\\INTRODUCTION TO PSALM 63\\ \\\\. This psalm was composed by David, either when he was persecuted by Saul, and obliged to hide himself in desert pl...
\\INTRODUCTION TO PSALM 83\\ \\\\. This is the last of the psalms that bear the name of Asaph, and some think it was written by him on occasion of D...
\\INTRODUCTION TO PSALM 3\\ \\\\. This is the first of the psalms that has a title, and is called a Psalm; the word for which, mizmor, comes from o...
JOAB jo'-ab (yo'-abh, Yahweh is father; Ioab): (1) Son of Zeruiah, David's sister. He was captain of the host (compare 2?Samuel 19:13) under David. ...
MASTER mas'-ter ('adhon, ba`al, rabbi; despotes, didaskalos, kurios, rhabbi): Master, when the translation of 'adhon, ruler, lord (Sir), often transl...
VOW vou (nedher; euche; 'iccar, found only in Numbers 30:6,8,10 and translated horismos, by the Septuagint: A vow could be positive (nedher) and incl...
\\INTRODUCTION TO FIRST KINGS\\ This, and the following book, properly are but one book, divided into two parts, and went with the Jews under the co...
CHAPTER 1 - Of the Holy Scriptures1. The Holy Scripture is the only sufficient, certain, and infallible rule of all saving knowledge, faith, and obedi...
\\INTRODUCTION TO HEBREWS\\ That this epistle was written very early appears from hence, that it was imitated by Clement of Rome, in his epistle to ...
\\INTRODUCTION TO JUDGES\\ The title of this book in the Hebrew copies is Sepher Shophetim, the Book of Judges; but the Syriac and Arabic interprete...
SAMUEL, BOOKS OF || I. PLACE OF THE BOOKS OF SAMUEL IN THE HEBREW CANON II. CONTENTS OF THE BOOKS AND PERIOD OF TIME COVERED BY THE HISTORY III. SU...
TEXT OF THE OLD TESTAMENT || I. EARLIEST FORM OF WRITING IN ISRAEL 1. Invention of Alphabet 2. The Cuneiform 3. References to Writing in the Old T...
The Book of 2?SamuelChapter 19Chapter Overview: Joab prevails on David to refrain, ver. 1 - 8. He is brought back to his kingdom by the men of Judah...
\\INTRODUCTION TO JOSHUA\\ The Jews distinguish the prophets into former and latter; the first of the former prophets is Joshua, or Sepher Joshua, t...
DAVID da'-vid (dawidh, or dawidh, beloved; Daueid, also in New Testament, Dauid, Dabid; see Thayer's Lexicon): $I. NAME AND GENEALOGY$ $II. EARLY YE...
GENEALOGY, 1-7 je-na-al'-o-ji, jen-a-al'-o-ji: 1. Definition 2. Biblical References 3. Importance of Genealogies 4. Their Historical Value 5. Pri...
?EXPOSITIONVerse 7. Then saidThat is to say, when it was clearly seen that man's misery could not be remedied by sacrifices and offerings. It being ce...
?EXPOSITION Verse 10. The days of our years are threescore years and ten. Moses himself lived longer than this, but his was the exception not the rule...
?EXPOSITION Verse 4. But there is forgiveness with thee. Blessed but. Free, full, sovereign pardon is in the hand of the great King: it is his preroga...
EZEKIEL, 2 \II. Significance of Ezekiel in Israel's Religious History. Under the first head we will consider the formal characteristics and significan...