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The Pulpit Commentary — Psalms — Volume 2

George Rawlinson [1812-1902] · 374,103 words · 397 reading sections

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that before was dead in sine is quickened to the new life of love and holiness. Cbri~t•s rule ever tendR to the well-being of bis people. II. THAT WUERE THERE IS LIFE THERE WILL BE PRAYER. The first sign of infant life is breathing; and the first sign of the soul's life is the breathing of prayer to God. The life wit…

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Vers. 1-7.-The effect of the anger of a perfectly righteous King. Most probably put into form by Solomon, even if David suggested the substance of it. It is the portrait of an ideal King, never yet realized completely by any earthly monarch, and finds its perfect fulfilment only in Christ and his kingdom. Solomon did n…

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luxuries aronnd them, seem to stand out the last, the words, "and I said ; " which from their fat and bloo,ted fo.oes (comp, Job is correct, though somewhat free, exegesis. xv. 27; Ps. xvii. 10), They have more Compare with the expression, "I have than heart oould wish; literally, the imagi- washed my hands in innoceno…

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in 11lippery places. The wioked have at no fallen away, but have kept alwaya my bold time ,my sure hold on their prosperity. upon thee:" and, on thy part, thou ha■t They arc " set in slippery plaoes "-plRCeB holden me by my right hand ; i.e. thou bast from wbicb they may easily slip and fall. upheld me and prevented…

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HOMILE'l'ICS, Ver. 24.-Divine guidance. "Thou shalt guide," etc. Asaph looked out on the world of human life, and beheld a sight which troubled and perplexed him, as it has troubled and perplexed many a pious heart since. He saw the wealthy sinner clothed in purple and fine linen, and faring sumptuously ; godless, yet…

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the dem1md for the good_s you are making continue, or suddenly cease? Will the harvest he geod or bad? You can no more tell than whether you will be able to attend to your business this day week, or be lying delirious with fever, 2. We need guidance becm,se of the JaJ,libility of our jwlgment. Were there no cloud on…

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eyes were opened to the folly and injustice of bis bard thoughts of God. From this deep abasement ( ver. 22) he springs at a bound to the loftiest heiuht of faith. And in this twenty-sixth verse, he crushes together, as it were, the two extremes of his exferienoe. At once a cry of defeat and a shout of victory. . 'l'H…

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Vers. 1:-28.-.Asaph's trial and deliverance. Aeaph was greatly tempted, as this psalm plamly shows. It does not matter whether he speaks of himself or, as is likely, of some other servant of God. Consider- !. His TEMPTATION. 1. It was a very te,n"ble one. (See ver. 2, "My feet were almost gone," etc.) How honest th…

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certain prospect caused him to be " uUerly consumed with terrors; " and even at his ~est ~o wo.s "desf.ise~" of the Lord ( ve~s. 19, 20). Thus Asaph's envy was turne<l mto pity, as well 1t might be. 3. He realized ehe love of God. He gained this by honest confession or the sin of which God had convicted him (vers. 21, …

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Not ~o do wr enter there, but" throu!'.h much tribulation." So our Lord, and all experience, plainly declare. II. BuT WHY IS ALL TRIB? Because in our nnture there are rooted evils, which can only be got rid of by the action of tbis law of change. Snch as: 1. Self-will. See the stream come brawling noisily along, as…

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III. THE PEOPLE OIi' Goo HAVE TO BUil'FER BITTER PERSECUTION'. So the Chaldee, the Septungint, and the Vulgate seem to understand the words. The wicked turn upon God's people, who are, in consequence," fed with the bread of tcarR, and have given to them tears to drink without measure" (Ps. lxxx. 5). It is the predestin…

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to our fellow-men; so that they do not cl&sh one with the other. On the contrary, the lower love may help the higher, and the higher cannot exist if the lower do not. III. BUT IF SUCH SUPREME DELIGHT IN GOD BE POSSIBLE, IT IS ALBO INFINITELY DESIRABLE. All life, even the most menn and poor, becomes transformed trans…

