Bible Commentaries

1 Kings 19:17 — 4-18. went a day's journey into the wilderness—on the way from Beer-sheba to Horeb—a wide expanse of sand hills, covered with the retem (not juniper, but broom shrubs), whose tall and spreading branches, with their white leaves, afford a very cheering

1 Kings 19:4 — 4-18. went a day's journey into the wilderness—on the way from Beer-sheba to Horeb—a wide expanse of sand hills, covered with the retem (not juniper, but broom shrubs), whose tall and spreading branches, with their white leaves, afford a very cheering

1 Kings 6:1-38 — LA EDIFICACION DEL TEMPLO DE SALOMON. 2. La casa que el rey Salomón edificó a Jehová—Las dimensiones se dan en codos, los que deben calcularse según la norma antigua ( 2 Crónicas 3:3), o en codo santo ( Ezequiel 40:5; Ezequiel 43:13), un palmo más largo que el codo común o posterior. Es probable que aquí sólo se dé la altura del interior. 3. el pórtico—Este se extendía a través de todo el frente (véase 2 Crónicas 3:4). 4. ventanas anchas … estrechas—La traducción

1 Chronicles 26:1-32 — DIVISIONES DE PORTEROS. 1, 2. Cuanto a los repartimientos de los porteros—Había 4.000 (cap. 23:6), todos tomados de las familias de los coatitas y Meraritas (v. 14), divididos en veinticuatro órdenes, como los sacerdotes y levitas. Meselemia hijo de Coré, de los hijos de Asaph—Siete hijos de Meselemia se mencionan (v. 2), mientras

2 Chronicles 23:1-21 — JOIADA HACE REY A JOAS. 1. el séptimo año … Joiada … tomó … a los centuriones, etc.—(Véase 2 Reyes 11:4, 2 Reyes 11:17). Los cinco oficiales mencionados aquí, habían sido probablemente de la guardia real, y eran conocidos como fuertemente descontentos con el gobierno de Atalía. 2. príncipes de las familias de Israel—Este nombre se usa frecuentemente

2 Chronicles 7:1-22 — descendió de los cielos, y consumió el holocausto—Todo acto de culto era acompañado por un sacrificio. La extraordinaria corriente de fuego prendió la masa de carne, lo cual fué señal de la aceptación divina de la oración de Salomón (véase Levítico 9:24; 1 Reyes 18:38). la gloria de Jehová hinchió la casa—es decir, la nube, que era símbolo de la presencia y majestad de Dios, llenó el ínterior del templo ( Éxodo 40:35). 2. no podían entrar los sacerdotes—Tanto por el temor reverencial del fuego milagroso

Job 1:6 — 6. sons of God—angels (Job 38:7; 1 Kings 22:19). They present themselves to render account of their "ministry" in other parts of the universe (Hebrews 1:14). the Lord—Hebrew, JEHOVAH, the self-existing God, faithful to His promises. God says (Hebrews 1:14- :) that He was not known to the patriarchs by this name. But, as the name occurs previously in Hebrews 1:14- :, c., what must be meant is, not until

Psalms 72:1-20 — estos términos aquí para expresar la abundancia de la paz. llevarán—producirán, como el árbol su fruto. justicia—“Llevarán paz al pueblo los montes y los collados en justicia,” eso es, por medio de sus métodos de gobierno eminentemente justos y buenos. 4. Dicha paz, inclusive la prosperidad, es una característica destacada del reino de Cristo ( Isaías 2:4; Isaías 9:6; Isaías 11:9), y será notable por la seguridad dada a los indefensos y menesterosos y por el castigo aplicado a los opresores, cuyo

Psalms 8:1-9 — contrarios citando estas mismas palabras; pues las glorias de que Dios invistió a su Hijo encarnado, aun en su humillación, constituyen una manifestación maravillosa de las perfecciones de su sabiduría, amor y poder. En vista del alcance del Salmo 8:4 (véase abajo), esta cita del Señor puede tenerse por una exposición del carácter profético de las palabras. los que maman—entre los hebreos eran probablemente de edad suficiente para poder hablar (cf. 1 Samuel 1:22; Marco 7:27). fundaste—o perfeccionaste,

Leviticus 14:5 — to immerse the body of another bird, it was mingled with spring water to increase the quantity necessary for the appointed sprinklings, which were to be repeated seven times, denoting a complete purification. (See 2 Kings 5:10; Psalms 51:2; Matthew 8:4; Luke 5:14). The living bird being then set free, in token of the leper's release from quarantine, the priest pronounced him clean; and this official declaration was made with all solemnity, in order that the mind of the leper might be duly impressed

