Bible Commentaries

Genesis 22:4 — 4. on the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, c.—Leaving the servants at the foot [ :-], the father and son ascended the hill, the one bearing the knife, and the other the wood for consuming the sacrifice [ :-]. But there was no victim and to the question

Exodus 2:16 — Ethiopian (Numbers 12:1), and whom Moses doubtless obtained in the manner of Jacob by service [see Numbers 12:1- :]. He had by her two sons, whose names were, according to common practice, commemorative of incidents in the family history [Exodus 18:3; Exodus 18:4].

Exodus 30:6 — in that direction. This was a special arrangement, and it was designed to teach the important lesson that, though we cannot with the eye of sense, see the throne of grace, we must "direct our prayer to it and look up" [ :-] (compare 2 Corinthians 3:14; Hebrews 10:20; Revelation 4:1).

2 Kings 11:1 — son, who, by her counsels, had ruled in the spirit of the house of Ahab. destroyed all the seed royal—all connected with the royal family who might have urged a claim to the throne, and who had escaped the murderous hands of Jehu (2 Chronicles 21:2-4; 2 Chronicles 22:1; 2 Kings 10:13; 2 Kings 10:14). This massacre she was incited to perpetrate—partly from a determination not to let David's family outlive hers; partly as a measure of self-defense to secure herself against the violence of Jehu, who

2 Kings 17:4 — 4. found conspiracy in Hoshea—After having paid tribute for several years, Hoshea, determined on throwing off the Assyrian yoke, withheld the stipulated tribute. Shalmaneser, incensed at this rebellion, proclaimed war against Israel. This was in the sixth

2 Kings 25:4 — 4. the city was broken up—that is, a breach was effected, as we are elsewhere informed, in a part of the wall belonging to the lower city (2 Chronicles 32:5; 2 Chronicles 33:14). the men of war fled by night by the way of the gate between two walls,

1 Chronicles 9:2 — will be explained there. The same division of the people into four classes was continued after, as before the captivity; namely, the priests, Levites, natives, who now were called by the common name of Israelites, and the Nethinims (Joshua 9:27; Ezra 2:43; Ezra 8:20). When the historian speaks of "the first inhabitants that dwelt in their possessions," he implies that there were others who afterwards returned and settled in possessions not occupied by the first. Accordingly, we read of a great number

2 Chronicles 26:10 — southeast of Jerusalem, on the west of the Dead Sea, an extensive grazing district "in the low country" lying between the mountains of Judah and the Mediterranean; "and in the plains," east of the Jordan, within the territory of Reuben (Deuteronomy 4:43; Joshua 20:8). in Carmel—This mountain, being within the boundary of Israel, did not belong to Uzziah; and as it is here placed in opposition to the vine-bearing mountains, it is probably used, not as a proper name, but to signify, as the word

2 Chronicles 8:11 — establishment of heathen maid-servants, there would have been an impropriety in her being domiciled in a mansion which was or had been hallowed by the reception of the ark. It seems she was received on her arrival into his mother's abode (Song of Solomon 3:4; Song of Solomon 8:2). Song of Solomon 8:2- :. SOLOMON'S FESTIVAL SACRIFICES.

Leviticus 23:4 — 4. These are the feasts of the Lord, which ye shall proclaim in their seasons—Their observance took place in the parts of the year corresponding to our March, May, and September. Divine wisdom was manifested in fixing them at those periods; in winter,

Amos 1:1-15 — nombre, de una raíz árabe), pero que se distinguían por la lana. (Maurer.) Dios escoge “lo flaco del mundo para confundir lo fuerte,” y hace que un humilde pastor reprenda la arrogancia de Israel y su rey motivada por la prosperidad (véase 1 Samuel 17:40). las cuales vió—en visión sobrenatural ( Isaías 1:1). dos años antes del terremoto—mencionado en Malaquías 14:5. El terremoto ocurrió durante el reinado de Uzías, en el tiempo cuando fué herido de lepra por haber usurpado las funciones de sacerdote.

Numbers 27:4 — 4. Give unto us a possession among the brethren of our father—Those young women perceived that the males only in families had been registered in the census. Because there were none in their household, their family was omitted. So they made known their

Deuteronomy 19:6 — 6, 7. Lest the avenger of the blood pursue the slayer, while his heart is hot—This verse is a continuation of Deuteronomy 19:3 (for Deuteronomy 19:4; Deuteronomy 19:5, which are explanatory, are in a parenthetical form), and the meaning is that if the kinsman of a person inadvertently killed should, under the impulse of sudden excitement and without inquiring into the circumstances, inflict summary

Deuteronomy 24:1 — 1-4. When a man hath taken a wife, and married her, and it come to pass that she find no favour in his eyes—It appears that the practice of divorces was at this early period very prevalent amongst the Israelites, who had in all probability become familiar

Judges 12:4 — 4-6. the men of Gilead smote Ephraim, because they said, Ye Gileadites are fugitives of Ephraim—The remonstrances of Jephthah, though reasonable and temperate, were not only ineffectual, but followed by insulting sneers that the Gileadites were reckoned

Judges 15:4 — 4, 5. went and caught three hundred foxes—rather, "jackals"; an animal between a wolf and a fox, which, unlike our fox, a solitary creature, prowls in large packs or herds and abounds in the mountains of Palestine. The collection of so great a number

Judges 19:15 — themselves up in their cloaks, pass the night in the open air. In the Arab towns and villages, however, the sheik, or some other person, usually comes out and urgently invites the strangers to his house. This was done also in ancient Palestine (Genesis 18:4; Genesis 19:2). That the same hospitality was not shown in Gibeah seems to have been owing to the bad character of the people. Genesis 19:2- :. AN OLD MAN ENTERTAINS HIM AT GIBEAH.

Ruth 3:4 — 4. go in, and uncover his feet and lay thee down—Singular as these directions may appear to us, there was no impropriety in them, according to the simplicity of rural manners in Beth-lehem. In ordinary circumstances these would have seemed indecorous

1 Samuel 10:1 — Eastern nations. But there were two unctions to the kingly office; the one in private, by a prophet ( :-), which was meant to be only a prophetic intimation of the person attaining that high dignity—the more public and formal inauguration (2 Samuel 2:4; 2 Samuel 5:3) was performed by the high priest, and perhaps with the holy oil, but that is not certain. The first of a dynasty was thus anointed, but not his heirs, unless the succession was disputed (1 Kings 1:39; 2 Kings 11:12; 2 Kings 23:30; 2 Chronicles

2 Samuel 20:4 — 4. Then said the king to Amasa, Assemble me the men of Judah within three days—Amasa is now installed in the command which David had promised him. The revolt of the ten tribes, probably, hastened the public declaration of this appointment, which he hoped