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Genesis
tGen 11:2
And it came to pass, (a) as (b) they journeyed from the (c) east, that they found a plain in the land of (d) Shinar; and they dwelt there. (a) One hundred and thirty years after the flood. (b) That is, Nimrod and his company. (c) That is, from Armenia where the ark stayed. (d) Which was afterward called Chaldea. Genesis 11:4 Genesis
tGen 11:31
And (n) Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran his son's son, and Sarai his daughter in law, his son Abram's wife; and they went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan; and they came unto (o) Haran, and dwelt there. (n) Though the oracle of God came to Abram, yet the honour is given to Terah, because he was the father. (o) Which was a city of Mesopotamia. Next: Genesis Chapter 12
Exodus
tEx 12:41
And it came to pass at the end of the (s) four hundred and thirty years, even the selfsame day it came to pass, that all the hosts of the LORD went out from the land of Egypt. (s) From Abraham's departing from Ur in Chaldea to the departing of the children of Israel from Egypt are 430 years. Exodus 12:43
Numbers
tNum 17:12
And the children of Israel spake unto Moses, saying, Behold, (f) we die, we perish, we all perish. (f) The Chaldea text describes their complaining in this way; "We die by the sword, the earth swallows us up, the pestilence consumes us." Next: Numbers Chapter 18
Joshua
tJosh 1:1
Now after the (a) death of Moses the servant of the LORD it came to pass, that the LORD spake unto Joshua the son of Nun, Moses' minister, saying, The Argument - In this book the Holy Spirit sets most lively before us the accomplishment of God's promise, who as he promised by the mouth of Moses, that a prophet would be raised up to the people like him, whom he wills to obey, (Deu 18:15): so he shows himself true to his promise, as at all other times, and after the death of Moses his faithful servant, he raises up Joshua to be ruler and governor over his people, that they should neither be discouraged for lack of a captain, nor have reason to distrust God's promises later. So that Joshua might be confirmed in his calling, and the people also might have no opportunity to grudge, as though he were not approved by God: he is adorned with most excellent gifts and graces from God, both to govern the people with counsel, and to defend them with strength, that he lacks nothing which either belongs to a valiant captain, or a faithful minister. So he overcomes all difficulties, and brings them into the land of Canaan: which according to God's ordinance he divides among the people and appoints their borders: he established laws and ordinances, and put them in remembrance of God's revealed benefits, assuring them of his grace and favour if they obey God, and of his plagues and vengeance if they disobey him. This history represents Jesus Christ the true Joshua, who leads us into eternal happiness, signified to us by this land of Canaan. From the beginning of Genesis to the end of this book is 2567 years. For from Adam to the flood are 1656, from the flood to the departure of Abraham out of Chaldea 423, and from then to the death of Joseph 290. So that Genesis contains 2369, Exodus 140, the other three books of Moses 40, Joshua 27. So the whole makes 2576 years. (a) The beginning of this book depends on the last chapter of Deuteronomy which was written by Joshua as a preparation to his history. Joshua 1:4
Joshua
tJosh 10:13
And the sun stood still, and the moon stayed, until the people had avenged themselves upon their enemies. [Is] not this written in the book of (e) Jasher? So the sun stood still in the midst of heaven, and hasted not to go down about a whole day. (e) Some read, the book of the righteous, meaning Moses: the Chaldea text reads, in the book of the Law, but it is likely that it was a book thus named, which is now lost. Joshua 10:14
Judges
tJudg 6:25
And it came to pass the same night, that the LORD said unto him, Take thy father's young bullock, even the second bullock (k) of seven years old, and throw down the altar of Baal that thy father hath, and cut down the grove that [is] by it: (k) That is, as the Chaldea text writes, fed seven years. Judges 6:26
Judges
tJudg 7:15
And it was [so], when Gideon heard the telling of the dream, and the interpretation thereof, that he (g) worshipped, and returned into the host of Israel, and said, Arise; for the LORD hath delivered into your hand the host of Midian. (g) Or, gave God thanks, as it is in the Chaldea text. Judges 7:16
Ruth
tRuth 2:18
And she took [it] up, and went into the city: and her mother in law saw what she had gleaned: and she [g brought forth, and gave to her that she had reserved after she was sufficed. (g) That is, from her bag, as it is in the Chaldee text. Ruth 2:20
1 Kings (1 Samuel)
t1Kings 3:1
And the child Samuel ministered unto the LORD (a) before Eli. And the word of the LORD was (b) precious in those days; [there was] no open vision. (a) The Chaldee text reads "while Eli lived". (b) Because there were very few prophets to declare it. 1 Kings (1 Samuel) 3:2
1 Kings (1 Samuel)
t1Kings 7:6
And they gathered together to Mizpeh, and (d) drew water, and poured [it] out before the LORD, and fasted on that day, and said there, We have sinned against the LORD. And Samuel judged the children of Israel in Mizpeh. (d) The Chaldee text says that they drew water out of their heart: that is, wept abundantly for their sins. 1 Kings (1 Samuel) 7:8
2 Kings (2 Samuel)
t2Kings 17:20
And when Absalom's servants came to the woman to the house, they said, Where [is] Ahimaaz and Jonathan? And the woman said unto them, They be gone over the (i) brook of water. And when they had sought and could not find [them], they returned to Jerusalem. (i) The Chaldee text reads: Now they have passed the Jordan. 2 Kings (2 Samuel) 17:21
3 Kings (1 Kings)
t3Kings 16:9
And his servant Zimri, captain of half [his] chariots, conspired against him, as he was in Tirzah, (e) drinking himself drunk in the house of Arza steward of [his] house in Tirzah. (e) The Chaldee text has this, "Drinking till he was drunk in the temple of Arza the idol by his house in Tirzah". 3 Kings (1 Kings) 16:12
4 Kings (2 Kings)
t4Kings 25:4
