy the others into the snare prepared
  • for them.
  • 27044-900419-1024
  • -Jer5.28
  • 27045-900419-1024
  • -Jer5.29
  • 27046-900419-1025
  • -Jer5.30
  • 27047-900419-1026
  • -Jer5.31
  • 27048-900419-1028
  • -Jer6.1
  • 01 The enemies sent against Judah
  • 04 Enrourage themselves
  • 06 God sets them on work because of their sins
  • 09 The prophet laments the judgments of God because of their
  • sins
  • 18 He proclaims God's wrath
  • 26 He calls the people to mour for the judgment on their sins.
  • 27049-900419-1029
  • -Jer6.2
  • 27050-900419-1030
  • -Jer6.3
  • 27051-900419-1030
  • -Jer6.4
  • 27052-900419-1031
  • -Jer6.5
  • 27053-900419-1032
  • -Jer6.6
  • 27054-900419-1033
  • -Jer6.7
  • 27055-900419-1034
  • -Jer6.8
  • 27056-900419-1035
  • -Jer6.9
  • 27057-900419-1037
  • -Jer6.10
  • 27058-900419-1038
  • -Jer6.11
  • 27059-900419-1039
  • -Jer6.12
  • 27060-900419-1040
  • -Jer6.13
  • 27061-900419-1041
  • -Jer6.14
  • 27062-900419-1042
  • -Jer6.15
  • 27063-900419-1043
  • -Jer6.16
  • 27064-900419-1045
  • -Jer6.17
  • 27065-900419-1045
  • -Jer6.18
  • 27066-900419-1046
  • -Jer6.19
  • 27067-900419-1047
  • -Jer6.20
  • 27068-900419-1048
  • -Jer6.21
  • 27069-900419-1048
  • -Jer6.22
  • 27070-900419-1049
  • -Jer6.23
  • 27071-900419-1050
  • -Jer6.24
  • 27072-900419-1051
  • -Jer6.25
  • 27073-900419-1052
  • -Jer6.26
  • 27074-900419-1053
  • -Jer6.27
  • 27075-900419-1054
  • -Jer6.28
  • 27076-900419-1054
  • -Jer6.29
  • 27077-900419-1055
  • -Jer6.30
  • 27078-900420-0811
  • -Jer7.1
  • 01 Jeremiah is sent to call to true repentance, to prevent the
  • Jews' captivity
  • 08 He rejects their vain confidence
  • 12 By the example of Shiloh
  • 17 He threatens them for their idolatry
  • 21 He rejects the sacrifices of the disobedient
  • 29 He exhorts to mourn for their abominations in Tophet
  • 32 And the judgments for the same
  • 27079-900420-0813
  • -Jer7.2
  • 27080-900420-0814
  • -Jer7.3
  • 27081-900420-0815
  • -Jer7.4
  • 27082-900420-0816
  • -Jer7.5
  • 27083-900420-0818
  • -Jer7.6
  • 27084-900420-0818
  • -Jer7.7
  • 27085-900420-0819
  • -Jer7.8
  • 27086-900420-0820
  • -Jer7.9
  • 27087-900420-0821
  • -Jer7.10
  • 27088-900420-0822
  • -Jer7.11
  • 27089-900420-0823
  • -Jer7.12
  • 27090-900420-0824
  • -Jer7.13
  • 27091-900420-0826
  • -Jer7.14
  • 27092-900420-0826
  • -Jer7.15
  • 27093-900420-0827
  • -Jer7.16
  • 27094-900420-0827
  • -Jer7.17
  • 27095-900420-0830
  • -Jer7.18
  • several MSS. and editions have Melachath, 'workmanship',
  • instead of melecheth, 'queen' yet the latter reading seems the
  • true one, as the LXX, in the parallel place, and the Vulgate
  • uniformly have 'the queen of heaven;' by which there can be
  • little doubt, is meant the moon.
  • 27096-900420-0831
  • -Jer7.19
  • 27097-900425-0859
  • -Jer7.20
  • 27098-900425-0858
  • -Jer7.21
  • 27099-900425-0858
  • -Jer7.22
  • 27100-900420-0834
  • -Jer7.23
  • 27101-900420-0835
  • -Jer7.24
  • 27102-900420-0836
  • -Jer7.25
  • 27103-900420-0838
  • -Jer7.26
  • 27104-900420-0839
  • -Jer7.27
  • 27105-900420-0840
  • -Jer7.28
  • 27106-900420-0841
  • -Jer7.29
  • 27107-900420-0841
  • -Jer7.30
  • 27108-900420-0842
  • -Jer7.31
  • 27109-900420-0843
  • -Jer7.32
  • 27110-900420-0844
  • -Jer7.33
  • 27111-900420-0844
  • -Jer7.34
  • 27112-900420-0845
  • -Jer8.1
  • 01 The calamity of the Jews, both dead and alive
  • 04 He upbraids their foolish and shameless impenitency
  • 13 He shews their grievous judgment
  • 18 And bewails their desperate estate
  • 27113-900420-0846
  • -Jer8.2
  • 27114-900420-0847
  • -Jer8.3
  • 27115-900420-0850
  • -Jer8.4
  • here requires to be carefully attended to. The prophet first, in
  • the name of God, reproves the people, and threatens them with
  • grievous calamities. Then, apostrophising his countrymen, he
  • advises them to retire with him to some fortified city. God then
  • threatens to bring foes against them, that are irresistible. The
  • prophet next commiserates the daughter of his people, who is
  • heard bewailing her forlorn case; whilst the voice of God breaks
  • in upon her complaints, and shews that all this ruin is brought
  • upon her by her infidelities. The prophet regrets that her
  • wounds had not been healed, and laments over her slain.
  • 27116-900420-0852
  • -Jer8.5
  • 27117-900420-0853
  • -Jer8.6
  • 27118-900420-0853
  • -Jer8.7
  • 27119-900420-0854
  • -Jer8.8
  • falsehood
  • 27120-900420-0855
  • -Jer8.9
  • 27121-900420-0857
  • -Jer8.10
  • 27122-900420-0857
  • -Jer8.11
  • 27123-900420-0858
  • -Jer8.12
  • 27124-900420-0859
  • -Jer8.13
  • 27125-900420-0900
  • -Jer8.14
  • 27126-900420-0901
  • -Jer8.15
  • 27127-900420-0904
  • -Jer8.16
  • Nebuchadnezzar, having subdued Phoenicia, passed through Dan, in
  • his way to Jerusalem. was heard
  • so terrible was the united neighings of the cavalry of the
  • Bablyonians, that the reverberation of the air caused the ground
  • to tremble. all that is in it. Heb. the fulness thereof.
  • 27128-900420-0905
  • -Jer8.17
  • 27129-900420-0905
  • -Jer8.18
  • 27130-900420-0907
  • -Jer8.19
  • 27131-900420-0907
  • -Jer8.20
  • 27132-900420-0908
  • -Jer8.21
  • 27133-900420-0909
  • -Jer8.22
  • 27134-900420-0911
  • -Jer9.1
  • 01 Jeremiah laments the Jews for their manifold sins
  • 09 And for their judgment
  • 12 Disobedience is the cause of their bitter calamity
  • 17 He exhorts to mourn for their destruction
  • 23 And to trust not in themselves, but in God
  • 25 He threatens both Jews and Gentiles.
  • 27135-900420-0912
  • -Jer9.2
  • 27136-900420-0915
  • -Jer9.3
  • 27137-900420-0916
  • -Jer9.4
  • 27138-900420-0918
  • -Jer9.5
  • 27139-900420-0919
  • -Jer9.6
  • 27140-900420-0919
  • -Jer9.7
  • 27141-900420-0920
  • -Jer9.8
  • 27142-900420-0921
  • -Jer9.9
  • 27143-900420-0923
  • -Jer9.10
  • 27144-900420-0924
  • -Jer9.11
  • 27145-900420-0925
  • -Jer9.12
  • 27146-900420-0926
  • -Jer9.13
  • 27147-900420-0926
  • -Jer9.14
  • 27148-900420-0927
  • -Jer9.15
  • 27149-900420-0928
  • -Jer9.16
  • 27150-900420-0929
  • -Jer9.17
  • dirges, and make public lamentations at funerals.
  • 27151-900420-0930
  • -Jer9.18
  • 27152-900420-0931
  • -Jer9.19
  • 27153-900420-0931
  • -Jer9.20
  • 27154-900420-0932
  • -Jer9.21
  • 27155-900420-0933
  • -Jer9.22
  • 27156-900420-0934
  • -Jer9.23
  • 27157-900420-0936
  • -Jer9.24
  • 27158-900420-0936
  • -Jer9.25
  • 27159-900420-0941
  • -Jer9.26
  • the corners of their hair polled. Dr. Durell and others justly
  • consider the marginal reading as far preferable; as being
  • descriptive of the mode in which the Arabians cut their hair and
  • beard.
  • 27160-900423-0822
  • -Jer10.1
  • 01 The unequal comparison of God and idols
  • 17 The prophet exhorts to flee from the calamity to come
  • 19 He laments the spoil of the tabernacle by foolish pastors
  • 23 He makes an humble supplication
  • 27161-900423-0823
  • -Jer10.2
  • 27162-900423-0824
  • -Jer10.3
  • 27163-900423-0825
  • -Jer10.4
  • 27164-900423-0826
  • -Jer10.5
  • 27165-900423-0827
  • -Jer10.6
  • 27166-900423-0828
  • -Jer10.7
  • 27167-900423-0829
  • -Jer10.8
  • 27168-900423-0830
  • -Jer10.9
  • 27169-900423-0832
  • -Jer10.10
  • 27170-900423-0833
  • -Jer10.11
  • 27171-900423-0835
  • -Jer10.12
  • 27172-900423-0839
  • -Jer10.13
  • 27173-900423-0841
  • -Jer10.14
  • founder
  • 27174-900423-0841
  • -Jer10.15
  • 27175-900423-0844
  • -Jer10.16
  • 27176-900423-0845
  • -Jer10.17
  • 27177-900423-0848
  • -Jer10.18
  • 27178-900423-0848
  • -Jer10.19
  • 27179-900423-0849
  • -Jer10.20
  • 27180-900423-0853
  • -Jer10.21
  • 27181-900423-0854
  • -Jer10.22
  • 27182-900423-0854
  • -Jer10.23
  • 27183-900423-0855
  • -Jer10.24
  • 27184-900423-0856
  • -Jer10.25
  • 27185-900423-0859
  • -Jer11.1
  • 01 Jeremiah proclaims God's covenant
  • 08 Rebukes the Jews' disobeying thereof
  • 11 Prophesies evils to come upon them
  • 18 And upon the men of Anathoth for conspiring to kill him
  • 27186-900423-0900
  • -Jer11.2
  • 27187-900423-0900
  • -Jer11.3
  • 27188-900423-0902
  • -Jer11.4
  • 27189-900423-0903
  • -Jer11.5
  • 27190-900423-0904
  • -Jer11.6
  • 27191-900423-0905
  • -Jer11.7
  • 27192-900423-0907
  • -Jer11.8
  • 27193-900423-0907
  • -Jer11.9
  • 27194-900423-0909
  • -Jer11.10
  • 27195-900423-0910
  • -Jer11.11
  • 27196-900423-0911
  • -Jer11.12
  • 27197-900423-0912
  • -Jer11.13
  • 27198-900423-0913
  • -Jer11.14
  • 27199-900423-0914
  • -Jer11.15
  • 27200-900423-0915
  • -Jer11.16
  • 27201-900423-0916
  • -Jer11.17
  • 27202-900423-0917
  • -Jer11.18
  • 27203-900423-0918
  • -Jer11.19
  • tree with the fruit. Heb. stalk with his bread. let us cut
  • 27204-900423-0919
  • -Jer11.20
  • 27205-900423-0921
  • -Jer11.21
  • 27206-900423-0921
  • -Jer11.22
  • 27207-900423-0922
  • -Jer11.23
  • 27208-900423-0924
  • -Jer12.1
  • 01 Jeremiah, complaining of the wicked's prosperity, by faith
  • sees their ruin
  • 05 God admonishes him of his brthren's treachery against him
  • 07 And laments his heritage
  • 14 He promises to the penitent return from captivity
  • 27209-900423-0926
  • -Jer12.2

  • 27210-900423-0927
  • -Jer12.3
  • 27211-900423-0929
  • -Jer12.4
  • 27212-900423-0930
  • -Jer12.5
  • 27213-900423-0932
  • -Jer12.6
  • 27214-900423-0933
  • -Jer12.7
  • 27215-900423-0933
  • -Jer12.8
  • 27216-900423-0936
  • -Jer12.9
  • heritage (people) to me as a fierce hyaena? Is there a wild
  • beast all around upon her?' i.e. the land of Canaan. The hyaena
  • is a kind of wolf, a little bigger than a mastiff; colour grey,
  • streked with black; it is of a solitary and savage disposition.
  • 27217-900423-0937
  • -Jer12.10
  • 27218-900423-0938
  • -Jer12.11
  • 27219-900423-0939
  • -Jer12.12
  • 27220-900423-0940
  • -Jer12.13
  • 27221-900423-0944
  • -Jer12.14
  • 27222-900423-0944
  • -Jer12.15
  • 27223-900423-0946
  • -Jer12.16
  • 27224-900423-0947
  • -Jer12.17
  • 27225-900423-0951
  • -Jer13.1
  • 01 By the type of a linen girdle, hidden at Euphrates, God
  • prefigures the destruction of his people
  • 12 Under the parable of the bottles filled with wine he
  • foretells their drunkenness in misery
  • 15 He exhorts to prevent their future judgments
  • 22 He shews their abominations are the cause thereof.
  • 27226-900423-0952
  • -Jer13.2
  • 27227-900423-0954
  • -Jer13.3
  • 27228-900423-0954
  • -Jer13.4
  • country, Chaldea, into which they were to be carried captive.
  • 27229-900423-0955
  • -Jer13.5
  • 27230-900423-0956
  • -Jer13.6
  • 27231-900423-0956
  • -Jer13.7
  • 27232-900423-0957
  • -Jer13.8
  • 27233-900423-0958
  • -Jer13.9
  • 27234-900423-0959
  • -Jer13.10
  • 27235-900423-1000
  • -Jer13.11
  • 27236-900423-1001
  • -Jer13.12
  • 27237-900423-1002
  • -Jer13.13
  • 27238-900423-1003
  • -Jer13.14
  • 27239-900423-1004
  • -Jer13.15
  • 27240-900423-1006
  • -Jer13.16
  • 27241-900423-1007
  • -Jer13.17
  • 27242-900423-1008
  • -Jer13.18
  • 27243-900423-1009
  • -Jer13.19
  • 27244-900423-1010
  • -Jer13.20
  • 27245-900423-1011
  • -Jer13.21
  • 27246-900423-1012
  • -Jer13.22
  • 27247-900423-1013
  • -Jer13.23
  • 27248-900423-1014
  • -Jer13.24
  • 27249-900423-1015
  • -Jer13.25
  • 27250-900423-1016
  • -Jer13.26
  • 27251-900423-1017
  • -Jer13.27
  • 27252-900423-1020
  • -Jer14.1
  • 01 The grievous famine
  • 07 Causes Jeremiah to pray
  • 10 The Lord will not be intreated for the people
  • 13 Lying prophets are no excuse for them
  • 17 Jeremiah is moved to complain for them
  • have been delivered after the fourth year of Jehoiakim. The
  • Hebrew Batzaroth, rendered dearth, signifies restraint, that is,
  • 'when the heaven is shut up that there is no rain;' which
  • Houbigant thinks happened early in the reign of Zedekiah. the
  • dearth. Heb. the words of the dearths, or restraints
  • 27253-900423-1021
  • -Jer14.2
  • 27254-900423-1022
  • -Jer14.3
  • 27255-900423-1024
  • -Jer14.4
  • 27256-900423-1024
  • -Jer14.5
  • 27257-900423-1025
  • -Jer14.6
  • internal heat. their
  • 27258-900423-1027
  • -Jer14.7
  • 27259-900423-1028
  • -Jer14.8
  • 27260-900423-1029
  • -Jer14.9
  • 27261-900423-1030
  • -Jer14.10
  • 27262-900423-1031
  • -Jer14.11
  • 27263-900423-1032
  • -Jer14.12
  • 27264-900423-1033
  • -Jer14.13
  • 27265-900423-1034
  • -Jer14.14
  • 27266-900423-1035
  • -Jer14.15
  • 27267-900423-1036
  • -Jer14.16
  • 27268-900423-1037
  • -Jer14.17
  • 27269-900423-1038
  • -Jer14.18
  • acknowledge it not
  • 27270-900423-1039
  • -Jer14.19
  • 27271-900423-1040
  • -Jer14.20
  • 27272-900423-1041
  • -Jer14.21
  • 27273-900423-1043
  • -Jer14.22
  • 27274-900424-1440
  • -Jer15.1
  • 01 The utter rejection and manifold judgments of the Jews
  • 10 Jeremiah, complaining of their spite, receives a promise for
  • himself
  • 12 And a threatening for them
  • 15 He prays
  • 19 And receives a gracious promise
  • 27275-900424-1440
  • -Jer15.2
  • 27276-900424-1442
  • -Jer15.3
  • 27277-900424-1443
  • -Jer15.4
  • 27278-900424-1443
  • -Jer15.5
  • 27279-900424-1445
  • -Jer15.6
  • 27280-900424-1447
  • -Jer15.7
  • 27281-900424-1448
  • -Jer15.8
  • mother and the young men. A spoiler
  • 27282-900424-1450
  • -Jer15.9
  • Jerusalem, the mother city, the parent of so many cities,
  • villages, and families in the land.
  • 27283-900424-1451
  • -Jer15.10
  • 27284-900424-1452
  • -Jer15.11
  • thee
  • 27285-900424-1452
  • -Jer15.12
  • 27286-900424-1453
  • -Jer15.13
  • 27287-900424-1454
  • -Jer15.14
  • 27288-900424-1455
  • -Jer15.15
  • 27289-900424-1456
  • -Jer15.16
  • 27290-900424-1457
  • -Jer15.17
  • 27291-900424-1459
  • -Jer15.18
  • 27292-900424-1500
  • -Jer15.19
  • 27293-900424-1501
  • -Jer15.20
  • 27294-900424-1502
  • -Jer15.21
  • 27295-900424-1504
  • -Jer16.1
  • 01 The prophet, under the types of abstaining from marriage,
  • from houses of mourning and feasting, foreshews the utter ruin
  • of the Jews.
  • 10 Because they were worse than their fathers
  • 14 Their return from captivity shall be stranger than their
  • deliverance out of Egypt
  • 16 God will doubly recompense their idolatry
  • 27296-900424-1504
  • -Jer16.2
  • 27297-900424-1504
  • -Jer16.3
  • 27298-900424-1506
  • -Jer16.4
  • 27299-900424-1507
  • -Jer16.5
  • 27300-900424-1508
  • -Jer16.6
  • 27301-900424-1508
  • -Jer16.7
  • 27302-900424-1509
  • -Jer16.8
  • 27303-900424-1509
  • -Jer16.9
  • 27304-900424-1510
  • -Jer16.10
  • 27305-900424-1511
  • -Jer16.11
  • 27306-900424-1512
  • -Jer16.12
  • 27307-900424-1513
  • -Jer16.13
  • 27308-900424-1513
  • -Jer16.14
  • 27309-900424-1514
  • -Jer16.15
  • 27310-900424-1516
  • -Jer16.16
  • whom shall destroy them by wiles, and others shall ruin them by
  • violence. The Chaldeans shall make an entire conquest of the
  • whole land, and strip it of its riches and inhabitants; and
  • those who may escape one party shall fall into the hands of
  • another.
  • 27311-900424-1517
  • -Jer16.17
  • 27312-900424-1518
  • -Jer16.18
  • 27313-900424-1522
  • -Jer16.19
  • 27314-900424-1523
  • -Jer16.20
  • 27315-900424-1524
  • -Jer16.21
  • 27316-900425-0821
  • -Jer17.1
  • 01 The captivity of Judah for her sin
  • 05 Trust in man is cursed
  • 07 In God is blessed
  • 09 The deceitful heart cannot deceive God
  • 12 The salvation of God
  • 15 The prophet complains of the mockers of his prophecy
  • 19 He is sent to renew the covenant in hallowing the sabbath.
  • 27317-900425-0821
  • -Jer17.2
  • 27318-900425-0836
  • -Jer17.3
  • 27319-900425-0838
  • -Jer17.4
  • 27320-900425-0839
  • -Jer17.5
  • 27321-900425-0840
  • -Jer17.6
  • 27322-900425-0841
  • -Jer17.7
  • 27323-900425-0841
  • -Jer17.8
  • 27324-900425-0842
  • -Jer17.9
  • 27325-900425-0843
  • -Jer17.10
  • 27326-900425-0845
  • -Jer17.11
  • 27327-900425-0845
  • -Jer17.12
  • 27328-900425-0851
  • -Jer17.13
  • 27329-900425-0852
  • -Jer17.14
  • 27330-900425-0852
  • -Jer17.15
  • 27331-900425-0853
  • -Jer17.16
  • 27332-900425-0854
  • -Jer17.17
  • 27333-900425-0855
  • -Jer17.18
  • double breach
  • 27334-900425-0855
  • -Jer17.19
  • 27335-900425-0856
  • -Jer17.20
  • 27336-900425-0859
  • -Jer17.21
  • 27337-900425-0900
  • -Jer17.22
  • 27338-900425-0901
  • -Jer17.23
  • 27339-900425-0902
  • -Jer17.24
  • 27340-900425-0903
  • -Jer17.25
  • 27341-900425-0904
  • -Jer17.26
  • 27342-900425-0905
  • -Jer17.27
  • 27343-900425-0911
  • -Jer18.1
  • 01 Under the type of a potter is shewn God's absolute power in
  • disposing of nations.
  • 11 Judgments threatened to Judah for her strange revolt
  • 18 Jeremiah prays against his conspirators.
  • 27344-900425-0912
  • -Jer18.2
  • 27345-900425-0913
  • -Jer18.3
  • 27346-900425-0913
  • -Jer18.4
  • made it again. Heb. returned and made. as
  • 27347-900425-0914
  • -Jer18.5
  • 27348-900425-0914
  • -Jer18.6
  • 27349-900425-0914
  • -Jer18.7
  • 27350-900425-0916
  • -Jer18.8
  • 27351-900425-0916
  • -Jer18.9
  • 27352-900425-0917
  • -Jer18.10
  • 27353-900425-0918
  • -Jer18.11
  • 27354-900425-0919
  • -Jer18.12
  • 27355-900425-0920
  • -Jer18.13
  • 27356-900425-0922
  • -Jer18.14
  • Lebanon? shall the running waters be forsaken for the strange
  • cold waters? Parkhurst renders, 'Will the snow of Lebanon fail
  • from the rock of the field? or will the issuing cold flowing
  • waters (from that mountain namely) be exhausted?' No more could
  • I fail my people if they trusted in me. Maundrell says, "The
  • chief benefit the mountain of Lebanon serves for, is, that by
  • its exceeding height, it proves a conservatory for abundance of
  • snow, which thawing in the heat of summer, affords supplies of
  • water to the rivers and fountains in the valleys below.'
  • 27357-900425-0923
  • -Jer18.15
  • 27358-900425-0924
  • -Jer18.16
  • 27359-900425-0925
  • -Jer18.17
  • 27360-900425-0926
  • -Jer18.18
  • 27361-900425-0927
  • -Jer18.19
  • 27362-900425-0929
  • -Jer18.20
  • 27363-900425-0930
  • -Jer18.21
  • 27364-900425-0931
  • -Jer18.22
  • 27365-900425-0931
  • -Jer18.23
  • 27366-900425-0937
  • -Jer19.1
  • 01 Under the type of breaking a potter's vessel, is foreshewn
  • the desolation of the Jews for their sins.
  • 27367-900425-0937
  • -Jer19.2
  • 27368-900425-0938
  • -Jer19.3
  • 27369-900425-0940
  • -Jer19.4
  • 27370-900425-0940
  • -Jer19.5
  • 27371-900425-0941
  • -Jer19.6
  • 27372-900425-0942
  • -Jer19.7
  • 27373-900425-0943
  • -Jer19.8
  • 27374-900425-0943
  • -Jer19.9
  • 27375-900425-0943
  • -Jer19.10
  • 27376-900425-0944
  • -Jer19.11
  • 27377-900425-0944
  • -Jer19.12
  • 27378-900425-0945
  • -Jer19.13
  • 27379-900425-0945
  • -Jer19.14
  • 27380-900425-0947
  • -Jer19.15
  • oxen, who resist the yoke, and break and run away with their
  • gears. that they
  • 27381-900425-0948
  • -Jer20.1
  • 01 Pashur, smiting Jeremiah, receives a new name, and a fearful
  • doom
  • 07 Jeremiah complains of contempt
  • 10 Of treachery
  • 14 And of his birth
  • 27382-900425-0951
  • -Jer20.2
  • generally denotes an overthrow, and seems to signify here a sort
  • of stocks, by which the limbs were distorted unto uneasy
  • postures. So the Chadlee, keephtha and Jerome, nervus, which he
  • explains in his comment as 'a kind of wooden fetter, into which
  • the feet were thrust,. Some learned men understand it as merely
  • signifying a place of confinement, or house of correction; but
  • the word is never used for any of the prisons into which the
  • prophet was afterwards cast; and the punishment seems to have
  • been public and ignominious. in the high
  • 27383-900425-0952
  • -Jer20.3
  • 27384-900425-0953
  • -Jer20.4
  • 27385-900425-0954
  • -Jer20.5
  • labour
  • 27386-900425-0955
  • -Jer20.6
  • 27387-900425-0956
  • -Jer20.7
  • 27388-900425-0957
  • -Jer20.8
  • 27389-900425-0958
  • -Jer20.9
  • 27390-900425-1000
  • -Jer20.10
  • 27391-900425-1001
  • -Jer20.11
  • 27392-900425-1002
  • -Jer20.12
  • 27393-900425-1003
  • -Jer20.13
  • 27394-900425-1003
  • -Jer20.14
  • 27395-900425-1004
  • -Jer20.15
  • 27396-900425-1004
  • -Jer20.16
  • 27397-900425-1005
  • -Jer20.17
  • 27398-900425-1006
  • -Jer20.18
  • 27399-900427-0908
  • -Jer21.1
  • 01 Zedikiah sends to Jeremiah to enquire the event of
  • Nebuchadnessar's war
  • 03 Jeremiah foretells a hard seige and miserable captivity
  • 08 He counsels the people to fall to the Chaldeans
  • 11 And upbraids the King's house.
  • delivered abou the ninth year of the reign of Zedekiah. This
  • chapter, observes Dr. Blayney, contains the first of those
  • prophecies which were delivered by Jeremiah subsequent to the
  • revolt of Zedekiah, and the breaking out of the war thereupon;
  • and which are continued on to the taking of Jerusalem.
  • 27400-900427-0914
  • -Jer21.2
  • 27401-900427-0914
  • -Jer21.3
  • 27402-900427-0915
  • -Jer21.4
  • 27403-900427-0915
  • -Jer21.5
  • 27404-900427-0916
  • -Jer21.6
  • 27405-900427-0918
  • -Jer21.7
  • 27406-900427-0918
  • -Jer21.8
  • 27407-900427-0919
  • -Jer21.9
  • 27408-900427-0920
  • -Jer21.10
  • 27409-900427-0920
  • -Jer21.11
  • 27410-900427-0922
  • -Jer21.12
  • 27411-900427-0923
  • -Jer21.13
  • 27412-900427-0924
  • -Jer21.14
  • 27413-900427-0926
  • -Jer22.1
  • 01 He exhorts to repentance, with promises and threats
  • 10 The judgment of Shallum
  • 13 Of Jehoiakim
  • 20 And of Coniah.
  • 27414-900427-0927
  • -Jer22.2
  • 27415-900427-0931
  • -Jer22.3
  • 27416-900427-0932
  • -Jer22.4
  • 27417-900427-0932
  • -Jer22.5
  • 27418-900427-0935
  • -Jer22.6
  • renowned for its rich pastures; and Lebanon was the highest
  • mountain in Israel, celebrated for its stately cedars; and both
  • were therefore, proper emblems of the reigning family. 'But
  • though thou art the richest and most powerful, I who raised thee
  • up, can bring thee down, and made thee a wilderness.' surely
  • 27419-900427-0936
  • -Jer22.7
  • 27420-900427-0937
  • -Jer22.8
  • 27421-900430-0937
  • -Jer22.9
  • 27422-900430-0938
  • -Jer22.10
  • 27423-900430-0939
  • -Jer22.11
  • 27424-900430-0940
  • -Jer22.12
  • 27425-900430-0940
  • -Jer22.13
  • 27426-900430-0941
  • -Jer22.14
  • 27427-900430-0943
  • -Jer22.15
  • 27428-900430-0944
  • -Jer22.16
  • 27429-900430-0947
  • -Jer22.17
  • 27430-900430-0947
  • -Jer22.18
  • 27431-900430-0948
  • -Jer22.19
  • 27432-900430-0948
  • -Jer22.20
  • 27433-900430-0949
  • -Jer22.21
  • 27434-900430-0950
  • -Jer22.22
  • 27435-900430-0951
  • -Jer22.23
  • 27436-900430-0952
  • -Jer22.24
  • 27437-900430-0953
  • -Jer22.25
  • 27438-900430-0953
  • -Jer22.26
  • 27439-900430-0954
  • -Jer22.27
  • 27440-900430-0957
  • -Jer22.28
  • to Zedekiah; for it is to be observed, that Jeconiah is spoken
  • of as absent, and already in captivity. Now if he and his seed
  • had been for their sins thrown aside as a broken idol, or as a
  • vessel which a man despises, how could Zedekiah, who copied and
  • far exceeded them, expect to prosper on the throne of David?
  • 27441-900430-0958
  • -Jer22.29
  • 27442-900430-0959
  • -Jer22.30
  • slain before his eyes; and his eyes being put out, he was
  • carried to Babylon; and we read no more either of him or his
  • posterity.
  • 27443-900430-1001
  • -Jer23.1
  • 01 He prophesies a restoration of the scattered flock
  • 05 Christ shall rule and save them
  • 09 Against false prophets
  • 33 And mockers of the true prophets.
  • 27444-900430-1002
  • -Jer23.2
  • 27445-900430-1003
  • -Jer23.3
  • 27446-900430-1004
  • -Jer23.4
  • 27447-900430-1006
  • -Jer23.5
  • 27448-900430-1008
  • -Jer23.6
  • 27449-900430-1008
  • -Jer23.7
  • 27450-900430-1009
  • -Jer23.8
  • 27451-900430-1010
  • -Jer23.9
  • 27452-900430-1011
  • -Jer23.10
  • 27453-900430-1012
  • -Jer23.11
  • 27454-900430-1013
  • -Jer23.12
  • 27455-900430-1013
  • -Jer23.13
  • 27456-900430-1017
  • -Jer23.14
  • 27457-900430-1017
  • -Jer23.15
  • 27458-900430-1018
  • -Jer23.16
  • 27459-900430-1019
  • -Jer23.17
  • 27460-900430-1024
  • -Jer23.18
  • 27461-900430-1024
  • -Jer23.19
  • 27462-900430-1025
  • -Jer23.20
  • 27463-900430-1026
  • -Jer23.21
  • 27464-900430-1027
  • -Jer23.22
  • 27465-900430-1027
  • -Jer23.23
  • 27466-900430-1029
  • -Jer23.24
  • 27467-900430-1030
  • -Jer23.25
  • 27468-900430-1032
  • -Jer23.26
  • 27469-900430-1032
  • -Jer23.27
  • 27470-900430-1034
  • -Jer23.28
  • true prophets faithfully declare their message, the difference
  • between them will be as evident as that between 'the chaff and
  • the wheat.'
  • 27471-900430-1034
  • -Jer23.29
  • 27472-900430-1035
  • -Jer23.30
  • 27473-900430-1037
  • -Jer23.31
  • 27474-900430-1037
  • -Jer23.32
  • 27475-900430-1038
  • -Jer23.33
  • 27476-900430-1039
  • -Jer23.34
  • 27477-900430-1039
  • -Jer23.35
  • 27478-900430-1041
  • -Jer23.36
  • 27479-900430-1041
  • -Jer23.37
  • 27480-900430-1042
  • -Jer23.38
  • 27481-900430-1043
  • -Jer23.39
  • 27482-900430-1043
  • -Jer23.40
  • 27483-900501-0909
  • -Jer24.1
  • 01 Under the type of good and bad figs
  • 04 He foreshews the restoration of them that were in captivity
  • 08 And the desolation of Zedekiah and the rest
  • 27484-900501-0911
  • -Jer24.2
  • those which are ripe about six weeks before the full season,
  • which are reckoned a great dainty.
  • state.
  • 27485-900501-0912
  • -Jer24.3
  • 27486-900501-0913
  • -Jer24.4
  • 27487-900501-0914
  • -Jer24.5
  • 27488-900501-0915
  • -Jer24.6
  • 27489-900501-0916
  • -Jer24.7
  • 27490-900501-0917
  • -Jer24.8
  • 27491-900501-0918
  • -Jer24.9
  • 27492-900501-0919
  • -Jer24.10
  • 27493-900501-0923
  • -Jer25.1
  • 01 Jeremiah, reproving the Jews' disobedience to the prophets
  • 08 Foretells the seventy years' captivity
  • 12 And after that, the destruction of Babylon
  • 15 Under the type of a cup of wine he forshews the destruction
  • of all nations
  • 34 The howling of the shepherds
  • Nabopollasar two years before the death of the latter; and from
  • this time the Jewish computation of Nebuchadnezzar's reign
  • begins; that is, from the end of the third year of Jehoiakim;
  • and therefore, according to them, the fourth year of Jehoiakim
  • was the first year of Nebuchadnezzar. But the Babylonians date
  • the commencement of his reign two years later, that is, on the
  • death of his father; which computation is followed by Daniel,
  • who wrote in Chadlee.
  • 27494-900501-0924
  • -Jer25.2
  • 27495-900501-0925
  • -Jer25.3
  • 27496-900501-0926
  • -Jer25.4
  • lived about this time. Zephaniah also prophesied during part of
  • the time; and it is probable that Habakkuk was contemporary with
  • them. rising
  • 27497-900501-0927
  • -Jer25.5
  • 27498-900501-0928
  • -Jer25.6
  • 27499-900501-0928
  • -Jer25.7
  • 27500-900501-0929
  • -Jer25.8
  • 27501-900501-0930
  • -Jer25.9
  • 27502-900501-0932
  • -Jer25.10
  • where in the morning may be heard the noise of the mills, which
  • often awakens people; for they generally grind every day just as
  • much as may be necessary for the day's consumption. Where, then,
  • the noise of the mill is not heard in the morning, nor the light
  • of the candle seen in the evening, there must be an utter
  • desolation.
  • 27503-900501-0933
  • -Jer25.11
  • Jehoiakim, and began to be accomplished immediately; and it was
  • exactly seventy years from this time to the proclamation of
  • Cyrus for the return of the Jews.
  • 27504-900501-0935
  • -Jer25.12
  • 27505-900501-0935
  • -Jer25.13
  • 27506-900501-0937
  • -Jer25.14
  • 27507-900501-0937
  • -Jer25.15
  • 27508-900501-0938
  • -Jer25.16
  • 27509-900501-0938
  • -Jer25.17
  • 27510-900501-0939
  • -Jer25.18
  • 27511-900501-0940
  • -Jer25.19
  • 27512-900501-0941
  • -Jer25.20
  • 27513-900501-0942
  • -Jer25.21
  • 27514-900501-0943
  • -Jer25.22
  • 27515-900501-0944
  • -Jer25.23
  • the corners of the hair polled
  • 27516-900501-0945
  • -Jer25.24
  • 27517-900501-0946
  • -Jer25.25
  • 27518-900501-0947
  • -Jer25.26
  • 27519-900501-0948
  • -Jer25.27
  • 27520-900501-0948
  • -Jer25.28
  • 27521-900501-0949
  • -Jer25.29
  • 27522-900501-0950
  • -Jer25.30
  • 27523-900501-0952
  • -Jer25.31
  • through all the nations of the East, and afterwards the
  • destruction of Babylon by the Medes and Persians, are here
  • primarily foretold in this awful language; but it also accords
  • very much with the passages in which the ruin of all the anti
  • christian powers is evidently predicted.
  • 27524-900501-0953
  • -Jer25.32
  • 27525-900501-0953
  • -Jer25.33
  • 27526-900501-0955
  • -Jer25.34
  • 27527-900501-0956
  • -Jer25.35
  • and escaping from
  • 27528-900501-0956
  • -Jer25.36
  • 27529-900501-0957
  • -Jer25.37
  • 27530-900501-0957
  • -Jer25.38
  • 27531-900501-1011
  • -Jer26.1
  • 01 Jeremiah by promises and threatenings exhorts to repentance
  • 08 He is therefore apprehended
  • 10 And arraigned
  • 12 His apology
  • 16 He is quit in judgment, by the example of Micah
  • 20 And of Urijah
  • 24 And by the care of Ahikam
  • 27532-900501-1013
  • -Jer26.2
  • assembled for the purpose of religious worship on ordinary
  • occasions, when they brought no sacrifices; but when they
  • offered a sacrifice, they were to bring it into the inner court,
  • or that of the priests. all the words
  • 27533-900501-1013
  • -Jer26.3
  • 27534-900501-1014
  • -Jer26.4
  • 27535-900501-1015
  • -Jer26.5
  • 27536-900501-1016
  • -Jer26.6
  • 27537-900501-1016
  • -Jer26.7
  • 27538-900501-1018
  • -Jer26.8
  • 27539-900501-1019
  • -Jer26.9
  • 27540-900501-1019
  • -Jer26.10
  • 27541-900501-1020
  • -Jer26.11
  • this man. for he
  • 27542-900501-1021
  • -Jer26.12
  • 27543-900501-1022
  • -Jer26.13
  • 27544-900501-1022
  • -Jer26.14
  • right in your eyes
  • 27545-900501-1023
  • -Jer26.15
  • 27546-900501-1024
  • -Jer26.16
  • 27547-900501-1028
  • -Jer26.17
  • Jerusalem, ordered his soldiers to demolish it, except three of
  • the largest and most beautiful towers, and the western wall of
  • the city; all the rest was levelled, so that they who had never
  • before seen it, could scarely persuade themselves it had been
  • inhabited. The Jewish writers also inform us, that Turnus Rufus,
  • whom Titus had left in command, ploughed up the very foundations
  • of the temple. When Dr. Richardson visited this sacred spot in
  • 1818, he found one part of Mount Zion supporting a crop of
  • barley, and another undergoing the labour of the plough: the
  • soil turned up consisted of stone and lime mixed with earth,
  • such as is usually met with in foundations of ruined cities. It
  • is nearly a mile in circumference; is highest on the west side,
  • and towards the east, falls down in broad terraces on the upper
  • part of the mountain as it slopes down towrds the brook Kedron.
  • 27549-900501-1030
  • -Jer26.19
  • Lord
  • 27550-900501-1030
  • -Jer26.20
  • 27551-900501-1031
  • -Jer26.21
  • 27552-900501-1031
  • -Jer26.22
  • 27553-900501-1032
  • -Jer26.23
  • 27554-900501-1033
  • -Jer26.24
  • 27555-900502-0915
  • -Jer27.1
  • 01 Under the type of bonds and yokes he prophesies the subduing
  • of the neighbour kings unto Nebuchadnezzar.
  • 08 He exhorts them to yield, and not to believe the false
  • prophets.
  • 12 The like he does to Zedekiah
  • 19 He foretells the remnant of the vessels shall be carried to
  • Babylon, and there continue until the day of visitation
  • 27556-900502-0916
  • -Jer27.2
  • 27557-900502-0916
  • -Jer27.3
  • 27558-900502-0917
  • -Jer27.4
  • saying. thus, the Lord
  • 27559-900502-0918
  • -Jer27.5
  • 27560-900502-0919
  • -Jer27.6
  • 27561-900502-0920
  • -Jer27.7
  • 27562-900502-0926
  • -Jer27.8
  • this method of predicting Nebuchadnezzar's rapid successes. The
  • God of Israel, declaring himself to be the Lord of armies, and
  • the Creator and Owner of the whole earth, with all its
  • inhabitants and productions, and claiming full sovereignty over
  • his creatures, avows his determination, for reasons he does not
  • deign to assign, to give all the countries of the world to the
  • king of Babylon, whom he calls his servant, because he would
  • accomplish an important part of his most righteous designs.
  • They, therefore, who would escape the most dreadful judgments,
  • must submit to the God of Israel, by submitting to
  • Nebuchadnezzar; they must hearken to the prophets of Israel, and
  • not to their own diviners; and they must observe, that
  • Nebuchadnezzar, his son, and his grandson, would whatever
  • opposition should be made, possess the full dominion of all
  • these countries, till the appointed time was expired; and then,
  • these haughty conquerors would in their turn become the prey of
  • other powerful conquerors; all of which was most exactly
  • fulfilled. that nation.
  • 27563-900502-0927
  • -Jer27.9
  • 27564-900502-0927
  • -Jer27.10
  • 27565-900502-0928
  • -Jer27.11
  • 27566-900502-0928
  • -Jer27.12
  • 27567-900502-0929
  • -Jer27.13
  • 27568-900502-0930
  • -Jer27.14
  • 27569-900502-0933
  • -Jer27.15
  • 27570-900502-0933
  • -Jer27.16
  • 27571-900502-0934
  • -Jer27.17
  • 27572-900502-0936
  • -Jer27.18
  • 27573-900502-0937
  • -Jer27.19
  • 27574-900502-0938
  • -Jer27.20
  • 27575-900502-0939
  • -Jer27.21
  • 27576-900502-0939
  • -Jer27.22
  • 27577-900502-0942
  • -Jer28.1
  • 01 Hananiah prophesies falsely the return of the vessels, and of
  • Jeconiah
  • 05 Jeremiah, wishing it to be true, shews that the event will
  • declare the true prophets
  • 10 Hananhiah breaks Jeremiah's yoke
  • 12 Jeremiah tells of an iron yoke
  • 15 And foretells Hananiah's death
  • 27578-900502-0943
  • -Jer28.2
  • 27579-900502-0944
  • -Jer28.3
  • 27580-900502-0946
  • -Jer28.4
  • who looked upon Zedekiah only as Nebuchadnezzar's deputy.
  • Hananiah seems to have been more desirous of popular than regal
  • favour; for this prediction could not be altogether agreeable to
  • Zedekiah. But he was evidently a weak as well as a wicked
  • prince, and very generally despised. Jeconiah.
  • 27581-900502-0946
  • -Jer28.5
  • 27582-900502-0947
  • -Jer28.6
  • 27583-900502-0947
  • -Jer28.7
  • 27584-900502-0950
  • -Jer28.8
  • Habakkuk, Zephaniah, and others, all of whom had denounced
  • similar evils against a corrupt people. So that they who opposed
  • Jeremiah also opposed those who preceded him; and it was
  • altogether unprecedented for a true prophet to promise
  • deliverance to a guilty nation, without calling them to
  • repentance. prophesied
  • 27585-900502-0950
  • -Jer28.9
  • 27586-900502-0951
  • -Jer28.10
  • 27587-900502-0951
  • -Jer28.11
  • 27588-900502-0952
  • -Jer28.12
  • 27589-900502-0952
  • -Jer28.13
  • Nebuchadnezzar.
  • 27590-900502-0953
  • -Jer28.14
  • 27591-900502-0955
  • -Jer28.15
  • priests and people who were prejudiced in favour of the false
  • prophets, who prophesied to them smooth things.
  • 27592-900502-0956
  • -Jer28.16
  • 27593-900502-0958
  • -Jer28.17
  • month, and Hananiah died in the seventh month; exactly two
  • months after he had delivered his false prophecy, which he
  • declared, in the name of God, would be fulfilled in two years.
  • Here then the true prophet was demonstrated, and the false
  • prophet detected. The death of Hananiah, thus predicted, was
  • God's seal to the words of His prophet, and must have gained his
  • other predictions great credit among the people; though it is
  • evident that it did not induce them to forsake their sins and
  • return to the God of Israel.
  • 27594-900503-0949
  • -Jer29.1
  • 01 Jeremiah sends a letter to the captives in Babylon to be
  • quiet there
  • 08 And not to belive the dreams of their prophets
  • 10 And that they shall return with grace after seventy years
  • 15 He foretells the destruction of the rest for their
  • disobedience
  • 20 He shews the fearful end of Ahab and Zedekiah, two lying
  • prophets
  • 24 Shemaiah writes a letter against Jeremiah
  • 30 Jeremiah foretells his doom
  • have taken place in the first or second year of Zedekiah. of the
  • letter.
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  • -Jer29.2
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  • -Jer29.3
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  • -Jer29.7
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  • -Jer29.14
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  • -Jer29.18
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  • -Jer29.20
  • prophet to the captives in Babylon, and the first ends with this
  • verse. That having heard, on the return of the embassy, that the
  • captives had received his advices favourably, and because they
  • were deceived by false prophets, who promised them a speedier
  • deliverance, he therefore wrote a second letter, beginning with
  • the fifteenth verse, and going on with the twenty-first, (in
  • which order these verses are read in the Septuagint,) in which
  • he denounces God's judgments on the three chief of those, Ahab,
  • Zedekiah, and Shemaiah. all ye
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  • -Jer29.21
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  • -Jer29.22
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  • -Jer29.26
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  • -Jer29.30
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  • -Jer29.31
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  • -Jer29.32
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  • -Jer30.1
  • 01 God shews Jeremiah the return of the Jews
  • 04 After their trouble they shall have deliverance
  • 10 He comforts Jacob
  • 18 Their return shall be gracious
  • 23 Wrath shall fall on the wicked
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  • -Jer30.2
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  • -Jer30.3
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  • -Jer30.4
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  • -Jer30.7
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  • -Jer30.8
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  • -Jer30.11
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  • -Jer30.12
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  • -Jer30.13
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  • -Jer30.14
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  • -Jer30.15
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  • -Jer30.16
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  • -Jer30.17
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  • -Jer30.22
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  • -Jer30.23
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  • -Jer30.24
  • 27650-900507-0947
  • -Jer31.1
  • 01 The restoration of Israel
  • 10 The publication thereof
  • 15 Rahel mourning is comforted
  • 18 Ephraim repenting is brought home again
  • 22 Christ is promised
  • 27 His care over the church
  • 31 His new covenant
  • 35 The stability
  • 38 And amplitude of the church
  • 27651-900507-0949
  • -Jer31.2
  • 27652-900507-0951
  • -Jer31.3
  • kindness unto
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  • -Jer31.4
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  • -Jer31.5
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  • -Jer31.6
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  • -Jer31.7
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  • -Jer31.8
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  • -Jer31.10
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  • -Jer31.12
  • 27662-900507-1008
  • -Jer31.13
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  • -Jer31.14
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  • -Jer31.15
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  • -Jer31.16
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  • -Jer31.17
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  • -Jer31.18
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  • -Jer31.19
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  • -Jer31.20
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  • -Jer31.21
  • 27671-900507-1026
  • -Jer31.22
  • namely a virgin,') shall encompass a man,' or a male child:
  • which together with the addition of a new creation, may well be
  • understood to denote the miraculous conception. Hence the Jews
  • have applied it determinately to the Messiah. In berashith Rabba
  • it is said, that as God punished Israel in a virgin, so would
  • he also heal; and in Midrash Tillim, on Ps 2. R. Huna, in the
  • name of R. Idi, speaking of the sufferings of the Messiah, says,
  • that when his hour is come, God shall say, "I must create him
  • with a new creation; and so he saith, This day I have begotten
  • thee."
