Chapter?32This chapter continues and concludes the history of the reign of Hezekiah. I. The descent which Sennacherib made upon him, and the care he t...
?EXPOSITION Verse 130. The entrance of thy words giveth light. No sooner do they gain admission into the soul than they enlighten it: what light may b...
Salvation [N] [T] [E]Of the many Hebrew words used to signify salvation, yasa [[;vy] (to save, help in distress, rescue, deliver, set free) appears mo...
Chapter?20We have here, I. The great danger and distress that Jehoshaphat and his kingdom were in from a foreign invasion (v.?1, v.?2). II. The pious ...
Chapter?3This chapter is one of the most excellent in all this book, both for argument to persuade us to be religious and for directions therein. I. W...
Chapter?33Pompous prefaces, like the teeming mountain, often introduce poor performances; but Elihu?s discourse here does not disappoint the expectati...
Chapter?1The history of Samuel here begins as early as that of Samson did, even before he was born, as afterwards the history of John the Baptist and ...
Chapter?26The narrative of the death and sufferings of Christ is more particularly and fully recorded by all the four evangelists than any part of his...
CHAPTER 20. OF PRAYER--A PERPETUAL EXERCISE OF FAITH. THE DAILY BENEFITS DERIVED FROM IT. The principal divisions of this chapter are,--I. Connection...
Chapter?51Though David penned this psalm upon a very particular occasion, yet, it is of as general use as any of David?s psalms; it is the most eminen...
PSALM 89 OVERVIEW. We have now reached the majestic Covenant Psalm, which, according to the Jewish arrangement closes the third book of the Psalms. I...
Chapter?1In this chapter we have, I. An introduction, or preface, making way for, and leading to, what is principally designed by the apostle (v.?1-4)...
Chapter?22Eliphaz here leads on a third attack upon poor Job, in which Bildad followed him, but Zophar drew back, and quitted the field. It was one of...
Chapter?1The book begins with the history, not of Joshua?s life (many remarkable passages of that we had before in the books of Moses) but of his reig...
Chapter?61In this chapter, I. We are sure to find the grace of Christ, published by himself to a lost world in the everlasting gospel, under the type ...
PART IV. THE NATURE, DECREES, AND WORKS OF GOD. CHAPTER I. THE ATTRIBUTES OF GOD. In contemplating the words and acts of God, as in contemplating ...
Chapter?48God, having in the foregoing chapter reckoned with the Babylonians, and shown them their sins and the desolation that was coming upon them f...
Chapter?4In this chapter we have an account, I. Of the constancy of the apostle and his fellow-labourers in their work. Their constancy in declared (v...
Chapter?1The narrative which this evangelist gives us (or rather God by him) of the life of Christ begins earlier than either Matthew or Mark. We have...
Chapter 25We have here some intermission of David?s troubles by Saul. Providence favoured him with a breathing time, and yet this chapter gives us ins...