And the city was broken up, and all the men of war [fled] by night by the way of the (d) gate between two walls, which [is] by the king's garden: (now the Chaldees [were] against the city round about:) and [the king] went the way toward the plain. (d) Which was a back door, or some secret gate to leave by. 4 Kings (2 Kings) 25:6 4 Kings (2 Kings)
t4Kings 25:24
And Gedaliah (l) sware to them, and to their men, and said unto them, Fear not to be the servants of the Chaldees: dwell in the land, and serve the king of Babylon; and it shall be well with you. (l) That is, he exhorted them in the Name of the Lord, according to Jeremiah's counsel, to submit themselves to Nebuchadnezzar, seeing it was the revealed will of the Lord. 4 Kings (2 Kings) 25:26 4 Kings (2 Kings)
t4Kings 25:26
And all the people, both small and great, and the captains of the armies, arose, and came to (m) Egypt: for they were afraid of the Chaldees. (m) Contrary to Jeremiah's counsel in Jeremiah 40-42. 4 Kings (2 Kings) 25:27
2 Chronicles
t2Chron 13:7
And there are gathered unto him (g) vain men, the children of Belial, and have strengthened themselves against Rehoboam the son of Solomon, when Rehoboam was (h) young and tenderhearted, and could not withstand them. (g) This word in the Chaldee tongue is Racha, which our saviour uses, (Mat 5:22). (h) Meaning, in heart and courage. 2 Chronicles 13:9
2 Chronicles
t2Chron 36:17
Therefore he brought upon them the king of the Chaldees, who slew their young men with the sword (h) in the house of their sanctuary, and had no compassion upon young man or maiden, old man, or him that stooped for age: he (i) gave [them] all into his hand. (h) Where they fled, thinking to have been saved for the holiness of it. (i) Which is not because God approves him, who yet is the minister of his justice, but because God would by his just judgment punish this people: for this king was led with ambition and vain glory, to which were joined fury and cruelty: therefore his work was condemnable, even though it was just and holy on God's part, who used this wicked instrument to declare his justice. 2 Chronicles 36:20 2 Chronicles
t2Chron 36:22
Now in the (m) first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the LORD [spoken] by the mouth of Jeremiah might be accomplished, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and [put it] also in writing, saying, (m) In the first year that he reigned over the Chaldeans, (Ezr 1:1). 2 Chronicles 36:23
Ezra
tEzra 1:6
And all (g) they that [were] about them strengthened their hands with vessels of silver, with gold, with goods, and with beasts, and with precious things, beside all [that] was willingly offered. (g) The Babylonians and Chaldeans gave them these presents: thus rather than have the children of God be in need, he would stir the heart of the infidels to help them. Ezra 1:8 Ezra
tEzra 1:8
Even those did Cyrus king of Persia bring forth by the hand of Mithredath the treasurer, and numbered them unto (h) Sheshbazzar, the prince of Judah. (h) So the Chaldeans called Zerubbabel who was the chief governor, so that the preeminence still remained in the house of David. Ezra 1:9
Ezra
tEzra 2:63
And the (l) Tirshatha said unto them, that they should not eat of the most holy things, till there stood up a priest with (m) Urim and with Thummim. (l) This is a Chaldee name, and signifies him who has authority over others. (m) Read (Exo 28:30). Ezra 2:69
Nehemiah
tNeh 7:65
And (g) the Tirshatha said unto them, that they should not eat of the most holy things, till there stood [up] a priest with Urim and Thummim. (g) Meaning, Nehemiah: for Tirshatha in the Chaldee tongue means a butler. Nehemiah 7:70
Esther
tEsther 1:1
Now it came to pass in the days of (a) Ahasuerus, (this [is] Ahasuerus which reigned, from India even unto Ethiopia, [over] an (b) hundred and seven and twenty provinces:) The Argument - Because of the variety of names, by which they used to call their kings, and the number of years in which the Hebrews and the Greeks vary, various authors write concerning that Ahasuerus but is seems in (Dan 6:1, Dan 9:1) that he was Darius king of the Medes and son of Astyages also called Ahasuerus which was a name of honour and signified great and chief as chief head. In this is declared the great mercies of God toward his church: who never fails them in their greatest dangers, but when all hope of worldly help fades, he stirs up some, by whom he sends comfort and deliverance. In this also is described the ambition, pride and cruelty of the wicked when they come to honour and their sudden fall when they are at their highest and how God preserves and prefers them who are zealous of his glory and have a care and love for their brethren. (a) Also called Darius, who was now the favourite monarch and had the government of the Medes, Persians and Chaldeans. Some think he was Darius Hystaspis also called Artaxerxes. (b) (Dan 6:1) makes mention of only 120 leaving out the number that are imperfect as the scripture uses in various places. Esther 1:2
Job
tJob 1:3
His (d) substance also was seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she asses, and a very great household; so that this man was the greatest of all the men of (e) the east. (d) His children and riches are declared, to commend his virtue in his prosperity and his patience and constancy when God took them from him. (e) Meaning, the Arabians, Chaldeans, Idumeans etc. Job 1:5
Job
tJob 32:2
Then was kindled the wrath of Elihu the son of Barachel the (a) Buzite, of the kindred of (b) Ram: against Job was his wrath kindled, because he justified himself (c) rather than God. (a) Which came from Buz, the son of Nahor, Abraham's brother. (b) Or, as the Chaldee translation reads, Abram. (c) By making himself innocent, and by charging God of rigour. Job 32:4
Isaiah
tIs 11:11
And it shall come to pass in that day, [that] the Lord shall set his hand (g) again the second time to recover the remnant of his people, which shall be left, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the isles of the sea. (g) For God first delivered his people out of Egypt and now promises to deliver them out of their enemies hands as from the Parthians, Persians, Chaldeans and them of Antioch among whom they were dispersed and this is chiefly meant of Christ, who calls his people being dispersed through all the world. Isaiah 11:13
