Armenia in Comments -- Author: (Treasury) R. A. Torrey (Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge) 1880

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Genesis

tGen 14:7Kadesh: En-mishpat or Kadesh, was about 8 leagues south of Hebron. Gen 16:14, Gen 20:1; Num 20:1; Deu 1:19, Deu 1:46
Amalekites: Gen 36:12, Gen 36:16; Exo 17:8-16; Num 14:43, Num 14:45, Num 24:20; 1Sam. 15:1-35, Sa1 27:1-12; 1Sam. 30:1-31
Hazezontamar: Called by the Chaldee, "En-gaddi," a town on the western shore of the Dead Sea. Jos 15:62; Ch2 20:2 Genesis 14:8

Genesis

tGen 19:11with blindness: The word sanverim, rendered "blindness," and which occurs only here, and in Kg2 6:18, is supposed to denote dazzlings, deceptions, or confusions of sight from excessive light; being derived by Schultens, who is followed by Parkhurst, from the Arabic sana, to pour forth, diffuse, and nor, light. Dr. Geddes, to the same purpose, thinks it is compounded of the Arabic sana, which signifies a flash, and or, light. The Targums, in both places where it occurs, render it by eruptions, or flashes of light, or as Mercer, in Robertson, explains the Chaldee word, irradiations. Kg2 6:18; Act 13:11
that they: Ecc 10:15; Isa 57:10; Jer 2:36 Genesis 19:12

Genesis

tGen 24:38But: Gen 24:4, Gen 12:1
my father's: i.e., Where the family of Haran his brother had settled; and where he himself had remained some time with his father Terah. Nahor did not dwell at Ur of the Chaldees, but at Haran in Mesopotamia. The true worship of God seems to have been in some measure preserved in this family, though afterwards corrupted. Gen 31:19 Genesis 24:39

Genesis

tGen 31:47Jegarsahadutha: i.e. the heap of witness, Chald
Galeed: i.e., the heap of witness. Heb. Heb 12:1 Genesis 31:48

Genesis

tGen 33:18Shalem: The word Shalem in the Samaritan Shalom, should probably be rendered "in peace," or "in safety;" as it is translated by the Chaldee, Arabic, Coverdale, and Matthewes. Joh 3:23, Joh 4:5; Act 7:16
a city of Shechem: Or, rather, "the city Shechem," which was situated in a narrow valley, abounding with springs, between Mounts Ebal and Gerizim, having the former on the north, and the latter on the south; 10 miles from Shiloh, and 34 from Jerusalem. It became the capital of Samaria, after the ruin of the city of that name. Jos 24:1; Jdg 9:1; Joh 4:5, Sychar, Act 7:16, Sychem, Padan-aram, Gen 25:20, Gen 28:6, Gen 28:7, Gen 35:9, Gen 46:15 Genesis 33:19

Genesis

tGen 43:32eat bread: Gen 43:16, Gen 31:54
for that is an abomination: The Chaldee Paraphrast renders this clause, "Because the Hebrews eat the cattle which the Egyptians worship." But, as we learn from Gen 43:16, compared with this verse, that the provision for the entertainment of the Egyptians themselves was animal food, this reason cannot be just. The true reason seems to be that assigned by the LXX, Βδελυγμα γαρ εστιν τοις Αιγυπτιοις πας ποιμην προβατων· "For every shepherd is an abomination to the Egyptians." Gen 46:34; Exo 8:26 Genesis 43:33

Exodus

tEx 2:25looked: Exo 4:31; Sa1 1:11; Sa2 16:12; Job 33:27; Luk 1:25
God: For elohim, God, Houbigant reads aleyhem, unto them; which is countenanced by the LXX, Vulgate, Chaldee, Coptic, and Arabic, and appears to have been the original reading.
had respect: Heb. knew, Exo 1:8, Exo 3:7, Exo 3:8; Psa 1:6, Psa 55:22; Mat 7:23 Next: Exodus Chapter 3

Exodus

tEx 8:2refuse: Exo 7:14, Exo 9:2
frogs: The Hebrew tzephardêim is evidently the same with the Arabic zafda, Chaldaic oordeânaya, and Syriac oordeai, all of which denote frogs, as almost all interpreters, both ancient and modern, agree to render it; Bochart conceives, from tzifa, a bank, and rada, mud, because of delighting in muddy and marshy places. Psa 78:45, Psa 105:30; Rev 16:13, Rev 16:14 Exodus 8:3

Exodus

tEx 12:22a bunch: Lev 14:6, Lev 14:7; Num 19:18; Psa 51:7; Heb 9:1, Heb 9:14, Heb 9:19, Heb 11:28, Heb 12:24; Pe1 1:2
hyssop: The word aizov, which has been variously rendered, most probably denotes Hyssop; whence are derived the Chaldee aizova, Syriac zupha, Arabic zupha, Ethiopic azab, and hushopa, Greek υσσωπος, hussopos [Strong's G5301], Latin hyssopus, German usop, and our hyssop, a name retained, with little variation, in all the western languages. It is a plant of the gymnospermia (naked seeded) order, belonging to the didynamia class. It has bushy stalks, growing a foot and a half high; small spear-shaped, close-sitting, and opposite leaves, with several smaller ones rising from the same joint; and all the stalks and branches terminated by erect whorled spikes of flowers, of different colours in the varieties of the plant. The leaves have an aromatic smell, and a warm, pungent taste. Its detersive, cleansing, and medicinal qualities were probably the reason why it was so particularly recommended in Scripture.
strike: Exo 12:7
and none: Mat 26:30 Exodus 12:23

Exodus

tEx 16:13the quails: The Hebrew TransHebrew}}selav, Chaldee selaiv, Syriac and Arabic selwa, is without doubt the quail, so the LXX render it ορτυγομητρα, a large kind of quail. Josephus, ορτυξ, Ethopic, ferferat, and Vulgate, coturnices, quails, with which agree Philo and the Rabbins. The quail is a bird of the gallinaceous kind, somewhat less than a pigeon, but larger than a sparrow. Hasselquist describes the quail of the larger kind as very much resembling the red partridge, but not larger than the turtle dove; found in Judea as well as in the deserts of Arabia Petra and Egypt; and affording a most agreeable and delicate dish. Num 11:31-33; Psa 78:27, Psa 78:28, Psa 105:40
the dew: Num 11:9 Exodus 16:14

Exodus

tEx 36:8wise: Exo 31:6, Exo 35:10
made: Exod. 26:1-37; Ch1 15:1
cherubims: Keroovim, cherubim, not cherubims. What these were we cannot determine. Some, observing that the verb kerav in Syriac, sometimes means to resemble, make like, conceive the noun keroov signifies no more than an image, figure, or representation of anything. Josephus says they were flying animals, like none of those which are seen by man, but such as Moses saw about the throne of God. In another place he says, "As for the cherubim, nobody can tell or conceive what they were like." These symbolical figures, according to the description of them by Ezekiel (Eze 1:10; Eze 10:14), were creatures with four heads and one body; and the animals of which these forms consisted were the noblest of their kind; the lion among the wild beasts; the bull among the tame ones; the eagle among the birds, and man at the head of all. Hence some have conceived them to be somewhat of the shape of flying oxen; and it is alleged in favour of this opinion, that the far more common meaning of the verb kerav, in Chaldee, Syriac, and Arabic, being to plough, the natural meaning of keroov, is a creature used in ploughing. This seems to have been the ancient opinion which tradition had handed down, concerning the shape of the cherubim with the flaming sword, that guarded the tree of life (Gen 3:24). Exo 25:18, Exo 25:22; Kg1 6:23; Ch2 3:10; Ezek. 1:5-28, 10:1-19 Exodus 36:10

Leviticus

tLev 11:13the eagle: In Hebrew, nesher, Chaldee, neshar, Syriac, neshro, and Arabic, nishr, the eagle, one of the largest, strongest, swiftest, fiercest, and most rapacious of the feathered race. His eye is large, dark, and piercing; his beak powerful and hooked; his legs strong and feathered; his feet yellow and armed with four very long and terrific claws; his wings very large and powerful; his body compact and robust; his bones hard; his flesh firm; his feathers coarse; his attitude fierce and erect; his motions lively; his flight extremely rapid and towering; and his cry the terror of every wing. Deu 14:12-20; Job 28:7, Job 38:41, Job 39:27-30; Jer 4:13, Jer 4:22, Jer 48:40; Lam 4:19; Hos 8:1; Hab 1:8; Mat 24:28; Rom 1:28-32, Rom 3:13-17; Tit 3:3
the ossifrage: Peres, from paras to break, probably the species of eagle anciently called ossifraga or bone-breaker (from os, a bone, and frango, to break), because it not only strips off the flesh, but breaks the bone, in order to extract the marrow.
the ospray: Hebrew ozniyah, Arabic azan, and Chaldee azyah, (from azaz, to be strong), a species of eagle, probably the black eagle, so remarkable for its strength. Leviticus 11:15

