Judges 9:4
temple <01004> [house.]
lawless <07386> [vain, etc.]
{Anashim raikim oophochozim,} "worthless and dissolute men;" persons who were living on the public, and had nothing to lose. Such was the foundation of his Babel government. By a cunning management of such unprincipled men most revolutions are brought about.
Judges 9:27
celebrated <01974> [merry. or, songs.]
temple <01004> [the house.]
ate <0398> [did eat.]
cursed <07043> [cursed.]
Judges 8:33
Gideon <01439> [as soon.]
prostituted <02181> [went.]
Baal-Berith <01170> [Baal-berith.]
Literally, "the lord of the covenant."
Judges 8:1
Ephraimites <0376> [the men.]
Why <04100> [Why, etc. Heb. What thing is this thou hast done unto us? sharply. Heb. strongly.]
Judges 8:26
seventeen hundred <0505> [a thousand.]
Taking the shekel at half an ounce, the sum of the gold ear-rings was 73 lbs. 4oz. and worth about Å“3,300 sterling.
jewelry <05188> [collars. or, sweet jewels. purple.]
necklaces <06060> [chains.]
Judges 8:2
accomplished <06213> [What.]
leftover grapes <05955> [Is not the.]
That is, the Ephraimites have performed more important services than Gideon and his men had achieved.
Abiezer's <044> [Abiezer.]
Judges 1:2-4
Simeon ............................ Simeon <08095> [Simeon.]
went <01980> [I likewise.]
Lord <03068> [Lord.]
Bezek <0966> [Bezek.]
Eusebius and Jerome mention two villages of this name, near each other, about seventeen miles from Shechem, towards Scythopolis.
Psalms 115:8
Isaiah 28:15-18
made ........................... made <03772 07760> [We have.]
To be in covenant with a thing, says Bp. Lowth, is a proverbial expression to denote perfect security from mischief or evil of which it is the cause.
<07857> [when.]
made ........................... made <03772 07760> [we have made.]
maintains <03245> [Behold.]
faith <0539> [he that.]
justice <04941> [Judgment.]
hail <01259> [and the hail.]
floodwaters <04325> [and the waters.]
treaty <01285> [your covenant.]
dissolved <03722> [shall be disannulled.]
For {kuppar,} Houbigant, Archbp. Secker, and Bp. Lowth, would read {tuppar;} but the former may well have the sense ascribed to it here, as it signifies in Chaldee and Syriac, {abstersit, diluit, abolevit.}
overwhelming <07857> [when.]
overrun <04823> [trodden down by it. Heb. a treading down to it.]
Isaiah 37:38
god <0430> [his god.]
Ararat <0780> [Armenia. Heb. Ararat.]
Esarhaddon <0634> [Esar-haddon.]
Esar-haddon, called Asar-addinus in the Canon of Ptolemy, was the third son of Sennacherib; and having reigned twenty-nine years over the Assyrians, he took advantage of the anarchy and confusion which followed the death of Mesessimordacus, and seized upon Babylon; which he added to his former empire, and reigned over both for thirteen years; when he was succeeded by his son Saosduchinus, A.M. 3336, B.C. 668.
