Bible Commentaries

Exodus 20:22-26 — Nothing could be more appropriate as the commencement of the book of the covenant than these regulations for public worship. The rules for the building of altars must have been old and accepted, and are not inconsistent with the directions for the construction of the altar of the court of the tabernacle, Exodus 27:1-8 (compare Joshua 22:26-28).

1 Kings 2:36 — The object, apparently, was to keep Shimei under the immediate eye of the government. Shimei’s old home, Bahurim, lay east of Jerusalem, on the road to Jericho, 2 Samuel 17:18, and could only be reached by crossing the Kedron valley. Solomon assumes, that, if he quits the city, it will probably be in this direction 1 Kings 2:37.

1 Kings 2:9 — Hold him not guiltless - i. e. “Do not treat him as an innocent man. Punish him as in thy wisdom thou deemest best. Not capitally at once; but so that he may be likely to give thee in course of time a just occasion to slay him.” So, at least, Solomon seems to have understood the charge. (See 1 Kings 2:36-46.)

1 Kings 21:2 — I will give thee the worth of it in money - literally, “I will give thee silver, the worth of it.” Money, in our sense of the word, that is to say, coins of definite values, did not yet exist. The first coin known to the Jews was the Persian daric, with which they became acquainted during the captivity. (1 Chronicles 29:7 note).

1 Kings 8:31 — The oath come before ... - “The oath” is equivalent to “the man who swears the oath.” A slight alteration in the present Hebrew text gives the sense “and he (the accused) go and swear before thine altar,” etc. The threats and the promises, the punishments and calamities of 1 Kings 8:31-38 were distinctly named in the Law. See the margin reference.

Psalms 104 overview — escenas ante la mente como realidades, y para hacernos sentir, al leerlo, que estamos en medio de las cosas que se describen, así que que parecen vivir y moverse ante nuestros ojos. El salmo probablemente se fundó en el registro de la creación en Génesis 1; con un diseño para mostrar que el orden de la creación, como se describe allí, "se adaptó a los propósitos que se pretendían y se llevó a cabo en los arreglos providenciales que ahora existen en la tierra"; o que, tomando el orden de la creación como

Leviticus 16:26-28 — Both he who led away the goat, and he who burned the parts of the sin-offerings had to purify themselves. They who went out of the camp during a religious solemnity incurred uncleanness; hence, the need of purification.Leviticus 16:27Shall burn in the fire - i. e., consume in the fire, not burn sacrificially. See Leviticus 1:9.

Numbers 17:10 — The testimony - i. e. the two tables of the Law; compare Exodus 25:16 note. No doubt the rod lay in front of the tables within the ark. In the days of Solomon 1 Kings 8:9 there was nothing in the ark save the Two tables. Aaron’s rod was probably lost when the ark was taken by the Philistines.

Numbers 18:21 — Abraham paid tithes to Melchizedek: Jacob had promised the tithe of all wherewith God blessed him if he should return in peace to his father’s house. But now first the Lord’s tithes are assigned to the Levites for their support (compare Leviticus 27:30). The payment of tithes to them is recognized in Nehemiah 10:37; Nehemiah 12:44; Tobit 1:7.

Haggai 2:6 — monumento contra el error pagano hasta que Cristo venga; una vez mira y transmite que Dios volvería a sacudir al mundo, pero solo una vez, bajo la única dispensación del Evangelio, que debería perdurar hasta el final. Es un poco de tiempo - o “Los 517 años, que debían transcurrir hasta el nacimiento de Cristo, se llaman un poco de tiempo, porque para los profetas, ascendiendo En el corazón de Dios y la eternidad de Dios, todos los tiempos, como todas las cosas de este mundo, parecen, como son, solo

Deuteronomy 20:2 — The priest - Not the high priest, but one appointed for the purpose, and called, according to the rabbis, “the anointed of the war”: hence, perhaps the expression of Jeremiah 6:4, etc. “prepare ye” (literally consecrate) “war.” Thus, Phinehas went with the warriors to fight against Midian (Numbers 31:6; compare 1Sa 4:4, 1 Samuel 4:11; 2 Chronicles 13:12).

