From Reformation to Reformation

1. The author is עָמוֹס/Amos, an herdman of Tekoa. He was a Prophet of Israel. The tradition concerning his death. The author of this...

Verse 8:[1] And David and his men went up, and invaded (Josh. 13:12) the Geshurites, (Josh. 16:10; Judg. 1:29) and the Gezrites (or,...

The author is עָמוֹס/Amos, a herdman of Tekoa. He was a Prophet of Israel. The tradition concernin his death, 1. The argument of the...

[circa 1058 BC] Verse 1:[1] And David said in his heart, I shall now perish (Heb. be consumed[2]) one day by the hand of Saul: there...

David with his six hundred men, and all his faith, goeth to king Achish, and abideth there a while; Saul pursueth no more after him, 1-4....

HOLY FATHERS: Ruffinus. REFORMED: Danæus, Grynæus, Leusden,[1] Müller, Œcolampadius, Pareus, Ursinus, Scheurmann. English: Edmund...

[circa 1471 BC] Verse 18:[1] And Caleb the son of Hezron begat children of Azubah his wife, and of Jerioth: her sons are these;...

The Parts of the Prophecy are three: I. Description of the famine, Chapters 1:1-2:17. 1. A magnification of the evil, and an invitation...

Verse 21:[1] Then said Saul, (1 Sam. 15:24; 24:17) I have sinned: return, my son David: for I will no more do thee harm, because my...

4. The parts are: I. A description of the threatening famine and drought of the land, as heralding the day of the Lord (Joel 1:1-2:17)....

3. The time of the Prophecy, and of the age of the Prophet. He was a σύγχρονος/contemporary of Jeremiah. The time of the publication of...

Verse 13:[1] Then David went over to the other side, and stood on the top of an hill afar off; a great space being between them… [And...

2. The occasion of this Prophecy, the drought of the land. The Argument of the Prophecy. The occasion for the writing of this prophecy...

1. Joel notes his beginning. His ancestry. He was a Prophet of Judah. The author of the Prophecy, יוֹאֵל/Joel, which denotes one...

Joel denotes one undertaking. His ancestry. He was a Prophet of Judah, 1. The occasion of this Prophecy, the drought of the land. The...

Verse 1:[1] And the Ziphites came unto Saul to Gibeah, saying, (1 Sam. 23:19; Ps. 54 title) Doth not David hide himself in the hill of...

HOLY FATHERS: Didymus, Ruffinus, Theophylact. REFORMED: Mercerus, Moller, Œcolampadius, Pareus, Polanus, Rivet, Tremellius, Zanchi. ...

Saul, by the discovery of the Ziphites, cometh to Hachilah against David, 1-3; who cometh with Abishai to Saul’s camp; stayeth him from...

HOLY FATHERS: Cyril of Alexandria, Theodoret, Theophylact,[1] Rupertus, Remigius of Auxerre. REFORMED: Calvin, Cocceius, Johannes...

Verse 32:[1] And David said to Abigail, (Gen. 24:27; Ex. 18:10; Ps. 41:13; 72:18; Luke 1:68) Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, which...