\\INTRODUCTION TO PSALM 63\\ \\\\. This psalm was composed by David, either when he was persecuted by Saul, and obliged to hide himself in desert pl...
MASTER mas'-ter ('adhon, ba`al, rabbi; despotes, didaskalos, kurios, rhabbi): Master, when the translation of 'adhon, ruler, lord (Sir), often transl...
\\INTRODUCTION TO PSALM 76\\ \\\\. The Targum is, ``by the hand of Asaph:'' concerning neginoth, see the title of \\#Ps 4:1\\, this psalm is gen...
?EXPOSITIONVerse 33. The conqueror's feet had been shod by a divine hand, and the next note must, therefore, refer to them. He maketh my feet like hi...
\\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...
Chapter?1 Matthew, surnamed Levi, before his conversion was a publican, or tax-gatherer under the Romans at Capernaum. He is generally allowed to hav...
CHAPTER 1 - Of the Holy Scriptures1. The Holy Scripture is the only sufficient, certain, and infallible rule of all saving knowledge, faith, and obedi...
\\INTRODUCTION TO PSALM 60\\ \\\\. The words shushaneduth are thought, by Aben Ezra, to be the beginning of a song, to the tune of which this psalm ...
?EXPOSITIONVerse 13. Mark ye well her bulwarks. Consider most attentively how strong are her ramparts, how safely her inhabitants are entrenched behin...
\\INTRODUCTION TO PSALMS\\ The title of this book may be rendered the Book of Praises, or Hymns; the psalm which our Lord sung at the passover is c...
The Book of 2?SamuelChapter 6Chapter Overview: The ark is brought from the house of Abinadab, ver. 1 - 5. Its progress stopped by the death of Uzzah...
\\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...
\\INTRODUCTION TO HEBREWS\\ That this epistle was written very early appears from hence, that it was imitated by Clement of Rome, in his epistle to ...
JOAB jo'-ab (yo'-abh, Yahweh is father; Ioab): (1) Son of Zeruiah, David's sister. He was captain of the host (compare 2?Samuel 19:13) under David. ...
TEXT OF THE OLD TESTAMENT || I. EARLIEST FORM OF WRITING IN ISRAEL 1. Invention of Alphabet 2. The Cuneiform 3. References to Writing in the Old T...
SAMUEL, BOOKS OF || I. PLACE OF THE BOOKS OF SAMUEL IN THE HEBREW CANON II. CONTENTS OF THE BOOKS AND PERIOD OF TIME COVERED BY THE HISTORY III. SU...
\\INTRODUCTION TO JOSHUA\\ The Jews distinguish the prophets into former and latter; the first of the former prophets is Joshua, or Sepher Joshua, t...
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...
GENEALOGY, 1-7 je-na-al'-o-ji, jen-a-al'-o-ji: 1. Definition 2. Biblical References 3. Importance of Genealogies 4. Their Historical Value 5. Pri...
?EXPOSITION Verse 4. But there is forgiveness with thee. Blessed but. Free, full, sovereign pardon is in the hand of the great King: it is his preroga...