An Old Testament Commentary for English Readers: Kings, Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah, EstherCharles John Ellicott Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Company, 1883 |
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... phrase , so constantly used in the record of the death of the kings , occurs in these books for the first time . ( It is also found in the message of promise by Nathan , 2 Sam . vii . 12 , relating to the succession of the son who ...
... phrase , so constantly used in the record of the death of the kings , occurs in these books for the first time . ( It is also found in the message of promise by Nathan , 2 Sam . vii . 12 , relating to the succession of the son who ...
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... phrase " the Lord's anointed " -then especially in use ( 1 Sam . xvi . 6 , xxiv . 6 , xxvi . 9 ; 2 Sam . i . 14 , xix . 21 ) , though ( 38 ) So Zadok the priest , and Nathan the prophet , and Benaiah the son of found also occasionally ...
... phrase " the Lord's anointed " -then especially in use ( 1 Sam . xvi . 6 , xxiv . 6 , xxvi . 9 ; 2 Sam . i . 14 , xix . 21 ) , though ( 38 ) So Zadok the priest , and Nathan the prophet , and Benaiah the son of found also occasionally ...
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... phrase ) " in the inner part . " Ge- senius supposes the meaning to be properly , " the wall facing the entrance ; " thence the opposite , or " inner , " wall or region . • Covered the altar -Our translators have been misled by the ...
... phrase ) " in the inner part . " Ge- senius supposes the meaning to be properly , " the wall facing the entrance ; " thence the opposite , or " inner , " wall or region . • Covered the altar -Our translators have been misled by the ...
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... phrase is singularly illus trated by the account in 2 Chron . vii . 9 , 10 , for it tells us that the people were dismissed on the three and twentieth day " of the month , which was the day after the close of the Feast of Tabernacles ...
... phrase is singularly illus trated by the account in 2 Chron . vii . 9 , 10 , for it tells us that the people were dismissed on the three and twentieth day " of the month , which was the day after the close of the Feast of Tabernacles ...
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... phrase " ships of Tarshish " appears to have become a technical phrase for ships of large size ( see Isa . ii . 17 ; Jer . x . 9 ; Ps . xlviii . 8 ) ; hence a " navy of Tarshish " would not necessarily mean a navy going to Tarshish ...
... phrase " ships of Tarshish " appears to have become a technical phrase for ships of large size ( see Isa . ii . 17 ; Jer . x . 9 ; Ps . xlviii . 8 ) ; hence a " navy of Tarshish " would not necessarily mean a navy going to Tarshish ...
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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.