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Wesley's Notes on the Bible by Wesley, John (1703-1791)
5. The Ziphites - Probably Saul would have pursued David no more, had not these wretches set him on. 6. Zerujah - David's sister. His father is not named either because he was now dead; or because he was an obscure person.
Wesley's Notes on the Bible by Wesley, John (1703-1791)
1. Reigned - In which time the years of his imprisonment are comprehended. 3. He built, &c. - Trampling on the dust and affronting the memory of his worthy father.
Wesley's Notes on the Bible by Wesley, John (1703-1791)
2. All nations - Not only upon the Assyrians, but on all enemies of my people. 3. Cast out - Into the fields. 4. Dissolved - The sun, moon, and stars.…
Wesley's Notes on the Bible by Wesley, John (1703-1791)
3. Sought not, &c. - It is true, he recovered from that fall. "Yet perhaps, says Mr. Henry, he never, while he lived, fully retrieved the spiritual strength he lost by it." 5.
Wesley's Notes on the Bible by Wesley, John (1703-1791)
1. Houses - A palace consisting of many houses or apartments for his several wives and children. A tent - He did not fetch the tabernacle of Moses from Gibeon,…
Wesley's Notes on the Bible by Wesley, John (1703-1791)
2. Judge - The question is doubled, to awaken the prophet more fully, and to quicken him to his work. 3. Her time - The time of ripeness in her sins, and of execution of judgments on her.
Wesley's Notes on the Bible by Wesley, John (1703-1791)
1. Down - From thy throne. Virgin - So, called, because she was tender and delicate. No throne - For thee. The empire is taken from thee, and translated to the Persians.
Wesley's Notes on the Bible by Wesley, John (1703-1791)
2. Eyes to see - They have capacity, if they would, to understand, but they will not understand, what thou speakest. 3. Stuff - Vessels or instruments, wherein thou mayest put what is portable.
Wesley's Notes on the Bible by Wesley, John (1703-1791)
1. An end - An end of God's patience, and of the peace and welfare of the people. 4. Recompense - The punishment of them. 5. An evil - An evil and sore affliction, a singular, uncommon one.
Wesley's Notes on the Bible by Wesley, John (1703-1791)
1. In the ninth year - Of Zedekiah's reign. Came unto me - The prophet was now in Babylon. 2. Set himself - Sat down to besiege. 4. Every good piece - All the chief of the inhabitants of the land,…