Proverbs 3:35 The wise shall inherit glory The wise are the same with the just and lowly before mentioned, to whom God gives grace, and to these he gi...
Psalms 75:6 For promotion cometh neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the south.] It is not from men, from themselves, or others, or fro...
Esther 2:21 In those days, while Mordecai sat in the king's gate Being, as before observed, an officer at court: two of the king's chamberlains, Bigt...
1 Samuel 17:15 But David went, and returned from Saul Or from above Saul; Josephus F21 says, the physicians of Saul advised to get a man to stand (upe...
Psalms 56:7 Shall they escape by iniquity? &c.] Shall such iniquity as this, or persons guilty of it, go unpunished, or escape righteous judgment, and...
Psalms 148:11 Kings of the earth, and all people The order of the creation is pretty much observed throughout the whole of this account; and as man wa...
1 Samuel 9:20 And as for thine asses that were lost three days ago Which, according to Kimchi, is to be understood not of the time from whence they we...
?EXPOSITIONVerse 70. He chose David also his servant. It was an election of a sovereignly gracious kind, and it operated practically by making the cho...
Job 14:21 His sons come to honour Or are multiplied F19, see ( Nahum 3:15 ) ; their families increase like a flock, become very numerous, which was re...
?EXPOSITIONVerse 7. For the king trusteth in the Lord. Our Lord, like a true King and leader, was a master in the use of the weapons, and could handle...
DEGREE de-gre' (ma`alah, a going up or ascent, hence, a staircase or flight of steps; rank: tapeinos, low): By derivation it should mean a step down ...
Job 36:22 Behold, God exalteth by his power He exalts himself, or causes himself to be exalted, and even above all the blessing and praise of his crea...
Romans 13:6 For, for this cause pay you tribute also To show that we are subject to the higher powers, and as a proof and evidence of our subjection t...
The Sanhedrim went from Jabneh to Usha, and from Usha to Shepharaam. The Gloss is, To Jabneh in the days of Rabban Jochanan (Ben Zaccai); to Usha in t...
Overview - Esther 10 1?Ahasuerus' greatness. 3?Mordecai's advancement. Treasury of Scripture KnowledgeEsther 10:3??(King James Version)For Mordecai t...
CHAPTER 19 2?Chronicles 19:1-4 . JEHOSHAPHAT VISITS HIS KINGDOM. 1-4. Jehoshaphat .?.?. returned to his house in peace--(See 2?Chronicles 18...
Chapter?11 Solomon's wives and concubines, His idolatry. (1-8) God's anger. (9-13) Solomon's adversaries. (14-25) Jeroboam's promotion. (26-40) The d...
Translator's Biographical Notice.TRANSLATOR'S BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICE. [a.d. 309.] According to the common account Pamphilus was a native of Berytus, the ...
Letter CXIII. To Julian, Bishop of Cos.Letter CXIII. To Julian, Bishop of Cos.Leo, bishop of Rome, to Julian, bishop of Cos. I. After Thanks for Julia...
Chapter?22 The siege and taking of Jerusalem. (1-7) The wicked conduct of its inhabitants. (8-14) The displacing of Shebna, and the promotion of Elia...