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EXPOSITION. the Babylonian conquest; and (3) the early PSALM LXXIV. Maccabean period, or the reign of Juda.a "TeE misery of the Jews is here at its Maccab11ms. In favour of the first is the deepest" (Four Friends, p. 291), The ascription of the psalm in the "title" to psalmist describes J erusslem ss fallen into Asap…

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We mnat explain the "title" by the con- t~l\snres, brcl\king the precious Phroniri1m eideratiCln thnt As11ph, like Jeduthun and bronze-work into pieces, and carrying off Heman, bcoame a tribe-name, attaching to everything of value that Wl\S portnblo (2 all the desciendants of the originA-1 Asaph, Kings xxv, 13-17). …

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1tm1glh of the nC1tlon (2 Kings xxi v. 14-16; psalmist wishes to ask two things: I. Is XJ:V, 11), ond their settlement in the for-off the present clistres1 to continue for ever? region or Dabyloniu; hence the desolntion, 2. And if not, how long is it to endure? not nn ly of J eruaalem, but of "all the It is true that b…

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"meal" intemlcd. Whether the "people cruel 011,ptivity, or elee !en e.s n mieer11ble of chrnllere in the wilderness " are 011nnibal remnant in an exhausted and dosolo.led tribc>e, or j1wkals and hyenas, is perhaps lo.nd-in either case needing much God'■ doubtful. protection and "remembrance," Ver. 15.-Thou didst cl…

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Asaph's questions and troubles and prayers find their echo in ten thousand Christian hearts to-do.y. It would be extremely interesting if we could certainly tell to what crisis of Israel's history this noble psalm refers. Some say the Chaldean invasion; others, the Mo.ccabean tyranny. Very strong reasons are given in t…

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gospel is God's word, not m1m's, you may find one (among innumerable others) in the ,·i<>IY gi,en of sin and God's dealing with it. Take just four passages: (1) John i. 20 • (2_) 1 ,John iv. 10 (" our sins;" q.d. "of the whole world," ii. 2); (3) John vi. 61 "th; hr~nd," etc.); (4) John xvi. 8. ' Ill. THE SUCCESS O…

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waste the spiritual temple. Worse than fire, or axe, or sword, it rnahs havoc of the soul. And wickedness following hard on its footsteps completes the work which it ha3 begun. Then comes- II. THE EXULTATION OF THE ADVERSARY, (Ver. 4.) No doubt this literally occurred e.t Jerasalem, as it bas in many another sanctuary…

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"'These are thy works, Parent of good," eto. II. TSE StrlDdEB. OF GoD's PROVIDENCE. How many are enjoying this I God's caily gifts of life, health, and joy are lavished upon them. They bask in the sunshine of his love. Everything bids them rejoice. But forget not the Giver of your joy-him who made the summer. That …

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Ver, 17,-Winter, Winter: what has that to say to us of God and of his ways?- Winter, with its cold, chilling breath, compelling even the strong to wrap themselves round with e.11 mrmncr of protection, and making all who can, shelter within their well-built homes, and draw close their warm curtains, and heap up the blaz…

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Vers. 7-S, 12.-The destroctive work of man and the constructive work of God. The prayer in vers. 1, 2, to help the people sunk in the deepest misery, is followed by its basis or ground, which consists of a picture of this misery (vers. 3-9); the sanctuary is destroyed, and all traces of the presence of God among hie…

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The plm1se, "Al-taschith," in the "title," the meaning to be, "For it fa not from the is probably a mu3ical term. It occurs also east, nor is it from the west, nor yet from in the titles of Pee. !vii., !viii., and !ix. the mountRinous desert [that help cometu)." But the ellipse of the main idea is impro- Ver. 1.-Unto…

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HOMILETICS. . '\:er. !--~e e.•stnce! ce1:tai7!ty, a_nd predous~s of Divine :eve7ation. "Thy N11ruo 1s nigh. This rendering 1s given m the margm of the Revised Version and another in the text. The difference arises from the exceeding brevity of the Hehrew making th~ sense doubt[~!. But the sense given in our ~uthori…

