Overview - 2?Samuel 8 1?David subdues the Philistines and the Moabites. 3?He smites Hadadezer, and the Syrians. 9?Toi sends Joram with presents to b...
Overview - Exodus 16 1?The Israelites come to Sin, and murmur for want of bread. 4?God promises them bread and flesh from heaven, and they are rebuke...
Overview - Judges 2 1?An angel rebukes the people at Bochim. 6?The wickedness of the new generation after Joshua. 14?God's anger and pity towards the...
Overview - 1?Samuel 13 1?Saul's select band. 3?He calls the Hebrews to Gilgal against the Philistines, whose garrison Jonathan had smitten. 5?The Ph...
Overview - 1?Chronicles 11 1?David by general consent is made king at Hebron. 4?He wins the castle of Zion from the Jebusites by Joab's valour. 10?A ...
Took and scourged (elaben kai emastigwsen). First aorist active indicative of lambanw and mastigow (from mastix, whip). For this redundant use of lam...
the temple of God was opened in heaven This is the heavenly temple (Isa. Isa. 6:1-4; Rev. Rev. 7:15+; Rev. 14:15+, Rev. 14:17+; Rev. 15:5-6+, Rev. 15:...
Afflictions and adversities MISCELLANY OF MINOR SUB-TOPICSGod regulates the measure of afflictions Psalms 80:5 ; Isaiah 9:1 ; Jeremiah 46:28 Dete...
Fear not (mh pobou). As in Numbers 1:17 . Worse things are about to come than poverty and blasphemy, perhaps prison and death, for the devil is abou...
And he made of one (epoihsen te ex eno). The word aimato (blood) is absent from Aleph A B and is a later explanatory addition. What Paul affirms is t...
Ezekiel 3:9 As an adamant harder than flint have I made thy forehead Or, than a rock F15; the adamant has its name in Greek, because it cannot be conq...
Overview - 1?Samuel 25 1?Samuel dies. 2?David in Paran sends to Nabal. 10?Provoked by Nabal's churlishness, he minds to destroy him. 14?Abigail under...
Overview - 1?Chronicles 20 1?Rabbah is besieged by Joab, spoiled by David, and the people thereof tortured. 4?Three giants are slain in three several...
The five kings which had fallen by John?s day (Rev. Rev. 17:10+) appear to represent kingdoms (see #4 - Seven Heads/Kings). Assuming Rome is the king...
Those that were the chief of the Jews (tou onta twn Ioudaiwn prwtou). This use of prwto for the leading men of a city or among the Jews we have alrea...
Love to God Commanded Deuteronomy 11:1 ; Joshua 22:5 The first great commandment Matthew 22:38 With all the heart Deuteronomy 6:5 ; Matt...
In studying the book of Revelation, one is immediately struck by the prevailing bias of many commentators against understanding numbers in their norm...
on her forehead Like the sealed of Israel (Rev. Rev. 7:3+; Rev. 14:1+) and the Beast worshipers (Rev. Rev. 13:16+), the woman is also identified on he...
they sing ??????? [Adousin] , present tense, they are singing. the song of Moses Some take the song of Moses to commemorate the victory which God gav...
Psalms 76:7 Thou, even thou, art to be feared By his own people with reverence and godly fear, because of his greatness and goodness; and to be dreade...