_Now the Sons of Issachar were, Tola, and Puah, Jaahub, and Shimrom, four._ STATISTICS 1. Statistics play an important part in Chronicles and in the Old Testament generally. (1) Genealogies and other lists of names. (2) Specifications of subscription lists for the Tabernacle and for Solomon’s te... [ Continue Reading ]
_Fit to go out for war and battle._ THE NEED FOR PREPARATION “Fit to go” is an expression which points to the matter of qualification. Mere age does not make a man fit to sit in the council, or to go forth to battle, or to assume the position of dignity, We must undergo discipline, instruction, mor... [ Continue Reading ]
_Whom the men of Gath that wore born in that land slew._ THE MASSACRE OF EPHRAIM’S CHILDREN In the mines of Peru, there are veins of peculiar richness; but the very rubbish is valuable. In the Bible there are passages of peculiar importance, but there is nothing trifling, nothing useless. To be ab... [ Continue Reading ]