Bible Commentaries

1 Chronicles 18:1 — Daughters. Villages (See 2 Kings viii. 1.; Menochius) and dependant towns. (Worthington)

1 Chronicles 6:16 — Gerson. Hebrew here reads Gersom, though it had Gerson before, ver. 1.

2 Chronicles 5:1 — God, under the care of Selemith. See 1 Paralipomenon xxvi. 26. (Calmet)

Job 2:2 — Through it. Seeking whom he might devour, 1 Peter v. 8. (Haydock)

Psalms 117:29 — For ever. Praise is our first and last duty, ver. 1. (Worthington)

Psalms 59:10 — The pot of my hope; or my watering pot. That is, a vessel for meaner uses, by being reduced to serve me, even i nthe meanest employments. (Challoner) (Worthington) --- Plautus (Mort. ii. scen. 1. 40) says, Ego vos pro matula habeo, &c. Symmachus adopts the sense of the Septuagint Greek: amerimnias, as rets, in Syriac means "to trust," (Daniel iii. 28.) and "to wash" in Hebrew. It was customary to throw lots into a pot

Psalms 95:7 — Kindreds; patriæ, or families, as it is expressed, 1 Paralipomenon xvi. (Haydock)

Proverbs 10:12 — Sins. Septuagint, "all who contend." Charity pardons all, 1 Peter iv. 8.

Proverbs 21:8 — Strange. Unknown, impure way, Leviticus x. 1., and Deuteronomy xvii. 15. (Calmet)

Ecclesiastes 8:14 — Vain, or afflicting. Hence some have denied Providence, Jeremias xii. 1. (Calmet)

Isaiah 64:10 — Desolate, under Antiochus Epiphanes, 1 Machabees i. 31., and iv. 38. (Calmet)

Jeremiah 24:2 — Season. Appearing in autumn and ripe in spring, Micheas vii. 1. (Calmet)

Jeremiah 39:11 — Had given, after the prisoners had got to Rama, chap. xl. 1.

Hosea 9:16 — Dried up. They are compared to a vine, chap. x. 1. (Calmet)

Matthew 26:63 — I adjure thee by the living God. They hoped this might make him own himself God; for which they were for stoning him. (John x. 31.) --- St. Luke tells us, (xxii. 66,) that this question was put to Jesus, when it was day. St. Augustine thinks it was put to him first in the night, and again the next morning. We must not forget that when Christ was examined by the high priest, one

Matthew 26:63 — Te conjuro por el Dios vivo. Esperaban que esto pudiera convertirlo en su propio Dios; por lo que estaban para apedrearlo. (Juan x. 31.) &mdash- San Lucas nos dice, (xxii. 66,) que esta pregunta se le hizo a Jesús, cuando era de día. San Agustín cree que se lo pusieron primero por la noche y nuevamente a la mañana siguiente. No debemos olvidar que cuando Cristo fue examinado por el

Philippians 4:3 — Te lo suplico, mi sincera [1] compañera. San Juan Crisóstomo lo expone de su compañero de trabajo o compañero de soldado, y dice que algunos pretendían que se refería a la esposa de San Pablo; pero esto lo rechaza absolutamente, como lo hacen todos los intérpretes antiguos, que

Joshua 19:36 — Arama. Hebreo: "Rama". &mdash- Asor, la capital de Jabin, cap. xi. 1.

Ruth 4:19 — Aram. He is called Ram in Hebrew and 1 Paralipomenon ii. 9.

Letter of Jeremiah 5:26 — To see, or celebrate the festival, 1 Machabees i. 30., &c. (Calmet)