Bible Commentaries

2 Kings 17:17 — Fire. See chap. xvi. 3. --- Delivered. Hebrew, "sold," 3 Kings xxi. 20., and 1 Machabees i. 16. (Calmet) --- To provoke. This was the consequence of their wickedness. (Worthington)

1 Chronicles 10:1 — Now. Septuagint, "and." (Haydock) --- This has no connexion with what goes before. (Calmet) --- This history is given more at large, 1 Kings xxxi., and 2 Kings i. (Menochius)

1 Chronicles 10:10 — Head, mientras su cuerpo estaba colgado en los muros de Betsan, 1 Reyes xxxi. 10. (Calmet) &mdash- El templo de Dagón estaba contiguo a la muralla. (Du Hamel)

1 Chronicles 8:32 — Enfrente, en las cercanías, mientras que algunos permanecieron en Gabaon. Ver Génesis xvi. 12. (Calmet) &mdash- La familia de Cis residía en Gabaa, 1 Reyes x. 26. (Menoquio)

Nehemiah 10:31 — Holy day. The contrary practice is therefore sinful. (Haydock) --- Year. Not cultivating the land, Leviticus xxv. 4. --- Hand. No debts were to be demanded, Deuteronomy xv. 1. (Menochius)

Psalms 146:3 — Bruises. God delivered the captives, after chastising them, Deuteronomy xxxii. 39. (Calmet) --- He gives life to the penitent, as Christ healed the sick, &c., Isaias lxi. 1. (Berthier)

Psalms 2:11 — Trembling, with reverential awe and humility, (1 Corinthians ii. 3.; Amama) as none is sure of salvation. (Bell.[Bellarmine?]) --- More are list by presumption than by trembling. (Amama)

Psalms 54:23 — Cast. The prophet had experienced the happy effect of this conduct. (Calmet) --- In all troubles and doubts, we must have recourse to God. (Worthington) (1 Peter v. 7.)

Psalms 54:23 — Emitir. El profeta había experimentado el feliz efecto de esta conducta. (Calmet) &mdash- En todos los problemas y dudas, debemos recurrir a Dios. (Worthington) (1 Pedro v. 7.)

Psalms 67:4 — Feast. This was done when the ark was removed, 1 Paralipomenon xv., and xvi. 3. (Calmet) --- But believers may now receive God himself. (St. Ambrose) (Psalm xxxix.) (Berthier)

Psalms 79:16 — Y mira hacia "el Mesías", (caldeo) la vid verdadera, Juan xv. 1. y Mateo xxi. 33. (Calmet) &mdash Faltaba algo de perfección en la Iglesia del Antiguo Testamento.

Ecclesiastes 9:12 — Con. El hebreo agrega, "maldad". Red, (Montanus) o anzuelo. (Haydock) &mdash- Ellos. Pueden tomar precauciones; pero, sin la ayuda de Dios, no tendrán éxito, Salmo cxxvi. 1. (Calmet)

Isaiah 28:9 — Breasts? St. Paul seems to allude to this text, 1 Corinthians iii. 2. (Calmet) --- The abandoned Jews ask contemptuously, if they be to be taught like children? (Haydock)

Isaiah 54:12 — CHAPTER LIV. Bulwarks. Hebrew, windows of crystal; (Ezechiel xxvii. 1[].; Calmet) Protestants, "of agate." (Haydock) --- All this is allegorical, like the redemption of the new Jerusalem, Apocalypse. xxi.

Isaiah 57:6 — Them. The stones of the torrent, which were often the objects of adoration, Leviticus xxvi. 1., and Genesis xxviii. 18. The god, Helagabalus, was a rough boundary stone.

Jeremiah 25:12 — Punish. Literally, visit upon. (Challoner) --- Cyrus overturned the monarchy, and the city was ruined by degrees, Isaias xiii., and xiv., and xxi. 1., and Ezechiel i. 5. (Calmet)

Ezekiel 30:2 — Day of vengeance, (Calmet) when the Lord shall judge, (1 Corinthians v. 2.) and Egypt shall fall a prey to the most powerful nation of the Chaldeans. (Worthington)

Daniel 5:7 — Purple. This and the chain were reserved for the highest nobility. --- Third, or one of the three great officers. (Chap. vi. 1. and 2 Kings xxiii. 8. 19.)

Letter of Jeremiah 4:45 — Ptolemee, the son of Dorymenus, a favourite of the king, (Challoner) whose perfidy had procured him the government of Celosyria, chap. x. 3., and 1 Machabees iii. 38.

2 Samuel 24:8 — Land. Yet they did not number the Levites or Benjamin, nor even the rest exactly, as Joab acted with reluctance, 1 Paralipomenon xxi. 6., and xxvii. 24. (Menochius)