  • 27672-900507-1027
  • -Jer31.23
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  • -Jer31.24
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  • -Jer31.25
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  • -Jer31.26
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  • -Jer31.27
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  • -Jer31.28
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  • -Jer31.29
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  • -Jer31.30
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  • -Jer31.32
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  • -Jer31.33
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  • -Jer31.34
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  • -Jer31.35
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  • -Jer31.36
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  • -Jer31.37
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  • -Jer31.38
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  • -Jer31.39
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  • -Jer31.40
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  • -Jer32.1
  • 01 Jeremiah, being imprisoned by Zedekiah for his prophecy
  • 06 Buys Hanameel's field
  • 13 Baruch must preserve the evidences, as tokens of the people's
  • return
  • 16 Jeremiah in his prayer complains to God
  • 26 God confirms the captivity for their sins
  • 36 And promises a gracious return.
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  • -Jer32.2
  • preceding year, and continued a year after, ending in the fifth
  • month of the following year; consequently the siege must have
  • lasted eighteen months and twenty-seven days.
  • 27692-900509-0655
  • -Jer32.3
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  • -Jer32.4
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  • -Jer32.5
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  • -Jer32.6
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  • -Jer32.7
  • 27697-900509-0700
  • -Jer32.8
  • this purchase; the whole of which was designed as a symbolical
  • act, to shew the people, that although Judah and Jerusalem
  • should be desolated, and the inhabitants carried captive to
  • Babylon, yet there should be a restoration, when lands and
  • possessions should be again enjoyed by their legal owners, in
  • the same manner as formerly. During the famine that prevailed in
  • the city, Hanameel probably wanted money to purchase bread, and
  • his field would not be thought of much value in such
  • circumstances, which may account for the stipulated sum being so
  • very small; for a 2s 6d. the shekel, it would only amount of
  • about 2l.2s.6d.
  • 27698-900509-0701
  • -Jer32.9
  • of silver
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  • -Jer32.10
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  • -Jer32.13
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  • -Jer32.14
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  • -Jer32.15
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  • -Jer32.16
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  • -Jer32.17
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  • -Jer32.18
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  • -Jer32.19
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  • -Jer32.22
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  • -Jer32.23
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  • -Jer32.24
  • on; and so formed as to be capable of being moved forwards
  • towards the city.
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  • -Jer32.25
  • 3 je 32.24 ps 77.19 97.2 jno 13.7 ro 11.33,34
  • 27715-900509-0716
  • -Jer32.26
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  • -Jer32.27
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  • -Jer32.28
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  • -Jer32.29
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  • -Jer32.32
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  • -Jer32.34
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  • -Jer32.35
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  • -Jer32.36
  • 27726-900509-0727
  • -Jer32.37
  • extent was not made good to those that returned from captivity;
  • because they were frequently infested with wars, as well by the
  • kings of Syria and Egypt as by the rest of their neighbours; and
  • they were finally subdued and destroyed by the Romans'. God's
  • word cannot fail; therefore there remaineth yet a rest for the
  • ancient people of God
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  • -Jer32.38
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  • -Jer32.39
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  • -Jer32.40
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  • -Jer32.41
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  • -Jer32.42
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  • -Jer32.43
  • 27733-900509-0734
  • -Jer32.44
  • take a good price in Judah and Jerusalem; and though they now
  • are almost valueless, there shall again be a sufficiency of
  • purchasers. Trade shall revive, for they shall have money enough
  • to buy land with; husbandry shall revive, for those that have
  • money, shall covet to lay it out upon lands; laws shall again
  • have their due course, for they shall subscribe evidences, and
  • seal them.
  • 27734-900511-0333
  • -Jer33.1
  • 01 God promises to the captivity a gracious return
  • 09 A joyful state
  • 12 A settled government
  • 15 Christ the branch of righteousness
  • 17 A continuance of kingdom and priesthood
  • 19 And a stability of a blessed seed
  • Zedekiah, Jeremiah being still shut up in prison; but he was now
  • in the court of the prison, where the elders and the king's
  • officers might consult him with the greater ease. He
  • 27735-900511-0336
  • -Jer33.2
  • to perform that which He is now about to promise; thus rendered
  • by Dahler; 'Thus saith the Eternal, who doeth that which he hath
  • said.'
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  • -Jer33.3
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  • -Jer33.4
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  • -Jer33.5
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  • -Jer33.6
  • others; but health, or the healing or closing of a wound, as the
  • cognate Arabic areekat signifies, from araka, to heal. and will
  • 27740-900511-0343
  • -Jer33.7
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  • -Jer33.8
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  • -Jer33.9
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  • -Jer33.10
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  • -Jer33.12
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  • -Jer33.13
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  • -Jer33.14
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  • -Jer33.15
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  • -Jer33.16
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  • -Jer33.17
  • David
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  • -Jer33.18
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  • -Jer33.19
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  • -Jer33.20
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  • -Jer33.21
  • time, a period of nearly eighteen hundred years, the Jews have
  • had neither a king nor any form of government whatever; nor has
  • the office of high priest, or priest of any kind offering
  • sacrifice, been exercised among them during the same period.
  • Hence this must be understood of the spiritual David, Jesus
  • Christ, both the king and High Priest of his church, 'the Israel
  • of God,' in whom the covenant of royalty with David and his
  • seed, and that of priesthood with Aaron and his seed, have
  • received their full accomplishment; and all the sacrifices of
  • that dispensation were superseded by his 'one oblation of
  • himself,' the efficacy of which remains for ever.
  • 27755-900511-0426
  • -Jer33.22
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  • -Jer33.23
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  • -Jer33.24
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  • -Jer33.25
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  • -Jer33.26
  • 27760-900511-0458
  • -Jer34.1
  • 01 Jeremiah prophesies the captivity of Zedekiah and the city
  • 08 The princes and the people having dismissed their
  • bond-servants, contrary to the covenant of God, re-assume them
  • 12 Jeremiah, for their disobedience, gives them and Zedekiah
  • into the hands of their enemies.
  • discourses, one concerning the taking of the city, and
  • Zedekiah's captivity and death; and the other containing an
  • invective against the inhabitants of Jerusalem for retaining
  • their Hebrew slaves; both of which were delivered in the tenth
  • year of Zedekiah. When
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  • -Jer34.2
  • 27762-900511-0500
  • -Jer34.3
  • speak to thy mouth
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  • -Jer34.4
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  • -Jer34.5
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  • -Jer34.6
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  • -Jer34.7
  • 27767-900511-0504
  • -Jer34.8
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  • -Jer34.10
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  • -Jer34.11
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  • -Jer34.12
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  • -Jer34.13
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  • -Jer34.14
  • sabbatical year had been wholly neglected some centuries before
  • the captivity; and the author of the second book of Chronicles
  • assigns this as a reason for the captivity, 'that the land might
  • enjoy her sabbaths.' Now, if we reckon the seventy years'
  • captivity as a punishment for this neglect, it will follow that
  • the law on this subject had been disregarded for about 490
  • years.
  • 27774-900511-0511
  • -Jer34.15
  • 27775-900511-0512
  • -Jer34.16
  • 27776-900511-0514
  • -Jer34.17
  • restrained the sword from cutting them off; but now having
  • resumed their authority over them, He proclaimed liberty to
  • these dire judgments to sieze upon, and destroy them.
  • 27777-900511-0515
  • -Jer34.18
  • 27778-900511-0516
  • -Jer34.19
  • 27779-900511-0516
  • -Jer34.20
  • 27780-900511-0517
  • -Jer34.21
  • 27781-900511-0519
  • -Jer34.22
  • obstinate defence, took it, plundered it, and burnt it to the
  • ground, taking Zedekiah, his princes, and people, captive.
  • 27782-900511-0557
  • -Jer35.1
  • 01 By the obedience of the Rechabites
  • 12 Jeremiah condemns the disobedience of the Jews
  • 18 God blesses the Rechabites for their obedience
  • delivered in the fourth year of Jehoiakim's reign, when the king
  • of Babylon made war against him. in the
  • 27783-900511-0558
  • -Jer35.2
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  • -Jer35.3
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  • -Jer35.4
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  • -Jer35.5
  • 27787-900511-0607
  • -Jer35.6
  • of God, and who lived about three hundred years before this
  • time, had probably practised these rules himself; and having
  • trained up his children to habits of abstemiousness, he enjoined
  • them and their posterity to adhere to them. In these regulations
  • he seems to have had no religious, but merely a prudential view,
  • as is intimated in the reason annexed to them 'that ye may live
  • many days in the land where ye be strangers.' And this would be
  • the natural consequence of observing these rules; for their
  • temperate mode of living would very much contribute to preserve
  • health and prolong life; and they would avoid giving umbrage, or
  • exciting the jealousy or envy of the Jews, who might have been
  • provoked, by their engaging an succeeding in the principal
  • business in which they themselves were engaged, agriculture and
  • vine-dressing to expel them their country; by which they would
  • have been deprived of the religious advantages they enjoyed. in
  • 1CH 2.55, they are termed scribes, which intimates that they
  • were engaged in some kind of literary employments.
  • 27788-900511-0607
  • -Jer35.7
  • 27789-900511-0607
  • -Jer35.8
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  • -Jer35.9
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  • -Jer35.10
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  • -Jer35.11
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  • -Jer35.12
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  • -Jer35.13
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  • -Jer35.14
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  • -Jer35.15
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  • -Jer35.16
  • 27798-900511-0614
  • -Jer35.17
  • convicted the Jews of ingratitude and rebellion, He now proceeds
  • to pass sentence against them. Behold.
  • 27799-900511-0614
  • -Jer35.18
  • 27800-900511-0616
  • -Jer35.19
  • the son of Rechab to stand.
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  • -Jer36.1
  • 5-10 and publicly to read it
  • 11-18 The princes, having intelligence thereof by Michaiah, send
  • Jehudi to fetch the roll and read it
  • 19 The will Baruch to hide himself and Jeremeiah
  • 20-26 The king, Jehoikim, being certified thereof, hears part
  • of it
  • and burns the roll
  • 27-31 Jeremiah denounces his judgment
  • 32 Baruch writes a new copy
  • 27802-900505-2130
  • -Jer36.2
  • 27803-900505-2135
  • -Jer36.3
  • 27804-900505-2137
  • -Jer36.4
  • Baruch is supposed to have been a disciple of Jeremiah; and
  • being
  • a ready scribe, he was employed by the prophet as amanuenis
  • 27805-900505-2140
  • -Jer36.5
  • 27806-900505-2141
  • -Jer36.6
  • 27807-900505-2144
  • -Jer36.7
  • shall fall
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  • -Jer36.8
  • 27809-900505-2147
  • -Jer36.9
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  • -Jer36.10
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  • -Jer36.11
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  • -Jer36.12
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  • -Jer36.13
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  • -Jer36.14
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  • -Jer36.15
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  • -Jer36.16
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  • -Jer36.17
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  • -Jer36.18
  • {Baddeyo} us rendered by some, [after him]; but {deyo} (in
  • Chaldee
  • and Syriac {deyootha, and in Welsh {du}},) certainly denotes
  • {ink}
  • whence are derived the Arabic {dawat} and {deweet}, and Persian
  • {deeveet, an ink holder} the Syriac {dayowo}, and Persian {div},
  • the devil. So the Alendrain copy of the LXX, has [], and Vulgate
  • {atramento} `with ink' Perhaps the princes supposed that Baruch
  • had written this roll from memory; and that it was rather to be
  • considered as his composition, than the substance of jerimiah's
  • prophecies; and they might ask this apparently frivolous
  • question
  • in order to allay the alarms excited by considering it as the
  • word
  • of God. But Baruch, with great simplicity, so answered their
  • question, as to shew that he only acted as Jeremiah's
  • amanuensis,
  • and wrote verbatim what he had dictated.
  • 27819-900505-2205
  • -Jer36.19
  • 27820-900505-2206
  • -Jer36.20
  • 27821-900505-2207
  • -Jer36.21
  • 27822-900505-2210
  • -Jer36.22
  • snow is often upon the ground in Palestine,) in which was a pan
  • or
  • brazier ({ach, or ikhkh}, as it is pronounced in Arabic) of
  • burning charcoal; for we learn from Bp Pococke, and Dr. Russuel,
  • that this was the mode in which the Orientals warmed their
  • apartments
  • 27823-900505-2211
  • -Jer36.23
  • 27824-900505-2213
  • -Jer36.24
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  • -Jer36.25
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  • -Jer36.26
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  • -Jer36.27
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  • -Jer36.28
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  • -Jer36.29
  • 27830-900505-2229
  • -Jer36.30
  • Sir J. Chardin observes, `In the Lower asia, in particular, the
  • day
  • is always hot; and as soon as the sun is fifteen degrees above
  • the
  • horizon, no cold is felt in the depth of winter itself. On the
  • contrary, in the height of summer the nights are as cold as at
  • Paris in the month of March. It is for this reason that in
  • Persia
  • and Turkey they always make use of furred habits in the country,
  • such only being sufficient to resist the cold of the nights. I
  • have travelled in Arabia, and in Mesoptamia, (the theatre of the
  • adventures of Jacob,) both in winter and in summer, and have
  • found
  • the truth of what the Patriarch said, `That he was scorched with
  • the heat in the day, and stiffened with cold in the night.'
  • This contrariety in the qualities of the air in twenty-four
  • hours
  • is extremely great in some places, and not conceivable by those
  • that have not felt it; one would imagine that he had passed in a
  • moment fron the violent heats of summer to the depth of winter.
  • Thus it had pleased God to temper the heat of the sun by the
  • coldness of night, without which the greatest part of the East
  • would be barren, and a desert."
  • 27831-900505-2231
  • -Jer36.31
  • 27832-900505-2233
  • -Jer36.32
  • 27833-900505-2324
  • -Jer37.1
  • king Zedekiah sends to Jeremiah to pray for the people
  • 6-10 Jeremiah propheises the Chaldeans' certain return and
  • victory
  • 11-15 He is taken for a fugitive, beaten, and put in prison
  • 16,17 He assures Zedekiah of the captivity
  • 18-21 Intreating for his liberty, he obtains some favour
  • 27834-900505-2327
  • -Jer37.2
  • 27835-900505-2329
  • -Jer37.3
  • 27836-900505-2329
  • -Jer37.4
  • 27837-900505-2334
  • -Jer37.5
  • This was Pharaoh Hophra, or Apries, as he is called by
  • Herodotus,
  • who succeeded his father Psammis on the throne of Egypt, A.M.
  • 3410
  • B.C. 594, and reigned twenty-five years. Having entered into a
  • confederacy with Zedekiah,
  • caused Nebuchadnezzar to raise the siege of Jerusalem to
  • meet him; during which period the transactions detailed here
  • took
  • place
  • 27838-900505-2334
  • -Jer37.6
  • 27839-900505-2335
  • -Jer37.7
  • 27840-900505-2336
  • -Jer37.8
  • 27841-900505-2337
  • -Jer37.9
  • 27842-900505-2338
  • -Jer37.10
  • 27843-900505-2339
  • -Jer37.11
  • 27844-900505-2340
  • -Jer37.12
  • 27845-900505-2342
  • -Jer37.13
  • 27846-900505-2348
  • -Jer37.14
  • 27847-900505-2353
  • -Jer37.15
  • 27848-900505-2354
  • -Jer37.16
  • 27849-900505-2357
  • -Jer37.17
  • 27850-900505-2358
  • -Jer37.18
  • 27851-900506-0000
  • -Jer37.19
  • 27852-900506-0001
  • -Jer37.20
  • 27853-900506-0005
  • -Jer37.21
  • 27854-900506-1428
  • -Jer38.1
  • Malchiah
  • 7-13 Edeb-melech, by suit, gets him some enlargement
  • 14-23 Upon secret conference, he counsels the king by yielding
  • to save his life
  • 24-28 By the king's instructions he conceals the conference from
  • the princes.
  • 27855-900506-1430
  • -Jer38.2
  • 27856-900506-1430
  • -Jer38.3
  • 27857-900506-1432
  • -Jer38.4
  • 27858-900506-1433
  • -Jer38.5
  • 27859-900506-1444
  • -Jer38.6
  • This dungeon, which seems to have belonged to one of Zedekiah's
  • sons, appears to have been a most dreadful place; the horrors of
  • which were probably augmented by the cruelty of the jailor. `The
  • eastern people,' observes Sir J. Chardin, `have not different
  • prisons for the different classes of criminals; the judges do
  • not
  • trouble themselves about where the prisoners are confined, or
  • how
  • they are treated, considering it merely as a place of safety;
  • and
  • all that they require of the jailor is, that the prisoner be
  • forthcoming when called for. As to the rest, he is master to do
  • as he pleases; to treat him ill or well; to put him in irons or
  • not; to shut him in close, or hold him in easier restraint; to
  • admit people to him, or to suffer nobody to see him. If the
  • jailor and his servants have large fees, let the person be the
  • greatest rascal in the world, he shall be lodged in the jailor's
  • own apartment, and the best part of it; and on the contrary, if
  • those that have imprisoned a man give the jailor greater
  • presents,
  • or that he has a greater regard for them, he will treat the
  • prisoner with the greatest inhumanity.' This adds a double
  • energy
  • to those passages which speak of `the sighing of the prisoner'
  • and
  • to Jeremiah's supplicating that he might not be remanded to the
  • dungeon of Jonathan.
  • 27860-900506-1446
  • -Jer38.7
  • 27861-900506-1446
  • -Jer38.8
  • 27862-900506-1448
  • -Jer38.9
  • 27863-900506-1448
  • -Jer38.10
  • 27864-900506-1448
  • -Jer38.11
  • 27865-900506-1449
  • -Jer38.12
  • 27866-900506-1450
  • -Jer38.13
  • 27867-900506-1451
  • -Jer38.14
  • 27868-900506-1452
  • -Jer38.15
  • 27869-900506-1453
  • -Jer38.16
  • 27870-900506-1454
  • -Jer38.17
  • 27871-900506-1455
  • -Jer38.18
  • 27872-900506-1457
  • -Jer38.19
  • 27873-900506-1458
  • -Jer38.20
  • 27874-900506-1502
  • -Jer38.21
  • 27875-900506-1511
  • -Jer38.22
  • Mr. Harmer would render, `and here (hennah, or reading hinneh,
  • behold,) the women (wont to sing on public occasions) shall say,
  • '
  • etc.; observing `that these bitter speeches much better suit the
  • lips of women belonging to the conquering nation, singing
  • before a
  • captive prince, than of his own wives and concubines.' This he
  • illustrates by the following extract from Della Valle: When he
  • was
  • at Lar, in Persia, the king of Ormuz was brough thither in
  • triumph; and `this poor unfortunate king entered LAr, with his
  • people, in the morning, music playing, and girls and women
  • singing
  • and dancing before him, according to the custom of Persia, and
  • the
  • people flocking together with a prodigious concourse, and
  • conducting him in a pompous and magnificent manner, particularly
  • with colours displayed, like what the Messenians formerely did
  • to
  • Philopoemen, the general of the Athenians, their prisoner of
  • war,
  • according to the report of Justin.'
  • 27876-900506-1513
  • -Jer38.23
  • 27877-900506-1513
  • -Jer38.24
  • 27878-900506-1514
  • -Jer38.25
  • 27879-900506-1515
  • -Jer38.26
  • 27880-900506-1516
  • -Jer38.27
  • 27881-900506-1516
  • -Jer38.28
  • 27882-900506-1525
  • -Jer39.1
  • 4-7 Zedekiah is made blind and sent to Babylon
  • 8 The city laid in ruins
  • 9,10 and the people captivated
  • 11,14 Nebuchadrezzar's charge for the good usage of Jeremiah
  • 15-18 God's promise to Ebed-melech
  • This was the month Tebeth
  • the city.
  • 27883-900506-1527
  • -Jer39.2
  • This was the month Tammuz, which commences with the first moon
  • of
  • July: the siege had lasted just eighteen months
  • 27884-900506-1533
  • -Jer39.3
  • These were the principal commanders; but Dr. Blayney thinks
  • that,
  • instead of six persons, we have in reality but three, as the
  • name
  • that follows each is the title of the office. Thus
  • Nergal
  • -Sharezer, who was Samgar-nebo, or keeper, i.e, priest of
  • Nebo; Sarsechim, who was Rab-saris, or chief eunuch; and
  • Nergal-sharezer, who was Rab-meg, or chief magi; as the words
  • mog
  • in Persian, magoos in Arabic, magooshia in Syriac, and [] in
  • Greek, signify; and we learn from Justin and Curtius that the
  • magi
  • attended the king in war.
  • 27885-900506-1535
  • -Jer39.4
  • 27886-900506-1537
  • -Jer39.5
  • 27887-900506-1538
  • -Jer39.6
  • 27888-900506-1540
  • -Jer39.7
  • 27889-900506-1541
  • -Jer39.8
  • 27890-900506-1543
  • -Jer39.9
  • executioners, or slaughter-men
  • 27891-900506-1544
  • -Jer39.10
  • 27892-900506-1546
  • -Jer39.11
  • Nebuchadnezzar must have frequently heard of Jeremiah's
  • predictions, many of which were now fulfilled, which would
  • dispose
  • him to respect his character and treat him with kindness.
  • 27893-900506-1548
  • -Jer39.12
  • 27894-900506-1548
  • -Jer39.13
  • 27895-900506-1551
  • -Jer39.14
  • 27896-900506-1552
  • -Jer39.15
  • 27897-900506-1554
  • -Jer39.16
  • 27898-900506-1556
  • -Jer39.17
  • 27899-900506-1557
  • -Jer39.18
  • 27900-900506-1626
  • -Jer40.1
  • 7-12 The dispersed Jews repair unto him
  • 13-16 Johanan revealing Ishmael's conspiracy is not believed
  • This, and the four following chapters, record the events which
  • occurred in Judea from the taking of Jerusalem to the retreat of
  • the remnant of the people to Egypt; and contain several
  • prophecies
  • of Jeremiah concerning them there; which were `the word which
  • came
  • to Jeremiah from the Lord.' It appears that Jeremiah, after
  • being
  • freed from prison, continued among the Jews, till he was bound,
  • with others of them, and carried to Ramah; where he was set a
  • liberty in the manner related.
  • 27901-900506-1627
  • -Jer40.2
  • 27902-900506-1629
  • -Jer40.3
  • 27903-900506-1629
  • -Jer40.4
  • 27904-900506-1633
  • -Jer40.5
  • allowance, sufficient for the journey,) and a present,'
  • masseath.
  • 27905-900506-1637
  • -Jer40.6
  • It has been doubted whether Jeremiah acted prudently in this
  • decision, as the event seems to indicate the contrary, and as it
  • was the evident meaning of all his predictions that the Jews
  • should not prosper in their own country till the expiration of
  • the
  • seventy years. But he was evidently influenced by the most
  • unbounded love to his country, for whose welfare he had watched,
  • prayed, and lived; and he now chose rather to share her
  • adversities, her sorrows, her wants, her afflictions, and her
  • disgrace, than to be the companion of princes, and to sit at the
  • table of kings. His patriotism was as unbounded as it was
  • sincere: he only ceased to live for country when he ceased to
  • breathe.
  • 27906-900506-1639
  • -Jer40.7
  • 27907-900506-1641
  • -Jer40.8
  • 27908-900506-1643
  • -Jer40.9
  • 27909-900506-1644
  • -Jer40.10
  • 27910-900506-1644
  • -Jer40.11
  • 27911-900506-1645
  • -Jer40.12
  • 27912-900506-1650
  • -Jer40.13
  • Johanan and his companions seem to have acted honestly in this
  • affair. They had received intelligence of designs formed against
  • Gedaliah's life, and consequently against the whole new
  • settlement. Ishmael, being a branch of David's family, was
  • probably displeased that another was preferred above him; and
  • the
  • king of the Ammonites, out of hatred to the Jews, employed him
  • to
  • slay Gedaliah. But Gedaliah, conscious of his own integrity and
  • benevolance, took the portrait of others from his own mind; and
  • therefore believed evil of no man, because he felt none towards
  • any in his own breast. He may be reproached for being too
  • credulous and confiding; but this only serves to shew the
  • greatness of his soul; for a little mind is always suspicious,
  • and ready to believe the worst of every person and thing.
  • 27913-900506-1653
  • -Jer40.14
  • 27914-900506-1654
  • -Jer40.15
  • 27915-900506-1654
  • -Jer40.16
  • 27916-900506-1703
  • -Jer41.1
  • with the residue to flee unto the Ammonites
  • 11-18 Johanan recovers the captives, and is minded to flee into
  • Egypt.
  • This was the month Tisri, answering to the new moon of
  • September,
  • the seventh of the sacred, but the first of the civil year; on
  • the
  • third day of which the Jews keep a fast, in commemeration of the
  • death of Gedaliah, to which the prophet Zechariah refers.
  • 27917-900506-1704
  • -Jer41.2
  • 27918-900506-1704
  • -Jer41.3
  • 27919-900506-1705
  • -Jer41.4
  • 27920-900506-1709
  • -Jer41.5
  • All these were signs of deep mourning; which, though forbidden
  • on
  • funeral occasions, were customary, and perhaps counted
  • allowable,
  • on seasons of public calamity, and this mourning was probably on
  • account of the destruction of Jerusalem.
  • 27921-900506-1710
  • -Jer41.6
  • 27922-900506-1712
  • -Jer41.7
  • 27923-900506-1715
  • -Jer41.8
  • These `treasures hid in the field' were doubtless laid up in
  • subterranean pits, similar to the mattamores in Barbary, in
  • which,
  • Dr. Shaw informs us, they deposit the grain when winnowed; two
  • or
  • three hundred of them being sometimes together, and the smallest
  • holding four hundred bushels. The same mode of keeping corn
  • prevails in Syria and the holy land.
  • 27924-900506-1718
  • -Jer41.9
  • This was probably a large reservoir for receiving rain water,
  • which
  • Asa had caused to be made in the midst of the city, in case of a
  • siege.
  • side of Gedaliah.
  • 27925-900506-1719
  • -Jer41.10
  • 27926-900506-1722
  • -Jer41.11
  • 27927-900506-1723
  • -Jer41.12
  • 27928-900506-1724
  • -Jer41.13
  • they appear to have been weary of the tyranny of Ishmael, and
  • glad
  • of an opportunity to abandon him.
  • 27929-900506-1725
  • -Jer41.14
  • 27930-900506-1726
  • -Jer41.15
  • 27931-900506-1727
  • -Jer41.16
  • 27932-900506-1731
  • -Jer41.17
  • As Johanan and the other princes had taken a decided part
  • against
  • Ishmael, they had no sufficient reason to fear that the
  • Chaldeans
  • would revenge on them the murder of Gedaliah; but perhaps
  • Johanan
  • was unwilling to be superseded in the command which he had
  • rightly
  • assumed, and so used his influence to induce the whole company
  • to
  • take refuge in Egypt; and their old attachment to the Egyptians
  • rendered them more ready to concur in this ruinous measure.
  • 27933-900506-1732
  • -Jer41.18
  • 27934-900506-1759
  • -Jer42.1
  • obedience to his will
  • 7-12 Jeremiah assures him of safety in Judea
  • 13-18 and destruction in Egypt
  • 19-22 He reproves their hypocrisy, in enquiring of the Lord that
  • which they mean not to follow
  • 27935-900506-1801
  • -Jer42.2
  • 27936-900506-1802
  • -Jer42.3
  • 27937-900506-1809
  • -Jer42.4
  • The princes seem to have wholly neglected Jeremiah, till on this
  • occasion they wanted his sanction to their purpose of going to
  • Egypt. In order to induce him to favour them, they applied to
  • him
  • with one consent, in the most respectful and plausible manner:
  • they used language to preposses him with a favourable opinion of
  • them, and to move his compassion; and, in words expressing great
  • humility. they entreated his prayers in their behalf, and that
  • he
  • would enquire of the Lord what he would have them to to do. The
  • prophet readily acquisced; and doubted not but that he should
  • receive an answer from God, which he would unreservedly declare
  • to
  • them; and they called the Lord to witness that they would
  • implicitly follow his directions.
  • 27938-900506-1810
  • -Jer42.5
  • 27939-900506-1811
  • -Jer42.6
  • 27940-900506-1814
  • -Jer42.7
  • the enquiries of the people; who probably thus delayed to make
  • known his will, in order to shew them that Jeremiah did not
  • speak
  • of his own mind, but when and as he was directed. The delay was
  • also suited to give time for consideration, and to retard their
  • rash project, and, as it would render them impatient, it tended
  • to
  • detect their hypocrisy, and to shew more clearly their
  • determined
  • rebellion against God.
  • 27941-900506-1815
  • -Jer42.8
  • 27942-900506-1816
  • -Jer42.9
  • 27943-900506-1818
  • -Jer42.10
  • 27944-900506-1819
  • -Jer42.11
  • 27945-900506-1820
  • -Jer42.12
  • 27946-900506-1820
  • -Jer42.13
  • 27947-900506-1821
  • -Jer42.14
  • 27948-900506-1824
  • -Jer42.15
  • If ye are determined to go into Egypt, the evils which you
  • dreaded
  • by staying in your own land shall overtake and destroy you
  • there;
  • `and there shall ye die.' God turned the policy of the wicked to
  • their own destruction; for while they thought themselves safe in
  • Egypt, there Nebuchadnezzar destroyed both them and the
  • Egyptians.
  • 27949-900506-1825
  • -Jer42.16
  • 27950-900506-1826
  • -Jer42.17
  • 27951-900506-1830
  • -Jer42.18
  • The people had witnessed the tremendous effects of the wrath of
  • God, in the siege and destruction of Jerusalem; and had they not
  • been past feeling, this denunciation must have made their ears
  • tingle, and appalled their very souls.
  • 27952-900506-1833
  • -Jer42.19
  • God knew, that such was their miserable propensity to idolatry,
  • that they would adopt the idolatorus worship of Egypt. Add to
  • which, their going thither for protection was in effect refusing
  • to submit to the king of Babylon, to whom God had decreed the
  • rule
  • of Judah and the neighboring kingdoms.
  • 27953-900506-1836
  • -Jer42.20
  • God made known to the prophet thier dissimulation; which he
  • shunned not to declare to them
  • souls
  • 27954-900506-1837
  • -Jer42.21
  • 27955-900506-1838
  • -Jer42.22
  • 27956-900506-1840
  • -Jer43.1
  • the rest in Egypt.
  • 8-13 Jeremiah prophesies by a type the conquest of Egypt by the
  • Babylonians.
  • 27957-900506-1844
  • -Jer43.2
  • They had no other colour for their rebellion than flatly to deny
  • that God had spoken what the prophet had declared, the constant
  • method of hypocrites and infidels, who pretend that they are not
  • satisfied of the truth of Divine revelation, when the true cause
  • of thier unbelief is, that the commands of God contradict their
  • lusts and appetites.
  • 27958-900506-1845
  • -Jer43.3
  • 27959-900506-1846
  • -Jer43.4
  • 27960-900506-1847
  • -Jer43.5
  • 27961-900506-1847
  • -Jer43.6
  • 27962-900506-1849
  • -Jer43.7
  • 27963-900506-1849
  • -Jer43.8
  • 27964-900506-1850
  • -Jer43.9
  • 27965-900506-1852
  • -Jer43.10
  • 27966-900506-1855
  • -Jer43.11
  • 27967-900506-1857
  • -Jer43.12
  • 27968-900506-1858
  • -Jer43.13
  • [heb] statues, or standing images.
  • 27969-900506-2203
  • -Jer44.1
  • idolatry
  • 11-14 He prophesies their destruction, who commit idolatry in
  • Egypt
  • 15-19 The obstinacy of the jews
  • 20-28 For which Jeremiah threatens them
  • 29,30 and for a sign prophesies the destruction of Egypt
  • Dahler supposes this discourse to have been delivered in the
  • seventeenth or eighteenth year after the taking of Jerusalem
  • Tahpanhes, rendered [] and [] by the LXX is no doubt the [] of
  • Herodotus, a royal city of Lower Egypt, situated, according to
  • the
  • Itinerary of Antoninus, sixteen miles south from Pelusium, from
  • which it was called Daphnce Pelusicae. Forster says that there
  • is
  • now a place situated in the vicinity of Pelusium called Safnas,
  • which may be a vestige of the ancient name. It appears to have
  • been the very first town in Egypt, in the road from Palestine,
  • that afforded tolerable accomodation for the fugitives. It was
  • at
  • this place that, according to Jerome and several of the
  • ancients,
  • tradition says the faithful Jeremiah was stoned to death by
  • these
  • rebellious wretches, for whose welfare he had watched, prayed,
  • and
  • suffered every kind of indignity and hardship.
  • 27970-900506-2205
  • -Jer44.2
  • 27971-900506-2206
  • -Jer44.3
  • 27972-900506-2207
  • -Jer44.4
  • 27973-900506-2209
  • -Jer44.5
  • 27974-900506-2211
  • -Jer44.6
  • 27975-900506-2214
  • -Jer44.7
  • 27976-900506-2215
  • -Jer44.8
  • 27977-900506-2217
  • -Jer44.9
  • 27978-900506-2219
  • -Jer44.10
  • 27979-900506-2220
  • -Jer44.11
  • 27980-900506-2221
  • -Jer44.12
  • 27981-900506-2222
  • -Jer44.13
  • 27982-900506-2229
  • -Jer44.14
  • It is evident from verse 28, that some Jews were to escape the
  • general destruction in Egypt, and to return into their own
  • country, though but a few; and the same thing is implied in the
  • latter clause of this verse. But the former part excludes from
  • the number of those who should escape every individual of those
  • who are properly termed `the remnant of Judah;' those who had
  • willingly and rebelliously `set their faces to go into the land
  • of
  • Egypt to dwell there,' on a presumption that they knew better
  • than
  • God how to consult their own restoration. The few, then, who
  • were
  • destined to escape, were to be such as had come into the the
  • land
  • of Egypt with Johanan by compulsion, or had previously fled
  • thither, or in some other less offensive manner, and chanced to
  • be
  • there when the storm burst upon them.
  • 27983-900506-2230
  • -Jer44.15
  • 27984-900506-2231
  • -Jer44.16
  • 27985-900506-2240
  • -Jer44.17
  • As the Sun was worshipped, not only under the name of baal
  • shamayim, `Lord of heaven,' but also by that of Molech, or King;
  • it is likely also that the Moon was adored as melecheth
  • hashshamayim, `the Queen of heaven.' So the Orphic hymn
  • addressed
  • to the Moon begins [], Hearm goddess Queen. And Homer, in his
  • Hymn to the Moon, addresses her, [] All hail, Queen, goddess. In
  • Epiphanius, we find some women of Arabia, towards the end of the
  • fourth century, had set up another queen of heaven, the Virgin
  • Mary, too well known since under that name and character, whom
  • they likewise worshipped as a goddness, by holding stated
  • assemblies every year to her honour, and by offering a cake of
  • bread in her name; whence these heretics were called
  • Collyridians,
  • from the Greek [], a cake.
  • 27986-900506-2241
  • -Jer44.18
  • 27987-900506-2242
  • -Jer44.19
  • 27988-900506-2242
  • -Jer44.20
  • 27989-900506-2244
  • -Jer44.21
  • 27990-900506-2245
  • -Jer44.22
  • 27991-900506-2247
  • -Jer44.23
  • 27992-900506-2248
  • -Jer44.24
  • 27993-900506-2249
  • -Jer44.25
  • 27994-900506-2251
  • -Jer44.26
  • 27995-900506-2252
  • -Jer44.27
  • 27996-900506-2254
  • -Jer44.28
  • 27997-900506-2255
  • -Jer44.29
  • 27998-900506-2257
  • -Jer44.30
  • 27999-900507-2208
  • -Jer45.1
  • 4,5 Jeremiah instructs and comforts him
  • 28000-900507-2209
  • -Jer45.2
  • 28001-900507-2211
  • -Jer45.3
  • 28002-900507-2212
  • -Jer45.4
  • 28003-900507-2213
  • -Jer45.5
  • 28004-910921-1356
  • -Jer46.1
  • Euphrates
  • 13-26 and the conquest of Egypt by Nebuchadrezzar
  • 27,28 He comforts Jacob in his chastisement
  • This is a general title to the prophecies contained in this and
  • the
  • following chapters, concerning different nations which had less
  • or
  • more connexion with the Jews, either as enemies, neighbors, or
  • allies. They were not delivered at the same time: to some the
  • date is annexed; in others it is left uncertain.
  • 28005-900507-2222
  • -Jer46.2
  • 28006-900507-2223
  • -Jer46.3
  • their forces; and implies that all their courage and efforts
  • would
  • be vain.
  • 28007-900507-2224
  • -Jer46.4
  • 28008-900507-2226
  • -Jer46.5
  • 28009-900507-2228
  • -Jer46.6
  • 28010-900507-2229
  • -Jer46.7
  • 28011-900507-2230
  • -Jer46.8
  • 28012-900507-2232
  • -Jer46.9
  • 28013-900507-2234
  • -Jer46.10
  • 28014-900507-2236
  • -Jer46.11
  • 28015-900507-2237
  • -Jer46.12
  • 28016-900507-2240
  • -Jer46.13
  • 28017-900507-2241
  • -Jer46.14
  • 28018-900507-2242
  • -Jer46.15
  • 28019-900507-2243
  • -Jer46.16
  • 28020-900507-2244
  • -Jer46.17
  • 28021-900507-2245
  • -Jer46.18
  • 28022-900507-2252
  • -Jer46.19
  • of captivity.
  • Noph of Moph, is the celebrated city of Memphis, and the Chaldee
  • and LXX render; long the residence of the ancient Egyptian
  • kings,
  • and situated fifteen miles above where the delta begins, on the
  • western side of the Nile. It was in the neighborhood of Memphis
  • that the famous pyramids were erected, whose grandeur and beauty
  • still astonish the modern traveller: they are about twenty in
  • number; the largest of which is 481 feet perpendicular height,
  • and
  • the area of its basis is on 480,249 square feet, or something
  • more
  • than eleven acres, being exactly the size of Lincoln's Inn
  • Fields
  • in London. The immense ruins between the northern and southern
  • pyramids, and about fourteen miles from Cairo, still called
  • Memf,
  • Menf, or Menouf, seem to mark the site of this city.
  • 28023-900507-2252
  • -Jer46.20
  • 28024-900507-2255
  • -Jer46.21
  • 28025-900507-2256
  • -Jer46.22
  • 28026-900507-2256
  • -Jer46.23
  • 28027-900507-2257
  • -Jer46.24
  • 28028-900507-2259
  • -Jer46.25
  • 28029-900507-2300
  • -Jer46.26
  • 28030-900507-2302
  • -Jer46.27
  • 28031-900507-2305
  • -Jer46.28
  • 28032-900507-2307
  • -Jer47.1
  • 28033-900508-2037
  • -Jer47.2
  • 28034-900508-2038
  • -Jer47.3
  • 28035-900508-2043
  • -Jer47.4
  • 28036-900508-2045
  • -Jer47.5
  • 28037-900508-2046
  • -Jer47.6
  • 28038-900508-2048
  • -Jer47.7
  • 28039-900508-2103
  • -Jer48.1
  • 7-10 for their pride
  • 11-13 for their security
  • 14-25 for their carn confidence
  • 26-46 and for their contempt of God and his people
  • 47 The restoration of Moab
  • 28040-900508-2106
  • -Jer48.2
  • 28041-900508-2107
  • -Jer48.3
  • 28042-900508-2109
  • -Jer48.4
  • This prophecy against Moab, as well as the following ones con-
  • cerning Ammon, Edom, and the neighboring countries, seem to have
  • been fulfilled during the long siege of Tyre by Nebuchannezzar.
  • Josephus places these events five years after the destruction of
  • Jerusalem.
  • 28043-900508-2112
  • -Jer48.5
  • Luhith is placed by Eusebius between Areopis, or Ar, and Zoar.
  • It
  • was evidently situated upon a height; as was also Horonaim,
  • which
  • was probably not far from Luhith.
  • 28044-900508-2113
  • -Jer48.6
  • 28045-900508-2116
  • -Jer48.7
  • 28046-900508-2117
  • -Jer48.8
  • 28047-900508-2118
  • -Jer48.9
  • 28048-900508-2119
  • -Jer48.10
  • 28049-900508-2121
  • -Jer48.11
  • 28050-900508-2122
  • -Jer48.12
  • 28051-900508-2123
  • -Jer48.13
  • 28052-900508-2125
  • -Jer48.14
  • 28053-900508-2127
  • -Jer48.15
  • 28054-900508-2128
  • -Jer48.16
  • 28055-900508-2129
  • -Jer48.17
  • 28056-900508-2131
  • -Jer48.18
  • 28057-900508-2132
  • -Jer48.19
  • 28058-900508-2133
  • -Jer48.20
  • 28059-900508-2135
  • -Jer48.21
  • 28060-900508-2137
  • -Jer48.22
  • 28061-900508-2138
  • -Jer48.23
  • 28062-900508-2140
  • -Jer48.24
  • 28063-900508-2140
  • -Jer48.25
  • 28064-900508-2143
  • -Jer48.26
  • 28065-900508-2147
  • -Jer48.27
  • 28066-900508-2148
  • -Jer48.28
  • 28067-900508-2149
  • -Jer48.29
  • 28068-900508-2152
  • -Jer48.30
  • (heb. his bars) do not right. Baddim, as Lowth observe,
  • sometimes
  • means those who pretend to the art of divination. Though the
  • soothsayers of Moab, upon whose skill she relies, promise him
  • success, yet in the event it will appear there was no truth in
  • what they said
  • 28069-900508-2154
  • -Jer48.31
  • 28070-900508-2156
  • -Jer48.32
  • 28071-900508-2157
  • -Jer48.33
  • 28072-900508-2201
  • -Jer48.34
  • As a young cow, when deprived of her first calf; which runs
  • about
  • from place to place, filling the air with loud and repeated
  • lowings, expressive of the deepest distress
  • 28073-900508-2202
  • -Jer48.35
  • 28074-900508-2203
  • -Jer48.36
  • 28075-900508-2206
  • -Jer48.37
  • 28076-900508-2207
  • -Jer48.38
  • 28077-900508-2208
  • -Jer48.39
  • 28078-900508-2209
  • -Jer48.40
  • 28079-900508-2210
  • -Jer48.41
  • 28080-900508-2214
  • -Jer48.42
  • Moab had long since ceased to be a nation; while the Jews,
  • agreeably to the Devine promise, (je 46.28) though successively
  • subdued and oppressed by the Egyptians, Assyrians, Babylonians,
  • Syro
  • -Macedonians, and Romans, (which have also all passed asway,
  • and are no more) and dispersed over the face of the earth,
  • subsist
  • to this day as a distinct people from all the nations of the
  • world!
  • 28081-900508-2215
  • -Jer48.43
  • 28082-900508-2216
  • -Jer48.44
  • 28083-900508-2217
  • -Jer48.45
  • 28084-900508-2218
  • -Jer48.46
  • 28085-900508-2221
  • -Jer48.47
  • Many of the Moabites were afterwards restored to their country
  • by
  • Cyrus, as we learn from Josephus; but they never were restored
  • to
  • their nation consequence; and perhaps their restoration in the
  • latter days refers to the conversion of their scattered remnants
  • to the gospel.
  • 28086-900508-2232
  • -Jer49.1
  • 6 Their restoration
  • 7-22 The judgment of Edom
  • 23-27 of Damascus
  • 28,29 of Kedar
  • 30-33 of Hazor
  • 34-38 and of Elam
  • 39 The restoration of Elam
  • 28087-900508-2234
  • -Jer49.2
  • 28088-900508-2237
  • -Jer49.3
  • 28089-900508-2239
  • -Jer49.4
  • 28090-900508-2241
  • -Jer49.5
  • 28091-900508-2242
  • -Jer49.6
  • 28092-900508-2246
  • -Jer49.7
  • 28093-900508-2247
  • -Jer49.8
  • 28094-900508-2249
  • -Jer49.9
  • 28095-900508-2250
  • -Jer49.10
  • 28096-900508-2251
  • -Jer49.11
  • 28097-900508-2252
  • -Jer49.12
  • 28098-900508-2254
  • -Jer49.13
  • 28099-900508-2256
  • -Jer49.14
  • 28100-900508-2256
  • -Jer49.15
  • 28101-900508-2257
  • -Jer49.16
  • 28102-900508-2259
  • -Jer49.17
  • 28103-900508-2300
  • -Jer49.18
  • 28104-900508-2303
  • -Jer49.19
  • 28105-900508-2306
  • -Jer49.20
  • The prophet having given the name of the shepherd to the
  • generals
  • of the army, pursues the same metaphor, calling the common
  • soldiers, `the least of the flock;' who shall have strength and
  • courage enough to the defeat the Idumean forces
  • 28106-900508-2307
  • -Jer49.21
  • 28107-900508-2309
  • -Jer49.22
  • 28108-900509-2140
  • -Jer49.23
  • 28109-900509-2141
  • -Jer49.24
  • 28110-900509-2143
  • -Jer49.25
  • 28111-900509-2144
  • -Jer49.26
  • 28112-900509-2144
  • -Jer49.27
  • 28113-900509-2146
  • -Jer49.28
  • 28114-900509-2148
  • -Jer49.29
  • 28115-900509-2150
  • -Jer49.30
  • 28116-900509-2151
  • -Jer49.31
  • 28117-900509-2153
  • -Jer49.32
  • corners of their hair polled
  • 28118-900509-2156
  • -Jer49.33
  • Hazor as well as Kedar, with which it is joined, (verse 28) was
  • no
  • doubt situated in Arabia, and a place of considerable
  • importance;
  • but it is now no more, and its very name seems to have perished
  • 28119-900509-2201
  • -Jer49.34
  • Elam, the Elymais of the Greeks and Romans, was properly a
  • province of the Persian empire, between Media and Susiana; but
  • sometimes the name elam is used in a larger sense, including
  • Susiana and other provinces, (Da 8.2) all of which were subdued
  • by
  • Nebuchadnezzar, and afterwards restored and raised to dignity by
  • Cyrus.
  • 28120-900509-2202
  • -Jer49.35
  • Strabo says that the mountainous part of Ely-mais chiefly bred
  • archers; and Livy speaks of Elymaei sagittarii, `the Elymean
  • archers.'
  • 28121-900509-2204
  • -Jer49.36
  • 28122-900509-2205
  • -Jer49.37
  • 28123-900509-2206
  • -Jer49.38
  • 28124-900509-2207
  • -Jer49.39
  • 28125-900509-2216
  • -Jer50.1
  • 28126-900509-2235
  • -Jer50.2
  • destroyed the temples and idols of Babylon, thereby
  • accomplishing
  • the prophecies of Isaiah and Jeremiah
  • forth that which he has swallowed,' was also literally
  • fulfilled,
  • when the vessels of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar had
  • brought from Jerusalem and placed in the temple of Bel
  • 28127-900509-2234
  • -Jer50.3
  • who formed the greatest part of the army of Cyrus
  • 28128-900509-2240
  • -Jer50.4
  • 28129-900509-2243
  • -Jer50.5
  • 28130-900509-2246
  • -Jer50.6
  • 28131-900509-2248
  • -Jer50.7
  • 28132-900509-2249
  • -Jer50.8
  • 28133-900509-2253
  • -Jer50.9
  • The army of Cyrus was composed of Medes, Persians, Armenians,
  • Caducians, Sacae, etc. all of which, arranged under the Medes,
  • came from the north.
