2Ch 12:7, 14:9-15, 2Ch 20, Psa 76:1-5, 125:1, Isa 4:5-6, 37:33-36 | TSK | STEP | the Lord. therefore. some. or, a little while. and my wrath.

beyond the sea.That is, the Dead or Salt Sea, the western and northern boundary of Edom, which is the reading of one of Dr. Kennicott's MSS. (89,) instead of {aram}, "Syria."

Ge 14:3; Nu 34:12; Jos 3:16

Hazazon-tamar.

Ge 14:7

En-gedi.

Jos 15:62; 1Sa 23:29; So 1:14

feared.

Ge 32:7-11,24-28; Ps 56:3,4; Isa 37:3-6; Jon 1:16; Mt 10:28

himself. Heb. his face. seek the Lord. See on ch.

11:16; 19:3

proclaimed.

Jud 20:26; 1Sa 7:6; Ezr 8:21-23; Es 4:16; Jer 36:9; Da 9:3

Joe 1:14; 2:12-18; Jon 3:5-9

ask help of the Lord.

Ps 34:5,6; 50:15; 60:10-12

the cities.

19:5; Ps 69:35

Jehoshaphat.

6:12,13; 34:31; 2Ki 19:15-19

O Lord.

Ex 3:6,15,16; 1Ch 29:18

God in heaven.

De 4:39; Jos 2:11; 1Ki 8:23; Ps 115:3; Isa 57:15,16; 66:1; Mt 6:9

rulest not.

1Ch 29:11,12; Ps 47:2,8; Jer 27:5-8; Da 4:17,25,32-35

in thine hand.

1Ch 29:11,12; Ps 62:11; Mt 6:13

none is able.

Ac 11:17

our God.

14:11; Ge 17:7; Ex 6:7; 19:5-7; 20:2; 1Ch 17:21-24

who. Heb. thou. drive out.

Ex 33:2; Ps 44:2

gavest.

Ge 12:7; 13:15; Jos 24:3,13; Ne 9:8

thy friend.

Isa 41:8; Joh 11:11; 15:15; Jas 2:23

built thee.

2:4; 6:10

If, when evil.

6:28-30; 1Ki 8:33,37

and in thy presence.

Mt 18:20

thy name.

6:20; Ex 20:24; 23:21

is in this house.Several MSS. with the Syriac, Arabic, and Vulgate, read {nikra}, "is invoked:" "thy name is invoked in this house."

whom thou.

Nu 20:17-21; De 2:4,5,9,19; Jud 11:15-18

how they reward us.Six of Dr. Kennicott's and De Rossi's MSS. and {räâh}, "evil:" "Behold they reward us evil:" which is also the reading of the Targum.

Ge 44:4; Ps 7:4; 35:12; Pr 17:13; Jer 18:20

to cast us.

Jud 11:23,24; Ps 83:3-12

wilt.

De 32:36; Jud 11:27; 1Sa 3:13; Ps 7:6,8; 9:19; 43:1; Isa 2:4; 42:4

Joe 3:12; Re 19:11

we have.

2Sa 14:11; 1Sa 14:6; 2Co 1:8,9

neither.

2Ki 6:15

our eyes.

Ps 25:15; 121:1,2; 123:1,2; 141:8; Jon 2:4

all Judah.

De 29:10; Ezr 10:1; Jon 3:5; Ac 21:5

Then upon.

Isa 58:9; 65:24; Da 9:20,21; Ac 10:4,31

came the Spirit.

15:1; 24:20; Nu 11:25,26; 24:2

Be not afraid.

32:7,8; Ex 14:13,14; De 1:29,30; 20:1,4; 31:6,8; Jos 11:6; Ne 4:14

Ps 17:1,2; Isa 41:10-16; 43:1,2

the battle.

32:8; 1Sa 17:47

cliff. Heb. ascent. Ziz.The cliff of Ziz was probably near Ziza, which Ptolemy places in Arabia Petraæ, long. 69 11/24 degrees lat. 31 degrees.

brook. or, valley. the wilderness.The wilderness of Jeruel seems, from ver. 20, to have been a part of the wilderness of Tekoa.

not need.

22,23; Ex 14:13,14,25

stand ye still.

Ps 46:10,11; Isa 30:7,15; La 3:26; 3:26

for the Lord.

15:2; 32:8; Nu 14:9; Ps 46:7,11; Isa 8:9,10; 41:10; Am 5:14; Mt 1:23

Mt 28:20; Ro 8:31; 2Ti 4:22

bowed his head.

7:3; Ge 24:26; Ex 4:31

fell before.

Job 1:20; Ps 95:6

Levites.

1Ch 15:16-22; 16:5,42; 23:5; 25:1-7

Korhites.

Ps 44:1; 49:1; *titles

a loud.

5:13; Ezr 3:12,13; Ne 12:42,43; Ps 81:1; 95:1,2

Tekoa.

11:6; 2Sa 14:2; 1Ch 4:5; Jer 6:1

Hear ye.

Believe in the Lord.

Isa 7:9; 26:3; Joh 11:40; 14:1; Ro 8:31; Heb 11:6

believe his.

Ex 14:31; Lu 16:31; Joh 5:46,47; 13:20

consulted.

1Ch 13:1,2; Pr 11:14

appointed.

29:25-30; 30:21; Ezr 3:10,11; Ne 12:27

that should praise. Heb. praisers of. the beauty.

1Ch 16:29; Ps 29:2; 50:2; 90:17; 96:9

Praise the Lord.

