Bible Commentaries

Exodus 13:19 — 50:25. It is supposed that the Israelites carried with them the bones or remains of all the twelve sons of Jacob, each tribe taking care of the bones of its own patriarch, while Moses took care of the bones of Joseph. St. Stephen expressly says, Acts 7:15-16, that not only Jacob, but the fathers were carried from Egypt into Sychem; and this, as Calmet remarks, was the only opportunity that seems to have presented itself for doing this: and certainly the reason that rendered it proper to remove the

Exodus 15:7 — Verse Exodus 15:7. In the greatness of thine excellency — To this wonderful deliverance the Prophet Isaiah refers, Isaiah 63:11-14: "Then he remembered the days of old, Moses and his people, saying, Where is he that brought them up out of the sea with the shepherd

Exodus 29:40 — three quarts English.The fourth part of a hin — The hin contained one gallon and two pints. The fourth part of this was about one quart and a half of a pint.Drink-offering. — A libation poured out before the Lord. See its meaning, Leviticus 7:1, &c.

Exodus 33:7 — Verse Exodus 33:7. Moses took the tabernacle — אה האהל eth haohel, the TENT; not את המשכן eth hammishcan, the tabernacle, the dwelling-place of Jehovah, see Exodus 35:11, for this was not as yet erected; but probably the tent of Moses, which was before in the midst

2 Kings 16:1 — Jerusalem, but cannot take it; he takes Elath, and drives the Jews thence, 5, 6. Ahaz hires Tiglath-pileser against the king of Syria and the king of Israel, and gives him the silver and gold that were found in the treasures of the house of the Lord, 7, 8. Tiglath-pileser takes Damascus and slays Rezin, 9. Ahaz goes to meet him at Damascus: sees an altar there, a pattern of which he sends to Urijah, the priest; and orders him to make one like it, which he does, 10-15. He makes several alterations

2 Kings 22:1 — CHAPTER XXII Josiah succeeds Amon his father, and reigns thirty-one years, 1, 2. He repairs the breaches of the temple, 3-7. Hilkiah finds the book of the law tn the temple, 8. It is read by Shaphan the scribe, before the king and his servants, 9, 10. The king, greatly affected, sends to inquire of Huldah the prophetess, 11-13. She delivers an afflictive prophecy concerning

2 Kings 7:2 — Verse 2 Kings 7:2. Then a lord — שליש shalish. This word, as a name of office, occurs often, and seems to point out one of the highest offices in the state. So unlikely was this prediction to be fulfilled, that he thought God must pour out wheat and barley from

1 Chronicles 19:1 — message to Hanun, king of Ammon, 1, 2. He treats the messengers with great incivility, 3, 4. David is exasperated, but condoles with the degraded messengers, 5. The Ammonites prepare for war, and hire thirty-two thousand chariots, and besiege Medeba, 6, 7. David sends Joab to attack them; he defeats the Syrians and Ammonites, 8-15. The discomfited Syrians recruit their army, and invade David's territories beyond Jordan; he attacks them, kills Shophach their general, seven thousand charioteers, and forty

Ezra 4:7 — Verse Ezra 4:7. In the days of Artaxerxes — After the death of Cambyses, one of the Magi named Oropaestus by Trogus Pompeius, Smerdis by Herodotus, Mardus by AEschylus, and Sphendatates by Ctesias, usurped the empire, feigning himself to be Smerdis, the brother

Job 2:11 — Job. El primero fue Elifaz temanita ; o, como dice la Septuaginta , Ελιφαζ ὁ Θαιμανων βασιλευς, Elifaz el rey sobre los thaimanitas . Elifaz fue uno de los hijos de Esaú; y Temán, de Elifaz, Génesis 36:10-1 . Temán era una ciudad de Edom, Jeremias 49:7 ; Ezequiel 25:13 ; Amós 1:11 . Bildad el suhita. O, como la Septuaginta , Βαλδαδ ὁ Συχεων τυραννος, Baldad, tirano de los suchitas . Súa fue hijo de Abraham de Cetura: y su posteridad se cuenta entre los orientales. Se supone que debe ser colocado

Job 27:1 — CHAPTER XXVII Job strongly asserts his innocence; determines to maintain it, and to avoid every evil way, 1-7. Shows his abhorrence of the hypocrite by describing his infamous character, accumulated miseries, and wretched end, 8-23. NOTES ON CHAP. XXVIIVerse Job 27:1. Continued his parable — After having delivered the preceding discourse, Job appears

Job 38:7 — Verse Job 38:7. When the morning stars sang together — This must refer to some intelligent beings who existed before the creation of the visible heavens and earth: and it is supposed that this and the following clause refer to the same beings; that by the sons

Psalms 59:12 — Además, este mismo sacerdote había dado a Tobías una de las grandes cámaras de la casa del Señor, donde antiguamente se guardaban las ofrendas de carne, el incienso, los vasos y el diezmo del maíz, el vino y el aceite; Nehemías 13:4 ; Nehemías 13:7 . Y había hijos de Tobías (probablemente de la misma familia) que profesaban ser de los levitas, netinim, o hijos de los siervos de Salomón; pero como no podían mostrar la casa de su padre y su descendencia, si eran de Israel; éstos, y otros que eran

Song of Solomon 8:7 — Verse Song of Solomon 8:7. Many waters — Neither common nor uncommon adversities, even of the most ruinous nature, can destroy love when it is pure; and pure love is such that nothing can procure it. If it be not excited naturally, no money can purchase it, no property

Jeremiah 7:4 — Verse Jeremiah 7:4. The temple of the Lord — In the Chaldee the passage stands thus:-"Do not trust in the words of lying prophets, which say, Before the temple of the Lord ye shall worship; Before the temple of the Lord ye shall sacrifice; Before the temple of

Ezekiel 7:6 — Verse Ezekiel 7:6. An end is come, the end is come: it watcheth for thee — This is similar to the second verse; but there is a paronomasia, or play upon letters and words, which is worthy of note. קץ בא בא הקץ הקץ אליך kets ba, ba hakkets, hekits elayich. קצה

Numbers 34:19 — hasta ahora para colocar las tribus, ni la del cap. I, ni la del cap. VII, ni la del cap. XVI, ni ninguna otra, sino que las coloca aquí exactamente en el orden en que poseían la tierra. 1. Judá; 2. Simeón; 3. Benjamín; 4. Dan; 5. Manasés; 6. Efraín; 7. Zabulón; 8. Isacar; 9. Aser; 10. Neftalí. Judá es el primero, teniendo la primera suerte; y habitó en la parte sur de la tierra, Josué 15:1 y junto a él Simeón , porque su heredad estaba dentro de la heredad de los hijos de Judá , Josué 19:1 . Benjamín

Joshua 7:12 — Verse Joshua 7:12. Because they were accursed — From this verse it appears that the nature of the execration or anathema was such, that those who took of the thing doomed to destruction fell immediately under the same condemnation. The inhabitants of Jericho

1 Samuel 28:7 — Verse 1 Samuel 28:7. Seek me a woman that hath a familiar spirit — Literally, Seek me a woman, בעלת אוב baalath ob, the mistress of the Ob or Pythonic spirit - one who had a familiar spirit, whom she could invoke when she pleased, and receive answers from him relative

1 Samuel 9:7 — Verse 1 Samuel 9:7. There is not a present to bring to the man of God — 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 a present of some kind