Numbers

tNum 11:5the fish: Exo 16:3; Psa 17:14; Phi 3:19
the cucumbers: In Hebrew, kishshuim, in Arabic, kiththa, Chaldee, keta, and Syriac, kati, a species of cucumber peculiar to Egypt, smooth, of a longish cylindrical shape, and about a foot long. Prosper Alpinus says that it differs from the common sort by its size, colour, and softness; that its leaves are smaller, whiter, softer, and rounder; its fruit larger, greener, smoother, softer, sweeter, and more easy of digestion than ours. Hasselquist describes it in the same manner; and adds, that it is very little watery, but firm like a melon, sweet and cool to the taste, but not so cold as the watermelon, which is meant by the avutichim of the text. Numbers 11:6

Deuteronomy

tDeut 3:9Hermon: Mount Hermon is the south-eastern branch of Lebanon, beyond Jordan. The Chaldee Targumist, who places it at Cesarea and Samaritan interpreter call it toor talga, "the mountain of snow," because of its being always covered with snow; and Jerome informs us, that it lies higher than Paneas or Csarea Philippi, and that in the summer time snow used to be carried from thence to Tyre. It is now call El Heish, and is comprised in the district of Kanneytra. Deu 4:48, Deu 4:49; Psa 29:6, Psa 89:12, Psa 133:3; Sol 4:8
Shenir: Ch1 5:23; Eze 27:5, Senir Deuteronomy 3:10

Deuteronomy

tDeut 15:22the unclean: Deu 12:15, Deu 12:21, Deu 12:22
the roebuck: Tzevee, in Arabic zaby, Chaldee and Syriac tavya, denotes the gazelle or antelope, so called from its stately beauty, as the word imports. In size it is smaller than the roe, of an elegant form, and it motions are light and graceful. It bounds seemingly without effort, and runs with such swiftness that few creatures can exceed it (Sa2 2:18). Its fine eyes are so much celebrated as even to become a proverb; and its flesh is much esteemed for food among eastern nations, having a sweet, musky taste, which is highly agreeable to their palates (Kg1 4:23). If to these circumstances we add, that they are gregarious, and common all over the East, whereas the roe is either not known at all, or else very rare in these countries, little doubt can remain that the gazelle and not the roe is intended by the original word. Deuteronomy 15:23

Deuteronomy

tDeut 28:36bring thee: Kg2 17:4-6, Kg2 24:12-15, Kg2 25:6, Kg2 25:7, Kg2 25:11; Ch2 33:11, Ch2 36:6, Ch2 36:17, Ch2 36:20; Isa 39:7; Jer 22:11, Jer 22:12, Jer 22:24-27, Jer 24:8-10, Jer 39:5-7, Jer 52:8-11; Lam 4:20; Eze 12:12, Eze 12:13
there shalt thou: The Israelites, who were carried captive by the Assyrians, and many of the Jews in Chaldea, were finally incorporated with the nations among whom they lived, and were given up to their idolatry. It is probable, however, that this refers to Jews being compelled, in Popish countries, to conceal their religion, and profess that of the Romish church Deu 28:64, Deu 4:28; Jer 16:13; Eze 20:32, Eze 20:33, Eze 20:39 Deuteronomy 28:37

Deuteronomy

tDeut 28:49bring a nation: Though the Chaldeans are frequently described under the figure of an eagle, yet these verses especially predict the desolations brought on the Jews by the Romans; who came from a country far more distant than Chaldea; whose conquests were as rapid as the eagle's flight, and whose standard bore this very figure; who spake a language to which the Jews were then entire strangers, being wholly unlike the Hebrew, of which the Chaldee was merely a dialect; whose appearance and victories were terrible; and whose yoke was a yoke of iron; and the havoc which they made tremendous. Num 24:24; Isa 5:26-30; Jer 5:15-17; Dan 6:22, Dan 6:23, Dan 9:26; Hab 1:6, Hab 1:7; Luk 19:43, Luk 19:44
as the eagle: Jer 4:13, Jer 48:40, Jer 49:22; Lam 4:19; Eze 17:3, Eze 17:12; Hos 8:1; Mat 24:28
a nation whose: Jer 5:15; Eze 3:6; Co1 14:21
understand: Heb. hear Deuteronomy 28:50

Deuteronomy

tDeut 29:12thou shouldest: Deu 5:2, Deu 5:3; Exo 19:5, Exo 19:6; Jos 24:25; Kg2 11:17; Ch2 15:12-15
enter: Heb. pass, This is an allusion to the solemn ceremony used by several ancient nations, when they entered into a covenant with each other. The victims, slain as a sacrifice on this occasion, were divided, and and parts laid asunder. the contracting parties then passed between them, imprecating, as a curse on those who violated the sacred compact, that they might in like manner be cut asunder (Gen 15:10). St. Cyril, in his work against Julian, shows that passing between the divided parts of a victim was used also among the Chaldeans and other people.
into his oath: Deu 29:14; Ch2 15:12-15; Neh 10:28, Neh 10:29 Deuteronomy 29:13

Joshua

tJosh 24:14fear: Deu 10:12; Sa1 12:24; Job 1:1, Job 28:28; Psa 111:10, Psa 130:4; Hos 3:5; Act 9:31
serve: Jos 24:23; Gen 17:1, Gen 20:5, Gen 20:6; Deu 18:13; Kg2 20:3; Psa 119:1, Psa 119:80; Luk 8:15; Joh 4:23, Joh 4:24; Co2 1:12; Eph 6:24; Phi 1:10
put: From this exhortation of Joshua, we not only learn that the Israelites still retained some relics of idolatry, but to what gods they were attached.
1. Those whom their fathers worshipped on the other side of the food, or the river Euphrates, i.e., the gods of the Chaldeans, fire, light, the sun, etc.
2. Those of the Egyptians, Apis, Anubis, serpents, vegetables, etc.
3. Those of the Amorites, Moabites, Canaanites, etc., Baal-peor, Astarte, etc.
How astonishing is it, that after all that God had done for them, and all the miracles they had seen, there should still be found among them both idols and idolaters! Jos 24:2, Jos 24:23; Gen 35:2; Exo 20:3, Exo 20:4; Lev 17:7; Ezr 9:11; Eze 20:18; Amo 5:25, Amo 5:26
in Egypt: Eze 20:7, Eze 20:8, Eze 23:3 Joshua 24:15

Judges

tJudg 7:18blow ye: Jdg 7:20
the sword: The word cherev, "sword," necessarily implied, and rightly supplied by our venerable translators from Jdg 7:20, is found in this place, in the Chaldee, Syriac, and Arabic, and in eight manuscripts; and evidently appears to be genuine. Sa1 17:47; Ch2 20:15-17 Judges 7:19

Judges

tJudg 8:16the elders: Jdg 8:7; Pro 10:13, Pro 19:29; Ezr 2:6
thorns: Mic 7:4
taught: Heb. made to know, Instead of wyyoda, Houbigant, Lev. Clerc, and others read wyyadosh, "and he tore or threshed;" and this is not only agreeable to what Gideon threatened (Jdg 8:7), but is supported by the LXX Vulgate, Chaldee, Syriac, and Arabic. The Hebrew Text might easily have been corrupted simply by the change of שׁ, shin, into ע, ayin, letters very similar to each other. Judges 8:17

Judges

tJudg 13:6A man: Deu 33:1; Jos 14:6; Sa1 2:27, Sa1 9:6; Kg1 17:18, Kg1 17:24; Kg2 4:9, Kg2 4:16; Ti1 6:11
countenance was: Mat 28:3; Luk 9:29; Act 6:15
terrible: Jdg 13:22; Gen 28:16, Gen 28:17; Exo 3:2, Exo 3:6; Dan 8:17, Dan 10:5, Dan 10:11; Mat 28:4; Rev 1:17
but I asked: etc. The Vulgate renders this cause very differently, the negative Not being omitted: Quem cum interrogassim quis esset, et unde venisset, et quo nomine vocaretur, noluit mihi dicere; sed hoc respondit, etc; "Whom when I asked who he was, and whence he came, and by what name he was called, would not tell me, but this he said," etc.
The negative is also wanting in the Septuagint, as it is in the Complutensian Polyglott; Και ηρωτον αυτον ποθεν εστιν, και το ονομα αυτον, ουκ απηγγειλεν μοι. "And I asked him whence he was, and his name, but he did not tell me." This is also the reading of the Codex Alexandrinus; but the Septuagint in the London Polyglott, the Chaldee, Syriac, and Arabic, read the negative particle with the Hebrew Text: I asked Not his name, etc.
his name: Jdg 13:17, Jdg 13:18; Gen 32:29; Luk 1:19 Judges 13:8

