Month: October 2010

THE FIRST BOOK OF THE CHRONICLES. Commentary by Robert Jamieson   CHAPTER 1 1Ch 1:1-23. Adam's Line to Noah. 1. Adam, &c.--"Begat" must be understood. Only that one member of the family is mentioned, who came in the direct order of succession. 4-23. Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth--The three sons of this patriarch are enumerated, partly because they were the

THE SECOND BOOK OF THE CHRONICLES. Commentary by Robert Jamieson   CHAPTER 1 2Ch 1:1-6. Solemn Offering of Solomon at Gibeon. 2-5. Then Solomon spake unto all Israel--The heads, or leading officers, who are afterwards specified, were summoned to attend their sovereign in a solemn religious procession. The date of this occurrence was the second year of Solomon's reign,

THE BOOK OF EZRA Commentary by Robert Jamieson   CHAPTER 1 Ezr 1:1-6. Proclamation of Cyrus for Building the Temple. 1. in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia--The Persian empire, including Persia, Media, Babylonia, and Chaldea, with many smaller dependencies, was founded by Cyrus, 536 B.C. [Hales]. that the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah

THE BOOK OF NEHEMIAH Commentary by Robert Jamieson   CHAPTER 1 Ne 1:1-3. Nehemiah, Understanding by Hanani the Afflicted State of Jerusalem, Mourns, Fasts, and Prays. 1. Nehemiah the son of Hachaliah--This eminently pious and patriotic Jew is to be carefully distinguished from two other persons of the same name--one of whom is mentioned as helping to rebuild the

THE BOOK OF ESTHER Commentary by Robert Jamieson   CHAPTER 1 Es 1:1-22. Ahasuerus Makes Royal Feasts. 1. Ahasuerus--It is now generally agreed among learned men that the Ahasuerus mentioned in this episode is the Xerxes who figures in Grecian history. 3. made a feast unto all his princes and his servants--Banquets on so grand a scale, and extending over

THE BOOK OF JOB Commentary by A. R. Faussett   INTRODUCTION Job a Real Person.--It has been supposed by some that the book of Job is an allegory, not a real narrative, on account of the artificial character of many of its statements. Thus the sacred numbers, three and seven, often occur. He had seven thousand sheep, seven

THE BOOK OF PSALMS Commentary by A. R. Faussett   INTRODUCTION The Hebrew title of this book is Tehilim ("praises" or "hymns"), for a leading feature in its contents is praise, though the word occurs in the title of only one Psalm (the hundred forty-fifth). The Greek title (in the Septuagint, a translation made two hundred years before

THE BOOK OF PROVERBS. Commentary by A. R. Faussett   INTRODUCTION I. The Nature and Use of Proverbs.--A proverb is a pithy sentence, concisely expressing some well-established truth susceptible of various illustrations and applications. The word is of Latin derivation, literally meaning for a word, speech, or discourse; that is, one expression for many. The Hebrew word for

ECCLESIASTES; OR THE PREACHER. THE GREEK TITLE IN THE LXX. Commentary by A. R. Faussett   INTRODUCTION The Hebrew title is Koheleth, which the speaker in it applies to himself (Ec 1:12), "I, Koheleth, was king over Israel." It means an Assembler or Convener of a meeting and a Preacher to such a meeting. The feminine form of

THE SONG OF SOLOMON. Commentary by A. R. Faussett   INTRODUCTION The Song of Solomon, called in the Vulgate and Septuagint, "The Song of Songs," from the opening words. This title denotes its superior excellence, according to the Hebrew idiom; so holy of holies, equivalent to "most holy" (Ex 29:37); the heaven of heavens, equivalent to the highest