Isaiah 23:12 And he said, thou shalt no more rejoice Not meaning that she should never more rejoice, but not for a long time, as Kimchi interprets it;...
Jeremiah 46:11 Go up into Gilead Still the irony or sarcasm is continued Gilead was a place in the land of Israel famous for balm or balsam, used in c...
Daniel 11:2 And now will I show thee the truth And nothing but the truth; what will most certainly come to pass, and may be depended on, even what is ...
Isaiah 44:28 That saith of Cyrus, he is my shepherd Or Coresh, as his name in the Hebrew language is; and in the Persian tongue signifies the sun; fro...
Genesis 2:11 The name of the first is Pison Not the river Nile in Egypt, as Jarchi, who thinks it is derived from Pashah, which signifies to increase,...
Daniel 8:5 And as I was considering The ram, and the strange things done by him; wondering that a creature of so little strength, comparatively with o...
1 Samuel 9:2 And he had a son whose name was Saul Of this name was the great apostle of the Gentiles before his conversion, and was of the same tribe ...
Judges 1:16 And the children of the Kenite, Moses' father in law The posterity of Jethro, the father-in-law of Moses; for though Jethro returned to hi...
Genesis 2:24 Therefore shall a man leave his father, and his mother These are thought by some to be the words of Moses, inferring from the above fact,...
Acts 27:27 But when the fourteenth night was come From their setting out from the Fair Havens in Crete, or from the beginning of the storm: as they w...
2 Kings 23:11 And he took away the horses that the kings of Judah had given to the sun Consecrated to it; these were not images of horses, as some hav...
Amos 1:9 Thus saith the Lord, for three transgressions of Tyrus Or Tyre, a very ancient city in Palestine; of which (See Gill on Isaiah 23:1); and for...
Daniel 1:21 And Daniel continued In Babylon, and at court there, and in the favour of Nebuchadnezzar and his successors: even unto the first year of K...
Genesis 15:2 And Abram said, Lord God, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go childless As if he should say, what signifies what thou givest me of tempor...
Acts 9:2 And desired of him letters to Damascus Damascus was the head or metropolis of Syria, ( Isaiah 7:8 ) And so Pliny F26 calls it Damascus of Syr...
Exodus 4:14 And the anger of the Lord was kindled against Moses For the objections, excuses, and delays he made with respect to his mission. In what w...
Genesis 43:11 And their father said unto them Being in some measure convinced by their reasonings, and in part at least reconciled to let Benjamin go ...
Song of Solomon 1:14 My beloved [is] unto me [as] a cluster of camphire in the vineyards of Engedi.] Engedi was a place near Jericho, and famous for p...
Job 1:3 His substance also was seven thousand sheep For which he must have a large pasturage to feed them on, as well as these would produce much wool...
1 Timothy 2:9 In like manner also Let the women pray likewise; though they are not to lead in prayer, or be the mouth of the church, which would be in...