Bible Commentaries

1 Kings 10:22 — Verse 1 Kings 10:22. A navy of Tharshish — For probable conjectures concerning this place, and the three years' voyage, see at the end of this and the preceding chapter. 1 Kings 10:29; "1 Kings 9:28".Apes — קפים kophim; probably a species of monkey rather than ape.

2 Kings 10:9 — Verse 2 Kings 10:9. Ye be righteous — Another irony, intended partly to excuse himself, and to involve them in the odium of this massacre, and at the same time to justify the conduct of both, by showing that all was done according to the commandment of the Lord.

Job 41:9 — Verse Job 41:9. Behold, the hope — If thou miss thy first advantage, there is no hope afterwards: the very sight of this terrible monster would dissipate thy spirit, if thou hadst not a positive advantage against his life, or a place of sure retreat to save thine own.

Job 5:9 — Verse Job 5:9. Which doeth great things — No work, however complicated, is too deep for his counsel to plan; none, however stupendous, is too great for his power to execute. He who is upright is always safe in referring his cause to God, and trusting in him.

Psalms 26:9 — Verse Psalms 26:9. Gather not my soul with sinners — As I have never loved their company, nor followed their practice, let not my eternal lot be cast with them! I neither love them nor their ways; may I never be doomed to spend an eternity with them!

Psalms 99:7 — Verse Psalms 99:7. He spake unto them in the cloudy pillar — That is, he directed all their operations, marchings, and encampments by this cloudy pillar. See Exodus 33:9.They kept his testimonies — Do ye the same, and God will be your portion as he was theirs.

Proverbs 2:9 — Verse Proverbs 2:9. Then shalt thou understand — He who is taught of God understands the whole law of justice, mercy, righteousness, and truth; God has written this on his heart. He who understands these things by books only is never likely to practise or profit by them.

Proverbs 20:20 — Verse Proverbs 20:20. Whoso curseth his father — Such persons were put to death under the law; see Exodus 21:17; Leviticus 20:9, and here it is said, Their lamp shall be put out-they shall have no posterity; God shall cut them off both root and branch.

Proverbs 20:9 — Verse Proverbs 20:9. Who can say, I have made my heart clean — No man. But thousands can testify that the blood of Jesus Christ has cleansed them from all unrighteousness. And he is pure from his sin, who is justified freely through the redemption that is in Jesus.

Leviticus 9:1 — hacer una expiación por la gente , 7. Él y sus hijos preparan y ofrecen los diferentes sacrificios , 8-21. Aarón y Moisés bendicen a la congregación , 22, 23. Y el fuego del Señor consume el sacrificio , 24. NOTAS SOBRE EL CAPITULO. IX Verso Levítico 9:1. En el octavo día.  Este fue el primer día después de su consagración, antes del cual fueron considerados no aptos para ministrar en las cosas santas, siendo considerados como en estado de imperfección. . "Todas las criaturas", dice Ainsworth, "en

Ecclesiastes 2:4 — Verse Ecclesiastes 2:4. I builded me houses — Palace after palace; the house of the forest of Lebanon, 1 Kings 7:1, c. a house for the queen; the temple, c., 2 Chronicles 8:1, c. 1 Kings 9:10, &c., besides many other buildings of various kinds.

Song of Solomon 3:9 — Verse 9. Of the wood of Lebanon. — Of the cedar that grew on that mount. It is very likely that a nuptial bed, not a chariot, is intended by the original word אפיון appiryon. Montanus properly translates it sponsarum thalamum, a nuptial bed. It may, however, mean a palanquin.

Jeremiah 13:7 — Verse Jeremiah 13:7. And behold, the girdle was marred; it was profitable for nothing. — This symbolically represented the state of the Jews: they were corrupt and abominable; and God, by sending them into captivity, "marred the pride of Judah, and the great pride of Jerusalem," Jeremiah 13:9.

Jeremiah 9:20 — Verse Jeremiah 9:20. Teach your daughters — This is not a common dirge that shall last only till the body is consigned to the earth; it must last longer; teach it to your children, that it may be continued through every generation, till God turn again your captivity.

Jeremiah 9:5 — Verse Jeremiah 9:5. And weary themselves to commit iniquity. — O, what a drudgery is sin! and how much labour must a man take in order to get to hell! The tenth part of it, in working together with God, would bring him to the gate of glory.

Lamentations 1:9 — Verse 9. She remembereth not her last end — Although evident marks of her pollution appeared about her, and the land was defiled by her sinfulness even to its utmost borders, she had no thought or consideration of what must be the consequence of all this at the last. - Blayney.

Ezekiel 20:9 — Verse Ezekiel 20:9. But I wrought for my name's sake — I bare with them and did not punish them, lest the heathen, who had known my promises made to them, might suppose that I had either broken them through some caprice, or was not able to fulfil them.

Ezekiel 38:9 — Verse Ezekiel 38:9. Thou shalt ascend and come like a storm — It is observable that Antiochus is thus spoken of by Daniel, Daniel 11:40: The king of the north - Antiochus, shall come against him (the king of the south is the king of Egypt) like a whirlwind.

Hosea 9:8 — Verse Hosea 9:8. The watchman of Ephraim — The true prophet, was with-faithful to, God.The prophet — The false prophet is the snare of a fowler; is continually deceiving the people, and leading them into snares, and infusing into their hearts deep hatred against God and his worship.

Numbers 24:1 — CAPÍTULO XXIV Balaam, al ver que Dios estaba decidido a bendecir a Israel,  ya no busca encantamientos, 1. El Espíritu de Dios lo invadió y pronunció una parábola profética  muy importante, 2-9. La cólera de Balac se encendió contra él, y le ordenó que que se vaya a su país, 10,11. Balaam reivindica su conducta, 12, 13; y lanza una profecía relativa a la futura destrucción de Moab por los israelitas, 14-17; también de Edom, 18, 19; de los