Judges

tJudg 16:1Gaza: Gaza, a city of great antiquity, was situated between Raphia and Askelon, twenty-two miles north of the former, and sixteen south of of the latter, according to the Antonine Itinerary; three miles from the sea, according to Arrian, and thirty-four from Ashdod or Azotus, according to Diodorus Siculus. It was a place of great strength and importance; and successively belonged to the Philistines, Hebrews, Chaldeans, and Persians; which latter defended it for two months against Alexander the great, who finally took and destroyed it. It was afterwards rebuilt, and alternately possessed by the Egyptians, Syrians, and Jews. The present town, which the Arabs call Razza, is situated on an eminence, and is rendered picturesque by the number of fine minarets which rise majestically above the buildings, with beautiful date trees interspersed. It contains upwards of 2,000 inhabitants. Gen 10:19; Jos 15:47
an harlot: Heb. a woman an harlot
and went: Gen 38:16-18; Ezr 9:1, Ezr 9:2 Judges 16:2

Judges

tJudg 20:16lefthanded: Itter yad yemeeno, "obstructed in his right hand;" so the Chaldee Targum, gemid beedaih deyammeena, contracted or impeded in his right hand." Lev. Clerc observes, that the 700 men left-handed seem therefore to have been made slingers, because they could not use the right hand, which is employed in managing heavier arms; and they could discharge the stones from the sling in a direction against which their opponents were not upon their guard, and thus do the greater execution. Jdg 3:15; Ch1 12:2
sling stones: The sling was a very ancient warlike instrument; and, in the hands of those who were skilled in the use of it, produced astonishing effects. The inhabitants of the islands of Baleares, now Majorca and Minorca, were the most celebrated slingers of antiquity. They did not permit their children to break their fast, till they had struck down the bread they had to eat from the top of a pole, or some distant eminence. Vegetius tells us, that slingers could in general hit the mark at 600 feet distance. Sa1 17:40, Sa1 17:49, Sa1 17:50, Sa1 25:29; Ch2 26:14 Judges 20:17

1 Kings (1 Samuel)

t1Kings 19:13an image: Heb. teraphim, Gen 31:19 *marg. Jdg 17:5, Jdg 18:14, Jdg 18:17; Hos 3:4
a pillow: Rather, "the net-work of goat's hair at its (the Teraphim's) pillow;" for the kevir, (whence the Chaldee and Syriac kavreetho, a honey-comb, from its net-like form), seems to have been a kind of mosquito-net, which, says Dr. Shaw, is "a close curtain of gauze, used all over the East, by people of fashion, to keep out the flies." That they had such anciently cannot be doubted. Thus when Judith had beheaded Holofernes in his bed (Sa1 13:9, Sa1 13:15) "she pulled down the canopy (or the mosquito net, το κωνωπειου, from κωνωψ, a gnat, or mosquito, whence our word canopy) wherein he did lie in his drunkenness, from the pillars. 1 Kings (1 Samuel) 19:14

2 Kings (2 Samuel)

t2Kings 15:7am 2983, bc 1021, An, Ex, Is, 470
forty years: As David reigned in the whole only forty years, this reading is evidently corrupt, though supported by the commonly printed Vulgate, LXX, and Chaldee. But the Syriac, Arabic, Josephus, Theodoret, the Sixtine edition of the Vulgate, and several manuscripts of the same version, read four years; and it is highly probable that arbaim, forty, is an error for arba, four, though not supported by any Hebrew manuscript yet discovered. Two of those collated by Dr. Kennicott, however, have yom, "day," instead of shanah, "year," i.e., forty days instead of forty years; but this is not sufficient to outweigh the other authorities. Sa2 13:38; Sa1 16:1, Sa1 16:13
let me go: Sa2 13:24-27
pay: Sa1 16:2; Pro 21:27; Isa 58:4; Mat 2:8, Mat 23:14 2 Kings (2 Samuel) 15:8

2 Kings (2 Samuel)

t2Kings 18:3Thou shalt: Sa2 21:17
if we flee: Sa2 17:2; Kg1 22:31; Zac 13:7
care for us: Heb. set their heart on us
but now: The particle attah, Now, is doubtless a mistake for the pronoun attah, Thou, and so it appears to have been read by the LXX, Vulgate, and Chaldee, and by two of Kennicott's and De Rossi's manuscripts.
worth: etc. Heb. as ten thousand of us, Lam 4:20
succour: Heb. be to succour, Sa2 10:11; Exo 17:10-12 2 Kings (2 Samuel) 18:4

2 Kings (2 Samuel)

t2Kings 18:8in the wood, That is, probably, many more were slain in pursuit through the wood than in the battle, by falling into swamps, pits, etc., and being entangled and cut down by David's men. Such is the relation of Josephus; but the Chaldee, Syriac, and Arabic state, that they were devoured by wild beasts in the wood. Exo 15:10; Jos 10:11; Jdg 5:20, Jdg 5:21; Kg1 20:30; Psa 3:7, Psa 43:1
devoured more: Heb. multiplied to devour 2 Kings (2 Samuel) 18:9

2 Kings (2 Samuel)

t2Kings 20:26Ira: Sa2 23:38; Ch1 11:40, Ithrite
Jairite: Jdg 10:4, Jdg 10:5
chief ruler: or, prince, Sa2 8:18; Gen 41:43, Gen 41:45; Exo 2:14, Exo 2:16; The Hebrew is cohen ledawid, which might be rendered, a priest of David; and so the Septuagint, Vulgate, Syriac, and Arabic. The Chaldee has rav, a chief or prince. Probably he was a kind of domestic chaplain or seer to the king. Sa2 24:11; Ch2 35:15 Next: 2 Kings (2 Samuel) Chapter 21

2 Kings (2 Samuel)

t2Kings 21:8Rizpah: Sa2 3:7
and the five sons: This Adriel did not marry Michal, Saul's younger daughter, but Merab, Sa1 18:19; Michael being married to David, and afterwards to Phaltiel; though it is here said she bore (yaledah), not brought up, as falsely rendered, five sons to Adriel. Two of Dr. Kennicott's manuscripts, however, have Merab, instead of Michal; the Syriac and Arabic have Nadab; and the Chaldee renders the passage thus: "And the five sons of Merab which Michal the daughter of Saul brought up, which she brought forth to Adriel the son of Barzillai."
Michal: or, Michal's sister, Sa1 18:19
brought up for: Heb. bare to 2 Kings (2 Samuel) 21:9

3 Kings (1 Kings)

t3Kings 4:33the cedar tree: The word airez, whence the Chaldee and Syriac arzo, and the Arabic and Ethiopic arz, and Spanish alerze, unquestionably denotes the cedar; it is thus rendered by the LXX and other versions, κεδρος, and by the Vulgate cedrus; and the inhabitants of mount Lebanon still call it ars. The cedar is a large and nobel evergreen tree, and grows on the most elevated part of the mountain, is taller than the pine, and so thick that five men together could scarcely fathom one. It shoots out its branches at ten or twelve feet from the ground; they are large and distant from each other, and are perpetually green. The wood is of a brown colour, very solid and incorruptible, if preserved from wet. The tree bears a small cone, like that of the pine. Num 24:6; Kg2 19:23; Psa 92:12
the hyssop: Exo 12:22; Num 19:18; Psa 51:7; Heb 9:19
of beasts: Gen 1:20-25 3 Kings (1 Kings) 4:34

3 Kings (1 Kings)

t3Kings 10:5the meat: Kg1 4:22, Kg1 4:23
attendance: Heb. standing
cupbearers: or, butlers, ascent. The original weolatho asher yaaleh baith yehowah, is rendered by the LXX and Vulgate, και την ολοκουτωσιν αυτου ην ανεφερεν εν οικω Κυριου; et holocausta, que 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, Und feine Brandopfer, die er in dem Hause des Herrn opferte; and this seems to be the true sense of the passage. Kg2 16:18; Ch1 9:18, Ch1 26:16; Ch2 23:13; Eze 44:3, Eze 46:2
there was no: Jos 5:1; Ch2 9:4 3 Kings (1 Kings) 10:6

3 Kings (1 Kings)

t3Kings 12:11I will add: Exo 1:13, Exo 1:14, Exo 5:5-9, Exo 5:18; Sa1 8:18; Ch2 16:10; Isa 58:6; Jer 27:11; Jer 28:13, Jer 28:14
but I will chastise: Should you rebel or become disaffected, my father's whip shall be a scorpion in my hand. His was chastisement, mine shall be punishment. Celsius and Hiller conjecture that âkrabbim denotes a thorny kind of shrub, whose prickles are of a venomous nature, called by the Arabs scorpion thorns, from the exquisite pain which they inflict. But the Chaldee renders it margenin, and the Syriac moragyai, i.e., μαραγναι, scourges; and in the parallel place of Chronicles the Arabic has saut, a scourge. Isidore, and after him Calmet and others, assert that the scorpion was a sort of severe whip, the lashes of which were armed with knots or points that sunk into and tore the flesh.
scorpions: Kg1 12:14; Eze 2:6; Rev 9:3-10 3 Kings (1 Kings) 12:12