Isaiah
tIs 21:2
A grievous vision is declared to me; the (c) treacherous dealer dealeth treacherously, and the spoiler spoileth. Go up, O (d) Elam: besiege, O Media; all her sighing have I made (e) to cease. (c) The Assyrians and Chaldeans who had destroyed other nations will be overcome by the Medes and Persians: and this he prophesied a hundred years before it came to pass. (d) By Elam he means the Persians. (e) Because they will find no comfort, they will mourn no more, or I have caused them to cease mourning, whom Babylon had afflicted. Isaiah 21:3
Isaiah
tIs 23:13
Behold the land of the Chaldeans; this people was not, [till] the (q) Assyrian founded it for them that dwell in the wilderness: they set up its towers, they raised up its palaces; [and] he (r) brought it to ruin. (q) The Chaldeans who dwelt in tents in the wilderness were gathered by the Assyrians into cities. (r) The people of the Chaldeans destroyed the Assyrians: by which the prophet means that seeing the Chaldaeans were able to overcome the Assyrians who were so great a nation, much more will these two nations of Chaldea and Assyria be able to overthrow Tyrus. Isaiah 23:14
Isaiah
tIs 33:1
Woe to thee that (a) layest waste, and thou [wast] not laid waste; and dealest treacherously, and they dealt not treacherously with thee! when thou shalt (b) cease to lay waste, thou shalt be wasted; [and] when thou shalt make an end of dealing treacherously, (c) they shall deal treacherously with thee. (a) Meaning, the enemies of the Church, as were the Chaldeans and Assyrians, but chiefly of Sennacherib, but not only. (b) When your appointed time will come that God will take away your power: and that which you have wrongfully gained, will be given to others, as in (Amo 5:11). (c) The Chaldeans will do the same to the Assyrians, as the Assyrians did to Israel, and the Medes and Persians will do the same to the Chaldeans. Isaiah 33:2 Isaiah
tIs 33:3
At the noise of the tumult the (f) people fled; at the (g) lifting up of thyself the nations were scattered. (f) That is, the Assyrians fled before the army of the Chaldeans, or the Chaldeans for fear of the Medes and Persians. (g) When you, O Lord, lifted up your arm to punish your enemies. Isaiah 33:4 Isaiah
tIs 33:4
And your spoil shall be gathered [like] the gathering of the (h) caterpiller: as the running to and fro of locusts shall (i) he run upon them. (h) You who as caterpillars destroyed with your number the whole world, will have no strength to resist your enemies the Chaldeans: but will be gathered on a heap and destroyed. (i) Meaning, the Medes and Persians against the Chaldeans. Isaiah 33:6
Isaiah
tIs 37:38
And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons smote him with the sword; and they escaped into the land of Armenia: and (d) Esarhaddon his son reigned in his stead. (d) Who was also called Sardanapalus, in whose days ten years after Sennacherib's death the Chaldeans overcame the Assyrians by Merodach their king. Next: Isaiah Chapter 38
Isaiah
tIs 41:2
Who raised up the (c) righteous [man] from the east, called him to his foot, gave the nations before him, and made [him] rule over kings? he gave [them] as the dust to his sword, [and] as driven stubble to his bow. (c) Who called Abraham (who was the pattern of God's justice in delivering his Church) from the idolatry of the Chaldeans to go to and fro at his commandment and placed him in the land of Canaan. Isaiah 41:4 Isaiah
tIs 41:25
I have raised up [one] from the north, (t) and he shall come: from the rising of the sun shall he (u) call upon my name: and he shall come upon (x) princes as [upon] morter, and as the potter treadeth clay. (t) Meaning, the Chaldeans. (u) That is, Cyrus, who will do all things in my name and by my direction: by which he means that both their captivity and deliverance will be ordered by God's providence and appointment. (x) Both of the Chaldeans and others. Isaiah 41:26
Isaiah
tIs 43:14
Thus saith the LORD, your redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; For your sake I have sent to Babylon, and have (n) brought down all their nobles, and the Chaldeans, whose cry [is] in (o) the ships. (n) By Darius and Cyrus. (o) They will cry when they would escape by my water, seeing that the course of the Euphrates is turned another way by the enemy. Isaiah 43:16
Isaiah
tIs 47:1
Come down, and sit in the dust, O (a) virgin daughter of Babylon, sit on the ground: [there is] no (b) throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called tender and delicate. (a) Which has lived in wealth and wantonness and has not yet been overcome by any enemies. (b) Your government will be taken from you. Isaiah 47:2 Isaiah
tIs 47:5
(g) Sit thou silent, and get thee into darkness, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called, The lady of kingdoms. (g) For shame, and hide yourself. Isaiah 47:6
Isaiah
tIs 48:14
All ye, assemble yourselves, and hear; who among them hath declared these [things]? The LORD hath loved (r) him: he will do his pleasure on Babylon, and his arm [shall be on] the Chaldeans. (r) Meaning, Cyrus, whom he had chosen to destroy Babylon. Isaiah 48:16 Isaiah
tIs 48:20
(y) Go ye forth from Babylon, flee ye from the Chaldeans, with a voice of singing declare ye, tell this, utter it [even] to the end of the earth; say ye, The LORD hath redeemed his servant Jacob. (y) After he had forewarned them of their captivity and of the reason for it, he shows them the great joy that will come of their deliverance. Isaiah 48:21
Isaiah
tIs 49:24
Shall the prey be (d) taken from the mighty, or the lawful captive delivered? (d) He makes this as an objection as though the Chaldeans were strong, and had them in just possession. Isaiah 49:25
Jeremiah
tJer 1:13
And the word of the LORD came to me the second time, saying, What seest thou? And I said, I see a boiling (n) pot; and its face [is] toward the north. (n) Signifying that the Chaldeans and Assyrians would be as a pot to seethe the Jews who boiled in their pleasures and lust. Jeremiah 1:14 Jeremiah
tJer 1:14
Then the LORD said to me, Out of the (o) north an evil shall break forth upon all the inhabitants of the land. (o) Syria and Assyria were northward in respect to Jerusalem, which was the Chaldeans dominion. Jeremiah 1:16
