Bible Commentaries

2 Chronicles 20:13 — 5-13. Jehoshaphat stood . . . in the house of the Lord, before the new court—that is, the great or outer court (2 Chronicles 4:9) called the new court, probably from having been at that time enlarged or beautified.

2 Chronicles 20:5 — 5-13. Jehoshaphat stood . . . in the house of the Lord, before the new court—that is, the great or outer court (2 Chronicles 4:9) called the new court, probably from having been at that time enlarged or beautified.

2 Chronicles 27:4 — 4. in the mountains of Judah, and in the forests he built castles and towers—that is, in the elevated and wooded spots where fortified cities could not be placed, he erected castles and towers. :-. HE SUBDUES THE AMMONITES.

Job 32:15 — 15. Here Elihu turns from the friends to Job: and so passes from the second person to the third; a transition frequent in a rebuke (Job 18:3; Job 18:4). they left off—Words were taken from them.

Job 34:10 — 10. The true answer to Job, which God follows up ( :-). Man is to believe God's ways are right, because they are His, not because we fully see they are so (Romans 9:14; Deuteronomy 32:4; Genesis 18:25).

Psalms 109:4 — 4, 5. They return evil for good (compare Psalms 27:12; Proverbs 17:13). I give myself unto prayer—or literally, "I (am) prayer," or, "as for me, prayer," that is, it is my resource for comfort in distress.

Psalms 137:1-9 — de la ciudad usado por todo el país. Sión—por Jerusalén, como en el Salmo 132:13. 2. Sobre los sauces—que puede ser que creciesen allí entonces, aunque ahora no; como también la palmera, que una vez era común, mas ahora es rara en la Palestina. 3, 4. Fuese la petición por curiosidad o por burla, se contesta que su concesión era incompatible con sus sentimientos tristes ( Proverbios 25:20). 5, 6. Porque cánticos de gozo significarían el olvido de sus casas desoladas y de la Iglesia caída. Las solemnes

Psalms 14:1-7 — Salmo 14 Se describe el ateísmo práctico y la depravación total y universal de los impíos, así como el odio que éstos tienen a los buenos. Con todo, como ellos temen los juicios de Dios cuando venga a su pueblo, el salmista pide el poder libertador de Dios. 1.

Psalms 89:26 — 26, 27. first-born—one who is chief, most beloved or distinguished (Exodus 4:22; Colossians 1:15). In God's sight and purposes he was the first among all monarchs, and specially so in his typical relation to Christ.

Proverbs 13:15 — 15. Right perception and action secure good will, while evil ways are difficult as a stony road. The wicked left of God find punishment of sin in sinning. hard—or, "harsh" (compare Hebrew: Deuteronomy 21:4; Jeremiah 5:15).

Proverbs 31:4 — 4, 5. Stimulants enfeeble reason, pervert the heart, and do not suit rulers, who need clear and steady minds, and well-governed affections (compare Proverbs 20:1; Proverbs 22:29). pervert . . . afflicted—They give unrighteous decisions against the poor.

Isaiah 5:4 — 4. God has done all that could be done for the salvation of sinners, consistently with His justice and goodness. The God of nature is, as it were, amazed at the unnatural fruit of so well-cared a vineyard.

1 Thessalonians 3:2 — bold phrase, which, however, is sanctioned by 1 Corinthians 3:9; 2 Corinthians 6:1. The English Version reading is not well supported, and is plainly compounded out of the two other readings. Paul calls Timothy "our brother" here; but in 1 Corinthians 4:17, "my son." He speaks thus highly of one so lately ordained, both to impress the Thessalonians with a high respect for the delegate sent to them, and to encourage Timothy, who seems to have been of a timid character (1 Timothy 4:12; 1 Timothy 5:23).

1 Timothy 4:13 — 13. Till I come—when Timothy's commission would be superseded for the time by the presence of the apostle himself (1 Timothy 1:3; 1 Timothy 3:14). reading—especially in the public congregation. The practice of reading Scripture was transferred from the Jewish synagogue to the Christian Church (Luke 4:16-20; Acts 13:15; Acts 15:21; 2 Corinthians 3:14). The New Testament Gospel and Epistles

1 Timothy 5:23 — modification of the preceding "keep thyself pure." The presbyter and deacon were enjoined to be "not given to wine" (1 Timothy 3:3; 1 Timothy 3:8). Timothy seems to have had a tendency to undue ascetical strictness on this point (compare Note, see on 1 Timothy 4:8; compare the Nazarene vow, 1 Timothy 4:8- :; John the Baptist, Luke 1:15; Luke 1:14). Paul therefore modifies the preceding words, "keep thyself pure," virtually saying, "Not that I mean to enjoin that kind of purity which consists in asceticism,

2 Timothy 2:22 — is here warned against: though the Spirit probably intended the warning to include both in its application to the Church in general. also—Greek, "But"; in contrast to "every good work," 1 Timothy 5:23- :. youthful—Timothy was a youth (1 Timothy 4:12). righteousness—the opposite of "iniquity," that is, unrighteousness (1 Timothy 4:12- :; compare 1 Timothy 6:11). peace, with, c.—rather, put no comma, "peace with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart" (1 Timothy 1:5 Ephesians 6:5;

2 Timothy 4:3 — instance, that creates priestcraft (Exodus 32:1). to themselves—such as will suit their depraved tastes; populus vult decipi, et decipiatur—"the people wish to be deceived, so let them be deceived." "Like priest, like people" (1 Kings 12:31; Hosea 4:9). itching—like to hear teachers who give them mere pleasure (Hosea 4:9- :), and do not offend by truths grating to their ears. They, as it were, tickle with pleasure the levity of the multitude [CICERO], who come as to a theater to hear what will

Hebrews 13:7 — to," "diligently contemplating all over," as an artist would a model. the end—the termination, at death. The Greek, is used of decease (Luke 9:31; 2 Peter 1:15). of their conversation—"manner of life": "religious walk" (Galatians 1:13; Ephesians 4:22; 1 Timothy 4:12; James 3:13). Considering how they manifested the soundness of their faith by their holy walk, which they maintained even to the end of that walk (their death by martyrdom).

Hebrews 13:9 — 9. about—rather, as oldest manuscripts read, "carried aside"; namely, compare Ephesians 4:14. divers—differing from the one faith in the one and the same Jesus Christ, as taught by them who had the rule over you (Ephesians 4:14- :). strange—foreign to the truth. doctrines—"teachings." established with grace; not with meats—not with

James 2:4 — 4. Are ye not . . . partial—literally, "Have ye not made distinctions" or "differences" (so as to prefer one to another)? So in :-. in yourselves—in your minds, that is, according to your carnal inclination [GROTIUS]. are become judges of evil thoughts—The