3 Kings (1 Kings)

t3Kings 22:48Jehoshaphat: Ch2 20:35, 36-21:1
made ships: or, had ten ships, Kg1 10:22; Ch2 9:21; Psa 48:7; Isa 2:16, Isa 60:9; Jon 1:3
Tharshish: Josephus and the Chaldee and Arabic paraphrasts explain this place of Tarsus in Cilicia; the LXX, Theodoret, and Jerome, understand it of Carthage; but the learned Bochart makes it Tartessus, an island in the straits of Gades. Ibn Haukal describes Tarsousa as belonging to Andalus, or Andalusia; and Festus Avienus expressly says, Hic Gadir urbs est dicta Tartessus prius, "the city Cadiz was formerly called Tartessus."
to Ophir: Kg1 9:28; Psa 45:9
they went not: Ch2 20:37, Ch2 25:7
Eziongeber: Kg1 9:26; Num 33:35, Num 33:36 3 Kings (1 Kings) 22:50

4 Kings (2 Kings)

t4Kings 4:39a wild vine: Isa 5:4; Jer 2:21; Mat 15:13; Heb 12:15
wild gourds: The word pakkuoth, from peka, in Chaldee, to burst, and in Syriac, to crack, thunder, is generally supposed to be the fruits of the coloquintida, or colocynth; whose leaves are large, placed alternately, very much like those of the vine, whence it might be called a wild vine. the flowers are white, and the fruit of the gourd kind, of the size of a large apple, and when ripe, of a yellow colour, and a pleasant and inviting appearance. It ranks among vegetable poisons, as all intense bitters do; but, judiciously employed, it is of considerable use in medicine. It is said that the fruit, when ripe, is so full of wind that it bursts, and throws its liquor and seeds to a great distance, and if touched, before it breaks of itself, it flies open with an explosion, and discharges its foetid contents in the face of him who touched it. 4 Kings (2 Kings) 4:40

4 Kings (2 Kings)

t4Kings 23:13the mount of corruption: that is, the mount of Olives, Houbigant, deriving the Hebrew mashchith from mashach, "to anoint," reads "the Mount of Olives." Jarchi, following the Chaldee, also says this was the Mount of Olives; for this is the mount hammishchah, of unction, but because of the idolatrous purposes for which it was used, the Scripture changed the appellation to the mount of hammashchith, corruption.
Solomon: Kg1 11:7; Neh 13:26
Ashtoreth: Jdg 2:13, Jdg 10:6; Sa1 7:4, Sa1 12:10; Kg1 11:5, Kg1 11:33
Chemosh: Num 21:29; Jdg 11:24; Jer 48:7, Jer 48:13, Jer 48:16
Milcom: Zep 1:5, Malcham 4 Kings (2 Kings) 23:14

1 Chronicles

t1Chron 13:8David: Ch1 15:10-24; Sa1 10:5; 2Sam. 6:5-23; Kg2 3:15; Psa 47:5, Psa 68:25-27; Psa 150:3-5
singing: Heb. songs
with harps: The word kinnor, in Chaldee, kinnora, in Syraic, kainoro, in Arabic, kinnarat, and in Greek κινυρος, certainly denotes a harp, played on with the hand, according to Sa1 16:23. The number of strings in the harp was at first three; but afterwards they were increased to four, and at last to seven. Ch1 15:28, Ch1 16:5, Ch1 16:42, Ch1 23:5, Ch1 25:1-6; Dan 3:5-7; Amo 5:23, Amo 6:5
psalteries: Naivel, or naibel, in Greek ναβλα, and in Latin, nablium, was an instrument of the harp kind; having twelve sounds. 1 Chronicles 13:9

1 Chronicles

t1Chron 26:18Parbar: i.e. the outside place; he annulled the corn; a quarter of Jerusalem (Strong), [Strong's H6503], Ch1 26:18, Also, Kg2 23:11 Parbar is most probably the same as parwar, which denotes suburbs (Kg2 23:11), in which sense it is often used in the Chaldee Targums; and consequently this may be considered as leading to the suburbs. 1 Chronicles 26:19

1 Chronicles

t1Chron 28:11David: He gave him an ichnograph of the building, with elevations, sections and specifications of every part; and all this he himself received by inspiration from God himself (Ch1 28:12 and Ch1 28:19), just as Moses had received the plan of the tabernacle.
the pattern: Ch1 28:19; Exo 25:40, Exo 26:30, Exo 39:42, Exo 39:43; Ch2 3:3; Eze 43:10, Eze 43:11; Heb 8:5
the porch: Kg1 6:3; Ch2 3:4; Eze 40:8, Eze 40:9, Eze 40:15, Eze 40:48, Eze 40:49
the houses: Kg1 6:16-20; Ch2 3:5-10; Eze 41:13-17; Heb 9:2-8
the treasuries: גנזכיו, ganzakkaiv̀. The word גנזך, ganzach, is supposed to be not Hebrew, but Persian; in which language we have gng, ganj, a granary, a hidden treasure, and rwgng, gunjoor, and hnygng, gunjineh, a treasure, treasury, or barn. It may, however, be a Chaldee form of the Hebrew גנז, genez, (from גנז, genaz, to treasure up); the ך being merely formative, as in דך, dech, אלך, illaich, and other Chaldee words. Ch1 9:26-29, Ch1 26:20-27; Luk 21:1
upper chambers: Kg1 6:5, Kg1 6:6, Kg1 6:10; Ch2 3:9; Neh 10:38, Neh 10:39, Neh 13:5; Jer 35:2; Eze 41:6-11
the place: Exo 25:17-22, Exo 40:20, Exo 40:21; Kg1 6:19; Ch2 5:7; Heb 9:5 1 Chronicles 28:12

2 Chronicles

t2Chron 3:15two pillars: Kg1 7:15-24; Jer 52:20-23
thirty: The Syriac and Arabic have, agreeably to the parallel passage, "eighteen cubits high;" but the Septuagint, Chaldee, and Vulgate have "thirty and five cubits high." See note on Kg1 7:15.
high: Heb. long 2 Chronicles 3:16

2 Chronicles

t2Chron 20:25they found: Exo 12:35, Exo 12:36; Sa1 30:19, Sa1 30:20; Kg2 7:9-16; Psa 68:12; Rom 8:37
dead bodies: Instead of pegarim, "dead bodies," eight manuscripts 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: Exo 3:22; Num 31:15; Jdg 8:24-26; Pro 3:15
it was so much: Eze 39:8, Eze 39:9 2 Chronicles 20:26

2 Chronicles

t2Chron 28:16did king: Kg2 16:5-7; Isa 7:1-9, Isa 7:17
the kings: Instead of malchey, "kings," the Chaldee, Syriac, Arabic, and Vulgate, one manuscript, and the parallel place, have mailech, "king. 2 Chronicles 28:17

Ezra

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This book details the events of a very interesting period of the Sacred History, when, according to the decree of Providence, the Jewish people were to be delivered from their captivity, at the expiration of seventy years, and restored to the land of their fathers. This book informs us how the Divine goodness accomplished this most gracious design, and the movers and agents He employed on the occasion. Ezra was undoubtedly the chief agent under God in effecting this arduous work; and his zeal, piety, knowledge, and discretion, appear here in a most conspicuous point of view, and claim our utmost admiration. Descended from Seraiah, in a direct line from Aaron, he seems to have united all the requisites of a profound statesmen with the functions of the sacerdotal character. He appears to have made the Sacred Scriptures, during the captivity, his peculiar study; and, perhaps assisted by Nehemiah and the great synagogue, he corrected the errors which had crept into the Sacred Writings, through the negligence or mistake of transcribers; he collected all the books of which the Sacred Scriptures then consisted, disposed them in their proper order, and settled the canon of Scriptures for his time; he occasionally added, under the dictation of the Holy Spirit, whatever appeared necessary for the purpose of illustrating, completing, or connecting them; he substituted the modern for the ancient names of some places, which had now become obsolete; and transcribed the whole of the Scriptures into the Chaldee character. He is said to have lived to the age of 120 years, and, according to Josephus, was buried in Jerusalem; but the Jews believe he died in Persia, in a second journey to Artaxerxes, where his tomb is shown in the city of Zamusa. Though not styled a prophet, he wrote under the Divine Spirit; and the canonical authority of his book has never been disputed. It is written with all the spirit and fidelity that could be displayed by a writer of contemporary times; and those parts which chiefly consist of letters, decrees, etc., are written in Chaldee, because it seemed more suitable to the fidelity of a sacred historian to give these official documents, as they may be termed, in the original language, especially as the people, recently returned from the captivity, were familiar, and perhaps more conversant with the Chaldee, than with the Hebrew. Next: Ezra Chapter 1

Ezra

tEzra 2:45Lebanah: These variations merely arise from the mutation of, ה, hay, into, א, according to the Chaldee dialect; the original, being respectively לבנה [Strong's H3838], Lebanah, and לבנא [Strong's H3838] Lebana; חגבה [Strong's H2286], Hagabah, and חגבא [Strong's H2286], Hagaba. Neh 7:48, Lebana, Hagaba Ezra 2:46