Ezekiel 4:5 — 5. three hundred and ninety days—The three hundred ninety years of punishment appointed for Israel, and forty for Judah, cannot refer to the siege of Jerusalem. That siege is referred to in Ezekiel 4:1-3, and in a sense restricted to the literal siege, but comprehending the whole train of punishment to be inflicted for their sin; therefore we read here merely of its sore pressure, not of its result. The sum of three hundred ninety and forty years

Ezekiel 8:3 — priests; the outer court (Ezekiel 8:5- :), that of the people, where they assembled. seat—the pedestal of the image. image of jealousy—Astarte, or Asheera (as the Hebrew for "grove" ought to be translated, 2 Kings 21:3; 2 Kings 21:7; 2 Kings 23:4; 2 Kings 23:7), set up by Manasseh as a rival to Jehovah in His temple, and arresting the attention of all worshippers as they entered; it was the Syrian Venus, worshipped with licentious rites; the "queen of heaven," wife of Phoelignician Baal. HAVERNICK thinks

Daniel 9:26 — subject, while the fate of the city and sanctuary are secondary, being mentioned only in the second halves of the verses. Messiah appears in a twofold aspect, salvation to believers, judgment on unbelievers (Daniel 9:27- :; compare Malachi 3:1-6; Malachi 4:1-3). He repeatedly, in Passion week, connects His being "cut off" with the destruction of the city, as cause and effect (Matthew 21:37-41; Matthew 23:37; Matthew 23:38; Luke 21:20-24; Luke 23:28-31). Israel might naturally expect Messiah's kingdom

Amos 1:3 — judgments are matters of chance; nay, they are divinely foreseen and foreordered, and are confirmations of the truth that God will not clear the guilty. If God spares not the nations that know not the truth, how much less Israel that sins wilfully (Luke 12:47; Luke 12:48; James 4:17)! for three transgressions . . . and for four—If Damascus had only sinned once or twice, I would have spared them, but since, after having been so often pardoned, they still persevere so continually, I will no longer "turn

Zechariah 11:13 — manuscripts (though not in English Version), quoting Malachi's words as those of "Isaiah," the original source of the prophecy. Compare my Mark 1:3- : to Zechariah. The "potter" is significant of God's absolute power over the clay framed by His own hands (Isaiah 45:9; Jeremiah 18:6; Romans 9:20; Romans 9:21). in the house of the Lord—The thirty pieces are thrown down in the temple, as the house of Jehovah, the fit place for the money of Jehovah-Messiah being deposited, in the treasury, and the very place accordingly

Zechariah 3:7 — its sanctification (John 15:16; Romans 8:29); hence the charge here which connects the promised blessing with obedience. my charge—the ordinances, ritual and moral (Numbers 3:28; Numbers 3:31; Numbers 3:32; Numbers 3:38; Joshua 1:7-9; 1 Kings 2:3; Ezekiel 44:16). judge my house—Thou shalt long preside over the temple ceremonial as high priest (Leviticus 10:10; Ezekiel 44:23; Malachi 2:7) [GROTIUS]. Or, rule over My house, that is, My people [MAURER] (Numbers 12:7; Hosea 8:1). We know from Deuteronomy

Zechariah 6:12 — that the crown is placed on him, but as type of Messiah about to be at once king and priest. Joshua could not individually be crowned king, not being of the royal line of David, but only in his representative character. Branch—(See on :-; Isaiah 4:2; Jeremiah 23:5; Jeremiah 33:15). he shall grow up out of his place—retaining the image of a "Branch"; "He shall sprout up from His place," that is, the place peculiar to Him: not merely from Beth-lehem or Nazareth, but by His own power, without

Matthew 4:4 — 4. But he answered and said, It is written— (Deuteronomy 8:3). Man shall not live by bread alone—more emphatically, as in the Greek, "Not by bread alone shall man live." but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God—Of all passages in

Hebrews 10:5 — and foreshadowed Him the most" [ALFORD]. a body hast thou prepared me—Greek, "Thou didst fit for Me a body." "In Thy counsels Thou didst determine to make for Me a body, to be given up to death as a sacrificial victim" [WAHL]. In the Hebrew, Psalms 40:6, it is "mine ears hast thou opened," or "dug." Perhaps this alludes to the custom of boring the ear of a slave who volunteers to remain under his master when he might be free. Christ's assuming a human body, in obedience to the Father's will, in

Revelation 17:5 — parts of the earth. But she, in externally Christianizing the world, permits herself to be seduced by the world; thus her universality or catholicity is not that of the Jerusalem which we look for ("the MOTHER of us all," Revelation 21:2; Isaiah 2:2-4; Galatians 4:26), but that of Babylon, the world-wide but harlot city! (As Babylon was destroyed, and the Jews restored to Jerusalem by Cyrus, so our Cyrus—a Persian name meaning the sun—the Sun of righteousness, shall bring Israel, literal and spiritual,