Jeremiah
tJer 2:15
The young (x) lions roared upon him, [and] yelled, and they made his land waste: his cities are burned without (y) inhabitant. (x) The Babylonians, Chaldeans, and Assyrians. (y) Not one will be left to dwell there. Jeremiah 2:16
Jeremiah
tJer 4:5
(d) Declare ye in Judah, and proclaim in Jerusalem; and say, Blow ye the trumpet in the land: cry, confirm, and say, Assemble yourselves, and let us go into the fortified cities. (d) He warns them of the great dangers that will come on them by the Chaldeans, unless they repent and turn to the Lord. Jeremiah 4:6
Jeremiah
tJer 5:15
Lo, I will bring a nation upon you (o) from far, O house of Israel, saith the LORD: it [is] a mighty nation, it [is] an ancient nation, a nation whose language thou knowest not, neither understandest what they say. (o) That is, the Babylonians and Chaldeans. Jeremiah 5:16
Jeremiah
tJer 10:11
Thus shall ye say to them, The gods (g) that have not made the heavens and the earth, [even] they shall perish from the earth, and from under these heavens. (g) This declares that all that has been spoken of idols in this chapter, was to arm the Jews when they would be in Chaldea among the idolaters, and now with one sentence he instructs them both how to protest their own religion against the idolaters and how to answer them to their shame who would exhort them to idolatry, and therefore he writes this sentence in the Chaldean tongue for a memorial while all the rest of his writing is in Hebrew. Jeremiah 10:14
Jeremiah
tJer 11:16
The LORD called thy name, A green olive tree, fair, [and] of goodly fruit: with the (m) noise of a great tumult he hath kindled fire upon it, and the branches of it are broken. (m) Of the Babylonians and Chaldeans. Jeremiah 11:18
Jeremiah
tJer 16:16
Behold, I will send for many (g) fishermen, saith the LORD, and they shall fish them; and afterwards will I send for many hunters, and they shall hunt them from every mountain, and from every hill, and out of the clefts of the rocks. (g) By the fishers and hunters are meant the Babylonians and Chaldeans who would destroy them in such sort, that if they escaped the one, the other would take them. Jeremiah 16:18
Jeremiah
tJer 21:4
Thus saith the LORD God of Israel; Behold, I will (b) turn back the weapons of war that [are] in your hands, with which ye fight against the king of Babylon, and [against] the Chaldeans, who besiege you outside the walls, and I will assemble them into the midst of this city. (b) That is, from your enemies to destroy yourselves. Jeremiah 21:8 Jeremiah
tJer 21:9
He that abideth in this city shall die by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence: but he that goeth out, and falleth to the Chaldeans that besiege you, he shall live, and his life shall be to him for a (e) prize. (e) As a thing recovered from extreme danger, (Jer 37:2, Jer 39:18, Jer 45:5). Jeremiah 21:12
Jeremiah
tJer 22:20
Go up to (n) Lebanon, and cry; and lift up thy voice in (o) Bashan, and cry from the passes: for all thy lovers are destroyed. (n) To call to the Assyrians for help. (o) For this was the way out of India to Assyria, by which is meant that all help would fail: for the Chaldeans have subdued both them and the Egyptians. Jeremiah 22:22
Jeremiah
tJer 24:5
Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel; Like these good figs, so will I acknowledge them that are carried away captive of Judah, whom I have sent out of this (b) place into the land of the Chaldeans for [their] good. (b) By which he approves the yielding of Jeconiah and his company because they obeyed the prophet, who exhorted them to it. Jeremiah 24:7
Jeremiah
tJer 25:9
Behold, I will send and take all the (e) families of the north, saith the LORD, and Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, my (f) servant, and will bring them against this land, and against its inhabitants, and against all these nations (g) around, and will utterly destroy them, and make them an horror, and an hissing, and perpetual desolations. (e) The Chaldeans and all their power. (f) So the wicked and Satan himself are God's servants, because he makes them serve him by constraint and turns that which they do out of malice to his honour and glory. (g) As the Philistines, Ammonites, Egyptians and others. Jeremiah 25:10 Jeremiah
tJer 25:12
And it shall come to pass, when (i) seventy years are accomplished, [that] I will punish (k) the king of Babylon, and that nation, saith the LORD, for their iniquity, and the land of the Chaldeans, and will make it perpetual desolations. (i) This revelation was for the confirmation of his prophecy because he told them of the time that they would enter and remain in captivity, (Ch2 36:22; Ezr 1:1; Jer 29:10; Dan 9:2). (k) For seeing the judgment began at his own house, the enemies must be punished most grievously, (Eze 9:6; Pe1 4:17). Jeremiah 25:14
Jeremiah
tJer 27:22
They shall be carried to Babylon, and there shall they be until the day that I visit (h) them, saith the LORD; then will I bring them up, and restore them to this place. (h) That is, for the space of seventy years till I have caused the Medes and Persians to overcome the Chaldeans. Next: Jeremiah Chapter 28
Jeremiah
tJer 30:5
For thus saith the LORD; We have heard a (b) voice of trembling, of fear, and not of peace. (b) He shows that before this deliverance will come, the Chaldeans would be extremely afflicted by their enemies, and that they would be in such perplexity and sorrow as a woman in her travail as (Isa 13:8). Jeremiah 30:7
Jeremiah
tJer 32:5
And he shall lead Zedekiah to Babylon, and there shall he be until (b) I visit him, saith the LORD: though ye fight with the Chaldeans, ye shall not prosper. (b) Till I take Zedekiah away by death: for he will not die by the sword as in (Jer 34:4). Jeremiah 32:7 Jeremiah
tJer 32:24
Behold the (l) mounts, they are come to the city to take it; and the city is given into the hand of the Chaldeans, that fight against it, because of the sword, and of the famine, and of the pestilence: and what thou hast spoken is come to pass; and, behold, thou seest [it]. (l) The word signifies anything that is cast up, as a mount or rampart, and is also used for engines of war, which were laid on a high place to shoot into a city before guns were in use. Jeremiah 32:27
