Chapter?5The great work which Solomon was raised up to do was the building of the temple; his wealth and wisdom were given him to qualify him for that...
Chapter?135This is one of the Hallelujah-psalms; that is the title of it, and that is the Amen of it, both its Alpha and its Omega. I. It begins with ...
Chapter?137There are divers psalms which are thought to have been penned in the latter days of the Jewish church, when prophecy was near expiring and ...
Chapter?149The foregoing psalm was a hymn of praise to the Creator; this is a hymn of praise to the Redeemer. It is a psalm of triumph in the God of I...
Chapter?20It is the will of God that prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings, should be made, in special manner, for kings and all in authority. Thi...
Chapter?12It is supposed that David penned this psalm in Saul?s reign, when there was a general decay of honesty and piety both in court and country, ...
Chapter?47The scope of this psalm is to stir us up to praise God, to stir up all people to do so; and, I. We are directed in what manner to do it, pub...
Chapter?8This chapter gives us an account of the solemn consecration of Aaron and his sons to the priest?s office. I. It was done publicly, and the co...
Chapter?6Much ado there was to bring Moses to his work, and when the ice was broken, some difficulty having occurred in carrying it on, there was no l...
Chapter?4In the former chapter an account was taken of the whole tribe of Levi, in this we have an account of those of that tribe who were in the prim...
Chapter?7We are now to attend the second banquet to which the king and Haman were invited: and there, I. Esther presents her petition to the king for ...
Chapter?19We have here a further account of the good reign of Jehoshaphat, I. His return in peace to Jerusalem (v.?1). II. The reproof given him for h...
Chapter?31We have here a further account of that blessed reformation of which Hezekiah was a glorious instrument, and of the happy advances he made in...
Chapter?1Here we first meet with Nehemiah at the Persian court, where we find him, I. Inquisitive concerning the state of the Jews and Jerusalem (v.?1...
Chapter?21As this rehearsal makes no mention of David?s sin in the matter of Uriah, so neither of the troubles of his family that followed upon it; no...
Song of Solomon 2:1 I [am] the rose of Sharon, [and] the lily of the valleys.] Whether Christ, or the church, is here speaking, is not certain: most o...
Zephaniah 2:9 Therefore [as] I live, saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel The Lord here swears by himself, by his life; partly to show how provo...
Chapter?15Hitherto, according to the judgment of very eminent expositors, God had represented to his servant, John, I. The state of the church under t...
Chapter?42This chapter continues and concludes the describing and measuring of this mystical temple, which it is very hard to understand the particula...
Chapter?8In this chapter we are told, I. What cities Solomon built (v.?1-6). II. What workmen Solomon employed (v.?7-10). III. What care he took about...