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Christ," etc. 6. Faithful teslimrmy. (Ver. 4,) Against the wicked. For God (ver. 7). Concerning wrath to come (ver. 8), 6. Delight in God. (Ver, 9.) 7. Open siding with the right against the wrong (ver. 10). III. THE 0REAT EXEMPLAR AND GIVER OF THIS BPIBIT-the Lord Jesus Christ.-S. C. Ver.1.-The uplifting God. Such i…

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ruinwards, and would rapidly have reached such sad ending, had they not been held ~ack by One rnig?ticr than they, ,ve cannot say for certain, though we may con- Jecture, whnt special ag<', persons, or events are alluded to. The psalm suite several such, and is capa1?le ?f many appl~cations. For o_ur own use of its …

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of ealva~ion, 11nd f?r his people ".the Lord~ himself "ie the portion of tne1r cup." And 11s 1n the pre~10us veroe the diverse dealings of God with men are told of, putting do,~n one a~d seUrng_up another, so here also we have _the main contents of the cup, which are nch 11nd bright and good, declared, and the miser…

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~trife of particB within the city, making Hczekiah's position an extremely difficult one. Some pleaded hard for human alliances as defence againRt the Assyrians • Hezekiah held fast bis dependence on God, the God of his fathers, the God of the natio~. Disorgnniza- tion within paralyzed his pious attempts; and the pa…

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Ver, 1.-Reasonings from the Divine activity. "Thy wondrous works declare." The thought of the restless activity of God is made by the psalmists, frequently, their ground of confidence. "He that keepeth thee will not slumber; behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep;" "Remember his marvellous works…

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Ver. 4.-The self-lifted horn. Perhaps the most suggestive explanation of this fignre is that given by Mr. Munro, in his • Summer Rambles in Syria..' He is writing concerning the females in a Maronite vill11ge of Mount Lebanon. "The most remark- able peculiarities of their dress are the immense silver ear-rings hangi…

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and clistross of tho penple at this timo of inva&ion. The point is thi11-He who trusts in Go,l can wait for God's worlcings. Illustrate three waye of trusting God, and find out which of tho ways alone can honour him. I. TRUSTING Goo, AND DOING NOTHING. To this pious people are often tempted. It is a very specious kind…

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Abrah8m, wh8t to lB68c, what to Jacob. And if we C8n see these three cases to be, in II comprehensive sense, typical C88es, we shall have a general sense of God's relation ■ with men when we call him "the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob." But the life of Abraham presented no particular likeness to the circumst1mces…

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EXPOSITION. "Baalpeor," "Me.achah " for "Aram-Man• PSALM LXXVI. chah," "El Kuds" for II Beit-el-Kutls," and THE present pse.lm consists of three stanze.s the like. (So Professor Cheyne.) " Salem" -tho :first of three verses, terminated by is the peaMful place, the place where God's the pe.use-marlr, "Sele.h;" the sec…

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1poil;" i.e. from Jerus&lcm, where the to take vengcl\nce (oomp. Pss. iii. 7; vii, 6; spoils of the AssyriRns a.re lni<I up, and xliv. 26; lxviii. I, eto.). To save a.11 the "·here thou eittest o.ml rulest. (So Professor meek of the ea.rth. God's vengeanoes on Cheyne and Cnnon Cook.) the wicked a.re, in groat measur…

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but "in the image of God," he was endowed with this gloriollS yet perilous heritage-- will and conscience. Will-power to weigh reasons, b:i.lance motives, pursue a fixed purpose, choose the good or the evil, the right or the wrong; and conscience---power to pnss judgmcnt on himself, approving or condemnin~ bis own c…

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Ver. 1.-Great becaw,e known. I. NOTHING IS OF MOUE IMPORTANCE TO MEN TB.AN THE KNOWLEDGE AND RIGHT ESTEEM OF GoD. 1. We Eee this in regard to nations. Such knowledge raises them from the degradation of sensuality and barbarity to purity and hu!Ilanity. 2. So also in regard to individ'll,(1,ls. Such knowledge ministers …

