Bible Commentaries

1 Kings 11:38 — See the marginal references. To “build a sure house,” or “give a house,” is to give a continuity of offspring, and so secure the perpetuity of a family. The promise, it will be observed, is conditional; and as the condition was not complied with, it did not take effect (see 1 Kings 14:8-14). The entire house of Jeroboam was destroyed by Baasha 1 Kings 15:29.

1 Kings 14:3 — See the marginal reference The presents here were selected for the purpose of deception, being such as a poor country person would have been likely to bring. Jeroboam counted also on Ahijah’s blindness 1 Kings 14:4 as favoring his plan of deception (compare Genesis 27:1, Genesis 27:22).Cracknels - See the margin. The Hebrew word is thought to mean a kind of cake which crumbled easily.

1 Kings 4:3 — Shisha, or Shavsha 1 Chronicles 18:16, seems also to have been called Sheva 2 Samuel 20:25, and Seraiah 2 Samuel 8:17.The “scribes” were probably royal “secretaries” (margin), who drew up the king’s edicts, wrote his letters, and perhaps managed his finances 1 Kings 12:10. They were among his most influential councillors.By “recorder” or “remembrancer” (margin), we must understand “court annalist” (marginal reference “a”).

2 Kings 8:6 — A certain officer - literally, “a certain eunuch” (margin). Eunuchs were now in common use at the Samaritan court (compare 2 Kings 9:32). They are ascribed to the court of David in Chronicles 1 Chronicles 28:1; and we may conjecture that they were maintained by Solomon. But otherwise we do not find them in the kingdom of Judah until the time of Hezekiah Isaiah 56:3-4.

1 Chronicles 3:12 — Azariah - Elsewhere in Chronicles called uniformly “Uzziah” (2 Chronicles 26:1, 2 Chronicles 26:3,2Ch 26:9, 2 Chronicles 26:11, etc.), but called indifferently “Azariah” and “Uzziah” in Kings (“Azariah” in 2 Kings 14:21; 2Ki 15:1, 2 Kings 15:6,2Ki 15:17, 2 Kings 15:23, 2 Kings 15:27, etc.; “Uzziah” in 2 Kings 15:13, 2 Kings 15:32, 2 Kings 15:34).

Psalms 4 overview — 1. “The title of the psalm.” - The title of this psalm is “To the chief Musician on Neginoth. A psalm of David.” This phrase in the title, “To the chief Musician,” occurs at the beginning of 53 psalms, and at the close of the hymn in Habakkuk 3:19. It

Psalms 69:14 — Deliver me out of the mire - Out of my troubles and calamities. See Psalms 69:1-2.And let me not sink - As in, mire. Let me not be overwhelmed by my sorrows.Let me be delivered from them that hate me - All my enemies. Let me be saved from their machinations and devices.And out of the deep waters - See Psalms 69:1-2. From my troubles.

Proverbs 3:3 — The two elements of a morally perfect character:(1) “Mercy,” shutting out all forms of selfishness and hate.(2) “Truth,” shutting out all deliberate falsehood, all hypocrisy, conscious or unconscious.The words that follow possibly refer to the Eastern custom of writing sacred names on pieces of papyrus or parchment, and wearing them around the neck, as charms and talismans against evil. Compare, however, 1 Peter 3:3-4.

Ecclesiastes 3:1 — Everything - More particularly, the actions of people (e. g. his own, Ecclesiastes 2:1-8) and events which happen to people, the world of Providence rather than the world of creation. It would seem that most of his own works described in Ecclesiastes 2:1-8 were present to his mind. The rare word translated “season” means emphatically “fitting time” (compare Nehemiah 2:6; Esther 9:27, Esther 9:31).

