Bible Commentaries

Genesis 36:37 — Río Rohoboth; o como se expresa, 1 Paralipomenon i. 48, de Rohoboth, que está cerca del río Éufrates, debajo de donde se desemboca el Chaboras.

1 Kings 18:45 — Jezrahel, donde Achab tenía un palacio, cap. xxi. 1. (Calmet) &mdash- Se detuvo a refugiarse, ya que no tenía tiempo de llegar a Samaria. (Menochius)

Psalms 53:8 — Libremente, sin recibir órdenes. (Worthington) (Menochius) (Levítico III. 1.) &mdash Bueno, así que hacer, (Du Hamel) o dulce en sí mismo, Salmo li. 11. (Calmet)

Psalms 70:2 — Justicia. O misericordia, Salmo xxx. 1. No he herido a Absalom, etc. (Calmet) &mdash- Dios se vengue de las ofensas infligidas a sus siervos. (Worthington)

Psalms 77:61 — Su. Hebreo, "suyo". (Houbigant) &mdash- El arca era una prenda de la protección de Dios, (Haydock) y la gloria de Israel, 1 Reyes iv. 21.

Leviticus 6:14 — Sacrificio de harina, monee, cap. ii. 1. &mdash- Y libaciones. Estas palabras se agregan para mostrar que el aceite y el vino acompañaron este sacrificio.

Jeremiah 49:2 — Rabbath; called Amana, Astarte, and Philadelphia, by Stephanus. --- Possess; returning first from captivity, and subduing the cities of Ammon, under Hyrcan, 1 Machabees v. 6.

Ezekiel 28:10 — Uncircumcised. The Jews deemed this a disgrace, 1 Kings xxxi. 4. The king would be exposed to eternal death, being devoid of faith, &c. (Calmet)

Ezekiel 45:20 — Seventh, or so many days before the solemn feast. Septuagint, "on the first of the seventh month," the feast of trumpets, Numbers xxix. 1. (Calmet)

Ephesians 5:14 — Rise, thou that sleepest. The sense may be taken from Isaias lx. 1. St. Jerome thinks they may be cited from work not canonical. (Witham)

Colossians 3:17 — Do all in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ. Let all be done for his honour and glory. See 1 Corinthians x. 31. (Witham)

Tobit 2:9 — But. This version is not in Greek or Hebrew. (Calmet) --- True zeal is not repressed by fear, as charity expels it, 1 John iv. (Worthington)

Wisdom of Solomon 36:14 — First-born. Exodus iv. 22. Wives, children, servants, were called after their lord or father, Isaias iv. 1., and lxiii. 19., and Jeremias vii. 10.

Baruch 3:7 — Kings. Epiphanes, Eupator,and Demetrius, with their generals. (Calmet) --- Judas gained four great battles against Apollonius, Seron, Gorgias, and Lysias, chap. iv. 1, 28. (Worthington)

Letter of Jeremiah 15:30 — Shoulder. Thus his bust was set up. But the right arm was hung over-against the temple, ver. 33., and 1 Machabees vii. 47. (Calmet)

Letter of Jeremiah 6:12 — Now. A necessary caution for the weak in times of persecution. (Worthington) --- See chap. vii. 32., and Judith viii. 22., and 1 Machabees ii. 52.

Letter of Jeremiah 8:24 — Above nine thousand, viz., including the three thousand slain in the pursuit. (Challoner) --- Three thousand fell on the field of battle, 1 Machabees iv. 15.

1 Samuel 9:1 — Abiel, también llamado Ner, 1 Paralipomenon viii. 33. (Cayetano) &mdash- Fuerte. En hebreo, "un valiente hombre de poder", ya sea de cuerpo o de riquezas.

2 Samuel 3:26 — Mensajeros, en nombre del rey. &mdash- Sira. Ver Jueces iii. 26. Josefo dice que el lugar estaba a 20 estadios de Hebrón. (Antigüedades vii. 1.)

2 Samuel 8:8 — Beroth o Boroe. (Calmet) &mdash- Latón. Todo para el uso del templo, 1 Paralipomenon xviii. 8. La batalla parece haberse librado cerca de Beroth. (Salien)