Deuteronomy 7:13 — Flocks of thy sheep - Render it instead: “the ewes of thy sheep.” The phrase is unique to Deuteronomy. The Hebrew word for “ewes” is the plural form of Ashtoreth, the well-known name of the “goddess of the Zidonians” 1 Kings 11:5. This goddess, called by the Classical writers “Astarte,” and identified with “Venus,” represented the fruitfulness of nature.

Romans 4:3 — ¿Qué dice la Escritura? - El relato inspirado de la justificación de Abraham. Esta cuenta era definitiva y debía resolver la cuestión. Esta cuenta se encuentra en Génesis 15:6. Abraham creyó a Dios - En hebreo, "Abraham creyó a Yahweh". El sentido es sustancialmente el mismo, ya que el argumento gira en torno al acto de creer. La fe que ejerció Abraham fue que su posteridad debería ser como las estrellas del cielo en

1 Corinthians 14:40 — conversión de los pecadores. La regla en tales preguntas es clara. Que todo se haga "decorosamente", como se convierte en la adoración del Dios grande y santo; que todo sea sin confusión, ruido y desorden. En vista de este capítulo, podemos comentar: (1) Que el culto público debe estar en un idioma entendido por la gente; El lenguaje que comúnmente emplean. Nada puede ser más claro que los sentimientos de Pablo sobre esto. Toda la tensión del capítulo es demostrar esto, en oposición a hacer uso de

1 Corinthians 9:16 — siguientes, es un pasaje muy difícil, y los intérpretes lo han entendido de manera muy diversa. El alcance general y el propósito del pasaje es mostrar cuál fue el fundamento de su "gloria", o de su esperanza de "recompensa" al predicar el evangelio. En 1 Corintios 9:15. Había insinuado que tenía una causa de "gloriarse", y que esa causa era una que estaba decidido a que nadie debería quitar. En este pasaje 1 Corintios 9:16. Él dice lo que fue eso. Él dice que no fue simplemente que predicó; porque

Hebrews 10:25 — extensamente en Kuinoel, in loc. Pero la interpretación más obvia es lo que comúnmente se adopta, que se refiere al culto público. La palabra griega (el sustantivo) no se usa en ningún otro lugar del Nuevo Testamento, excepto en 2 Tesalonicenses 2:1, donde se traduce como "reunirse". El verbo se usa en Mateo 23:37; Mateo 24:31; Marco 1:33; Marco 13:27; Lucas 12:1; Lucas 13:34, en todos los lugares donde se representa "reunidos". Significa apropiadamente un acto de reunión, o una reunión, y

Ruth 1:21 — The Lord hath testified against me - The phrase is very commonly applied to a man who gives witness concerning (usually against) another in a court of justice Exodus 20:16; 2 Samuel 1:16; Isaiah 3:9. Naomi in the bitterness of her spirit complains that the Lord Himself turned against her, and was bringing her sins up for judgment.

1 Samuel 18:6 — The Philistine - Rather as in the margin. The allusion is not to Goliath, but to one of the expeditions referred to in 1 Samuel 18:5.Singing and dancing - Women used to dance to the sound of the timbrel, and to sing as they danced and played.(instruments of music The word means, an instrument like the triangle, or with three cords.

1 Samuel 4:15 — Dim - Rather, “set.” The word is quite different from that so rendered in 1 Samuel 3:2. The phrase seems to express the “fixed” state of the blind eye, which is not affected by the light. Eli’s blindness, while it made him alive to sounds, prevented his seeing the ripped garments and dust-besprinkled head of the messenger of bad news.

2 Samuel 2:12 — This expedition to Gibeon may have been for the purpose of shifting his metropolis to his own tribe of Benjamin, and to his family place, “Gibeah of Saul,” close to Gibeon, with the further purpose of attacking the kingdom of David. “To go out” 2 Samuel 2:12-13 is a technical phrase for going out to war 1 Samuel 18:30.