  • 28134-900509-2253
  • -Jer50.10
  • 28135-900509-2257
  • -Jer50.11
  • 28136-900509-2259
  • -Jer50.12
  • 28137-900509-2300
  • -Jer50.13
  • 28138-900509-2301
  • -Jer50.14
  • 28139-900509-2307
  • -Jer50.15
  • 28140-900509-2308
  • -Jer50.16
  • 28141-900509-2316
  • -Jer50.17
  • 28142-900509-2319
  • -Jer50.18
  • 28143-900509-2323
  • -Jer50.19
  • 28144-900509-2326
  • -Jer50.20
  • 28145-900509-2329
  • -Jer50.21
  • 28146-900510-2107
  • -Jer50.22
  • 28147-900510-2107
  • -Jer50.23
  • 28148-900510-2108
  • -Jer50.24
  • 28149-900510-2110
  • -Jer50.25
  • 28150-900510-2112
  • -Jer50.26
  • 28151-900510-2113
  • -Jer50.27
  • 28152-900510-2115
  • -Jer50.28
  • 28153-900510-2116
  • -Jer50.29
  • 28154-900510-2118
  • -Jer50.30
  • Gorbias and Gadates, when they entered Babylon, marched directly
  • to the palace, killing all they met.
  • 28155-900510-2120
  • -Jer50.31
  • 28156-900510-2121
  • -Jer50.32
  • 28157-900510-2123
  • -Jer50.33
  • 28158-900510-2125
  • -Jer50.34
  • 28159-900510-2127
  • -Jer50.35
  • 28160-900510-2128
  • -Jer50.36
  • 28161-900510-2130
  • -Jer50.37
  • 28162-900510-2133
  • -Jer50.38
  • 28163-900510-2134
  • -Jer50.39
  • 28164-900510-2135
  • -Jer50.40
  • 28165-900510-2136
  • -Jer50.41
  • 28166-900510-2137
  • -Jer50.42
  • 28167-900510-2138
  • -Jer50.43
  • 28168-900510-2139
  • -Jer50.44
  • 28169-900510-2144
  • -Jer50.45
  • We have already adverted to the completion of the prohecies
  • respecting the final destruction of Babylon,
  • more clearly the full accomplishement of some of these
  • predictions. Strab says that in his time (about the Christian
  • era) a great part of it was a desert. Jerome says that in his
  • time
  • (A.D. 340) it was quite in ruins, the walls merely serving for
  • an
  • inclosure for wild beasts, for the hunting of the kings of
  • Parthia: and modern travellers universally concur in describing
  • it
  • in a state of utter desolation, and the habitation of wild
  • beasts
  • and noxious reptiles.
  • 28170-900510-2145
  • -Jer50.46
  • 28171-900510-2149
  • -Jer51.1
  • Israel
  • 59-64 Jeremiah delivers the book of this prophecy to Seraiah,
  • to be
  • cast into Euphrates, in token of the perpetual sinking of
  • Babylon
  • 28172-900510-2150
  • -Jer51.2
  • 28173-900510-2151
  • -Jer51.3
  • 28174-900510-2152
  • -Jer51.4
  • 28175-900510-2154
  • -Jer51.5
  • 28176-900510-2156
  • -Jer51.6
  • 28177-900510-2158
  • -Jer51.7
  • 28178-900510-2159
  • -Jer51.8
  • 28179-900510-2200
  • -Jer51.9
  • 28180-900510-2202
  • -Jer51.10
  • 28181-900510-2206
  • -Jer51.11
  • Of Cyaxares king of Media, called `Darius the Mede' in
  • scripture;
  • and Cyrus his nephew, king of persia, presumptive heir of the
  • throne of his uncle.
  • 28182-900510-2207
  • -Jer51.12
  • 28183-900510-2210
  • -Jer51.13
  • 28184-900510-2211
  • -Jer51.14
  • 28185-900510-2213
  • -Jer51.15
  • 28186-900512-1033
  • -Jer51.16
  • 28187-900512-1035
  • -Jer51.17
  • 28188-900512-1036
  • -Jer51.18
  • 28189-900512-1038
  • -Jer51.19
  • 28190-900512-1040
  • -Jer51.20
  • 28191-900512-1042
  • -Jer51.21
  • 28192-900512-1042
  • -Jer51.22
  • 28193-900512-1043
  • -Jer51.23
  • 28194-900512-1044
  • -Jer51.24
  • 28195-900512-1046
  • -Jer51.25
  • 28196-900512-1047
  • -Jer51.26
  • 28197-900512-1108
  • -Jer51.27
  • Bochart reasonably concludes Ararat and Minni to be the greater
  • and lesser Armeina; and Ashchenaz he thinks formed part of
  • Phyrgia near the Hellespout, part of the country being called
  • Ascania by Homer, Cyrus had conquered Armenia, defeated Croesus,
  • king of lydia, (B.C. 548) and subdued several nations from the
  • Egean seas to the Euphrates, before he marched against Babylon;
  • and Xenophon also informs us that there were not only Armenians,
  • but both Phrygians and Cappadocians in the army of Cyrus
  • Babylon, he marched against Tomyris, queen of the Massagetae, a
  • Scythian nation, and totally defeated. (B.C. 530) The victorous
  • queen, who had lost her son in a previous battle, was so
  • incensed
  • against Cyrus, that she cut off his head, and threw it into a
  • vessel filled with human blood, exclaiming, `Sattia te sanguine,
  • quem sitisti.'
  • 28198-900512-1109
  • -Jer51.28
  • 28199-900512-1112
  • -Jer51.29
  • 28200-900512-1117
  • -Jer51.30
  • Accordingly, the Babylonians, after the loss of a battle or two,
  • never recovered their courage to the face the enemy in the
  • field,
  • they retired within their walls; and the first time Cyrus came
  • with his army before the place he could not provoke them to
  • venture forth, though he challenged the king to fight a duel
  • with
  • him; and the last time he came he consulted with his his
  • officers
  • respecting the best mode of carrying on the siege `since,' said
  • he, `they do not come out to fight.'
  • 28201-900512-1118
  • -Jer51.31
  • 28202-900512-1119
  • -Jer51.32
  • 28203-900512-1120
  • -Jer51.33
  • 28204-900512-1122
  • -Jer51.34
  • 28205-900512-1124
  • -Jer51.35
  • 28207-900512-1126
  • -Jer51.37
  • 28208-900512-1127
  • -Jer51.38
  • 28209-900512-1309
  • -Jer51.39
  • 28210-900512-1309
  • -Jer51.40
  • 28211-900512-1313
  • -Jer51.41
  • Sheshach was probably an idol worshipped at babylon, from which
  • the city derived this name; and the festival which was held when
  • the city was taken, when they were heated with wine, was perhaps
  • observed in honour of it.
  • 28212-900512-1313
  • -Jer51.42
  • 28213-900512-1314
  • -Jer51.43
  • 28214-900512-1316
  • -Jer51.44
  • 28215-900512-1317
  • -Jer51.45
  • 28216-900512-1319
  • -Jer51.46
  • 28217-900512-1321
  • -Jer51.47
  • 28218-900512-1323
  • -Jer51.48
  • 28219-900512-1325
  • -Jer51.49
  • and with Babylon shall fall the slain of all the country
  • 28220-900512-1328
  • -Jer51.50
  • 28221-900512-1447
  • -Jer51.51
  • 28222-900512-1449
  • -Jer51.52
  • This was verified when Xerxes destroyed destroyed all the
  • temples
  • of Babylon, B.C. 479
  • 28223-900512-1451
  • -Jer51.53
  • 28224-900512-1452
  • -Jer51.54
  • 28225-900512-1453
  • -Jer51.55
  • 28226-900512-1455
  • -Jer51.56
  • 28227-900512-1458
  • -Jer51.57
  • 28228-900512-1502
  • -Jer51.58
  • According to the testimony of Herodotus, the circumference of
  • the
  • walls of Babylon was 480 stadia, or 60 miles, the breadth 50
  • cubits, and their height 200 cubits; but when Darius became
  • master
  • of the place B.C. 516, he took away all their 100 gates of
  • brass,
  • and beat down their walls to 50 cubits; and now not a vestige of
  • these immense fortifications remains, to mark the site of this
  • once mighty city.
  • 28229-900512-1503
  • -Jer51.59
  • 28230-900512-1503
  • -Jer51.60
  • 28232-900512-1505
  • -Jer51.62
  • 28233-900512-1507
  • -Jer51.63
  • This was the emblem of its overthrow and irretrievable ruin;
  • and the same emblem is employed in Re 18.21 to denote the utter
  • ruin of mystical Babylon
  • 28234-900512-1508
  • -Jer51.64
  • 28235-900512-1516
  • -Jer52.1
  • 4-7 Jerusalem is besieged and taken
  • 8-11 Zedekiah's sons killed, and his own eyes put out,
  • 12-23 Nebuzar-adan burns and spoils the city
  • 24-27 He carries away the captives
  • 28-30 The number of Jews carried captive
  • 31-34 Evil-merodach addvances Jehoiachin
  • 28236-900512-1517
  • -Jer52.2
  • 28237-900512-1518
  • -Jer52.3
  • 28238-900512-1520
  • -Jer52.4
  • 28239-900512-1521
  • -Jer52.5
  • 28240-900512-1522
  • -Jer52.6
  • 28241-900512-1523
  • -Jer52.7
  • 28242-900512-1524
  • -Jer52.8
  • 28243-900512-1526
  • -Jer52.9
  • 28244-900512-1526
  • -Jer52.10
  • 28245-900512-1528
  • -Jer52.11
  • 28246-900512-1541
  • -Jer52.12
  • It appears from the parallel passage of Kings, that Nebuzar-adan
  • came from Riblah to Jerusalem on the seventh of the fifth month;
  • but it seems that he did not set fire to the temple and city
  • till
  • the tenth day, being probably occupied on the intervening days
  • in
  • taking the vessels out of the house of the Lord, and collecting
  • together all the riches that could be found. In memory of this
  • calamity, the jews devote two fasts to this day; the seventeeth
  • of
  • the fourth month, which falls in June, for the destruction of
  • Jerusalem, and the ninth of the fifth month, which falls in
  • July,
  • for the destruction of the temple; both of which are mentioned
  • by
  • Zechariah as kept from this event till his time, a period of
  • seventy years, under the names of the fast of the fourth month,
  • and fast of the fifth month.
  • executioners, or slaughtermen, and so
  • 28247-900512-1544
  • -Jer52.13
  • 28248-900512-1544
  • -Jer52.14
  • 28249-900512-1545
  • -Jer52.15
  • 28250-900512-1547
  • -Jer52.16
  • 28251-900512-1548
  • -Jer52.17
  • 28252-900512-1552
  • -Jer52.18
  • 28253-900512-1554
  • -Jer52.19
  • 28254-900512-1555
  • -Jer52.20
  • 28255-900512-1556
  • -Jer52.21
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  • -Jer52.22
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  • -Jer52.23
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  • -Jer52.24
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  • -Jer52.25
  • host.
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  • -Jer52.26
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  • -Jer52.27
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  • -Jer52.29
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  • -Jer52.30
  • 28265-900512-1611
  • -Jer52.31
  • Nearly answering to our 25th of April, A.M. 3442
  • This phrase is founded on the observation that those in sorrow
  • hold down their heads; and, when comforted, or the cause of
  • their
  • sorrow removed, they lift up their heads.
  • 28266-900512-1612
  • -Jer52.32
  • 28267-900512-1614
  • -Jer52.33
  • Presented him with a caftan, or robe, as a mark of favour, as is
  • still the practice in the East.
  • 28268-900512-1615
  • -Jer52.34
  • 28269-900511-1003
  • -La1.1
  • 01 The miseries of Jerusalem and of the Jews pathetically
  • lamented, with confessions of their sins
  • 12 The attention and compassion of beholders demanded to this
  • unprecedented case
  • 18 The justice of God acknowledged, and his mercy supplicated,
  • with prayers against insulting foes.
  • introduction: 'And it came to pass after Israel had been carried
  • captive, and Jerusalem was become desolate, that Jeremiah sat
  • weeping, and lamented with this lamentation over Jerusalem, and
  • said.'
  • 28270-900511-1004
  • -La1.2
  • 28271-900511-1005
  • -La1.3
  • servitude. she
  • 28272-900511-1005
  • -La1.4
  • 28273-900511-1007
  • -La1.5
  • 28274-900511-1009
  • -La1.6
  • 28275-900511-1010
  • -La1.7
  • 28276-900511-1011
  • -La1.8
  • 28277-900511-1014
  • -La1.9
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  • -La1.10
  • 28279-900512-0716
  • -La1.11
  • 28280-900512-0720
  • -La1.12
  • way. if. The church in distress here magnifies her affliction;
  • and yet no more than there was cause for her groaning was not
  • heavier than her strokes. She appeals to all spectators--see if
  • there be any sorrow like unto my sorrow. This might truly be
  • said of the griefs which were suffered in Jerusalem of old; but
  • Christians are apt to apply these words too sensibly and
  • sensitively to themselves, when they are in trouble, and
  • sometimes more than there is reasonable cause to warrant. All
  • men feel most from their own burden, and cannot be persuaded to
  • reconcile themselves to it; how often do thy cry out in the
  • words we are illustrating! whereas, if their troubles were to be
  • thrown into a common stock with those of others, and then an
  • equal dividend made, share and share alike, rather than approve
  • such an arrangement, each would be ready to say, 'Pray give me
  • my own again.'-
  • -Henry
  • 28281-900512-0721
  • -La1.13
  • 28282-900512-0722
  • -La1.14
  • 28283-900512-0724
  • -La1.15
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  • -La1.16
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  • -La1.17
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  • -La1.18
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  • -La1.19
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  • -La1.20
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  • -La1.21
  • 28290-900512-0733
  • -La1.22
  • 28291-900512-0736
  • -La2.1
  • 01 Jeremiah laments the misery of Jerusalem
  • 20 He complains thereof to God
  • 28292-900512-0738
  • -La2.2
  • 28293-900512-0739
  • -La2.3
  • 28294-900512-0741
  • -La2.4
  • 28295-900512-0742
  • -La2.5
  • 28296-900512-0743
  • -La2.6
  • been no better than a cottage erected in a garden, while the
  • fruit is gathering, and then removed, or suffered to decay.'
  • 28297-900512-0747
  • -La2.7
  • 28298-900512-0748
  • -La2.8
  • 28299-900512-0749
  • -La2.9
  • 28300-900512-0752
  • -La2.10
  • distress. Hence the coin struck by Vespasian, on the capture of
  • Jerusalem, has on the obverse side a palm tree, the emblem of
  • Judea, and under it a woman, the emblem of Jerusalem, sitting
  • down, with her elbow on her knee, and her head supported by her
  • hand, with the legend Judea capta
  • 28301-900512-0753
  • -La2.11
  • 28302-900512-0754
  • -La2.12
  • 28303-900512-0754
  • -La2.13
  • 28304-900512-0755
  • -La2.14
  • 28305-900512-0758
  • -La2.15
  • the conquerors and spectators manifested at the desruction of
  • Jerusalem and the temple, are here described with peculiar
  • pathos and energy. The whole scene is presented to view as in an
  • exquisitely finished historical painting. that pass
  • 28306-900512-0759
  • -La2.16
  • 28307-900512-0800
  • -La2.17
  • 28308-900512-0802
  • -La2.18
  • eye, seems here to denote tears, the produce of the eye; and
  • therefore elegantly termed the daughter of the eye.
  • 28309-900512-0803
  • -La2.19
  • 28310-900512-0804
  • -La2.20
  • 28311-900512-0805
  • -La2.21
  • 28312-900512-0806
  • -La2.22
  • 28313-900514-0841
  • -La3.1
  • 01 The prophet bewails his own calamities
  • 22 By the mercies of God, he nourishes his hope
  • 37 He acknowledges God's justice
  • 55 He prays for deliverance
  • 64 And vengeance on his enemies
  • 28314-900514-0842
  • -La3.2
  • 28315-900514-0842
  • -La3.3
  • 28316-900514-0843
  • -La3.4
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  • -La3.6
  • 28319-900514-0844
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  • 28320-900514-0845
  • -La3.8
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  • -La3.9
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  • -La3.12
  • 28325-900514-0847
  • -La3.13
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  • -La3.14
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  • -La3.15
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  • 28330-900514-0851
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  • -La3.49
  • 28362-900514-0916
  • -La3.50
  • 28363-900514-0917
  • -La3.51
  • the daughters
  • 28364-900514-0918
  • -La3.52
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  • -La3.54
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  • -La3.56
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  • -La3.65
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  • -La3.66
  • 28379-900514-0926
  • -La4.1
  • 01 Zion bewails her pitiful estate
  • 13 She confesses her sins
  • 21 Edom is threatened and Zion comforted.
  • 28380-900514-0927
  • -La4.2
  • 28381-900514-0928
  • -La4.3
  • 28382-900514-0928
  • -La4.4
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  • -La4.5
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  • -La4.6
  • daughter
  • 28385-900514-0932
  • -La4.7
  • veining,' from gazar, to divide, intersect, as the blue veins do
  • the surface of the body. This is approved by Dr. A. Clarke, who
  • remarks, 'Milk will most certainly well apply to the whiteness
  • of
  • the skin; the beautiful ruby to the ruddiness of the flesh; and
  • the sapphire, in its clear, transcendent purple, to the veins in
  • a fine complexion.'
  • 28386-900514-0934
  • -La4.8
  • Blayney renders, 'duskier than the dawn;' shachar signifying
  • 'the dawn of the day, when it is neither light nor dark, but
  • between both, at which time objects are not easily
  • distinguished. they
  • 28387-900514-0934
  • -La4.9
  • 28388-900514-0935
  • -La4.10
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  • -La4.12
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  • -La4.14
  • touch
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  • -La4.15
  • 28394-900514-0941
  • -La4.16
  • 28395-900514-0942
  • -La4.17
  • who were neither able nor willing to help them.
  • 28396-900514-0943
  • -La4.18
  • 28397-900514-0944
  • -La4.19
  • length, darts with amazing rapidity through the voids of heaven.
  • they pursued
  • 28398-900514-0945
  • -La4.20
  • 28399-900514-0946
  • -La4.21
  • 28400-900514-0947
  • -La4.22
  • 28401-900514-0948
  • -La5.1
  • A pitiful complaint of Zion in prayer unto God.
  • 28402-900514-0949
  • -La5.2
  • 28403-900514-0949
  • -La5.3
  • 28404-900514-0950
  • -La5.4
  • 28405-900514-0950
  • -La5.5
  • persecuted
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  • -La5.6
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  • -La5.7
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  • -La5.8
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  • -La5.15
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  • -La5.20
  • 28421-900514-1006
  • -La5.21
  • 28422-900514-1007
  • -La5.22
  • reject us?
  • 28423-900421-1328
  • -Eze1.1
  • The character of Ezekiel, as a Writer and Poet, is thus
  • admirably
  • drawn by the masterly hand of Bishop Lowth: `Ezekiel is much
  • inferior to Jeremiah in elegance; in sublimity he is not even
  • excelled by Isaiah; but his sublimity is of a totally different
  • kind. He is deep, vehement, tragical; his sentiments are
  • elevated, animated, full of fire and indignation; his imagery is
  • crowded, magnificent, terrific; his language is grand, solemn,
  • austere, rough, and at times unpolished; he abounds in
  • repetitions, not for the sake of grace or elegance, but from
  • vehemence and indignation. Whatever subject he treats of,
  • that he sedulously pursues; from that he rarely departs, but
  • cleaves, as it were, to it; whence the connexion is in general
  • evident and well preserved. In other respects he may perhaps
  • be exceeded by the other prophets; but, for that species of
  • composition to which he seems adapted by natural gifts, the
  • forcible, impetuous, and grand, not one of the sacred
  • writers is superior to him. His diction is sufficiently
  • perspicuous; all his obscurity arises from the nature of his
  • subjects. Visions (as for instance, among others, those of
  • Hosea, Amos, and Zechariah,) are necessarily dark and
  • confused. The greater part of Ezekiel, particularly towards
  • the middle of the book, is poetical, whether we regard the
  • matter of the language.' Abp. Newcombe judiciously observes,
  • The Prophet is not to be considered merely as a poet, or as a
  • framer of those august and astonishing visions, and of those
  • admirable poetical representations, which he commited to
  • writing; but as an instrument in the hands of God, who
  • vouchsafed to reveal himself, through a long succession of
  • ages, not only in divers parts constituting a magnificent and
  • uniform whole, but also in different manners, as by voice, by
  • dreams, by inspiration, and by plain or enigmatical vision.
  • `Ezekiel is a great poet, full of originality; and, in my
  • opinion, whoever censures him as if he were only an imitator
  • of the old prophets, can never have felt his power. He must
  • not, in general, be compared with Isiah, and the rest of the
  • old prophets. Those are great, Ezekiel is also great; those
  • in their manner of poetry, Ezekiel in his.' To justify this
  • character the learned prelate descends to particulars, and
  • gives apposite examples, not only of the clear, flowing, and
  • nervous, but also of the sublime; and concludes his
  • observations on his style, by stating it to be his deliberate
  • opinion, that if his `style is the old age of the Hebrew
  • language and composition, (as has been alleged,) it is a firm
  • and vigorous one, and should induce us to trace its youth and
  • manhood with the most assiduous attention.' As a Prophet,
  • Ezekiel must ever be allowed to occupy a very high rank; and
  • few of the prophets have left a more valuable treasure to the
  • church of God than he has. It is true, he is in several
  • places obscure; but this resulted either from the nature of
  • his subjects, or the events predicted being still unfulfilled;
  • and, when time has rolled away the mist of futurity,
  • successive generations will then perceive with what heavenly
  • wisdom this much neglected prophet has spoken. There is,
  • however, a great proportion of his work which is free from
  • every obscurity, and highly edifying. He has so accurately
  • and minutely foretold the fate and condition of various
  • nations and cities, that nothing can be more interesting than
  • to trace the exact accomplishment of these prophecies in the
  • accounts furnished by historians and travellers; while, under
  • the elegant type of a new temple to be erected, a new worship
  • to be introduced, and a new Jerusalem to be built, with new
  • land to be alloted to the twelve tribes, may be discovered the
  • vast extent and glory of the New Testament Church.
  • 4-14 His vision of four cherabims
  • 15-25 of the four wheels
  • 26-28 and of the glory of God
  • which taking its rise in the Mysian mountains, falls into the
  • Euphrates near Carchemish, or Circesioum, now karkisia, about
  • 35d 20' N lat. and 40d 25' E. long.
  • 28424-900320-2140
  • -Eze1.2
  • 28425-900320-2146
  • -Eze1.3
  • 28426-900320-2149
  • -Eze1.4
  • 28427-900324-0958
  • -Eze1.5
  • 28428-900324-1003
  • -Eze1.6
  • probably hieroglyphical representations of the holy angel, the
  • attendants on `the King of Glory,' and the ministers of his
  • providence. They were four, apparently to denote that they were
  • employed in the four corners of the world; and they had the
  • likeness of a man, to signify that they were intelligent and
  • rational creatures.
  • 28429-900324-1004
  • -Eze1.7
  • 28430-900324-1005
  • -Eze1.8
  • 28431-900324-1006
  • -Eze1.9
  • 28432-900324-1008
  • -Eze1.10
  • 28433-900324-1010
  • -Eze1.11
  • 28434-900324-1012
  • -Eze1.12
  • 28435-900324-1013
  • -Eze1.13
  • 28436-900324-1013
  • -Eze1.14
  • 28437-900324-1014
  • -Eze1.15
  • 28438-900324-1015
  • -Eze1.16
  • 28439-900324-1017
  • -Eze1.17
  • 28440-900324-1018
  • -Eze1.18
  • 28441-900324-1019
  • -Eze1.19
  • 28442-900324-1020
  • -Eze1.20
  • 28443-900324-1021
  • -Eze1.21
  • 28444-900324-1033
  • -Eze1.22
  • signifies crystal, [], from [], cold, ice, and [], to concrete,)
  • as it is rendered by the LXX and Vulgate. It is a very large
  • class of silicious minerals, hard, pellucid, naturally
  • colourless,
  • of regularly angular figures, and of simple plates;
  • not flexible, not elastic, but giving fire with steel; not
  • fermenting by acid menstura, but calcinable in a strong fire.
  • There are three orders of pure crystal: the first is perfect
  • columnar crystals, with double pyramids, of eighteen planes, in
  • an
  • hexangular pyramid at each end; the second is that of perfect
  • crystals, with single pyramids, of ten or twelve planes, in an
  • hexangular or pentangular column. [Terrible crystal] seems to
  • denote that which was well cut and polished, vividly refracting
  • the rays of light.
  • 28445-900324-1035
  • -Eze1.23
  • 28446-900324-1036
  • -Eze1.24
  • 28447-900324-1037
  • -Eze1.25
  • 28448-900324-1043
  • -Eze1.26
  • allegorize the circumstances of this august vision too minutely.
  • Many of them augment the splendor of the scene, while others, no
  • doubt, have much significance; which should be pointed out
  • rather
  • by a correct judgement, than a luxuriant imaginination.'
  • 28449-900324-1044
  • -Eze1.27
  • 28450-900324-1046
  • -Eze1.28
  • 28451-900324-1049
  • -Eze2.1
  • 6-8 His instruction
  • 9-10 The roll of his heavy prophecy
  • 28452-900324-1050
  • -Eze2.2
  • 28453-900324-1057
  • -Eze2.3
  • 28454-900324-1059
  • -Eze2.4
  • 28455-900324-1100
  • -Eze2.5
  • 28456-900324-1104
  • -Eze2.6
  • 28457-900324-1105
  • -Eze2.7
  • 28458-900324-1107
  • -Eze2.8
  • 28459-900324-1109
  • -Eze2.9
  • volumen, a volume, from [volvo], I roll.
  • 28460-900324-1110
  • -Eze2.10
  • which are written on the inside only
  • 28461-900324-1115
  • -Eze3.1
  • 4-14 God encourages him
  • 15-21 God shows him the rule of prophecy
  • 22-27 God shuts and opens the prophet's mouth
  • Receive ny word into thy mind, let it enter into they soul;
  • digest
  • it, let it be they nourishment, they meat and thy drink, to do
  • the
  • will of thy Father who is in heaven.
  • 28462-900324-1115
  • -Eze3.2
  • 28463-900325-0941
  • -Eze3.3
  • 28464-900324-1118
  • -Eze3.4
  • 28465-900324-1120
  • -Eze3.5
  • heavy of tongue:
  • 28466-900324-1122
  • -Eze3.6
  • heavy of language.
  • hearkened.
  • 28467-900324-1125
  • -Eze3.7
  • heart.
  • 28468-900324-1126
  • -Eze3.8
  • 28469-900324-1127
  • -Eze3.9
  • 28470-900324-1129
  • -Eze3.10
  • 4.1
  • 28471-900324-1149
  • -Eze3.11
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  • -Eze3.12
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  • -Eze3.13
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  • -Eze3.14
  • 28475-900324-1157
  • -Eze3.15
  • 28476-900324-1157
  • -Eze3.16
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  • -Eze3.17
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  • -Eze3.18
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  • -Eze3.19
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  • -Eze3.20
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  • -Eze3.21
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  • -Eze3.22
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  • -Eze3.23
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  • -Eze3.24
  • 28485-900324-1217
  • -Eze3.25
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  • -Eze3.26
  • 28487-900324-1225
  • -Eze3.27
  • 28488-900324-1232
  • -Eze4.1
  • defection of Jeroboam to the captivity
  • 9-17 By the provison of the siege, is shewn the hardness of the
  • famine
  • forms us that the bricks in common use among the ancients were
  • `two feet long, one foot broad, and four inches thick;' and on
  • such a surface the whole siege might be easily pourtrayed.
  • Perhaps, however, it may here denote a flat tile, like a Roman
  • brick, which were commonly used for tablets, as we learn fron
  • Pliny.
  • 28489-900324-1233
  • -Eze4.2
  • 28490-900325-0944
  • -Eze4.3
  • 28491-900325-0946
  • -Eze4.4
  • 28492-900325-0949
  • -Eze4.5
  • which Judea was finally desolated by Nebuzar-adan, B.C. 584, to
  • the establishment of idolatry in Israel by Jereboam, B.C. 975.
  • `Beginning from 1ki 12.33. Ending Je 52.30'
  • 28493-900325-0955
  • -Eze4.6
  • idolatry prevailed in Judah, from the reformation of Josiah,
  • B.C. 624, to the same final desolation of the land. Some think
  • that the period of 390 days also predecits the duration of the
  • siege of the Babylonians, (ver 9,) deducting from it five months
  • and twenty-nine days, when the besiegers went to meet the
  • Egyptians (2ki.25.1-4; je 37.5) and that forty days may have
  • been
  • employed in desolating the temple and city. `Beginning from 2ki
  • 23.3,23. Ending je 52.30'
  • 28494-900325-0956
  • -Eze4.7
  • 28495-900325-0957
  • -Eze4.8
  • 28496-900325-1002
  • -Eze4.9
  • a kind of millet, of considerable use as a food; the cultivation
  • of which is described by BROWNE.
  • and Symmachus render here; and so LXX. and Theodotion, []
  • In times of scarcity it is customary to mix several kinds of
  • coarser grains with the finer, to make it last longer.
  • 28497-900325-1004
  • -Eze4.10
  • 28498-900325-1004
  • -Eze4.11
  • 28499-900325-1005
  • -Eze4.12
  • 28500-900325-1005
  • -Eze4.13
  • 28501-900325-1007
  • -Eze4.14
  • 28502-900325-1010
  • -Eze4.15
  • in many parts of England, to the present day; but the prophet
  • was
  • ordered to prepare his bread with human ordure, to shew the
  • extreme degree of wetchedness to which the besiged should be
  • exposed, as they would be obliged literally to use it, from not
  • being able to leave the city to collect other fuel.
  • 28503-900325-1013
  • -Eze4.16
  • about ten ounces, of the coarse food he had prepared, and the
  • sixth part of a hin, sacarcely a pint and a half, of water; all
  • of
  • which was intended to shew that they should be obliged to eat
  • the
  • meanest and coarses food, and that by weight, and their water by
  • measure.
  • 28504-900325-1014
  • -Eze4.17
  • 28505-900325-1427
  • -Eze5.1
  • 5-11 is shown the judgment of Jerusalem for their rebellion
  • 12-17 by famine, sword, and dispersion
  • Jewish nation; his hair, the people; the razor, the Chaldeans;
  • the
  • cutting of the hair, the calamities and disgrace comming upon
  • them; the balances, the exact distribution of the Divine
  • judgments; the third part of the hair burnt, those destroyed in
  • the city; the third part smitten with a knife, those slain in
  • trying to escape; the third part scattered to the winds, those
  • who
  • escaped to other countries; the few hairs in his skirt, those
  • left
  • with Gedaliah; and the burning of these, their destruction in
  • Egypt.
  • 28506-900325-1434
  • -Eze5.2
  • 28507-900325-1435
  • -Eze5.3
  • 28508-900325-1437
  • -Eze5.4
  • 28509-900325-1438
  • -Eze5.5
  • 28510-900325-1439
  • -Eze5.6
  • 28511-900325-1440
  • -Eze5.7
  • 28512-900325-1442
  • -Eze5.8
  • 28513-900325-1444
  • -Eze5.9
  • manner of expression makes it yet more so: the judgments are
  • various, the threatening of them varied, reiterated; so that one
  • may well say, "Who is able to stand in God's sight when he is
  • angry."
  • 28514-900325-1447
  • -Eze5.10
  • 28515-900325-1451
  • -Eze5.11
  • 28516-900325-1455
  • -Eze5.12
  • destruction of those who retired to Egypt; and had been
  • remarkably
  • verified in the many persecutions and miseries which the Jews
  • have
  • suffered at different times, in the various contries into which
  • they are dispersed.
  • 28517-900325-1457
  • -Eze5.13
  • 28518-900325-1458
  • -Eze5.14
  • 28519-900325-1500
  • -Eze5.15
  • 28520-900325-1501
  • -Eze5.16
  • 28521-900325-1503
  • -Eze5.17
  • 28522-900325-1510
  • -Eze6.1
  • 8-10 A remnant shall be blessed
  • 11-14 The faithful are exhorted to lament their abominations and
  • calamities
  • of his lying on his left and right side were accomplished. By
  • Israel here Judea is simply meant; not the ten tribes, who had
  • long before been carried captive.
  • 28523-900325-1512
  • -Eze6.2
  • 28524-900325-1514
  • -Eze6.3
  • 28525-900325-1515
  • -Eze6.4
  • 28526-900325-1516
  • -Eze6.5
  • 28527-900325-1519
  • -Eze6.6
  • 28528-900325-1522
  • -Eze6.7
  • 28529-900325-1523
  • -Eze6.8
  • 28530-900325-1528
  • -Eze6.9
  • abominations, forsake their idolatry, and worship ME alone: and
  • this they have done from the Babylonish captivity to the present
  • day.
  • 28531-900325-1528
  • -Eze6.10
  • 28532-900325-1530
  • -Eze6.11
  • 28533-900325-1530
  • -Eze6.12
  • 28534-900325-1532
  • -Eze6.13
  • 28535-900325-1536
  • -Eze6.14
  • [Diblath]
  • parallel passages to have been situated between Dibon and
  • Abarim or Nebo
  • 28536-900325-1538
  • -Eze7.1
  • 16-19 The mournful repentance from that escape
  • 20-22 The enemies defile the sanctuary because of the
  • Israelites'
  • abominations
  • 23-27 Under the type of a chain is shewn the miserable captivity
  • of all orders of men
  • 28537-900325-2059
  • -Eze7.2
  • cometh, come is the end;' which is supported by all the ancient
  • versions.
  • 28538-900325-2101
  • -Eze7.3
  • 28539-900325-2103
  • -Eze7.4
  • 28540-900325-2104
  • -Eze7.5
  • 28541-900325-2108
  • -Eze7.6
  • paranomasia, or play upon words, here, deserving of notice:
  • ketz ba, ba hakketz, haikeetz ailayich, `the end cometh, come is
  • the end: it waketh for thee.' Ketz, is and end; haikeetz, is to
  • wake or watch
  • 28542-900325-2109
  • -Eze7.7
  • 28543-900325-2111
  • -Eze7.8
  • 28544-900325-2113
  • -Eze7.9
  • 28545-900325-2114
  • -Eze7.10
  • 28546-900325-2117
  • -Eze7.11
  • 28547-900325-2118
  • -Eze7.12
  • 28548-900325-2121
  • -Eze7.13
  • 28549-900325-2121
  • -Eze7.14
  • 28550-900325-2122
  • -Eze7.15
  • 28551-900325-2123
  • -Eze7.16
  • 28552-900325-2124
  • -Eze7.17
  • 28553-900325-2125
  • -Eze7.18
  • 28554-900325-2127
  • -Eze7.19
  • is their stumbling-block
  • 28555-900325-2131
  • -Eze7.20
  • 28556-900325-2132
  • -Eze7.21
  • 28557-900325-2132
  • -Eze7.22
  • 28558-900325-2134
  • -Eze7.23
  • 28559-900325-2138
  • -Eze7.24
  • the Jews.' The antecedents of pronouns are thus frequently
  • understood in Hebrew poetry.
  • haughtiest princes.
  • holy places.
  • 28560-900325-2139
  • -Eze7.25
  • 28561-900325-2141
  • -Eze7.26
  • 28562-900325-2143
  • -Eze7.27
  • 28563-900325-2147
  • -Eze8.1
  • 5,6 is shewn the image of jealousy
  • 7-12 the chambers of imagery
  • 13-15 the mourners for Tammuz
  • 16 the worshippers toward the sun
  • 17,18 God's wrath for their idolatry
  • 28564-900325-2152
  • -Eze8.2
  • beautiful yellow colour, very transparent, and susceptible of an
  • exquisite polish. When rubbed it is highly endowed with
  • electricity; a name which the moderns have formed from its Greek
  • name []. But, as amber becomes dim as soon as it feels the fire,
  • and is speedily consumed, it is probable that the original
  • chasmal, which Bochart derives from the Chaldee nechash, copper,
  • and melala, gold, was a mixed metal, similar to that which the
  • Greeks called [] electrum, as the LXX and Vulgate render, from
  • its
  • resemblence to amber in colour.
  • 28565-900325-2155
  • -Eze8.3
  • 28566-900325-2156
  • -Eze8.4
  • 28567-900325-2156
  • -Eze8.5
  • 28568-900325-2158
  • -Eze8.6
  • 28569-900325-2159
  • -Eze8.7
  • 28570-900325-2159
  • -Eze8.8
  • 28571-900325-2200
  • -Eze8.9
  • 28572-900325-2203
  • -Eze8.10
  • objects of Egyptian idolatry, the ox, ape, crocidile, ibis,
  • beetle
  • etc., as we find those idols were painted on the walls of the
  • tombs of kings and nobles.
  • 28573-900325-2204
  • -Eze8.11
  • 28574-900325-2206
  • -Eze8.12
  • 28575-900325-2207
  • -Eze8.13
  • 28576-900325-2207
  • -Eze8.14
  • 28577-900325-2208
  • -Eze8.15
  • 28578-900325-2212
  • -Eze8.16
  • of idolatry into their worship, Egyptian, Phoenicain, and
  • Persian;
  • for this evidently was the Magian worship of the sun.
  • 28579-900325-2216
  • -Eze8.17
  • `they apply the brach to their nose;' which Jerome explains by
  • `a
  • branch of the palm tree which they adored the idols;' and it
  • seems
  • plainly to allude to the Magian fire-worshipers, who, Strabo
  • tells
  • us held a little bunch of twigs in their hand, when praying
  • before
  • the fire.
  • 28580-900325-2218
  • -Eze8.18
  • 28581-900401-1656
  • -Eze9.1
  • 5-7 and the destruction of the rest
  • 8-11 God cannot be intreated for them
  • 28582-900401-1703
  • -Eze9.2
  • kasut,) deontes a bottle or vessel to hold any fluid; and being
  • here united to sophair, a writer, is not improperly rendered as
  • an
  • ink-horn: so one of the editions of Aquila, [], and Vulgate,
  • atramentarium. Dr. Shaw informs us, that among the Moors, ' the
  • Hojas, i. e. writers or secretaries, suspend their ink-horns in
  • their girdles.'
  • 28583-900401-1703
  • -Eze9.3
  • 28584-900401-1706
  • -Eze9.4
  • 28585-900401-1707
  • -Eze9.5
  • 28586-900401-1709
  • -Eze9.6
  • 28587-900401-1710
  • -Eze9.7
  • 28588-900401-1711
  • -Eze9.8
  • 28589-900401-1716
  • -Eze9.9
  • 28590-900401-1718
  • -Eze9.10
  • 28591-900401-1719
  • -Eze9.11
  • 28592-900401-1729
  • -Eze10.1
  • city
  • 8-22 The vision of the cherubims
  • 28593-900401-1732
  • -Eze10.2
  • 28594-900401-1732
  • -Eze10.3
  • 28595-900401-1735
  • -Eze10.4
  • 28596-900401-1739
  • -Eze10.5
  • 28597-900401-1739
  • -Eze10.6
  • 28598-900401-1741
  • -Eze10.7
  • 28599-900401-1742
  • -Eze10.8
  • 28600-900401-1749
  • -Eze10.9
  • the chrysolite, so called by the ancients (from [] gold and [] a
  • stone) because of it fine gold yellow colour. It is now called
  • by
  • the moderns the topaz; is a very beautiful and valuable gem in
  • its
  • pure and perfect state, though very rarely found so; and the
  • finer
  • pieces of it are in hardness second only to the diamond. The
  • Vulgate, however, in ch. 1.16, renders, quasi visio maris, `as
  • the
  • appearance of the seas,' i. e. azure; and Dr. Geddes (on Ex 28.
  • 10)
  • says, that, with Abarbanel, the believes the beryl to be
  • intended.
  • It is a pellucid gem, called by our lapidaries, aqua marian, of
  • a
  • sea or bluish green colour, found in the East Indies and about
  • the
  • gold mines of Peru. The genuine Beryl never receives any other
  • mixture of colour; and in its perfect state approaches the
  • hardness of garnet.
  • 28601-900401-2103
  • -Eze10.10
  • 28602-900401-1750
  • -Eze10.11
  • 28603-900401-1751
  • -Eze10.12
  • 28604-900401-1751
  • -Eze10.13
  • Galgal
  • 28605-900401-2112
  • -Eze10.14
  • cherub,' it `the face of an ox:' hence a cherub was in the
  • likeness of an ox, at least as to its head. The extraordinary
  • shape of these angelic beings, which appeared to the prophet in
  • vision, is manifestly symbolic; for it is not to be supposed
  • that
  • these heavenly beings are really thus formed. The four faces,
  • wings, and the arms of a man, denote the sublime qualities of
  • these immediate ministers of the Deity; qualities entirely
  • essential to fill up the extent of their duty. The face of a man
  • denotes their intelligence; of a lion, their intrepid courage;
  • of
  • an ox, their patience and perseverance in labour; and of an
  • eagle,
  • their great penetration, their sublime sight into heavenly
  • things,
  • and their readiness to rise up into all that is great and
  • divine.
  • The wings being stretched out, signifies their readiness and
  • rapidity in obeying the commands of their Master; the wings bent
  • down, denotes their profound respect before the Lord of the
  • Universe; and the man's arms under the wings, shew that zeal
  • produces application and labour.
  • 28606-900401-2113
  • -Eze10.15
  • 28607-900401-2113
  • -Eze10.16
  • 28608-900401-2114
  • -Eze10.17
  • 28609-900401-2116
  • -Eze10.18
  • 28610-900401-2117
  • -Eze10.19
  • 28611-900401-2121
  • -Eze10.20
  • 28612-900401-2121
  • -Eze10.21
  • 28613-900401-2122
  • -Eze10.22
  • 28614-900401-2127
  • -Eze11.1
  • 4-12 Their sin and judgment
  • 13-21 Ezekiel complaining, God shews him his purpose in saving a
  • remnant
  • 22-23 The glory of God leaves the city
  • 24,25 Ezekiel is returned to the captivity
  • 28615-900401-2127
  • -Eze11.2
  • 28616-900401-2129
  • -Eze11.3
  • 28617-900401-2129
  • -Eze11.4
  • 28618-900401-2132
  • -Eze11.5
  • 28619-900401-2134
  • -Eze11.6
  • 28620-900401-2134
  • -Eze11.7
  • 28621-900401-2136
  • -Eze11.8
  • 28622-900401-2137
  • -Eze11.9
  • 28623-900401-2140
  • -Eze11.10
  • 28624-900401-2141
  • -Eze11.11
  • 28625-900401-2144
  • -Eze11.12
  • 28626-900401-2149
  • -Eze11.13
  • message to the princes, Pelitaih suddenly died; and it is highly
  • probable the he was actually struck dead at this very time, in
  • so
  • remarkable a manner as to render the vision much noticed. The
  • prophet, alarmed and distressed for the welfare of his people,
  • anxiously enquired whether the Lord meant to destroy the remnant
  • of Israel.
  • 28627-900401-2149
  • -Eze11.14
  • 28628-900401-2150
  • -Eze11.15
  • 28629-900401-2151
  • -Eze11.16
  • 28630-900401-2152
  • -Eze11.17
  • 28631-900401-2154
  • -Eze11.18
  • 28632-900401-2157
  • -Eze11.19
  • 28633-900401-2159
  • -Eze11.20
  • 28634-900401-2200
  • -Eze11.21
  • 28635-900401-2200
  • -Eze11.22
  • 28636-900401-2201
  • -Eze11.23
  • 28637-900401-2202
  • -Eze11.24
  • 28638-900401-2203
  • -Eze11.25
  • 28639-900401-2205
  • -Eze12.1
  • 8-16 is shown the captivity of Zedekiah
  • 17-20 Ezekiel's trembling shews the Jews' desolation
  • 21-25 The Jews' presumptuous proverb is reproved
  • 26-28 The speediness of the vision
  • 28640-900401-2209
  • -Eze12.2
  • 28641-900401-2213
  • -Eze12.3
  • or goods, as the word frequently denotes in our early writers;
  • but
  • in the original, Leley, has not only this sense (as in verse 4),
  • but is also used for any kind of untensils or instruments
  • whatever; and here probably denotes carriages, or other means
  • for
  • removing goods. This was intended to signify that the captivity
  • was at hand.
  • 28642-900403-2121
  • -Eze12.4
  • 28643-900403-2122
  • -Eze12.5
  • escape from the city through a breach in the wall
  • 28644-900403-2129
  • -Eze12.6
  • This intimated that Zedekiah should steal out of the city in the
  • twilight, carrying on his shoulders some of his property, with
  • his
  • head covered, not only as in distress but to escape detection.
  • these prophecies, which were accurately fullfilled, are supposed
  • to have been delivered in the sixth year of Zedekiah, five years
  • before the taking of Jerusalem.
  • 28645-900403-2135
  • -Eze12.7
  • 28646-900403-2136
  • -Eze12.8
  • 28648-900403-2137
  • -Eze12.10
  • 28649-900403-2138
  • -Eze12.11
  • 28650-900403-2139
  • -Eze12.12
  • 28651-900403-2144
  • -Eze12.13
  • This was to intimate, that though he escaped out of the city,
  • the
  • Chaldeans should overtake him, and carry him to Babylon.
  • Jeremiah
  • had predicted that his `eyes should see the eyes of the king of
  • Babylon,' and here Ezekiel foretold that he should not see
  • Babylon, though he should die there; and Josephus says that he
  • thought the two prophecies so inconsistent with each other that
  • he
  • believed neither; yet both were were exactly fulfilled, and the
  • enigma of Ezekiel explained, when Zedekiah was brought to
  • Nebuchadnezzar at Riblah, where he had his eyes put out, and was
  • then carried to Babylon, and there died.
  • 28652-900403-2146
  • -Eze12.14
  • 28653-900403-2148
  • -Eze12.15
  • 28654-900403-2151
  • -Eze12.16
  • 28655-900403-2151
  • -Eze12.17
  • 28656-900403-2152
  • -Eze12.18
  • 28657-900403-2159
  • -Eze12.19
  • 28658-900403-2201
  • -Eze12.20
  • 28659-900403-2201
  • -Eze12.21
  • 28660-900403-2202
  • -Eze12.22
  • 28661-900403-2203
  • -Eze12.23
  • 28662-900403-2204
  • -Eze12.24
  • 28663-900403-2206
  • -Eze12.25
  • 28664-900403-2207
  • -Eze12.26
  • 28665-900403-2207
  • -Eze12.27
  • 28666-900403-2210
  • -Eze12.28
  • 28667-900403-2213
  • -Eze13.1
  • 10-16 and their untempered morter
  • 17-23 Of prophecies and their pillows
  • 28668-900403-2217
  • -Eze13.2
  • 28669-900403-2220
  • -Eze13.3
  • 28670-900403-2223
  • -Eze13.4
  • Crafty, misheievous, and ravenous; always scheming something for
  • their own interest; while they would not risk their persons to
  • avert the mischief which they had caused.
