Bible Commentaries

Exodus 9:7 — Verse Exodus 9:7. And Pharaoh sent, &c. — Finding so many of his own cattle and those of his subjects slain, he sent to see whether the mortality had reached to the cattle of the Israelites, that he might know whether this were a judgment inflicted by their God, and probably designing to replace the lost cattle of the Egyptians with those of the Israelites.

2 Kings 23:7 — Verse 2 Kings 23:7. The houses of the sodomites — We have already often met with these קדשים kedeshim or consecrated persons. The word implies all kinds of prostitutes, as well as abusers of themselves with mankind.Wove hangings for the grove. — For Asherah; curtains or tent coverings for the places where the rites of the impure goddess were performed. 2 Kings 21:26.

1 Chronicles 17:27 — Verse 1 Chronicles 17:27. For thou blessest, O Lord — "Thou beginnest to bless the house of thy servant, therefore it shall be blessed for ever." - T.THE reader is requested to refer to 2 Samuel 7:0, and the notes there for many particulars that belong to the parallel places here, and which it should answer no good purpose to repeat in this place.

Ezra 7:10 — Verse Ezra 7:10. Ezra had prepared his heart — Here is a fine character of a minister of God: He prepares, הכין hechin, he fixes, purposes, and determines, לבבו lebabo, with his heart - with all his powers and affections, to seek the law of God, and to do it himself, that he may be properly qualified to teach its statutes and judgments to Israel.

Job 30:7 — Verse Job 30:7. Among the bushes they brayed — They cried out among the bushes, seeking for food, as the wild ass when he is in want of provender. Two MSS. read ינאקו yinaku, they groaned, instead of ינהקו yinhaku, they brayed.Under the nettles — חרול charul, the briers or brambles, under the brushwood in the thickest parts of the underwood; they huddled together like wild beasts.

Job 7:3 — Verse Job 7:3. So am I made to possess — But night is no relief to me, it is only a continuance of my anxiety and labour. I am like the hireling, I have my appointed labour for the day. I am like the soldier harassed by the enemy: I am obliged to be continually on the watch, always on the look out, with scarcely any rest.

Psalms 118:7 — Verse Psalms 118:7. The Lord taketh my part with them that help me — Literally, The Lord is to me among my helpers. Therefore shall I see my desire upon them that hate me. Literally, And I shall look among them that hate me. As God is on my side, I fear not to look the whole of them in the face. I shall see them defeated.

Psalms 49:7 — Verse Psalms 49:7. None of them can by any means redeem his brother — Wealth cannot save from death; brother, however rich, cannot save his brother; nor will God accept riches as a ransom for the life or soul of any transgressor. To procure health of body, peace of mind, redemption from death, and eternal glory, riches are sought for and applied in vain.

Psalms 89:7 — Verse Psalms 89:7. God is greatly to be feared — In all religious assemblies the deepest reverence for God should rest upon the people. Where this does not prevail, there is no true worship. While some come with a proper Scriptural boldness to the throne of grace, there are others who come into the presence of God with a reprehensible, if not sinful, boldness.

Proverbs 7:17 — Verse Proverbs 7:17. I have perfumed any bed with Myrrh — מר mor, "aloes," אהלים ahalim, and "cinnamon," קנמון kinnamon. We have taken our names from the original words; but probably the ahalim may not mean aloes, which is no perfume; but sandal wood, which is very much used in the East. She had used every means to excite the passions she wished to bring into action.

Deuteronomy 15:11 — Verse Deuteronomy 15:11. For the poor shall never cease out of the land — To this passage our Lord appears to allude Mark 14:7: For ye have the poor with you always. God leaves these in mercy among men to exercise the feelings of compassion, tenderness, mercy, &c. And without occasions afforded to exercise these, man would soon become a Stoic or a brute.

Deuteronomy 4:43 — Verse Deuteronomy 4:43. Bezer in the wilderness — As the cities of refuge are generally understood to be types of the salvation provided by Christ for sinners; so their names have been thought to express some attribute of the Redeemer of mankind. See them explained Joshua 20:7-8.I SUPPOSE the last nine verses of this chapter to have been added by either Joshua or Ezra.

Luke 7:50 — Verse Luke 7:50. Thy faith hath saved thee — Thy faith hath been the instrument of receiving the salvation which is promised to those who repent. Go in peace. Though peace of conscience be the inseparable consequence of the pardon of sin, yet here it seems

Luke 7:50 — Verso Lucas 7:50. Tu fe te ha salvado... Tu fe ha sido el instrumento de recibir la salvación que se promete a aquellos que se arrepientan . Vete en paz . Aunque la paz de conciencia sea la consecuencia inseparable del perdón del pecado, aquí parece que se

Joshua 10:21 — Verse Joshua 10:21. None moved his tongue — The whole transaction of this important day had been carried on so evidently under the direction of God that there was not the least murmuring, nor cause for it, among them, for their enemies were all discomfited. There is an expression similar to this, Exodus 11:7, on which the reader is requested to consult the note.

Joshua 17:11 — Verse Joshua 17:11. Beth-shean — Called afterwards Scythopolis; the city of the Scythians or Cuthites, those who were sent into the different Samaritan cities by the kings of Assyria.Dor — On the Mediterranean Sea, about eight miles from Caesarea, on the road to Tyre.En-dor — The well or fountain of Dor, the place where Saul went to consult the witch; 1 Samuel 28:7, &c.

Judges 10:7 — Verse Judges 10:7. The anger of the Lord was hot — This Divine displeasure was manifested in delivering them into the hands of the Philistines and the Ammonites. The former dwelt on the western side of Jordan; the latter, on the eastern: and it appears that they joined their forces on this occasion to distress and ruin the Israelites, though the Ammonites were the most active.

1 Samuel 10:7 — Verse 1 Samuel 10:7. Thou do as occasion serve thee — After God has shown thee all these signs that thou art under his especial guidance, fear not to undertake any thing that belongs to thy office, for God is with thee.What a number of circumstances thus precisely foretold! Does not this prove that Samuel was under the continual inspiration of the Almighty?

1 Samuel 31:7 — Verse 1 Samuel 31:7. The men of Israel that were on the other side of the valley — They appear to have been panic-struck, and therefore fled as far as they could out of the reach of the Philistines. As the Philistines possessed Beth-shan, situated near to Jordan, the people on the other side of that river, fearing for their safety, fled also.

2 Samuel 7:18 — Verse 2 Samuel 7:18. Sat before the Lord — Sometimes, when a Hindoo seeks a favour from a superior, he sits down in his presence in silence; or if he solicits some favour of a god, as riches, children, &c., he places himself before the idol, and remains in a waiting posture, or repeats the name of the god, counting the beads in his necklace. - WARD.