An Old Testament Commentary for English Readers: Kings, Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah, EstherCharles John Ellicott Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Company, 1883 |
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... means - the one being the capacity of wisdom within , the other the education of that capacity from without . ( a ) ... mean , on the further side of the river , " considered from the point of view of Babylon ( see the use in the later ...
... means - the one being the capacity of wisdom within , the other the education of that capacity from without . ( a ) ... mean , on the further side of the river , " considered from the point of view of Babylon ( see the use in the later ...
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... means one healed " or " helped by Jehovah " ) , and is not , therefore , a mere artificial detail . The particularity of prediction , which is on all hands recognised as ex- ceptional , will be credible or incredible to us , according ...
... means one healed " or " helped by Jehovah " ) , and is not , therefore , a mere artificial detail . The particularity of prediction , which is on all hands recognised as ex- ceptional , will be credible or incredible to us , according ...
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... mean that the old hostile relations remained , combined with , perhaps , some border war ; for it is expressly said in ... means of keeping the enemy in check , and provoking a conflict - if à conflict there was to be - on his own ground ...
... mean that the old hostile relations remained , combined with , perhaps , some border war ; for it is expressly said in ... means of keeping the enemy in check , and provoking a conflict - if à conflict there was to be - on his own ground ...
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... means of support ; for Tirzah is taken at once . ( 18 ) The palace of the king's house . - The same phrase is found in 2 Kings xv . 25. The word here rendered " palace " evidently means ( as is clear from its derivation ) " the high ...
... means of support ; for Tirzah is taken at once . ( 18 ) The palace of the king's house . - The same phrase is found in 2 Kings xv . 25. The word here rendered " palace " evidently means ( as is clear from its derivation ) " the high ...
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... means simply discipleship ; and it is likely enough that the 66 it . aside , and brought a man unto me , and said , Keep this man : if by any means he be missing , then shall thy life be for his life , or else thou shalt 2 pay a talent ...
... means simply discipleship ; and it is likely enough that the 66 it . aside , and brought a man unto me , and said , Keep this man : if by any means he be missing , then shall thy life be for his life , or else thou shalt 2 pay a talent ...
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according Ahab Ahaz Ahaziah altar Asherah Assyrian Athaliah Azariah Baal begat behold brethren burnt offering captains chariots chief Chron chronicler clans Comp cubits David Deut Edom Egypt Elijah Elisha Exod Ezek father Gibeon gold hand hath Hazael Hebrew Hebrew text Hezekiah high places holy Jehoiada Jehoram Jehoshaphat Jehovah Jehu Jeroboam Jerusalem Joab Joash Josephus Josh king of Israel king of Judah king's kingdom Kings viii Kings xv Kohath land Levites Literally LORD Maachah Manasseh mentioned Moab narrative Note on chap omitted perhaps phrase priests princes probably prophet Rehoboam reign rendered Samaria Samuel saying servants slew smote Solomon sons Syriac Syriac and Arabic Targum Temple thee Thenius thine tion tribe unto verb versions Vulg word worship xvii xviii xxii xxiii xxiv xxix xxvi
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Page 115 - Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? May I not wash in them, and be clean?
Page 81 - And he said, I have been very jealous for the LORD God of hosts : for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword ; and I, even I only, am left ; and they seek my life, to take it away.
Page 116 - And he returned to the man of God, he and all his company, and came, and stood before him: and he said, Behold, now I know that there is no God in all the earth, but in Israel: now therefore, I pray thee, take a blessing of thy servant.
Page 36 - Yet have thou respect unto the prayer of thy servant, and to his supplication, O Lord my God, to hearken unto the cry and to the prayer, which thy servant prayeth before thee...
Page 21 - And he spake of trees, from the cedar tree that is in Lebanon even unto the hyssop that springeth out of the wall: he spake also of beasts, and of fowl, and of creeping things, and of fishes.
Page 80 - And the angel of the Lord came again the second time, and touched him, and said, Arise and eat; because the journey is too great for thee. And he arose, and did eat and drink, and went in the strength of that meat forty days and forty nights unto Horeb the mount of God.
Page 323 - And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind : for the LORD searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.
Page 111 - Is it well with thee ? is it well with thy husband ? is it well with the child ? And she answered, .It is well.
Page 78 - Then the fire of the LORD fell, and consumed the burnt sacrifice, and the wood, and the stones, and the dust, and licked up the water that was in the trench. And when all the people saw it, they fell on their faces: and they said, The LORD, he is the God; the LORD, he is the God.
Page 21 - And Solomon's wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the east country, and all the wisdom of Egypt. For he was wiser than all men; than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, and Chalcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol : and his fame was in all nations round about.