Bible Commentaries

1 Kings 2:34 — Martyr, because the Scripture saith nothing of it. But this it saith, that when Joab was dead and buried, Hadad the Edomite hearing thereof, returned out of Egypt into his own country, and became an adversary to Solomon, when once he forgot his God. 1 Kings 11:14 ; 1 Kings 11:22

1 Kings 5:1 — dagger, as soon in and as soon out. The love of foster-brothers in Ireland far surpasseth - saith one, Camden’s Elisab., 483. but I believe him not - all the loves of all men. They only love truly that love one another out of a pure heart fervently. 1 Peter 1:22 This love lasteth.

2 Kings 19:36 — and the rather, because he ascribed it to Nisroch his tutelar god, worshipping him still, notwithstanding his army’s overthrow. And dwelt at Nineveh. — Where he had not lived fifty-five days before he was butchered, saith Tobit; /APC Tobit 1:21 who also telleth us, /APC Tobit 1:18 that at his return he in a rage slew many of the Israelites in Nineveh. The like whereunto we read of Selymus II, that in revenge of his loss at the battle of Lepanto, he would have put to death all the Christians

1 Chronicles 29:23 — the people were called Judge; as Prosper conceiteth - because they received ius Dei, a law given by God, who himself was sovereign Lord and law giver. Solomon also, sitting upon this throne, was a lively type of the Lord Christ and his kingdom. Luke 1:32 And prospered. — This was the fruit of his father’s fervent prayers for him. 1 Chronicles 22:11

Ezra 6:20 — and for themselves. Were purified together — Misery had framed them to unanimity. See 2 Chronicles 29:34 . All of them were pure — Ritually at least, if not really. And killed the passover — i.e. The paschal lamb, whereof see Exodus 12:1-51 with the notes. For all the children — See Trapp on " Ezra 6:1 " And for themselves — For they also were sinners, and needed a Saviour, Hebrews 7:27 . That Popish expositor was utterly out when, from Exodus 30:31-32 , he

Psalms 121:6 — night. The sun shall not smite thee by day — So choice and chary is God of his children, that he will have no creature to hurt them (parching heat by day or pinching cold by night), but both north and south must blow good to them, Song of Solomon 4:16 , and all creatures must cater for them, Hosea 2:21-22 , yet ever with exception of the cross, if need be, 1 Peter 1:6 . But let the pope be the sun and the emperor the moon (as the canonists called them), yet the sun shall not smite the Church by

Psalms 132:8 — The ark in the temple was the chiefest evidence of God’s presence, and the most principal type of Christ, in whom the fulness of the Godhead dwelleth bodily. The word is aron, which is put for a coffin, coffer, or chest, Genesis 50:26 2 Kings 12:9 . This showeth, that all the counsels of God, all the love and favour of God, all that God accounteth precious, are treasured up in Christ, Colossians 2:3 ; Colossians 1:13 Isaiah 42:1 Hebrews 10:12 .

Psalms 33:4 — For the word of the LORD [is] right; and all his works [are done] in truth. For the word of the Lord is right — Every word of God is pure and precious, Proverbs 30:5 ; his commandment holy, and just, and good, Romans 7:12 ; but by word here we are to understand God’s counsel and decree concerning the creation and government of the world, which is unquestionably right, and agreeable to sound reason, and therefore they are to blame that dislike his doings. If any

Psalms 68:26 — the Latins drank out of cisterns, the Greeks out of ponds, but the Hebrews out of the fountain itself. Calvin and the most interpreters read the words, Ye that are of the fountain of Israel, springing out of his loins. See Deuteronomy 33:28 Isaiah 48:1 ; Isaiah 51:1 .

