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[circa 1079 BC] Verse 1:[1] Samuel also said unto Saul, (1 Sam. 9:16) The LORD sent me to anoint thee to be king over his people, over...

Samuel sendeth Saul to destroy the Amalekites: his army, 1-5. He favoureth the Kenites; spareth Agag, and the best of the spoil: God...

Verse 47:[1] So Saul took the kingdom over Israel, and fought against all his enemies on every side, against Moab, and against the...

Verse 36:[1] And Saul said, Let us go down after the Philistines by night, and spoil them until the morning light, and let us not leave...

12. The Order of the Psalms somewhat disturbed after Psalm 10 in the Greek and Latin. The arguments of the individual Psalms. A...

Verse 31:[1] And they smote the Philistines that day from Michmash to Aijalon: and the people were very faint. [Therefore, they smote...

Verse 34:[1] And (Gen. 21:2, 3) Abraham begat Isaac. (Gen. 25:25, 26) The sons of Isaac; Esau and Israel. Verse 35:[2] The sons of...

Verse 25:[1] (Deut. 9:28; Matt. 3:5) And all they of the land came to a wood; and there was (Ex. 3:8; Num. 13:27; Matt. 3:4) honey upon...

11. The distribution of the Psalms into five parts by the Hebrews, displeasing to Jerome and others. The division of Athanasius taken...

Verse 24:[1] And the men of Israel were distressed that day: for Saul (Josh. 6:26) had adjured the people, saying, Cursed be the man...

10. The Psalms were divided according to their dignity: מעלות, מכתם. With respect to dignity, some Psalms are called מכתמים/Michtamim,...

Verse 17:[1] Then said Saul unto the people that were with him, Number now, and see who is gone from us. And when they had numbered,...

9. The persons to whom the Psalms were committed. The Persons, to whom the Psalms were committed, are designated, either generally, by...

[circa 1853] Verse 32:[1] Now (Gen. 25:1, 2) the sons of Keturah, Abraham’s concubine: she bare Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and...

8. The music and manner of singing of the ancients. The Titles on the Psalms concerning Music explicated out of Gataker: שירים, שושנים,...

Verse 15:[1] And (Judg. 7:21; 2 Kings 7:7; Job 18:11) there was trembling in the host, in the field, and among all the people: the...

7. The Psalms were composed in meter. Yet its sort is uncertain. The attempt of Mercerus and Gomarus to elicit it has been opposed by...

Verse 13:[1] And Jonathan climbed up upon his hands and upon his feet, and his armourbearer after him: and they fell before Jonathan;...

6. David deservedly called the sweet psalmist of Israel. The hymn-writers of the Gentiles are not even able to be compared with him....

Verse 28:[1] The sons of Abraham; (Gen. 21:2, 3) Isaac, and (Gen. 16:11, 15) Ishmael. Verse 29:[2] These are their generations: The...