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but the special Divine association with it dntes from tho time whcu David brought back t.he ark, and found for it a resting-place in the new tabernacle on Mount Zion. That ark was the symbol of abiding Divine presence. 'l'he poet cBn only liken the sudden and overwhelming destruction of the Assyrian army to the spri…

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been nothing like it before, God had. lifted up a mighty hand, and stretched forth a strong arm. Show that, in Christ's <lealings with the sin-foe, the same impression is made on us. See the doxologies in the Book of Revelation. III. Oun APPRIJ!HENBION OF THE FOLNEBS AND COMPLETENESS OF THE DELIVEBANCE waoucrnT, Compa…

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Ver. 9.- With God judgment is salvation. "When God arose to judgment, to save all the meek of the earth." The" meek" are those who, with Hezekiah, held fast their integrity to Jehovah, and yet seemed placed in circumstances of hopeless distress. God's judgment on Sennacherib was their vindication, deliverance, and u…

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remnants are as much in God's power as armies, and he will be glorified in the mastery of both. l. THE LIFE-FOES THAT WE KNOW AND ESTIMATE ARE WELL WITHm THE CONTROL OF OUR Goo. And a man ought to understand what his besetting sins are, what his circumstances of temptation are, 'l.'here are spiritual foes which" loom …

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EXPOSITION. God who lrnd brought the calamity, whl\t-- PSALM LXXVII. e~er it was, upon his people. Seemingly, he Tms pso.lm is the lament and expostnlation had "cast them off"-he had "forgotten to be gra.cions" (see vers. 7-9). I com- with God of some afflicted person, perhaps plained; mther, I muse or meditate (H…

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promise fail for evermore 1 The promise with thy mighty strength) redeemed thy which he made to Abra.hnm, lean~, nnd people. The deliverance from Egypt is Jacob, that he would be with their seed for constantly called o. "redemption'' (Exorl. ever (Gen. xvii. 7-13; xxvi. 24; xxxv. 11, vi. 6; xv. 13; Dent vii. 8; ix. 26,…

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HOMILETICS. Vcrs. 7-9.-The temptation and the refuge. "Will the Lord cast off?" Here is a son! passing through the very valley of the shadow of death, yet coming out again into the sunshine of God's loving-kindness and truth. As Christian, in Bunyan's allegory, could not distinguish the whisperings of evil spirits …

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upward; lint the summit is In cloud. Reason pierces the cloud, and crie~, " God is there I" Faith soars into the light which thick darkness veils, and proclaims, "God is love I" But tho agnostic reckons Faith unscientific, Reason going beyond her pro- vince; doubts if there be anything but cloud. So when Moses went up …

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HOMILIES BY VARIOUS AUTHORS. Vers. 1-20.-From dark= to dawn. So may this psalm be described. Wo have the night of weeping followed by the morning, if not of joy, yet of peace. It is a portriliture to which the experience of myriads of souls bas answered and will answer. Hence, for the help of all such, the psalm ha…

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Ver. 13.-God's way in the sanctuary. This verse is capable of different renderinus. We take the one here given, as in the main true, and rich in sacred suguestion. 0 God's way is in the sanctuary because- I. IT IS BEEN TUEnE. Tho character, mind, and heart of God are revealed there. His holiness, that nothing unclea…

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Ver. I.-Complafoing to God. "I will cry unto God with my voice, and may he give ear unto me!" No historical associations can be fixed for this psalm. It is the psalm of one deeply interested in the welfare of Israel, who takes aa a burden on his own heart the depressed condition of the nation, and gloomily regards i…

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know it is wrong to think and feel it. Reserve is the bane of friendship. There must ba no reserve with God. .And the very best way in which to become a.shamed of our compla.inings is to speak them out before God. The infinite patience and gentleness towards us seems to search us through and through.-R. T. Ver. 2.-The…

