Category Archives: COMMENTARY

Adonijah’s Ambition – B.C. 1015 5 Then Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, I will be king: and he prepared him chariots and horsemen, and fifty men to …

Introduction – B.C. 1015 1 Now king David was old and stricken in years; and they covered him with clothes, but he gat no heat. 2 Wherefore his servants said …

Ish-bosheth’s Murderers Punished – B.C. 1048 9 And David answered Rechab and Baanah his brother, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, and said unto them, As the LORD liveth, who …

Ish-bosheth Slain by His Servants – B.C. 1048 1 And when Saul’s son heard that Abner was dead in Hebron, his hands were feeble, and all the Israelites were troubled. …

Abner deserts to David – B.C. 1048 7 And Saul had a concubine, whose name was Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah: and Ishbosheth said to Abner, Wherefore hast thou gone …

David’s wives and children – B.C. 1048 1 Now there was long war between the house of Saul and the house of David: but David waxed stronger and stronger, and …

25 And the children of Benjamin gathered themselves together after Abner, and became one troop, and stood on the top of an hill. 26 Then Abner called to Joab, and …

Asahel slain by Abner – B.C. 1053 18 And there were three sons of Zeruiah there, Joab, and Abishai, and Asahel: and Asahel was as light of foot as a …

A civil war in Israel – B.C. 1053 8 But Abner the son of Ner, captain of Saul’s host, took Ishbosheth the son of Saul, and brought him over to …

David Made King at Hebron – B.C. 1053 1 And it came to pass after this, that David enquired of the LORD, saying, Shall I go up into any of …

David’s lamentation for Saul and Jonathan B.C. 1055 17 And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son: 18 (Also he bade them teach the children …

11 Then David took hold on his clothes, and rent them; and likewise all the men that were with him: 12 And they mourned, and wept, and fasted until even, for Saul, …

David’s Concern at Saul’s Fate. 1 Now it came to pass after the death of Saul, when David was returned from the slaughter of the Amalekites, and David had abode …

2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death. (Romans 8:2 KJV) William Burkitt’s Commentary If …

1 There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. (Romans 8:1 KJV) William Burkitt’s Commentary …

23 But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my …

25 I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then with the mind I myself serve the law of God; but with the flesh the law of sin. (Romans …

24 O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death? (Romans 7:24 KJV) William Burkitt’s Commentary These words are a sad and sorrowful …

22 For I delight in the law of God after the inward man: (Romans 7:22 KJV) William Burkitt’s Commentary If by the inward man, we understand the mind and understanding …

21 I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me. (Romans 7:21 KJV) William Burkitt’s Commentary As if the apostle had said, “I …