Ezra

tEzra 4:7am 3482, bc 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: or, in peace
companions: Heb. societies, Ezr 4:9, Ezr 4:17, Ezr 5:6
the Syrian tongue: That is, probably, both the language and character were Syrian or Chaldaic; and therefore, from the Ezr 4:8 of this chapter, to Ezr 7:27, the original is not Hebrew, but Chaldee, in those parts which consist of letters, decrees, etc., originally written in that language. Kg2 18:26; Isa 36:11; Dan 2:4 Ezra 4:8

Ezra

tEzra 6:2at Achmetha: or, at Ecbatana, or, in a coffer, אחמתא [Strong's H712], probably from the Persian Mx, kham, "a house for a summer residence," with a prefix, א, aleph, and the Chaldee termination )t, tha, most likely denotes Ecbatana, as the Vulgate and Josephus read, the summer residence of the Persian monarchs. It was situated in a mountainous region at the foot of mount Orontes, or Jasonius, according to Ammianus, on the southern confines of Media and Persia, and according to Pliny, 750 miles from Seleucia the Great, 20 miles from the Caspian passes, 450 miles from Susa, and the same from Gaze Atropatene, and in lat. 37 degrees 45 min., long. 88 degrees, according to Ptolemy. The building of the city is ascribed to Semiramis by Diodorus, but to Deioces by Eusebius (in Chron. Ezr 1:1), and Herodotus, who states that it was surrounded by seven walls, strong and ample, built in circles one within another, rising each above each by the height of their respective battlements; each being distinguished by a different colour, the first white, the second black, the third purple, the fourth blue, the fifth orange, the sixth plated with silver, and the seventh with gold. The largest of these was nearly the extent of Athens, i.e., 200 furlongs, according to Dion Chrysostom; but Diodorus Siculus states the circumference of Ecbatana to be 250 furlongs. Within the inner circle stood the king's palace and the royal treasury, so much celebrated for its splendour and riches by Polybius. It is highly probable, as D'Anville and Major Rennel suppose, that the present Hamadan, whose ruins attest its former splendour, occupies the site of Ecbatana. It is situated in Al Gebal, at the foot of the lofty mountain Alwend, about 80 leagues from Ispahan, and also from Bagdad. Ezra 6:3

Nehemiah

tNeh 7:58Jaala: The variation of יעלה [Strong's H3279], Jaalah, and יעלא [Strong's H3279],}} Jaala, merely arises from the mutation of ה, hay, into א, aleph, according to the Chaldee dialect. Ezr 2:56, Jaalah Nehemiah 7:59

Esther

tEsther 9:5smote: Psa 18:34-40, Psa 18:47, Psa 18:48, Psa 20:7, Psa 20:8, Psa 149:6-9; Th2 1:6
the stroke: Jer 18:21
what they would: Heb. according to their will, The Chaldee paraphrast says that none appeared against the Jews but Amalekites only, who were infatuated, and had their hearts hardened, as Pharaoh's against Israel, to take up arms to their own destruction. Some had such an inveterate, implacable malice against the Jews, that Haman's fall and Mordecai's advancement, instead of convincing, seemed only to exasperate them the more. How have the most dreadful scourges ravaged a country, and yet the inhabitants are unmindful of the Almighty Disposer of events, and that the cause of his righteous displeasure is their continual provocation! Forty years long was he grieved with one generation, who learned not his ways, although daily fed and clothed by a miracle. Esther 9:6

Job

tJob 1:17The Chaldeans: Gen 11:28; Isa 23:13; Hab 1:6
fell: Heb. rushed
I only am: Job 1:15; Sa2 1:3 Job 1:18

Psalms

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Overview
Psa 9:1, David praises God for executing judgment; Psa 9:11, He incites others to praise him; Psa 9:13, He prays that he may have cause to praise him.
Probably, "the death of the champion:" so the Chaldee has, "A Psalm of David, to be sung concerning the death of the man who went out between (mibbeyney) the camps;" evidently considering labben, of the same import as bainayim, "a middle-man or champion," as Goliath is termed, Sa1 17:4, concerning whose defeat this psalm is generally supposed to have been composed. Psalms 9:1

Psalms

tPs 53:6Oh: etc. Heb. Who will give salvations, etc. Psa 14:7
out: Psa 50:2; Isa 12:6, Isa 14:32
God: Instead of elohim, "God," more than 20 manuscripts, with the LXX, Syriac, and Chaldee, read yehowah, "Jehovah," as in Psa 14:7.
bringeth: Psa 85:1, Psa 126:1-4; Job 42:10; Jer 30:18, Jer 31:23; Joe 3:1; Amo 9:14
Jacob: Psa 106:46-48; Ezr 3:11; Neh 12:43; Isa 12:1-3 Next: Psalms Chapter 54

Psalms

tPs 58:8a snail: Shabbelool, in Chaldee tivlala, the snail, is probably so called from the Arabic balla, to wet, moisten, because of the glutinous slime emitted from its body, by which it appears to waste itself away in its own motion; and in the same manner the wicked prove their own destruction.
pass: Psa 37:35, Psa 37:36; Mat 24:35; Jam 1:10
untimely: Job 3:16; Ecc 6:3 Psalms 58:9

Psalms

tPs 78:12Marvellous: Psa 78:42-50, Psa 105:27-38, Psa 135:9; Exod. 7:1-12:51; Deu 4:34, Deu 6:22; Neh 9:10
Zoan: Zoan, the ancient capital of the Pharaohs, where Moses wrought so many miracles, is rendered by the Chaldee, Tanium, LXX Τανις, Vulgate, Tanis, and Coptic, Tane, from the Coptic, ten, plain, flat, level; being situated in the low ground of the Delta, on one of the eastern branches of the Nile, bearing its own name, near a large lake, now called the lake of Menzala, 44 miles west of Pelusium, and 169 miles east of Alexandria, according to the Antonine Itinerary, and three miles from the Mediterranean, according to the Geograph. Nubiens. Clim. 3, par. 3. There are ruins still remaining to mark the site of Zoan, or Tanis, called San by the Arabs; comprising broken obelisks, capitals of the Corinthian order, a granite monument, etc. Psa 78:43; Gen 32:3; Num 13:22; Isa 19:11, Isa 19:13; Eze 30:14 Psalms 78:13

Psalms

tPs 116:1am 3468, bc 536 (Title), From several instances of the Chaldee dialect being used in this Psalm, it appears to have been written after the Babylonian captivity.
love: Psa 18:1-6, Psa 119:132; Mar 12:33; Joh 21:17; Jo1 4:19, Jo1 5:2, Jo1 5:3
because: Psa 18:6, Psa 31:22, Psa 31:23, Psa 34:3, Psa 34:4, Psa 40:1, Psa 66:19, Psa 66:20, Psa 69:33; Gen 35:2; Sa1 1:26; Joh 16:24 Psalms 116:2

Psalms

tPs 119:128I esteem: Psa 119:6, Psa 19:7, Psa 19:8; Deu 4:8; Job 33:27; Pro 30:5; Rom 7:12, Rom 7:14, Rom 7:16, Rom 7:22
all things: Kol, "all" seems to have been omitted by all the versions, except the Chaldee; which reads simply, "all thy precepts;" and this renders the text more perspicuous and unembarrassed.
and I: Psa 119:104, Psa 119:118 Psalms 119:129

Proverbs

tProv 7:22straightway: Heb. suddenly
as an: Act 14:13
as a: Dr. Grey, making a slight alteration in the text, renders, "as a dog to the chain, and as a deer, till a dart strike through his liver;" and Dr. Hunt, "Or as a hart boundeth into the toils, till a dart strike through his liver." The LXX, Chaldee, Syriac, and Arabic, concur in this interpretation. The circumstance of the dart, as applied to the deer, is beautiful and proper, which otherwise we are at a loss to dispose of; and this creature, of all others, was the most proper to be noticed on this occasion; for the usual representation which the Egyptians made of a man overthrown by flattery and fair speeches was the picture of a heart captivated and ensnared by the sound of music.
the correction: Job 13:27; Jer 20:2; Act 16:24 Proverbs 7:23

Isaiah

tIs 3:16the daughters: Isa 1:8, Isa 4:4; Mat 21:5; Luk 23:28
are haughty: Isa 24:4, Isa 32:9-11; Pro 16:18, Pro 30:13; Eze 16:49, Eze 16:50; Zep 3:11
wanton eyes: Heb. deceiving with their eyes, Or, as messakkaroth ainayim is rendered in the Targum, "painting their eyes with stibium": for sakar is probably the same as the Chaldee sekar or that import.
mincing: or, tripping nicely
and making: The Eastern ladies wear on their ankles large rings to which smaller ones are attached, which make a tinkling sound as they move nimbly. Isaiah 3:17

