Bible Commentaries

Genesis 2:20 — therefore apparent that man in respect of an equal was alone, and yet needed an associate. Thus, in this passage the existence of the desire is made out and asserted; in keeping with the mode of composition uniformly pursued by the sacred writer Genesis 1:2; Genesis 2:5.

1 Kings 10:22 — This is given as the reason of the great plentifulness of silver in the time of Solomon. The “navy of Tharshish” (not the same as the navy of Ophir, 1 Kings 9:26) must therefore have imported very large quantities of that metal. Tharshish, or Tartessus, in Spain, had the richest silver mines known in the ancient world, and had a good deal of gold also; apes and ivory were produced by the opposite

1 Kings 12:28 — figures with wings, but had at any rate the head of a calf or ox. (Hence, some attribute this calf-worship entirely to Assyrian and Phoenician influence.) Jeroboam, in setting them up, was probably not so much influenced by the Apis-worship of Egypt, as:(1) by a conviction that the Israelites could not be brought to attach themselves to any worship which did not present them with sensible objects to venerate;(2) by the circumstance that he did not possess any of the old objects of reverence, which had

1 Kings 21:19 — main fulfillment was by the casting of the dead body of Jehoram into Naboth’s plot of ground at Jezreel, where, like Naboth’s, it was left for the dogs to eat 2 Kings 9:25. This spot, which was just outside the city wall, and close to a gate 2 Kings 9:31, was probably the actual scene of Naboth’s execution. Here did dogs lick Ahab’s blood, that is, his son’s blood, the execution of the full retaliatory sentence having been deferred to the days of his son, formally and explicitly, on Ahab’s repentance

1 Kings 5:9 — rapidly behind them; and they must always have imported the chief part of their sustenance from abroad. They seem commonly to have derived it from Judaea (marginal references). Hiram agreed now to accept for his timber and for the services of his workmen 1 Kings 5:6 a certain annual payment of grain and oil, both of them the best of their kind, for the sustentation of his court. This payment was entirely distinct from the supplies furnished to the workmen (marginal reference “l”).

2 Kings 6:32 — his house, and all the elders were sitting with him, when the king sent, etc.”The “elders,” - either “the elders of the city” or “the elders of the land,” - who may have been in session at Samaria now, as they had been at the time of a former siege 1 Kings 20:7 - had gone to Elisha for his advice or assistance. Their imminent peril drove them to acknowledge the power of Yahweh, and to consult with His prophet.This son of a murderer - i. e. of Ahab, the murderer, not only of Naboth, but also of all

Leviticus 20:2-5 — Molech, literally, “the King”, called also Moloch, Milcom, and Malcham, was known in later times as “the abomination of the Ammonites” 1 Kings 11:5. He appears to have been the fire-god of the eastern nations; related to, and sometimes made identical with, Baal, the sun-god. The nature of the rite and of the impious custom called passing children through the fire to Molech is very doubtful.

Isaiah 11:15 — significa que todas las obstrucciones a la paz y la seguridad del pueblo de Dios serían eliminadas, y que su camino sería fácil y seguro. La lengua - Los hebreos aplicaron la palabra 'lengua' a todo lo que parecía una lengua - a una barra de oro Josué 7:21, Josué 7:24; a una llama de fuego (nota, Isaías 5:24; comparar Hechos 2:3); a una bahía del mar, o un golfo, por su forma Josué 15:5; Josué 18:19. Entonces hablamos de una lengua de tierra. Cuando se dice que el Señor lo "destruiría por completo",

Amos 2:7 — Literalmente, "¡los panters!" con indignación No contentos con haberle alquilado la pequeña propiedad hereditaria que pertenecía a cada israelita, estos acreedores le guardaron rencor incluso el "polvo" que, como duelo, arrojó sobre su cabeza Job 2:12, ya que también era "tierra". La codicia, cuando no tiene nada para alimentarla, ansía lo que es absurdo o imposible. ¿Cuál era la viña de Nabot para un rey de Israel con su "palacio de marfil"? ¿Cuál fue la negativa de Mardoqueo a inclinarse ante

Numbers 21:8 — Make thee a fiery serpent - i. e. a serpent resembling in appearance the reptiles which attacked the people. The resemblance was of the essence of the symbolism (compare 1 Samuel 6:5). As the brass serpent represented the instrument of their chastisement, so the looking unto it at God’s word denoted acknowledgment of their sin, longing for deliverance from its penalty, and faith in the means appointed by God for healing.

