Bible Commentaries

Genesis 1:28 — soon! But the Fathers in general agree that if this were a precept with respect to Adam, for the purpose of filling the earth, it is no longer so, that end being sufficiently accomplished. Does not St. Paul wish all men to be like himself, unmarried? (1 Corinthians vii. 1, 7, 8.) (Haydock)

Genesis 22:2 — Thy only begotten, or thy most beloved, as if he had been an only child; in which sense the word is often taken, 1 Paralipomenon xxix. 1. Ismael was still living; but Isaac was the only son of Sara, the most dignified wife. --- Lovest. Hebrew, "hast loved" hitherto; now thou must consider him as dead. He has been to thee a source of joy, but now he will

Exodus 31:2 — Por nombre. Me he fijado y puesto a mi servicio, como Isaías xliii. 1.

1 Chronicles 6:44 — Ethan también se llama Idithun (cap. Xxv. 1, 8. [6.?]) En los Salmos. (Calmet)

Ezra 2:43 — Nathinites, "pueblo dado" (1 Paralipomenon ix. 2 .; Haydock) por Josué, David y Salomón. (Tirino)

Ezra 6:18 — Moisés. (Números iii. 8.) David había perfeccionado el plan, 1 Paralipomenon xxiii., Etc. (Haydock)

Nehemiah 7:65 — Athersatha; Nehemias, (Calmet) como se le llama en caldeo, 1 Esdras ii. 63. (Menoquio)

Psalms 77:66 — Partes. Mientras huían, (Berthier) o con emerods. (Caldea, & c.) (Calmet) (1 Reyes v. 10.)

Proverbs 24:1 — Igual que. No se deje seducir por su prosperidad para imitarlos, Salmo xxxvi. 1.

Jeremiah 24:1 — Grabadores. Hebreo, "los que encierran", 4 Reyes xxiv. 14. y 1 Reyes xiii. 19.

Jeremiah 8:14 — Silencioso, en completa destrucción, 1 Reyes ii. 9. No podemos estar en peores condiciones.

Ezekiel 41:22 — Mesa o altar de incienso, más grande que la de Moisés, Éxodo xxx. 1.

Ezekiel 6:5 — Huesos. Los caldeos violaron las tumbas, Baruc ii. 24. y Jeremías viii. 1. (Calmet)

Deuteronomy 8:10 — Bless, not forgetting to give thanks after meat, as well as to beg God’s blessing before: for it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer, 1 Timothy iv. 45. (Menochius) --- In all things give thanks, 1 Thessalonians v. 18. Our Saviour did so at the last supper, Matthew xxvi. 26. At taking the cup, the Jews say, "Blessed be thou, O Lord, who createdst the fruit of the vine." At

Judges 1:16 — lies nearer to the Dead Sea. Jericho was not rebuilt till the reign of Achab. See Josue vi. 26. --- Arad was one of the most southern towns of Juda, near the country of the Amalecites. Saul ordered the descendants of Jethro to depart from among them, 1 Kings xv. 6. The Israelites had defeated the king of Arad long before, Nubmers xxi. 1. (Calmet) --- With him. Hebrew, "the people" of Israel, (Menochius) or of Arad. (Calmet)

Wisdom of Solomon 47:3 — Played. Tearing them to pieces with the greatest ease, 1 Kings xvii. 34. (Calmet)

Sirach 5:3 — His. Greek, "thy." Christ, the sun of justice, would effect this, Isaias lx. 1.

1 Samuel 19:24 — naked; choose a fine season for work, and rest in winter." (Haydock) See Micheas i. 8., and 2 Kings vi. 20. --- Yet some assert (Calmet) that Saul was entirely undressed, as some pretended prophets and slaves go in the hot countries, Isaias xx. 1. We are not to judge of the indecency of such behaviour from our own manners. Some copies read cecinit, (Calmet) and the Douay Bible has "and sang naked." (Haydock) --- Saul had not the gift of prophecy, like holy men, but only like Balaam’s

2 Samuel 23:17 — Drink. This word is acknowledged in 1 Paralipomenon and in all the ancient versions. (Kennicott) --- Protestants supply, "Is not this the blood of the men that went in jeopardy of their lives?" Instead of Jehova, (Haydock) which ought to have m prefixed, we find maleim; (1 Paralipomenon)

2 Samuel 23:24 — Was one. Hebrew the preposition b is here used, which signifies "above;" as ver. 13. and 23. and as Junius renders it. (Haydock) --- "Asael....was head of the thirty." (Arabic) --- He could not be one of that body, as the number is complete without him, and he is necessary to fill up the second ternary. The Book of Chronicles