Jeremiah
tJer 33:5
They come to (d) fight with the Chaldeans, but [it is] to fill them with the dead bodies of men, whom I have slain in my anger and in my fury, and for all whose wickedness I have hid my (e) face from this city. (d) The Jews think to overcome the Chaldeans, but they seek their own destruction. (e) He shows that God's favour is cause of all prosperity, as his anger is of all adversity. Jeremiah 33:6 Jeremiah
tJer 33:24
Considerest thou not what (q) this people have spoken, saying, The two families which the LORD hath chosen, he hath even cast them off? thus they have despised my people, that they should be no more a nation before them. (q) Meaning, the Chaldeans and other infidels who thought God had utterly cast off Judah and Israel or Benjamin, because he corrected them for a time for their amendment. Next: Jeremiah Chapter 34
Jeremiah
tJer 35:11
But it came to pass, when Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up into the land, that we said, Come, and let us go to Jerusalem for fear of the army of the Chaldeans, and for fear of the army of the Syrians: so we (h) dwell at Jerusalem. (h) Which declares that they were not so bound to their vow that it could not be broken for any need, for where they were commanded to dwell in tents, they dwell now at Jerusalem for fear of the wars. Jeremiah 35:13
Jeremiah
tJer 37:3
And Zedekiah the king (c) sent Jehucal the son of Shelemiah and Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the priest to the prophet Jeremiah, saying, Pray now to the LORD our God for us. (c) Because he was afraid of the Chaldeans who came against him. Jeremiah 37:4 Jeremiah
tJer 37:5
Then Pharaoh's army had (e) come from Egypt: and when the Chaldeans that besieged Jerusalem heard tidings of them, they departed from Jerusalem. (e) To help the Jews. Jeremiah 37:12 Jeremiah
tJer 37:13
And when he was in the (g) gate of Benjamin, a captain of the guard [was] there, whose name [was] Irijah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Hananiah; and he took Jeremiah the prophet, saying, Thou fallest away to the Chaldeans. (g) By which men went into the country of Benjamin. Jeremiah 37:15
Jeremiah
tJer 38:2
Thus saith the LORD, He that remaineth in this city shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence: but he that goeth forth to the Chaldeans shall live; for he shall have his life for (b) a prize, and shall live. (b) Read (Jer 21:9, Jer 45:5). Jeremiah 38:4 Jeremiah
tJer 38:19
And Zedekiah the king said to Jeremiah, I am afraid of the Jews that have fallen to the Chaldeans, lest they deliver me into their hand, and they (i) mock me. (i) Which declares that he more feared the reproach of men than the threatenings of God. Jeremiah 38:22
Jeremiah
tJer 39:5
But the Chaldeans' army pursued them, and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho: and when they had taken him, they brought him to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon to (c) Riblah in the land of Hamath, where he gave judgment upon him. (c) Which is called Antioch in Syria. Jeremiah 39:10
Jeremiah
tJer 40:7
Now when all the captains of the forces (d) who [were] in the fields, [even] they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah the son of Ahikam governor in the land, and had committed to him men, and women, and children, and of the poor of the land, of them that were not carried away captive to Babylon; (d) Which were scattered abroad for fear of the Chaldeans. Jeremiah 40:8 Jeremiah
tJer 40:11
Likewise when all the Jews that [were] in (f) Moab, and among the Ammonites, and in Edom, and that [were] in all the countries, heard that the king of Babylon had left a remnant of Judah, and that he had set over them Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan; (f) Which were fed also for fear of the Chaldeans. Jeremiah 40:14
Jeremiah
tJer 43:3
But Baruch the son of Neriah (e) setteth thee on against us, to deliver us into the hand of the Chaldeans, that they may put us to death, and carry us away captives into Babylon. (e) Thus the wicked not only contemn and hurt the messengers of God, but slander and speak wickedly of all them that support or favour the godly. Jeremiah 43:5
Jeremiah
tJer 46:22
Its voice shall go like a (s) serpent; for they shall march with an army, and come against (t) her with axes, as hewers of wood. (s) They will be scarcely able to speak for fear of the Chaldeans. (t) Meaning Egypt. Jeremiah 46:23
Jeremiah
tJer 47:2
Thus saith the LORD; Behold, waters rise out of the (b) north, and shall be an overflowing flood, and shall overflow the land, and all that is in it; the city, and them that dwell in it: then the men shall cry, and all the inhabitants of the land shall wail. (b) He means the army of the Chaldeans, (Isa 8:7,8). Jeremiah 47:3
Jeremiah
tJer 48:10
(h) Cursed [be] he that doeth the work of the LORD deceitfully, and cursed [be] he that keepeth back his sword from blood. (h) He shows that God would punish the Chaldeans if they did not destroy the Egyptians, and that with a courage, and calls this executing of his vengeance against his enemies, his work though the Chaldeans sought another end, (Isa 10:11). Jeremiah 48:11 Jeremiah
tJer 48:26
Make ye him (o) drunk: for he magnified [himself] against the LORD: Moab also shall wallow in his vomit, and he also shall be in derision. (o) He willed the Chaldeans to lay afflictions enough on them till they are like drunken men that fall down to their shame and are derided by all. Jeremiah 48:27
Jeremiah
tJer 49:39
But it shall come to pass (k) in the latter days, [that] I will bring again the captives of Elam, saith the LORD. (k) This may be referred to the empire of the Persians and Medes after the Chaldeans or to the time of Christ, as in (Jer 48:47). Next: Jeremiah Chapter 50
Jeremiah
tJer 50:8
(i) Flee out of the midst of Babylon, and go forth from the land of the Chaldeans, and be as the male goats (k) before the flocks. (i) When God will deliver you by Cyrus. (k) That is, most forward and without fear. Jeremiah 50:10 Jeremiah
tJer 50:10
And Chaldea shall be a prey: all that spoil her (l) shall be satisfied, saith the LORD. (l) Shall be made rich by it. Jeremiah 50:11
