From Reformation to Reformation

4. The scope/goal of the book is set forth. Which individual things have this scope prefixed, that the governors of the people, and the...

Verse 10:[1] And as Samuel was offering up the burnt offering, the Philistines drew near to battle against Israel: (see Josh. 10:10;...

3. The argument of the book is the matters conducted under five Kings of Judah, and eight Kings of Israel. Now, the first book of Kings...

Verse 9:[1] (Ecclus. 46:16[2]) And Samuel took a sucking lamb, and offered it for a burnt offering wholly unto the LORD: and (Ps. 99:6;...

Verse 8:[1] And the children of Israel said to Samuel, (Is. 37:4) Cease not to cry unto the LORD our God for us (Heb. Be not silent from...

2. There appear to have been diverse writers of the book. The Collector appears to have been either Jeremiah, or Ezra. Now, there were...

Verse 7:[1] And when the Philistines heard that the children of Israel were gathered together to Mizpeh, the lords of the Philistines...

1. The inscription of the Book. The two following books are called מלכים/Kings, namely, of Judah and of Israel, whose affairs the...

Verse 3:[1] And Samuel spake unto all the house of Israel, saying, If ye do (Deut. 30:2-10; 1 Kings 8:48; Isa. 55:7; Hos. 6:1; Joel 2:12)...

The inscription of the Book, 1. There appear to have been diverse writers of the book. The Collector appears to have been either...

[circa 1120 BC] Verse 2:[1] And it came to pass, while the ark abode in Kirjath-jearim, that the time was long; for it was twenty years: ...

The Interpreters of this book are generally the same as they were of the prior book. Of the English, let William Guild[1] be added. Let...

Verse 1:[1] And the men of Kirjath-jearim came, and fetched up the ark of the LORD, and brought it into the house of Abinadab in the...

The ark is placed in Kirjath-jearim; Eleazar’s son is sanctified to keep it, 1, 2. Samuel exhorts them to repent, and put away their...

The Parts of the book are: I. The happy state of King David, Chapters 1-10: in which are: 1. A funeral ode for Saul and Jonathan: chapter...

These Books of the Chronicles are not the same which are so called, 1 Kings 14:19, and elsewhere, (because some passages said to be there...

Among the Hebrews, this Book is one Book; but it has been divided by our men. By the Greeks it is called the Book of Παραλειπομένων, that...

Verse 20:[1] And the men of Beth-shemesh said, (2 Sam. 6:9; Mal. 3:2) Who is able to stand before this holy LORD God? and to whom shall...

4. The parts of the book are three. I. The happy state of King David and his Kingdom (2 Samuel 1-10). II. The unhappy state of King David...

Verse 19:[1] And (see Ex. 19:21; Num. 4:5, 15, 20; 2 Sam. 6:7) he smote the men of Beth-shemesh, because they had looked into the ark of...