Gen 15:1, Num 14:9, Deu 33:29, Jos 10:42, 1Sa 14:6, 17:45-47, Psa 27:1-3 | TSK | STEP | God encourages Abram, who complains for want of an heir. God promises him a son, and a multiplying of his seed. Abram is justified by faith. Canaan is promised again, and confirmed by a sign, and a vision, prophetic of the condition of his posterity till brought out of Egypt. A.M. 2093. B.C. 1911. in. Fear. thy shield. and thy.

defence. Heb. shadow.{Tzillam,} a metaphor highly expressive of protection and support in the sultry eastern countries. (See the Parallel Passages.) The Arabs and Persians use the same word to express the same thing; using the expressions, "May the shadow {zulli} of thy prosperity be extended." "May the shadow of thy prosperity be spread over the heads of thy well-wishers." And in an elegant distich, "May your protection never be removed from my head; may God extend your shadow {zullikem} eternally." The loftiest and most esteemed title of the sultan, says Thornton, because given him by the kings of Persia, is {zil ullah,} shadow of God.

Ps 91:1; 121:5; Isa 30:2,3; 32:2; Jer 48:45

the Lord.

Ge 48:21; Ex 33:16; De 7:21; 20:1-4; 31:6,8; Jos 1:5; Jud 1:22

2Ch 13:12; 15:2; 20:17; 32:8; Ps 46:1,2,7,11; Isa 8:9,10; 41:10

Mt 1:23; Ro 8:31

fear them not.

Isa 41:14

Deuteronomy 33:29

Happy.

4:7,8; Nu 23:20-24; 24:5; 2Sa 7:23; Ps 33:12; 144:15

saved.

Isa 12:2; 45:17; 1Ti 4:10

the shield.

Ge 15:1; Ps 84:11; 115:9-11

the sword.

Jud 7:20; Ps 7:12; 45:3; Isa 27:1; 34:5,6; Jer 12:12; 47:6; Re 1:16

Re 19:21

found liars. or, subdued.

2Sa 22:45; Ps 18:44; 66:3; 81:15; *margins

thou shalt.

32:13; Jos 10:24,25; Hab 3:19

Joshua 10:42

because.

14; Ex 14:14,25; De 20:4; Ps 44:3-8; 46:1,7,11; 80:3; 118:6

Isa 8:9,10; 43:4; Ro 8:31-37

1 Samuel 14:6

Come.This action of Jonathan's was totally contrary to the laws of war; no military operation should be undertaken without the knowledge and command of the general. But it is highly probable, that this gallant man was led to undertake the hazardous enterprise by an immediate divine impulse; and by the same influence was kept from informing the soldiers, and even from consulting his father, who might have opposed his design.

uncircumcised.

17:26,36; Ge 17:7-11; Jud 15:18; 2Sa 1:20; Jer 9:23,26

Eph 2:11,12; Php 3:3

it may be.

2Sa 16:12; 2Ki 19:4; Am 5:15; Zep 2:3

for there is no restraint.Where there is a promise of defense and support, the weakest, in the face of the strongest enemy, may rely upon it with the utmost confidence.

De 32:30; Jud 7:4-7; 2Ch 14:11; Ps 115:1-3; Zec 4:6; Mt 19:26

Ro 8:31