What does "starry host" mean in the Bible?What defines the practice of sun worship?What is the concept of astrotheology? Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(19) The sun, and the moon, and the stars.--The purest worship of antiquity--that which we find among the Persians--hardly ...
What does 'For Such a Time as This' mean?What does the Bible say about Christians in government? Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(3) To the half of the kingdom.--This tremendous offer occurs in further promises of Ahasuerus (Esther 5:6; Esther 7:2). The same reckless promise...
vol. 4. p. 82, Eng. trans.). Accordingly, Ewald, rejecting the old explanation, suggests one of his own - that Elisha asked for "two thirds of Elijah's spirit" (ibid., p. 81); but this would be a very strange and unusual request, even if the Hebrew could be made to mean it...
What does 'How the mighty have fallen' mean? Pulpit CommentaryVerses 40, 41. - As God also condemned Saul by his silence, the Urim and Thummim giving no answer, he places himself and Jonathan on one side, and the people on the other, and determines to cast lots. He then prays, ...