TRIBULATION trib-u-la'-shun (tsar, tsar, staid, narrow, pent up; compare Numbers 22:26): 1. In the Old Testament: Closely pressed, as of seals (Job ...
Overview - 1?Kings 2 1?David, having given a charge to Solomon, 3?of religiousness; 5?of Joab; 7?of Barzillai; 8?of Shimei; 10?dies. 12?Solomon su...
Overview - 2?Samuel 23 1?David, in his last words, professes his faith in God's promises to be beyond sense or experience. 6?The different state of t...
Overview - Matthew 5 1?Christ's sermon on the mount. 3?Who are blessed; 13?the salt of the earth; 14?the light of the world. 17?He came to fulfil the...
Overview - 2?Kings 23 1?Josiah causes the book to be read in a solemn assembly. 3?He renews the covenant of the Lord. 4?He destroys idolatry. 15?He ...
Overview - Numbers 6 1?The law of the Nazarite in the days of his separation; 13?and after their completion. 22?The form of blessing the people. Treas...
?EXPOSITION Verse 7. He raiseth up the poor out of the dust. This is an instance of his gracious stoop of love: he frequently lifts the lowest of mank...
Overview - Judges 18 1?The Danites send five men to seek out an inheritance. 3?At the house of Micah they consult with Jonathan, and are encouraged o...
CHAPTER 1 - Of the Holy Scriptures1. The Holy Scripture is the only sufficient, certain, and infallible rule of all saving knowledge, faith, and obedi...
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...
OFFENCE; OFFEND o-fens', o-fend' (mikhshol, 'asham, chaTa'; skandalon, skandalizo): Offend is either transitive or intransitive As transitive it is p...
\\INTRODUCTION TO PSALM 4\\ \\\\. This psalm is inscribed to the chief musician, or conqueror {c}: who excelled others in the art of music, and carr...
The Book of 1?SamuelChapter 28Chapter Overview: The conference between Achish and David, ver. 1 - 2. The preparation of the Philistines, and the dis...
The Book of HebrewsChapter 11Verses:11:1The definition of faith given in this verse, and exemplified in the various instances following, undoubtedly i...
The Book of 1?SamuelChapter 8Chapter Overview: Samuel's decay and the degeneracy of his sons, ver. 1 - 3. The people petition him for a king, who re...
?EXPOSITION Verse 6. Meanwhile, where was the habitation of God among men? He was wont to shine forth from between the cherubim, but where was the ark...
JESSE jes'-e (yishay, meaning doubtful; according to Gesenius it = wealthy; Olshausen, Gram., sections 277, conjectures yesh yah, Yahweh exists; Wellh...
OMNIPOTENCE om-nip'-o-tens: 1. Terms and Usage: The noun omnipotence is not found in the English Bible, nor any noun exactly corresponding to it in ...
RUTH, THE BOOK OF 1. Order in the Canon: The place which the Book of Ru occupies in the order of the books of the English Bible is not that of the He...
?EXPOSITIONVerse 6. When I remember thee upon my bed. Lying awake, the good man betook himself to meditation, and then began to sing. He had a feast i...