  • 28671-900403-2229
  • -Eze13.5
  • 28672-900403-2231
  • -Eze13.6
  • 28673-900403-2232
  • -Eze13.7
  • 28674-900403-2234
  • -Eze13.8
  • 28675-900403-2238
  • -Eze13.9
  • 28676-900403-2243
  • -Eze13.10
  • These false prophets pretend to be a wall of defence; but their
  • wall is bad, and their morter is worse. One gives a lying
  • vision;
  • another pledges himself that it is true; and the people believe
  • what they say, and trust not in God, nor turn from their sins.
  • 28677-900403-2246
  • -Eze13.11
  • It shall wash off this bad morter, sweep away the wall, and
  • level
  • it with the earth. In the East, where the walls are often built
  • with unbaked bricks, desolations of this kind are frequently
  • occasioned by tempestuous rains.
  • 28678-900403-2250
  • -Eze13.12
  • 28679-900403-2255
  • -Eze13.13
  • 28680-900403-2257
  • -Eze13.14
  • 28681-900403-2257
  • -Eze13.15
  • 28682-900403-2259
  • -Eze13.16
  • 28683-900403-2300
  • -Eze13.17
  • 28684-900403-2304
  • -Eze13.18
  • that they might indulge and repose themselves in security, for
  • no
  • enemy would disturb them. The apartments of the easterns are
  • well
  • supplied with cushions, on which they sit, lean, rest their
  • heads,
  • and prop up their arms.
  • 28685-900403-2306
  • -Eze13.19
  • 28686-900403-2307
  • -Eze13.20
  • 28687-900403-2308
  • -Eze13.21
  • 28688-900403-2311
  • -Eze13.22
  • [heb] by quickening him
  • 28689-900403-2313
  • -Eze13.23
  • 28690-900403-2317
  • -Eze14.1
  • 6-11 They are exhorted to repent, for fear of judgments, by
  • means
  • of seduced prophets
  • 12-14 God's irrevocable sentence of famine
  • 15,16 of noisome beasts
  • 17,18 of the sword
  • 19-21 and of pestilence
  • 22,23 A remnant shall be reserved for example of others
  • 28691-900409-2004
  • -Eze14.2
  • 28692-900409-2007
  • -Eze14.3
  • 28693-900409-2008
  • -Eze14.4
  • 28694-900409-2009
  • -Eze14.5
  • 28695-900409-2012
  • -Eze14.6
  • 28696-900409-2014
  • -Eze14.7
  • 28697-900409-2017
  • -Eze14.8
  • 28698-900409-2020
  • -Eze14.9
  • him up to `strong delusions to believe a lie,' as a just
  • judgment
  • upon him for going after idols, and setting up false pretensions
  • to inspiration. God, according to the genius of the Hebrew
  • language, is often said to do a thing, which he only suffers or
  • permits.
  • 28699-900409-2022
  • -Eze14.10
  • 28700-900409-2025
  • -Eze14.11
  • 28701-900409-2025
  • -Eze14.12
  • 28702-900409-2027
  • -Eze14.13
  • 28703-900409-2029
  • -Eze14.14
  • 28704-900409-2030
  • -Eze14.15
  • 28705-900409-2032
  • -Eze14.16
  • 28706-900409-2035
  • -Eze14.17
  • 28707-900409-2036
  • -Eze14.18
  • 28708-900409-2040
  • -Eze14.19
  • 28709-900409-2045
  • -Eze14.20
  • third year of Jehoiakim, (Da 1.1). After this, Jehoikam reigned
  • eight years, (2ki 23.36) And this prophecy, as appears from ch
  • 8.1, was uttered in the sixth year of Jehoiachin's captivity,
  • who
  • succeeded Jehoikam, and reigned only three months, (2ki 24.6,8)
  • Therefore, at this time, Daniel had been fourteen years in
  • captivity;' and was, as is generally supposed, about thirty
  • years
  • of age.
  • 28710-900409-2046
  • -Eze14.21
  • 28711-900409-2049
  • -Eze14.22
  • 28712-900409-2050
  • -Eze14.23
  • 28713-900409-2051
  • -Eze15.1
  • 6-8 is shewn the rejection of Jerusalem
  • No specific references listed for this verse.
  • 28714-900409-2056
  • -Eze15.2
  • for, when cut down, its wood is fit only for fuel. So Israel,
  • having ceased to be fruitful, they are good for nothing, but,
  • like
  • a withered branch of a vine, to be burnt.
  • 28715-900409-2057
  • -Eze15.3
  • 28716-900409-2058
  • -Eze15.4
  • 28717-900409-2059
  • -Eze15.5
  • 28718-900409-2101
  • -Eze15.6
  • 28719-900409-2106
  • -Eze15.7
  • 28720-900409-2108
  • -Eze15.8
  • 28721-900409-2113
  • -Eze16.1
  • natural state of Jerusalem
  • 6-14 God's extraordinary love towards her,
  • 15-34 Her grievous judgment
  • 35-43 Her sin, equal to her mother, and exceeding her sisters,
  • Sodom and Samaria, calls for judgments
  • 44-59 Her sin, equal to her mother, and exceeding her sisters,
  • Sodom and Samaria, calls for judgments
  • 60-63 Mercy is promised her in the end
  • No specific references given for this particular verse
  • 28722-900409-2114
  • -Eze16.2
  • 28723-900409-2116
  • -Eze16.3
  • 28724-900409-2120
  • -Eze16.4
  • 28725-900409-2121
  • -Eze16.5
  • 28726-900409-2123
  • -Eze16.6
  • 28727-900409-2127
  • -Eze16.7
  • 28728-900409-2130
  • -Eze16.8
  • 28729-900409-2132
  • -Eze16.9
  • 28730-900409-2134
  • -Eze16.10
  • 28731-900409-2137
  • -Eze16.11
  • 28732-900409-2138
  • -Eze16.12
  • 28733-900409-2140
  • -Eze16.13
  • 28734-900409-2141
  • -Eze16.14
  • 28735-900409-2146
  • -Eze16.15
  • splendour by Jehovah, Israel became proud of her numbers,
  • riches,
  • strength, and reputation, forgetting that it was `through his
  • comeliness which he had put upon them;' and thus departing from
  • God, made alliances with heathen nations, and worshipped their
  • idols.
  • 28736-900409-2147
  • -Eze16.16
  • 28737-900409-2149
  • -Eze16.17
  • 28738-900409-2151
  • -Eze16.18
  • own wealth and abundance in building and decorating idol
  • temples,
  • and in maintaining their worship, but that they made use of the
  • holy vestments, and the various kinds of offerings which
  • belonged
  • to Jehovah, in order to honour and serve the idols of the
  • heathen.
  • 28739-900409-2152
  • -Eze16.19
  • 28740-900409-2154
  • -Eze16.20
  • 28741-900409-2155
  • -Eze16.21
  • 28742-900409-2156
  • -Eze16.22
  • 28743-900409-2157
  • -Eze16.23
  • 28744-900409-2159
  • -Eze16.24
  • 28745-900409-2200
  • -Eze16.25
  • 28746-900409-2201
  • -Eze16.26
  • 28747-900413-2107
  • -Eze16.27
  • food, clothes, and money.
  • the temple itself the scene of their open and abominable
  • idolatires, in addition to all their idol temples! which appears
  • to be meant by `the eminent place,' and `highplaces in every
  • street,'
  • themselves with them, and joined in their multiplied and
  • abominable idolatires. And when Jehovah punished them by wars
  • and
  • famines, and by the Philistines, whose daughters are represented
  • as ashamed of their enormous idolatries, instead of being
  • amended,
  • they formed alliances with the Assyrians, and worhiped their
  • gods:
  • and they even followed every idol which was worshiped between
  • Canaan and Chaldea.
  • 28748-900413-2109
  • -Eze16.28
  • 28749-900413-2111
  • -Eze16.29
  • 28750-900413-2115
  • -Eze16.30
  • 28751-900413-2116
  • -Eze16.31
  • 28752-900413-2117
  • -Eze16.32
  • 28753-900413-2119
  • -Eze16.33
  • 28754-900413-2119
  • -Eze16.34
  • 28755-900413-2120
  • -Eze16.35
  • 28756-900413-2122
  • -Eze16.36
  • 28757-900413-2123
  • -Eze16.37
  • 28758-900413-2126
  • -Eze16.38
  • 28759-900413-2132
  • -Eze16.39
  • Jerusalem, Jehovah determined to gather together the surrounding
  • nations, both those with whom they had formed alliances, as the
  • Egyptians and Assyrians, and such as had always been inimical to
  • them, as Edom, Ammon, Moab, and Philistia, to inflict, or to
  • witness, his judgments upon them. Having exposed their enormous
  • crimes to view, He would pass sentence upon them: He would give
  • Jerusalem into the hands of the Chaldeans, who would destroy the
  • city and temple which they had polluted; level their cities and
  • high places with the ground; slay, plunder, and enslave the
  • people
  • 28760-900413-2133
  • -Eze16.40
  • 28761-900413-2135
  • -Eze16.41
  • 28762-900413-2135
  • -Eze16.42
  • 28763-900413-2137
  • -Eze16.43
  • 28764-900413-2138
  • -Eze16.44
  • 28765-900413-2139
  • -Eze16.45
  • 28766-900413-2143
  • -Eze16.46
  • 28767-900413-2144
  • -Eze16.47
  • small thing
  • 28768-900414-1358
  • -Eze16.48
  • 28769-900414-1401
  • -Eze16.49
  • 28770-900414-1403
  • -Eze16.50
  • 28771-900414-1404
  • -Eze16.51
  • 28772-900414-1406
  • -Eze16.52
  • 28773-900414-1408
  • -Eze16.53
  • 28774-900414-1409
  • -Eze16.54
  • 28775-900414-1410
  • -Eze16.55
  • 28776-900414-1411
  • -Eze16.56
  • 28777-900414-1413
  • -Eze16.57
  • 28778-900414-1414
  • -Eze16.58
  • 28779-900414-1417
  • -Eze16.59
  • 28780-900414-1419
  • -Eze16.60
  • 28781-900414-1422
  • -Eze16.61
  • 28782-900414-1423
  • -Eze16.62
  • 28783-900414-1425
  • -Eze16.63
  • 28784-900414-1427
  • -Eze17.1
  • 11-21 is shewn God's judgment upon Jerusalem for revolting from
  • Babylon to Egypt
  • 22-24 God promises to plant the dedar of the Gospel
  • 28785-900414-1428
  • -Eze17.2
  • 28786-900414-1433
  • -Eze17.3
  • rapaciousness
  • languages and manners.
  • 28787-900414-1436
  • -Eze17.4
  • communications with the richest and most distant nations.
  • 28788-900414-1438
  • -Eze17.5
  • Made him king of Judea.
  • waters, as the willow is on humidity.
  • 28789-900414-1440
  • -Eze17.6
  • wholly dependent on Nebuchadnezzar.
  • 28790-900414-1441
  • -Eze17.7
  • 28791-900414-1442
  • -Eze17.8
  • a situation as would have enabled him to reign in credit, and be
  • useful to his people.
  • 28792-900414-1446
  • -Eze17.9
  • Babylon, to whom he had sworn fealty.
  • 28793-900414-1447
  • -Eze17.10
  • 28794-900414-1448
  • -Eze17.11
  • 28795-900414-1450
  • -Eze17.12
  • 28796-900414-1451
  • -Eze17.13
  • 28797-900414-1454
  • -Eze17.14
  • Babylon.
  • his covenant, to stand to it.
  • 28798-900414-1456
  • -Eze17.15
  • 28799-900414-1458
  • -Eze17.16
  • 28800-900414-1459
  • -Eze17.17
  • 28801-900414-1501
  • -Eze17.18
  • conqueror, and a tyrant, yet God considered the violation of it
  • a
  • most aggravated sin against Him, and determined to punish him
  • for
  • it.
  • 28802-900414-1502
  • -Eze17.19
  • 28803-900414-1503
  • -Eze17.20
  • 28804-900414-1505
  • -Eze17.21
  • 28805-900414-1507
  • -Eze17.22
  • 28806-900414-1510
  • -Eze17.23
  • 28807-900414-1513
  • -Eze17.24
  • 28808-900421-1256
  • -Eze18.1
  • 31-32 and exhorts to repentance
  • 28809-900414-2118
  • -Eze18.2
  • 28810-900414-2119
  • -Eze18.3
  • 28811-900414-2120
  • -Eze18.4
  • 28812-900414-2122
  • -Eze18.5
  • 28813-900414-2124
  • -Eze18.6
  • 28814-900414-2131
  • -Eze18.7
  • 28815-900414-2133
  • -Eze18.8
  • 28816-900414-2135
  • -Eze18.9
  • 28817-900414-2137
  • -Eze18.10
  • any of these
  • 28818-900414-2138
  • -Eze18.11
  • 28819-900414-2140
  • -Eze18.12
  • 28820-900414-2141
  • -Eze18.13
  • 28821-900414-2143
  • -Eze18.14
  • 28822-900414-2143
  • -Eze18.15
  • 28823-900414-2145
  • -Eze18.16
  • 28824-900414-2147
  • -Eze18.17
  • 28825-900414-2148
  • -Eze18.18
  • 28826-900414-2149
  • -Eze18.19
  • 28827-900414-2152
  • -Eze18.20
  • 28828-900414-2157
  • -Eze18.21
  • 28829-900414-2159
  • -Eze18.22
  • 28830-900414-2201
  • -Eze18.23
  • 28831-900414-2205
  • -Eze18.24
  • 28832-900414-2207
  • -Eze18.25
  • 28833-900414-2207
  • -Eze18.26
  • 28834-900414-2208
  • -Eze18.27
  • 28835-900414-2210
  • -Eze18.28
  • 28836-900414-2211
  • -Eze18.29
  • 28837-900414-2213
  • -Eze18.30
  • 28838-900414-2217
  • -Eze18.31
  • 28839-900414-2218
  • -Eze18.32
  • 28840-900414-2222
  • -Eze19.1
  • lion's whelps taken in a pit
  • 10-14 and for Jerusalem, under the parable of a wasted vine
  • 28841-900414-2303
  • -Eze19.2
  • Judea, which possessed strength, courage, and sovereignty
  • Had confederacy with with the neighboring kings, and learned
  • their manners.
  • The sons of Josiah, who learned to be oppresive tyrants from the
  • surrounding princes
  • 28842-900414-2304
  • -Eze19.3
  • Jehoahaz, made king of Israel instead of Josiah, who became
  • cruel and oppressive.
  • 28843-900414-2305
  • -Eze19.4
  • Taken prisoner by Pharaoh-necho, and brought into Egypt
  • 28844-900414-2306
  • -Eze19.5
  • Jehoiakim
  • 28845-900414-2308
  • -Eze19.6
  • Became a perfect heathen: he reigned eleven years, a monster of
  • iniquity.
  • 28846-900414-2310
  • -Eze19.7
  • 28847-900414-2310
  • -Eze19.8
  • 28848-900414-2312
  • -Eze19.9
  • 28849-900414-2313
  • -Eze19.10
  • 28850-900414-2316
  • -Eze19.11
  • Many powerful sovereigns, who rendered Judah very considerable
  • among the nations.
  • 28851-900414-2319
  • -Eze19.12
  • The kingdom was entirely ruined, and her princes cut off
  • 28852-900414-2320
  • -Eze19.13
  • In Chaldea, whither they were carried captive
  • 28853-900414-2323
  • -Eze19.14
  • 28854-900415-0919
  • -Eze20.1
  • 4-9 He shews the story of their rebellions in Eqypt
  • 19-26 in the wilderness
  • 27-32 and in the land
  • 33-44 He promises to gather them by the Gospel
  • 45-49 Under the name of a forest he shews the destruction of
  • Jerusalem
  • The seventh year of the captivity of Jeconiah, and according to
  • Usher, Monday, Aug 27, 3411
  • 28855-900415-0920
  • -Eze20.2
  • 28856-900415-0921
  • -Eze20.3
  • 28857-900415-0922
  • -Eze20.4
  • 28858-900415-0926
  • -Eze20.5
  • 28859-900415-0930
  • -Eze20.6
  • 28860-900415-0932
  • -Eze20.7
  • 28861-900415-0933
  • -Eze20.8
  • 28862-900415-0934
  • -Eze20.9
  • 28863-900415-0935
  • -Eze20.10
  • 28864-900415-0936
  • -Eze20.11
  • 28865-900415-0939
  • -Eze20.12
  • 28866-900415-0943
  • -Eze20.13
  • 28867-900415-0944
  • -Eze20.14
  • 28868-900415-0945
  • -Eze20.15
  • 28869-900415-0948
  • -Eze20.16
  • They still had a hankering after the idolatries they had learned
  • in Egypt, to which they added new idols, which they had seen in
  • countries through which they had travelled, as those of the
  • Midianites, Amorites, etc.
  • 28870-900415-0948
  • -Eze20.17
  • 28871-900415-0950
  • -Eze20.18
  • 28872-900415-0953
  • -Eze20.19
  • 28873-900415-0954
  • -Eze20.20
  • 28874-900415-0956
  • -Eze20.21
  • 28875-900415-0957
  • -Eze20.22
  • 28876-900415-1000
  • -Eze20.23
  • by Moses just before his death, are evidently here referred to;
  • they received a partial accomplishment at the Babylonian
  • captivity
  • but are more exactly fulfilling at this day
  • 28877-900415-1001
  • -Eze20.24
  • 28878-900415-1009
  • -Eze20.25
  • The simple meaning of this place is, that when the Israelites
  • had rebelled against God, despised his statutes, and pollluted
  • his
  • sabbaths, in effect cast him off, and given themselves up wholly
  • to their idols, then He, in a just judgment for their
  • disobedience
  • abandoned them, `gave them up to a reprobate mind,'
  • customs and ordinaces of the heathen; by which they were ripened
  • for the destruction which he intended to bring upon them, that
  • they might learn to know God by his judgments, seeing they had
  • despised his mercies. In the same sense God is said judicially
  • to
  • `send a strong delusion, that they should believe a lie' to
  • those
  • who `received not the love of the truth, but had pleasure in
  • unrighteousness.'
  • 2th 2.9-11
  • 28879-900415-1011
  • -Eze20.26
  • 28880-900415-1012
  • -Eze20.27
  • 28881-900415-1013
  • -Eze20.28
  • 28882-900415-1014
  • -Eze20.29
  • 28883-900415-1015
  • -Eze20.30
  • 28884-900415-1425
  • -Eze20.31
  • 28885-900415-1427
  • -Eze20.32
  • 28886-900415-1427
  • -Eze20.33
  • 28887-900415-1428
  • -Eze20.34
  • 28888-900415-1429
  • -Eze20.35
  • 28889-900415-1431
  • -Eze20.36
  • 28890-900415-1433
  • -Eze20.37
  • 28891-900415-1435
  • -Eze20.38
  • 28892-900415-1437
  • -Eze20.39
  • 28893-900415-1441
  • -Eze20.40
  • These predictions received a partial accomplishment by the
  • restoration of the Jews from the Babylonian captivity; but they
  • seem chiefly to relate to the establishment of the Christian
  • church, and more especially to the future conversion of the
  • jews,
  • and their restoration to their own land.
  • 28894-900415-1443
  • -Eze20.41
  • 28895-900415-1446
  • -Eze20.42
  • 28896-900415-1447
  • -Eze20.43
  • 28897-900415-1448
  • -Eze20.44
  • 28898-900415-1449
  • -Eze20.45
  • properly belongs to the following chapter.
  • 28899-900415-1452
  • -Eze20.46
  • prophet now dwelt.
  • The city of Jerusalem, as full of inhabitants as the forest is
  • of
  • trees.
  • 28900-900415-1455
  • -Eze20.47
  • characters of the people
  • 28901-900415-1455
  • -Eze20.48
  • 28902-900415-1458
  • -Eze20.49
  • are not to be understood; we should not trouble ourselves with
  • them. God therefore commands the prophet to declare, in the next
  • chapter, the same things in the plainest terms, so that they
  • should not complain of his parables.
  • 28903-900415-1744
  • -Eze21.1
  • 8-17 The sharp and bright sword
  • 18-24 against Jerusalem
  • 25-27 against the kingdom
  • 28-32 and against the Amonites
  • 28904-900415-1501
  • -Eze21.2
  • 28905-900415-1504
  • -Eze21.3
  • 28906-900415-1504
  • -Eze21.4
  • 28907-900415-1505
  • -Eze21.5
  • 28908-900415-1507
  • -Eze21.6
  • 28909-900415-1510
  • -Eze21.7
  • 28910-900415-1511
  • -Eze21.8
  • 28911-900415-1512
  • -Eze21.9
  • 28912-900415-1515
  • -Eze21.10
  • of my son, it despiseth every tree.
  • 28913-900415-1515
  • -Eze21.11
  • 28914-900415-1517
  • -Eze21.12
  • down to the sword with my.
  • 28915-900415-1519
  • -Eze21.13
  • not also belong to the despising rod?
  • 28916-900415-1521
  • -Eze21.14
  • 28917-900415-1523
  • -Eze21.15
  • 28918-900415-1524
  • -Eze21.16
  • 28919-900415-1524
  • -Eze21.17
  • 28920-900415-1525
  • -Eze21.18
  • 28921-900415-1525
  • -Eze21.19
  • 28922-900415-1526
  • -Eze21.20
  • 28923-900415-1531
  • -Eze21.21
  • on several arrows,' says Jerome, the names of the cities they
  • intended to assault; and then putting them altogether
  • promiscuously in a quiver, they drew then out thence as lots to
  • be
  • drawn; and that city whose name was written on the arrow first
  • drawn, was the city they first made war on.'
  • 28924-900415-1533
  • -Eze21.22
  • 28925-900415-1535
  • -Eze21.23
  • 28926-900415-1537
  • -Eze21.24
  • 28927-900415-1538
  • -Eze21.25
  • 28928-900415-1539
  • -Eze21.26
  • 28929-900415-1544
  • -Eze21.27
  • perverted, perverted, will I make it.
  • 28930-900415-1545
  • -Eze21.28
  • 28931-900415-1546
  • -Eze21.29
  • 28932-900415-1547
  • -Eze21.30
  • 28933-900415-1549
  • -Eze21.31
  • 28934-900415-1552
  • -Eze21.32
  • This prophecy against the Ammonites was fulfilled about five
  • years
  • after the taking of Jerusalem; and their name has utterly
  • perished
  • from the face of the earth.
  • 28935-900415-1628
  • -Eze22.1
  • Jews in consequence
  • 17-22 God will burn them as dross in his furnace
  • 23-31 The general corruption of prophets, priests, princes, and
  • the
  • people
  • 28936-900415-1632
  • -Eze22.2
  • 28937-900415-1639
  • -Eze22.3
  • 28938-900415-1643
  • -Eze22.4
  • 28939-900415-1644
  • -Eze22.5
  • 28940-900415-1646
  • -Eze22.6
  • 28941-900415-1648
  • -Eze22.7
  • 28942-900415-1649
  • -Eze22.8
  • 28943-900415-1652
  • -Eze22.9
  • 28944-900415-1653
  • -Eze22.10
  • 28945-900415-1656
  • -Eze22.11
  • 28946-900415-1659
  • -Eze22.12
  • 28947-900415-1701
  • -Eze22.13
  • 28948-900415-1703
  • -Eze22.14
  • 28949-900415-1709
  • -Eze22.15
  • 28950-900415-1713
  • -Eze22.16
  • 28951-900415-1714
  • -Eze22.17
  • 28952-900415-1715
  • -Eze22.18
  • 28953-900415-1717
  • -Eze22.19
  • people, who had become dross, are to be gathered together in it;
  • and the fire of the Chaldeans, blown by the wrath of God, is to
  • melt the whole. No ordinary means will avail to purge their
  • impurities; the most violent must therefore be resorted to.
  • 28954-900415-1718
  • -Eze22.20
  • 28955-900415-1720
  • -Eze22.21
  • 28956-900415-1720
  • -Eze22.22
  • 28957-900415-1721
  • -Eze22.23
  • 28958-900415-1721
  • -Eze22.24
  • 28959-900415-1725
  • -Eze22.25
  • it with eagerness and rapacity.
  • 28960-900415-1727
  • -Eze22.26
  • 28961-900415-1729
  • -Eze22.27
  • 28962-900415-1732
  • -Eze22.28
  • over the crimes of the princes, (the antecedent to them) to
  • palliate their offences, and to conceal their faults, while they
  • were like ravening wolves, and took bribes to shed innocent
  • blood.
  • By these means they shared the dishonest gains with the princes,
  • or availed themselves of their authority to gratify their
  • avarice
  • or revenge.
  • 28963-900415-1736
  • -Eze22.29
  • 28964-900415-1738
  • -Eze22.30
  • Moses, Phineas, or Samuel, to stand in the gap on this occasion;
  • but as he found none, its destruction was inevitable
  • 28965-900415-1739
  • -Eze22.31
  • 28966-900415-1747
  • -Eze23.1
  • 23-35 Aholibah is to be plagued by her lovers
  • 36-44 The prophet reproves the adulteries of them both
  • 45-49 and shews their judgments
  • 28967-900415-1747
  • -Eze23.2
  • 28968-900415-1748
  • -Eze23.3
  • 28969-900415-1755
  • -Eze23.4
  • containing ten tribes, and occupying a larger extent of country
  • than that of Judah, is therefore called `her elder sister;' and
  • Aholah, the name given to her, implies that the whole religous
  • establishment in Israel was a human invention, a temple and
  • service of their own, and not God's appointment. Aholiabh, the
  • name given to Judah, implies that the worhip established there
  • was
  • from God, and that His temple was truly at Jerusalem.
  • 28970-900415-1758
  • -Eze23.5
  • idolatries, received the impure idolatrous worship of the
  • Assyrians, who became their neighbours by the conquest of Syria.
  • 28971-900415-1759
  • -Eze23.6
  • 28972-900415-1801
  • -Eze23.7
  • upon them.
  • Asshur.
  • 28973-900415-1802
  • -Eze23.8
  • 28974-900415-1803
  • -Eze23.9
  • 28975-900415-1805
  • -Eze23.10
  • 28976-900415-1807
  • -Eze23.11
  • corrupted her inordinate love more than she
  • 28977-900415-1809
  • -Eze23.12
  • 28978-900415-1810
  • -Eze23.13
  • 28979-900415-1810
  • -Eze23.14
  • 28980-900415-1814
  • -Eze23.15
  • the deified men worshipped by the Chaldeans. The inhabitants of
  • Judah, like the Israelites, connected themselves with the
  • Assyrians, and were enamoured with their idols; and then with
  • the
  • Chaldeans, and followed their idols; still retaining their
  • attachment to the Egyptains and their idolatrous rites.
  • 28981-900415-1816
  • -Eze23.16
  • eyes.
  • 28982-900415-1817
  • -Eze23.17
  • 28983-900415-1818
  • -Eze23.18
  • 28984-900415-1819
  • -Eze23.19
  • 28985-900415-1820
  • -Eze23.20
  • 28986-900415-1823
  • -Eze23.21
  • 28987-900415-1824
  • -Eze23.22
  • 28988-900415-1826
  • -Eze23.23
  • 28989-900415-1827
  • -Eze23.24
  • 28990-900415-1832
  • -Eze23.25
  • enraged husbands took on their faithless wives: and implies that
  • God would employ the Chaldeans to destroy the princes and
  • priests
  • of Judah, for violating their covenants and treaties. Such
  • punishments were anciently common; and such is the present
  • practice in one of the South Sea Islands.
  • 28991-900415-1835
  • -Eze23.26
  • 28992-900415-1839
  • -Eze23.27
  • idolatry, and make you abhor the least approaches to it. This
  • often repeated prediction has received a most wonderful
  • accomplishment. For neither the authority, frowns, examples, or
  • favour of their conquerors or powerful neighbors, nor their own
  • fears, hopes, interests, or predeliction for the sensual worship
  • of idols, could prevail with them to run into gross idolatry,
  • either during the captivity, or ever afterwards, to the present
  • day, a period of 2414 years.
  • 28993-900415-1840
  • -Eze23.28
  • 28994-900415-1841
  • -Eze23.29
  • 28995-900415-1842
  • -Eze23.30
  • 28996-900415-1843
  • -Eze23.31
  • 28997-900415-1845
  • -Eze23.32
  • 28998-900415-1846
  • -Eze23.33
  • 28999-900415-1846
  • -Eze23.34
  • 29000-900415-1848
  • -Eze23.35
  • 29001-900415-1850
  • -Eze23.36
  • 29002-900415-1853
  • -Eze23.37
  • 29003-900415-1854
  • -Eze23.38
  • 29004-900415-1855
  • -Eze23.39
  • 29005-900415-1859
  • -Eze23.40
  • paint thine wyes with stibium,' and Vulgate [],`thou didst paint
  • round thine eyes with stibium,' or lead ore; whence it is called
  • in Arabic [kochl], and in Syriac [kechlo], and koochlo
  • 29006-900415-1901
  • -Eze23.41
  • 29007-900415-2155
  • -Eze23.42
  • perphaps that of Bacchus; in which a riotous and drunken
  • multitude
  • assembled, adorned with bracelets and chaplets, accompanied with
  • music, songs, and dances
  • 29008-900415-2156
  • -Eze23.43
  • 29009-900415-2156
  • -Eze23.44
  • 29010-900415-2158
  • -Eze23.45
  • The Chaldeans, so called, because appointed by God to execute
  • his judgment on these criminals
  • 29011-900415-2159
  • -Eze23.46
  • 29012-900415-2201
  • -Eze23.47
  • 29013-900415-2202
  • -Eze23.48
  • 29014-900415-2203
  • -Eze23.49
  • 29015-900415-2208
  • -Eze24.1
  • 6-14 is shewn the irrevocable destruction of Jerusalem
  • 15-18 By the sign of Ezekiel not mourning for the death of his
  • wife
  • 19-27 is shewn the calamity of the Jews to be beyond all sorrow
  • Zedekiah, about Thursday, january 30, A.M. 3414, the very day
  • in which Nebuchadnezzar began the siege of Jerusalem
  • 29016-900415-2209
  • -Eze24.2
  • 29017-900415-2211
  • -Eze24.3
  • 29018-900415-2211
  • -Eze24.4
  • 29019-900415-2212
  • -Eze24.5
  • 29020-900415-2215
  • -Eze24.6
  • 29021-900415-2216
  • -Eze24.7
  • 29022-900415-2221
  • -Eze24.8
  • 29023-900415-2223
  • -Eze24.9
  • 29024-900415-2224
  • -Eze24.10
  • 29025-900415-2228
  • -Eze24.11
  • every good piece, the thigh and the shoulder, Zedekiah, his
  • family, and princes; the bones, the soldiers; the fire and
  • water,
  • the calamaties they were to suffer; and the setting on of the
  • pot,
  • the commencement of the siege.
  • 29026-900415-2232
  • -Eze24.12
  • even burned with fire till purified; that is, Jerusalem shall be
  • entirely levelled with the ground, as nothing short of this will
  • purify it from the relics of its idolatrous abominations.
  • 29027-900415-2234
  • -Eze24.13
  • 29028-900415-2236
  • -Eze24.14
  • 29029-900415-2236
  • -Eze24.15
  • 29030-900415-2238
  • -Eze24.16
  • 29031-900415-2242
  • -Eze24.17
  • some render, but ` the bread of other men,' i.e. such as was
  • commonly sent to mourners on such occasions by their friends.
  • 29032-900415-2242
  • -Eze24.18
  • 29033-900415-2243
  • -Eze24.19
  • 29034-900415-2244
  • -Eze24.20
  • 29035-900415-2246
  • -Eze24.21
  • 29036-900415-2247
  • -Eze24.22
  • 29037-900415-2247
  • -Eze24.23
  • 29038-900415-2249
  • -Eze24.24
  • 29039-900415-2251
  • -Eze24.25
  • soul
  • 29040-900415-2251
  • -Eze24.26
  • 29041-900415-2252
  • -Eze24.27
  • 29042-900415-2255
  • -Eze25.1
  • the Ammonites
  • 8-11 upon Moab and Seir
  • 12-14 upon Edom
  • 15-17 and upon the Philistines
  • 29043-900415-2256
  • -Eze25.2
  • 29044-900415-2258
  • -Eze25.3
  • 29045-900416-2224
  • -Eze25.4
  • of Jerusalem, Nebuchadnezzar turned his arms against the
  • Ammonites
  • and Moabites, and entirely subjugated them; and it is probable,
  • that the Arabs, and other nations east of Judah, then took
  • possession of their cities, and enjoyed the fruits of their
  • land.
  • The country of Moab and Ammon is now inhabited by the Bedouin
  • Arabs; where they pasture their flocks, and, no doubt, make the
  • ruins of Rabbah, their one proud capital, `a stable for camels,'
  • and other cattle.
  • 29046-900416-2226
  • -Eze25.5
  • 29047-900416-2230
  • -Eze25.6
  • 29048-900416-2231
  • -Eze25.7
  • 29049-900416-2236
  • -Eze25.8
  • 29050-900416-2237
  • -Eze25.9
  • 29051-900416-2239
  • -Eze25.10
  • 29052-900416-2242
  • -Eze25.11
  • 29053-900416-2244
  • -Eze25.12
  • 29054-900416-2247
  • -Eze25.13
  • Dedan
  • 29055-900416-2249
  • -Eze25.14
  • This was fulfilled by the Maccabees, who not only entirely
  • subjugated them, but obliged them to receive circumcison.
  • 29056-900416-2255
  • -Eze25.15
  • 29057-900416-2259
  • -Eze25.16
  • Edomites, and others, seem to have been fulfilled by
  • by Nebuchadnezzar during the siege of Tyre. Berous states that
  • he subdued Syria, Arabia, Phoenicia, and Egypt; and now their
  • very
  • names have no existence, except in history.
  • 29058-900416-2300
  • -Eze25.17
  • 29059-900417-2101
  • -Eze26.1
  • destruction
  • 7-14 The power of Nebuchadnezzar against her
  • 15-21 The mourning and astonishment of the sea at her fall
  • 29060-900417-2104
  • -Eze26.2
  • 29061-900417-2113
  • -Eze26.3
  • These verses (3-6) contain a summary prediction of what befel
  • both
  • the continental and insular Tyre, during a long succession of
  • ages. The former was totally destroyed by Nebuchadnezzar, after
  • a
  • siege of thirteen years, B.C. 573; and the latter, which arose
  • out of its ruins, after seventy years recovered its ancient
  • wealth
  • and splendour, as foretold by Isaiah, (ch. 23. 15-17) After it
  • was taken and burnt by Alexander, B.C. 332, it speedily
  • recovered
  • its strength and dignity, and nineteen years afterwards
  • withstood
  • both the fleets and armies of Antigonus. Agreeably to the
  • prophetic declarations, (Ps. 45.12 72.10 is 23.18 zec 9.1-7.),
  • it
  • was early converted to Christianity; and after being
  • successively
  • taken by the Saracens, Christians, Mamalukes, and Turks, in
  • whose
  • hands it still remains, it became a `a place for the spreading
  • of
  • nets.'
  • 29062-900417-2114
  • -Eze26.4
  • 29063-900417-2115
  • -Eze26.5
  • 29064-900417-2116
  • -Eze26.6
  • 29065-900417-2118
  • -Eze26.7
  • 29066-900417-2119
  • -Eze26.8
  • 29067-900417-2119
  • -Eze26.9
  • 29068-900417-2121
  • -Eze26.10
  • to the enterings of a city broken up.
  • 29069-900417-2122
  • -Eze26.11
  • 29070-900417-2126
  • -Eze26.12
  • The ruins of old Tyre contributed much to the taking of the new
  • city; for with the stones, timber, and rubbish, Alexander built
  • a
  • bank, or causeway, from the continent to the island, thereby
  • literally fulfuilling the words of the prophet.
  • 29071-900417-2127
  • -Eze26.13
  • 29072-900417-2131
  • -Eze26.14
  • Nebuchadnezzar; and there are now no traces left to mark its
  • site.
  • The new city, when visited by Maundrell, Bruce, and other
  • travellers, was literally `a place for fishers to dry their nets
  • on'
  • 29073-900417-2131
  • -Eze26.15
  • 29074-900417-2135
  • -Eze26.16
  • 29075-900417-2137
  • -Eze26.17
  • 29076-900417-2138
  • -Eze26.18
  • 29077-900417-2139
  • -Eze26.19
  • 29078-900417-2142
  • -Eze26.20
  • 29079-900417-2144
  • -Eze26.21
  • 29080-900417-2157
  • -Eze27.1
  • 26-36 The great and irrecoverable fall thereof
  • 29081-900417-2157
  • -Eze27.2
  • 29082-900417-2201
  • -Eze27.3
  • entrance to it from the interior and eastern part of Asia.
  • 29083-900417-2202
  • -Eze27.4
  • 29084-900417-2203
  • -Eze27.5
  • 29085-900417-2207
  • -Eze27.6
  • they have made thy hatches of ivory well trodden. Rather, `thy
  • benches have they made of ivory inlaid with box, from the isles
  • of
  • Chittim.' Vulgate, de insulis Italice, `from the islands of
  • Italy,' which were always famous for {box-trees}.
  • 29086-900417-2209
  • -Eze27.7
  • western coast of Arcadia, north of Messenia, and south of Achaia
  • 29087-900417-2211
  • -Eze27.8
  • 29088-900417-2213
  • -Eze27.9
  • 29089-900417-2214
  • -Eze27.10
  • 29090-900417-2214
  • -Eze27.11
  • 29091-900417-2215
  • -Eze27.12
  • 29092-900417-2217
  • -Eze27.13
  • 29093-900417-2218
  • -Eze27.14
  • 29094-900417-2219
  • -Eze27.15
  • 29095-900417-2220
  • -Eze27.16
  • 29096-900417-2223
  • -Eze27.17
  • 29097-900417-2228
  • -Eze27.18
  • The Chalybon of the Greeks and Romans, now called by the natives
  • {Haleb}, and by us {Aleppo}, said to have been so celebrated for
  • its wine, that the Persian kings would drink no other. It was
  • a celebrated city of Syria, situated about 90 miles from the
  • Mediterranean by way of Antioch, and 100 from the Euphrates, in
  • lat. 36 deg 11'25" north, long. 37 deg 9' east; and previous to
  • its destruction by an earthquake in 1822, occupied, including
  • its
  • suburbs, eight small hills, with the intermediate valleys,
  • comprehending a circuit of about seven miles; and its
  • inhabitants
  • were variously estimated at from 100,000 to 258,00 souls
  • 29098-900417-2230
  • -Eze27.19
  • 29099-900417-2230
  • -Eze27.20
  • 29100-900417-2232
  • -Eze27.21
  • 29101-900417-2233
  • -Eze27.22
  • 29102-900417-2235
  • -Eze27.23
  • 29103-900417-2237
  • -Eze27.24
  • 29104-900417-2238
  • -Eze27.25
  • 29105-900417-2240
  • -Eze27.26
  • 29106-900417-2245
  • -Eze27.27
  • In these beautiful and expressive figures, Tyre is represented
  • as
  • a ship at sea, wrecked through the mistakes of her pilots and
  • rowers; that is, destroyed by Nebuchadnezzar, and afterwards by
  • Alexander, in consequence of her rulers having pertinaciously
  • resolved to withstand those haughty conquerors. This vast ship,
  • laden with all kinds of valuable wares, being wrecked, all her
  • valuables, sailors, officers, etc. went to the bottom
  • 29107-900417-2246
  • -Eze27.28
  • 29108-900417-2247
  • -Eze27.29
  • 29109-900417-2250
  • -Eze27.30
  • All that were on land, seeing this gallant ship perishing with
  • all
  • her men and goods, are here represented as setting up a dismal
  • cry
  • at the heart-rending sight.
  • 29110-900417-2251
  • -Eze27.31
  • 29111-900417-2254
  • -Eze27.32
  • 29112-900417-2255
  • -Eze27.33
  • 29113-900417-2256
  • -Eze27.34
  • 29114-900417-2257
  • -Eze27.35
  • 29115-900417-2259
  • -Eze27.36
  • 29116-900419-1006
  • -Eze28.1
  • pride
  • 11-19 A lamentation of his great glory corrupted by sid
  • 20-23 The judgment of Zion
  • 24-26 The restoration of Israel
  • 29117-900419-1011
  • -Eze28.2
  • translated the Phoenician annals into Greek, and Philstratus,
  • that
  • this prince was Ithobal.
  • 29118-900419-1012
  • -Eze28.3
  • 29119-900419-1013
  • -Eze28.4
  • 29120-900419-1019
  • -Eze28.5
  • 29121-900419-1019
  • -Eze28.6
  • 29122-900419-1021
  • -Eze28.7
  • 29123-900419-1022
  • -Eze28.8
  • 29124-900419-1023
  • -Eze28.9
  • 29125-900419-1025
  • -Eze28.10
  • 29126-900419-1027
  • -Eze28.11
  • 29127-900419-1029
  • -Eze28.12
  • 29128-900419-1033
  • -Eze28.13
  • 29129-900419-1036
  • -Eze28.14
  • 29130-900419-1037
  • -Eze28.15
  • 29131-900419-1040
  • -Eze28.16
  • 29132-900419-1042
  • -Eze28.17
  • 29133-900419-1044
  • -Eze28.18
  • 29134-900419-1045
  • -Eze28.19
  • 29135-900419-1045
  • -Eze28.20
  • 29136-900419-1049
  • -Eze28.21
  • consequently Zidon was a more ancient, though a less
  • considerable
  • city than Tyre; and it is probable that it was taken by the
  • Chaldeans soon after the destruction of the latter. It was
  • afterwards burnt to the ground by the inhabitants, to prevent it
  • falling in the hands of Ochus.
  • 29137-900419-1051
  • -Eze28.22
  • 29138-900419-1052
  • -Eze28.23
  • 29139-900419-1053
  • -Eze28.24
  • 29140-900419-1057
  • -Eze28.25
  • 29141-900419-1104
  • -Eze28.26
  • 29142-900419-1108
  • -Eze29.1
  • 8-12 The desolation of Egypt
  • 13-16 The restoration thereof after 40 years
  • 17-20 Egypt the reward of Nebuchadnezzar
  • 21 Israel shall be restored
  • 29143-900419-1116
  • -Eze29.2
  • us, agreeably to the character given him by the prophet,
  • `proudly
  • and wickedly boasted of having established his kingodom so
  • securely, that it was not in the power of any God to dispoesses
  • him of it.'
  • 29144-900419-1118
  • -Eze29.3
  • 29145-900419-1119
  • -Eze29.4
  • 29146-900419-1121
  • -Eze29.5
  • 29147-900419-1122
  • -Eze29.6
  • 29148-900419-1123
  • -Eze29.7
  • 29149-900419-1125
  • -Eze29.8
  • 29150-900419-1126
  • -Eze29.9
  • 29151-900419-1130
  • -Eze29.10
  • extremity of Egypte, ( as Migdol was at the northern,) on the
  • confines of Ethiopia, near the tropic of Cancer, and about lat.
  • 24
  • deg N. long 32 deg E.
  • 29152-900419-1131
  • -Eze29.11
  • 29153-900419-1134
  • -Eze29.12
  • We learn from Berosus that Nebuchadnezzar sent several captive
  • Egyptians to Babylon; and from Megasthenes, that he transplanted
  • others to Pontus; and it is probable, that at the dissolution of
  • the Babylonian empire, about forty years after, Cyrus permitted
  • them to return to their native country.
  • 29154-900419-1134
  • -Eze29.13
  • 29155-900419-1135
  • -Eze29.14
  • 29156-900419-1136
  • -Eze29.15
  • 29157-900419-1140
  • -Eze29.16
  • 29158-900419-1141
  • -Eze29.17
  • 29159-900419-1146
  • -Eze29.18
  • Nebuchadnezzar was thirteen years employed in the siege. During
  • this long siege, the soldiers must have endured great hardships;
  • their heads would become bald by constantly wearing their
  • helments; and thier shoulders be peeled by carrying materials to
  • and from the works.
  • St. Jerome asserts, on the authority of the Assyrian histories,
  • that when the Trojans saw their city must fall, they put their
  • most valuable effects on board their ships, and fled with them
  • to
  • the islands, and thier colonies, `so that the city being taken,
  • Nebuchadnezzar found nothing worthy of his labour.'
  • 29160-900419-1147
  • -Eze29.19
  • her prey.
  • 29161-900419-1148
  • -Eze29.20
  • 29162-900419-1150
  • -Eze29.21
  • 29163-900419-1151
  • -Eze30.1
  • 20-26 The arm of Babylon shall be strengthened to break the arm
  • of Egypt.
  • 29164-900419-1152
  • -Eze30.2
  • 29165-900419-1155
  • -Eze30.3
  • 29166-900419-1156
  • -Eze30.4
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  • -Eze30.5
  • 29168-900419-1203
  • -Eze30.6
  • 29169-900419-1205
  • -Eze30.7
  • 29170-900419-1206
  • -Eze30.8
  • 29171-900419-1209
  • -Eze30.9
  • 29172-900419-1210
  • -Eze30.10
  • 29173-900419-1211
  • -Eze30.11
  • 29174-900419-1213
  • -Eze30.12
  • 29175-900419-1215
  • -Eze30.13
  • 29176-900419-1217
  • -Eze30.14
  • 29177-900419-1219
  • -Eze30.15
  • easter extremity of the Delta, twenty stadia from the
  • Mediterranean, near the lake of Menzaleh, and upon a branch of
  • the
  • Nile, to which it gave name. It was the key of Egypt on the side
  • of Judea and Syria, and was therefore strongly fortified and
  • garrisoned; but it is now quite in ruins.
  • 29178-900419-1220
  • -Eze30.16
  • 29179-900419-1425
  • -Eze30.17
  • Situated on the Pelusiac branch of the Nile, near the top of the
  • delta.
  • 29180-900419-1428
  • -Eze30.18
  • 29181-900419-1430
  • -Eze30.19
  • 29182-900419-1442
  • -Eze30.20
  • 29183-900419-1443
  • -Eze30.21
  • This prophecy was delivered soon after the Egyptians under
  • Pharaoh-hophra had come to relieve Jerusalem, and some months
  • before the city was taken, being the eleventh year of
  • Jeremiahs's
  • captivity, and answering to April 26, A.M. 3416. When the king
  • of
  • Babylon took from the king of Egypt, in the days of Pharaoh-
  • necho,
  • all his dominions in Asia, one of his arms was broken. God now
  • declared that he should never recover these territories, or gain
  • any ascendancy in that part of the world; nay, that his other
  • arm
  • which was now strong, should soon be broken, and rendered
  • utterly
  • useless. This was fulfilled when Hophra was dethroned and driven
  • into Upper Egypt by Amasia; and then Nebuchadnezzar, taking
  • advantage of this civil discord, invaded and conquered that
  • kingdom, and enslaved, dispersed, and carried captive the
  • Egyptians.