Isaiah

tIs 19:18that day: Isa 19:19, Isa 19:21, Isa 2:11; Zac 2:11
shall five: Isa 11:11, Isa 27:13; Psa 68:31
speak: Zep 3:9
language: Heb. lip, Gen 11:1
and swear: Isa 45:23, Isa 45:24; Deu 10:20; Neh 10:29; Jer 12:16
destruction: Heb. Heres, or, the sun, Instead of heres "destruction," which is also the reading of Aquila, Theodotion, and the Syriac, fifteen manuscripts and seven editions have cheres "the sun;" agreeable to Symmachus, the Arabic, and Vulgate; while the Chaldee takes in both readings; and the LXX reads πολις ασεδεκ, "the city of righteousness," a name apparently contrived by the party of Onias, to give credit to his temple. As, however, heres in Arabic signifies a lion, Conrad Ikenius is of opinion that the place here mentioned is not Heliopolis, as is commonly supposed, but Leontopolis in the Heliopolitan nome, as it is termed in the letter of Onias to Ptolemy. The whole passage, from this verse to the end, contains a general intimation of the propagation of the knowledge of the true God in Egypt and Syria, under the successors of Alexander, and the early reception of the gospel in the same countries. Isaiah 19:19

Isaiah

tIs 22:1am cir, 3292, bc cir, 712
the valley: Jerusalem being situated in the midst of surrounding hills, and the seat of Divine revelation, is here termed "the valley of vision." This prophecy foretells the invasion of Jerusalem by the Assyrians under Sennacherib; and probably also, by the Chaldeans under Nebuchadnezzar. Psa 125:2; Jer 21:13
of vision: Sa1 3:1; Psa 147:19, Psa 147:20; Pro 29:18; Mic 3:6; Rom 3:2, Rom 9:4, Rom 9:5
What: Gen 21:17; Jdg 18:23; Sa1 11:5; Sa2 14:5; Kg2 6:28; Psa 114:5
that thou: The eastern houses are built with a court within, into which chiefly the windows open; those that open to the street being so obstructed with lattice work, that no one can see through them. Whenever, therefore, anything is to be seen or heard in the streets, any public spectacle, or any alarm, everyone immediately goes up to the house-top to satisfy his curiosity. Hence all the people running to the top of their houses, gives a lively image of a sudden general alarm. Isa 15:3; Deu 22:8; Jer 48:38 Isaiah 22:2

Isaiah

tIs 28:18your covenant: Isa 7:7, Isa 8:10; Jer 44:28; Eze 17:15; Zac 1:6
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.
when: Isa 2:15, Isa 8:8; Jer 47:2; Dan 8:9-13, Dan 9:26, Dan 9:27, Dan 11:40; Rev 12:15, Rev 17:15
trodden down by it: Heb. a treading down to it, Isa 28:3; Mal 4:1-3 Isaiah 28:19

Isaiah

tIs 41:25I have: Jehovah here, by the mouth of the prophet, predicts the victories of Cyrus over the Chaldeans and their allies, at least 150 years before the event, as one instance of his foreknowledge and invincible power. Media lay north of Babylon, and Persia eastward; and Cyrus commanded the forces of both these nations; and, by his wonderful success, he trampled down mighty monarchs as mortar, and as the potter treads the clay.
raised: Isa 21:2, Isa 44:28, Isa 45:1-6, Isa 45:13, Isa 46:10,Isa 46:11; Jer 51:27-29
shall he call: Ezr 1:2, Ezr 1:3
come upon: Isa 41:2, Isa 10:6; Sa2 22:43; Mic 7:10; Zac 10:5 Isaiah 41:26

Isaiah

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Overview
Isa 47:1, God's judgment upon Babylon and Chaldea, Isa 47:6, for their unmercifulness, Isa 47:7, pride, Isa 47:10. and overboldness, Isa 47:11. shall be irresistible. Isaiah 47:1

Jeremiah

tJer 10:11Thus: "In the Chaldean language." The gods. Psa 96:5
they: Jer 10:15, Jer 51:18; Isa 2:18; Zep 2:11; Zac 13:2; Rev 20:2
under: Lam 3:66 Jeremiah 10:12

Jeremiah

tJer 13:4go: Intending to point out, by this distant place, the country, Chaldea, into which they were to be carried captive. Jer 51:63, Jer 51:64; Psa 137:1; Mic 4:10 Jeremiah 13:5

Jeremiah

tJer 16:16I will send: I will raise up enemies against them, some of whom shall destroy them by wiles, and others shall ruin them by violence. The Chaldeans shall make an entire conquest of the whole land, and strip it of its riches and inhabitants; and those who may escape one party shall fall into the hands of another. Jer 25:9; Amo 4:2; Hab 1:14, Hab 1:15
hunters: Gen 10:9; Sa1 24:11, Sa1 26:20; Mic 7:2
every mountain: Isa 24:17, Isa 24:18; Amo 5:19, Amo 9:1-3; Luk 17:34-37; Rev 6:15-17 Jeremiah 16:17

Jeremiah

tJer 20:2smote: Jer 1:19, Jer 19:14, Jer 19:15, Jer 26:8, Jer 29:26, Jer 36:26, Jer 37:15, Jer 37:16, Jer 38:6; Kg1 22:27; Ch2 16:10, Ch2 24:21; Amo 7:10-13; Mat 5:10-12, Mat 21:35, Mat 23:34-37; Act 4:3; Act 5:18, Act 5:40, Act 7:52, Act 16:22-24; Heb 11:36, Heb 11:37; Rev 2:10, Rev 17:6
the stocks: Hammahpecheth from haphach "to overturn, subvert, distort," generally denotes an overthrow (Deu 29:22. Isa 1:7; Isa 10:19), and seems to signify here a sort of stocks, by which the limbs were distorted into uneasy postures. So the Chaldee, keephtha and Jerome, nervus which he explains in his comment as "a kind of wooden fetter, into which the feet were thrust, vinculi lignei genus, cui pedes inseruntuṙ Some learned men understand it as merely signifying a place of confinement, or house of correction; but the word is never used for any of the prisons into which the prophet was afterwards cast; and the punishment seems to have been public and ignominious.
in the high: Jer 37:13, Jer 38:7; Zac 14:10 Jeremiah 20:3

Jeremiah

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Overview
Jer 21:1, Zedekiah sends to Jeremiah to enquire the event of Nebuchadnezzar's war; Jer 21:3, Jeremiah foretells a hard seige and miserable captivity; Jer 21:8, He counsels the people to fall to the Chaldeans; Jer 21:11, and upbraids the King's house. Jeremiah 21:1

Jeremiah

tJer 25:1am 3398, bc 606
in the: Jer 36:1, Jer 46:2; Kg2 24:1, Kg2 24:2; Dan 1:1
the first: Nebuchadnezzar was associated with his father Nabopollasar two years before the death of the latter; and from this time the Jewish computation of Nebuchadnezzar's reign begins; that is, from the end of the third year of Jehoiakim; and therefore, according to them, the fourth year of Jehoiakim was the first year of Nebuchadnezzar. But the Babylonians date the commencement of his reign two years later, that is, on the death of his father; which computation is followed by Daniel, who wrote in Chaldee. Jeremiah 25:2

Jeremiah

tJer 25:31A noise: The dreadful devastations made by the Chaldeans through all the nations of the East, and afterwards the destruction of Babylon by the Medes and Persians, are here primarily foretold in this awful language; but it also accords very much with the passages in which the ruin of all the anti- christian powers is evidently predicted. Jer 45:5; Isa 34:8; Hos 4:1, Hos 12:2; Mic 6:2
plead: Isa 66:16; Eze 20:35, Eze 20:36, Eze 38:22; Joe 3:2 Jeremiah 25:32

Jeremiah

tJer 36:18He: Jer 36:2, Jer 36:4, Jer 43:2, Jer 43:3; Pro 26:4, Pro 26:5
with ink: Baddeyo is rendered by some, after him; but deyo (in Chaldee and Syriac deyootha and in Welsh du) certainly denotes ink; whence are derived the Arabic dawat and deweet and Persian deeveet an ink-holder; the Syriac dayowo, and Persian div the devil. So the Alexandrian copy of the LXX has εν μελανι, and Vulgate atramento "with ink." Perhaps the princes supposed that Baruch had written this roll from memory; and that it was rather to be considered as his composition, than the substance of Jeremiah's prophecies; and they might ask this apparently frivolous question in order to allay the alarms excited by considering it as the word of God. But Baruch, with great simplicity, so answered their question, as to shew that he only acted as Jeremiah's amanuensis, and wrote verbatim what he had dictated. Jeremiah 36:19

Jeremiah

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Overview
Jer 37:1, The Egyptians having raised the seige of the Chaldeans, king Zedekiah sends to Jeremiah to pray for the people; Jer 37:6, Jeremiah prophesies the Chaldeans' certain return and victory; Jer 37:11, He is taken for a fugitive, beaten, and put in prison; Jer 37:16, He assures Zedekiah of the captivity; Jer 37:18, Intreating for his liberty, he obtains some favour. Jeremiah 37:1

Jeremiah

tJer 41:17Chimham: Sa2 19:37, Sa2 19:38
to go: As Johanan and the other princes had taken a decided part against Ishmael, they had no sufficient reason to fear that the Chaldeans would revenge on them the murder of Gedaliah; but perhaps Johanan was unwilling to be superseded in the command which he had rightly assumed, and so used his influence to induce the whole company to take refuge in Egypt; and their old attachment to the Egyptians rendered them more ready to concur in this ruinous measure. Jer 42:14, Jer 42:19, Jer 43:7; Isa 30:2, Isa 30:3 Jeremiah 41:18

