?EXPOSITIONVerse 8. All thy garments smell of myrrh, and aloes, and cassia. The divine anointing causes fragrance to distil from the robes of the Migh...
Governor [S] Heb. nagid, a prominent, conspicuous person, whatever his capacity: as, chief of the royal palace ( 2?Chronicles 28:7 ; Compare 1?Kings ...
CHAPTER 61 Isaiah 61:1-11 . MESSIAH'S OFFICES: RESTORATION OF ISRAEL. Messiah announces His twofold commission to bring gospel mercy at His ...
Numbers 24:6 As the valleys are they spread forth Long and broad, lying between several mountains, and reaching from hill to hill; so the armies of Is...
Ezekiel 48:35 It was round about eighteen thousand measures Putting the numbers together which each side made, the circumference of the city was eight...
Chapter 44:1 And in that day a seven women shall take hold of one man, saying, We will eat our own bread, and wear our own apparel: only b let us be c...
PERFECT; PERFECTION pur'-fekt, per-fek'-shun (shalem, tamim; teleios, teleiotes): 1. In the Old Testament: Perfect in the Old Testament is the trans...
?EXPOSITION Verse 21. He made him lord of his house. Reserving no power, but saying only in the throne will I be greater than thou. The servitor of sl...
Luke 15:22 But the father said to his servants The word but, with which those words begin, is expressive of much grace, as it often is; see ( 1 Corint...
?EXPOSITIONVerse 15. With gladness and rejoicing shall they be brought. Joy becomes a marriage feast. What joy will that be which will be seen at the ...
Song of Solomon 3:6 Who [is] this that cometh out of the wilderness This is said by the daughters of Jerusalem, adjured in ( Song of Solomon 3:5 ) ; w...
Joshua 11:8 And the Lord delivered them into the hand of Israel The whole host, who either were killed or wounded, or put to flight: it was of the Lor...
House [N] [S]Till their sojourn in Egypt the Hebrews dwelt in tents. They then for the first time inhabited cities ( Genesis 47:3 ; Exodus 12:7 ; He...
Song of Solomon 4:11 Thy lips, O [my] spouse, drop [as] the honeycomb Words, for sweetness, delight, and pleasure, like that; so the speech of persons...
Chapter 4545:1 Thus saith the LORD to his anointed, to a Cyrus, whose b right hand I have held, to c subdue nations before him; and I will loose the l...
?EXPOSITION Verse 19. They made a calf in Horeb. In the very place where they had solemnly pledged themselves to obey the Lord they broke the second, ...
Providence of God The word providence comes from the Latin providentia (Gk. pronoia [provnoia]) and means essentially foresight or making provision be...
John 19:39 And there came also Nicodemus To the cross, at the same time as Joseph did; who, whether they were brethren, as some conjecture, and met he...
Job 42:14 And he called the name of the first Jemima That is, the name of the first and eldest daughter was called by Job Jemima; which either signifi...
CHAPTER 4 Solomon 4:1-16 . 1. Contrast with the bride's state by nature ( Isaiah 1:6 ) her state by grace ( Solomon 4:1-7 ), perfect through ...