Jeremiah
tJer 51:13
O thou that dwellest upon many (i) waters, abundant in treasures, thy end is come, [and] the measure of thy covetousness. (i) For the land of Chaldea was full of rivers which ran into the Euphrates. Jeremiah 51:17
Jeremiah
tJer 52:7
Then the city was broken up, and all the men of war fled, and went forth from the city by night by the (b) way of the gate between the two walls, which [was] by the king's garden; (now the Chaldeans [were] by the city on all sides:) and they went by the way of the plain. (b) Read (Jer 39:4). Jeremiah 52:9 Jeremiah
tJer 52:17
Also the (f) pillars of brass that [were] in the house of the LORD, and the bases, and the brasen sea that [was] in the house of the LORD, the Chaldeans broke, and carried all the brass of them to Babylon. (f) Of these pillars read (Kg1 7:15). Jeremiah 52:18
Ezekiel
tEzek 1:1
Now it came to pass in the (a) thirtieth year, in the fourth [month], in the fifth [day] of the month, as I [was] among the captives by the river of (b) Chebar, [that] the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of (c) God. The Argument - After Jehoiachin by the counsel of Jeremiah and Ezekiel had yielded himself to Nebuchadnezzar, and so went into captivity with his mother and various of his princes and of the people, some began to repent and murmur that they had obeyed the prophet's counsel, as though the things which they had prophesied would not come to pass, and therefore their estate would still be miserable under the Chaldeans. By reason of which he confirms his former prophecies, declaring by new visions and revelations shown to him, that the city would most certainly be destroyed, and the people grievously tormented by God's plagues, in so much that they who remained would be brought into cruel bondage. Lest the godly despair in these great troubles, he assures them that God will deliver his church at his appointed time and also destroy their enemies, who either afflicted them, or rejoiced in their miseries. The effect of the one and the other would be chiefly performed under Christ, of whom in this book are many notable promises, and in whom the glory of the new temple would perfectly be restored. He prophesied these things in Chaldea, at the same time that Jeremiah prophesied in Judah, and there began in the fifth year of Jehoiachin's captivity. (a) After that the book of the Law as found, which was the eighteenth year of the reign of Josiah, so that twenty-five years after this book was found, Jeconiah was led away captive with Ezekiel and many of the people, who the first year later saw these visions. (b) Which was a part of Euphrates so called. (c) That is, notable and excellent visions, so that it might be known, it was no natural dream but came from God. Ezekiel 1:3 Ezekiel
tEzek 1:3
The word of the LORD came expressly to Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the river Chebar; and the (d) hand of the LORD was there upon him. (d) That is, the spirit of prophecy, as in (Eze 3:22, Eze 37:1). Ezekiel 1:4
Ezekiel
tEzek 11:9
And I will bring you out of the midst of it, and deliver you into (d) the hands of strangers, and will execute judgments among you. (d) That is, of the Chaldeans. Ezekiel 11:10
Ezekiel
tEzek 12:13
My net also will I spread upon (d) him, and he shall be taken in my snare: and I will bring him to Babylon [to] the land of the Chaldeans; yet shall he not see it, though he shall die there. (d) When the king will think to escape by fleeing, I will take him into my net, as in (Eze 32:3). Ezekiel 12:16
Ezekiel
tEzek 16:37
Behold, therefore I will gather all (r) thy lovers, with whom thou hast taken pleasure, and all [them] that thou hast loved, with all [them] that thou hast hated; I will even gather them on every side against thee, and will uncover thy nakedness to them, that they may see all thy nakedness. (r) Egyptians, Assyrians and Chaldeans whom you took to be your lovers will come and destroy you, (Eze 23:9). Ezekiel 16:38
Ezekiel
tEzek 19:12
But she was plucked up in fury, she was cast down to the ground, and the (h) east wind dried up her fruit: her strong rods were broken and withered; the fire consumed them. (h) Meaning, that the Chaldeans would destroy them as the east wind does the fruit of the vine. Ezekiel 19:14
Ezekiel
tEzek 21:7
And it shall be, when they say to thee, Why sighest thou? that thou shalt answer, (e) For the tidings; because it cometh: and every heart shall melt, and all hands shall be feeble, and every spirit shall faint, and all knees shall be weak [as] water: behold, it cometh, and shall be brought to pass, saith the Lord GOD. (e) Because of the great noise of the army of the Chaldeans. Ezekiel 21:10 Ezekiel
tEzek 21:11
And he hath given it to be polished, that it may be handled: the sword is sharpened, and it is polished, to give it into the hand of the (i) slayer. (i) That is, to the army of the Chaldeans. Ezekiel 21:12
Ezekiel
tEzek 23:14
And [that] she increased her harlotries: for when she saw men (g) portrayed upon the wall, the images of the Chaldeans portrayed with vermilion, (g) This declares that no words are able to sufficiently express the rage of idolaters and therefore the Holy Spirit here compares them to those who in their raging love and filthy lusts dote on the images and paintings of them after whom they lust. Ezekiel 23:23 Ezekiel
tEzek 23:23
The Babylonians, and all the Chaldeans, (h) Pekod, and Shoa, and Koa, [and] all the Assyrians with them: all of them desirable young men, captains and rulers, great lords and renowned, all of them riding upon horses. (h) These were the names of certain princes and captains under Nebuchadnezzar. Ezekiel 23:25
Ezekiel
tEzek 24:21
Speak to the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will (s) profane my sanctuary, the (t) excellence of your strength, the desire of your eyes, and that which your soul pitieth; and your sons and your daughters whom ye have left shall fall by the sword. (s) By sending the Chaldeans to destroy it, as in See Eze 7:22. (t) In which you boast and delight. Next: Ezekiel Chapter 25
Ezekiel
tEzek 32:14
Then will I make (i) their waters deep, and cause their rivers to run like oil, saith the Lord GOD. (i) That is, of the Chaldeans your enemies, who will quietly enjoy all your conveniences. Ezekiel 32:18
