Bible Commentaries

Exodus 18:5 — Mountain. Horeb, (chap. iii. 1,) or Sinai. (Menochius)

1 Kings 11:41 — --- Book. This book is lost, with divers others mentioned in holy writ. (Challoner) --- Nathan, Ahias, and Addo, composed these journals, 2 Paralipomenon ix. 29. (Haydock) --- Similar works were kept at the courts of Persia and of Babylon, Esther vi. 1., and 1 Esdras vi. 2. Plutarch quotes the journal of Alexander; and Tacitus (An. iii.) informs us, that the smallest occurrences were specified in journals, at Rome, while things of greater importance were recorded in the annals. The books of days,

2 Kings 14:27 — Israel, like Amalec, 1 Kings xv. 3. (Menochius)

2 Chronicles 21:17 — Joachaz, alias Ochozias, (Ch.) or Azarias, in Hebrew, C. xxii. 1., and 6. C. --- The variation of names seems to originate in the mistakes of transcribers, very frequently. If we found in some profane author, that Philip had only one son, Ander-alex, left, and that this son, Alex-ander, succeeded him, we should readily

2 Chronicles 21:17 — Joachaz, alias Ochozias, (Ch.) O Azarias, en hebreo, C. xxii. 1., y 6. C. &mdash- La variación de nombres parece originarse en los errores de los transcriptores, muy frecuentemente. Si encontráramos en algún autor profano que Philip solo tenía un hijo, Ander-alex, y que este hijo, Alex-ander, lo sucedió, deberíamos

Ezra 2:55 — Servants, proselytes, 1 Paralipomenon xxii. 2. (Menochius)

Ezra 2:55 — Siervos, prosélitos, 1 Paralipomenon xxii. 2. (Menoquio)

Psalms 16:15 — Appear. St. Jerome, "I shall be filled, when I shall awake in thy likeness," (Haydock) at the resurrection: (Philippians iii. 21., and 1 Corinthians xiii. 12.) or "when thy likeness, the Messias, shall rise again:" or (as the same expression is used by the Septuagint, as [in] Numbers xii. 8.) David begs for actual inspiration, "thou wilt comfort my with the prophetic

Psalms 59:10 — La olla de mi esperanza; o mi regadera. Es decir, un recipiente para usos más mezquinos, al quedar reducido a servirme, incluso en los trabajos más mezquinos. (Challoner) (Worthington) &mdash- Plauto (Mort. Ii. Scen. 1. 40) dice, Ego vos pro matula habeo, etc. Symmachus adopta el sentido de la Septuaginta griega: amerimnias, como rets, en siríaco significa "confiar" (Daniel iii. 28.) y "lavar" en hebreo. Era costumbre echar suertes en una olla llena de agua, y lo

Psalms 81:6 — would have offered sacrifice to him, and as St. John the Baptist confessed that he was not the Christ. The sons of Seth, priests, the just, and all the Israelites, were styled sons of God, as well as the angels and judges, Genesis vi. 2., Psalm xxviii. 1., Wisdom v. 5., and Job i. 6. But no individual is called the Son, except Jesus Christ the true God. (Berthier) --- This passage may be understood of all the faithful, (St. Augustine) particularly of bishops: and Constantine the Great was hence deterred

Isaiah 16:7 — Walls. Hebrew, "Kir-hareseth," chap. xv. 1. (Haydock)

Isaiah 3:26 — Ground. The posture of captives, Lamentations i. 1.

Jeremiah 41:15 — Eight. He had brought ten, ver. 1.

Jeremiah 41:15 — Ocho. Había traído diez, ver. 1.

Ezekiel 32:17 — Month: probably the twelfth, ver. 1.

Ezekiel 32:17 — Mes: probablemente el duodécimo, ver. 1.

Zechariah 1:18-20 — para reducir a la nada el poder de los perseguidores. (Challoner) &mdash Los príncipes de Asiria y de Babilonia, los reyes de Persia y de Egipto, los habían tratado mal; y estos cuatro imperios han sido o serán destruidos por cuatro carros (cap. vi. 1.) Nabopolasar, Ciro, Alejandro y Antíoco, Daniel vii. 1. y c. San Jerónimo, y muchos de los que lo siguen habitualmente, entienden que los imperios de los caldeos, persas, griegos y romanos se designan por los cuernos, como los obreros se refieren a

Wisdom of Solomon 19:4 — Credit. To harlots, 1 Corinthians vi. 18. (Calmet)

2 Samuel 11:27 — canon law forbids the marriages of those who have been accomplices in the death of their former partner; and some have thought that this marriage of David was null. But this is inaccurate; and the fruits of it were (Calmet) all deeded legitimate. See 1 Paralipomenon iii. 5. (Haydock) --- The Rabbins even pretend that David was guilty of no sin in marrying Bethsabee during the life-time of Urias; as the latter, they say, must have given her a bill of divorce when he went to war. (Grotius) --- But why

2 Samuel 8:4 — A thousand. Protestants supply chariots, (Haydock) after the Septuagint and 1 Paralipomenon (xviii. 4.) which have 7000 horsemen. See how we have attempted to reconcile these texts, 1 Kings xiii. 5. Perhaps the numbers were expressed by single letters; and the Hebrew final n, (700) has been mistaken for z, (7000) both here and