Numbers 32:34-36 — The cities here named fall into three groups. On Dibon, compare Numbers 21:19. The Moabite stone was discovered here in 1868. This city, occupied on the first acquisition of the territory by the Gadites, and assigned by Joshua to the Reubenites, was eventually recaptured by the Moabites, in whose hands it remained. Ataroth,

Deuteronomy 2:36 — Aroer, which is by the brink of the river of Arnon - Aroer stood on the north bank of the river, and was assigned Joshua 13:9, Joshua 13:16 to the tribe of Reuben, of which it formed the most southerly city. The valley of the Arnon is here deep, and the descent to it abrupt. In Roman times it was spanned by a viaduct, the ruins of which still remain, and which was probably

Joshua 15:19 — A south land - This term (“negeb”) which is often equivalent to a proper name Joshua 15:21, importing the well-defined district which formed the south of the promised land (Numbers 13:17 note), seems here used in its more general sense Psalms 126:4, for a dry or barren land. The rendering of this passage adopted by Septuagint, several

Joshua 18:1 — modern Scilun, which is two or three miles east of the main road, and rather more than half way between Jerusalem and Nablous. Its choice as the national sanctuary may indeed have been determined by Joshua, no doubt under divine direction Deuteronomy 12:11, because of its insignificance, in order to avoid local jealousies, as well as because of its position in the very center of the whole land, and perhaps also because of its seclusion. Its very name (“rest”) was probably bestowed at this juncture

Hebrews 6:2 — los cuales es un emblema de la segunda. Estos se afirman que están entre los "elementos" del cristianismo, o las cosas que los conversos cristianos aprenderán primero. La necesidad de ambos se enseña. El que cree y se "bautizado" se guardará; Marco 16:16. "Excepto que un hombre nace de agua y del espíritu, no puede entrar en el reino de Dios", Juan 3:5. En el bautismo del Espíritu Santo, vea la Mateo 3:11 NOTA; Hechos 1:5 NOTA; Comparar Hechos 19:1. Para entender la verdadera doctrina, respetando

James 4:4 — Vosotros adúlteros y adúlteras - Estas palabras se usan con frecuencia para denotar a aquellos que son infieles hacia Dios, y se aplican con frecuencia a aquellos que abandonan a Dios por ídolos, Oseas 3:1; Isaías 57:3, Isaías 57:7; Ezequiel 16; Ezequiel 23. No es necesario suponer que el apóstol quiso decir que aquellos a quienes escribió fueron literalmente culpables de los pecados aquí mencionados; pero más bien se refiere a aquellos que fueron infieles

1 Peter 1:2 — eterno previo para elegirlos o no. Eso debe ser determinado por algo más que el mero uso del término. Esta palabra hace referencia al acto de seleccionarlos, sin arrojar luz sobre la pregunta de por qué se hizo. Ver Mateo 24:22, Mateo 24:24, Mateo 24:31; Marco 13:2; Lucas 18:7; Romanos 8:33; Colosenses 3:12. Compare las notas en Juan 15:16. El significado es que Dios tenía, en algunos aspectos, una preferencia por ellos por encima de los demás como su pueblo, y los había elegido de entre otros

Revelation 11:1 — adecuadamente una planta con un tallo hueco articulado, que crece en terrenos húmedos. Luego se refiere al tallo como cortado para su uso, como una vara de medir, como en este lugar; o un cetro simulado, Mateo 27:29-3; o un bolígrafo para escribir, 3 Juan 1:13. Aquí significa simplemente un palo que podría usarse para medir. Como una varilla - Esta palabra - ῥάβδος rabdos - significa correctamente una "varilla, varita, bastón" que se usa para flagelar, 1 Corintios 4:21; o para apoyarse en caminar,

Revelation 12:2 — interpretaciones. Sería interminable comprometerse a examinarlos, y no sería rentable si se pudiera hacer; y es mejor, por lo tanto, y más de acuerdo con el diseño de estas notas, establecer brevemente lo que me parece la verdadera interpretación: (1) La mujer está evidentemente diseñada para simbolizar la iglesia; y en esto hay un acuerdo bastante general entre los intérpretes. La imagen, que es hermosa, era muy familiar para los profetas judíos. Ver las notas en Isaías 1:8; Isaías 47:1; compare

2 Samuel 5:8 — worn a channel (some understand a subterranean channel), and where there was, in consequence, some vegetation in the rock. Joab (see the marginal reference) took the hint, and with all the activity that had distinguished his brother Anabel 2 Samuel 2:18, climbed up first. The blind and the lame are either literally such, placed there in derision by the Jebusites who thought the stronghold impregnable, or they are the Jebusite garrison, so called in derision by David.Wherefore they said ... - i. e.