Bible Commentaries

1 Kings 22:10 — Court, or barn floor. They were in or near cities, that they might be so protected from the incursions of enemies, who strove to set the corn on fire, 1 Kings xxiii. 1., and Judges xv. 5.

1 Kings 22:10 — Patio o piso de granero. Estaban en ciudades o cerca de ellas, para poder estar tan protegidos de las incursiones de los enemigos, que se esforzaron por prender fuego al maíz, 1 Reyes xxiii. 1., y Jueces xv. 5.

2 Kings 9:3 — Bottle. See 1 Kings x. 1. Elias had received orders to anoint Jehu, 3 Kings xix 16. (Calmet) --- There. The utmost expedition was necessary, that Joram might be surprised, as well as Ochozias, and their devoted families. (Menochius)

2 Kings 9:3 — Botella. Ver 1 Reyes x. 1. Elías había recibido órdenes de ungir a Jehú, 3 Reyes xix 16. (Calmet) &mdash- Allí. Era necesaria la máxima expedición para que Joram se sorprendiera, al igual que Ochozias y sus devotas familias. (Menochius)

2 Chronicles 19:11 — Amarias, (1 Paralipomenon vi. 11.) o más bien Azarias, el padre de Johanan, 1 Paralipomenon v. 9. &mdash Aquí hay una clara distinción entre la autoridad espiritual y temporal, instituida por Dios, Deut. xvii. y Num. xxvii. WT &mdash Tú. Prot. "con los buenos". H.

Nehemiah 11:34-35 — Lod. Built by Samad, 1 Paralipomenon viii. 12. It is called Lod-Hadid, chap. vii. 37. --- Ono had the same founder, and stood in the valley of craftsmen, chap. vi. 2., and 1 Paralipomenon iv. 14.

Nehemiah 11:34-35 — Lod. Construido por Samad, 1 Paralipomenon viii. 12. Se llama Lod-Hadid, cap. vii. 37. &mdash- Ono tuvo el mismo fundador, y estuvo en el valle de los artesanos, cap. vi. 2., y 1 Paralipomenon iv. 14.

Esther 1:19 — Alterado. Se referían a los actos más solemnes, firmados por los consejeros, Daniel VI. 17. (Grocio) &mdash- Algunos decretos fueron desatendidos o modificados, cap. viii. 9., y 1 Esdras iv. 5, 21. y vi. 1. (Calmet)

Esther 2:23 — King. Such histories were preserved with great care, 1 Esdras vi. 1. (Calmet) --- Septuagint, "the king ordered a memorial to it to be kept in the royal library, for the praise of Mardochai’s good will." (Haydock) --- The latter also wrote an account, chap. xii. 4.

Psalms 133:2 — Lift up. This posture was very natural, and expressive, 1 Timothy ii. 8. (Haydock) --- Agatharcides testifies, that the Jews did no servile work on the sabbath, but "stretched for their hands to pray in the temple, till the evening." (Josephus, contra App. 1.)

Jeremiah 41:5 — Rent, as people mourning. Literally, "dirty." Hebrew and Septuagint, "cut." (Haydock) (Chap. xvi. 6., and Leviticus xix. 28.) --- Lord, Masphath, were people performed their devotions, as well as they could, Judges xx. 1., and 1 Machabees iii. 46.) Jeremias had probably ordered an altar to be erected, as Samuel had done, 1 Kings vii. 6. (Calmet) --- Others think that these people went thither for a priest, to offer what they had brought on the altar of Jerusalem, Baruch

Joel 2:17 — Altar of holocausts. They turned towards the holy place, lying prostrate, 1 Esdras x. 1., and 2 Machabees x. 26. (Calmet) --- Hither the victim of expiation was brought, and the high priest confessed. (Maimonides) --- Over them, as they might easily have done during the famine.

Joshua 15:55 — Carmelo. No donde vivía Elías, sino una ciudad y una montaña a 10 millas al este de Eleutheropolis. Nabal lo hizo famoso por su imprudencia, (1 Reyes xxv.) Y Saulo por un arco triunfal, 1 Reyes xv. 12.

2 John 1:1 — El antiguo sacerdote u obispo. Ver 1 Pedro v. 1. &mdash A quien amo en verdad, con sincera caridad cristiana así como a sus hijos. Por la verdad, o la fe verdadera, que permanece en nosotros. (Witham)

Judith 8:25 — CHAPTER VIII. Destroyer. As this word is not used elsewhere, (Worthington) St. Paul seems to allude to this passage, (1 Corinthians x. 10.) as Judith does to various punishments (Numbers xi. 1., and xiv. 12., and xx. 4.; Calmet) inflicted by an angel. (Menochius)

Wisdom of Solomon 37:21 — Them. The heart gives birth to good or evil, which the tongue utters, Matthew xii. 34., and xv. 18. --- Soul. What will science, without charity, profit him, if he should even gain the world? (Matthew xvi. 26., and 1 Corinthians xiii. 1.)

Baruch 7:33 — King. The Jews observed the laudable custom of praying for their rulers, as Christians do, chap. xii. 11., and Baruch i. 10., and 1 Timothy ii. 1. (Calmet) --- Sacrificamus pro salute Imperatoris sed Deo nostro et ipsius. (Tertullian, ad Scap. ii.)

Letter of Jeremiah 12:32 — Gorgias, who had been twice defeated, chap. x. 14., and 1 Machabees iv. 1. (Worthington) --- Idumea. Grotius would read Jamnia. But he might govern the southern parts of Juda, (Calmet) then occupied by the Idumeans. (Haydock)

1 Samuel 10:21 — Metri. We find none of this name, 1 Paralipomenon viii. 1. It is probably a title which some of the great patriarchs of Benjamin had acquired by shooting, as Metri means "an archer or bowman." (Calmet)

2 Samuel 23:20 — Banaias. The v at the end of this man’s name, is wanting in Paralipomenon. It serves to distinguish him more from one of the Thirty, who was the 11th captain in waiting on the king; (1 Paralipomenon xxvii. 14,) whereas this was the third, (1 Paralipomenon v.) and one of great renown, 3 Kings i. 32. --- Lions. Hebrew ari, "a lion;" and el, "god," designate people "of extraordinary