Isaiah 49 overview — brevemente como introductorias a la exposición del capítulo, ya que la exposición de toda la carta se verá afectada por la opinión que se tome de su diseño principal y principal. Esta declaración será resumida de Hengstenberg (Christology, vol. I.) 1. Según algunos, el pueblo de Israel se presenta aquí como hablando. Esta es la opinión de Paulus, Doderlin y Rosenmuller. El argumento en el que se basa Rosenmuller es que, en Isaías 49:3, el hablante se llama expresamente "Israel". Según esta idea,

Ezekiel 19 overview — Ezekiel regarded Zedekiah as an interloper (Ezekiel 17:1 note), therefore he here (in Ezekiel 19:1-14) passes over Jehoiakim and Zedekiah as mere creatures of Egypt and of Babylon, and recognizes Jehoahaz and Jehoiachin as the only legitimate sovereigns since the time of Josiah. This dirge is for them, while it warns the usurper Zedekiah of an approaching fate similar to that of the two earlier kings.

Daniel 2:46 — Entonces el rey Nabucodonosor cayó de bruces - Este era el método común para significar un profundo respeto entre los orientales. Compare Génesis 17:3; Génesis 50:18; Levítico 9:24; Números 14:5; Josué 5:14; Jueces 13:2; Apocalipsis 11:16. Y adoró a Daniel - La palabra traducida como "adorada" aquí (סגד s e gid), en las porciones de la Biblia de Caldeo se traduce uniformemente como" adoración

Acts 15:33 — A space - For some time.They were let go in peace - An expression implying that they departed with the affectionate regard of the Christians to whom they had ministered, and with their highest wishes for their prosperity, 1 Corinthians 16:11; 2 John 1:10.Unto the apostles - At Jerusalem. Many mss., however, instead of “unto the apostles,” read “unto those who had sent them.” The sense is not materially different.

1 Corinthians 14:28 — But if there be no interpreter - If there be no one present who has the gift of interpretation.And let him speak to himself and to God - See the note at 1 Corinthians 14:2, note at 1 Corinthians 14:4. Let him commune with himself, and with God; let him meditate on the truths which are revealed to him, and let him in secret express his desires to God.

Judges 21:25 — The repetition of this characteristic phrase (compare Judges 17:6; Judges 18:1; Judges 19:1) is probably intended to impress upon us the idea that these disorders arose from the want of a sufficient authority to suppress them. The preservation of such a story, of which the Israelites must have been ashamed, is a striking evidence of the divine superintendence and direction as regards the Holy Scriptures.

1 John 3:18 — My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue - By mere profession; by merely sayinG that we love each other. See 1 Peter 1:22.But in deed and in truth - In such acts as shall show that our professed love is sincere and real. Let us do the deed of love, whether anything is said about it or not. See the notes at Matthew 6:3.

Revelation 2:1 — en Ephesus . Los contenidos de la Epístola a la Iglesia en Ephesus, los primeros abordados, son estos:El atributo del Salvador mencionado es que "sostiene las estrellas en su mano derecha y camina en medio de los candelabros de oro", Apocalipsis 2:1. (2) Él los complane por su paciencia, y por su oposición a aquellos que son malos, y por su celo y fidelidad para examinar cuidadosamente el carácter de algunos que afirmaron ser apóstoles, pero quienes fueron, de hecho, los impostores; Por su perseverancia

Ruth 2:12 — The similarity of expression here to Genesis 15:1, and in Ruth 2:11 to Genesis 12:1, makes it probable that Boaz had the case of Abraham in his mind.The Lord God of Israel - “Jehovah the God of Israel.” Compare Joshua 14:14, where, as here, the force of the addition, the God of Israel, lies in the person spoken of being a foreigner (see Judges 11:21 note).

1 Samuel 10:27 — Presents - The מנחה mı̂nchāh was the token of homage and acknowledgment from the subject to the sovereign, and from the tributary nation to their suzerain. (See 2 Samuel 8:2, 2 Samuel 8:6; Jdg 3:17-18; 1 Kings 4:21; 2 Kings 17:4, etc.; Psalms 72:10; Isaiah 16:1.) Saul dissembled his resentment, and waited for the favorable tide which soon came with the invasion of Nahash.

1 Samuel 6:21 — Kirjath-jearim - See Joshua 9:17 note. It has been thought that there was a high place at Kirjath-jearim (the hill, 1 Samuel 7:1), the remnant of its old pagan sanctity when it was called Kirjath-Baal, “the city of Baal” (see Joshua 18:14; 2 Samuel 6:2); and that for this reason it was selected as a proper place to send the ark to.