Overview - 1?Thessalonians 4 1?He exhorts them to go forward in all manner of godliness; 6?to live holily and justly; 9?to love one another; 11?and ...
Isaiah 66:16 For by fire, and by his sword, will the Lord plead with all flesh With the Mahometans, the Turks, the Ottoman empire, against whom he wil...
Overview - Esther 10 1?Ahasuerus' greatness. 3?Mordecai's advancement. Treasury of Scripture KnowledgeEsther 10:2??(King James Version)And all the ac...
Affliction, prayer under Exhortation to James 5:13 That God would consider our trouble 2?Kings 19:16 ; Nehemiah 9:32 ; Psalms 9:13 ; Lament...
And it was the feast of the dedication at Jerusalem (egeneto de ta enkainia en toi Ierosolumoi). But Westcott and Hort read tote (then) instead of de...
Overview - 1?Kings 20 1?Ben-hadad, not content with Ahab's homage, besieges Samaria. 13?By the direction of a prophet, the Syrians are slain. 22?As th...
Overview - Nehemiah 9 1?A solemn fast, and repentance of the people. 4?The Levites make a religious confession of God's goodness, and their wickednes...
CUSTOM (2) kus'-tum (usage): In the Old Testament, except, Genesis 31:35 where the Revised Version (British and American) renders, better, manner (de...
Jezre-el. [N] [E]A city situated in the plain of the same name between Gilboa and Little Hermon, now generally called Esdraelon. [ESDRAELON] It appea...
Overview - Genesis 3 1?The serpent deceives Eve. 6?Both she and Adam transgress the divine command, and fall into sin and misery. 8?God arraigns the...
Selfishness [N] Contrary to the law of God Leviticus 19:18 ; Matthew 22:39 ; James 2:8 The example of Christ condemns John 4:34 ; Romans 15...
PSALM 83 Psalms 83:1-18 . is probably that of 2 Chronicles 20:1 2 Chronicles 20:2 (compare Psalms 47:1-9 , 48:1-14 ). After a general pe...
2 Samuel 15:30 And David went up by the ascent of [Mount] Olivet So called from the olive trees that grew upon it, which is often mentioned in the New...
Gethsemane [N] [H] [S]oil-press, the name of an olive-yard at the foot of the Mount of Olives, to which Jesus was wont to retire ( Luke 22:39 ) with h...
Psalms 97:3 A fire goeth before him, &c,] Not the fiery law, which went forth from his right hand on Mount Sinai; but rather his Gospel, which, as it ...
Amos 3:15 And I will smite the winter house with the summer house Both the one and, the other shall fall to the ground, being beat down by the enemy, ...
House [N] [S]Till their sojourn in Egypt the Hebrews dwelt in tents. They then for the first time inhabited cities ( Genesis 47:3 ; Exodus 12:7 ; He...
Overview - 2?Samuel 15 1?Absalom, by fair speeches and courtesies, steals the hearts of Israel. 7?Under pretence of a vow, he obtains leave to go to ...
Psalms 45:8 All thy garments [smell] of myrrh, and aloes, [and] cassia, &c.] Either his human nature, as anointed with the oil of gladness, and filled...
New Word used in the New Testament to contrast and compare both the quantitative concept of the recent with the former and the qualitative idea of the...