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Marginal Notes in the KJV (1611)

Nahum 2:9

for there is none end of the store:

Or, And their infinite store, etc.

pleasant furniture:

Heb. vessels of desire

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See also Nahum 2:9 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse 9. _TAKE YE THE SPOIL_] Though the king burnt his treasures, vestments, c., he could not totally _destroy_ the _silver_ and the _gold_. Nor did he burn the _riches of the city_ these fell a prey...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    TAKE YE THE SPOIL OF SILVER, TAKE THE SPOIL OF GOLD - Nineveh had not hearkened of old to the voice of the prophet, but had turned back to sin; it cannot hearken now, for fear. He turns to the spoiler...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER 2 The Overthrow, Plundering and Destruction Of Nineveh _ 1. The capture of Nineveh announced and described (Nahum 2:1) _ 2. The completeness of the judgment (Nahum 2:11) Nahum 2:1. This gre...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    NAHUM 1:11; NAHUM 1:14; NAHUM 2:1; NAHUM 2:3. THE FALL OF NINEVEH. Nahum 1:11.

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    TAKE THE SPOIL. Note the Figure of speech _Epizeuxis_ (App-6), for emphasis. NONE END, &C. = [there are] treasures without end, [and] stores of all covetable vessels....

  • Charles Box Commentaries

    _NINEVEH WAS PLUNDERED -- NAHUM 2:8-10:_ Nineveh is pictured as a large pool of water. This was true because of the many people that were there. The cry for the people was "Stand, Stand!" Instead the...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    TAKE YE, &C.— _They have plundered the silver, they have plundered the gold: the weight of them is immense: it is more than all the precious furniture._ We are told by Diodorus, that the conqueror of...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    THE RUINS OF WAR. Nahum 2:8-13 RV. But Nineveh hath been from old like a pool of water: yet they flee away. Stand, stand, they cry; but none looketh back. Take ye the spoil of silver, take the spoil o...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    Take ye the spoil of silver, take the spoil of gold: for there is none end of the store and glory out of all the pleasant furniture. TAKE YE THE SPOIL OF SILVER, TAKE THE SPOIL OF GOLD. The conquer...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    ATTACK AND CONQUEST OF NINEVEH 1. Description of the attack begins, and Nineveh is called upon to face the invader. 'He that breaketh in pieces is come up against thee; Guard the watch, look out upon...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    AND GLORY. — Better, _there is abundance of all precious vessels. _...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    _[Nahum 2:10]_ בֹּ֥זּוּ כֶ֖סֶף בֹּ֣זּוּ זָהָ֑ב וְ...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    THE SIEGE AND FALL OF NINEVEH Nahum 2:1; Nahum 3:1 THE scene now changes from the presence and awful arsenal of the Almighty to the historical consummation of His vengeance. Nahum foresees the siege...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    A CRUEL CITY TO BE OVERTHROWN Nahum 2:1-13 This is a prophetic foreview of the overthrow of Nineveh by the Medo-Babylonians. God had used her for the chastisement of His people; now, in turn, she mus...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    Having thus announced the verdict, the prophet described the process of vengeance. He declared that the "hammer" had come up against Nineveh, and ironically advised her to prepare. He then detailed th...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    (h) Take ye the spoil of silver, take the spoil of gold: for [there is] none end of the store [and] glory out of all the pleasant furniture. (h) God commands the enemies to spoil Nineveh, and promise...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    After the observations I ventured to make on the preceding verses, I do not think it needful to dissect the several parts of the subject contained in this whole paragraph. If I mistake not, the Lord i...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    Lectures on the Minor Prophets. W. Kelly. Singular was the reproach of the Jews in the time of our Lord (John 7:52); for there were prophets who had arisen out of Galilee. Jonah and Nahum were both G...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    Here the Prophet, as it were, by the command and authority of God, gives up Nineveh to the will of its enemies, that they might spoil and plunder it. Some think that this address is made in the name o...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 1, 2, AND 3. If we were to examine closely the different characters of the nations who have been connected with the people of God, we should perhaps find in e...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    TAKE YE THE SPOIL OF SILVER, TAKE THE SPOIL OF GOLD,.... Of which there was a great quantity in this rich and populous city: these are the words of the prophet, or of the Lord by the prophet, to the M...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    Take ye the spoil of silver, take the spoil of gold: for [there is] none end of the store [and] glory out of all the pleasant furniture. Ver. 9. _Take ye the spoil of silver, take the spoil of gold_]...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Take ye the spoil of silver, of gold_ Here the Babylonians are addressed as if they had just entered the city; and are bid to take the spoil of it, there being none to make any resistance. We read in...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Take ye the spoil of silver, so the victors are admonished, TAKE THE SPOIL OF GOLD! FOR THERE IS NONE END OF THE STORE AND GLORY OUT OF ALL THE PLEASANT FURNITURE, of the various rich treasures with w...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    NAHUM CHAPTER 2 (Chapter 1:15-2:13.). The Conquest, Plundering, and Destruction of Nineveh. The conquerors of Nineveh would be Jehovah's instruments, who would effect the destruction of the city wi...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    1-10 Nineveh shall not put aside this judgment; there is no counsel or strength against the Lord. God looks upon proud cities, and brings them down. Particular account is given of the terrors wherein...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    TAKE: God speaks by his prophet, commanding that it be done, and foretelling that it certainly shall be done; and Scythians, Medes, and Chaldeans, or whoever else did associate in the war, and sacking...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Nahum 2:9 spoil H962 (H8798) silver H3701 spoil H962 (H8798) gold H2091 end H7097 treasure H8498 wealth...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: The battle in the streets of Nineveh. CHARACTERS: God. CONCLUSION: God has a quarrel with those who have done violence to His people, and when the measure of their iniquity is filled up, H...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Nahum 2:2. _The excellency of Jacob._ The Vulgate reads as the Hebrew, the pride of Jacob, and the pride of Israel, which the Lord punished by the Assyrians. Now the same just God comes to punish the...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _The shield of His mighty men is made red._ THE DOWNFALL OF NINEVEH, AS ILLUSTRATIVE OF THE DIVINE AND THE HUMAN DEMENTS IN REVELATION There are two elements in the Bible, the Divine and the human. G...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    NAHUM—NOTE ON NAHUM 2:1 Focus on Nineveh: The Lord’s Coming Judgment. Nahum’s prediction reads like an eyewitness account of Nineveh being attacked, overrun by the enemy, and plundered....

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    NAHUM—NOTE ON NAHUM 2:9 SILVER... GOLD. Nineveh had taken great wealth during Assyria’s military victories. ⇐...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL NOTES. NAHUM 2:8. OLD] From antiquity hath been like a pool of water; the confluence of people from all parts, like countless drops; an unbroken empire for 600 years. STAND] Stand is the cry...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION NAHUM 2:1 Part II. THE EXECUTION OF THE DECREE; THE DESTRUCTION OF NINEVEH DESCRIBED....

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Now he is describing the siege of Assyria by the Babylonian and Mede confederacy, referring to these men as those that dash in pieces. He that dasheth in pieces is come up before thy face: keep the mu...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    2 Chronicles 36:10; Daniel 11:8; Ezekiel 26:12; Isaiah 33:1; Isaia

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Take — Thus the Chaldeans encourage one another in the plundering of the city....

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