Guide to Book AbbreviationThe following table lists (in alphabetical order) the names of each of the books of the Bible and it's corresponding shortes...
MASTER mas'-ter ('adhon, ba`al, rabbi; despotes, didaskalos, kurios, rhabbi): Master, when the translation of 'adhon, ruler, lord (Sir), often transl...
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 18\\ \\\\. This is the same with that in \\#2Sa 22:1-23\\, with some variations, omissions, and alterations: \\the servant ...
\\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...
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. ...
\\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...
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...
\\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 ...
\\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 ...
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...
\\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...
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...
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...
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...
?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...
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...
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...
The Book of 2?SamuelChapter 19Chapter Overview: Joab prevails on David to refrain, ver. 1 - 8. He is brought back to his kingdom by the men of Judah...