Bible Commentaries

1 Kings 11:1 — CHAPTER XI Solomon's attachment to strange women, and consequent idolatry, 1, 2. Number of his wives and concubines, 3. In his old age they turn away his heart from God, 4. He builds temples to idols, burns incense and sacrifices to them, 5-8. The Lord is angry with him, and threatens to deprive him of the kingdom, but will leave one tribe for David's sake, 9-13. The Lord stirs up Hadad, the Edomite, to be his enemy;

1 Kings 2:3 — world.2. Keep his statutes. Consider all his appointments to be holy, just, and good; receive them as such, and conscientiously observe them.3. Keep his commandments. Whatever he has bidden thee to do, perform; what he has forbidden thee to do, omit.4. Keep his judgments. What he has determined to be right, is essentially and inherently right; what he has determined to be wrong or evil, is inherently and essentially so. A thing is not good because God has commanded it; a thing is not evil because

Job 13:4 — Verse Job 13:4. Ye are forgers of lies — Ye frame deceitful arguments: ye reason sophistically, and pervert truth and justice, in order to support your cause.Physicians of no value. — Ye are as feeble in your reasonings as ye are inefficient in your skill.

Psalms 1:4 — Verse Psalms 1:4. The ungodly are not so — The Vulgate and Septuagint, and the versions made from them, such as the AEthiopic and Arabic, double the last negation, and add a clause to the end of the verse, "Not so the ungodly, not so; they shall be like the dust

Psalms 10:1 — PSALM X The psalmist complains to God of the oppressions which the poor suffer from the wicked man, whom he describes as the hater of the poor, 1, 2; proud, 3; one who will not seek God, 4; and is regardless of his judgments, 5; self-confident, 6; blasphemous and deceitful, 7; strives by subtlety and treachery to destroy the poor, 8-10; and supposes that God is regardless of his conduct, 11. The psalmist calls earnestly on God to preserve

Psalms 103:1 — PSALM CIII God is praised for his benefits to his people, 1, 2; he forgives their iniquities, and heals their diseases, 3; redeems their lives, crowns them with loving-kindness, 4; satisfies them with good things, renews their youth, 5; he helps the oppressed, makes his ways known, is merciful and gracious, and keeps not his anger for ever, 6-9; his forbearance, and pardoning mercy, 10-12; he is a tender and considerate Father,

Psalms 112:1 — PSALM CXII The blessedness of the man that fears the Lord, both as it regards himself and his family, 1-3; his conduct to his family, his neighbours, and the poor, 4-9; the envy of the wicked at his prosperity, 10. NOTES ON PSALM CXIIThis is another of the acrostic or alphabetical Psalms, under the title Hallelujah. It is formed exactly as the preceding in the division of its verses. It has ten verses in the whole:

Psalms 137:1 — PSALM CXXXVII The desolate and afflicted state of the captives in Babylon, 1, 2. How they were insulted by their enemies, 3, 4. Their attachment to their country, 5, 6. Judgments denounced against their enemies, 7-9. NOTES ON PSALM CXXXVIIThe Vulgate, Septuagint, AEthiopic, and Arabic, say, ridiculously enough, a Psalm of David for Jeremiah. Anachronisms with those who wrote

Psalms 141:1 — PSALM CXLI The psalmist prays that his devotions may be accepted, 1, 2. That he may be enabled so to watch that he do not offend with his tongue; and that he may be preserved from wickedness, 3, 4. His willingness to receive reproof, 5. He complains of disasters, 6, 7. His trust in God, and prayer against his enemies, 8-10. NOTES ON PSALM CXLIThis Psalm is generally attributed to David, and considered to have been composed during his persecution

Psalms 39:1 — PSALM XXXIX The psalmist's care and watchfulness over his thoughts, tongue, and actions, 1-3. He considers the brevity and uncertainty of human life, 4-7; prays for deliverance from sin, 8-11; and that he may be protected and spared till he is fitted for another world, 12, 13. NOTES ON PSALM XXXIXThe title says, To the chief Musician, Jeduthun himself, A Psalm of David. It is supposed that this Jeduthun

Psalms 41:3 — Verse Psalms 41:3. The Lord will strengthen him — Good, benevolent, and merciful as he is, he must also die: but he shall not die as other men; he shall have peculiar consolations, refreshment, and support, while passing through the valley of the shadow of death.Thou

Psalms 42:4 — Verse Psalms 42:4. When I remember these things] Or, these things I shall remember. They often occur to me, and sharpen my distressful feelings. My soul is dissolved, becomes weak as water, when I reflect on what I have had, and on what I have lost. Or, I pour out

Proverbs 16:4 — Verse Proverbs 16:4. The Lord hath made all things for himself — He has so framed and executed every part of his creation, that it manifests his wisdom, power, goodness, and truth.Even the wicked for the day of evil. — וגם רשע ליום רעה vegam rasha leyom raah.

Proverbs 4:18 — Verse Proverbs 4:18. But the path of the just — The path of the wicked is gloomy, dark, and dangerous; that of the righteous is open, luminous, and instructive. This verse contains a fine metaphor; it refers to the sun rising above the horizon, and the increasing

Proverbs 8:1 — CHAPTER VIII The fame and excellence of wisdom, and its manner of teaching, 1-4; the matter of its exhortations, 5-12; its influence among men, 13-21; its antiquity, 22-31; the blessedness of attending to its counsels, 32-35; the misery of those who do not, 36. NOTES ON CHAP. VIII.Verse Proverbs 8:1. Doth not wisdom cry? —

Deuteronomy 11:1 — CHAPTER XI The people are exhorted to obedience from a consideration of God's goodness to their fathers in Egypt, 1-4, and what he did in the wilderness, 5, and the judgment on Dathan and Abiram, 6, and from the mercies of God in general, 7-9. A comparative description of Egypt and Canaan, 19-12. Promises to obedience, 13-15. Dissuasives from idolatry, 16,17. The words

Joshua 13:4 — Verse Joshua 13:4. The land of the Canaanites — This lay on the south of the country of the Philistines, towards the sea-coast.Mearah — Supposed to be the city Maratha, on the Mediterranean Sea. - Calmet. Or the river Majora, which falls into the Mediterranean

Judges 21:1 — CHAPTER XXI The Israelites mourn because of the desolation of Benjamin, and consult the Lord, 1-4. They inquire who of Israel had not come to this war, as they had vowed that those who would not make this a common cause should be put to death, 5, 6. They consult how they shall procure wives for the six hundred men who had fled to the rock Rimmon,

Ruth 4:11 — Verse Ruth 4:11. We are witnesses. — It is not very likely that any writing was drawn up. There was an appeal made to the people then present, whether they had seen and understood the transaction; who answered, We have witnessed it. If any minutes of court

2 Samuel 12:1 — CHAPTER XII The Lord sends Nathan the prophet to reprove David; which he does by means of a curious parable, 1-4. David is led, unknowingly, to pronounce his on condemnation, 5, 6. Nathan charges the guilt home on his conscience; and predicts a long train of calamities which should fall on him and his family, 7-12. David confesses his sin; and Nathan gives him