Jeremiah

tJer 46:19thou: Jer 48:18
furnish thyself to go into captivity: Heb. make thee instruments of captivity, Isa 20:4; Eze 12:3 *marg. Eze 12:4-12
Noph: Noph, or Moph, is the celebrated city of Memphis, as the Chaldee and LXX render; long the residence of the ancient Egyptian kings, and situated fifteen miles above where the Delta begins, on the western side of the Nile. It was in the neighbourhood of Memphis that the famous pyramids were erected, whose grandeur and beauty still astonish the modern traveller. they are about twenty in number; the largest of which is 481 feet perpendicular height, and the area of its basis is on 480,249 square feet, or something more than eleven acres, being exactly the size of Lincoln's Inn Fields in London. The immense ruins between the northern and southern pyramids, and about fourteen miles from Cairo, still called Memf, Menf, or Menouf, seem to mark the site of this city. Jer 44:1; Eze 30:13
waste: Jer 26:9, Jer 34:22, Jer 51:29, Jer 51:30; Zep 2:5 Jeremiah 46:20

Ezekiel

tEzek 5:1son: In this expressive emblem, the prophet represents the Jewish nation; his hair, the people; the razor, the Chaldeans; the cutting of the hair, the calamities and disgrace coming upon them; the balances, the exact distribution of the Divine judgments; the third part of the hair burnt, those destroyed in the city; the third part smitten with a knife, those slain in attempting to escape; the third part scattered to the winds, those who escaped to other countries; the few hairs in his skirt, those left with Gedaliah; and the burning of these, their destruction in Egypt.
take: Eze 44:20; Lev 21:5; Isa 7:20
then: Dan 5:27 Ezekiel 5:2

Ezekiel

tEzek 7:24I will bring: Eze 21:31, Eze 28:7; Psa 106:41; Jer 4:7, Jer 12:12; Hab 1:6-10
they shall: That is, "the Chaldeans shall possess the houses of the Jews." The antecedents of pronouns are thus frequently understood in Hebrew poetry. Jer 6:12; Lam 5:2
I will also: Eze 33:28; Isa 5:14
the pomp: That is, the magnificence of their greatest and haughtiest princes.
their holy places shall be defiled: or, they shall inherit their holy places, Eze 21:2; Ch2 7:19; Psa 83:12 Ezekiel 7:25

Ezekiel

tEzek 8:2I beheld: Eze 1:4, Eze 1:26, Eze 1:27; Dan 7:9, Dan 7:10; Rev 1:14, Rev 1:15
amber: Amber is a hard, inflammable, bituminous substance, of a beautiful yellow colour, very transparent, and susceptible of an exquisite polish. When rubbed it is highly endowed with electricity; a name which the moderns have formed from its Greek name ηλεκτρον. But, as amber becomes dim as soon as it feels the fire, and is speedily consumed, it is probable that the original chashmal which Bochart derives from the Chaldee nechash copper, and melala gold, was a mixed metal, similar to that which the Greeks called ηλεκτρον, electrum, as the LXX and Vulgate render, from its resemblance to amber in colour. Ezekiel 8:3

Ezekiel

tEzek 9:2six: Jer 1:15, Jer 5:15-17, Jer 8:16, Jer 8:17, Jer 25:9
the higher: Kg2 15:35; Ch2 27:3; Jer 26:10
lieth: Heb. is turned
slaughter weapon: Heb. weapon of his breaking in pieces
and one: Eze 10:2, Eze 10:6, Eze 10:7; Lev 16:4; Rev 15:6
inkhorn: Keseth (in Chaldee, kista Syriac, kesto Ethiopic, kasut) denotes a bottle, or vessel to hold any fluid; and being here united to sophair a writer, is not improperly rendered as an ink-horn, so one of the editions of Aquila, μελανδοχειον, and Vulgate, atramentarium. Dr. Shaw informs us, that among the Moors, "the Hojas i.e., writers or secretaries, suspend their ink-horns in their girdles."
by his side: Heb. upon his loins
beside: Exo 27:1-7, Exo 40:29; Ch2 4:1 Ezekiel 9:3

Ezekiel

tEzek 12:13My net: This was to intimate, that though he escaped out of the city, the Chaldeans should overtake him, and carry him to Babylon. Jeremiah had predicted that his "eyes should see the eyes of the king of Babylon," and here Ezekiel foretold that he should not see Babylon, though he should die there; and Josephus says that he thought the two prophecies so inconsistent with each other, that he believed neither; yet both were exactly fulfilled, and the enigma of Ezekiel explained, when Zedekiah was brought to Nebuchadnezzar at Riblah, where he had his eyes put out, and was then carried to Babylon, and there died. Eze 17:16, Eze 17:20, Eze 19:8, Eze 19:9, Eze 32:3; Job 19:6; Psa 11:6; Isa 24:17, Isa 24:18; Jer 50:24; Lam 1:13, Lam 3:47, Lam 4:19, Lam 4:20; Hos 7:12; Luk 21:35
and I: Kg2 25:5-7; Jer 34:3, Jer 39:7, Jer 52:8-11 Ezekiel 12:14

Ezekiel

tEzek 16:27I have: Eze 14:9; Isa 5:25, Isa 9:12, Isa 9:17
and have: Deu 28:48-57; Isa 3:1; Hos 2:9-12
thine: Chukkach "thy portion;" the household provision of a wife - food, clothes, and money.
delivered: The Jews, under Manasseh, and the succeeding kings of Judah, made the temple itself the scene of their open and abominable idolatries, in addition to all their idol temples! which appears to be meant by "the eminent place," and "highplaces in every street," Eze 16:24. Allured by the prosperity of the Egyptians, they also connected themselves with them, and joined in their multiplied and abominable idolatries. And when Jehovah punished them by wars and famines, and by the Philistines, whose daughters are represented as ashamed of their enormous idolatries, instead of being amended, they formed alliances with the Assyrians, and worshipped their gods, and they even followed every idol which was worshipped between Canaan and Chaldea. Eze 16:37, Eze 23:22, Eze 23:25, Eze 23:28, Eze 23:29, Eze 23:46, Eze 23:47; Psa 106:41; Jer 34:21; Rev 17:16
daughters: or, cities, Kg2 24:2; Ch2 28:18, Ch2 28:19; Isa 9:12
which: Eze 16:47, Eze 16:57, Eze 5:6, Eze 5:7 Ezekiel 16:28

Ezekiel

tEzek 16:39And I: For the enormous idolatries and cruelties of Judah and Jerusalem, Jehovah determined to gather together the surrounding nations, both those with whom they had formed alliances, as the Egyptians and Assyrians, and such as had always been inimical to them, as Edom, Ammon, Moab, and Philistia, to inflict, or to witness, his judgments upon them. Having exposed their enormous crimes to view, He would pass sentence upon them: He would give Jerusalem into the hands of the Chaldeans, who would destroy the city and temple which they had polluted; level their cities and high places with the ground; slay, plunder, and enslave the people.
they shall throw: Eze 16:24, Eze 16:25, Eze 16:31, Eze 7:22-24; Isa 27:9
shall strip: Eze 16:10-20, Eze 23:26, Eze 23:29; Isa 3:16-24; Hos 2:3, Hos 2:9-13
thy fair jewels: Heb. instruments of thine ornament Ezekiel 16:40

Ezekiel

tEzek 17:4the top: The princes of Judah.
into: Isa 43:14, Isa 47:15; Jer 51:13; Rev 18:3, Rev 18:11-19
a land: Chaldea
a city: Babylon, which by means of the Euphrates and Tigris, had communications with the richest and most distant nations. Ezekiel 17:5

Ezekiel

tEzek 19:13she is: Eze 19:10; Deu 28:47, Deu 28:48; Jer 52:27-31
in the wilderness: In Chaldea, whither they were carried captive.
in a dry: Psa 63:1, Psa 68:6; Hos 2:3 Ezekiel 19:14

Ezekiel

tEzek 22:19I will: Jerusalem is here represented as the fining pot; all the people, who had become dross, are to be gathered together in it; and the fire of the Chaldeans, blown by the wrath of God, is to melt the whole. No ordinary means will avail to purge their impurities; the most violent must therefore be resorted to. Eze 11:7, Eze 24:3-6; Mic 4:12; Mat 13:30,Mat 13:40-42 Ezekiel 22:20

Ezekiel

tEzek 23:15with girdles: Sa1 18:4; Isa 22:21
all of: Jdg 8:18; Sa2 14:25
look to: That is, "princes in appearance;" which seem to have been the deified men worshipped by the Chaldeans. The inhabitants of Judah, like the Israelites, connected themselves with the Assyrians, and were enamoured with their idols; and then with the Chaldeans, and followed their idols; still retaining their attachment to the Egyptians and their idolatrous rites. Ezekiel 23:16