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is acfrve, fashioning woes in the near future, and presenting all the issues that are unfolding ns disast.rous. It would be a lesson never to be forgotten by any man, if he could be told the fears be fashioned in the night seasons tl1at never came to pass. II. MANY PEOPI,E, WHEN THEY LIE A\V AKE, THINK OVER THEIR BINS…

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"Where is now thy God?" And Isaiah clrises his magnificent fortieth chapter with this sublime o.ppeo.l, "Why aayest thou, 0 Jacob, and speakest, 0 Israel, My way is hid from the Lord, and my judgment is passed over from my God?" Imagined change in God's relation, o.nd the failure of God's mercy, are the supreme woes to…

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Vers. 11, 12.-.A remedy for troubled hearts. "But I will celebrate the deeds of Jab." With ver. 11 the chanie in the prophet's feeling actually begins. "Hithel'to he has looked too much within, has sought too much to read the mystery of God's dealings by the light of his own experience merely. Hence the despondency w…

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Wo may to.ke euggesUons of a division from the passage in Exodus which presents three points in which Jehovah is unapproachable-holiness, awefulness, and miraculous power. I. GoD IB "OLomoue IN llOLINEBS;" that is, in character. We may read the story of God's dealings in either of lwo ways. 1. We ma.y study it in orde…

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1hat it is just ~hephcrding. He leads as a shepherd leads his flock. The shepherd- figure is familiar to Scripture readers; but our \Vestern associations cannot fill the term with its best meanings and suggestions. In mountain districts, or on broad moor- bn<ls ~nd plai1;1s, we get more snitable i?lprossions of the p…

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EXPOSITION. preface or introdnction (vers. 1-8), and a PSALM LXXVIII. continuous narrative (vers. 9-72). Tms, the first of the "historical psalms," Vers. I - 8. - The introduction calls though assigned by the rationalistic school special attention to the teaching that is (De Wette, Ewald, Koster, Hitzig) to a about …

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"rec0unted to us" (I,ay). The facts of Ver, 8.-And might not be aa their their past history had been handed down fathers, a atubborn and rebellious genera- orRlly from father to son among the tion ( oomp. Dcut. :xxi. 18, 20, for the Iemelites, not simply learnt from their combination of the two words). The sacred w…

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,2), and hia wonders that he had showed appetites (comp. Exod. xvi. 3; Numb. them (eee vers. 12-15, 2-1-28, 48-58). xi. 5). Ver, 12.-lllia.rvelloua thingo did he in the Ver. 19.-Yeo., they apo.ke against God; eight of their fa.there, in the land of Egypt, they said, Can God furnish a te. ble in the in the fteld of Zo1…

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(comp. ExNI. Ivi, S, where the leraelites Ver. 88.-Therefore their days did he rontm~t with their wretched life in the consume in vanity, and their years in wildern<>~s their life in Egypt, where they trouble, Their faithlessness wne punished a did eat brood ro the full"). by their forty yeo.rs of ve.iu and purposel…

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sitory-" a vapour that appe11reth for a. little order, neither regards himself o.s bound to while, a.nd then ve.nisheth a.way" (Jes, iv. mention e.11 of them He omits the third 14). and reverses the order of the second and Ver. 40:-Row oft did they provoke him fourth. in the wildemees, 11nd grieve him in the Ver. 46.-…

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g1rve their beMts over to the murr11.in." -the abodes of the Hivitee, Hit.Htee, Amor• Th0ugh no "pestilence" ie expressly men- ites, Perizzites, Girgashites, nod Jebusites. tioned in Exod. xii. as having caused the Ver. 56.-Yet they tempted and provoked death of the firstborn, yet pcstiknce may the most high God (co…

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Ver. 62,-B:e gave hia people over also Ephre.im, Ephraim had enjoyed the pre- unto the sword, Thirty thousand Iere.elitee eminency from the time of the death ot were ele.in in the battle in which the ark Moses (see the comment on ver. 9). By was co.ptured (eee 1 Sam. iv. 10). And we.a the course of events between Siimu…

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