Overview - Nehemiah 11 1?The rulers, voluntary men, and the tenth man chosen by lot, dwell at Jerusalem. 3?A catalogue of their names. 20?The residue...
Overview - Psalms 33 1?God is to be praised for his goodness; 6?for his power; 12?and for his providence. 20?Confidence is to be placed in God. Treas...
Psalms 94:14 For the Lord will not cast off his people The people whom he has foreknown, his chosen people, whether among Jews or Gentiles, ( Romans 1...
Luke 22:66 And as soon as it was day (See Gill on Matthew 27:1). The elders of the people; or the presbytery of the people, that were chosen from amo...
Overview - 1?Kings 3 1?Solomon marries Pharaoh's daughter. 2?High places being in use, Solomon sacrifices at Gibeon. 5?Solomon at Gibeon, in the cho...
Psalms 106:5 That I may see the good of thy chosen The elect, according to the foreknowledge of God; who are chosen in Christ to holiness and happines...
Psalms 105:6 O ye seed of Abraham his servant These are the persons all along before addressed; the Israelites, who descended from Abraham, were his n...
Isaiah 63:8 For he said, surely they are my people Not in common with the rest of mankind, being his creatures, and the care of his providence; but hi...
That which ye know not (o ouk oidate). Cf. Acts 17:23 . You know whom to worship, but you do not know him (Westcott). The Samaritans rejected the pro...
Isaiah 43:20 The beast of the field shall honour me, the dragons, and the owls Which is not to be understood literally of these creatures, who as they...
Chose (exelexato). First aorist middle (indirect), selected for himself. Israel was the chosen people. Exalted (upswsen). From upsow, late verb from ...
To separate us (hma cwrisai). Aorist active infinitive of corizw (same verb as in 1?Corinthians 35 ). God's love is victor over all possible foes, G...
ELDAD el'-dad ('eldadh, God has loved): One of the 70 elders chosen by Moses at the command of Yahweh to share the burden of the people (Numbers 11:1...
PARMENAS par'-me-nas (Parmenas): A Greek name, an abbreviated form of Parmenides. Parmenas was one of the seven chosen by the people and appointed by...
Psalms 47:4 He shall choose our inheritance for us Either a portion in this life; God knows what is best for his people, and therefore they should lea...
Deuteronomy 14:2 For thou art an holy people unto the Lord thy God Set apart by him from all other people, and devoted to his worship and service, and...
Deuteronomy 26:18 And the Lord hath avouched thee this day to be his peculiar people Affirmed and declared them to be his special people, above all pe...
2 Samuel 16:18 And Hushai said to Absalom In answer to his questions: nay, but whom the Lord, and his people, and all the men of Israel choose: here ...
Leviticus 26:12 And I will walk among you As they journeyed from place to place, he walked among them, in the tabernacle built for him, see ( 2 Samuel...
Isaiah 44:1 Yet now hear, O Jacob my servant These words are directed to a remnant according to the election of grace among the Jews, about the time w...