Ezekiel

tEzek 23:23Babylonians: Eze 21:19-27; Kg2 20:14-17, Kg2 25:1-3
the Chaldeans: Kg2 24:2; Job 1:17; Isa 23:13; Act 7:4
Pekod: Jer 50:21
the Assyrians: Gen 2:14, Gen 25:18; Ezr 6:22
desirable: Eze 23:6, Eze 23:12 Ezekiel 23:24

Ezekiel

tEzek 23:25I will set: Eze 5:13, 8:1-18, Eze 16:38-42; Exo 34:14; Deu 29:20, Deu 32:21, Deu 32:22; Pro 6:34; Sol 8:6; Zep 1:18
they shall take away: This refers to the severe vengeance which enraged husbands took on their faithless wives, and implies that God would employ the Chaldeans to destroy the princes and priests of Judah, for violating their covenants and treaties. Such punishments were anciently common; and such is the present practice in one of the South Sea Islands.
they shall take thy: Eze 23:47; Hos 2:4, Hos 2:5
thy residue: Eze 15:6, Eze 15:7, Eze 20:47, Eze 20:48, Eze 22:18-22; Rev 18:8 Ezekiel 23:26

Ezekiel

tEzek 23:45the righteous: The Chaldeans, so called, because appointed by God to execute his judgment on these criminals. Eze 23:36; Jer 5:14; Hos 6:5; Zac 1:6; Joh 8:3-7
after the manner of adulteresses: Eze 23:37-39, Eze 16:38-43; Lev 20:10, Lev 21:9; Deu 22:21-24; Joh 8:7
because: Eze 23:37 Ezekiel 23:46

Ezekiel

tEzek 28:21set: Eze 6:2, Eze 25:2, Eze 29:2
Zidon: Tyre was a colony of the Zidonians (See note on Isa 23:12); and consequently Zidon was a more ancient, though a less considerable city than Tyre; and it is probable that it was taken by the Chaldeans soon after the destruction of the latter. It was afterwards burnt to the ground by the inhabitants, to prevent it falling in the hands of Ochus. Eze 27:8, Eze 32:30; Gen 10:15, Sidon, Isa 23:2-4, Isa 23:12; Jer 25:22, Jer 27:3, Jer 47:4; Joe 3:4-8; Zac 9:2 Ezekiel 28:22

Ezekiel

tEzek 32:30the princes: The kings of Media, Armenia, and other nations north of Chaldea, or of the Syrians and others north of Judah, with "all the Zidonians," kings of Zidon, Tyre, and other cities of Phoenicia. Eze 38:6, Eze 38:15, Eze 39:2, Jer 25:22
and bear: Eze 32:24, Eze 32:25 Ezekiel 32:31

Daniel

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Overview
Dan 2:1, Nebuchadnezzar, forgetting his dream, requires it of the Chaldeans, by promises and threatenings; Dan 2:10, They acknowledging their inability are judged to die; Dan 2:14, Daniel obtaining some respite finds the dream; Dan 2:19, He blesses God; Dan 2:24, He staying the decree is brought to the king; Dan 2:31, The dream; Dan 2:36, The interpretation; Dan 2:46, Daniel's advancement. Daniel 2:1

Daniel

tDan 2:4in: Gen 31:47; Ezr 4:7; Isa 36:11
Syriack: Aramith, "Aramean," the language of Aram or Syria; a general term comprehending both the Chaldee and Syriac, the latter merely differing from the former as a dialect, and being written in a different character. With the following words the Chaldee part of Daniel commences; and is continued to the end of the Dan 7:1.
O king: Dan 3:9, Dan 4:19, Dan 5:10, Dan 6:6, Dan 6:21; Sa1 10:24; Kg1 1:25, Kg1 1:31; Neh 2:3; Mat 21:9; Mar 11:9, Mar 11:10
tell: Dan 4:7, Dan 5:8; Gen 41:8; Isa 44:25 Daniel 2:5

Daniel

tDan 2:38the beasts: Dan 4:21, Dan 4:22; Psa 50:10,Psa 50:11; Jer 27:5-7
Thou art: The Chaldean monarchy, over which Nebuchadnezzar was the only king of note; in whose time it extended over Chaldea, Assyria, Arabia, Syria, Egypt, and Libya. the head of gold represented its immense riches. Dan 2:32 Daniel 2:39

Daniel

tDan 2:39another kingdom: The empire of the Medes and Persians, whose union was denoted by the breast and two arms of silver; and which was established on the ruins of that of the Chaldeans on the capture of Babylon by Cyrus, bc 538. Dan 2:32, Dan 5:28-31, Dan 7:5, Dan 8:3, Dan 8:4, Dan 8:20, Dan 11:2; Isa 44:28, Isa 45:1-5
another third: The empire of the Macedonians, or "brazen-coated Greeks," aptly denoted by the belly and thighs of brass, founded by Alexander the Great, who terminated the Persian monarchy by the overthrow of Darius Codomanus at Arbela, bc 331; Dan 2:32, Dan 7:6, Dan 7:7, Dan 7:23, Dan 8:5-14, Dan 10:20, 11:3-20; Zac 6:3, Zac 6:6 Daniel 2:40

Daniel

tDan 5:11a man: Dan 2:47, Dan 4:8, Dan 4:9, Dan 4:18; Gen 41:11-15
father: or, grandfather, Dan 5:2
light: Dan 2:11; Sa2 14:17; Act 12:22, Act 14:11; Rev 3:9
Nebuchadnezzar: Nebuchadnezzar was certainly the grandfather of Belshazzar; but the term father in Hebrew and Chaldee is frequently used to denote a progenitor, or ancestor, however remote.
master: Dan 2:48, Dan 4:9; Act 16:16 Daniel 5:12

Daniel

tDan 5:25MENE: Had these words been written in the Chaldean character, every one who knew the alphabet of the language could at least have read them. they are pure Chaldee, and literally denote "He is numbered, he is numbered; he is weighed; they are divided." Dan 5:25 Daniel 5:26

Daniel

tDan 9:12confirmed: Isa 44:26; Lam 2:17; Eze 13:6; Zac 1:8; Mat 5:18; Rom 15:8
our judges: Kg1 3:9; Job 12:17; Psa 2:10, Psa 148:11; Pro 8:16
for under: The destruction of Jerusalem by the Romans, and the condition of the Jews during almost eighteen centuries, have far more exceeded all the miseries of the capture of Jerusalem by the Chaldeans, and in the Babylonish captivity, than those miseries exceeded the judgments inflicted on other nations; for the guilt of crucifying the Messiah, and rejecting his gospel, was immensely more atrocious than all their other transgressions. Lam 1:12, Lam 2:13, Lam 4:6; Eze 5:9; Joe 2:2; Amo 3:2; Mat 24:21; Mar 13:19; Luk 21:22 Daniel 9:13

Joel

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It is generally supposed, that the prophet Joel blends two subjects of affliction in one general consideration, or beautiful allegory; and that, under the devastation to be produced by locusts in the vegetable world, he portrays the more distant calamities to be inflicted by the armies of the Chaldeans in their invasion of Judea. These predictions are followed by a more general denunciation of God's vengeance, delivered in such language as to be in some measure descriptive of the final judgment of mankind. The prophet intermingles these declarations with earnest exhortations to repentance, and with promises of returning prosperity productive of Gospel blessings; foretelling, in the clearest terms, the general effusion of the Holy Spirit under the Christian dispensation, and the awful consequences of obstinately rejecting the sacred influence, especially to the Jews. The state of this nation at the present day, fully attests the Divine inspiration of the prophecy. Next: Joel Chapter 1

Obadiah

tObad 1:7the men of: The Chaldeans, whose agents they became in persecuting the Jews. Psa 55:12, Psa 55:13; Jer 4:30, Jer 30:14; Lam 1:19; Eze 23:22-25; Rev 17:12-17
men that were at peace with thee: Heb. men of thy peace, Jer 20:10, Jer 38:22 *marg.
they that eat thy bread: Heb. the men of thy bread, Psa 41:9; Joh 13:18
there is: Isa 19:11-14, Isa 27:11; Jer 49:7; Hos 13:13
in him: or, of it Obadiah 1:8

Habakkuk

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Overview
Hab 1:1, Unto Habakkuk, complaining of the iniquity of the land, Hab 1:5, is shewn the fearful vengeance by the Chaldeans; Hab 1:12, He complains that vengeance should be executed by them who are far worse. Habakkuk 1:1

Habakkuk

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Overview
Hab 2:1, Unto Habakkuk, waiting for an answer, is shewn that he must wait by faith; Hab 2:5, The judgment upon the Chaldean for unsatiableness, Hab 2:9, for covetousness, Hab 2:12. for cruelty, Hab 2:15. for drunkenness, Hab 2:18. and for idolatry. Habakkuk 2:1

Zechariah

tZech 1:7am 3845, bc 519
the eleventh: Zac 1:1
Sebat: Sebat is the Chaldee name of the eleventh month of the ecclesiastical year, but the fifth of the civil year, answering to part of January and February. Zechariah 1:8