_By whose. Sept. "the powerful in Israel, that they might be sanctified to the Lord; and they put," &c. Heb. "who instructed all Israel, the holy people of the Lord: Put," &c. H. --- No more. Heb. adds, "upon your shoulders;" (H.) whence it is inferred, that it had been carried about the cities of J... [ Continue Reading ]
_Families. Heb. adds, "according to the divisions of the families of the fathers of your brethren, the people, (H.; or laics. C.) and the division of the families of the Levites." All were placed, with great order, in the temple._... [ Continue Reading ]
_Which. Heb. "of the Lord, by the hand of Moses," which ordinances he has written down. M._... [ Continue Reading ]
_In. Heb. "for the Passover-offerings, from the flock, lambs and kids, in number 30,000." Et reliqui pecoris, is not expressed. H. --- The small cattle might be intended for other sacrifices. M._... [ Continue Reading ]
_Offered. Heb. "gave to the people." H. --- Rulers: the first alone was high priest. C. --- Small cattle: literally, cattle of different sorts;" commixtim. Protestants supply, "small cattle," which is not in Hebrew. H. --- Syriac and Arabic have, "sheep;" but we had best follow (C.) the Sept. "sheep... [ Continue Reading ]
_Cattle. Protestants again supply these words. Sept. have, "sheep." H._... [ Continue Reading ]
_Blood is expressed in the Sept. and understood in Hebrew. H. --- With. Heb. and Sept. "from their hands;" (H.) receiving it from the officers, who might slay their own victims, (C.) unless they were unclean, C. xxx. 17. H. --- Holocausts. Heb. and Sept. speak of the paschal lambs. H. --- Holocausts... [ Continue Reading ]
_Separated. Sept. "prepared the holocaust to give; having taken notice to whom the victims belonged, before they took off the skin, (M.) or rather, separating these from the other peace-offerings. Tournemine._... [ Continue Reading ]
_Victims. Heb. and Sept. "but the holy offerings they boiled." See Ex. xii. 9. H._... [ Continue Reading ]
_Prophets. Heb. "seer." But Sept., &c. read in the plural. These were "prophets of the king," (H.) or masters of music. C. --- Vulgate might insinuate that these three gave orders, as well as David. But they were in office under him, as people of the same name were, probably, under Josias. H._... [ Continue Reading ]
_As Josias kept. He displayed greater liberality (Estius. See 4 K. xxiii. 20.) and devotion; and the festival had also been neglected for some time. W._... [ Continue Reading ]
_Charcamis belonged to the Assyrian monarch, (Isaias x. 9.) who subdued the empire of Babylon, C. xxxiii. 11._... [ Continue Reading ]
_With me. Grotius thinks that Jeremias had given the order; and the author of Hebrew Traditions, supposes that he forbade Josias to oppose Pharao, who, it seems, was assured of victory. C. --- But this is uncertain; and Josias might justly suspect that the king of Egypt spoke without authority. H. -... [ Continue Reading ]
_Prepared. Heb. "disguised himself," like Achab; (C.) or set his army in array. Sept. "he was bent on fighting him." H. --- He supposed that Pharao intended to invade his dominions, and God would withdraw him from the world. W._... [ Continue Reading ]
_After the manner of kings, is not in Hebrew, &c. H. --- Curtius (iv.) informs us, that the Persian monarch had always a horse behind his chariot, to be ready in case of any accident._... [ Continue Reading ]
_Lamentations. Some think that we have them in the Bible. Josephus, &c. --- Others believe that they are lost. Salien, the year of the world 3425. --- Law, on the anniversary; (M.) or when any calamity occurs, the lamentations of Jeremias are used. T. --- There were collections of such poems, as wel... [ Continue Reading ]
_Israel is placed first in Heb. and Sept. H. --- The kings of Juda assumed the title, as the kingdom had been subverted above a century; and the wretched remains of Israel had retreated into the territories, (C.) or acknowledged their dominion. H._... [ Continue Reading ]
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