PSALM 74 Psalms 74:1-23 . If the historical allusions of Psalms 74:6-8 , &c., be referred, as is probable, to the period of the captivity, t...
PSALM 78 Psalms 78:1-72 . This Psalm appears to have been occasioned by the removal of the sanctuary from Shiloh in the tribe of Ephraim to Z...
Music [T] [E] [S]Teachers of 1?Chronicles 15:22 ; 1 Chronicles 25:7 1 Chronicles 25:8 ; 2?Chronicles 23:13 Physical effect of, on man 1 Samuel ...
Disease [N]To understand the biblical records concerning illness it is necessary to think oneself back into a world that knew nothing of germs, bacter...
a male child who was to rule with a rod of iron To rule is ?????????? [Poimainein] : ?Herd, tend, (lead to) pasture.?1 Elsewhere, it is translated a...
Boasting [N]The concept of boasting is found frequently in both the Old and the New Testaments. The object of boasting determines its nature. If it is...
Elect, Election The term elect means essentially to choose. It involves discriminatory evaluation of individuals, means, ends, or objects with a view ...
Psalms 132:6 Lo, we heard of it at Ephratah Either of the ark which David and others had heard of, that it formerly was at Shiloh, ( Joshua 18:1 ) ; h...
?EXPOSITION Verse 8. Harden not your heart. If ye will hear, learn to fear also. The sea and the land obey him, do not prove more obstinate than they!...
PSALM 89 Psalms 89:1-52 . during some season of great national distress, perhaps Absalom's rebellion. It contrasts the promised prosperity an...
War, Holy War Despite the fact that many nations have used Scripture passages out of context to promote martial ventures, the Old Testament does not g...
?EXPOSITION Verse 78. Let the proud be ashamed. He begged that the judgments of God might no longer fall upon himself, but upon his cruel adversaries....
Chapter?136The scope of this psalm is the same with that of the foregoing psalm, but there is something very singular in the composition of it; for th...
THE NINTH BOOK. AUGUSTINE DETERMINES TO DEVOTE HIS LIFE TO GOD, AND TO ABANDON HIS PROFESSION OF RHETORIC, quietly HOWEVER ? RETIRES TO THE COUNTRY T...
Perseverance [N] [T]In the NIV the term perseverance occurs thirteen times, all in the New Testament. Verbal forms appear a total of eight times. The ...
Chapter?80This psalm is much to the same purport with the foregoing. Some think it was penned upon occasion of the desolation and captivity of the ten...
?EXPOSITION Verse 24. I said, O my God, take me not away in the midst of my days. He betook himself to prayer. What better remedy is there for hcart-s...
Chapter 55:2? And he opened his mouth, and taught them, saying, And he opened his mouth Having announced the kingdom of heaven as at hand, the King, i...
?EXPOSITION Verse 6. Such knowledge is too wonderful for me. I cannot grasp it. I can hardly endure to think of it. The theme overwhelms me. I am amaz...
Flood, the Terminology. The Genesis flood is denoted in the Old Testament by the technical Hebrew term mabbul [lWB;m] (etymology uncertain; perhaps fr...