PSALM 27 Psalms 27:1-14 . With a general strain of confidence, hope, and joy, especially in God's worship, in the midst of dangers, the Psalm...
?EXPOSITION Verse 20. And Og the king of Bashan. He was of the race of the giants, but he was routed like a pygmy when he entered the lists with Israe...
Zion [B] [E] [H] [S](A stronghold of Jerusalem)Also called SIONCaptured from the Jebusites by David 2?Samuel 5:6-9 ; 1?Chronicles 11:5-7 Called th...
Edom, Idumaea or Idumea (red ). The name Edom was given to Esau, the first-born son of Isaac and twin brother of Jacob, when he sold his birthright t...
ASHDOD ash'-dod ('ashdodh; Azotos; modern Esdud): One of the five chief cities of the Philistines. The name means stronghold or fortress, and its str...
OPHEL o'-fel (ha-`ophel (2?Chronicles 27:3; 33:14; Nehemiah 3:26; 11:21; and without article, Isaiah 32:14 and Micah 4:8; also 2?Kings 5:24)): 1. Mea...
MAON; MAONITES ma'-on, ma'-on-its, ma-o'-nits (ma`on; Septuagint: Codex Vaticanus Maor, Maan; Codex Alexandrinus Maon): (1) A town in the mountain o...
ADULLAM a-dul'-am (`adhullam): (1) A city, with dependencies, and in ancient times having a king, mentioned five times in the Old Testament, each tim...
PERGA pur'-ga (Perge): 1. Location and History: An important city of the ancient province of Pamphylia, situated on the river Cestris, 12 miles Nort...
standing in the sun Standing is ?????? [est?ta] , perfect tense: having stood. The angel had taken his position prior to John seeing him. Fausset sug...
Chapter 33:2 You a only have I known of all the families of the earth: therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities. (a) I have only chosen you...
Chapter 22 22:1 David therefore departed thence, and escaped to the cave a Adullam: and when his brethren and all his fathers house heard [it], they w...
?EXPOSITION Verse 13. For the LORD hath chosen Zion. It was no more than any other Canaanite town till God chose it, David captured it, Solomon built ...
?EXPOSITION Verse 12. Let the field be joyful, and all that is therein. Let the cultivated plains praise the Lord. Peace enables their owners to ploug...
ACCO ak'-o (`akko; [`Akcho]; Ake Ptolemais; Modern Arabic `Akka, English Acre; the King James Version Accho): A town on the Syrian coast a few miles ...
HIRAM hi'-ram (chiram; Septuagint Chiram, but Cheiram, in 2?Samuel 5:11; 1?Chronicles 14:1): There is some confusion regarding the form of this name....
CHAPTER 4 Micah 4:1-13 . TRANSITION TO THE GLORY, PEACE, KINGDOM, AND VICTORY OF ZION. 1-3. Almost identical with Isaiah 2:2-4 . the mountai...
ZION zi'-on (tsiyon; Sion): 1. Meaning of the Word 2. The Zion of the Jebusites 3. Zion of the Prophets 4. Zion in Later Poetical Writings and Apo...
CHAPTER 5 2?Samuel 5:1-5 . THE TRIBES ANOINT DAVID KING OVER ISRAEL. 1, 2. Then came all the tribes of Israel--a combined deputation of the l...
CHAPTER 4 Amos 4:1-13 . DENUNCIATION OF ISRAEL'S NOBLES FOR OPPRESSION; AND OF THE WHOLE NATION FOR IDOLATRY; AND FOR THEIR BEING UNREFORMED ...