Bible Commentaries

1 Kings 14:5 — Feign herself to be another woman - literally, “she shall make herself strange,” i. e., “she shall come in disguised.” So 1 Kings 14:6.

1 Kings 20:16 — drinking himself drunk - Ben-hadad meant probably to mark his utter contempt of his foe. Compare the contempt of Belshazzar Daniel 5:1-4.

1 Kings 20:16 — bebiéndose a sí mismo borracho - Ben-hadad pretendía probablemente marcar su total desprecio por su enemigo. Compare el desprecio de Belsasar Daniel 5:1.

1 Kings 3:5 — El Señor se le apareció a Salomón en un sueño - Compare las referencias marginales y Génesis 15:1; Génesis 28:12; Génesis 37:5.

1 Kings 5:3 — Solomon’s presumption that Hiram knew David’s design has not appeared in the previous history, but it is in accordance with 1 Chronicles 22:4.

2 Chronicles 3:15 — De treinta y cinco codos - Ver nota 1 Reyes 7:15. Algunos suponen que ha habido una corrupción del número en el pasaje presente.

2 Chronicles 8:5 — Construido - " Reconstruido" o "reparado" (como en 2 Crónicas 8:2). Los dos boros de Bet eran ambas ciudades antiguas (ver nota Josué 10:1).

Ezra 1:7 — La casa de sus dioses - Más bien, "de su dios" Daniel 1:2, i. e., Merodach, "su señor" (ver 2 Crónicas 36:7 nota).

Proverbs 25:16 — Hast thou found honey? - Compare Judges 14:8; 1 Samuel 14:27. The precept extends to the pleasure of which honey is the symbol.

Proverbs 25:16 — ¿Has encontrado miel? - Comparar Jueces 14:8; 1 Samuel 14:27. El precepto se extiende al placer de que la miel es el símbolo.

Ecclesiastes 8:2 — Oath - A reference to the oath of allegiance taken to Solomon at his accession to the throne (the margin of 1 Chronicles 29:24).

Jeremiah 18:17 — I will shew them the back - The hiding of God’s face is the sure sign of His displeasure Isaiah 1:15; Isaiah 59:2.

Jeremiah 3:15 — Pastors - “Kings, rulers” (compare Jeremiah 2:8). Not military usurpers Hosea 8:4, but true servants of God, as David 1 Samuel 13:14.

Ezekiel 45:9 — The princes are exhorted to execute judgment, and abstain from “exaction” (literally “ejection”) such as that of Naboth by Ahab 1 Kings 21:19.

Numbers 10:14 — According to their armies - Compare Numbers 1:3. There were three tribal hosts in each camp; and each tribe had of course its subdivisions.

Mark 1:39 — And he preached in their synagogues - See Matthew 4:23.All Galilee - See Matthew 1:22.And cast out devils - See Matthew 4:24.

1 Samuel 10:1 — ¿No es porque ... - Samuel responde al tácito o expresado asombro de Saúl, diciéndole por qué hizo lo que hizo. (Compare 1 Samuel 9:21.)

1 Samuel 18:23 — A poor man and lightly esteemed - Compare Psalms 119:141. Poor, and therefore unable to pay a sufficient dowry. See 1 Samuel 18:25.

1 Samuel 22:2 — Discontented - See the margin. (Compare 1 Samuel 30:6; 2 Samuel 17:8.) The phrase here denotes those who were exasperated by Saul’s tyranny.

2 Samuel 14:3 — Come to the king - The king as a judge was accessible to all his subjects (2 Samuel 15:2; compare 1 Kings 3:16).