  • 29184-900419-1444
  • -Eze30.22
  • 29185-900419-1445
  • -Eze30.23
  • 29186-900419-1446
  • -Eze30.24
  • 29187-900419-1447
  • -Eze30.25
  • 29188-900419-1448
  • -Eze30.26
  • 29189-900419-1451
  • -Eze31.1
  • 3-9 of the glory of Assyria
  • 10-17 and the fall thereof for pride
  • 18 The like destruction of Egypt
  • Usher; and about a month before the capture of Jerusalem.
  • 29190-900419-1452
  • -Eze31.2
  • 29191-900419-1458
  • -Eze31.3
  • 29192-900419-1459
  • -Eze31.4
  • 29193-900419-1505
  • -Eze31.5
  • The Assyrian king, to whom Pharaoh is compared, from his great
  • power, extensive dominion, and the protection that he offered,
  • resembled the spreading branches, thick shade, and high stature
  • of
  • a flourishing cedar on mount Lebanon. The fruitful lands of
  • Assyria; the immense revenues he drew from vast multitudes in
  • his
  • extensive territories; his lucrative commerce, by the river
  • Tigris, with the countries on the Indian ocean; and all the
  • various sources of his wealth and prosperity, resembled the
  • rivers
  • and streams which cause the trees planted by them to grow and
  • flourish exceedingly; and hence the empire and its head were
  • exalted above all the kingdoms of the earth.
  • 29194-900419-1506
  • -Eze31.6
  • 29195-900419-1506
  • -Eze31.7
  • 29196-900419-1508
  • -Eze31.8
  • 29197-900419-1510
  • -Eze31.9
  • 29198-900419-1512
  • -Eze31.10
  • The allegory and its interpretation are here combined; and the
  • Assyrian monarch, though already destroyed, is poetically
  • addressed.
  • 29199-900419-1515
  • -Eze31.11
  • 29200-900419-1516
  • -Eze31.12
  • 29201-900419-1517
  • -Eze31.13
  • 29202-900419-1521
  • -Eze31.14
  • height.
  • 29203-900419-1523
  • -Eze31.15
  • this fair tree are here described as mourning his downfall: they
  • stop their usual courses to bewail his fate, and Lebanon with
  • all
  • its stately trees, (his confederated and allies,) sympathise
  • with
  • him in his misfortunes.
  • 29204-900419-1526
  • -Eze31.16
  • 29205-900419-1528
  • -Eze31.17
  • 29206-900419-1532
  • -Eze31.18
  • Pharoah is here called upon to look in his mirror, and see the
  • termination of his glory and greatness.
  • That is, the judgment that befel the king of Assyria, is an
  • exact
  • representation of the destruction that remains for Pharoah and
  • all his people.
  • 29207-900419-1536
  • -Eze32.1
  • nations
  • year of Jeconiah's captivity, about a year and half after the
  • destruction of Jerusalem, and at a time when Pharaoh was in
  • power and prosperity.
  • 29208-900419-1538
  • -Eze32.2
  • 29209-900419-1538
  • -Eze32.3
  • 29210-900419-1540
  • -Eze32.4
  • 29211-900419-1543
  • -Eze32.5
  • To represent the power, rapaciousness, and cruelty of Pharaoh,
  • he
  • had been compared to a fierce young lion, and also to an
  • immense,
  • overgrown sea-monster, or crocodile; and here it is predicted
  • that
  • God would cast a net over him, by which many companies of people
  • should drag him out of his rivers, and cast him into the open
  • field, mountains, valleys, etc., to be devoured by birds and
  • beasts of pey; that is, his ruin would be complete, and attended
  • with terrible miseries to the Egyptians, and afford a large
  • booty
  • to their enemies.
  • 29212-900419-1545
  • -Eze32.6
  • overflowed annually by the Nile.
  • 29213-900419-1549
  • -Eze32.7
  • 29214-900419-1550
  • -Eze32.8
  • 29215-900419-1551
  • -Eze32.9
  • 29216-900419-1552
  • -Eze32.10
  • 29217-900419-1554
  • -Eze32.11
  • 29218-900419-1555
  • -Eze32.12
  • 29219-900419-1556
  • -Eze32.13
  • 29220-900419-1557
  • -Eze32.14
  • The neighboring countries shall be in a state of quietness,
  • like a
  • river that smoothly glides along, having no longer a political
  • crocodile to foul their waters, or to disturb their peace.
  • 29221-900419-1559
  • -Eze32.15
  • 29222-900419-1559
  • -Eze32.16
  • 29223-900419-1601
  • -Eze32.17
  • That is, of the twelfth month, just a fortnight after the
  • preceding prophecy.
  • 29224-900419-1603
  • -Eze32.18
  • That is, predict that they shall be cast down.
  • The cities and colonies of the celebrated nations afterwards
  • enumerated.
  • 29225-900419-1605
  • -Eze32.19
  • 29226-900419-1606
  • -Eze32.20
  • 29227-900419-1608
  • -Eze32.21
  • Pharaoh is here represented as descending into the regions of
  • the
  • dead, whither many mighty warriors and potentates had gone
  • before
  • him, who welcome him to their dreary mansion.
  • 29228-900419-1610
  • -Eze32.22
  • 29229-900419-1612
  • -Eze32.23
  • 29230-900419-1614
  • -Eze32.24
  • 29231-900419-1616
  • -Eze32.25
  • corpse was deposited.
  • 29232-900419-1618
  • -Eze32.26
  • Armeia, from whom, probably the Muscovites are descended.
  • Probably the the Tibarenainas, a people of Pontus, west of the
  • Moschians.
  • 29233-900419-1621
  • -Eze32.27
  • that is, to the grave; and are buried in their armour, with
  • their
  • weapons lying by their sides, as was a very ancient practice in
  • various nations.
  • 29234-900419-1621
  • -Eze32.28
  • 29235-900419-1624
  • -Eze32.29
  • 29236-900419-1626
  • -Eze32.30
  • Chaldea, or of the Syrians and others north of Judah, with ` all
  • the Zidonians,' dings of Zidon, Tyre, and other cities of
  • Phoenicia.
  • 29237-900419-1629
  • -Eze32.31
  • among the dead.
  • conquerors in the same condition as himself
  • 29238-900419-1630
  • -Eze32.32
  • 29239-900419-1639
  • -Eze33.1
  • 7-9 Ezekiel is admonished of his duty
  • 10-16 God shews the justice of his ways towards the penitent and
  • towards revolters
  • 17-20 He maintains his justice
  • 21-29 Upon the news of the taking of Jerusalem he prophecies the
  • desolation of the land
  • 30-33 God's judgment upon the mockers of the prophets
  • 29240-900419-1641
  • -Eze33.2
  • sword upon her
  • 29241-900419-1642
  • -Eze33.3
  • 29242-900419-1645
  • -Eze33.4
  • 29243-900419-1646
  • -Eze33.5
  • 29244-900419-1647
  • -Eze33.6
  • 29245-900419-1649
  • -Eze33.7
  • 29246-900419-1651
  • -Eze33.8
  • 29247-900419-1653
  • -Eze33.9
  • 29248-900419-1657
  • -Eze33.10
  • The impenitent Jews seem to have charged the prophet's messages
  • with inconsistency: for whilst he warned them to repent, and
  • assured the penitent of forgiveness, he also predicted that the
  • people `would pine away in their transgressions.' The
  • prediction,
  • however, merely implied that God foresaw that the people in
  • general would be impenitent, thou some individuals would repent
  • and be pardoned.
  • 29249-900419-1700
  • -Eze33.11
  • 29250-900419-1701
  • -Eze33.12
  • 29251-900419-1703
  • -Eze33.13
  • 29252-900419-1705
  • -Eze33.14
  • 29253-900419-1707
  • -Eze33.15
  • `The sin is not forgiven, unless that which is taken away be
  • restored,' says Augustine.
  • 29254-900419-1708
  • -Eze33.16
  • 29255-900419-1709
  • -Eze33.17
  • 29256-900419-1709
  • -Eze33.18
  • 29257-900419-1710
  • -Eze33.19
  • 29258-900419-1711
  • -Eze33.20
  • 29259-900419-1715
  • -Eze33.21
  • 3417. According to the date here given, this escaped Jew did not
  • come to the prophet, with intelligence of Jerusalem being
  • smitten,
  • till about eighteen months after the event: but instead of the
  • `twelfth year' eight MSS. and the Syriac read the {eleventh}.
  • prophet.
  • 29260-900419-1716
  • -Eze33.22
  • 29261-900419-1716
  • -Eze33.23
  • 29262-900419-1718
  • -Eze33.24
  • Gedaliah, after the desolation of Jerusalem, flattered
  • themselves,
  • notwithstanding all their crimes, that they should inherit the
  • whole land.
  • 29263-900419-1720
  • -Eze33.25
  • 29264-900419-1722
  • -Eze33.26
  • 29265-900419-1724
  • -Eze33.27
  • 29266-900419-1726
  • -Eze33.28
  • 29267-900419-1727
  • -Eze33.29
  • 29268-900419-1729
  • -Eze33.30
  • 29269-900419-1733
  • -Eze33.31
  • 29270-900419-1734
  • -Eze33.32
  • 29271-900419-1735
  • -Eze33.33
  • 29272-900421-2009
  • -Eze34.1
  • 7-10 God's judgment against them
  • 11-19 His providence over his flock
  • 20-31 The kingdom of Christ
  • 29273-900421-2017
  • -Eze34.2
  • princes, priests and prophets; the flock, the whole of the
  • people;
  • the fat and wool, the tithes and offerings, taxes and imposts:
  • these they exacted with great rigour, and even oppressed and
  • destroyed the people it enrich themselves; but they bestowed no
  • pains to provide for the welfare of the state, or for the souls
  • of
  • those entrusted to them. They knew nothing about their flock: it
  • might be diseased, infirm, bruised, maimed, strayed, or lost,
  • for
  • they watched not over them.
  • 29274-900421-2019
  • -Eze34.3
  • 29275-900421-2025
  • -Eze34.4
  • 29276-900421-2027
  • -Eze34.5
  • 29277-900421-2028
  • -Eze34.6
  • 29278-900421-2029
  • -Eze34.7
  • 29279-900421-2030
  • -Eze34.8
  • 29280-900421-2030
  • -Eze34.9
  • 29281-900421-2034
  • -Eze34.10
  • 29282-900421-2035
  • -Eze34.11
  • 29283-900421-2037
  • -Eze34.12
  • seeking of, etc.
  • 29284-900421-2039
  • -Eze34.13
  • 29285-900421-2040
  • -Eze34.14
  • 29286-900421-2041
  • -Eze34.15
  • 29287-900421-2043
  • -Eze34.16
  • 29288-900421-2045
  • -Eze34.17
  • 29289-900421-2046
  • -Eze34.18
  • 29290-900421-2046
  • -Eze34.19
  • 29291-900421-2047
  • -Eze34.20
  • 29292-900421-2047
  • -Eze34.21
  • 29293-900421-2048
  • -Eze34.22
  • 29294-900421-2053
  • -Eze34.23
  • years; and from that time till now there never has been a ruler
  • of
  • any kind in the Jewish nation of the name of David. By David,
  • then, we must understand the Messiah, as the Jews themselves
  • acknowledge, so called because descended from him, and also as
  • being the well beloved [], Son of the Father, as the name
  • imports,
  • and in whom all the promises made to David were fulfilled.
  • 29295-900421-2056
  • -Eze34.24
  • 29296-900421-2057
  • -Eze34.25
  • 29297-900421-2059
  • -Eze34.26
  • 29298-900421-2101
  • -Eze34.27
  • 29299-900421-2104
  • -Eze34.28
  • only a typical accomplishment in the return from captivity under
  • Zerubbable, and in their consequent prosperity; but the
  • restoration of the Jews from their present captivity, and the
  • consequent peace and prosperity of the church and world, fully
  • answer to this energetic language.
  • 29300-900421-2106
  • -Eze34.29
  • 29301-900421-2109
  • -Eze34.30
  • 29302-900421-2110
  • -Eze34.31
  • 29303-900421-2112
  • -Eze35.1
  • insulting over their distress
  • 29304-900421-2115
  • -Eze35.2
  • 29305-900421-2116
  • -Eze35.3
  • 29306-900421-2117
  • -Eze35.4
  • 29307-900421-2119
  • -Eze35.5
  • 29308-900421-2120
  • -Eze35.6
  • 29309-900421-2122
  • -Eze35.7
  • 29310-900421-2122
  • -Eze35.8
  • 29311-900421-2128
  • -Eze35.9
  • years after the destruction of Jerusalem, many of the Edomites,
  • during the Babylonian captivity, being driven from their ancient
  • habitation by the Nabatheans, seized upon the south-western part
  • of Judea; but afterwards they were conquered by Hyrcanus, and
  • reduced to the necessity of embracing the jewish religion; and
  • at
  • last became either incorporated with that nation, or swallowed
  • up
  • and lost among the Nabathean Arabs, so that the very name was
  • abolished and disused about the end of the first century after
  • Christ. Their country in now barren; and their cities, even
  • Bozra
  • and Petra, totally demolished and in ruins.
  • 29312-900421-2129
  • -Eze35.10
  • 29313-900421-2130
  • -Eze35.11
  • 29314-900421-2131
  • -Eze35.12
  • 29315-900421-2133
  • -Eze35.13
  • 29316-900421-2134
  • -Eze35.14
  • 29317-900421-2135
  • -Eze35.15
  • 29318-900421-2138
  • -Eze36.1
  • heathen, who spitefully used it
  • 8-15 and by the blessings of God promised unto it
  • 16-20 Israel was rejected for their sin
  • 21-24 and shall be restored without their desert
  • 25-38 The blessings of Christ's kingodm
  • 29319-900421-2139
  • -Eze36.2
  • 29320-900421-2149
  • -Eze36.3
  • tongue
  • 29321-900421-2151
  • -Eze36.4
  • 29322-900421-2158
  • -Eze36.5
  • 29323-900421-2159
  • -Eze36.6
  • 29324-900421-2202
  • -Eze36.7
  • 29325-900421-2205
  • -Eze36.8
  • they would soon be in possesion of the whole land of Judea,
  • might
  • be assured that the predicted seventy years of the captivity
  • were
  • wearing away, and the time would soon arrive when the Jews would
  • reposses and cultivate their own land, and eat its fruits.
  • 29326-900421-2206
  • -Eze36.9
  • 29327-900421-2210
  • -Eze36.10
  • 29328-900421-2215
  • -Eze36.11
  • prosperous after the captivity as they had been before; hence
  • this
  • prophecy must refer to the times of the Gospel and the future
  • conversion and restoration of the Jews.
  • 29329-900421-2216
  • -Eze36.12
  • valleys, and wastes of Judea.
  • 29330-900421-2217
  • -Eze36.13
  • 29331-900421-2217
  • -Eze36.14
  • 29332-900421-2218
  • -Eze36.15
  • 29333-900421-2219
  • -Eze36.16
  • 29334-900421-2220
  • -Eze36.17
  • 29335-900421-2221
  • -Eze36.18
  • 29336-900421-2222
  • -Eze36.19
  • 29337-900421-2227
  • -Eze36.20
  • an abject and wretched company of people. They were recognized
  • as
  • the worshippers of Jehovah wherever they went; but they were
  • looked upon as a viler and more worthless race than any of the
  • idolators among whom they were driven. Many would ascribe their
  • wickedness to the tendency of their religion, which they
  • abhored,
  • and not to their having acted inconsistently with it; and regard
  • thier miseries, not as the punishment of their sins, but as
  • proofs
  • of God's inability to protect them. This profanation of his holy
  • name, Jehovah was determined to wipe away, by shewing mercy unto
  • them.
  • 29338-900421-2228
  • -Eze36.21
  • 29339-900421-2229
  • -Eze36.22
  • 29340-900421-2231
  • -Eze36.23
  • 29341-900421-2234
  • -Eze36.24
  • 29342-900421-2237
  • -Eze36.25
  • 29343-900421-2238
  • -Eze36.26
  • 29344-900421-2241
  • -Eze36.27
  • 29345-900421-2246
  • -Eze36.28
  • 29346-900421-2248
  • -Eze36.29
  • 29347-900421-2248
  • -Eze36.30
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  • -Eze36.31
  • 29349-900421-2251
  • -Eze36.32
  • 29350-900421-2253
  • -Eze36.33
  • 29351-900421-2254
  • -Eze36.34
  • 29352-900421-2255
  • -Eze36.35
  • 29353-900421-2256
  • -Eze36.36
  • 29354-900421-2257
  • -Eze36.37
  • 29355-900421-2259
  • -Eze36.38
  • 29356-900421-2307
  • -Eze37.1
  • 11-14 the dead hope of Israel is revised
  • 15-17 By the uniting of two sticks
  • 18-20 is shewn the incorporation of Israel into Judah
  • 21-28 The promises of Christ's kingdom
  • and desperate state of both Israel and Judah; and the
  • revivification of these bones signifies their restoration to
  • their
  • own land after their captivity, and also their recovery from
  • their
  • present long dispersion. Although this is the primary and
  • genuine
  • scope of the vision, yet the doctrine of a general resurrection
  • of
  • the dead may justly be inferred from it; for `a simile of the
  • resurrection,' says Jerome, after Tertullian and others, would
  • never have been used to signify the restoration of the people of
  • Israel, unless such a future resurrection had been believed and
  • known; because no one attempts to confirm uncertain things by
  • things which have no existence.'
  • 29357-900421-2308
  • -Eze37.2
  • 29358-900421-2310
  • -Eze37.3
  • 29359-900421-2313
  • -Eze37.4
  • 29360-900421-2313
  • -Eze37.5
  • 29361-900421-2315
  • -Eze37.6
  • 29362-900421-2316
  • -Eze37.7
  • 29363-900421-2316
  • -Eze37.8
  • 29364-900421-2317
  • -Eze37.9
  • 29365-900421-2317
  • -Eze37.10
  • 29366-900421-2319
  • -Eze37.11
  • 29367-900421-2328
  • -Eze37.12
  • under which figure Isaiah (ch. 26.9) also describes the
  • restoration of the house of Israel, when he says, `thy dead men
  • shall live;' at which time their bones are said to flourish (ch
  • 66.14) or to be restored to their former strength and vigour;
  • and,
  • in like manner, St. Paul, (Ro. 11.15,) expressed their
  • conversion
  • by `life from the dead.' In the land of their captivity, they
  • seemed as absolutely deprived of their country as persons
  • committed to the grave are cut off from the land of the living;
  • but when Cyrus issued his proclamation, Jehovah, as it were,
  • opened their graves, and when he stirred up their spirits to
  • embrace the proffered liberty, he put his Sprit within them,
  • that
  • they might live; and their re-establishment in their own land
  • envinced the truth of God in the prediction, and his power in
  • its
  • accomplishment.
  • 29368-900421-2329
  • -Eze37.13
  • 29369-900421-2330
  • -Eze37.14
  • 29370-900421-2331
  • -Eze37.15
  • 29371-900421-2331
  • -Eze37.16
  • 29372-900421-2332
  • -Eze37.17
  • 29373-900421-2333
  • -Eze37.18
  • 29374-900424-1714
  • -Eze37.19
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  • -Eze37.20
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  • -Eze37.21
  • 29377-900421-2339
  • -Eze37.22
  • It is evident that the grand union of Israel and Judah here
  • predicted, and their government under one king, and that king to
  • be David, must still be future; for, politically speaking, they
  • never had a king from that day to this, far less a king or
  • prince
  • of that name. (See on ch 34.23)
  • 29378-900422-0921
  • -Eze37.23
  • 29379-900422-0924
  • -Eze37.24
  • 29380-900422-0926
  • -Eze37.25
  • 29381-900422-0929
  • -Eze37.26
  • 29382-900422-0930
  • -Eze37.27
  • 29383-900422-0932
  • -Eze37.28
  • 29384-900422-0933
  • -Eze38.1
  • 8-13 and malice of Gog
  • 14-23 God's judgment against him
  • 29385-900422-0938
  • -Eze38.2
  • of Rosh, Meshech, and Tubal.' By Magog is most probably meant
  • the Scythians or Tartars, called so by Arabian and Syrian
  • writers,
  • and especially the Turks, who were originally natives of
  • Tartary;
  • and by Rosh, the Russians, descendents of the ancient
  • inhabitants
  • on the river Araxes or Rosh.
  • 29386-900422-0939
  • -Eze38.3
  • 29387-900422-0941
  • -Eze38.4
  • 29388-900422-0942
  • -Eze38.5
  • 29389-900422-0943
  • -Eze38.6
  • 29390-900422-0944
  • -Eze38.7
  • 29391-900422-0947
  • -Eze38.8
  • 29392-900422-0948
  • -Eze38.9
  • 29393-900422-0950
  • -Eze38.10
  • 29394-900422-0951
  • -Eze38.11
  • 29395-900422-0954
  • -Eze38.12
  • prey the prey
  • 29396-900728-1627
  • -Eze38.13
  • 29397-900728-1629
  • -Eze38.14
  • 29398-900728-1633
  • -Eze38.15
  • 29399-900728-1647
  • -Eze38.16
  • Though it is not generally agreed what people or transactions
  • are here predicted, yet it seems evident that the prophecy is
  • not yet accomplished. Nothing occurred in the wars of
  • Cambyses, or Antiochus Epiphanes with the Jews, that answers
  • to it; and the expression here used, in the latter days,
  • plainly implies that there should be a succession of many ages
  • between the publication of the prediction and its
  • accomplishment. It is therefore supposed, with much
  • probability, that its fulfilment will be posterior to the
  • conversion of the Jews and their restoration to their own
  • land; and that the Turks, Tarters, or Scythians, from the
  • northern parts of Asia, perhaps uniting with the inhabitants
  • of some more southern regions, will make war upon the Jews and
  • be cut off in a manner predicted here.
  • 29400-900422-1441
  • -Eze38.17
  • 29401-900422-1442
  • -Eze38.18
  • 29402-900422-1444
  • -Eze38.19
  • 29403-900422-1445
  • -Eze38.20
  • 29404-900422-1446
  • -Eze38.21
  • 29405-900422-1448
  • -Eze38.22
  • 29406-900422-1449
  • -Eze38.23
  • 29407-900422-1453
  • -Eze39.1
  • 8-10 Israel's victory
  • 11-16 Gog's burial in Hamon-gog
  • 17-20 The feast of the fowls
  • 21-24 Israel having been plagued for their sins
  • 25-29 shall be gathered again with eternal favour
  • Meshech, and Tubal.'
  • 29408-900422-1457
  • -Eze39.2
  • It is probable that none of the invaders will escape: but
  • perhaps
  • the inhabitants of Magog in general are meant. The immense army
  • of Gog, led forth against Israel, will almost empty his land;
  • and
  • the subsequent judgments of God upon those that remain at home,
  • will reduce them to a sixth of the whole
  • plagues; or, draw thee back with a hook of six teeth, as ch 38.4
  • 29409-900422-1457
  • -Eze39.3
  • 29410-900422-1459
  • -Eze39.4
  • 29411-900422-1500
  • -Eze39.5
  • 29412-900422-1502
  • -Eze39.6
  • Some terrible judgment will destroy the countries whence the
  • army
  • of Gog was led forth, about the same time that the army itself
  • shall be cut off.
  • 29413-900422-1504
  • -Eze39.7
  • 29414-900422-1506
  • -Eze39.8
  • The prophet, seeing in vision the accomplishment of the
  • prediction, speaks of it as already come and done.
  • 29415-900422-1510
  • -Eze39.9
  • The language here employed seems to intimate that the army of
  • Gog
  • will be cut off by miracle, as that of Sennacherib; for the
  • people
  • are described as going forth, not to fight and conquer, but
  • merely
  • to gather the spoil, and to destroy the weapons of war, as no
  • longer of use.
  • When the immense number and destruction of the invaders are con-
  • sidered, and also the little fuel comparatively which is
  • necessary
  • in warm climates, we may easily conceive of this being literally
  • fulfilled.
  • 29416-900422-1511
  • -Eze39.10
  • 29417-900422-1514
  • -Eze39.11
  • Probably the valley near the Sea of Gennesareth, as the Targum
  • renders, and so called because it was the great road by which
  • the
  • merchants and traders from Syria and other Eastern countries
  • went
  • in Egypt, Perhaps what is now called the plains of Haouran,
  • south
  • of Damascus.
  • 29418-900422-1515
  • -Eze39.12
  • 29419-900422-1516
  • -Eze39.13
  • 29420-900422-1517
  • -Eze39.14
  • 29421-900422-1517
  • -Eze39.15
  • 29422-900422-1518
  • -Eze39.16
  • 29423-900422-1520
  • -Eze39.17
  • 29424-900422-1521
  • -Eze39.18
  • 29425-900422-1522
  • -Eze39.19
  • 29426-900422-1522
  • -Eze39.20
  • 29427-900422-1523
  • -Eze39.21
  • 29428-900422-1524
  • -Eze39.22
  • 29429-900422-1526
  • -Eze39.23
  • 29430-900422-1527
  • -Eze39.24
  • 29431-900422-1532
  • -Eze39.25
  • continuance, increase, partial reformation, and prosperity, till
  • the days of Christ, followed by their present long continued
  • dispersion, under the frown of God, and destitute of his Spirit,
  • could in no degree answer to these predictions, Hence we must
  • conclude, that some future events, exactly suitable to them,
  • shall
  • yet take place relative to the nation of Israel.
  • 29432-900422-1534
  • -Eze39.26
  • 29433-900422-1535
  • -Eze39.27
  • 29434-900422-1536
  • -Eze39.28
  • 29435-900422-1538
  • -Eze39.29
  • 29436-900422-1601
  • -Eze40.1
  • temple
  • 6-19 The description of the east gate of the outer court
  • 20-23 of the north gate
  • 24-26 of the south gate
  • 27-31 of the south gate of the inner court
  • 32-34 of the east gate
  • 35-38 and of the north gate
  • 39-43 Eight tables
  • 44-47 The chambers
  • 48,49 The porch of the house
  • On Tuesday, April 20
  • 29437-900422-1610
  • -Eze40.2
  • There can be little doubt, that the grand outlines of the
  • description of the temple, in the following extraordinary
  • vision,
  • were taken from that of Solomon's with all the additions made to
  • it in after ages; and we may suppose that Zerubbabel and the
  • other
  • Jews had respect to it, as far as circumstances which
  • conclusively
  • show, that something infinitely superior to either the first or
  • second temple was intended; and that the external description
  • must
  • be considered as a figure and emblem of spiritual blessings.
  • Probably the more immediate accomplishment of the prophecy will
  • be
  • subsequent to the conversion and restoration of the Jews, the
  • destruction of Gog and Magog, and the pouring out of the Spirit,
  • mentioned at the close of the last chapter; but whether there
  • will
  • be any external forms analogous to these cannot be determined,
  • though in some respects it seems improbable.
  • 29438-900422-1611
  • -Eze40.3
  • 29439-900422-1612
  • -Eze40.4
  • 29440-900422-1613
  • -Eze40.5
  • 29441-900422-1615
  • -Eze40.6
  • 29442-900422-1616
  • -Eze40.7
  • 29444-900422-1617
  • -Eze40.9
  • 29445-900422-1632
  • -Eze40.10
  • The entrance into the outer court seems to have been through a
  • porch with doors at both ends; and on each side of this porch
  • were
  • three small chambers, or rooms, for the use of the porters, a
  • reed
  • square in size, with a passage of five cubits between them. The
  • common cubit, termed the `cubit of a man,' (De 3.11) was about
  • 18
  • inches; but the cubit used by the angel was, as we learn from
  • (ch 43.13), `a cubit and a hand breadth,' or about three inches
  • more than the common cubit, that is 21 inches. Hence the
  • measuring reed, which was `six cubits long, by the cubit and the
  • hand breadth,' (ver. 5) must have been about 10.5 feet
  • 29446-900422-1633
  • -Eze40.11
  • 29447-900422-1633
  • -Eze40.12
  • 29448-900422-1636
  • -Eze40.13
  • The whole arch of the east gate, measured from the southern
  • extremity of one room to the northern extremity of the opposite
  • room, was 25 cubits; including the dimensions of the two rooms,
  • or
  • twelve cubits (ver. 7) the spaces before the rooms, or two
  • cubits,
  • (ver 12) and breadth of the entrance, ten cubits, (ver 11)
  • making
  • all 24 cubits, leaving one cubit for the thickness of the walls.
  • 29449-900422-1637
  • -Eze40.14
  • 29450-900422-1640
  • -Eze40.15
  • This was the whole length of the porch, from the outward front
  • (ch 41.21,25,) to the inner side which looks into the first
  • court,(ver 17) including the thickness of the walls, (ver 6)
  • chambers, (ver 7) and spaces between them.
  • 29451-900422-1643
  • -Eze40.16
  • 29452-900422-1644
  • -Eze40.17
  • 29453-900422-1644
  • -Eze40.18
  • 29454-900422-1645
  • -Eze40.19
  • 29455-900422-1646
  • -Eze40.20
  • 29456-900422-1648
  • -Eze40.21
  • 29457-900422-1650
  • -Eze40.22
  • Or, `suitable to them,' that is, to the arches of the east gate.
  • The north gate into the outward court, and every thing belonging
  • to it, were exactly the same as the east gate
  • 29458-900422-1652
  • -Eze40.23
  • That is, the gate of the inner court was opposite, and exactly
  • answered to the gate of the outward court, both on the north and
  • east side; and between the gates of the outward and inner court
  • was a space of an hundred cubits.
  • 29459-900422-1654
  • -Eze40.24
  • That is, according to the measures of the eastern and northern
  • gates. There does not appear to have been any gates on the west,
  • though the courts seem to have extended to the western wall
  • 29460-900422-1655
  • -Eze40.25
  • 29461-900422-1656
  • -Eze40.26
  • 29462-900422-1656
  • -Eze40.27
  • 29463-900422-1658
  • -Eze40.28
  • As the outward court inclosed the inner, the prophet was led
  • from
  • the south gate of the outward court to the sourth gate of the
  • inner, which was opposite it, and so into the inner court
  • itself.
  • 29464-900422-1701
  • -Eze40.29
  • The entrance into the inner court seems to have been through a
  • portico, exactly like that at each gate of the outward court;
  • but
  • the ascent was by eight steps, instead of seven.
  • 29465-900422-1704
  • -Eze40.30
  • These are supposed to have been built over the spaces which
  • separated the little chambers, or porters' lodges.
  • places, that we should read twenty-five; the word esrim appears
  • to have been lost out of the text.
  • 29466-900422-1705
  • -Eze40.31
  • 29467-900422-1706
  • -Eze40.32
  • 29468-900422-1706
  • -Eze40.33
  • 29469-900422-1708
  • -Eze40.34
  • That is, probably, the capital of each pillar was ornamented
  • with
  • sculpture, representing leave of branches of the palm tree
  • 29470-900422-1710
  • -Eze40.35
  • The north gate, as well as the east, was built in the same
  • manner,
  • and of the same dimensions, as the south gate. See the parallel
  • passages.
  • 29471-900422-1710
  • -Eze40.36
  • 29472-900422-1711
  • -Eze40.37
  • primarily denotes.
  • 29473-900422-1716
  • -Eze40.38
  • This place, where the legs and entrails of the sacrifices,
  • especially of the burnt offerings, were washed, was just within
  • the portico of the north entrance to the inner court, or court
  • of
  • the priests. An allusion to this is most probably made by the
  • inspired apostle when writing his Epistle to the Hebrews, at the
  • 10th chapter and 22nd verse. `Let us draw near with a true heart
  • in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an
  • evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water.'
  • 29474-900422-1717
  • -Eze40.39
  • 29475-900422-1720
  • -Eze40.40
  • Two tables were on each side, as you come into the porch of the
  • gate; and two on each side of the inner part of the gate that
  • looked towards the altar; in all eight tables, on which they
  • slew
  • and cut up the victims. It does not appear that any such tables
  • were used either in the tabernacle or temple; and this seems to
  • intimate the introduction of a new and more spiritual
  • dispensation
  • 29476-900422-1721
  • -Eze40.41
  • 29477-900422-1721
  • -Eze40.42
  • 29478-900422-1722
  • -Eze40.43
  • These were probably for hanging up the victims in order to flay
  • them.
  • 29479-900422-1723
  • -Eze40.44
  • 29480-900422-1727
  • -Eze40.45
  • The word chamber probably here denotes a row of chambers, of
  • which
  • there seems to have been three: one for the singers; one for the
  • priests who in their courses took charge of the sacred vessels
  • and
  • treasures; and one for the priests who attended on the altar and
  • sacrifices.
  • 29481-900422-1728
  • -Eze40.46
  • 29482-900422-1730
  • -Eze40.47
  • This was the inner court, or court of the priests, which was of
  • the same diemensions with each division of the outer court; and
  • the altar stood directly before the porch of the temple
  • 29483-900422-1733
  • -Eze40.48
  • The length of the porch was twenty cubits, the same as the
  • breadth
  • of the temple, and the breadth eleven cubits, that is, one cubit
  • more than in Solomon's temple. Two bivalve, or folding doors,
  • each
  • leaf of them being three cubits wide, seem to have formed the
  • entrance; which, with five cubits, perhaps of brick or stone
  • work,
  • one each side, called `the post of the porch' amount to sixteen
  • cubits; and the other four cubits may be supposed to have been
  • the
  • distance from these posts to the outside walls of the temple.
  • 29484-900422-1735
  • -Eze40.49
  • This was a flight of steps which led from the inner court into
  • the
  • temple.
  • 29485-900422-1743
  • -Eze41.1
  • These were probably a sort of door-case on each side of the
  • entrance; and the tabernacle perhaps was a kind of covering to
  • the
  • door, of the same dimensions.
  • 29486-900422-1745
  • -Eze41.2
  • into the sanctuary, which seems to have been wider than that
  • from
  • the court to the porch.
  • 29487-900422-1749
  • -Eze41.3
  • sanctuary (ver 2.) and holy of holies (ver 4); the breadth of
  • the
  • wall on each side of the gate being seven cubits, and the
  • entrance
  • into the holy place six cubits in width.
  • 29488-900422-1750
  • -Eze41.4
  • 29489-900422-1751
  • -Eze41.5
  • 29490-900422-1756
  • -Eze41.6
  • [heb] side chamber over side chamber
  • Josephus, that around Solomon's temple were chambers three
  • stories high, each story consisting of thirty chambers; which
  • are
  • supposed to have been on the north, south, and east sides of the
  • temple.
  • That is, the beams or supporters, of the chambers were not let
  • into the main wall of the temple; but rested on projections of
  • the
  • outer wall, which became a cubit narrower at every story,
  • leaving
  • a ledge of one cubit, to support the beams.
  • 29491-900422-1759
  • -Eze41.7
  • made broader, and went round
  • In the same proportion in which the thickness of the wall
  • decreased, the chambers increased, so that the middle story was
  • one cubit larger, and the upper story two cubits larger, than
  • the
  • lower rooms; and a winding staircase, which widened in the same
  • manner as the rooms, ascended from the bottom to the top.
  • 29492-900422-1759
  • -Eze41.8
  • 29493-900422-1801
  • -Eze41.9
  • This appears to have been a walk, or gallery of communication
  • between the chambers, five cubits broad, into which the doors
  • opened.
  • 29494-900422-1802
  • -Eze41.10
  • As the word rendered {chambers} is different from that used
  • before, it is supposed there was another row of buildings,
  • parallel with the side chambers, with a passage of twenty cubits
  • between
  • 29495-900422-1803
  • -Eze41.11
  • 29496-900422-1804
  • -Eze41.12
  • This appears to have been a building erected at the west end of
  • the temple.
  • 29497-900422-1805
  • -Eze41.13
  • These verses (13-15) seem to intimate, that all the buildings of
  • the temple occupied an area of 100 square cubits.
  • 29498-900422-1806
  • -Eze41.14
  • 29499-900422-1807
  • -Eze41.15
  • 29500-900422-1809
  • -Eze41.16
  • Probably either by jutting out of the main wall of the temple;
  • or
  • by lattice work, or curtains, or by both
  • 29501-900422-1810
  • -Eze41.17
  • That is, the windows were placed above the height of the door,
  • at
  • the east end of the temple, and thus continued, at the same
  • height, and at measured distances, along both sides of the holy
  • place, to the wall of the inner sanctuary, in which there were
  • no
  • windows.
  • 29502-900422-1812
  • -Eze41.18
  • 29503-900422-1812
  • -Eze41.19
  • 29504-900422-1812
  • -Eze41.20
  • 29505-900422-1812
  • -Eze41.21
  • 29506-900422-1816
  • -Eze41.22
  • This must signify the altar of incense; which, both in the
  • tabernacle and Solomon's temple, was covered with plates of
  • gold.
  • It is very remarkable, that in this temple described by Ezekiel,
  • there is not the least mention of gold or silver, though there
  • was
  • such a profusion of these metals in the former; which may
  • probably
  • imply, that a glory of a more spiritual nature was intended
  • under
  • these emblems.
  • 29507-900422-1817
  • -Eze41.23
  • 29508-900422-1817
  • -Eze41.24
  • 29509-900422-1817
  • -Eze41.25
  • 29510-900422-1818
  • -Eze41.26
  • 29511-900422-1821
  • -Eze42.1
  • 13,14 The use thereof
  • 15-20 The measures of the outward court
  • This seems to denote a row of chambers in three stories; which
  • appear to have been situated in the inner court, (here called
  • the
  • outer court in reference to the temple, ver 13.14) just before
  • the
  • seperate place, at the entrance from the north.
  • 29512-900422-1823
  • -Eze42.2
  • Perhaps this means, that the north door was 100 cubits from the
  • entrance into the court; and that the door-way, or portico, was
  • 50
  • cubits in length; or, that it faced one of the cloisters, the
  • length of which was 100 cubits, and its breadth 50, which was
  • the
  • proportion of all the cloisters
  • 29513-900422-1825
  • -Eze42.3
  • One side of these buildings looked upon the void space about the
  • temple of twenty cubits, and the other toward the pavement
  • belonging to the outer court.
  • 29514-900422-1826
  • -Eze42.4
  • These seems to have been two rows of these chambers, and a walk
  • between of ten cubits in width with an entrance into it from the
  • chambers, of one cubit in width.
  • 29515-900422-1828
  • -Eze42.5
  • and the building consisted of the lower and the middlemost.
  • 29516-900422-1828
  • -Eze42.6
  • 29517-900422-1828
  • -Eze42.7
  • 29518-900422-1830
  • -Eze42.8
  • Passing from the north to the south side of the temple (ver. 11,
  • 12) the prophet was shewn that the space of ground, which was
  • before the temple on the east, measured 100 cubits.
  • 29519-900422-1831
  • -Eze42.9
  • 29520-900422-1833
  • -Eze42.10
  • Rather, `the breadth of the wall,' that is, the breadth of
  • ground
  • which it enclosed.
  • These south chambers were exactly like those on the north.
  • 29521-900422-1833
  • -Eze42.11
  • 29522-900422-1833
  • -Eze42.12
  • 29523-900422-1835
  • -Eze42.13
  • 29524-900422-1838
  • -Eze42.14
  • 29525-900422-1839
  • -Eze42.15
  • 29526-900422-1846
  • -Eze42.16
  • Estimating the reed at 10.5 feet, 500 reeds will be nearly equal
  • to a mile; so that from this statement we find the temple with
  • its
  • outbuildings, was built on a square, nearly an English mile on
  • each side, and four miles in circumference, This not only far
  • exceeds the size of Solomon's temple, or that after the
  • captivity,
  • which was only 500 cubits, or a furlong, on each side, and
  • exactly
  • half a mile in circuit; but is nearly equal to the whole extent
  • of
  • Jerusalem itself, which, when greatest, was but 33 furlongs in
  • circumference, somewhat less that 4.25 miles. This seems clearly
  • to intimate, that the vision cannot be explained of any temple
  • that has hitherto been built, or indeed of any literal temple,
  • but
  • figuratively and mystically of the spiritual temple, the church
  • under the gospel, and its spiritual glory.
  • 29527-900422-1846
  • -Eze42.17
  • 29528-900422-1846
  • -Eze42.18
  • 29529-900422-1847
  • -Eze42.19
  • 29530-900422-1848
  • -Eze42.20
  • 29531-900422-2203
  • -Eze43.1
  • 7-9 The sin of Israel hindered God's presesence
  • 10-12 The prophet exhorts them to repentance and observation of
  • the
  • law of the house
  • 13-17 The measures
  • 18-27 and orrdinances of the altar
  • 29532-900422-2205
  • -Eze43.2
  • 29533-900422-2206
  • -Eze43.3
  • destroyed.
  • 29534-900422-2209
  • -Eze43.4
  • Though the personal presence of Immanuel in the second temple
  • rendered it more glorious than that of Solomon (Hag 2.5-9) yet
  • this part of the vision rather relates to the times predicted in
  • the whole of this description, those which shall succeed the
  • conversion of the Jews, and their restoration to their own land.
  • 29535-900422-2210
  • -Eze43.5
  • 29536-900422-2211
  • -Eze43.6
  • 29537-900422-2215
  • -Eze43.7
  • 29538-900422-2216
  • -Eze43.8
  • between me and them.
  • 29539-900422-2219
  • -Eze43.9
  • carcases of their kings far from me, and I will dwell in the
  • midst
  • of them for ever.' It is a prediction and promise, and not an
  • exhortation.
  • 29540-900422-2222
  • -Eze43.10
  • 29541-900422-2224
  • -Eze43.11
  • 29542-900422-2225
  • -Eze43.12
  • 29543-900422-2226
  • -Eze43.13
  • 29544-900422-2233
  • -Eze43.14
  • These settles were ledges by which the altar was narrowed
  • towards
  • the top; and the whole of it may thus be computed:
  • Height Cubits
  • Base, ver 13 1
  • To first ledge, ver 14 1
  • To upper ledge, ver 14 4
  • To hearth, ver 15 4
  • -------
  • In all 10
  • Breadth Cubits
  • Upper ledge, ver 17 14
  • For higher ledge, ver 14 2
  • For lower ledge, ver 14 2
  • For base, ver 13 2
  • ------
  • In all 20
  • Hence the upper part of the altar was only twelve cubits square
  • (ver 16,) the upper settle, or ledge, being in all fourteen
  • cubits, (ver. 17,) deducting two cubits from its dimensions.
  • Though this altar was the same in height, and breadth with that
  • of
  • Solomon, yet it differed materially from it in having settles or
  • ledges; on which the priests walked round the altar, to
  • officiate
  • in offering sacrifices.
  • 29545-900422-2236
  • -Eze43.15
  • called in opposition to the idolatrous high places.
  • hearth, and {ail}, God.
  • 29546-900422-2237
  • -Eze43.16
  • 29547-900422-2239
  • -Eze43.17
  • for the law ordained that the priest should not ascend by
  • stairs.
  • 29548-900422-2240
  • -Eze43.18
  • 29549-900422-2243
  • -Eze43.19
  • 29550-900422-2244
  • -Eze43.20
  • 29551-900422-2244
  • -Eze43.21
  • 29552-900422-2245
  • -Eze43.22
  • 29553-900422-2246
  • -Eze43.23
  • 29554-900422-2247
  • -Eze43.24
  • 29555-900422-2247
  • -Eze43.25
  • 29556-900422-2248
  • -Eze43.26
  • 29557-900422-2249
  • -Eze43.27
  • 29558-900422-2253
  • -Eze44.1
  • 4-8 The priests reproved for polluting the sanctuary
  • 9-14 Idolaters incapable of the priests office
  • 15,16 The sons of Zadok are accepted thereto
  • 17-31 Ordinances for the priests
  • was the inner sanctuary.
  • 29559-900422-2253
  • -Eze44.2
  • 29560-900422-2301
  • -Eze44.3
  • It is probable that the prince mentioned here and elsewhere,
  • does
  • not mean the Messiah, but the ruler of the jewish nation for the
  • time being. For it is not only directed where he should sit in
  • the temple, and eat his portion of the sacrifices, and when and
  • how he should go out; but it is also ordered (ch. 45.22) that at
  • the passover he shall offer a bullock, a sin offering for
  • himself
  • and the people; and to guard him against any temptation of
  • oppressing the people, he had a provision of land allotted to
  • him
  • (ch 45.8) out of which he is to give an inheritance for his sons
  • (ch 46.18) These appear plainly to be political rules for common
  • princes, and for a succession of them; but as no such rules were
  • observed under the second temple, the fulfilment of it must
  • still
  • be future.
  • 29561-900422-2302
  • -Eze44.4
  • 29562-900422-2304
  • -Eze44.5
  • 29563-900422-2305
  • -Eze44.6
  • 29564-900422-2310
  • -Eze44.7
  • The introduction of uncircumcised persons to eat of the peace
  • offerings and oblations, would have been a gross violation of
  • the
  • Mosaic law; but, as there was no law to exclude `the
  • uncircumcised
  • of heart,' who were circumcised and ritually clean, this seems
  • to
  • point out a new and different constitution.
  • 29565-900422-2311
  • -Eze44.8
  • 29566-900422-2312
  • -Eze44.9
  • 29567-900422-2314
  • -Eze44.10
  • 29568-900422-2318
  • -Eze44.11
  • As few, if any, of those who, before the captivity, had been
  • guilty in these respects, lived to witness the restoration of
  • the
  • temple service; and as it does not appear that their descendants
  • were thus degraded for the idolatry of their ancestors; it is
  • probable that a thorough reformation of the whole church, or the
  • prevalence of pure religion among the converted Jews, is here
  • predicted.
  • 29569-900423-1958
  • -Eze44.12
  • were for a stumbling block of iniquity unto
  • 29570-900423-1959
  • -Eze44.13
  • 29571-900423-1959
  • -Eze44.14
  • 29572-900423-2002
  • -Eze44.15
  • 29573-900423-2006
  • -Eze44.16
  • To place the shew-bread there. It is observable, that the table
  • in the sanctuary is mentioned rather than the altar of incense;
  • perhaps intimating the change in the external institutions of
  • Divine worship which should take place before the accomplishment
  • of the prophecy. It is not easy to determine, whether any
  • external regulations, with respect to Divine ordinances,
  • answerable to these predictions, will be made among the
  • converted
  • Jews, when reinstated in their own land, or not.
  • 29574-900423-2007
  • -Eze44.17
  • 29575-900423-2009
  • -Eze44.18
  • [heb] in, or with sweat
  • 29576-900423-2010
  • -Eze44.19
  • 29577-900423-2010
  • -Eze44.20
  • 29578-900423-2011
  • -Eze44.21
  • 29579-900423-2013
  • -Eze44.22
  • This was prohibited only to the high priest under the law; but
  • it
  • is here extended to all the priests, perhaps to intimate the
  • superior sanctity of the times to which it refers.
  • 29580-900423-2014
  • -Eze44.23
  • 29581-900423-2021
  • -Eze44.24
  • This seems to intimate, that controversies, in the period
  • predicted, will be generally decided by arbitration, according
  • to
  • the law of God; and not by litigations before human tribunals,
  • according to the laws of man.