Psalms 81:5 — This he ordained in Joseph [for] a testimony, when he went out through the land of Egypt: [where] I heard a language [that] I understood not. This he ordained in Joseph — Put for all Israel, as Psalms 80:1 , though the Chaldee understandeth it of Joseph in person, and the next words of his going through the land of Egypt to gather corn in the seven plentiful years, and that at his first coming into Egypt he understood not their language. When I heard

Proverbs 25:9 — neighbour, … — What shall I do then, may some say, if I may not right myself by law? You may, saith he, so you do it deliberately, and have first privately debated the cause out of desire of agreement, and moved for a compromise. See Matthew 18:15 . And discover not the secret of another. — Merely to be revenged on him for some supposed injury. There are those who in their rage care not what they disclose to the prejudice of another. Charity chargeth the contrary. 1 Corinthians 13:1-13

Proverbs 8:10 — money. — That is, Rather than money; as, "I will have mercy, and not sacrifice" - that is, rather than sacrifice. Knowledge of the Scriptures is the greatest riches. "Let the word of Christ dwell richly in you." Colossians 3:16 The Corinthians were enriched in all knowledge. 1 Corinthians 1:5 Plato gave three hundred florins for a book that he liked. Called Sophron. Dionysius said that Aristippus was always craving money from him, but Plato desired nothing but books. What

Isaiah 1:26 — flesh. Thou shalt be called. — Thou shalt have the name and the note, the comfort and the credit of such a one. The city of righteousness. — Wherein dwelleth righteousness; or the city of the righteous - of Jesus Christ, the righteous One 1 John 2:2 and of his people, which shall be all righteous. Isaiah 60:21 Thou shalt be a very Jehovahshammah. Ezekiel 48:35 The faithful city. — As once thou wast. Isaiah 1:21

Isaiah 29:5 — this whole chapter of the times of the New Testament, because our Saviour and St Paul do cite some places herehence, and apply the same to those their times, not by way of accommodation only, but as the proper and true sense of the text. as Matthew 15:8-9 Romans 11:8 1 Corinthians 1:19

Isaiah 47:14 — they shall be as stubble; the fire shall burn them; they shall not deliver themselves from the power of the flame: [there shall] not [be] a coal to warm at, [nor] fire to sit before it. Behold, they shall be as stubble. — As dried stubble. Nahum 1:10 See Trapp on " Nahum 1:10 " They shall not deliver themselves. — Much less others. There shall not be a coal to warm at. — Like a fire of flax, which is soon extinct, and leaves no embers or cinders behind it. In a spiritual

Jeremiah 50:15 — Babylon, being displeased by Belshazzar, sent for Cyrus to take the city, and showed him how he might best do it. This was "giving the hands" saith Calvin. As she hath done, do unto her. — Neque enim lex iustior ulla est. See Judges 1:5 . See Trapp on " Judges 1:5 " “ Victum tendere palmas Ausanii videre. ” - Virg.

Lamentations 4:7 — purer than snow, they were whiter than milk, they were more ruddy in body than rubies, their polishing [was] of sapphire: Her Nazarites. — Who served God in a singular way of abstinence above other men. These had their rules given them, Numbers 6:1-21 which while they observed, They were purer than snow, whiter than milk. — Temperance is the mother of beauty, as luxury is of deformity. This is nothing to the Popish votaries, those epicures and abbey lubbers: “ Quorum luxuriae totus

Ezekiel 32:18 — nether parts of the earth, with them that go down into the pit. Wail for the multitude. — Prophesy their destruction, but do it not without grief and regret. Cast them down. — Do thou foretell it, and I will not fail to fulfil it. Jeremiah 1:10 See Trapp on " Jeremiah 1:10 " Let them know that hell gapeth for them; and here I give thee the keys thereof. So God doth to every faithful minister; Matthew 16:19 not to Peter only, nor to his pretended successor, the Pope, whom therefore

Ezekiel 42:20 — every true member thereof homo quadratus, square, steadfast and immovable, ανικητος και ακινητος , always abounding in the work of the Lord, … 1 Corinthians 15:58 His heart is fixed, trusting in the Lord. Psalms 112:1 He quits himself well in all estates, and comes off a gainer. Gold is purged in the fire, shines in the water; as, on the other side, clay is scorched in the fire, dissolved in

Daniel 3:4 — Then an herald cried aloud, To you it is commanded, O people, nations, and languages, To you it is commanded. — Chald., They command; i.e., the king and his council. as Esther 1:13 ; Esther 1:15 But what said the heathen? Obediemus Atridis honesta mandantibus, Eurip. in Phaeniss. we will obey rulers if they command things honest, but not else. The Bishop of Norwich asked Roger Coo, martyr in Queen Mary’s days, whether