1 Kings 21:8-13
wrote <03789> [she wrote.]
leaders <02205> [the elders.]
nobles <02715> [the nobles.]
Observe ..... fasting <07121 06685> [Proclaim a fast.]
front .... people <07218 05971> [on high among. Heb. in the top of.]
villains <01121 01100> [sons of Belial.]
cursed <01288> [Thou didst blaspheme.]
Some, with Parkhurst, would render the original, {bairachta elohim wamailech,} "Thou hast blessed the gods and Molech;" a sense, however, which seems extremely forced, and is not acknowledged by any of the ancient versions, though the LXX. and Vulgate render {bairachta} by [eulogese,] {benedixit,} "blessed." It is no unusual thing for a word to have opposite senses.
Jezebel <06213 0348> [did as Jezebel.]
villains ......... villains <0582 01100> [the men of Belial.]
cursed God <0430 01288> [blaspheme God.]
king <04428> [the king.]
dragged <03318> [they carried him.]
1 Kings 21:2
Give .... vineyard ..................... give ...... vineyard ........... pay <05414 03754> [Give me.]
The request of Ahab, at first view, appears fair and honourable. But, as he most evidentially wished Naboth to alienate it finally, which was expressly forbidden and provided against in the law of God, (Le 25:14-28,) it was high iniquity in Ahab to tempt him to do it, and to covet it showed the depravity of his soul.
vegetable garden <03419 01588> [a garden of herbs.]
better ......... prefer <05869 02896> [seem good to thee. Heb. be good in thine eyes.]
1 Kings 10:1-7
queen <04436> [A.M. 3014. B.C. 990. And when.]
Sheba <07614> [Sheba.]
heard <08085> [heard.]
Solomon <08034> [concerning.]
challenge .... difficult questions <05254 02420> [prove him.]
great display ... pomp ......... very <03515 02428 03966> [a very great train.]
spices <01314> [spices.]
discussed <01696> [communed.]
questions ..... question <05046 01697> [told her.]
questions ..... question <01697> [questions. Heb. words. hid from the king.]
Solomon's <08010> [Solomon's.]
palace <01004> [the house.]
food <03978> [the meat.]
attendants <04612> [attendance. Heb. standing. cup-bearers. or, butlers. ascent.]
The original {weâ€latho asher ya„leh baith yehowah,} is rendered by the LXX. and Vulgate, [kai ten olokowtosin autou en anepheren en oiko Kuriou;] {et holocausta, qu‘ offerebat in domo Domini,} "And the burnt offerings (or holocausts) which he offered in the house of the Lord;" with which the Chaldee, Syriac, and Arabic agree; and so also Luther, {llnd feine Brandopfer, bie er in bem Daufe bes Derrn opferte;} and this seems to be the true sense of the passage.
<07307> [there was no.]
report .......... wise sayings <01697> [report. Heb. word.]
report .......... wise sayings <01697> [acts. or, sayings.]
believe <0539> [I believed.]
wisdom ... wealth ..... reported <02896 08052 02451> [thy wisdom and prosperity exceeded the fame. Heb. thou hast added wisdom and goodness to the fame.]
1 Kings 19:9
cave <04631> [unto a cave.]
Elijah <0452> [What doest thou.]
1 Kings 19:14
absolutely loyal <07065> [I have been.]
abandoned <05800> [forsaken.]
1 Kings 19:2
gods <0430> [So let.]
I .... take <07760> [if I.]
tomorrow <04279> [to-morrow.]
1 Kings 1:17
master <0113> [My lord.]
swore <07650> [thou swarest.]
It is not recorded when or upon what occasion David sware to Bathsheba that Solomon should succeed him; but it is supposed, with some degree of probability, that it took place after Absalom's rebellion; and as God himself had settled the succession, he might very properly give her this assurance.
Ezra 4:7-16
Artaxerxes .............. Artaxerxes <0783> [A.M. 3482. B.C. 522. Artaxerxes.]
This Artaxerxes was one of the Magi, who usurped the throne after the death of Cambyses, for seven months, feigning himself to be Smerdis, brother of Cambyses: he is called Oropoestus by Justin, Smerdis by Herodotus, Mardus by AEschylus, and Sphendatates by Ctesias.
Bishlam <01312> [Bishlam. or, in peace. companions. Heb. societies.]
Aramaic ..... Aramaic <0762> [the Syrian tongue.]
That is, probably, both the language and character were Syrian or Chaldaic; and therefore, from the 8th verse of this chapter, to ch. 7:27, the original is not Hebrew, but Chaldee, in those parts which consist of letters, decrees, etc., originally written in that language.
scribe <05613> [scribe. or, secretary.]
colleagues <03675> [companions. Chal. societies. the Dinaites.]
rulers <0671> [Apharsathchites.]
[Apharsachites. Susanchites.]
Elamites <05962> [Elamites.]
rest ................... other places <07606> [And the rest.]
noble Ashurbanipal <0620 03358> [noble Asnappar.]
<03706> [at such a time. Chal. Cheeneth.]
rebellious <04779> [rebellious.]
odious city <07149 0873> [bad city.]
<03635> [set up. or, finished.]
repairing <02338> [joined. Chal. sewed together.]
if this city <01791 07149 02006> [if this city.]
paid <05415> [pay. Chal. give. toll.]
treasury <0674> [revenue. or, strength.]
that ..................... sustain <04415 01768> [have maintenance, etc. Chal. are salted with the salt of the palace.]
Salt is reckoned among the principal necessaries of life, (Ecclus. 39:26 or 31;) hence, by a very natural figure, salt is used for food or maintenance in general. I am well informed, says Mr. Parkhurst, that it is a common expression of the natives in the East Indies, "I eat such a one's salt," meaning, I am fed by him. Salt was also, as it still is, among eastern nations, a symbol of friendship and hospitality; and hence, to eat a man's salt, is to be bound to him by the ties of friendship.
not <03809> [and it was.]
this city ........................ this city <07149 01791> [this city.]
producing <05648> [moved. Chal. made. within the same. Chal. in the midst thereof. for which.]
will <0383> [thou shalt have.]
Nehemiah 6:5
open letter <06605 0107> [with an open letter.]
This was a gross insult to a person of Nehemiah's quality; as the letters sent to chiefs and governors in the East are always carefully folded up, put in silk bags, and then sealed.
Nehemiah 6:17
aristocrats <02715> [the nobles.]
letters ... Tobiah ... responses ... Tobiah <01980 07235 0107 02900> [sent many letters unto Tobiah. Heb. multiplied their letters passing to Tobiah.]
Nehemiah 6:19
said <0559> [they reported.]
things <01697> [words. or, matters. to put.]
Acts 9:2
requested <154> [desired.]
synagogues <4864> [the synagogues.]
Way <3598> [of this way. Gr. of the way.]