  • 29582-900423-2022
  • -Eze44.25
  • 29583-900423-2022
  • -Eze44.26
  • 29584-900423-2023
  • -Eze44.27
  • 29585-900423-2024
  • -Eze44.28
  • 29586-900423-2025
  • -Eze44.29
  • 29587-900423-2026
  • -Eze44.30
  • 29588-900423-2027
  • -Eze44.31
  • 29589-900423-2038
  • -Eze45.1
  • 6 for the city
  • 7,8 and for the prince
  • 9-25 Ordinances for the prince
  • That our translators rightly added the word {reeds}, is evident
  • from the length and breadth of the sanctuary being exactly the
  • same as before, (comp. ver 2 with ch 42.16-19) Estimating the
  • reed at 3.5 yards, this holy oblation would constitute a square
  • of
  • nearly fifty miles on every side. From the north side a portion
  • or nearly twenty miles in length, and nearly fifty in length,
  • was
  • appointed for the priests; and in the midst of this portion, the
  • area of the sanctuary, about a mile square, to be enclosed by a
  • wall, (ver 1,2) Next to this, on the south, was the Levites'
  • portion, of the same dimensions as that of the priests' (ver 5)
  • and south of this was portion for the city, of the same length
  • as
  • those of the priests and Levites, but only half the width (ver
  • 6)
  • These three formed the square of 25,000 reeds, or nearly fifty
  • miles; and that set apart for the prince, the breadth of which
  • is
  • not mentioned, extended in length from north to south, along the
  • east and west sides of the square. As Canaan would not admit of
  • so large a portion for the sanctuary, etc. this was no doubt
  • intended to the intimate the large extent of the church in the
  • glorius times predicted.
  • 29590-900423-2039
  • -Eze45.2
  • 29591-900423-2039
  • -Eze45.3
  • 29592-900423-2040
  • -Eze45.4
  • 29593-900423-2041
  • -Eze45.5
  • 29594-900423-2041
  • -Eze45.6
  • 29595-900423-2042
  • -Eze45.7
  • 29596-900423-2047
  • -Eze45.8
  • In the predicted period, not only shall the ministers and wor-
  • shippers of God be liberally provided for, but the princes will
  • be
  • both able and willing to defray the expenses of government,
  • without oppressing their subjects, and will rule over them with
  • equity and clemency, as the viceregents of God; while the people
  • will submit to them conscientiously, and live in peace,
  • prosperity, and holiness. These things seem to be represented in
  • language taken from the customs of the times in which the
  • prophet
  • wrote. Tithes are not mentioned in part of the vision, which
  • shows that the ritual Mosaic law will not be in force.
  • 29597-900423-2049
  • -Eze45.9
  • 29598-900423-2050
  • -Eze45.10
  • 29599-900423-2051
  • -Eze45.11
  • The ephah was a dry measure, and the bath a liquid measure, con-
  • taining about seven gallons, four pints, or three pecks, three
  • pints; and the homer about seventy-five gallons, five pints
  • 29600-900423-2053
  • -Eze45.12
  • That is, 20 + 25 + 15 = 60 shekels, though as a coin it was only
  • equal to fifty, weighing about 2lb 6oz.; and reckoning the
  • shekel
  • at 2s.6d being in value 6l.5s.
  • 29601-900423-2054
  • -Eze45.13
  • 29602-900423-2054
  • -Eze45.14
  • 29603-900423-2056
  • -Eze45.15
  • 29604-900423-2056
  • -Eze45.16
  • 29605-900423-2105
  • -Eze45.17
  • The prince is never mentioned in the ritual appointments of
  • Moses,
  • but here he is required to provide the oblations; and the
  • variations in the Mosaic law, in the number of the several
  • sacrifices, and the proportion of the meat offering to each
  • being
  • ten times as much as the law prescribed, with several other
  • circumstances, seem more like enacting a new law, than enforcing
  • that of Moses. These variations may intimate a change in the
  • external constitution of the church; and it is probable that
  • they
  • are to be understood emblematically.
  • 29606-900423-2108
  • -Eze45.18
  • This seems to enjoin, not a mere dedication, but an annual
  • purification of the sanctuary; of which there is nothing said in
  • the Mosaic law
  • 29607-900423-2108
  • -Eze45.19
  • 29608-900423-2109
  • -Eze45.20
  • Who wants understanding to conduct himself properly.
  • 29609-900423-2118
  • -Eze45.21
  • 29610-900423-2119
  • -Eze45.22
  • 29611-900423-2120
  • -Eze45.23
  • 29612-900423-2120
  • -Eze45.24
  • 29613-900423-2122
  • -Eze45.25
  • The prince shall do at the feast of tabernacles the same thing
  • he
  • was desired to do on the passover.
  • 29614-900423-2129
  • -Eze46.1
  • 9-15 and for the people
  • 16-18 An order for the prince's inheritance
  • 19-24 The courts for boiling and baking
  • Whether the rules for public worship here laid down were
  • designed
  • to be observed in those things wherein they differed from the
  • law
  • of Moses, in the ministrations of the second temple, is not
  • certain. In the latter history of the Jewish church, the law of
  • Moses only was followed, except in the corruption of following
  • the
  • traditions of the fathers.
  • The prophet had before observed that the east gate of the outer
  • court was shut, and was told that it must only be opened for the
  • prince; and now he is informed that the gate of the inner court
  • on
  • the east was also shut, and is to be opened only on the sabbath
  • and new moons, til the evening.
  • 29615-900423-2132
  • -Eze46.2
  • Or, `offer,' as the word {dsah} frequently denotes. The whole of
  • this seems to intimate the constant, reverential, and exemplery
  • attendance of kings on the pure ordinances of religion, in the
  • approaching flourishing days of the church.
  • 29616-900423-2132
  • -Eze46.3
  • 29617-900423-2134
  • -Eze46.4
  • The proportion of the burnt offering, and also of the meat and
  • drink offerings, are very different here form those prescribed
  • in
  • the Mosaic law. The meat offering, under the law, was only three
  • tenths of an ephah to a bullock, two tenths for a ram, with the
  • fourth part of a hin of oil.
  • 29618-900423-2136
  • -Eze46.5
  • 29619-900423-2144
  • -Eze46.6
  • 29620-900423-2145
  • -Eze46.7
  • 29621-900423-2145
  • -Eze46.8
  • 29622-900423-2148
  • -Eze46.9
  • This may intimate, that every thing should be regulated, in
  • divine
  • worship, so as to prevent disorder and interruption, and also
  • that
  • men should go forward and make progress in religion, and not
  • turn
  • their backs upon God.
  • 29623-900423-2149
  • -Eze46.10
  • 29624-900423-2152
  • -Eze46.11
  • 29625-900423-2153
  • -Eze46.12
  • 29626-900423-2157
  • -Eze46.13
  • It is observable, that there is nothing and about the evening
  • sacrifice, of the additional lamb, morning and evening, on the
  • sabbath, which makes an important difference between this and
  • the
  • old laws; and is probably an intimation of that change in the
  • external forms of religion which the coming of the Messiah
  • should
  • introduce
  • 29627-900423-2158
  • -Eze46.14
  • 29628-900423-2158
  • -Eze46.15
  • 29629-900423-2159
  • -Eze46.16
  • 29630-900423-2201
  • -Eze46.17
  • That is, the year of Jubilee, called the year of liberty,
  • because
  • there was then a general release: all servants had their
  • liberty;
  • and all alienated estates returned to their former owners.
  • 29631-900423-2203
  • -Eze46.18
  • 29632-900423-2208
  • -Eze46.19
  • This entry was at the west side of the north gate of the inner
  • court.
  • This place was at the west corners of the inner court, or court
  • of
  • the priests; where they prepared the most holy things, the
  • trespass and sin offering, which none but the priests might eat;
  • that they might not `bear them out into the utter court, to
  • sanctify the people,' that is, by touching them incapacitate
  • them
  • from discharging their ordinary occupations.
  • 29633-900423-2210
  • -Eze46.20
  • 29634-900423-2211
  • -Eze46.21
  • the corner of a court; and a court in a corner of a court.
  • 29635-900423-2214
  • -Eze46.22
  • These courts in the corners of the outer court, or court of the
  • people, appear to have been a kind of uncovered apartments,
  • surrounded with little chambers for the cooks, and used for
  • dressing the peace offerings of the people. On these their
  • families and friends feasted; and portions were sent to the
  • poor,
  • the widow, and the orphan; and thus the spirit of devotion
  • preserved the spirit of mercy, charity, and benevolence, in the
  • land.
  • 29636-900423-2214
  • -Eze46.23
  • 29637-900423-2215
  • -Eze46.24
  • 29638-900423-2257
  • -Eze47.1
  • 6-12 The virtue of them
  • 13-21 The borders of the land
  • 22,23 The division of it by lot
  • Solomon's temple and the second temple were doubtless well
  • supplied with water, probably conveyed there by means of pipes;
  • but these waters flowed {from} the temple, not as a common
  • sewer,
  • but as a fertilizing river. A fountain producing abundance of
  • water was not in the temple, and could not be there on the top
  • of
  • such a hill; and consequently these waters, as well as those
  • spoken of by Joel and Zechariah, must be understood figuratively
  • and typically. These waters doubtless were an emblem of the
  • `gospel preached with the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven;' and
  • their gradual rise beautifully represents it progress, from
  • small
  • beginnings to an immensely large increase; and the latter part
  • of
  • the representation may relate to the times when it shall fill
  • the
  • earth, and produce the most extensive and important effects on
  • the
  • state of manking in every nation.
  • 29639-900423-2258
  • -Eze47.2
  • 29640-900423-2259
  • -Eze47.3
  • 29641-900423-2300
  • -Eze47.4
  • 29642-900423-2301
  • -Eze47.5
  • 29643-900423-2301
  • -Eze47.6
  • 29644-900423-2302
  • -Eze47.7
  • 29645-900423-2305
  • -Eze47.8
  • This was the Dead sea, or sea of Sodom, east of Jerusalem, in
  • which it is said no living creature is found; or, at least, from
  • its extreme saltiness, it does not abound with fish like other
  • seas. The healing of these waters denotes the calling of the
  • Gentiles.
  • 29646-900423-2308
  • -Eze47.9
  • 29647-900423-2311
  • -Eze47.10
  • Apostles and preachers of the gospel.
  • Great quntities of all kinds of fish usually caught in the
  • Mediterranean, genuine converts of all nations, kindreds, and
  • people
  • 29648-900423-2313
  • -Eze47.11
  • Those who reject, neglect, or pervert the gospel
  • be. or, and that which shall not be healed
  • 29649-900423-2316
  • -Eze47.12
  • Probably, believers, `trees of righteousness,' who still bring
  • forth, `fruit unto holiness,' and `whose end is eternal life.'
  • 29650-900423-2317
  • -Eze47.13
  • 29651-900423-2319
  • -Eze47.14
  • 29652-900423-2320
  • -Eze47.15
  • 29653-900423-2322
  • -Eze47.16
  • The district of Auranitis, now Haouran, S.W. of Damascus
  • 29654-900423-2330
  • -Eze47.17
  • The Holy Land, as here described, extended from about 31 deg to
  • 35 deg N. lat. and from 34 deg to 37 deg E. long.; being
  • bounded on the north by a line drawn from the Mediterranean to
  • Hamath; on the east by Damascus, Hauran, Gilead, and the land of
  • Israel east of Jordan, unto the south of the Dead sea; on the
  • south by Tamar and Kadesh, unto the river of Rhinocorura; and on
  • the west by the Mediterranean sea, from the same point northward
  • `till a man came over against Hamath;' and its length from
  • north to
  • south would be about 280 miles, and its breadth about 150 miles.
  • The ten tribes, as well a Judah and Benjamin, were to be
  • admitted
  • to a full share in this inheritance, which seems to imply, that
  • the future restoration to the promised land is predicted; while
  • the admission of strangers who sojourned in the land to a share
  • in
  • the inheritance, as if native Israelites, plainly intimates the
  • calling of the Gentiles into the church, and their joint
  • inheritance of its privileges, and of the heavenly felicity.
  • 29655-900423-2331
  • -Eze47.18
  • 29656-900424-1715
  • -Eze47.19
  • 29657-900424-1715
  • -Eze47.20
  • 29658-900424-1716
  • -Eze47.21
  • 29659-900424-1717
  • -Eze47.22
  • 29660-900424-1717
  • -Eze47.23
  • 29661-900424-1721
  • -Eze48.1
  • 23-29 The portions of the twelve tribes
  • 8-14 of the sanctuary
  • 15-20 of the city and suburbs
  • 21,22 and of the prince
  • 30-35 The dimensions and gates of the city
  • 29662-900424-1721
  • -Eze48.2
  • 29663-900424-1723
  • -Eze48.3
  • 29664-900424-1730
  • -Eze48.4
  • In this division of the Holy Lands, a portion is laid out for
  • each
  • of the twelve tribes directly across the country, from east to
  • west; and deducting the square of 25,000 reeds, or nearly fifty
  • miles on each side, between Judah and Benjamin, for the priests,
  • Levites, city, and temple, with the inheritance of the prince to
  • the east and west, (see on ch 45.1) from 280 miles, the length
  • of
  • the country from north to south, there will remain for each
  • tribe
  • a portion of less than twenty miles in width, and 150 in length.
  • This division of the land entirely differes from that which was
  • made in the days of Joshua, in which the tribes were not only
  • differently placed, but confused and inter-mixed; while here
  • distinct lots are assigned to each of the twelve tribes, in a
  • regular mathematical form. Literally such a division never took
  • place: it seems to denote the equality of privileges which
  • subsists among all the tribes of Believers, of whatever nation,
  • and whatever their previous character may have been.
  • 29665-900424-1731
  • -Eze48.5
  • 29666-900424-1731
  • -Eze48.6
  • 29667-900424-1733
  • -Eze48.7
  • 29668-900424-1734
  • -Eze48.8
  • 29669-900424-1734
  • -Eze48.9
  • 29670-900424-1735
  • -Eze48.10
  • 29671-900424-1738
  • -Eze48.11
  • portion shall be for the priests
  • 29672-900424-1738
  • -Eze48.12
  • 29673-900424-1739
  • -Eze48.13
  • 29674-900424-1739
  • -Eze48.14
  • 29675-900424-1751
  • -Eze48.15
  • The holy oblation of 25,000 square reeds, or near fifty square
  • miles, was divided into three parts from north to south (see on
  • ch
  • 45.1): a portion on the north of 10,000 reeds in width, and 25,
  • 000
  • in length, for the priests, in the midst of which was the
  • sanctuary or temple, surrounded by a wall 500 reeds square,
  • (ver.
  • 9, 10; see on ch. 42.15;) next to this another portion of the
  • same
  • dimensions for the Levites, (ver. 13,14;) and on the south
  • another
  • portion of the same length, but only 5000 reeds in breadth, for
  • the city (ver 15). The city was situated in the midst of this
  • portion, being 4500 reeds, or about nine miles square, (see on
  • ver. 30,) having a suburb of 250 reeds, or about half a mile, on
  • each side, (ver 17.) leaving 10,000 reeds or nearly ten miles,
  • on
  • the east side, and the same on the west side, for the profit of
  • those who serve the city out of all the tribes, (ver. 18,19.) On
  • the east and west sides of this square of 25,000 reeds, is the
  • portion of the prince; each of which, estimating the breadth of
  • the land at 150 miles, would form a square of fifty miles. Thus
  • the whole plan of the division of the country, laying out of the
  • city, temple, and all its appendages, is perfectly regular and
  • uniform; and would therefore convey to the minds of the Jews the
  • most complete idea they were capable of conceiving of the most
  • perfect church, commonwealth, city, temple, and conveniences, on
  • the largest and grandest scale for the Divine worship; and it
  • doubtless ultimately points out the land of Immanuel, the city
  • of
  • the New Jerusalem, and his temple, the Christian church, the
  • house
  • of the living God.
  • 29676-900424-1751
  • -Eze48.16
  • 29677-900424-1752
  • -Eze48.17
  • 29678-900424-1753
  • -Eze48.18
  • 29679-900424-1756
  • -Eze48.19
  • 29680-900424-1756
  • -Eze48.20
  • 29681-900424-1758
  • -Eze48.21
  • 29682-900424-1758
  • -Eze48.22
  • 29683-900424-1759
  • -Eze48.23
  • 29684-900424-1759
  • -Eze48.24
  • 29685-900424-1800
  • -Eze48.25
  • 29686-900424-1800
  • -Eze48.26
  • 29687-900424-1801
  • -Eze48.27
  • 29688-900424-1802
  • -Eze48.28
  • 29689-900424-1803
  • -Eze48.29
  • 29690-900424-1808
  • -Eze48.30
  • It is certainly most obvious to interpret these measures, not of
  • cubits, but of the measuiring reed which the prophet's conductor
  • had in his hand; according to which, the city would be about
  • thirty-six miles in circumference, and nine miles on each side
  • of
  • the square; which was exactly nine times larger than the
  • greatest
  • extent to which Jerusalem ever attained, (See on ver 15; ch
  • 42.16.) The large dimensions of the city and land were perhaps
  • intended to intimate the extensive and glorius propagation of
  • the
  • gospel in the times predicted; and the land was not called
  • Canaan,
  • not the city Jerusalem, probably because they were figurative of
  • spiritual blessings to the church and to Israel.
  • 29691-900424-1809
  • -Eze48.31
  • 29692-900424-1809
  • -Eze48.32
  • 29693-900424-1809
  • -Eze48.33
  • 29694-900424-1809
  • -Eze48.34
  • 29695-900424-1811
  • -Eze48.35
  • 29696-900226-2053
  • -Da1.1
  • 3-7 Ashpenaz takes Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah
  • 8-16 They refusing the king's portion do prosper with pulse and
  • water
  • 17-21 Their proficiency in wisdom
  • 29697-900226-2056
  • -Da1.2
  • 29698-900226-2057
  • -Da1.3
  • 29699-900226-2102
  • -Da1.4
  • for lads, or young men. (see Ge 21.8,14-16), [] as the LXX
  • render;
  • and Daniel must have been at this time at least seventeen of
  • eighteen years of age.
  • wisdom, to acquire knowledge, and to attain science;' for it was
  • not a knowledge of the sciences, but merely a capacity to learn
  • them, that was required.
  • 29700-900226-2105
  • -Da1.5
  • order for their courtiers the food left at their tables.
  • 29701-900226-2106
  • -Da1.6
  • 29702-900226-2107
  • -Da1.7
  • 29703-900226-2113
  • -Da1.8
  • forbidden by Jewish law, but even the clean animals that were
  • eaten were first offered as victims to their gods, and part of
  • the
  • wine was poured out as a libation on their altars. Hence
  • Athenaeus calls the beasts served up at the tables of the
  • Persian
  • kings, [], victims. Daniel was therfore resolved not to defile
  • himself with their viands; yet he did not rudely refuse what was
  • intended as a kindness, but mildly and and modestly requested
  • the
  • proper officers to indulge him in this respect.
  • 29704-900226-2114
  • -Da1.9
  • 29705-900226-2115
  • -Da1.10
  • 29706-900226-2118
  • -Da1.11
  • 29707-900226-2121
  • -Da1.12
  • Pulse, [], denotes all leguminous plants, which are not reaped
  • but pulled or plucked; which, however wholesome, was not
  • naturally
  • calculated to render them fatter in flesh than the others.
  • 29708-900226-2121
  • -Da1.13
  • 29709-900226-2121
  • -Da1.14
  • 29710-900226-2123
  • -Da1.15
  • 29711-900226-2124
  • -Da1.16
  • 29712-900226-2127
  • -Da1.17
  • 29713-900226-2127
  • -Da1.18
  • 29714-900226-2129
  • -Da1.19
  • 29715-900226-2131
  • -Da1.20
  • 29716-900226-2133
  • -Da1.21
  • from the Babylonia captivity, though he did not die then. So
  • till is used
  • 29717-900226-2144
  • -Da2.1
  • Chaldeans, by promises and threatenings,
  • 10-13 They acknowledging their inability are judged to die
  • 14-18 Daniel obtaining some respite finds the dream
  • 19-23 He blesses God
  • 24-30 He staying the decree is brought to the king
  • 31-35 The dream
  • 36-45 The interpretation
  • 46-49 Daniel's advancement
  • computation, but the fourth according to that of the Jews, who
  • reckon from the time he was associated with his father.
  • 29718-900226-2145
  • -Da2.2
  • 29719-900226-2145
  • -Da2.3
  • 29720-900226-2149
  • -Da2.4
  • general term comprehending both the Chaldee and Syriac, the
  • latter
  • merely differing from the former as a dialect, and being written
  • in a different character. With the following words the Chaldee
  • part of Daniel commences; and is continued to the end of the
  • seventh chapter.
  • 29721-900226-2152
  • -Da2.5
  • extreme; but, in the course of God's providence, it was
  • overruled
  • to serve the most important purpose
  • 29722-900226-2153
  • -Da2.6
  • 29723-900226-2154
  • -Da2.7
  • 29724-900226-2154
  • -Da2.8
  • 29725-900226-2156
  • -Da2.9
  • 29726-900226-2200
  • -Da2.10
  • God, who indeed condescends to dwell with men, and who alone
  • could reveal the dream and the secrets contained in it, actually
  • made it know to Daniel, he evinced the infinite difference
  • between
  • Jehovah and his prophets, and the idols and magicians of
  • Babylon.
  • 29727-900226-2200
  • -Da2.11
  • 29728-900226-2201
  • -Da2.12
  • 29729-900226-2203
  • -Da2.13
  • 29730-900226-2205
  • -Da2.14
  • the executioneers, or slaughter-men.
  • 29731-900226-2205
  • -Da2.15
  • 29732-900226-2206
  • -Da2.16
  • 29733-900226-2207
  • -Da2.17
  • 29734-900226-2209
  • -Da2.18
  • fellows should not perish. or, they should not destroy Daniel
  • 29735-900227-2106
  • -Da2.19
  • 29736-900227-2109
  • -Da2.20
  • 29737-900227-2112
  • -Da2.21
  • 29738-900227-2115
  • -Da2.22
  • 29739-900227-2118
  • -Da2.23
  • 29740-900227-2118
  • -Da2.24
  • 29741-900227-2120
  • -Da2.25
  • 29742-900227-2121
  • -Da2.26
  • 29743-900227-2121
  • -Da2.27
  • 29744-900227-2124
  • -Da2.28
  • 29745-900227-2125
  • -Da2.29
  • 29746-900227-2127
  • -Da2.30
  • or, the intent that the interpretation may be made known to the
  • king.
  • 29747-900227-2129
  • -Da2.31
  • 29748-900227-2130
  • -Da2.32
  • 29749-900227-2131
  • -Da2.33
  • 29750-900227-2133
  • -Da2.34
  • 29751-900227-2147
  • -Da2.35
  • 29752-900227-2147
  • -Da2.36
  • 29753-900227-2149
  • -Da2.37
  • 29754-900227-2151
  • -Da2.38
  • only king of note; in whose time it extended over Chaldea,
  • Assyria, Arabia, Syria, Egypty, and Libya: the head of gold
  • represented its immense riches.
  • 29755-900227-2156
  • -Da2.39
  • union was denoted by the breast and two arems of silver; and
  • which
  • was established on the ruins of that of the Chaldeans on the
  • capture of Babylon by Cyrus, B.C. 538
  • Greeks,' aptly denoted by the belly and thighs of brass, founded
  • by Alexander the Great, who terminated the Persian monarchy by
  • the
  • overthrow of Darius Codomanus at Arbela B.C. 331
  • 29756-900728-1920
  • -Da2.40
  • The Roman empire, which comprised nearly the whole world.
  • 29757-900728-1921
  • -Da2.41
  • 29758-900728-1921
  • -Da2.42
  • 29759-900728-1923
  • -Da2.43
  • Chal. this with this.
  • The Roman empire became weakened by a mixture of barborous
  • nations, by the incursions of whom it was torn asunder about the
  • fourth century after Christ, and at length divided into ten
  • kingdoms, answering to the ten toes of the image.
  • 29760-900728-1928
  • -Da2.44
  • Chal. in their days. That is, in the days of one of these
  • kingdoms, (see Ru 1.1), i.e, the Roman; in which the `God of
  • heaven set up' the spiritual kingdom of the Messiah, which shall
  • yet `become a great mountain, and fill the whole earth.'
  • 29761-900728-1931
  • -Da2.45
  • 29762-900728-1931
  • -Da2.46
  • 29763-900728-1933
  • -Da2.47
  • 29764-900728-1935
  • -Da2.48
  • 29765-900728-1935
  • -Da2.49
  • 29766-900728-1940
  • -Da3.1
  • 8-12 Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego are accused for not
  • worshipping the image
  • 13-18 They being threatened, make a godd confession
  • 19-23 they are cast into the furnace
  • 24-27 from which God delivers them
  • 28-30 Nebuchadnezzar seeing the miracle blesses God, and
  • advances
  • them
  • 29767-900728-1941
  • -Da3.2
  • 29768-900728-1950
  • -Da3.3
  • Achashdarpenaya, rendered lieutenants is Es. 3.12, etc. probably
  • {chief satraps or viceroys} from the Persian {achash} great,
  • eminent, and {sitrab}, a satrap.
  • {Signaya} in persian, {shagnah} deputies or lieutenants
  • {Pacawatha}, governors of privinces. See Es 3.13
  • {Adargazraya}, chief judges, or senators, from {adar}, great,
  • and
  • [chal] {gezar}, to judge, decree
  • {Gedavraya}, written {gizzavray}
  • from the Persian {gunjvar}.
  • {Dethavray} counsellors, judges, from {dath} in Persian, {dad},
  • law, and {var}, possessor of guardian.
  • {Tiphtaya} probably the same as the Arabic {Mufti} or head
  • officer
  • of law.
  • 29769-900728-1951
  • -Da3.4
  • 29770-900301-2133
  • -Da3.5
  • 29771-900301-2135
  • -Da3.6
  • 29772-900301-2136
  • -Da3.7
  • 29773-900301-2137
  • -Da3.8
  • 29774-900301-2138
  • -Da3.9
  • 29775-900301-2140
  • -Da3.10
  • 29776-900301-2143
  • -Da3.11
  • 29777-900301-2142
  • -Da3.12
  • 29778-900301-2144
  • -Da3.13
  • 29779-900301-2145
  • -Da3.14
  • 29780-900301-2151
  • -Da3.15
  • sackbut. a kind of harp
  • psaltery. a stringed intstrument struck with a plectrum;
  • probably
  • similar to what is called a psalterium in Egypt, which
  • Hasselquist
  • describes as a large oblique triangle, with two bottoms two
  • inches
  • from each other, and about twenty catguts of different sizes.
  • dulcimer. probably the same as the Talmudic [], a pipe
  • 29781-900301-2151
  • -Da3.16
  • 29782-900301-2154
  • -Da3.17
  • 29783-900301-2155
  • -Da3.18
  • 29784-900301-2159
  • -Da3.19
  • 29785-900301-2200
  • -Da3.20
  • 29786-900301-2201
  • -Da3.21
  • another of woolen, a white short cloak, and a turban.
  • 29787-900301-2202
  • -Da3.22
  • 29788-900301-2203
  • -Da3.23
  • 29789-900301-2205
  • -Da3.24
  • 29790-900301-2207
  • -Da3.25
  • i.e. a divine person or angel.
  • 29791-900301-2209
  • -Da3.26
  • 29792-900301-2213
  • -Da3.27
  • witnessed by the court and the nation, and was felt as a just
  • punishment on the transgressors, and a signal display of mercy
  • to
  • Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, which should operate on all
  • believers to similar acts of faith and confidence in the Lord.
  • 29793-900301-2218
  • -Da3.28
  • 29794-900301-2221
  • -Da3.29
  • 29795-900301-2221
  • -Da3.30
  • 29796-900301-2226
  • -Da4.1
  • 4-7 makes relation of his dreams, which the magicians could not
  • interpret
  • 8-18 Daniel hears the dream
  • 19-27 He interprets it
  • 28-37 The dream fulfilled
  • ancient extant; and no doubt contains the exact words of
  • Nebuchadnezzar, copied out by Daniel from the state papers of
  • Babylon, and preserved in the original language.
  • 29797-900301-2228
  • -Da4.2
  • 29798-900301-2231
  • -Da4.3
  • 29799-900301-2234
  • -Da4.4
  • Syria, Egypt, etc., and the immense improvements and buildings
  • at
  • Babylon, and in the enjoyment of uninterrupted peace and
  • prosperity in his palace.
  • 29800-900301-2235
  • -Da4.5
  • 29801-900301-2236
  • -Da4.6
  • 29802-900301-2237
  • -Da4.7
  • 29803-900301-2238
  • -Da4.8
  • 29804-900301-2240
  • -Da4.9
  • 29805-900301-2242
  • -Da4.10
  • height of his exaltation, the extent of his dominions and
  • renown,
  • the splendor of his kingdom, the multitude of his subjects who
  • received protection from him, and the peace and plenty they
  • enjoyed.
  • 29806-900301-2243
  • -Da4.11
  • 29807-900301-2244
  • -Da4.12
  • 29808-900301-2246
  • -Da4.13
  • watcher, as watching over the affairs of men.
  • 29809-900301-2248
  • -Da4.14
  • 29810-900301-2248
  • -Da4.15
  • 29811-900301-2251
  • -Da4.16
  • Nebuchadnezzar, whom it represented; the tree being lost sight
  • of,
  • a person came in its stead. This person having lost the heart,
  • or
  • disposition of a man, and conceiving himself a beast, should act
  • as such, and herd among them.
  • language denoting a [year].
  • 29812-900302-1729
  • -Da4.17
  • 29813-900302-1730
  • -Da4.18
  • 29814-900302-1734
  • -Da4.19
  • for his prince and benefactor. Accordingly he expresses himself
  • with the greatest delicacy and kindly feeling.
  • 29815-900302-1735
  • -Da4.20
  • 29816-900302-1744
  • -Da4.21
  • 29817-900302-1813
  • -Da4.22
  • 29818-900302-1814
  • -Da4.23
  • 29819-900302-1815
  • -Da4.24
  • 29820-900302-1820
  • -Da4.25
  • All the circumstances of Nebuchadnezzar's case, says Dr. Mead,
  • agree so well with a hypochondriasis, that to me it appears
  • evident the Almighty God brought this dreadful distemper upon
  • him,
  • and under its influence he ran wild into the fields: then
  • fancying
  • himself transformed into an ox, he fed on grass, after the
  • manner
  • of cattle; and, through neglect of himself, his hair and nails
  • grew to an excessive length, so that the latter became thick and
  • crooked, resembling bird's claws.
  • 29821-900302-1821
  • -Da4.26
  • 29822-900302-1824
  • -Da4.27
  • 29823-900302-1824
  • -Da4.28
  • 29824-900302-1826
  • -Da4.29
  • 29825-900302-1828
  • -Da4.30
  • 29826-900302-1830
  • -Da4.31
  • 29827-900302-1832
  • -Da4.32
  • 29828-900302-1833
  • -Da4.33
  • 29829-900302-1842
  • -Da4.34
  • 29830-900302-1845
  • -Da4.35
  • 29831-900302-1848
  • -Da4.36
  • dream and its interpretation; and God so ordered it in his
  • providence, that Nebuchadnezzar's counsellors and lords sought
  • for
  • him and gladly reinstated him in his kingdom. It is confidently
  • believed that he was a true convert, and died in the faith of
  • God
  • of Israel.
  • 29832-900302-1850
  • -Da4.37
  • 29833-900304-2007
  • -Da5.1
  • 29834-900304-2012
  • -Da5.2
  • Naboadelus, the Nabonadius of Ptolemy, and the Labynetus of
  • Herodotus. He reigned seven years, during which time he was
  • engaged in unsuccessful wars with the Medes and Persians; and at
  • this very time was beseiged by Cyrus.
  • 29835-900304-2013
  • -Da5.3
  • 29836-900304-2014
  • -Da5.4
  • 29837-900304-2017
  • -Da5.5
  • 29838-900304-2021
  • -Da5.6
  • 29839-900304-2024
  • -Da5.7
  • 29840-900304-2025
  • -Da5.8
  • Samaritan character
  • 29841-900304-2027
  • -Da5.9
  • 29842-900304-2029
  • -Da5.10
  • merodach, son of Nebuchadnezzar, and father of Belshazzar
  • 29843-900304-2033
  • -Da5.11
  • Belshazzar; but the term father in Hebrew and Chaldee is
  • frequently use to denote a progenitor, or ancestor, however
  • remote
  • 29844-900304-2035
  • -Da5.12
  • 29845-900304-2041
  • -Da5.13
  • who did `the king's business' in the palace (da 8.27) yet
  • Belshazzar seems to have known nothing of him. This shews that
  • he
  • was a weak and vicious prince, who minded pleasure more than
  • business, according to the character given him by historians. He
  • appears to have left the the care of public affairs to his
  • mother, Nitocris, a lady celebrated for her wisdom, who
  • evidently
  • knew Daniel well, and probably constantly employed him in the
  • government of the kingdom.
  • 29846-900304-2041
  • -Da5.14
  • 29847-900304-2042
  • -Da5.15
  • 29848-900304-2043
  • -Da5.16
  • 29849-900304-2048
  • -Da5.17
  • to Belshazzar, than he had formerly done to Nebuchadnezzar.
  • Belshazzar had that very night insulted the God of heaven in the
  • most daring manner; and the venerable prophet, as His delegate,
  • denounced sentence against him.
  • 29850-900304-2049
  • -Da5.18
  • 29851-900304-2050
  • -Da5.19
  • 29852-900304-2053
  • -Da5.20
  • 29853-900304-2054
  • -Da5.21
  • 29854-900304-2057
  • -Da5.22
  • son is frequently used to denote filiation at any distance.
  • 29855-900304-2103
  • -Da5.23
  • 29856-900304-2103
  • -Da5.24
  • 29857-900304-2106
  • -Da5.25
  • every one who knew the alphabet of the language could at least
  • have read them: they are pure Chaldee, and literally denote `He
  • is
  • numbered, he is numbered; he is weighed; they are divided.'
  • 29858-900304-2110
  • -Da5.26
  • 29859-900304-2112
  • -Da5.27
  • 29860-900304-2114
  • -Da5.28
  • who seem evidently referred to
  • 29861-900304-2114
  • -Da5.29
  • 29862-900304-2115
  • -Da5.30
  • 29863-900304-2125
  • -Da5.31
  • maternal uncle to Cyrus, who allowed him the title of his
  • conquests, as long as he lived
  • 29864-900304-2128
  • -Da6.1
  • 4-9 They, conspring against him, obtain an idolatrous decree
  • 10-17 Daniel, accused of the breach thereof, is cast into the
  • lion's den.
  • 18-23 Daniel is saved
  • 24 his adversaries devoured
  • 25-28 and God magnified by a decree
  • 29865-900304-2129
  • -Da6.2
  • 29866-900304-2133
  • -Da6.3
  • now been employed full sixty-five years as prime minister under
  • the kings of Babylon; and was justly entitled, from his
  • acknowledged wisdom, to this preference.
  • 29867-900304-2135
  • -Da6.4
  • 29868-900304-2136
  • -Da6.5
  • 29869-900304-2137
  • -Da6.6
  • 29870-900304-2139
  • -Da6.7
  • 29871-900304-2140
  • -Da6.8
  • 29872-900304-2141
  • -Da6.9
  • 29873-900304-2146
  • -Da6.10
  • 29874-900304-2146
  • -Da6.11
  • 29875-900304-2149
  • -Da6.12
  • devouring dertain criminals, whom the laws might consign to that
  • kind of death.
  • 29876-900304-2150
  • -Da6.13
  • 29877-900304-2155
  • -Da6.14
  • decree had been solicited; and was exceedingly displeased with
  • himself that he had suffered himself to be so deluded
  • or annul the edict; but the foolish constitution of his
  • government
  • (exactly the reverse of the happy rule for the conduct of our
  • gracious monarch) did not allow them to pardon any person who
  • had
  • broken one of their decrees, however arbitrary and unreasonable.
  • 29878-900304-2156
  • -Da6.15
  • 29879-900304-2158
  • -Da6.16
  • 29880-900304-2159
  • -Da6.17
  • 29881-900304-2200
  • -Da6.18
  • 29882-900304-2201
  • -Da6.19
  • 29883-900304-2204
  • -Da6.20
  • 29884-900304-2204
  • -Da6.21
  • 29885-900304-2207
  • -Da6.22
  • 29886-900304-2209
  • -Da6.23
  • 29887-900304-2212
  • -Da6.24
  • contrary to the Divine law which enacted that `the fathers
  • should
  • not be put to death for the children, not the children for their
  • fathers.'
  • 29888-900304-2213
  • -Da6.25
  • 29889-900304-2217
  • -Da6.26
  • 29890-900304-2218
  • -Da6.27
  • 29891-900304-2219
  • -Da6.28
  • 29892-900304-2223
  • -Da7.1
  • 9-14 and of God's kingdom
  • 15-28 The interpretation thereof
  • 29893-900304-2224
  • -Da7.2
  • 29894-900304-2226
  • -Da7.3
  • and oppression, emerging from the wars and commotions of the
  • world
  • 29895-900304-2229
  • -Da7.4
  • 29896-900304-2231
  • -Da7.5
  • 29897-900305-1945
  • -Da7.6
  • 29898-900305-1951
  • -Da7.7
  • The Roman empire, which destroyed the Grecian, and became
  • mistress
  • of the world.
  • 29899-900305-1954
  • -Da7.8
  • 29900-900305-1952
  • -Da7.9
  • 29901-900305-1957
  • -Da7.10
  • 29902-900305-1958
  • -Da7.11
  • 29903-900305-1959
  • -Da7.12
  • them
  • 29904-900305-2003
  • -Da7.13
  • 29905-900305-2006
  • -Da7.14
  • 29906-900305-2010
  • -Da7.15
  • 29907-900305-2011
  • -Da7.16
  • 29908-900305-2012
  • -Da7.17
  • 29909-900305-2014
  • -Da7.18
  • 29910-900305-2014
  • -Da7.19
  • 29911-900305-2020
  • -Da7.20
  • empire was divided; which were primarily, according to Machiavel
  • Bp. Llyod, 1. The Huns in Hungary, A.D. 356 2. The Ostrogoths in
  • Moesia, 377. 3. The Visigoths in Rannonia. 4. The Sneves and
  • Alans in Gaseoigae and Spain, 407. 5. The Vandals in Africa,
  • 407.
  • 6. The Franks in France, 407. 7. The Burgundians in Burgundy,
  • 407. 8. The Heruli and Turingi in Italy, 476. 9. The Saxons and
  • Angles in Britain, 476. 10. The Lombards, first upon the Danube,
  • 526, and afterwards in Italy. Though the ten kingdoms differed
  • from these in later periods, and sometimes more or less, yet
  • they
  • were still known by that name.
  • 29912-900305-2023
  • -Da7.21
  • diverse from the fromer, which from small beginnings thrust
  • itself
  • up among the ten kingdoms, till at length it successively
  • eradicated three of them, the kingdom of Heruli, of the
  • Ostrogoths, and of the Lombards.
  • 29913-900305-2024
  • -Da7.22
  • 29914-900305-2024
  • -Da7.23
  • 29915-900305-2024
  • -Da7.24
  • 29916-900305-2033
  • -Da7.25
  • sins, and to open and shut heaven, thundering out bulls and
  • anathemas, excommunicating princes, absolving subjects for their
  • allegiance, and exacting obedience to his decrees in open
  • violation of reason and Scripture.
  • days to a month, 1260 days, equal to the same number of years in
  • prophetic language; which, dated from the decree of Phocas
  • constituting him the supreme head of the church. A.D. 606,
  • terminated in 1866.
  • 29917-900305-2033
  • -Da7.26
  • 29918-900305-2036
  • -Da7.27
  • 29919-900305-2037
  • -Da7.28
  • 29920-900305-2041
  • -Da8.1
  • 13,14 The two thousand three hundred days of the suspension of
  • the
  • daily sacrifice
  • 15-27 Gabriel comforts Daniel, and interprets the vision
  • 29921-900305-2045
  • -Da8.2
  • 29922-900305-2049
  • -Da8.3
  • ram's head with horns, one higher than the other, is still to be
  • seen on the ruins of Persepolis.
  • Media was the more ancient kingdom; but Persia, after Cyrus, was
  • the most considerable.
  • 29923-900305-2051
  • -Da8.4
  • 29924-900305-2055
  • -Da8.5
  • 29925-900305-2055
  • -Da8.6
  • 29926-900305-2056
  • -Da8.7
  • 29927-900305-2058
  • -Da8.8
  • 29928-900305-2059
  • -Da8.9
  • 29929-900305-2100
  • -Da8.10
  • 29930-900305-2104
  • -Da8.11
  • 29931-900305-2106
  • -Da8.12
  • was given over for the transgression against the daily
  • sacrifice.
  • 29932-900305-2111
  • -Da8.13
  • wonderful numberer. [HEB] Palmoni
  • 29933-900305-2114
  • -Da8.14
  • That is, 2300 years, which reckoned from the time Alexander
  • invaded Asia. b.C. 334, will be A.D. 1966.
  • 29934-900305-2116
  • -Da8.15
  • 29935-900305-2118
  • -Da8.16
  • 29936-900305-2120
  • -Da8.17
  • 29937-900305-2121
  • -Da8.18
  • 29938-900305-2122
  • -Da8.19
  • 29939-900305-2123
  • -Da8.20
  • 29940-900305-2123
  • -Da8.21
  • 29941-900305-2127
  • -Da8.22
  • the height of his conquests, his brother and two sons were all
  • murdered; and the kingdom was divided among four of his generals
  • 1. Seleuens, who had Syria and Babylon; 2. Lysimachus, who had
  • Asia Minor; 3. Ptolemy, who had Egypt; and 4. Cassander, who had
  • Greece.
  • 29942-900305-2130
  • -Da8.23
  • burnt the city and temple, and scattered the Jews to the four
  • winds of heaven
  • 29943-900305-2131
  • -Da8.24
  • 29944-900305-2134
  • -Da8.25
  • 29945-900305-2136
  • -Da8.26
  • utter desolation of the sanctuary had continued 1764 years; and
  • no doubt the end of 2300 years is not far distant.
  • 29946-900305-2137
  • -Da8.27
  • 29947-900305-2142
  • -Da9.1
  • 3-15 makes confession of sins
  • 16-19 and prays for the restoration of Jerusalem
  • 20-27 Gabriel informs him of the seventy weeks
  • learn from Tobit 14.15, where the taking of Ninevah is ascribed
  • to
  • Nebuchadnezzar and Assuerus, who were the same with Nabopolassar
  • and Astyages.
  • 29948-900305-2145
  • -Da9.2
  • 29949-900305-2148
  • -Da9.3
  • 29950-900305-2150
  • -Da9.4
  • 29951-900305-2152
  • -Da9.5
  • 29952-900305-2154
  • -Da9.6
  • 29953-900305-2157
  • -Da9.7
  • 29954-900311-1503
  • -Da9.8
  • 29955-900311-1507
  • -Da9.9
  • mercies, forgiveness
  • 29956-900311-1508
  • -Da9.10
  • 29957-900311-1510
  • -Da9.11
  • 29958-900311-1515
  • -Da9.12
  • the Jews during almost eighteen centuries, have far more
  • exceeded
  • all the miseries of the capture of Jerusalem by the Chaldeans,
  • and
  • in the Babylonish captivity, than these miseries exceeded the
  • judgments inflicted on other nations; for the guilt of
  • crucifying
  • the Messiah, and rejecting his gospel, was immensely more
  • atrocious than all their other transgressions
  • 29959-900311-1521
  • -Da9.13
  • attests and prove the Divine authority of the preceeding. The
  • history relates the fulfilment of former predictions; and then
  • new
  • prohecies are add, which future events accomplish, and thus
  • demonstrate their inspiration to the latest ages.
  • 29960-900311-1522
  • -Da9.14
  • 29961-900311-1525
  • -Da9.15
  • 29962-900311-1545
  • -Da9.16
  • 29963-900311-1547
  • -Da9.17
  • 29964-900311-1549
  • -Da9.18
  • 29965-900311-1552
  • -Da9.19
  • 29966-900311-1557
  • -Da9.20
  • 29967-900311-1559
  • -Da9.21
  • 29968-900311-1601
  • -Da9.22
  • understanding
  • 29969-900311-1602
  • -Da9.23
  • 29970-900311-1612
  • -Da9.24
  • which reckoned from the seventh year of Artaxerxes, coinciding
  • with the 4256th year of the Julian period, and in the month
  • Nisan, in which Ezra was commisioned to restore the Jewish state
  • and polity, (Ezr 7.9-26) will bring us to the month of Nisan of
  • the 4746th year of the same period, or A.D. 33, the very month
  • and
  • year in which our Lord suffered, and completed the work of our
  • salvation.
  • 29971-900311-1619
  • -Da9.25
  • periods. 1 seven weeks, or 49 years, for the restoration of
  • Jerusalem. 2 Sixty-two weeks, or 434 years, from that time to
  • the
  • announcement of the Messiah by John the Baptist. 3 One week, or
  • seven years, for the ministry of Hhn and of Christ himslef to
  • the
  • crucifixion.
  • 29972-900311-1626
  • -Da9.26
  • Romans, who under Titus, after the expiration of the seventy
  • weeks, destroyed the temple and the city, and dispersed the
  • Jews.
  • 29973-900311-1633
  • -Da9.27
  • or, upon the battlements shall be the idols of the desolator
  • 29974-900311-1700
  • -Da10.1
  • 10-21 Being troubled with fear, he is comforted by the angel
  • 29975-900311-1701
  • -Da10.2
  • 29976-900311-1703
  • -Da10.3
  • 29977-900311-1704
  • -Da10.4
  • 29978-900311-1705
  • -Da10.5
  • 29979-900311-1707
  • -Da10.6
  • 29980-900311-1707
  • -Da10.7
  • 29981-900311-1709
  • -Da10.8
  • 29982-900311-1710
  • -Da10.9
  • 29983-900311-1710
  • -Da10.10
  • 29984-900311-1712
  • -Da10.11
  • 29985-900311-1720
  • -Da10.12
  • years; for the third year of Cyrus was the 73rd of his
  • captivity;
  • and being a youth when carried captive, he cannot be supposed to
  • have been less than ninety. Old as he was, `he set his heart to
  • understand,' the former revelations which had been made to him,
  • and particularly the vision of the ram and he-goat, as may be
  • collected from the sequel; and for this purpose he prayed and
  • fasted three weeks. His fasting and prayers had the desire
  • effect, for and angel was sent to unfold to him those mysteries;
  • and whoever would excel in divine knowledge, must imitate
  • Daniel,
  • and habituate himself to study, temperance, and devotion.
  • 29986-900311-1722
  • -Da10.13
  • 29987-900311-1724
  • -Da10.14
  • 29988-900311-1725
  • -Da10.15
  • 29989-900311-1727
  • -Da10.16
  • 29990-900311-1729
  • -Da10.17
  • 29991-900311-1731
  • -Da10.18
  • 29992-900311-1734
  • -Da10.19
  • 29993-900311-1736
  • -Da10.20
  • 29994-900311-1739
  • -Da10.21
  • 29995-900311-1741
  • -Da11.1
  • 5-29 Leagues and conflicts between the kings of the south and of
  • the north
  • 30-45 The invasion and tryanny of the Romans.
  • 29996-900311-1744
  • -Da11.2
  • These were, Cambyses, son of Cyrus; Smerdis the Magian imposter;
  • and Darius Hystaspes
  • besides the Carthaginians, consisting of 300,000 men, and 200
  • ships.
