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...
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...
\\INTRODUCTION TO PSALM 34\\ \\\\. The author of this psalm is expressed by name; and the time and occasion of it are plainly intimated: it was comp...
\\INTRODUCTION TO PSALM 52\\ \\\\. Of the title Maschil, \\see Gill on Ps 32:1\\, title. The occasion of this psalm is here related, the history of ...
1 Samuel 10:25 Then Samuel told the people the manner of the kingdom, &e.] According to Ben Gersom, he laid before them the power a king had over his ...
Overview - Matthew 18 1?Christ warns his disciples to be humble and harmless, 7?to avoid offences, 10?and not to despise the little ones; 15?teaches ...
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...
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 ...
CHAPTER 1 - Of the Holy Scriptures1. The Holy Scripture is the only sufficient, certain, and infallible rule of all saving knowledge, faith, and obedi...
OFFENCE; OFFEND o-fens', o-fend' (mikhshol, 'asham, chaTa'; skandalon, skandalizo): Offend is either transitive or intransitive As transitive it is p...
The Book of 1?SamuelChapter 28Chapter Overview: The conference between Achish and David, ver. 1 - 2. The preparation of the Philistines, and the dis...
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...
?EXPOSITIONVerse 13. For thou hast delivered my soul from death. His enemies were defeated in their attempts upon his life, and therefore he vowed to ...
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 ...
\\INTRODUCTION TO JUDGES\\ The title of this book in the Hebrew copies is Sepher Shophetim, the Book of Judges; but the Syriac and Arabic interprete...
JESSE jes'-e (yishay, meaning doubtful; according to Gesenius it = wealthy; Olshausen, Gram., sections 277, conjectures yesh yah, Yahweh exists; Wellh...
DAVID da'-vid (dawidh, or dawidh, beloved; Daueid, also in New Testament, Dauid, Dabid; see Thayer's Lexicon): $I. NAME AND GENEALOGY$ $II. EARLY YE...
?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...
The Book of HebrewsChapter 11Verses:11:1The definition of faith given in this verse, and exemplified in the various instances following, undoubtedly i...
\\INTRODUCTION TO FIRST KINGS\\ This, and the following book, properly are but one book, divided into two parts, and went with the Jews under the co...