5:13; 7:3,6; 1Ch 16:34,41; Ezr 3:11; Ps 106:1; 107:1; 136:1-26

Jer 33:11

when they. Heb. in the time that they, etc. to sing and to.Heb. in singing and. the Lord set ambushments. Houbigant's version is, "the Lord set against the children of Amon and Moab ambushments of those who came from mount Seir against Judah; and the children of Ammon and Moab were smitten: but they afterwards rose up against the inhabitants of mount Seir, and utterly destroyed them; who being destroyed, they rose up one against one another, and mutually destroyed each other."

Jud 7:22; 1Sa 14:16,20; 2Ki 6:17; Ps 35:5,6; Isa 19:2; Eze 38:21

were smitten. or, smote one another.

mount Seir.

Ge 14:6; 36:8,9; De 2:5; Jos 24:4; Eze 35:2,3

to destroy another. Heb. for the destruction.

they were dead.

Ex 14:30; 1Ch 5:22; Ps 110:6; Isa 37:36; Jer 33:5

none escaped. Heb. there was not an escaping.

Ezr 9:14

they found.

Ex 12:35,36; 1Sa 30:19,20; 2Ki 7:9-16; Ps 68:12; Ro 8:37

dead bodies.Instead of {pegarim,} "dead bodies," eight MSS. and several ancient editions read {begadim,} "garments." None of the ancient versions, except the Chaldee, have dead bodies: garments would therefore appear to be the true reading; and the succeeding clause should be rendered, "which they seized for themselves."

precious jewels.

Ex 3:22; Nu 31:15; Jud 8:24-26; Pr 3:15

it was so much.

Eze 39:8,9

Berachah. that is, Blessing.Having previously sought deliverance by fasting and prayer, and received the assurance of it with grateful joy, Jehoshaphat and his army returned immediate and fervent thanks and praise to the Lord, who had in so wonderful a manner performed his promise. Scott, who quotes the following from Bp. Patrick: "They did not return every man to his own home; but first went back to Jerusalem, to bless the Lord again for hearing their prayer and making good his promises."

blessed.

Ex 15:1-19; 2Sa 22:1; Ps 103:1,2; 107:21,22; Lu 1:68; Re 19:1-6

the name.

Ge 28:19; 32:20; Ex 17:15; 1Sa 7:12; Isa 62:4; Ac 1:19

unto this day.

5:9

forefront. Heb. head.

2Sa 6:14,15; Mic 2:13; Heb 6:20

the Lord.

1Sa 2:1; Ne 12:43; Ps 20:5; 30:1; Isa 35:10; 51:11; Re 18:20

with psalteries.Instead of celebrating his own heroism or the valour of his troops on this memorable occasion, this excellent prince sung with his whole army the praises of Jehovah, the God of hosts, who disposes of the victory according to his pleasure. This conduct was becoming the descendant and successor of David, the man after God's own heart, and of a religious people, the peculiar inheritance of Jehovah.

2Sa 6:5; 1Ch 13:8; 23:5; 25:6; Ps 57:8; 92:3; 149:3; 150:3-5

Re 14:2,3

the fear.

17:10; Ge 35:5; Ex 23:27; Jos 5:1; 2Ki 7:6

they had heard.

Ex 15:14-16; Jos 2:9-11; 9:9-11

his God.

14:6,7; 15:15; Jos 23:1; 2Sa 7:1; Job 34:29; Pr 16:7; Joh 14:27

A.M. 3090-3115. B.C. 914-889. Jehoshaphat.

1Ki 22:41-44

he walked.

17:3-6

the way.

14:2-5,11-13; 1Ki 15:11

departed not.

16:7-12; Ps 18:21; 36:3

the high places.

14:3; 17:6

had not.

12:14; 19:3; 30:19; De 29:4; 1Sa 7:3

the rest.

12:15; 13:22; 16:11

book. Heb. words. Jehu the son of Hanani.

19:2; 1Ki 16:1,7

is mentioned. Heb. was made to ascend.

A.M. 3108. B.C. 896. did Jehoshaphat.

1Ki 22:48,49

who did very.

2Ki 1:2-16

And he joined."At first Jehoshaphat was unwilling, 1 Ki 22:28, 49."

Tarshish."Tarsos in the great sea," says the Targumist, by which is meant a a place in the Mediterranean, called the Great Sea by the Hebrews. See on

1Ki 10:22

Tharshish. Ezion-gaber.

1Ki 9:26

Ezion-geber.

Because.

19:2; Jos 7:11,12; Pr 13:20

the Lord.

16:9; Pr 9:6; 13:20; Heb 12:6; Re 3:19

And the ships.

1Ki 22:48

to Tarshish.

9:21

Psalms 76:1-5

1 A declaration of God's majesty in the church.

11 An exhortation to serve him reverently.

(Title.) Neginoth.

4:1; 54:1; 61:1; 67:1; *titles

A Psalm. This Psalm is entitled in the Septuagint, which is followed by the Vulgate and Appollinarius, [ ,] "An ode against the Assyrian;" and it is considered by many of the best commentators to have been composed by Asaph after the defeat of Sennacherib.

of Asaph. or, for Asaph.

In Judah.

48:1-3; 147:19,20; De 4:7,8,34-36; Ac 17:23; Ro 2:17-29; 3:1,2

his.

98:2,3; 148:13,14; 1Ch 29:10-12; 2Ch 2:5,6; Da 3:29; 4:1,2

Salem.

Ge 14:18; Heb 7:1,2

dwelling.

132:13,14; 2Ch 6:6; Isa 12:6

There.

46:9; 2Ch 14:12,13; 20:25; 32:21; Isa 37:35,36; Eze 39:3,4,9,10

mountains.