Daniel
tDan 1:4
Children in whom [was] no blemish, but well (f) favoured, and skilful in all wisdom, and cunning in knowledge, and understanding science, and such as [had] ability in them to stand in the king's palace, and whom they might teach the (g) learning and the tongue of the Chaldeans. (f) The King required three things: that they should be of noble birth, that they should be intelligent and learned, and that they should be of a strong and handsome nature, so that they might do him better service. This he did for his own benefit, therefore it is not to praise his liberality: yet in this he is worthy of praise, that he esteemed learning, and knew that it was a necessary means to govern by. (g) That they might forget their own religion and country fashions to serve him the better to his purpose: yet it is not to be thought that Daniel learned any knowledge that was not godly. In all points he refused the abuse of things and superstition, insomuch that he would not eat the meat which the King appointed him, but was content to learn the knowledge of natural things. Daniel 1:5 Daniel
tDan 1:5
And the king appointed them a (h) daily provision of the king's meat, and of the wine which he drank: so nourishing them (i) three years, that at the end thereof they might stand (k) before the king. (h) That by their good entertainment they might learn to forget the mediocrity of their own people. (i) With the intent that in this time they might learn both the manners of the Chaldeans, and also their language. (k) As well as to serve at the table as in other offices. Daniel 1:7
Daniel
tDan 2:2
Then the king commanded to call the magicians, and the astrologers, and the sorcerers, and the (e) Chaldeans, for to shew the king his dreams. So they came and stood before the king. (e) For all these astrologers and sorcerers called themselves by this name of honour, as though all the wisdom and knowledge of the country depended upon them, and that all other countries were void of such wisdom and knowledge. Daniel 2:4 Daniel
tDan 2:4
Then spake the Chaldeans to the king in (f) Syriack, O king, live for ever: tell thy servants the dream, and we will shew the interpretation. (f) That is, in the Syrian language, which differed not much from the Chaldeans, except it seemed to be more eloquent, and therefore the learned used to speak it, as the Jewish writers do to this day. Daniel 2:5 Daniel
tDan 2:5
The king answered and said to the Chaldeans, The thing is gone from me: if ye will not make known unto me the dream, with the interpretation thereof, ye (g) shall be cut in pieces, and your houses shall be made a dunghill. (g) This is a just reward of their arrogance (who boasted of themselves that they had knowledge of all things), that they should be proved fools, and that to their perpetual shame and confusion. Daniel 2:7 Daniel
tDan 2:32
This image's head [was] of fine (q) gold, his breast and his arms of silver, his belly and his thighs of brass, (q) By gold, silver, brass, and iron are meant the Chaldean, Persian, Macedonian, and Roman kingdoms, which would successively rule all the world until Christ (who is here called the stone) himself comes, and destroys the last. And this was to assure the Jews that their affliction would not end with the empire of the Chaldeans, but that they should patiently await the coming of the Messiah, who would be at the end of this fourth monarchy. Daniel 2:38
Daniel
tDan 4:7
Then came in the magicians, the astrologers, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers: and I told the dream before them; but (c) they did not make known unto me the interpretation thereof. (c) In that he sent abroad to others, whose ignorance in times past he had experienced, and left Daniel who was ever ready at hand, it declares the nature of the ungodly, who never seek for the servants of God unless they absolutely have to, and then they flatter to a great extent. Daniel 4:8
Daniel
tDan 5:7
The king cried aloud to bring in (g) the astrologers, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers. [And] the king spake, and said to the wise [men] of Babylon, Whosoever shall read this writing, and shew me the interpretation thereof, shall be clothed with scarlet, and [have] a chain of gold about his neck, and shall be the third ruler in the kingdom. (g) Thus the wicked in their troubles seek many means, which draw them from God, because they do not seek for him who is the only comfort in all afflictions. Daniel 5:10 Daniel
tDan 5:11
There is a man in thy kingdom, in whom [is] the spirit of the holy gods; and in the days of thy father light and understanding and wisdom, like the wisdom of the gods, was found in him; whom the king Nebuchadnezzar thy father, the king, [I say], thy father, made master of the (i) magicians, astrologers, Chaldeans, [and] soothsayers; (i) Read (Dan 4:6); and this declares that both this name was odious to him, and also he did not use these vile practises, because he was not among them when all were called. Daniel 5:14
Daniel
tDan 7:4
The first [was] like a (c) lion, and had eagle's wings: I beheld till the wings thereof were plucked, and it was lifted up from the earth, and made stand upon the feet as a man, and a man's heart was given to it. (c) Meaning the Assyrian and Chaldean empire, which was most strong and fierce in power, and most soon to come to their authority, as though they had wings to fly: yet their wings were pulled off by the Persians, and they went on their feet, and were made like other men, which is meant here by man's heart. Daniel 7:5
Daniel
tDan 9:1
In the first year of Darius the son of (a) Ahasuerus, of the seed of the Medes, which was made king over the (b) realm of the Chaldeans; (a) Who was also called Astyages. (b) For Cyrus led with ambition, and went about wars in other countries, and therefore Darius had the title of the kingdom, even though Cyrus was king in effect. Daniel 9:2
Daniel
tDan 11:1
Also I in the first year of Darius the Mede, [even] I, (a) stood to confirm and to strengthen him. (a) The angel assures Daniel that God has given him power to perform these things, seeing that he appointed him to assist Darius when he overcame the Chaldeans. Daniel 11:2
