Bible Commentaries

Genesis 14:5 — And in the fourteenth year came Chedorlaomer,.... Not in the fourteenth year of their rebellion against him, as Jarchi, but from their becoming vassals to him: and the kings that [were] with him; those kings before mentioned: and smote the Rephaims

Exodus 13:5 — And it shall be when the Lord shall bring thee into the land of the Canaanites,.... Though the whole land was called the land of Canaan, yet there was one tribe or nation of them particularly so called as here, distinct from those that follow: and the

Exodus 17:14 — And the Lord said unto Moses,.... After the battle was over, and the Israelites had got the victory: write this for a memorial in a book: not in loose papers, but in a book, that it might continue; meaning that the account of this battle with Amelek

Job 31:12 — For it [is] a fire [that] consumeth to destruction,.... Referring either to the nature of the sin of uncleanness; it is inflammatory, a burning lust, a fire burning in the breast; see 1 Corinthians 7:9; or to the effect of it, either the rage of jealousy

Job 34:26 — He striketh them as wicked men,.... Such is the strict justice of God, that he never strikes men, or inflicts punishment on them, or brings down his judgments upon them, but as wicked men, and because of their wickedness; the casting of man out of Eden

Job 38:23 — Which I have reserved against the time of trouble,.... For the punishment or affliction of men; and is explained as follows, against the day of battle and war? as his artillery and ammunition to light his enemies with. Of hail we have instances in Scripture,

Psalms 105:45 — That they might observe his statutes, and keep his laws,.... All this the Lord did for them, to engage them by his goodness to them to observe the statutes he appointed them, and the laws he gave them; the contrary to which the Canaanites had done,

Psalms 147:17 — He casteth forth his ice like morsels,.... Divided like morsels, as the Targum; cut into pieces, like morsels of bread. This seems to have respect to hail stones, which sometimes fall like pieces of ice, and are very prejudicial to the fruits of the

Psalms 149:8 — para atar a sus reyes con cadenas, y sus nobles con fetters de hierro. que se cree que alude a lo que se hizo a los reyes canaanites, en los tiempos de Josué; y a los príncipes de Midian por Gideon; y a Agag por Saúl; ya los amonitas, sirios y otros, por David: pero se refiere a las primeras horas del Evangelio, y la influencia de la espada del Espíritu sobre los corazones

Isaiah 65:22 — They shall not build, and another inhabit,.... As the Canaanites did, whose houses the Israelites inhabited; but they shall inhabit the houses they have built, and shall not be dispossessed by an enemy: they shall not plant, and another eat; the fruit

Jeremiah 21:2 — Inquire, I pray thee, of the Lord for us,.... Or, "seek the Lord now for us" n; seek the Lord by prayer and supplication for me and my people, for this city and the inhabitants of it; entreat him that he would appear for us, and deliver us out of the

Jeremiah 32:31 — For this city hath been tame [as] a provocation of mine anger and of my fury,.... Or, "upon mine anger, and upon my fury this city was to me" h; that is, it was upon his heart, and in his mind and purpose, being provoked to anger and wrath by their

Ezekiel 38:22 — And I will plead against him with pestilence and with blood,.... Not only the sword of the Jews and the sword of Christian princes shall be drawn against him, and the sword of Gog's soldiers against one another; but the Lord himself would plead with

Joshua 17:16 — And the children of Joseph said, the hill is not enough for us,.... Meaning either Mount Ephraim, and all included in it; or it may be rather the wood country on the hills and mountains they were bid to go up to; signifying, that if they could gain

Joshua 22:25 — For the Lord hath made Jordan a border between us and you,.... And by it separated them from them, as if they were a distinct people; not that this was really the case, but so they feared it would be represented in time to come; for though Jordan was

Joshua 24:20 — If you forsake the Lord, and serve strange gods,.... Joshua knew the proneness of this people to idolatry, and therefore expresses his jealousy of them, that they would not be able to continue in the service of God, and would be apt to be carried away

Judges 1:6 — But Adonibezek fled, and they pursued after him, and caught him,.... It is very probable his view was to get to Jebus or Jerusalem, a strong and fortified city and he made his way thither as fast as he could, but was pursued and overtaken by some of

Judges 20:33 — And all the men of Israel rose up out of their place,.... The main body of the army, which fled before Benjamin, when they were come to a proper place, stopped, and rose up out of it, and stood in their own defence: and put themselves in array at Baaltamar;

Judges 5:7 — The inhabitants of the villages ceased,.... Not only did those Canaanitish robbers go upon the highway, and robbed all they met with, which made travelling difficult and dangerous; but entered into the villages and unwalled towns, and broke into houses

2 Samuel 21:2 — And the king called the Gibeonites,.... Sent messengers unto them, and summoned them to come to him, and said unto them; what is expressed in 2 Samuel 21:3; for what follows is in a parenthesis: (now the Gibeonites [were] not of the children of Israel;