Bible Commentaries

1 Kings 22:45 — The book of the chronicles ... - Compare 1 Kings 22:39 note. The biographer of Jehoshaphat appears to have been Jehu, the son of Hanani 2 Chronicles 20:34.

1 Kings 22:45 — El libro de las crónicas ... - Comparar 1 Reyes 22:39 nota. El biógrafo de Josafat parece haber sido Jehú, el hijo de Hanani 2 Crónicas 20:34.

1 Chronicles 29:9 — The people rejoiced for that they offered willingly - i. e., the munificence of the princes and officers 1 Chronicles 29:6 caused general joy among the people.

1 Chronicles 29:9 — Las personas se regocijaron por haber ofrecido voluntariamente - i. e., la munificencia de los príncipes y oficiales 1 Crónicas 29:6 causó alegría general entre la gente.

Ezra 5:4 — Luego dijimos que - Las versiones Septuaginta, siríaca y árabe tienen "Entonces dijeron que", lo que hace que este verso esté exactamente de acuerdo con Esdras 5:1.

Nehemiah 7:2 — My brother Hanani - See Nehemiah 1:2.The ruler of the palace - Or, “the governor of the fortress.” See the marginal reference note.He - i. e. Hananiah.

Nehemiah 7:2 — Mi hermano Hanani - Ver Nehemías 1:2. El gobernante del palacio - O "el gobernador de la fortaleza". Ver la nota de referencia marginal. Él - i. mi. Hananiah.

Proverbs 16:9 — Deviseth his way - i. e., Thinks it out with anxious care; yet it is the Lord and He only who directs the steps. Compare Proverbs 16:1.

Leviticus 25:25 — If thy brother be waxen poor - The Israelites never parted with their land except under the pressure of poverty. Compare the answer of Naboth, 1 Kings 21:3.

Isaiah 26:5 — The lofty city, he layeth it low - The city of Babylon (see the note at Isaiah 25:12; compare Isaiah 13:0, note; Isaiah 14:1, note)

Numbers 3:3 — whom he consecrated - i. e. whom Moses consecrated, or literally as in the margin, whose “hand he filled,” by conferring their office upon them (Leviticus 8:1 ff).

Deuteronomy 13:13 — In Deuteronomy 15:9 and in Nahum 1:11 the word “Belial” is rendered in our translation by the adjective “wicked.” The word means “worthlessness.”(from Barnes’ Notes)

Deuteronomy 14 overview — The whole life and walk of the people were to be regulated by the principle “ye are the children of the Lord your God” Deuteronomy 14:1.

Luke 24:22-23 — Certain women - See Matthew 28:1-7; John 20:12.A vision of angels - An appearance of angels, or they had seen angels. See John 20:12.

1 Samuel 14:25 — Todos ellos de la tierra - literalmente, toda la tierra, probablemente significando todos los nombrados en 1 Samuel 14:21, que ahora acudieron al bosque como una cita

1 Samuel 16:10 — Siete - i. e., incluidos los tres que ya habían pasado. Parece que Jesse tuvo ocho hijos; pero en 1 Crónicas 2:13, solo se le atribuyen siete.

1 Samuel 18:25 — An hundred foreskins - This is merely another expression of the spirit which led to the constant application of the epithet uncircumcised to the Philistines 1 Samuel 14:6.

1 Samuel 22:2 — Descontento - Vea el margen. (Compare 1 Samuel 30:6; 2 Samuel 17:8.) La frase aquí denota a aquellos que fueron exasperados por la tiranía de Saúl.

2 Samuel 11:3 — Eliam - Or Ammiel, 1 Chronicles 3:5, the component words being placed in an inverse order. Bath-sheba was the granddaughter of Ahithophel 2 Samuel 23:34.

2 Samuel 21:9 — In the first days - The barley harvest (about the middle or toward the end of April) was earlier than the wheat harvest Exodus 9:31; Ruth 1:22.