From Reformation to Reformation

Verse 6:[1] And Samuel said unto the people, (Mic. 6:4) It is the LORD that advanced (or, made[2]) Moses and Aaron, and that brought...

HOLY FATHERS: None separately. REFORMED: Drusius, Gwalther, Lavater, Strigelius, Burman, Wolf. English: Arthur Jackson, John Mayer,...

Verse 1:[1] And Samuel said unto all Israel, Behold, I have hearkened unto (1 Sam. 8:5, 19, 20) your voice in all that ye said unto me,...

The Parts of the book are: I. The elevation of Esther, Chapters 1; 2, in which are: 1. The occasion of this elevation, the feast of the...

Samuel having appointed a king unto the people, testifieth his own integrity, to which they witness, 1-5. He setteth before them the...

5. The parts of the book are two: I. The rise of Esther from the condition of a ward to Royal marriage with Ahasuerus (Esther 1; 2). ...

Verse 9:[1] And they said unto the messengers that came, Thus shall ye say unto the men of Jabesh-gilead, To morrow, by that time the...

4. Chronology. Ahasuerus, husband of Esther, appears to have been Darius, son of Hystaspes. It is not clearly ascertained at what time...

Verse 5:[1] And, behold, Saul came after the herd out of the field; and Saul said, What aileth the people that they weep? And they told...

Verse 3:[1] And the elders of Jabesh said unto him, Give us (Heb. forbear us[2]) seven days’ respite, that we may send messengers unto...

3. Argument. We have briefly expressed the argument of the book in the words of Saint Athanasius on its name. Namely, it covers what...

2. The Writer of the book; its authority. That the writer of the book was either Ezra, or Joiakim the High Priest,[1] or the Great...

Verse 1:[1] Then (1 Sam. 12:12) Nahash the Ammonite came up, and encamped against (Judg. 21:8) Jabesh-gilead: and all the men of Jabesh...

Nahash besiegeth them of Jabesh-gilead; offereth them a reproachful condition; they have seven days granted them to consult and seek...

Verse 26:[1] And Saul also went home (Judg. 20:14; 1 Sam. 11:4) to Gibeah; and there went with him a band of men, whose hearts God had...

1. The inscription of the Book. Who was Esther? הֲדַסָּה/Hadassah. אֶסְתֵּר/ Esther. Was she Amestris, wife of Xerxes? This Book is...

The inscription of the Book. Who was Esther? הֲדַסָּה/Hadassah. אֶסְתֵּר/ Esther. Was she Amestris, wife of Xerxes? 1. The Writer of...

Verse 22:[1] Therefore they (1 Sam. 23:2, 4, 10, 11) enquired of the LORD further, if the man should yet come thither. And the LORD...

Verse 17:[1] And Samuel called the people together (Judg. 11:11; 20:1; 1 Sam. 11:15) unto the LORD (1 Sam. 7:5, 6) to Mizpeh… [And he...

HOLY FATHERS: Bede. REFORMED: Lavater, Strigelius, Wolf, Burman. English: Arthur Jackson, John Mayer, Pilkington.[1] LUTHERAN:...