Bible Commentaries

Genesis 13:20 — Ver 1. South. With respect to Judea, which the sacred writers have always in view.

Exodus 31:2 — By name. I have fixed upon and taken into my service, as Isaias xliii. 1.

1 Kings 2:26 — Sacerdote. Sadoc había sido ungido en su lugar, probablemente por Natán, en la asamblea general, mientras David estaba presente: ellos ungieron ... Sadoc para ser sumo sacerdote, 1 Paralipomenon xxix. 22. (Salien) &mdash Podría haberlo matado con justicia, si hubiera cometido un crimen digno de ello; ya que su dignidad no le daba derecho a perturbar la paz del estado con impunidad. (Haydock) &mdash Dios había denunciado mucho

2 Kings 10:27 — A jakes, or necessary [latrine]. (Haydock) --- See 1 Esdras vi. 11., and Daniel ii. 5.

2 Kings 15:29 — CHAPTER XV. Assyria, at the invitation of Achaz, chap. xvi. 7. --- Theglathphalasar is probably the same who is called Ninus the younger, or Thilgam, (Ælian. animal. xii. 21.) by profane writers. He re-established the kingdom of Nineve in part, after the city had been taken, under his father Sardanapalus, by Arbaces, founder of the empire of the Medes, and by Belesus, narbonassar, or Baladan, who reigned at Babylon. Such

2 Kings 2:11 — Horses. Angels assumed these forms, (Grotius) or a cloud, resembling a fiery chariot and horses, was impelled by a strong wind, under their guidance. (Tostat) (Menochius) (Salien, the year before Christ 914.) --- As the name of Elias is very like Helios, "the sun," some have supposed that hey have the same meaning: (Sedulius, pasc. 1.) but the Hebrew term signifies, "He is my God." The pagans have taken occasion from this history to

1 Chronicles 9:2 — First. He only treats of those who returned first, (Tirinus) under Esdras. (Haydock) --- Nehemias brought back others, and more returned afterwards. Many also retook possession of their lands, which they had enjoyed before the captivity, 1 Esdras iii. 12. --- Nathineans. These were the posterity of the Gabaonites, whose office was to bring wood, water, &c., for the service of the temple. (Challoner) (Josue ix. 27.) --- David and Solomon consigned others of the Chanaanites, whose lives

Psalms 51:2-3 — Achimelech. Sixtus V, Septuagint, &c., read Abimelech. But the former is the true name. See 1 Kings xxii. 9, 20. (Calmet) --- The word understanding implies, that we ought to reflect on the misery of detraction, and bear our crosses with submission. (Berthier) --- Doeg was but half a Jew, and persecuted the faithful. (Worthington) --- Iniquity.

Psalms 62:12 — The king. David, (Berthier, &c.) or Zorobabel, for whom the Jews had the highest regard, though he was not an independent monarch, nor wore a crown, Aggeus ii. 24., and Zacharias iii. 8. It was customary to swear by the life of the king, 1 Kings i. 26., and xx. 3. The Fathers understand Jesus Christ to be meant, and this is the true and primary sense; as Zorobabel was only a figure of Him, and never really possessed the throne, that the Jews might not think that the prophecies were fulfilled

Psalms 87:1 — "en enfermedad, (Montanus) o dolor", de ele. (Berthier) &mdash Comprensión. O un salmo de instrucción, compuesto por Eman, el ezraíta, o por David, en su nombre. (Challoner) &mdash Había un hijo de Joel, y un vidente del rey David, del mismo nombre, 1 Paralipomenon vi. 33. y xxv. 1. Pero no se les llama ezraítas. Esta persona probablemente era el hermano de Etán, el ezraíta, que podría ser joven bajo David, y un hombre de consumada sabiduría bajo su sucesor, 3 Reyes iv. 31. El salmo puede expresar

Psalms 95:5 — Devils. Hebrew elilim, "diminutive gods, (Haydock) nothings, (Calmet) vain things." (Montanus) (1 Paralipomenon) --- We have idols, as Protestants read here. These were in fact, either devils, or vain imaginations of men. St. Paul says, we know that an idol is nothing in the world, 1 Corinthians viii. 4. They cannot claim self-existence, and if

Psalms 95:5 — Diablos. Hebreo elilim, "dioses diminutos, (Haydock) nada, (Calmet) cosas vanas". (Montanus) (1 Paralipomenon) &mdash- Tenemos ídolos, como los protestantes leen aquí. Estos eran, de hecho, demonios o vanas imaginaciones de los hombres. San Pablo dice, sabemos que un ídolo no es nada en el mundo, 1 Corintios viii. 4. No pueden afirmar que existen

Proverbs 5:18 — Vein. Thou shalt have a numerous progeny, Psalm lxvii. 28., and Isaias xlviii. 1. (Calmet)

Ecclesiastes 10:1 — Ungüento. Una mosca no puede vivir en él. (Plinio, [¿Historia natural?] Xi. 19.) &mdash Los detractores pueden compararse a las moscas: buscan la corrupción, etc. Un poco de levadura corrompe toda la masa, 1 Corintios v. 6. (Calmet) &mdash Sabiduría, o "una pequeña .... la locura es más preciosa que la sabiduría", etc., del mundo,

Ezekiel 14:14 — Job. He and Noe[Noah] were dead, yet undoubtedly interceded for the people, or their names would not here be mentioned, Jeremias xv. 1. (Worthington) --- When God is resolved to treat all with rigour, he will save only the just. They shall not be able to protect even their children. But Jerusalem shall not experience such severity, ver. 21. (Calmet) --- Noe could not avert the deluge,

Numbers 24:24 — (Calmet) &mdash- Grocio (Jur. II. 9) sostuvo que todavía subsistía en el imperio alemán. Otros piensan que será destruido solo en los días del Anticristo. (Tirinus) (Daniel ii. 40.) &mdash Los reyes de Macedonia son, sin embargo, llamados reyes de Cethim, (1 Macabeos i. 1., viii. 5) y fueron los subvertidores inmediatos del imperio persa, ya que los suyos cayeron presa de los romanos. . (Teodoreto, q. 44.) (Calmet)

Zechariah 1:18-20 — molested God’s people, and were therefore punished. (Worthington) --- The princes of Assyria and of Babylon, the kings of Persia and of Egypt, had all treated them ill; and these four empires have or will be destroyed by four chariots, (chap. vi. 1.) Nabopolassar, Cyrus, Alexander, and Antiochus, Daniel vii. 1., &c. St. Jerome, and many who usually follow him, understand the empires of the Chaldeans, Persians, Greeks, and Romans, to be designated by the horns, as the workmen mean the angels

Hebrews 9:1 — The former.[1] In the ordinary Greek copies is expressed the former tabernacle; but even the Protestant translators have abandoned that reading, and understand the former testament or covenant, which they have put in a different character. --- Worldly sanctuary,

Hebrews 9:1 — El primero. [1] En las copias griegas ordinarias se expresa el tabernáculo anterior; pero incluso los traductores protestantes han abandonado esa lectura y entienden el antiguo testamento o pacto, al que le han dado un carácter diferente. &mdash- Santuario mundano,

2 Samuel 23:17 — Bebida. Esta palabra se reconoce en 1 Paralipomenon y en todas las versiones antiguas. (Kennicott) &mdash- Los protestantes suministran: " ¿No es esta la sangre de los hombres que pusieron en peligro sus vidas?" En lugar de Jehova, (Haydock) que debería tener el prefijo m, encontramos maleim;