  • 29997-900311-1746
  • -Da11.3
  • Alexander the Great, whose kingdom after his death, as we have
  • seen, was divided into four parts.
  • 29998-900311-1748
  • -Da11.4
  • 29999-900311-1750
  • -Da11.5
  • Ptolemy Lagus, king of Egypt, Cyrene,
  • Selencus Nicator, who had Syria, etc., to which he added
  • Macedonia and Thrace
  • 30000-900311-1756
  • -Da11.6
  • After many wars between Ptolemy Philadelphus, king of Egypt, and
  • Antiochus Theos, king of Syria, they agreed to make peace, on
  • condition that the latter should put away his wife Laodice, and
  • her sons, and marry Bernice, Ptolemy's daughter.
  • Antiochus recalled Laodice, who, fearing another charage, caused
  • him to be poisoned, and Bernice and her son to be murdered, and
  • set her son Callinicus on the throne.
  • Her father Ptolemy, who died a few years before.
  • 30001-900312-2050
  • -Da11.7
  • Ptolemy Euergetes, who, to avenge his sister's death, marched
  • with
  • a great army against Callinicus, took all Asia from mount Taurus
  • to India, and returned to Egypt with an immense booty.
  • 30002-900312-2052
  • -Da11.8
  • Callinicus died an exile, and Euergetes survived him four or
  • five years.
  • 30003-900312-2053
  • -Da11.9
  • 30004-900312-2056
  • -Da11.10
  • But the former being poisoned, the latter was proclaimed king,
  • retook Seleucia and Syria, and then, after a truce, returned and
  • overcame the Egyptian forces.
  • stirred up again.
  • 30005-900312-2058
  • -Da11.11
  • 30006-900312-2100
  • -Da11.12
  • 30007-900312-2101
  • -Da11.13
  • 30008-900312-2102
  • -Da11.14
  • 30009-900312-2106
  • -Da11.15
  • Ptolemy Philopater having been succeeded by Ptolemy Epiphanes,
  • then a minor, Antiochus raised a greater army than before, and
  • heaving defeated his best troops under Scopas, recovered
  • possesion
  • of Caelo
  • -Ssyria and Palestine, with all their fortified cities.
  • 30010-900312-2108
  • -Da11.16
  • 30011-900312-2112
  • -Da11.17
  • Being assisted by the Jews, he purposed to subdue Egypt; but
  • entering into treaty with Ptolemy, he gave him his daughter
  • Cleopatra in marriage, thinking to engage her to betray the
  • interests of her husband; but in which he was deceived
  • 30012-900312-2116
  • -Da11.18
  • He subdued most of the maritime places and isles of the
  • Mediterranean; but, being driven from Europe by the Roman
  • consuls,
  • he took refuge in Antioch; and, in order to raise the tribute
  • they
  • impressed upon him, he attempted to rab the temple of Elymais,
  • and
  • was there slain.
  • 30013-900312-2122
  • -Da11.19
  • From the preceding verses in this chapter let us learn, 1. That
  • God, in his providence, sets up one and pulls down another, as
  • he
  • pleases. 2. That this world is full of wars and fightings, which
  • result from the indulgence of the lusts of men. 3. That all the
  • changes and revolutions of states were plainly and perfectly
  • foreseen by the God of heaven. 4. That no word of God can fall
  • to
  • the ground, but what he has declared shall infallibly come to
  • pass. For the elucidation of the historicla parts of Scripture,
  • is is advantageous to notice the writings of heathen authors:
  • light is thus thrown on many passages of Holy Writ, by shewing
  • the
  • accomplishment of the prophecies therein contained, or customs
  • elucidated, which, in the course of years, or in our more
  • northern
  • lattitude, would be to us inexplicable. We have therefore reason
  • to bless God for human learning, by which many have done great
  • service to the readers of His blessed word.
  • 30014-900312-2135
  • -Da11.20
  • over the, etc.
  • imposed on his father, and was poisoned by his treasurer
  • Heliodorus
  • 30015-900312-2135
  • -Da11.21
  • madman, for his despicable conduct.
  • 30016-900312-2136
  • -Da11.22
  • 30017-900312-2137
  • -Da11.23
  • 30018-900312-2139
  • -Da11.24
  • 30019-900312-2141
  • -Da11.25
  • Antiochus defeated the army of Ptolemy Philometer, and in the
  • next
  • campaign made himself master of all Egypt, except Alexandria.
  • While they had frequent conferences at the same table, they
  • spoke
  • lies to each other; and the former returned to Syria laden with
  • riches.
  • 30020-900312-2142
  • -Da11.26
  • 30021-900312-2145
  • -Da11.27
  • 30022-900312-2147
  • -Da11.28
  • The Jews having rejoiced at a report of his death, he took
  • Jerusalem, and slew 40,000 of the inhabitants, and polluted the
  • temple
  • 30023-900312-2147
  • -Da11.29
  • 30024-900312-2150
  • -Da11.30
  • 30025-900312-2152
  • -Da11.31
  • 30026-900312-2155
  • -Da11.32
  • 30027-900313-2007
  • -Da11.33
  • 30028-900313-2009
  • -Da11.34
  • 30029-900313-2012
  • -Da11.35
  • 30030-900313-2018
  • -Da11.36
  • The preceeding verses (from ver. 31) relate to the Romans, who
  • not
  • only destroyed the city and temple of Jerusalem, and crucified
  • the
  • Messiah, but during almost 300 years sought by every means to
  • extipate Christianity. The conversion of Constantine, though it
  • stopped the rage of persecution, gave but little help to true
  • religion. The power first exercised by the emperors, in calling
  • and influencing ecclesiastical councils, gradually passed into
  • the
  • hands of the clergy; and the bishop and church of Rome at last
  • carried it to an enormous length, magnifying themselves above
  • every god.
  • 30031-900313-2019
  • -Da11.37
  • 30032-900313-2023
  • -Da11.38
  • But as for the almighty God, in his seat shall be honour, yea,
  • he
  • shall honour a god whom, etc.
  • Saints and angels, who were invoked as intercessors and
  • protectors, had miracles ascribed to them, their relics
  • worshiped,
  • and their shrines and images adorned with costly offerings.
  • 30033-900313-2023
  • -Da11.39
  • 30034-900313-2026
  • -Da11.40
  • 30035-900313-2027
  • -Da11.41
  • 30036-900313-2028
  • -Da11.42
  • 30037-900313-2029
  • -Da11.43
  • 30038-900313-2029
  • -Da11.44
  • 30039-900313-2032
  • -Da11.45
  • holiness
  • 30040-900313-2050
  • -Da12.1
  • 5-13 Daniel is informed of the times
  • 30041-900313-2052
  • -Da12.2
  • 30042-900313-2054
  • -Da12.3
  • 30043-900313-2056
  • -Da12.4
  • 30044-900313-2057
  • -Da12.5
  • 30045-900313-2059
  • -Da12.6
  • 30046-900313-2102
  • -Da12.7
  • `saints were delivered into the hand' of `the little horn.'
  • 30047-900313-2103
  • -Da12.8
  • 30048-900313-2104
  • -Da12.9
  • 30049-900313-2107
  • -Da12.10
  • 30050-900313-2110
  • -Da12.11
  • Probably Mohammedanism, which sprang up in power the same year
  • as
  • the papal, A.D. 606; and 1290 years from that time will be
  • A.D. 1896, and 1335 years A.D. 1941.
  • 30051-900313-2110
  • -Da12.12
  • 30052-900313-2112
  • -Da12.13
  • 30053-900307-1023
  • -Ho1.1
  • 1 Hosea, to shew God's judgment for spiritual whoredom, takes
  • Gomer
  • 4 and has by her Jezreel
  • 6 Loruhamah
  • 8 and Lo-ammi
  • 10 The restoration of Judah and Israel under one head
  • 30054-900307-1015
  • -Ho1.2
  • (That is, says Apb. Newcome, a wife from among the Israelites,
  • who were a people remarkable for spiritual fornication or
  • idolatry.)
  • 30055-900215-2024
  • -Ho1.3
  • 30056-900215-2024
  • -Ho1.4
  • (God will disperse, as seed is when sown; probably intimating
  • also the speedy dispersion of Israel by Shalmaneser.)
  • 30057-900215-2025
  • -Ho1.5
  • 30058-900215-2025
  • -Ho1.6
  • utterly take them away. or, that I should altogether pardon
  • them. See on
  • 30059-900215-2025
  • -Ho1.7
  • 30060-900215-2026
  • -Ho1.8
  • 30061-900213-1606
  • -Ho1.9
  • 30062-900213-1621
  • -Ho1.10
  • 30063-900213-1635
  • -Ho1.11
  • (This seems to refer to the future conversion and restoration
  • of the Jews and Israelites, under on head, Jesus Christ; so
  • that there shall be one flock and one shepherd.)
  • (An allusion to the word Jezreel. God who sowed them among the
  • nations in His wrath, shall reap and gather them in His
  • mercy;)
  • 30064-900215-2031
  • -Ho2.1
  • 1 The idolatry of the people
  • 6 God's judgments against them
  • 14 His promises of reconciliation with them
  • 30065-900215-2036
  • -Ho2.2
  • 30066-900215-2046
  • -Ho2.3
  • 30067-900216-0812
  • -Ho2.4
  • (They are all idolaters; and have been consecrated to idols,
  • whose marks they bear.)
  • 30068-900216-0818
  • -Ho2.5
  • 30069-900216-0822
  • -Ho2.6
  • 30070-900216-0832
  • -Ho2.7
  • 30071-900216-0838
  • -Ho2.8
  • 30072-900216-0842
  • -Ho2.9
  • 30073-900216-0846
  • -Ho2.10
  • 30074-900216-0851
  • -Ho2.11
  • 30075-900216-1928
  • -Ho2.12
  • 30076-900502-1949
  • -Ho2.13
  • 30077-900216-2029
  • -Ho2.14
  • 30078-900216-2037
  • -Ho2.15
  • 30079-900216-2041
  • -Ho2.16
  • 30080-900216-2042
  • -Ho2.17
  • 30081-900216-2048
  • -Ho2.18
  • 30082-900216-2104
  • -Ho2.19
  • 30083-900216-2108
  • -Ho2.20
  • 30084-900216-2109
  • -Ho2.21
  • 30085-900216-2110
  • -Ho2.22
  • 30086-900216-2116
  • -Ho2.23
  • 30087-900218-1017
  • -Ho3.1
  • 30088-900218-1020
  • -Ho3.2
  • 30089-900218-1021
  • -Ho3.3
  • 30090-900218-1031
  • -Ho3.4
  • 30091-900218-1042
  • -Ho3.5
  • 30092-900218-1921
  • -Ho4.1
  • 30093-900218-1933
  • -Ho4.2
  • 30094-900218-1943
  • -Ho4.3
  • 30095-900218-1945
  • -Ho4.4
  • 30096-900218-1950
  • -Ho4.5
  • 30097-900219-1341
  • -Ho4.6
  • 8 I will also
  • 30098-900219-1344
  • -Ho4.7
  • 30099-900219-1348
  • -Ho4.8
  • their iniquity
  • 30100-900219-1352
  • -Ho4.9
  • 30101-900219-1356
  • -Ho4.10
  • 30102-900219-1358
  • -Ho4.11
  • 30103-900219-1406
  • -Ho4.12
  • 30104-900219-1409
  • -Ho4.13
  • 30105-900219-1415
  • -Ho4.14
  • 30106-900219-1420
  • -Ho4.15
  • 30107-900219-1423
  • -Ho4.16
  • 30108-900219-1425
  • -Ho4.17
  • 30109-900219-1430
  • -Ho4.18
  • 30110-900219-1433
  • -Ho4.19
  • 30111-900219-1438
  • -Ho5.1
  • 30112-900219-1443
  • -Ho5.2
  • 30113-900219-1447
  • -Ho5.3
  • 30114-900219-1455
  • -Ho5.4
  • their doings will not suffer them
  • 30115-900219-1500
  • -Ho5.5
  • 30116-900219-1504
  • -Ho5.6
  • 30117-900219-1507
  • -Ho5.7
  • 30118-900220-1235
  • -Ho5.8
  • 30119-900220-1941
  • -Ho5.9
  • 30120-900220-1944
  • -Ho5.10
  • 30121-900220-1958
  • -Ho5.11
  • 30122-900220-2001
  • -Ho5.12
  • 30123-900220-2006
  • -Ho5.13
  • should plead. yet
  • 30124-900220-2009
  • -Ho5.14
  • 30125-900220-2021
  • -Ho5.15
  • 30126-900220-2027
  • -Ho6.1
  • 30127-900220-2031
  • -Ho6.2
  • 30128-900220-2037
  • -Ho6.3
  • 30129-900221-1622
  • -Ho6.4
  • 30130-900221-1628
  • -Ho6.5
  • etc.
  • 30131-900221-1632
  • -Ho6.6
  • 30132-900221-1635
  • -Ho6.7
  • 30133-900221-1640
  • -Ho6.8
  • 30134-900221-1645
  • -Ho6.9
  • 30135-900221-1648
  • -Ho6.10
  • 30136-900221-1651
  • -Ho6.11
  • 30137-900221-1904
  • -Ho7.1
  • 1 A reproof of manifold sins.
  • 11 God's wrath against them for their hypocrisy
  • 30138-900221-1909
  • -Ho7.2
  • 30139-900221-1913
  • -Ho7.3
  • 30140-900221-1919
  • -Ho7.4
  • waking
  • 30141-900221-1925
  • -Ho7.5
  • 30142-900221-1929
  • -Ho7.6
  • 30143-900221-1934
  • -Ho7.7
  • 30144-900221-1938
  • -Ho7.8
  • 30145-900221-1940
  • -Ho7.9
  • 30146-900221-1944
  • -Ho7.10
  • 30147-900221-1948
  • -Ho7.11
  • 30148-900221-1952
  • -Ho7.12
  • 30149-900224-1904
  • -Ho7.13
  • 30150-900224-1921
  • -Ho7.14
  • 30151-900224-1924
  • -Ho7.15
  • 30152-900224-1932
  • -Ho7.16
  • 30153-900224-1939
  • -Ho8.1
  • Destruction is threatened both to Israel and Judah for their
  • impiety and idolatry.
  • 30154-900224-1943
  • -Ho8.2
  • 30155-900224-1947
  • -Ho8.3
  • 30156-900224-1953
  • -Ho8.4
  • 30157-900225-1019
  • -Ho8.5
  • 30158-900225-1021
  • -Ho8.6
  • 30159-900225-1024
  • -Ho8.7
  • 30160-900225-1028
  • -Ho8.8
  • 30161-900225-1031
  • -Ho8.9
  • 30162-900225-1035
  • -Ho8.10
  • 30163-900225-1038
  • -Ho8.11
  • 30164-900225-1040
  • -Ho8.12
  • 30165-900225-1542
  • -Ho8.13
  • they sacrifice flesh and eat it
  • 30166-900225-1546
  • -Ho8.14
  • 30167-900225-1551
  • -Ho9.1
  • The distress and captivity of Israel for their sins.
  • 30168-900225-1554
  • -Ho9.2
  • 30169-900225-1559
  • -Ho9.3
  • that.' and
  • 30170-900227-1003
  • -Ho9.4
  • 30171-900227-1006
  • -Ho9.5
  • 30172-900228-1019
  • -Ho9.6
  • shall be desired, the nettle shall, etc. Heb. the desire of
  • 30173-900228-1051
  • -Ho9.7
  • 30174-900228-1110
  • -Ho9.8
  • 30175-900228-1116
  • -Ho9.9
  • 30176-900228-1122
  • -Ho9.10
  • 30177-900228-1126
  • -Ho9.11
  • 30178-900228-1242
  • -Ho9.12
  • 30179-900228-1601
  • -Ho9.13
  • 30180-900228-1605
  • -Ho9.14
  • 30181-900228-1612
  • -Ho9.15
  • 30182-900228-1615
  • -Ho9.16
  • 30183-900228-1621
  • -Ho9.17
  • 30184-900228-1631
  • -Ho10.1
  • Israel is reproved and threatened for their impiety and
  • idolatry, and exhorted to repentance.
  • unto
  • 30185-900301-1943
  • -Ho10.2
  • 30186-900301-1953
  • -Ho10.3
  • 30187-900301-1956
  • -Ho10.4
  • 30188-900301-2001
  • -Ho10.5
  • 30189-900301-2006
  • -Ho10.6
  • 30190-900301-2010
  • -Ho10.7
  • 30191-900301-2016
  • -Ho10.8
  • 30192-900301-2020
  • -Ho10.9
  • 30193-900301-2026
  • -Ho10.10
  • or, in their two habitations
  • 30194-900301-2029
  • -Ho10.11
  • 30195-900301-2035
  • -Ho10.12
  • 30196-900301-2039
  • -Ho10.13
  • 30197-900301-2043
  • -Ho10.14
  • 30198-900301-2046
  • -Ho10.15
  • 30199-900301-2050
  • -Ho11.1
  • 1 The ingratitude of Israel unto God for his benefits
  • 5 His judgment
  • 8 God's mercy toward them
  • 12 Israel's falsehood and Judah's fidelity
  • 30200-900302-1921
  • -Ho11.2
  • 30201-900302-1925
  • -Ho11.3
  • 30202-900302-1930
  • -Ho11.4
  • 30203-900302-1935
  • -Ho11.5
  • 30204-900302-1954
  • -Ho11.6
  • 30205-900302-1959
  • -Ho11.7
  • 30206-900302-2005
  • -Ho11.8
  • 30207-900302-2014
  • -Ho11.9
  • 30208-900302-2021
  • -Ho11.10
  • 30209-900302-2025
  • -Ho11.11
  • 30210-900302-2029
  • -Ho11.12
  • 30211-900305-1934
  • -Ho12.1
  • 1 A reproof of Ephraim, Judah and Jacob
  • 3 By former favours he exhorts to repentance
  • 7 Ephraim's sins provoke God
  • 30212-900303-0936
  • -Ho12.2
  • 30213-900303-0938
  • -Ho12.3
  • 30214-900303-0941
  • -Ho12.4
  • 30215-900303-0943
  • -Ho12.5
  • 30216-900303-0948
  • -Ho12.6
  • 30217-900303-0954
  • -Ho12.7
  • 30218-900303-1000
  • -Ho12.8
  • punishment of iniquity in whom is sin. they
  • 30219-900303-1003
  • -Ho12.9
  • 30220-900303-1009
  • -Ho12.10
  • 30221-900303-1949
  • -Ho12.11
  • 30222-900303-1952
  • -Ho12.12
  • 30223-900303-2005
  • -Ho12.13
  • 30224-900303-2009
  • -Ho12.14
  • 30225-900303-2016
  • -Ho13.1
  • 1 Ephraim's glory vanishes
  • 4 God's anger
  • 9 God's mercy
  • 15 The judgment of Samaria
  • 30226-900303-2022
  • -Ho13.2
  • 30227-900303-2025
  • -Ho13.3
  • 30228-900303-2027
  • -Ho13.4
  • 30229-900303-2030
  • -Ho13.5
  • 30230-900303-2033
  • -Ho13.6
  • 30231-900303-2035
  • -Ho13.7
  • 30232-900303-2037
  • -Ho13.8
  • 30233-900303-2042
  • -Ho13.9
  • 30234-900304-0948
  • -Ho13.10
  • then in prison'
  • 30235-900304-0952
  • -Ho13.11
  • 30236-900304-0954
  • -Ho13.12
  • 30237-900304-0957
  • -Ho13.13
  • 30238-900304-1002
  • -Ho13.14
  • 30239-900304-1009
  • -Ho13.15
  • 30240-900304-1012
  • -Ho13.16
  • 30241-900305-1935
  • -Ho14.1
  • 1 An exhortation to repentance
  • 4 A promise of God's blessing
  • 30242-900304-1024
  • -Ho14.2
  • 30243-900304-1038
  • -Ho14.3
  • 30244-900304-1534
  • -Ho14.4
  • 30245-900305-1151
  • -Ho14.5
  • 30246-900305-1155
  • -Ho14.6
  • 30247-900305-1159
  • -Ho14.7
  • 30248-900305-1211
  • -Ho14.8
  • 30249-900305-1218
  • -Ho14.9
  • 30250-900309-1222
  • -Joe1.1
  • 1 Joel, declaring sundry judgments of God, exhorts to observe
  • them
  • 8 He prescribes a solemn fast to deprecate those judgments
  • 14 And to mourn
  • 30251-900309-1245
  • -Joe1.2
  • 30252-900309-1250
  • -Joe1.3
  • 30253-900309-1259
  • -Joe1.4
  • palmer-worm
  • four Hebrew words, gazam, yelek, arbeh, chasil, respectively
  • rendered the palmer-worm, locust, canker-worm and caterpillar,
  • denote four different species of locusts. See on
  • # ex 10.4
  • * the locust eaten
  • # ex 10.12-15 de 28.38,42 1ki 8.37 2ch 6.28,7.13
  • # ps 78.46,105.34 am 7.1 re 9.3-7
  • * the canker-worm eaten
  • # na 3.15-17
  • * the caterpillar
  • # is 33.4 je 51.14,27
  • 30254-900309-1303
  • -Joe1.5
  • 30255-900309-1307
  • -Joe1.6
  • 30256-900309-1310
  • -Joe1.7
  • 30257-900309-1313
  • -Joe1.8
  • 30258-900309-1317
  • -Joe1.9
  • 30259-900309-1320
  • -Joe1.10
  • 30260-900309-1323
  • -Joe1.11
  • 30261-900309-1339
  • -Joe1.12
  • (Dr. Shaw observes, that in Barbary, in the month of June the
  • locusts are no sooner hatched than they collect themselves into
  • compact bodies, each a 'furlong or more square; and marching
  • directly after they are come to life, make their way towards the
  • sea and let nothing escape them, eating up everything that is
  • green or juicy; not only the lesser vegetables, but the vine
  • likewise, the fig-tree, the pomegranate, the palm, and the apple
  • tree, even all the trees of the field.')
  • 30262-900309-1344
  • -Joe1.13
  • 30263-900312-1154
  • -Joe1.14
  • 30264-900312-1158
  • -Joe1.15
  • 30265-900312-1201
  • -Joe1.16
  • 30266-900312-1203
  • -Joe1.17
  • 30267-900312-1205
  • -Joe1.18
  • 30268-900312-1208
  • -Joe1.19
  • 30269-900312-1210
  • -Joe1.20
  • 30270-900312-2008
  • -Joe2.1
  • 1 He shews unto Zion the terribleness of God's judgment
  • 12 He exhorts to repentance
  • 15 prescribes a fast
  • 18 promises a blessing thereon
  • 21 He comforts Zion with present
  • 28 and future blessings
  • 30271-900312-2040
  • -Joe2.2
  • ('The quantity of these insects,' says a French author,'is
  • incredible to all who have not themselves witnessed their
  • astonishing numbers; the whole earth is covered with them
  • for the space of several leagues. The noise they make in
  • browsing on the trees and herbage may be heard at a great
  • distance, and resembles that of an army in secret. Wherever
  • their myriads spread, the verdure of the country disappears;
  • trees and plants, stripped of their leaves and reduced to
  • their naked boughs and stems, cause the dreary image of winter
  • to succeed in an instant to the rich scenery of spring. When
  • these clouds of locusts take their flight, to surmount any
  • obstacles or to traverse more rapidly a desert soil, the
  • heavens may literally be said to be obscured by them.')
  • 30272-900312-2045
  • -Joe2.3
  • 30273-900312-2048
  • -Joe2.4
  • 30274-900312-2050
  • -Joe2.5
  • 30275-900312-2052
  • -Joe2.6
  • 30276-900312-2101
  • -Joe2.7
  • (In their progress, says Dr. Shaw, 'they kept their ranks like
  • men of war; climbing over every tree or wall that was in their
  • way. Nay, they entered into our very houses and bedchambers,
  • like so many thieves. Every effort of the inhabitants to stop
  • them was unavailing; the trenches they had dug were quickly
  • filled up, and the fires they had kindled extinguished, by
  • infinite swarms succeeding each other.')
  • 30277-900312-2103
  • -Joe2.8
  • 30278-900312-2105
  • -Joe2.9
  • 30279-900312-2112
  • -Joe2.10
  • 30280-900313-0859
  • -Joe2.11
  • 30281-900313-0907
  • -Joe2.12
  • 30282-900313-0935
  • -Joe2.13
  • 30283-900313-0940
  • -Joe2.14
  • 30284-900313-0943
  • -Joe2.15
  • 30285-900313-0947
  • -Joe2.16
  • 30286-900313-1012
  • -Joe2.17
  • 30287-900313-1018
  • -Joe2.18
  • 30288-900313-1023
  • -Joe2.19
  • 30289-900313-1028
  • -Joe2.20
  • 30290-900313-1033
  • -Joe2.21
  • 30291-900313-1539
  • -Joe2.22
  • 30292-900313-1600
  • -Joe2.23
  • 30293-900313-1603
  • -Joe2.24
  • 30294-900313-1605
  • -Joe2.25
  • 30295-900314-1236
  • -Joe2.26
  • 30296-900314-1241
  • -Joe2.27
  • 30297-900314-1247
  • -Joe2.28
  • 30298-900314-1252
  • -Joe2.29
  • 30299-900314-1256
  • -Joe2.30
  • 30300-900314-1545
  • -Joe2.31
  • 30301-900314-1551
  • -Joe2.32
  • 30302-900314-1557
  • -Joe3.1
  • 1 God's judgments against the enemies of his people
  • 9 God will be known in his judgment
  • 18 His blessing upon the church
  • 30303-900314-1918
  • -Joe3.2
  • 30304-900314-1920
  • -Joe3.3
  • 30305-900314-1924
  • -Joe3.4
  • 30306-900314-1927
  • -Joe3.5
  • 30307-900314-1929
  • -Joe3.6
  • 30308-900314-1933
  • -Joe3.7
  • 30309-900314-1936
  • -Joe3.8
  • 30310-900314-1939
  • -Joe3.9
  • 30311-900314-1941
  • -Joe3.10
  • 30312-900314-1946
  • -Joe3.11
  • 30313-900314-1949
  • -Joe3.12
  • 30314-900314-1953
  • -Joe3.13
  • 30315-900314-1956
  • -Joe3.14
  • 30316-900314-1959
  • -Joe3.15
  • 30317-900314-2003
  • -Joe3.16
  • 30318-900314-2007
  • -Joe3.17
  • 30319-900314-2011
  • -Joe3.18
  • 30320-900314-2018
  • -Joe3.19
  • 30321-900314-2021
  • -Joe3.20
  • 30322-900314-2035
  • -Joe3.21
  • Concluding remarks on the Book of Joel.
  • It is generally supposed, that the prophet Joel blends two
  • subjects
  • of affliction in one general consideration, or beautiful
  • allegory;
  • and that, under the devastation to be produced by locusts in the
  • vegetable world, he pourtrays (portrays) the more distant
  • calamities
  • to be inflicted by the armies of the Chaldeans in their invasion
  • of Judea. These predictions are followed by a more general
  • denunciation of God's vengeance, delivered in such language as
  • to be
  • in some measure descriptive of the final judgment of mankind.
  • The
  • prophet intermingles these declarations with earnest
  • exhortations
  • to repentance, and with promises of returning prosperity
  • productive
  • of Gospel blessings; foretelling, in the clearest terms, the
  • general
  • effusion of the Holy Spirit under the Christian dispensation,
  • and
  • the awful consequences of obstinately rejecting the sacred
  • influence,
  • especiallly to the Jews. The state of this nation at the
  • present day,
  • fully attests the Divine inspiration of the prophecy.
  • 30323-900316-1138
  • -Am1.1
  • 1 The times when Amos prophesied
  • 3 He shews God's judgment upon Syria
  • 6 upon the Philistines
  • 9 upon Tyrus
  • 11 upon Edom
  • 13 upon Ammon
  • 30324-900316-1144
  • -Am1.2
  • 30325-900316-1149
  • -Am1.3
  • thereof. or, convert it, or, let it be quiet, and so
  • 30326-900316-1643
  • -Am1.4
  • 30327-900316-1658
  • -Am1.5
  • (Probably Heliopolis, now Baalbek, situated between Libanus and
  • Antilibanus, 56 miles N. W. of Damascus, according to Antoninus,
  • and celebrated for its temple of the sun.)
  • (Probably the village of Eden, in Mount Lebanon, marks the site
  • of this place. It is delightfully situated by the side of a most
  • rich and cultivated valley, contains about 400 or 500 families,
  • and is, according to modern authorities, about 20 miles S. E. of
  • Tripoli, and five miles from the cedars.)
  • 30328-900317-1249
  • -Am1.6
  • 30329-900317-1332
  • -Am1.7
  • 30330-900317-1335
  • -Am1.8
  • 30331-900317-1339
  • -Am1.9
  • 30332-900317-1342
  • -Am1.10
  • 30333-900317-1404
  • -Am1.11
  • 30334-900317-1409
  • -Am1.12
  • 30335-900317-1413
  • -Am1.13
  • 30336-900317-1417
  • -Am1.14
  • 30337-900317-1418
  • -Am1.15
  • 30338-900317-1444
  • -Am2.1
  • 1 God's judgments upon Moab
  • 4 upon Judah
  • 6 and upon Israel
  • 9 God complains of their ingratitude
  • 30339-900317-1448
  • -Am2.2
  • 30340-900317-1449
  • -Am2.3
  • 30341-900317-1457
  • -Am2.4
  • 30342-900317-1503
  • -Am2.5
  • 30343-900317-1511
  • -Am2.6
  • (Amos, says Abp. Newcome, first prophesies against the Syrians,
  • Philistines, Tyrians, Edomites, Ammonites, and Moabites, who
  • dwelt in the neighbourhood of the twelve tribes, and had
  • occasionally become their enemies and persecutors. Having thus
  • taught his countrymen that the providence of God extended to
  • other nations, he briefly mentions the idolatrous practices and
  • consequent destruction of Judah, and then passes on to his
  • proper
  • subject, which was to exhort and reprove the kingdom of Israel,
  • and to denounce against it the Divine judgments.)
  • 30344-900317-1516
  • -Am2.7
  • 30345-900317-1519
  • -Am2.8
  • 30346-900317-1525
  • -Am2.9
  • 30347-900317-1657
  • -Am2.10
  • 30348-900317-1703
  • -Am2.11
  • 30350-900317-1707
  • -Am2.13
  • of sheaves presseth
  • 30351-900317-1709
  • -Am2.14
  • 30352-900317-1712
  • -Am2.15
  • 30353-900317-1714
  • -Am2.16
  • 30354-900318-1012
  • -Am3.1
  • 1 The necessity of God's judgment against Israel
  • 9 The publication of it, with the causes thereof
  • 30355-900318-1019
  • -Am3.2
  • 30356-900318-1023
  • -Am3.3
  • 30357-900318-1025
  • -Am3.4
  • 30358-900318-1026
  • -Am3.5
  • 30359-900318-1032
  • -Am3.6
  • (That is, Shall there be any evil, or calamity, (not moral evil,
  • )
  • inflicted on a wicked city, which does not proceed from me, as
  • the effect of my wrath? These animated interrogatives were
  • intended to convince the people that they had cause for alarm,
  • as
  • their monstrous iniquities called down the vengeance of God to
  • punish them with these calamities.)
  • 30360-900318-1037
  • -Am3.7
  • 30361-900318-1439
  • -Am3.8
  • 30362-900318-1446
  • -Am3.9
  • 30363-900318-1454
  • -Am3.10
  • 30364-900318-1457
  • -Am3.11
  • 30365-900318-1501
  • -Am3.12
  • 30366-900318-1504
  • -Am3.13
  • 30367-900318-1509
  • -Am3.14
  • for his transgressions. I will
  • 30368-900318-1512
  • -Am3.15
  • 30369-900318-1632
  • -Am4.1
  • 1 He reproves Israel for oppression
  • 4 for idolatry
  • 6 and for their incorrigibleness
  • (By the 'kine of Bashan,' some understand the proud,
  • luxurious matrons of Israel; but it is probable the prophet
  • speaks catachrestically, and means the wealthy, effeminate,
  • and profligate rulers and nobles of Samaria.)
  • 30370-900318-1636
  • -Am4.2
  • 30371-900318-1639
  • -Am4.3
  • 30372-900318-1641
  • -Am4.4
  • 30373-900318-1644
  • -Am4.5
  • 30374-900318-1650
  • -Am4.6
  • and want
  • 30375-900318-1655
  • -Am4.7
  • 30376-900318-1703
  • -Am4.8
  • 30377-900318-1708
  • -Am4.9
  • palmerworm, etc. the palmer-worm
  • 30378-900318-1715
  • -Am4.10
  • your horses
  • 30379-900318-1719
  • -Am4.11
  • 30380-900318-1723
  • -Am4.12
  • 30381-900318-2035
  • -Am4.13
  • Jehovah, the God of hosts
  • 30382-900318-2041
  • -Am5.1
  • 1 A lamentation for Israel
  • 4 An exhortation to repentance
  • 21 God rejects their hypocritical service
  • 30383-900318-2046
  • -Am5.2
  • 30384-900318-2048
  • -Am5.3
  • 30385-900318-2054
  • -Am5.4
  • 30386-900318-2113
  • -Am5.5
  • (There is a paronomasia here, both on the letters and words:
  • Hag-gilgal galoh yigleh oovaith el yiheyeh leawen, 'Gilgal
  • shall surely go into captivity, and Beth-el (the house of God)
  • shall come to nought,' or Aven, i.e. Beth-aven, the house of
  • iniquity.)
  • 30387-900318-2118
  • -Am5.6
  • 30388-900318-2123
  • -Am5.7
  • 30389-900318-2128
  • -Am5.8
  • 30390-900318-2130
  • -Am5.9
  • 30391-900318-2133
  • -Am5.10
  • 30392-900318-2137
  • -Am5.11
  • 30393-900319-1602
  • -Am5.12
  • 30394-900319-1608
  • -Am5.13
  • 30395-900319-1613
  • -Am5.14
  • 30396-900319-1621
  • -Am5.15
  • 30397-900319-1625
  • -Am5.16
  • 30398-900319-1629
  • -Am5.17
  • 30399-900319-1633
  • -Am5.18
  • 30400-900319-1923
  • -Am5.19
  • 30401-900319-1638
  • -Am5.20
  • 30402-900319-1641
  • -Am5.21
  • 30403-900319-1644
  • -Am5.22
  • 30404-900319-1645
  • -Am5.23
  • 30405-900319-1646
  • -Am5.24
  • 30406-900319-1649
  • -Am5.25
  • 30407-900319-1924
  • -Am5.26
  • 30408-900319-1653
  • -Am5.27
  • 30409-900320-1628
  • -Am6.1
  • 1 The wantonness of Israel
  • 7 shall be plagued with desolation
  • 12 and their incorrigibleness shall end in affliction
  • 30410-900320-1632
  • -Am6.2
  • 30411-900320-1636
  • -Am6.3
  • 30412-900320-1641
  • -Am6.4
  • (Either sofas to recline on at table, or beds to sleep on;
  • which among the ancients, were ornamented with ivory inlaid.)
  • superfluities
  • 30413-900320-1644
  • -Am6.5
  • 30414-900320-1650
  • -Am6.6
  • (This probably refers to the costliness and magnificence of the
  • drinking vessels, as well as to the quantity drank.)
  • 30415-900320-1653
  • -Am6.7
  • 30416-900320-1657
  • -Am6.8
  • 30417-900320-1908
  • -Am6.9
  • 30418-900320-1913
  • -Am6.10
  • (Abp. Newcome says that this obscure verse seems to describe
  • the effects of the famine and pestilence during the siege of
  • Samaria.)
  • 30419-900320-1919
  • -Am6.11
  • 30420-900320-1927
  • -Am6.12
  • 30421-900320-1934
  • -Am6.13
  • 30422-900320-1940
  • -Am6.14
  • 30423-900320-1952
  • -Am7.1
  • 1 The judgments of the grasshoppers
  • 4 and of the fire are diverted by the prayer of Amos
  • 7 By the wall of a plumbline is signified the rejection of
  • Israel
  • 10 Amaziah complains of Amos
  • 14 Amos shews his calling
  • 16 and Amaziah's judgment
  • (Govai, in Arabic gabee, 'locusts,' probably in their
  • caterpillar
  • state, in which they are most destructive. This is supposed to
  • have been an emblem of the first invasion of the Assyrians.)
  • (Or rather, feedings or grazings, as the people of the East make
  • no hay. This was probably in the month of March, which is the
  • only
  • time of the year that the Arabs to this day feed their horses
  • with
  • grass.)
  • 30424-900320-1958
  • -Am7.2
  • 30425-900320-2001
  • -Am7.3
  • 30426-900320-2011
  • -Am7.4
  • (This is supposed to denote the invasion of Tiglathpileser,
  • which threatened entire destruction.)
  • 30427-900320-2013
  • -Am7.5
  • 30428-900320-2015
  • -Am7.6
  • 30429-900320-2017
  • -Am7.7
  • 30430-900320-2023
  • -Am7.8
  • (This was an emblem of strict justice; and intimated that God
  • would now visit them according to their iniquities.)
  • 30431-900320-2026
  • -Am7.9
  • 30432-900320-2031
  • -Am7.10
  • (This was truly a lying prophet; there was not one word of
  • truth in his message to Jeroboam.)
  • 30433-900320-2034
  • -Am7.11
  • 30434-900320-2037
  • -Am7.12
  • 30435-900320-2040
  • -Am7.13
  • 30436-900320-2046
  • -Am7.14
  • (Rather, as bolais is rendered by the LXX. and Vulgate,
  • vellicans, 'a scraping,' or a scraper of sycamores; for the
  • fruit does not ripen till it is rubbed with iron combs.)
  • 30437-900320-2049
  • -Am7.15
  • 30438-900320-2051
  • -Am7.16
  • 30439-900320-2054
  • -Am7.17
  • 30440-900320-2057
  • -Am8.1
  • 1 By a basket of summer fruit is shewn the approach of Israel's
  • end
  • 4 Oppression is reproved
  • 11 A famine of the word of God threatened
  • 30441-900320-2103
  • -Am8.2
  • (There is here not only an allusion to the nature of the summer
  • fruit, which must be eaten as soon as gathered, but also a
  • paronomasia upon the words kayitz 'summer fruit,' and ketz,
  • 'an end.')
  • 30442-900320-2108
  • -Am8.3
  • 30443-900320-2111
  • -Am8.4
  • 30444-900320-2117
  • -Am8.5
  • of deceit
  • 30445-900321-1233
  • -Am8.6
  • 30446-900321-1236
  • -Am8.7
  • 30447-900321-1244
  • -Am8.8
  • (It is supposed that an earthquake is here intended; the rising
  • and falling of the ground, with a wave-like motion, and its
  • leaving its proper place and bounds, in consequence of an
  • earthquake, being justly and beautifully compared to the
  • swelling,
  • overflowing, and subsiding of the Nile.)
  • 30448-900321-1250
  • -Am8.9
  • (This is supposed to refer to an eclipse; and Abp. Usher has
  • shewn that about eleven years after Amos prophesied there
  • were two great eclipses of the sun, one at the feast of
  • tabernacles, and the other some time before the passover.)
  • 30449-900321-1255
  • -Am8.10
  • 30450-900321-1716
  • -Am8.11
  • 30451-900321-1719
  • -Am8.12
  • 30452-900321-1723
  • -Am8.13
  • 30453-900321-1729
  • -Am8.14
  • 30454-900321-1742
  • -Am9.1
  • 1 The certainty of the desolation
  • 11 The restoring of the tabernacle of David
  • in the head
  • 30455-900322-1011
  • -Am9.2
  • (All these energetic expressions were intended to shew the
  • utter impossibility of escape.)
  • 30456-900322-1225
  • -Am9.3
  • 30457-900322-1228
  • -Am9.4
  • 30458-900322-1231
  • -Am9.5
  • 30459-900322-1242
  • -Am9.6
  • (Maaloth, 'upper chambers,' which in eastern houses are the
  • principal apartments. Perhaps there is a reference here to the
  • various systems which God has created in illimitable space,
  • transcending each other as the planets do in our system.)
  • (Aguddah probably is the same as the Arabic ijad, 'an arch,
  • vault,' and may here denote the vault of heaven, or atmosphere,
  • which God 'hath founded, or established, upon, or over, al, the
  • earth,' and into which 'he calleth the waters of the sea, and
  • poureth them out upon the face of the earth.'
  • 30460-900322-1246
  • -Am9.7
  • 30461-900322-1251
  • -Am9.8
  • 30462-900322-1253
  • -Am9.9
  • 30463-900322-1257
  • -Am9.10
  • 30464-900322-1303
  • -Am9.11
  • 30465-900322-1337
  • -Am9.12
  • 30466-900322-1342
  • -Am9.13
  • 30467-900322-1347
  • -Am9.14
  • 30468-900322-1652
  • -Am9.15
  • (As the Jews, after their return from Babylon, were driven from
  • their land by the Romans, this can only refer to their future
  • conversion and restoration, and to the security and peace of the
  • church.)
  • 30469-900322-1700
  • -Ob1.1
  • 1 The destruction of Edom
  • 3 for their pride
  • 10 for their wrong unto Jacob
  • 17 The salvation and victory of Jacob
  • 30470-900322-2029
  • -Ob1.2
  • 30471-900322-2051
  • -Ob1.3
  • 30472-900322-2054
  • -Ob1.4
  • 30473-900322-2103
  • -Ob1.5
  • 30474-900322-2105
  • -Ob1.6
  • 30475-900322-2149
  • -Ob1.7
  • (The Chaldeans, whose agents they became in persecuting the
  • Jews.)
  • 30476-900322-2151
  • -Ob1.8
  • 30477-900322-2155
  • -Ob1.9
  • 30478-900323-0648
  • -Ob1.10
  • 30479-900323-0654
  • -Ob1.11
  • 30480-900323-0659
  • -Ob1.12
  • 30481-900323-0702
  • -Ob1.13
  • 30482-900323-0704
  • -Ob1.14
  • 30483-900323-0708
  • -Ob1.15
  • 30484-900323-0712
  • -Ob1.16
  • 30485-900323-0720
  • -Ob1.17
  • 30486-900323-0723
  • -Ob1.18
  • 30487-900323-0729
  • -Ob1.19
  • 30488-900323-0735
  • -Ob1.20
  • that which is in Sepharad, they shall possess
  • 30489-900323-0740
  • -Ob1.21
  • 30490-900403-0804
  • -Jon1.1
  • 1 Jonah, sent to Nineveh, flees to Tarshish
  • 4 He is bewrayed by a tempest
  • 11 thrown into the sea
  • 17 and swallowed by a fish
  • 30491-900403-0809
  • -Jon1.2
  • 30492-900403-0855
  • -Jon1.3
  • (As Jonah embarked at Joppa, a seaport on the Mediterranean, it
  • was probably either Tarsus in Cilicia, or rather Tartessus in
  • Spain, to which he intended to flee. When we reflect how such a
  • message would be received in the streets of London at this day,
  • we shall not wonder at the prophet's reluctance to announce the
  • destruction of the proud and idolatrous Nineveh.)
  • 30493-900403-0902
  • -Jon1.4
  • 30494-900403-1931
  • -Jon1.5
  • 30495-900403-1901
  • -Jon1.6
  • 30496-900403-1906
  • -Jon1.7
  • 30497-900403-1909
  • -Jon1.8
  • 30498-900403-1929
  • -Jon1.9
  • 30499-900404-0909
  • -Jon1.10
  • 30500-900404-0912
  • -Jon1.11
  • or, grew more and more tempestuous. Heb. went and was, etc.
  • 30501-900404-0914
  • -Jon1.12
  • 30502-900404-0920
  • -Jon1.13
  • (There was great humanity and tender feeling in these men. They
  • were probably affected deeply with the candid confession, the
  • disinterested, submissive conduct of the disobedient prophet,
  • and were unwilling to cast him into the deep, until they found
  • that every effort to save themselves was invain.)
  • 30503-900404-0923
  • -Jon1.14
  • 30504-900404-0925
  • -Jon1.15
  • 30505-900404-0930
  • -Jon1.16
  • vowed vows
  • 30506-900404-0933
  • -Jon1.17
  • 30507-900404-0937
  • -Jon2.1
  • 1 The prayer of Jonah
  • 10 He is delivered out of the belly of the fish
  • 30508-900404-0942
  • -Jon2.2
  • 30509-900404-0945
  • -Jon2.3
  • 30510-900404-0948
  • -Jon2.4
  • 30511-900404-0950
  • -Jon2.5
  • 30512-900404-1008
  • -Jon2.6
  • 30513-900404-1013
  • -Jon2.7
  • 30514-900404-1016
  • -Jon2.8
  • 30515-900404-1023
  • -Jon2.9
  • 30516-900404-1026
  • -Jon2.10
  • 30517-900404-1030
  • -Jon3.1
  • 1 Jonah, sent again, preaches to the Ninevites
  • 5 Upon their repentance
  • 10 God repents
  • 30518-900417-2014
  • -Jon3.2
  • (Nineveh, the capital of Assyria, was situated on the eastern
  • bank of the river Tigris, opposite the present Mosul, about
  • 280 miles north of Babylon, 400 N. E. of Damascus, in latitude
  • 36 degrees 20' N. longitude 73 degrees 10' E. It was not only a
  • very ancient, (Ge. 10.11,) but also a very great city. Strabo
  • says that it was much larger than Babylon, the circuit of which
  • he estimates at 385 furlongs; and, according to Diodorus
  • Siculus,
  • it was an oblong parallelogram, extending 150 furlongs in
  • length,
  • 90 in breadth, and 480 in circumference, i.e. about 20 miles
  • long,
  • 12 broad, and 60 in compass. This agrees with the account given
  • here of its being 'an exceeding great city of three days'
  • journey,' i.e. in circuit; for 20 miles a day was the common
  • computation for a pedestrian. It was surrounded by large walls
  • 100 feet high, so broad that three chariots could drive abreast
  • on them, and defended by 1500 towers 200 feet in height.) See
  • notes on Nahum
  • 30519-900404-1052
  • -Jon3.3
  • 30520-900404-1055
  • -Jon3.4
  • 30521-900404-1058
  • -Jon3.5
  • 30522-900404-1102
  • -Jon3.6
  • 30523-900404-1105
  • -Jon3.7
  • 30524-900404-1110
  • -Jon3.8
  • 30525-900404-1132
  • -Jon3.9
  • 30526-900404-1134
  • -Jon3.10
  • 30527-900404-1136
  • -Jon4.1
  • 1 Jonah repining at God's mercy
  • 4 is reproved by the type of a gourd
  • 30528-900404-1140
  • -Jon4.2
  • 30529-900404-1144
  • -Jon4.3
  • 30530-900404-1147
  • -Jon4.4
  • 30531-900404-1149
  • -Jon4.5
  • 30532-900404-1155
  • -Jon4.6
  • (Probably the palma Christi, called kiki, or kouki, by the
  • Egyptians, and Elkherod by the Arabs, from which caster oil is
  • extracted. It is as large as the olive tree, has leaves like
  • those of a vine, sometimes as broad as the brim of a hat, and
  • is of very quick growth.)
