\\INTRODUCTION TO PSALM 20\\ \\\\. This psalm is thought, by some, to be written by David, on account of himself, and as a form to be used by the pe...
\\INTRODUCTION TO PSALM 84\\ \\\\. Of gittith, \\see Gill on Ps 8:1\\. The Targum renders it here, as there, ``to praise upon the harp that was br...
FEIGN fan (badha, nakhar; plastos): Occurs (1) in the sense of to devise, invent as the translation of badha', to form, to fashion (Nehemiah 6:8, Th...
?EXPOSITIONVerse 7. Then saidThat is to say, when it was clearly seen that man's misery could not be remedied by sacrifices and offerings. It being ce...
?EXPOSITIONVerse 7. The Lord of hosts is with us. This is the reason for all Zion's security, and for the overthrow of her foes. The Lord rules the an...
\\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 ...
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...
?EXPOSITIONVerse 7. These last verses reveal to us the great representative man, who answered to the full character laid down, and therefore by his ow...
\\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...
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...
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...
\\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...
\\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 ...
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...
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...
PSALM 138 OVERVIEW Title. A Psalm of David. This Psalm is wisely placed. Whoever edited and arranged these sacred poems, he had an eye to apposition a...