Bible Commentaries

Exodus 18:2 — Then Jethro, Moses’ father in law, took Zipporah, Moses’ wife, after he had sent her back, After he had sent her back. — Because she was troublesome with her peevishness, and a hindrance to the good work in hand. Exodus 4:25-26 Sulla felix fuisset ni uxorem duxisset; Adrianus ni imperitasset; Moses, both.

Exodus 7:3 — And I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, and multiply my signs and my wonders in the land of Egypt. And I will harden. — See Trapp on " Exodus 4:21 " The Dutch have a proverb, Quem Deus excaecaturus est, huic primum oculos claudit. When God will blind a man, he first closeth up his eyes.

2 Chronicles 24:4 — And it came to pass after this, [that] Joash was minded to repair the house of the LORD. Joash was minded to repair. — Hereby he showed his thankfulness to God, who in that house had so graciously preserved him, and done so great things for him. See 2 Kings 12:4-5 .

Psalms 109:20 — [Let] this [be] the reward of mine adversaries from the LORD, and of them that speak evil against my soul. Let this be the reward — Opus vel operae precium. The same Hebrew word signifieth work and wages, Actio et merces, Job 7:2 Isaiah 49:4 ; persecutors shall be sure of their payment.

Psalms 132:3 — Surely I will not come into the tabernacle of my house, nor go up into my bed; Surely I will not come into the tabernacle of my house — i.e. Of my newly built house, 1 Chronicles 15:1 2 Samuel 1:2 . Those in Malachi were not so well minded, Psalms 1:4 .

Psalms 135:2 — Ye that stand in the house of the LORD, in the courts of the house of our God, Ye that stand in the house — See Psalms 134:1 . In the courts — Where the people also had a place, 2 Chronicles 4:9 , and are required to bear a part in this heavenly Hallelujah.

Psalms 44:7 — But thou hast saved us from our enemies, and hast put them to shame that hated us. But thou hast saved us — Thou hast wrought and fought for us against those that sought to destroy us. Thou hast, and, therefore, thou will for thou art the same, my King, Psalms 44:4 .

Psalms 89:17 — For thou [art] the glory of their strength: and in thy favour our horn shall be exalted. For thou art the glory of their strength — And hence it is that they are filled top full with comfort, and do over abound exceedingly with joy in all their tribulation, 2 Corinthians 7:4 .

Psalms 89:18 — For the LORD [is] our defence; and the Holy One of Israel [is] our king. For the Lord is our defence — Heb. our shield; the body cannot be wounded, but through the shield. And the Holy One of Israel is our king — How, then, can any one cry aloud? Micah 4:9 .

Leviticus 25:34 — But the field of the suburbs of their cities may not be sold; for it [is] their perpetual possession. May not be sold. — This law lasted but during the paedagogy: for Joses, a Levite, sold his land, and brought the money, and laid it at the apostles’ feet. Acts 4:36-37

Leviticus 6:17 — It shall not be baken with leaven. I have given it [unto them for] their portion of my offerings made by fire; it [is] most holy, as [is] the sin offering, and as the trespass offering. It shall not be baken with leaven. — Which is, (1.) souring; (2.) swelling; (3.) spreading; (4.) impuring.

Isaiah 2:18 — And the idols he shall utterly abolish. And the idols he shall utterly abolish. — Their names shall be cut off out of the land, and they shall no more be remembered, Zechariah 13:2 unless it be with shame and detestation. Ezekiel 16:61 Psalms 16:4 Hosea 14:8 Isaiah 30:22

Isaiah 64:3 — When thou didst terrible things [which] we looked not for, thou camest down, the mountains flowed down at thy presence. When thou didst terrible things. — Or, As when thou didst …; as thou didst of old for our forefathers. Which we looked not for. — See Deuteronomy 4:32-33 , where God himself extolleth them.

Jeremiah 34:20 — I will even give them into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of them that seek their life: and their dead bodies shall be for meat unto the fowls of the heaven, and to the beasts of the earth. And their dead bodies. — Jeremiah 7:33 ; Jeremiah 16:4 .

Ezekiel 48:25 — And by the border of Simeon, from the east side unto the west side, Issachar a [portion]. See Trapp on " Ezekiel 48:2 " See Trapp on " Ezekiel 48:3 " See Trapp on " Ezekiel 48:4 " See Trapp on " Ezekiel 48:5 " See Trapp on " Ezekiel 48:6 " See Trapp on " Ezekiel 48:7 "

Ezekiel 48:26 — And by the border of Issachar, from the east side unto the west side, Zebulun a [portion]. See Trapp on " Ezekiel 48:2 " See Trapp on " Ezekiel 48:3 " See Trapp on " Ezekiel 48:4 " See Trapp on " Ezekiel 48:5 " See Trapp on " Ezekiel 48:6 " See Trapp on " Ezekiel 48:7 "

Ezekiel 48:27 — And by the border of Zebulun, from the east side unto the west side, Gad a [portion]. See Trapp on " Ezekiel 48:2 " See Trapp on " Ezekiel 48:3 " See Trapp on " Ezekiel 48:4 " See Trapp on " Ezekiel 48:5 " See Trapp on " Ezekiel 48:6 " See Trapp on " Ezekiel 48:7 "

Deuteronomy 30:12 — It [is] not in heaven, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go up for us to heaven, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do it? Who shall go up for us to heaven? — And yet to know heavenly things, is to ascend into heaven. Proverbs 30:4

1 Peter 1:9 — Receiving the end of your faith, even the salvation of your souls. The end of your faith — The period and perfection, the reward and meed of it, in all fulness. See Psalms 19:12 ; Proverbs 22:4 . Some grapes of Canaan God gave them beforehand, to sustain them, not to satisfy them.

1 Samuel 29:1 — Now the Philistines gathered together all their armies to Aphek: and the Israelites pitched by a fountain which [is] in Jezreel. To Aphek. — Which was contiguous to Shunem. 1 Samuel 28:4 Which is in Jezreel. — This also was near to mount Gilboa. Chronology and topography are the two eyes of history.