  • 30533-900404-1614
  • -Jon4.7
  • 30534-900404-1617
  • -Jon4.8
  • 30535-900404-1621
  • -Jon4.9
  • 30536-900404-1623
  • -Jon4.10
  • of the night
  • 30537-900404-1629
  • -Jon4.11
  • (It is generally calculated that the young children of any
  • place are a fifth of the inhabitants, and consequently the
  • whole population of Nineveh would amount to about 600,000;
  • which is very inferior to that of London and Paris, though
  • they occupy not one quarter of the ground. In eastern cities
  • there are large vacant spaces for gardens and pasturages, so
  • that there might be very 'much cattle.')
  • 30538-900405-0614
  • -Mic1.1
  • 1 The time when Micah prophesied
  • 2 He shews the wrath of God against Jacob for idolatry
  • 10 He exhorts to mourning
  • 30539-900405-0639
  • -Mic1.2
  • 30540-900405-0648
  • -Mic1.3
  • 30541-900405-0652
  • -Mic1.4
  • 30542-900405-0657
  • -Mic1.5
  • 30543-900405-0701
  • -Mic1.6
  • 30544-900405-0704
  • -Mic1.7
  • 30545-900405-0708
  • -Mic1.8
  • 30546-900405-0712
  • -Mic1.9
  • 30547-900405-0715
  • -Mic1.10
  • 30548-900405-0719
  • -Mic1.11
  • inhabitress. having
  • 30549-900405-0723
  • -Mic1.12
  • 30550-900405-0728
  • -Mic1.13
  • 30551-900405-1652
  • -Mic1.14
  • 30552-900405-1828
  • -Mic1.15
  • 30553-900405-1831
  • -Mic1.16
  • 30554-900405-1839
  • -Mic2.1
  • 1 Against oppression
  • 4 A lamentation
  • 7 A reproof of injustice and idolatry
  • 12 A promise of restoring Jacob
  • 30555-900405-1850
  • -Mic2.2
  • 30556-900405-1856
  • -Mic2.3
  • 30557-900405-1906
  • -Mic2.4
  • 30558-900405-1921
  • -Mic2.5
  • 30559-900405-1927
  • -Mic2.6
  • Drop. etc.
  • 30560-900405-1933
  • -Mic2.7
  • 30561-900405-1944
  • -Mic2.8
  • 30562-900405-1947
  • -Mic2.9
  • 30563-900405-1952
  • -Mic2.10
  • 30564-900405-2001
  • -Mic2.11
  • wind and lie falsely. I will
  • 30565-900405-2007
  • -Mic2.12
  • 30566-900405-2014
  • -Mic2.13
  • 30567-900405-2021
  • -Mic3.1
  • 1 The cruelty of the princes
  • 5 The falsehood of the prophets
  • 8 The ill-grounded security of them both
  • 30568-900405-2025
  • -Mic3.2
  • 30569-900405-2028
  • -Mic3.3
  • 30570-900415-0915
  • -Mic3.4
  • 30571-900406-1500
  • -Mic3.5
  • 30572-900406-1506
  • -Mic3.6
  • shall not divine. Heb. from divining. the sun
  • 30573-900406-1950
  • -Mic3.7
  • 30574-900406-1956
  • -Mic3.8
  • 30575-900406-2000
  • -Mic3.9
  • 30576-900406-2003
  • -Mic3.10
  • 30577-900406-2019
  • -Mic3.11
  • 30578-900406-2022
  • -Mic3.12
  • 30579-900406-2033
  • -Mic4.1
  • 1 The glory
  • 5 and peace of Christ's kingdom
  • 6 The restoration
  • 11 and victory of the church
  • 30580-900406-2040
  • -Mic4.2
  • 30581-900408-1002
  • -Mic4.3
  • 30582-900408-1009
  • -Mic4.4
  • (The connection of this prophecy with the close of the preceding
  • chapter shews that the establishment of the Christian Church, in
  • consequence of the abrogation of the Mosaic dispensation, and
  • the
  • destruction of Jerusalem by the Romans, was intended. But,
  • though
  • it has in a measure been fulfilling ever since these events, yet
  • its grand accomplishment must still be future.)
  • 30583-900408-1012
  • -Mic4.5
  • 30584-900408-1016
  • -Mic4.6
  • 30585-900408-1021
  • -Mic4.7
  • 30586-900408-1029
  • -Mic4.8
  • (The Targumist applies these words to the Messiah: 'But
  • thou, O Messiah, who art hidden because of the sins of the
  • congregation of Zion, the kingdom shall come unto thee.')
  • 30587-900408-1032
  • -Mic4.9
  • 30588-900408-1038
  • -Mic4.10
  • 30589-900408-1041
  • -Mic4.11
  • 30590-900408-1042
  • -Mic4.12
  • 30591-900408-2029
  • -Mic4.13
  • 30592-900409-0837
  • -Mic5.1
  • 1 The birth of Christ
  • 4 His kingdom
  • 8 His conquest
  • 30593-900409-0847
  • -Mic5.2
  • 30594-900409-0901
  • -Mic5.3
  • 30595-900409-0908
  • -Mic5.4
  • 30596-900409-0914
  • -Mic5.5
  • 30597-900409-0918
  • -Mic5.6
  • 30598-900409-0923
  • -Mic5.7
  • 30599-900409-0927
  • -Mic5.8
  • 30600-900409-0930
  • -Mic5.9
  • 30601-900409-0934
  • -Mic5.10
  • (This seems to refer to those happy times when the Jews shall
  • be converted and restored to their own land: and all their
  • enemies being destroyed, they shall have no further need of
  • cavalry or fenced cities.)
  • 30602-900409-0935
  • -Mic5.11
  • 30603-900409-0937
  • -Mic5.12
  • 30604-900409-0939
  • -Mic5.13
  • 30605-900409-0940
  • -Mic5.14
  • 30606-900409-0941
  • -Mic5.15
  • 30607-900409-1938
  • -Mic6.1
  • 1 God's controversy for ingratitude
  • 6 for ignorance
  • 10 for injustice
  • 16 and for idolatry
  • (The manner of raising attention, says Abp. Newcome, in ver. 1,
  • 2, by calling a man to urge his plea in the face of all nature,
  • and on the inanimate creation to hear the expostulation of
  • Jehovah with his people, is truly awakening and magnificent. The
  • words of Jehovah follow in ver. 3-5; and god's mercies having
  • been set before the people, one of them is introduced in a
  • beautiful manner, asking what his duty is towards so gracious
  • a God, ver. 6,7. The answer follows in the words of the prophet,
  • ver. 8.)
  • 30608-900409-1942
  • -Mic6.2
  • 30609-900409-1945
  • -Mic6.3
  • 30610-900411-1330
  • -Mic6.4
  • 30611-900411-1337
  • -Mic6.5
  • 30612-900411-1345
  • -Mic6.6
  • 30613-900411-1937
  • -Mic6.7
  • 30614-900411-1948
  • -Mic6.8
  • 30615-900411-2001
  • -Mic6.9
  • that which is wisdom
  • 30616-900411-2026
  • -Mic6.10
  • wicked, etc. the treasures
  • 30617-900411-2038
  • -Mic6.11
  • 30618-900411-2044
  • -Mic6.12
  • 30619-900411-2049
  • -Mic6.13
  • 30620-900411-2052
  • -Mic6.14
  • 30621-900411-2055
  • -Mic6.15
  • 30622-900411-2102
  • -Mic6.16
  • 30623-900411-2108
  • -Mic7.1
  • 1 The church, complaining of her small number
  • 3 and the general corruption
  • 5 puts her confidence not in man, but in God
  • 8 She triumphs over her enemies
  • 14 She prays to God
  • 15 God comforts her by promises of confusion to her enemies
  • 18 and by his mercies
  • of summer. as
  • 30624-900411-2111
  • -Mic7.2
  • 30625-900411-2116
  • -Mic7.3
  • 30626-900412-2049
  • -Mic7.4
  • 30627-900412-2056
  • -Mic7.5
  • 30628-900412-2101
  • -Mic7.6
  • 30629-900413-0934
  • -Mic7.7
  • 30630-900413-0941
  • -Mic7.8
  • 30631-900413-2039
  • -Mic7.9
  • 30632-900413-2047
  • -Mic7.10
  • cover her with shame. she that
  • 30633-900413-2051
  • -Mic7.11
  • 30634-900413-2102
  • -Mic7.12
  • (This verse may be rendered, 'In that day they (people) shall
  • come to thee from Assyria and the fenced cities; and from the
  • fortress (probably Pelusium at the entrance of Egypt), even
  • to the river (Euphrates), etc.' The expressions employed in
  • this prophecy appear to be too strong for the events which
  • transpired after the Babylonian captivity; and seem to refer
  • to the future restoration of Israel, after their land has lain
  • desolate for ages.)
  • 30635-900413-2107
  • -Mic7.13
  • hath been
  • 30636-900413-2114
  • -Mic7.14
  • 30637-900413-2117
  • -Mic7.15
  • 30638-900413-2120
  • -Mic7.16
  • 30639-900413-2124
  • -Mic7.17
  • 30640-900413-2134
  • -Mic7.18
  • 30641-900414-0913
  • -Mic7.19
  • 30642-900414-0920
  • -Mic7.20
  • 30643-900416-1152
  • -Na1.1
  • The majesty of God in goodness to his people, and severity
  • against his enemies
  • 30644-900416-1202
  • -Na1.2
  • jealous God, and a revenger
  • 30645-900416-1745
  • -Na1.3
  • 30646-900416-1753
  • -Na1.4
  • 30647-900416-1857
  • -Na1.5
  • 30648-900416-1901
  • -Na1.6
  • 30649-900416-1919
  • -Na1.7
  • 30650-900416-2046
  • -Na1.8
  • 30651-900416-2049
  • -Na1.9
  • 30652-900416-2053
  • -Na1.10
  • 30653-900416-2056
  • -Na1.11
  • 30654-900416-2102
  • -Na1.12
  • they have been many, and should they have been shorn, and he
  • should have passed away. yet
  • 30655-900416-2106
  • -Na1.13
  • 30656-900416-2110
  • -Na1.14
  • 30657-900416-2114
  • -Na1.15
  • 30658-900416-2118
  • -Na2.1
  • The fearful and victorious armies of God against Nineveh
  • 30659-900416-2122
  • -Na2.2
  • as the pride
  • 30660-900416-2125
  • -Na2.3
  • 30661-900416-2129
  • -Na2.4
  • 30662-900416-2132
  • -Na2.5
  • 30663-900416-2136
  • -Na2.6
  • 30664-900416-2139
  • -Na2.7
  • made. led away captive. or, discovered. doves
  • 30665-900417-2019
  • -Na2.8
  • 30666-900417-2023
  • -Na2.9
  • store, etc.
  • 30667-900417-2036
  • -Na2.10
  • (Nineveh was taken and utterly ruined by Assuerus, or Cyaxares,
  • king of Media, and Nabuchodonosor, or Nabopolassar, king of
  • Babylon, B.C. 606, or 612. Diodorus, who with others ascribes
  • the taking of it to Arbaces the Mede and Belesis the Babylonian,
  • says that he 'dispersed the citizens in the villages, levelled
  • the city with the ground, transferred the gold and silver, of
  • which there were many talents, to Ecbatana the metropolis of
  • the Medes, and this subverted the empire of the Assyrians.')
  • 30668-900417-2040
  • -Na2.11
  • 30669-900417-2041
  • -Na2.12
  • 30670-900417-2045
  • -Na2.13
  • 30671-900417-2049
  • -Na3.1
  • The miserable ruin of Nineveh
  • 30672-900417-2051
  • -Na3.2
  • 30673-900417-2053
  • -Na3.3
  • and lightning of the spear
  • 30674-900417-2055
  • -Na3.4
  • 30675-900417-2056
  • -Na3.5
  • 30676-900417-2100
  • -Na3.6
  • 30677-900417-2103
  • -Na3.7
  • 30678-900417-2107
  • -Na3.8
  • 30679-900417-2109
  • -Na3.9
  • 30680-900417-2111
  • -Na3.10
  • 30681-900417-2116
  • -Na3.11
  • (Diodorus relates, that while the Assyrian army were feasting
  • for their former victories, those about Arbaces being informed
  • of their negligence and drunkenness, fell upon them
  • unexpectedly,
  • slew many, and drove the rest into the city.)
  • 30682-900417-2117
  • -Na3.12
  • 30683-900417-2119
  • -Na3.13
  • 30684-900417-2122
  • -Na3.14
  • 30685-900417-2124
  • -Na3.15
  • 30686-900417-2125
  • -Na3.16
  • 30687-900417-2126
  • -Na3.17
  • 30688-900418-1146
  • -Na3.18
  • (That is, the rulers and tributary princes, who, as Herodotus
  • informs us, deserted Nineveh in the day of her distress, and
  • came not to her succour. Diodorus also says, that when the
  • enemy shut up the king in the city, many nations revolted;
  • each going over to the besiegers for the sake of their liberty;
  • that the king despatched messengers to all his subjects,
  • requiring power from them to succour him, and that he thought
  • himself able to endure the siege, and remained in expectation
  • of armies which were to be raised throughout his empire, relying
  • on the oracle, that the city would not be taken till the river
  • became its enemy.) See on
  • 30689-900418-1150
  • -Na3.19
  • 30690-900418-1155
  • -Hab1.1
  • 1 Unto Habakkuk, complaining of the iniquity of the land
  • 5 is shewn the fearful vengeance by the Chaldeans
  • 12 He complains that vengeance should be executed by them who
  • are far worse
  • 30691-900419-2006
  • -Hab1.2
  • 30692-900419-2009
  • -Hab1.3
  • 30693-900419-2017
  • -Hab1.4
  • 30694-900419-2022
  • -Hab1.5
  • 30695-900419-2025
  • -Hab1.6
  • 30696-900419-2028
  • -Hab1.7
  • of these and the captivity of these
  • 30697-900420-0841
  • -Hab1.8
  • 30698-900420-0853
  • -Hab1.9
  • their faces, as, etc. or, their faces shall look toward the
  • east. Heb. the opposition of their faces shall be toward the
  • east
  • 30699-900420-0856
  • -Hab1.10
  • 30700-900420-0857
  • -Hab1.11
  • 30701-900420-0905
  • -Hab1.12
  • 30702-900420-0911
  • -Hab1.13
  • 30703-900420-0913
  • -Hab1.14
  • 30704-900420-0916
  • -Hab1.15
  • 30705-900420-0918
  • -Hab1.16
  • 30706-900420-0920
  • -Hab1.17
  • 30707-900420-0930
  • -Hab2.1
  • 1 Unto Habakkuk, waiting for an answer, is shewn that he must
  • wait by faith
  • 5 The judgment upon the Chaldean for unsatiableness
  • 9 for covetousness
  • 12 for cruelty
  • 15 for drunkenness
  • 18 and for idolatry
  • reproof, or arguing
  • 30708-900420-1339
  • -Hab2.2
  • 30709-900420-1345
  • -Hab2.3
  • 30710-900420-1349
  • -Hab2.4
  • 30711-900420-1358
  • -Hab2.5
  • 30712-900420-1405
  • -Hab2.6
  • 30713-900420-1412
  • -Hab2.7
  • 30714-900420-1418
  • -Hab2.8
  • 30715-900420-1424
  • -Hab2.9
  • gain
  • 30716-900420-1429
  • -Hab2.10
  • 30717-900420-1432
  • -Hab2.11
  • it
  • 30718-900420-1435
  • -Hab2.12
  • 30719-900420-1447
  • -Hab2.13
  • 30720-900420-1450
  • -Hab2.14
  • 30721-900420-1452
  • -Hab2.15
  • 30722-900420-1503
  • -Hab2.16
  • 30723-900420-1519
  • -Hab2.17
  • 30724-900420-1524
  • -Hab2.18
  • 30725-900420-1529
  • -Hab2.19
  • 30726-900420-1532
  • -Hab2.20
  • the earth before him
  • 30727-900420-1639
  • -Hab3.1
  • 1 Habakkuk, in his prayer, trembles at God's majesty
  • 17 The confidence of his faith
  • called in Hebrew, Shigionoth
  • 30728-900420-1648
  • -Hab3.2
  • 30729-900420-1655
  • -Hab3.3
  • 30730-900421-0830
  • -Hab3.4
  • the hiding
  • 30731-900421-0833
  • -Hab3.5
  • 30732-900423-0914
  • -Hab3.6
  • 30733-900423-0918
  • -Hab3.7
  • 30734-900423-0922
  • -Hab3.8
  • 30735-900423-0927
  • -Hab3.9
  • 30736-900423-0935
  • -Hab3.10
  • 30737-900423-0939
  • -Hab3.11
  • in the light
  • 30738-900423-0942
  • -Hab3.12
  • 30739-900423-0948
  • -Hab3.13
  • 30740-900423-0952
  • -Hab3.14
  • 30741-900423-0954
  • -Hab3.15
  • 30742-900424-1059
  • -Hab3.16
  • 30743-900423-1649
  • -Hab3.17
  • 30744-900423-1654
  • -Hab3.18
  • 30745-900423-1659
  • -Hab3.19
  • 30746-900423-1702
  • -Zep1.1
  • 1 The time when Zephaniah prophesied
  • 2 God's severe judgments against Judah
  • 30747-900423-1909
  • -Zep1.2
  • 30748-900423-1918
  • -Zep1.3
  • 30749-900423-1936
  • -Zep1.4
  • 30750-900423-1941
  • -Zep1.5
  • 30751-900423-1944
  • -Zep1.6
  • 30752-900424-1105
  • -Zep1.7
  • 30753-900424-1111
  • -Zep1.8
  • 30754-900424-1122
  • -Zep1.9
  • (Or, 'that leap over the threshold,' by which is probably meant
  • the Philistines, who, after the time that Dagon fell before the
  • ark and was broken on the threshold, leaped over it when
  • entering his temple.)
  • 30755-900424-2143
  • -Zep1.10
  • 30756-900424-2145
  • -Zep1.11
  • 30757-900425-0957
  • -Zep1.12
  • 30758-900425-1003
  • -Zep1.13
  • 30759-900425-1211
  • -Zep1.14
  • 30760-900425-1215
  • -Zep1.15
  • 30761-900425-1239
  • -Zep1.16
  • 30762-900425-1247
  • -Zep1.17
  • 30763-900425-1255
  • -Zep1.18
  • 30764-900425-1302
  • -Zep2.1
  • 1 An exhortation to repentance
  • 4 The judgment of the Philistines
  • 8 of Moab and Ammon
  • 12 of Ethiopia
  • 13 and of Assyria
  • 30765-900425-1620
  • -Zep2.2
  • 30766-900425-1633
  • -Zep2.3
  • 30767-900425-1638
  • -Zep2.4
  • 30768-900425-1642
  • -Zep2.5
  • 30769-900425-1644
  • -Zep2.6
  • 30770-900425-1649
  • -Zep2.7
  • 30771-900425-1652
  • -Zep2.8
  • 30772-900425-1659
  • -Zep2.9
  • 30773-900425-1703
  • -Zep2.10
  • 30774-900425-1923
  • -Zep2.11
  • 30775-900425-1927
  • -Zep2.12
  • 30776-900425-1929
  • -Zep2.13
  • 30777-900425-1935
  • -Zep2.14
  • 30778-900425-1939
  • -Zep2.15
  • 30779-900425-1944
  • -Zep3.1
  • 1 A sharp reproof of Jerusalem for divers sins
  • 8 An exhortation to wait for the restoration of Israel
  • 14 and to rejoice for their salvation by God
  • 30780-900426-1008
  • -Zep3.2
  • 30781-900426-1011
  • -Zep3.3
  • 30782-900426-1025
  • -Zep3.4
  • 30783-900426-1031
  • -Zep3.5
  • 30784-900426-1037
  • -Zep3.6
  • 30785-900426-1042
  • -Zep3.7
  • 30786-900426-1455
  • -Zep3.8
  • 30787-900426-2046
  • -Zep3.9
  • 30788-900426-2050
  • -Zep3.10
  • 30789-900426-2057
  • -Zep3.11
  • 30790-900426-2101
  • -Zep3.12
  • 30791-900426-2108
  • -Zep3.13
  • 30792-900426-2117
  • -Zep3.14
  • 30793-900427-0912
  • -Zep3.15
  • 30794-900427-0919
  • -Zep3.16
  • 30795-900427-0924
  • -Zep3.17
  • 30796-900427-0933
  • -Zep3.18
  • reproach
  • 30797-900427-0940
  • -Zep3.19
  • been put to shame. Heb. of their shame
  • 30798-900427-0944
  • -Zep3.20
  • 30799-900427-0954
  • -Hag1.1
  • 1 The time when Haggai prophesied
  • 2 He reproves the people for neglecting the building of the
  • house
  • 7 He incites them to the building
  • 12 He promises them, being forward, God's assistance
  • answering to a part of September. by Haggai. Heb. by the hand
  • of Haggai
  • 30800-900427-1859
  • -Hag1.2
  • 30801-900428-1119
  • -Hag1.3
  • 30802-900427-1911
  • -Hag1.4
  • 30803-900428-1018
  • -Hag1.5
  • 30804-900428-1024
  • -Hag1.6
  • 30805-900428-1026
  • -Hag1.7
  • 30806-900428-1033
  • -Hag1.8
  • 30807-900428-1049
  • -Hag1.9
  • (They had used all proper means in the cultivation of their
  • lands, and had 'sown much;' but when they rationally entertained
  • the most sanguine expectations of a large increase, they were
  • strangely disappointed; and even what they had brought home was
  • unaccountably wasted, as if the Lord had 'blown upon it,' and
  • driven it away! And the reason was, because they neglected the
  • temple, and left it in ruins, whilst they eagerly employed
  • themselves in building and decorating their own houses;
  • therefore they were visited by drought and famine, and by
  • various diseases on man and beast.)
  • 30808-900428-1053
  • -Hag1.10
  • 30809-900428-1055
  • -Hag1.11
  • 30810-900428-1058
  • -Hag1.12
  • 30811-900428-1102
  • -Hag1.13
  • 30812-900428-1106
  • -Hag1.14
  • 30813-900428-1107
  • -Hag1.15
  • 30814-900428-1113
  • -Hag2.1
  • 1 He encourages the people to the work, by promise of greater
  • glory to the second temple than was in the first
  • 10 In the type of holy things and unclean he shews their sins
  • hindered the work
  • 20 God's promise to Zerubbabel
  • 30815-900428-1115
  • -Hag2.2
  • 30816-900428-1935
  • -Hag2.3
  • 30817-900428-1938
  • -Hag2.4
  • 30818-900428-1943
  • -Hag2.5
  • 30819-900428-1952
  • -Hag2.6
  • 30820-900428-2014
  • -Hag2.7
  • 30821-900428-2018
  • -Hag2.8
  • 30822-900428-2042
  • -Hag2.9
  • (Whoever compares the description of the temple of Solomon, in
  • the first book of Kings, with the most splendid accounts of the
  • second temple, however adorned with costly stones and other
  • magnificent decorations in after ages, must perceive that the
  • former, being wholly overlaid with pure gold, was incomparably
  • more glorious than the latter in its greatest magnificence;
  • and the Jews themselves allow that the ark of the covenant,
  • fire from heaven, the Urim and Thummim, the anointing oil, the
  • Shechinah, or visible glory, and the spirit of prophecy, which
  • distinguished the former temple, were wanting in this. In
  • nothing, in fact, could the second temple excel the first in
  • glory, except in the personal presence of 'the Desire of all
  • nations.' He who is 'the glory of the Lord,' and the true
  • temple, 'in whom dwells all the fulness of the Godhead bodily,'
  • and who was the true Shechinah, of which that of Solomon's
  • temple was merely a type. And if it be admitted that the
  • presence of the promised Messiah was intended, then it will
  • follow that 'Jesus of Nazareth' was He; for the second temple,
  • in which as the 'Prince of peace' he preached peace and
  • reconciliation with God, has been utterly destroyed for upwards
  • of seventeen hundred years.)
  • 30823-900428-2045
  • -Hag2.10
  • 30824-900429-1022
  • -Hag2.11
  • 30825-900429-1023
  • -Hag2.12
  • 30826-900429-1025
  • -Hag2.13
  • 30827-900429-1027
  • -Hag2.14
  • 30828-900429-1029
  • -Hag2.15
  • 30829-900429-1031
  • -Hag2.16
  • 30830-900429-1036
  • -Hag2.17
  • 30831-900429-1040
  • -Hag2.18
  • 30832-900429-1043
  • -Hag2.19
  • 30833-900429-1401
  • -Hag2.20
  • 30834-900429-1404
  • -Hag2.21
  • 30835-900429-1410
  • -Hag2.22
  • 30836-900429-1417
  • -Hag2.23
  • (It seems evident that the Messiah is here described under the
  • name of Zerubbabel, as elsewhere under that of David, whose
  • kingdom, after these mighty convulsions, should supersede all
  • others.)
  • 30837-900429-1421
  • -Zec1.1
  • 1 Zechariah exhorts to repentance
  • 7 The vision of the horses
  • 12 At the prayer of the angel comfortable promises are made to
  • Jerusalem
  • 18 The vision of the four horns and the four carpenters
  • 30838-900430-1859
  • -Zec1.2
  • 30839-900430-1906
  • -Zec1.3
  • 30840-900430-1917
  • -Zec1.4
  • 30841-900430-1921
  • -Zec1.5
  • 30842-900430-1941
  • -Zec1.6
  • 30843-900430-1947
  • -Zec1.7
  • (Sebat is the Chaldee name of the eleventh month of the
  • ecclesiastical year, but the fifth of the civil year, answering
  • to part of January and February.)
  • 30844-900430-1951
  • -Zec1.8
  • 30845-900430-1956
  • -Zec1.9
  • 30846-900430-2012
  • -Zec1.10
  • 30847-900430-2015
  • -Zec1.11
  • 30848-900430-2018
  • -Zec1.12
  • 30849-900430-2020
  • -Zec1.13
  • 30850-900430-2028
  • -Zec1.14
  • 30851-900430-2033
  • -Zec1.15
  • 30852-900430-2041
  • -Zec1.16
  • 30853-900430-2047
  • -Zec1.17
  • 30854-900430-2051
  • -Zec1.18
  • 30855-900430-2055
  • -Zec1.19
  • 30856-900430-2057
  • -Zec1.20
  • 30857-900430-2059
  • -Zec1.21
  • effrayer. which
  • 30858-900501-1957
  • -Zec2.1
  • 1 God, in the care of Jerusalem, sends to measure it
  • 6 The redemption of Zion
  • 10 The promise of God's presence
  • 30859-900501-2005
  • -Zec2.2
  • 30860-900501-2003
  • -Zec2.3
  • 30861-900501-2012
  • -Zec2.4
  • (We learn from Josephus, that Jerusalem actually overflowed
  • with inhabitants, and gradually extended itself beyond its
  • walls, and that Herod Agrippa fortified the new part, called
  • Bezetha.)
  • 30862-900501-2016
  • -Zec2.5
  • 30863-900501-2022
  • -Zec2.6
  • 30864-900501-2028
  • -Zec2.7
  • (The Babylonians were vanquished by the Persians, formerly
  • their servants, under Darius Hystaspes, who took Babylon after
  • a siege of twelve months, demolished its walls, and put 300,000
  • of the inhabitants to death.)
  • 30865-900501-2035
  • -Zec2.8
  • 30866-900501-2040
  • -Zec2.9
  • 30867-900501-2046
  • -Zec2.10
  • 30868-900501-2055
  • -Zec2.11
  • 30869-900502-0926
  • -Zec2.12
  • 30870-900502-0929
  • -Zec2.13
  • 30871-900502-0937
  • -Zec3.1
  • 1 Under the type of Joshua, the high priest, receiving clean
  • garments
  • 6 and a covenant of promise
  • 8 Christ the Branch and Corner Stone is promised
  • 30872-900502-0942
  • -Zec3.2
  • 30873-900502-0945
  • -Zec3.3
  • 30874-900502-1955
  • -Zec3.4
  • 30875-900502-1957
  • -Zec3.5
  • 30876-900502-2000
  • -Zec3.6
  • 30877-900502-2024
  • -Zec3.7
  • 30878-900503-0952
  • -Zec3.8
  • 30879-900503-0959
  • -Zec3.9
  • 30880-900503-1002
  • -Zec3.10
  • 30881-900503-1007
  • -Zec4.1
  • 1 By the golden candlestick is foreshewn the good success of
  • Zerubbabel's foundation
  • 11 by the two olive trees the two anointed ones
  • 30882-900503-1016
  • -Zec4.2
  • lamps, etc.
  • 30883-900503-1019
  • -Zec4.3
  • 30884-900503-1021
  • -Zec4.4
  • 30885-900503-1023
  • -Zec4.5
  • 30886-900503-1026
  • -Zec4.6
  • 30887-900503-1033
  • -Zec4.7
  • 30889-900503-1037
  • -Zec4.9
  • 30890-900503-2014
  • -Zec4.10
  • rejoice
  • 30891-900503-2016
  • -Zec4.11
  • 30892-900503-2018
  • -Zec4.12
  • themselves oil into gold. the golden. Heb. the gold
  • 30893-900503-2019
  • -Zec4.13
  • 30894-900503-2025
  • -Zec4.14
  • 30895-900503-2030
  • -Zec5.1
  • 1 By the flying roll is shewn the curse of thieves and swearers
  • 5 and by a woman pressed in an ephah the final judgment of
  • wickedness
  • 30896-900503-2032
  • -Zec5.2
  • 30897-900503-2041
  • -Zec5.3
  • holdeth himself guiltless, as it doth. stealeth
  • 30898-900503-2045
  • -Zec5.4
  • 30899-900503-2047
  • -Zec5.5
  • 30900-900503-2100
  • -Zec5.6
  • ('The meaning of this vision,' says Archbishop Newcome, 'seems
  • to be, that the Babylonish captivity had happened on account of
  • the wickedness of the Jews, and that a like dispersion would
  • befal them if they relapsed into like crimes.' The woman who
  • sat in the ephah was an emblem of the Jewish nation; the
  • casting the weight of lead on the mouth of the ephah seems to
  • mean the condemnation of the Jews, after they had filled up
  • the measure of their iniquities by crucifying the Messiah; the
  • 'two women, with wings like a stork, and the wind in their
  • wings,' seem emblematical of the Roman armies and the rapidity
  • of their conquests; and their lifting up the ephah and carrying
  • it through the air, to build it a house in Shinar or Babylon,
  • where it was fixed on its own basis, represents the taking of
  • Jerusalem, the dispersion of the Jews, and the long continuance
  • of that calamity, as a just punishment of their unbelief.)
  • 30901-900503-2103
  • -Zec5.7
  • 30902-900503-2106
  • -Zec5.8
  • 30903-900503-2107
  • -Zec5.9
  • 30905-900503-2109
  • -Zec5.11
  • 30906-900503-2114

  • -Zec6.1
  • 1 The vision of the four chariots
  • 9 By the crowns of Joshua are shewn the temple and kingdom of
  • Christ the Branch
  • 30907-900503-2116
  • -Zec6.2
  • 30908-900503-2118
  • -Zec6.3
  • 30909-900503-2120
  • -Zec6.4
  • 30910-900503-2124
  • -Zec6.5
  • 30911-900503-2127
  • -Zec6.6
  • 30912-900503-2128
  • -Zec6.7
  • 30913-900504-1934
  • -Zec6.8
  • 30914-900504-1936
  • -Zec6.9
  • 30915-900504-1937
  • -Zec6.10
  • 30916-900504-1939
  • -Zec6.11
  • 30917-900504-1947
  • -Zec6.12
  • shall build
  • 30918-900504-1955
  • -Zec6.13
  • 30919-900504-2000
  • -Zec6.14
  • 30920-900504-2003
  • -Zec6.15
  • 30921-900504-2007
  • -Zec7.1
  • 1 The captives enquire concerning the set fasts
  • 4 Zechariah reproves the hypocrisy of their fasting
  • 8 Sin the cause of their captivity
  • 30922-900504-2010
  • -Zec7.2
  • 30923-900504-2017
  • -Zec7.3
  • (This was a fast for the burning of the temple, as that of the
  • seventh month was for the death of Gedaliah; and seeing that
  • the city and temple were in part rebuilt, they wished to know
  • whether they should continue the observance of them.)
  • 30925-900504-2023
  • -Zec7.5
  • (From the eleventh year of Zedekiah to the fourth of Darius
  • Hystapses are just seventy years.)
  • 30926-900504-2025
  • -Zec7.6
  • 30927-900504-2030
  • -Zec7.7
  • 30929-900504-2036
  • -Zec7.9
  • 30930-900504-2043
  • -Zec7.10
  • 30931-900504-2053
  • -Zec7.11
  • 30932-900504-2100
  • -Zec7.12
  • 30933-900504-2103
  • -Zec7.13
  • 30934-900504-2108
  • -Zec7.14
  • 30935-900505-1013
  • -Zec8.1
  • 1 The restoration of Jerusalem
  • 9 They are encouraged to build the temple by God's favour to
  • them
  • 16 Good works are required of them
  • 18 Joy and enlargement are promised
  • 30936-900505-1015
  • -Zec8.2
  • 30937-900505-1117
  • -Zec8.3
  • 30938-900505-1120
  • -Zec8.4
  • 30939-900505-1123
  • -Zec8.5
  • 30940-900505-1126
  • -Zec8.6
  • 30941-900505-1129
  • -Zec8.7
  • 30942-900505-1134
  • -Zec8.8
  • 30943-900505-1151
  • -Zec8.9
  • 30944-900505-1155
  • -Zec8.10
  • etc. neither
  • 30945-900505-1233
  • -Zec8.11
  • 30946-900505-1238
  • -Zec8.12
  • 30947-900505-1253
  • -Zec8.13
  • (The consideration that all nations who now worship the true
  • God, and receive the Sacred Scriptures as His word, have
  • derived the whole of their divine knowledge, under God, from
  • Jewish prophets, apostles, and teachers, and that the Saviour
  • 'in whom all nations shall be blessed,' sprang from that
  • favoured race, emphaticallly explains what is meant by 'ye
  • shall be a blessing.' The full accomplishment of this
  • prediction, however, is probably reserved for the future
  • restoration of the Jews.)
  • 30948-900505-1256
  • -Zec8.14
  • 30949-900505-1258
  • -Zec8.15
  • 30950-900506-1937
  • -Zec8.16
  • the judgment of peace
  • 30951-900506-1943
  • -Zec8.17
  • 30953-900506-1949
  • -Zec8.19
  • 30954-900506-1954
  • -Zec8.20
  • 30955-900506-1958
  • -Zec8.21
  • 30956-900506-2043
  • -Zec8.22
  • 30957-900506-2049
  • -Zec8.23
  • 30958-900506-2120
  • -Zec9.1
  • 1 God defends his church
  • 9 Zion is exhorted to rejoice for the coming of Christ, and his
  • peaceable kingdom
  • 12 God's promises of victory and defence
  • 30959-900506-2123
  • -Zec9.2
  • 30960-900506-2126
  • -Zec9.3
  • 30961-900506-2128
  • -Zec9.4
  • 30962-900507-0924
  • -Zec9.5
  • 30963-900507-0926
  • -Zec9.6
  • 30964-900507-1158
  • -Zec9.7
  • 30965-900507-1218
  • -Zec9.8
  • 30966-900507-1226
  • -Zec9.9
  • 30967-900507-1232
  • -Zec9.10
  • 30968-900507-1238
  • -Zec9.11
  • 30969-900507-1242
  • -Zec9.12
  • 30970-900507-1248
  • -Zec9.13
  • 30971-900507-1613
  • -Zec9.14
  • 30972-900507-1623
  • -Zec9.15
  • drink
  • 30973-900507-1629
  • -Zec9.16
  • 30974-900507-1635
  • -Zec9.17
  • 30975-900507-1642
  • -Zec10.1
  • 1 God is sought unto, and not idols
  • 3 As he visited his flock for sin, so he will save and restore
  • them
  • 30976-900507-1649
  • -Zec10.2
  • 30977-900507-1655
  • -Zec10.3
  • 30978-900507-1700
  • -Zec10.4
  • 30979-900507-1919
  • -Zec10.5
  • make the riders on horses ashamed
  • 30980-900507-1929
  • -Zec10.6
  • 30981-900507-1942
  • -Zec10.7
  • 30982-900507-1948
  • -Zec10.8
  • 30983-900507-1953
  • -Zec10.9
  • 30984-900507-1959
  • -Zec10.10
  • 30985-900507-2002
  • -Zec10.11
  • 30986-900507-2006
  • -Zec10.12
  • 30987-900507-2013
  • -Zec11.1
  • 1 The destruction of Jerusalem
  • 3 The elect being cared for, the rest are rejected
  • 10 The staves of Beauty and Bands broken by the rejection of
  • Christ
  • 15 The type and curse of a foolish shepherd
  • 30988-900508-1218
  • -Zec11.2
  • 30989-900508-1225
  • -Zec11.3
  • 30990-900508-1230
  • -Zec11.4
  • 30991-900508-1236
  • -Zec11.5
  • 30992-900508-1245
  • -Zec11.6
  • 30993-900509-1242
  • -Zec11.7
  • 30994-900509-1247
  • -Zec11.8
  • 30995-900509-1252
  • -Zec11.9
  • 30996-900509-1910
  • -Zec11.10
  • 30997-900509-1917
  • -Zec11.11
  • 30998-900509-1936
  • -Zec11.12
  • 30999-900509-1938
  • -Zec11.13
  • 31000-900509-1941
  • -Zec11.14
  • 31001-900509-1943
  • -Zec11.15
  • 31002-900509-1947
  • -Zec11.16
  • 31003-900509-1953
  • -Zec11.17
  • 31004-900509-2003
  • -Zec12.1
  • 1 Jerusalem a cup of trembling to herself
  • 3 and a burdensome stone to her adversaries
  • 6 The victorious restoring of Judah
  • 10 The repentance of Jerusalem
  • 31005-900509-2010
  • -Zec12.2
  • shall be in siege against Jerusalem
  • 31006-900509-2015
  • -Zec12.3
  • 31007-900509-2023
  • -Zec12.4
  • 31008-900510-1503
  • -Zec12.5
  • inhabitants, etc.
  • 31009-900510-1509
  • -Zec12.6
  • 31010-900510-1514
  • -Zec12.7
  • 31011-900510-1522
  • -Zec12.8
  • 31012-900510-1525
  • -Zec12.9
  • 31013-900510-1538
  • -Zec12.10
  • ( That this relates to the crucifixion of Jesus of Nazareth,
  • and to his being pierced by the soldier's spear, we have the
  • authority of the inspired apostle John for affirming; and this
  • application agrees with the opinion of some of the ancient
  • Jews, who interpret it of Messiah the son of David, as Moses
  • Hadarson, on Ge. ch.28, though Jarchi and Abarbanel refer it
  • to the death of Messiah the son of Joseph, whom they say was
  • to be the suffering Messiah, while the former is to be the
  • triumphanat Messiah.)
  • 31014-900510-1542
  • -Zec12.11
  • 31015-900510-1545
  • -Zec12.12
  • 31016-900510-1548
  • -Zec12.13
  • 31017-900510-1550
  • -Zec12.14
  • 31018-900510-1556
  • -Zec13.1
  • 1 The fountain of purgation for Jerusalem
  • 2 fro idolatry, and false prophecy
  • 7 The death of Christ, and the trial of a third part
  • 31019-900510-1604
  • -Zec13.2
  • 31020-900510-1607
  • -Zec13.3
  • 31021-900510-1609
  • -Zec13.4
  • 31022-900510-1611
  • -Zec13.5
  • 31023-900510-1612
  • -Zec13.6
  • 31024-900510-2016
  • -Zec13.7
  • 31025-900510-2026
  • -Zec13.8
  • 31026-900510-2034
  • -Zec13.9
  • 31027-900510-2040
  • -Zec14.1
  • 1 The destroyers of Jerusalem destroyed
  • 3 The coming of Christ, and the graces of his kingdom
  • 12 The plague of Jerusalem's enemies
  • 16 The remnant shall turn to the Lord
  • 20 and their spoils shall be holy
  • 31028-900510-2045
  • -Zec14.2
  • 31029-900510-2049
  • -Zec14.3
  • 31030-900510-2052
  • -Zec14.4
  • 31031-900510-2100
  • -Zec14.5
  • shall touch the valley of the mountains to the place he
  • separated. ye shall flee
  • 31032-900510-2105
  • -Zec14.6
  • dark in other places of the world.' not
  • 31033-900511-1239
  • -Zec14.7
  • 31034-900511-1242
  • -Zec14.8
  • 31035-900511-1248
  • -Zec14.9
  • 31036-900511-1253
  • -Zec14.10
  • 31037-900511-1258
  • -Zec14.11
  • 31038-900511-1304
  • -Zec14.12
  • 31039-900511-1308
  • -Zec14.13
  • 31040-900511-1311
  • -Zec14.14
  • 31041-900511-1312
  • -Zec14.15
  • 31042-900511-1317
  • -Zec14.16
  • 31043-900511-1323
  • -Zec14.17
  • 31044-900511-1326
  • -Zec14.18
  • 31045-900511-1326
  • -Zec14.19
  • 31046-900511-1335
  • -Zec14.20
  • 31047-900511-1743
  • -Zec14.21
  • (The predictions contained in this chapter seem to relate to
  • events which gradually extend from the death of Christ to the
  • glorious days of the millenium:- the destruction of Jerusalem
  • by the Romans whose armies were composed of many nations, which
  • was 'the day of the Lord,' in which he came 'to destroy those
  • who would not that he should reign over them.' (ver. 1,2;) the
  • subversion of the Roman empire, after being the executioners of
  • the Divine vengeance on the Jews, by God's stirring up the
  • barbarous nations to invade them, (ver. 3;) the effusion of
  • Divine knowledge from Jerusalem, by the promulgation of the
  • Gospel, (ver. 4-9;) the rebuilding and replenishing of
  • Jerusalem, (ver. 10,11;) the destruction of the nations who
  • shall fight against her, (ver. 12-15;) the conversion of the
  • remnant of those nations to the Lord, (ver. 16-19;) and the
  • peace and purity of the universal church in the latter days,
  • (ver. 20,21.))
  • 31048-900204-1022
  • -Mal1.1
  • 1 Malachi complains of Israel's unkindness
  • 2 Of their irreligiousness and profaneness
  • 31049-900204-1028
  • -Mal1.2
  • (The prophet shews in these verses (2-5) how much Jacob and
  • the Israelites were favoured by Jehovah, more than Esau and
  • the Edomites. Through every period of the history of Jacob's
  • posterity, they could not deny that God had remarkably
  • appeared on their behalf; but he had rendered the heritage of
  • of Esau's descendants, by wars and various other means, barren
  • and waste for ever.)
  • 31050-900117-1133
  • -Mal1.3
  • 31051-900117-1204
  • -Mal1.4
  • 31052-900203-1213
  • -Mal1.5
  • 31053-900118-1932
  • -Mal1.6
  • (From this verse to ch. 2:9, the prophet reproves the priests
  • and people for sacrificing the refuse of beasts; and denounces
  • punishment against the former for not teaching the people
  • their duty in this respect.)
  • 31054-900118-1940
  • -Mal1.7
  • 31055-900118-1947
  • -Mal1.8
  • 31056-900118-1954
  • -Mal1.9
  • 31057-900118-2018
  • -Mal1.10
  • (Instead of mi 'who' one MS. (30 K.) with the LXX reads
  • ki 'surely' which is adopted by Houbigant and Abp. Newcome,
  • who renders, 'Surely the doors shall be closed against you,
  • neither shall ye kindle the fire of my altar in vain.')
  • * even
  • # Job 1.9-11 Is 56.11,12 Je 6.13,8.10 Mi 3.11
  • # Jno 10.12 Phi 2.21 1Pe 5.2
  • * neither
  • # 1Co 9.13
  • * I have
  • # Is 1.11-15 Je 6.20 Am 5.21-24 He 10.38
  • 31058-900118-2046
  • -Mal1.11
  • (As the preceeding verse was a prediction of the abolition of
  • the Levitical priesthood, so this is a prophecy of the
  • conversion of the Gentiles, and the spiritual priesthood of
  • the Gospel times. As none but priests of Aaron's race might
  • burn incense before Jehovah, a total change of the external
  • administration of the sacred ordinances is evidently
  • predicted.)
  • 31059-900118-2057
  • -Mal1.12
  • 31060-900118-2112
  • -Mal1.13
  • away
  • 31061-900118-2136
  • -Mal1.14
  • 31062-900118-2142
  • -Mal2.1
  • 1 He sharply reproves the priests for neglecting the covenant
  • 10 and the people for marrying strange wives
  • 13 and for putting away their former ones
  • 17 and for infidelity
  • 31063-900119-0913
  • -Mal2.2
  • 31064-900119-0920
  • -Mal2.3
  • away to it
  • 31065-900119-0924
  • -Mal2.4
  • 31066-900119-0929
  • -Mal2.5
  • 31067-900119-0934
  • -Mal2.6
  • 31068-900119-0949
  • -Mal2.7
  • 31069-900120-1017
  • -Mal2.8
  • 31070-900203-1215
  • -Mal2.9
  • Heb. accepted faces
  • 31071-900121-1929
  • -Mal2.10
  • 31072-900121-1940
  • -Mal2.11
  • 31073-900121-1949
  • -Mal2.12
  • that answereth
  • 31074-900121-1954
  • -Mal2.13
  • 31075-900121-2006
  • -Mal2.14
  • 31076-900121-2022
  • -Mal2.15
  • 31077-900121-2031
  • -Mal2.16
  • away. Heb. to put away. covereth
  • 31078-900121-2044
  • -Mal2.17
  • 31079-900124-0812
  • -Mal3.1
  • 1 Of the messenger, majesty, and grace of Christ
  • 7 Of the rebellion
  • 8 sacrilege
  • 13 and infidelity of the people
  • 16 The promise of blessing to them that fear God
  • 31080-900124-0823
  • -Mal3.2
  • 31081-900124-0836
  • -Mal3.3
  • 31082-900124-0846
  • -Mal3.4
  • 31083-900124-1926
  • -Mal3.5
  • 31084-900203-1216
  • -Mal3.6
  • 31085-900124-2002
  • -Mal3.7
  • 31086-900124-2008
  • -Mal3.8
  • 31087-900124-2012
  • -Mal3.9
  • 31088-900124-2020
  • -Mal3.10
  • 31089-900124-2025
  • -Mal3.11
  • 31090-900124-2043
  • -Mal3.12
  • 31091-900124-2048
  • -Mal3.13
  • 31092-900124-2051
  • -Mal3.14
  • 31093-900124-2100
  • -Mal3.15
  • 31094-900124-2129
  • -Mal3.16
  • 31095-900125-1909
  • -Mal3.17
  • 31096-900125-1924
  • -Mal3.18
  • 31097-900125-1933
  • -Mal4.1
  • 1 God's judgment on the wicked
  • 2 and his blessing on the good
  • 4 He exhorts to the study of the law
  • 5 and tells of Elijah's coming and office
  • 31098-900125-1949
  • -Mal4.2
  • 31099-900203-1222
  • -Mal4.3
  • 31100-900125-2054
  • -Mal4.4
  • 31101-900125-2109
  • -Mal4.5
  • 31102-900125-2120
  • -Mal4.6