Bible History - Old Testament

- 148- (^149) Besides its obvious falsehood, Saul must, of course, have known that all that was "banned" by that very fact belon ...

- 149- (^159) So ver. 12, literally. The expression, "reddish," or perhaps rather, "auburn," refers to the color of the hair, wh ...

- 150- (^170) The expression, ver. 18, "take a pledge of them," need not, as by most commentators, be taken literally, but may b ...

- 151- (^176) Our Authorised Version renders ver. 10, "and he prophesied in the midst of the house;" and the word undoubtedly me ...

- 152- (^186) In the Authorised Version, 1 Samuel 19:20, "Samuel standing as appointed over them;" in the original, "Standing as ...

- 153- (^194) The whole history tends to show that David was alone, alike in Nob and afterwards in Gath, though from Mark 2:25, ...

- 154- 1875, p. 42. I regret, however, that in reference to this, as to other papers of the same kind, I have to dissent from no ...

- 155- (^211) Not, as in the Authorised Version, "on the south of Jeshimon" (ver. 19), where the word is left untranslated. (^21 ...

- 156- seen that we entirely repudiate the rash assertion that this is only another account of what had been related in 1 Samuel ...

- 157- woman was objective or subjective, is really of no importance whatever. Suffice that it was real, and came to her ab extr ...

- 158- (^240) Most critics understand the expression "after he had fallen," to refer to his defeat. But there really seems no oc ...

- 159- (^247) The Hebrew construction of ver. 27 is difficult. The probable meaning is as follows: "As the Elohim liveth! For un ...

- 160- ordinances, priesthood, and law, allegiance to which brings blessing, while unfaithfulness entails judgments. Accordingly ...

- 161- (^265) The building of David's palace must have taken place in the first years of his reign in Jerusalem. This is evident ...

- 162- (^275) The text uses the singular, and not, as in our Authorised Version, the plural. (^276) Thus Michal is here signific ...

- 163- plural), mentioned in Exodus 26:1. These formed the Mishcan, or dwelling - thus proving that "the curtains" hung within t ...

- 164- (^292) If the reader will attentively compare the brief notices in 2 Samuel 8:3, 4 and 1 Chronicles 18:3, 4 with those in ...

- 165- personages, or even to deny their guilt. Thus the Talmud (Shab., 55. 6) denies the adultery of David on the ground that e ...

VOLUME V BIRTH OF SOLOMON TO REIGN OF AHAB ...

- 5 - PREFACE THE period of Israel's history treated in this Volume has a twofold special interest: political and religious. Beg ...