From Reformation to Reformation

Verse 24: [1]   ( 2 Sam. 2:18 ) Asahel the brother of Joab was one of the thirty; Elhanan the son of Dodo of Beth-lehem… [ Asahel in the thirty [2] ]  Or, over those thirty , that is, the last man indeed of the second order, or ternion; but more excellent than the thirty Chiliarchs, when he next names in order.  For those six of the two ternions hitherto mentioned were put in charge of five Chiliarchs apiece, as Joab was the commander-in-chief of all:  for these two words, ov

Verse 18: [1]   And ( 1 Chron. 11:20 ) Abishai, the brother of Joab, the son of Zeruiah, was chief among three.  And he lifted up his spear against three hundred, and slew them  ( Heb. slain [2] ), and had the name among three. [ He was chief of the three , ה֚וּא רֹ֣אשׁ הַשְּׁלֹשִׁ֔י]  The Qere is ‎ה֚וּא רֹ֣אשׁ הַשְּׁלֹשָׁ֔ה, he was head , or chief , of the three  (Montanus, Pagnine, Septuagint, Junius and Tremellius), that is, he was holding the first rank among the three la

Verse 13: [1]   And three of the thirty chief ( or, the three captains over the thirty , 1 Chron. 11:15 [2] ) went down, and came to David in the harvest time unto ( 1 Sam. 22:1 ) the cave of Adullam:  and the troop of the Philistines pitched in ( 2 Sam. 5:18 ) the valley of Rephaim. [ Previously the three had gone down, etc .]  Question:  Who then were these?  Response 1:  The three mentioned above (Junius, Malvenda, Josephus and Vatablus and Mariana in Sanchez).  Jashobeam,

Verse 11: [1]   And after him was ( 1 Chron. 11:27 ) Shammah the son of Agee the Hararite.  ( see 1 Chron. 11:13, 14 ) And the Philistines were gathered together into a troop ( or, for foraging [2] ), where was a piece of ground full of lentiles:  and the people fled from the Philistines. [ And the Philistines were gathered together in station , לַחַיָּה  [3] ]  They render it variously.  To Haiatha  (Jonathan) [as if it were the proper name of a place].  To wild beasts  (Sep

Verse 9: [1]   And after him was ( 1 Chron. 11:12; 27:4 ) Eleazar the son of Dodo the Ahohite, one of the three mighty men with David, when they defied the Philistines that were there gathered together to battle, and the men of Israel were gone away… [ After him [2] ]  That is, who was of the second dignity after him (Vatablus). [ The son of his paternal uncle [3] ]  Namely, adoptive and legal, by the Law in Deuteronomy 25:6.  He was the natural son of the living brother; tha

Verse 8: [1]   These be the names of the mighty men whom David had:  The Tachmonite that sat in the seat, chief among the captains ( or, Josheb-bassebet the Tachmonite, head of the three [2] ); the same was Adino the Eznite:  ( see 1 Chron. 11:11; 27:2 ) he lift up his spear against eight hundred, whom he slew ( Heb. slain [3] ) at one time. [ These are the names of the mighty men of David ]  Of the heroes of that time, whose strength seemed to exceed human measure (Grotius).

Verse 6: [1]   But the sons of Belial shall be all of them as thorns thrust away, because they cannot be taken with hands… [ But transgressors shall be rooted out like thorns, all of them ,‎ וּבְלִיַּ֕עַל כְּק֥וֹץ מֻנָ֖ד כֻּלָּ֑הַם]  But the impious  (or and Belial [Montanus, Vatablus], man of Belial , as it is found fully stated in 2 Samuel 16:7, with an Ellipsis of אִישׁ/ man , as in Ruth 3:2 [Glassius], or men of wickedness [Castalio]) all  (understanding are , or shall

Verse 5: [1]   Although my house be not so with God; ( 2 Sam. 7:15, 16; Ps. 89:29; Is. 55:3 ) yet he hath made with me an everlasting...

Verse 4: [1]   And ( Judg. 5:31; Ps. 89:36; Prov. 4:18; Hos. 6:5; see Ps. 110:3 ) he shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun...

Verse 2: [1]   ( 2 Pet. 1:21 ) The Spirit of the LORD spake by me, and his word was in my tongue. [ The Spirit of the Lord spoke through...

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David’s last words:  a character of himself; of a good ruler, and his usefulness , 1-4 .  His faith on God’s covenant with him , 5 . ...

Verse 33: [1]   God is my ( Ex. 15:2; Ps. 27:1; 28:7, 8; 31:4; Is. 12:2 ) strength and power:  and he ( Heb. 13:21 ) maketh ( Heb....

Verse 7: [1]   In my distress ( Ps. 116:4; 120:1; Jonah 2:2 ) I called upon the LORD, and cried to my God:  and he did ( Ex. 3:7; Ps....

This chapter contains nothing other than Psalm 18 (Menochius), with only a few things added, or taken away, or changed (Malvenda); which...

A Psalm of thanksgiving for God’s powerful deliverance and manifold blessings.

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Verse 2: [1]   And the king called the Gibeonites, and said unto them; (now the Gibeonites were not of the children of Israel, but (...

[ circa  1021 BC ]  Verse 1: [1]   Then there was a famine in the days of David three years, year after year; and David enquired of the...