1 Chronicles 16:2
_Lord, wishing them all felicity, and making them presents, like the master of a family, ver. 43, and 2 Kings vi. 18. (Calmet) --- Any superior may bless. (Worthington)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Lord, wishing them all felicity, and making them presents, like the master of a family, ver. 43, and 2 Kings vi. 18. (Calmet) --- Any superior may bless. (Worthington)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Oil. The precise signification of the Hebrew Ashisha, is not known. (Calmet) --- Protestants, "a flagon of wine. " (Haydock) --- It denotes any thing "exhilarating." (Tirinus) (Du Hamel)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Appointed, as a prophet, (Haydock) or by dispensation. The high priest has supreme spiritual power, Deuteronomy xvii. 18., &c. (Worthington)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Zacharias, at the head of the second band. These played on the nable and kinnor, as the women did not sing in the tabernacle. Jahiel should be Oziel, (chap. xv. 18., &c.; Calmet) unless he be the same person, chap. xv. 18. (Haydock) --- Instruments. Literally, "organs." (Haydock) --- Hebrew, "the i... [ Continue Reading ]
_Jaziel. We read Eliezer, &c., chap. xv. 24. --- Continually. At the appointed times._... [ Continue Reading ]
_Made. Hebrew, "gave first, to thank the Lord, into the hand of Asaph and his brethren this psalm, " (Haydock) in order the 104th; and from ver. 23 we find the 95th in the Psalter, with some improvements. (Tirinus)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Power. The ark was frequently the instrument of God's power; and his people are exhorted to present themselves to pray before it. (Calmet) --- God seemed to dwell there, and often displayed his wonders. (Du Hamel)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Israel. In Psalm civ., Abraham._... [ Continue Reading ]
_Prophets. The ancient patriarchs ruled their families as kings, and directed them by word and example, like the most holy prophets. (Calmet) --- Both are frequently styled anointed. (Haydock)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Place. In Psalm xcv. 6., holiness and majesty in his sanctuary. Hebrew, "strength and beauty in," &c. God is served in his tabernacle with piety._... [ Continue Reading ]
CHAPTER XVI. _ Sacrifice, of flour and wine. --- Beauty. Hebrew, "in the beauty of his sanctuary." Psalms, Come into his courts: adore ye the Lord in his holy court._... [ Continue Reading ]
_Presence. Here the psalm adds, say ye among, as [in] ver. 31._... [ Continue Reading ]
_And say, &c., is not in the psalm; and it seems not to agree with the flourishing state of David's kingdom: yet he might speak with the spirit of prophecy, or with that all his subjects might live in happiness and concord under him. (Calmet) --- Others think that Esdras inserted these verses to be... [ Continue Reading ]
_And sing. Hebrew, "and Alleluia," or, "all....said, (or shall say) truth and praise be to the Lord."_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Sadoc was to minister at Gabaon, with Heman, Idithun, &c., while Abiathar, Asaph, &c., officiated at Jerusalem. (Calmet) --- This regulation continued till towards the end of David's reign, (Haydock) when fresh orders were given, chap. xxiii., &c. We find Abiathar and Sadoc were both at Jerusalem,... [ Continue Reading ]
_Bless, or feast, (Du Hamel) with his family, on part of the sacred victims. (Haydock)_... [ Continue Reading ]