Micah
tMic 2:13
The (p) breaker is come up before them: they have broken up, and have passed through the gate, and are gone out by it: and their king shall pass before them, and the LORD (q) on the head of them. (p) The enemy will break their gates and walls, and lead them into Chaldea. (q) To drive them forward, and to help their enemies. Next: Micah Chapter 3
Nahum
tNahum 3:2
The noise of a whip, (b) and the noise of the rattling of the wheels, and of the pransing horses, and of the jumping chariots. (b) He shows how the Chaldeans will hasten, and how courageous their horses will be in beating the ground when they come against the Assyrians. Nahum 3:4
Habakkuk
tHab 1:1
The burden which Habakkuk the prophet saw. The Argument - The Prophet complains to God, considering the great felicity of the wicked, and the miserable oppression of the godly, who endure all types of affliction and cruelty, and yet can see no end. Therefore he had this revelation shown to him by God, that the Chaldeans would come and take them away as captives, so that they could look for no end of their troubles as yet, because of their stubbornness and rebellion against the Lord. And lest the godly should despair, seeing this horrible confusion, he comforts them by this, that God will punish the Chaldeans their enemies, when their pride and cruelty will be at height. And for this reason he exhorts the faithful to patience by his own example, and shows them a form of prayer, with which they should comfort themselves. Habakkuk 1:2 Habakkuk
tHab 1:14
And makest men as the (l) fishes of the sea, as the creeping animals, [that have] no ruler over them? (l) So that the great devours the small, and the Chaldeans destroy all the world. Habakkuk 1:16
Habakkuk
tHab 2:5
Yea also, because (e) he transgresseth by wine, [he is] a proud man, neither keepeth at home, who enlargeth his desire as hell, and [is] as death, and cannot be satisfied, but gathereth to him all nations, and heapeth to him all people: (e) He compares the proud and covetous man to a drunkard that is without reason and sense, whom God will punish and make a laughing stock to all the world: and this he speaks for the comfort of the godly, and against the Chaldeans. Habakkuk 2:6
Zephaniah
tZeph 3:15
The LORD hath taken away thy (k) judgments, he hath cast out thine (l) enemy: the king of Israel, [even] the LORD, [is] in the midst of (m) thee: thou shalt not see evil any more. (k) That is, the punishment for your sin. (l) As the Assyrians, Chaldaeans, Egyptians, and other nations. (m) To defend you, as by your sins you have put him away, and left yourself naked, as in (Exo 32:25). Zephaniah 3:17 Zephaniah
tZeph 3:19
Behold, at that time I will undo all that afflict thee: and I will (p) save her that halteth, and gather her that was driven out; and I will get them praise and fame in every (q) land where they have been put to shame. (p) I will deliver the Church, which now is afflicted, as in (Mic 4:6). (q) As among the Assyrians and Chaldaeans, who mocked them and put them to shame.
Next: Haggai Chapter 1
Zechariah
tZech 5:2
And he said to me, What seest thou? And I answered, I see a flying (a) scroll; its length [is] twenty cubits, and its breadth ten cubits. (a) Because the Jews had provoked God's plagues by condemning his word, and casting off all judgment and equity, he shows that God's curses written in this book had justly happened both to them and their fathers. But now if they would repent, God would send the same among the Chaldeans and their former enemies. Zechariah 5:3
Zechariah
tZech 6:8
Then he cried upon me, and spoke to me, saying, Behold, these that go toward the north country have quieted my (k) spirit in the north country. (k) By punishing the Chaldeans my anger ceased, and you were delivered. Zechariah 6:10
Zechariah
tZech 7:2
When (b) they had sent to the house of God Sherezer and Regemmelech, and their men, to pray before the LORD, (b) That is, the rest of the people that yet remained in Chaldea, sent to the Church at Jerusalem for the resolution of these questions, because these feasts were consented upon by the agreement of the whole Church, the one in the month that the temple was destroyed, and the other when Gedaliah was slain; (Jer 41:2). Zechariah 7:3 Zechariah
tZech 7:5
Speak to all the people of the land, and to the (f) priests, saying, When ye fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh [month], even those seventy years, did ye at all fast to me, (g) [even] to me? (f) For there were both of the people, and of the priests, those who doubted with regard to this controversy, besides those who as yet remained in Chaldea, and argue about it, as of one of the chief points of their religion. (g) For they thought they had gained favour with God because of this fast, which they invented by themselves: and though fasting of itself is good, yet because they thought it a service toward God, and trusted in it, it is here reproved. Zechariah 7:6
Acts
tActs 7:2
(2) And he said, Men, brethren, and fathers, hearken; The God of (a) glory appeared unto our father Abraham, when he was in (b) Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Charran, (2) Steven witnesses to the Jews that he acknowledges the true fathers, and the only true God, and more than this shows this that these are more ancient than the temple and all the temple service appointed by the Law, and therefore they ought to lay another foundation of true religion, that is to say, the free covenant that God made with the fathers. (a) The mighty God full of glory and majesty. (b) When he says afterwards in (Act 7:4) that Abraham came out of Chaldea, it is evident that Mesopotamia contained Chaldea which was near to it, and bordered upon it; and so writes Plinius, book 6, chap. 27. Acts 7:5 Acts
tActs 7:6
And God spake on this wise, That his seed should sojourn in a strange land; and that they should bring them into bondage, and entreat [them] evil (e) four hundred years. (e) Four hundred years are counted from the beginning of Abraham's progeny, which was at the birth of Isaac: and four hundred and thirty years which are spoken of by Paul in (Gal 3:17), from the time that Abraham and his father departed together out of Ur of the Chaldeans. Acts 7:9