Selected quad for the lemma: book_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
book_n	chronicle_n	king_n	samuel_n	2,348	5	9.6126	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A36033	Pious annotations, upon the Holy Bible expounding the difficult places thereof learnedly, and plainly: vvith other things of great importance. By the reverend, learned and godly divine, Mr. Iohn Diodati, minister of the gospell; and now living in Geneva. It is ordered this 11. of Ianuury, 1642, by the committee of the House of Commons in Parliament, concerning printing, that this exposition of the book of the Old and new Testament, be printed by Nicholas Fussel, stationer. Iohn White.; Annotationes in Biblia. English	Diodati, Giovanni, 1576-1649.; Hollar, Wenceslaus, 1607-1677, engraver.	1643 (1643)	Wing D1510; Wing D1509A; ESTC R5893	1,521,231	922

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she_o not_o forbid_v she_o or_o give_v her_o harsh_a word_n or_o scoff_v of_o she_o v._o 20._o the_o dead_a my_o husband_n and_o my_o child_n who_o be_v dead_a one_o of_o the_o hebrew_a one_o of_o our_o redeemer_n that_o be_v to_o say_v he_o be_v so_o near_o a_o kin_n to_o we_o that_o it_o be_v his_o right_n to_o redeem_v my_o husband_n and_o my_o child_n land_n which_o be_v be_v alienate_v by_o the_o law_n leviticus_n chapter_n 25._o verse_n 25._o and_o also_o may_v and_o aught_o to_o marry_v the_o widow_n of_o he_o that_o be_v dead_a without_o child_n deuteronomy_n chapter_n 25._o verse_n 5._o chap._n iii_o verse_n 3._o wash_v thyself_o though_o naomi_n end_n be_v good_a in_o all_o this_o for_o to_o seek_v her_o daughter_n in_o law_n good_a and_o to_o put_v boaz_n in_o mind_n of_o his_o duty_n according_a to_o the_o law_n of_o god_n yet_o it_o seem_v to_o be_v a_o womanish_a provision_n somewhat_o less_o than_o honest_a to_o bring_v it_o to_o pass_v which_o be_v notwithstanding_o 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to_o the_o last_o potnt_n of_o his_o punishment_n so_o that_o he_o lose_v a_o battle_n wherein_o three_o of_o his_o son_n be_v kill_v and_o he_o slay_v himself_o these_o two_o book_n be_v call_v samuel_n by_o reason_n that_o the_o one_o part_n of_o the_o subject_n be_v his_o own_o history_n write_v as_o it_o be_v likely_a by_o himself_o and_o all_o the_o rest_n be_v of_o two_o king_n by_o he_o consecrate_v and_o settle_v in_o their_o kingdom_n annotation_n chap._n i._o verse_n 4._o ramathaim_n the_o city_n of_o rama_fw-mi itself_o often_o mention_v in_o samu●ls_n history_n and_o the_o hebrew_n termmation_n seem_v to_o intimate_v that_o it_o be_v once_o divide_v into_o two_o city_n the_o word_n sophim_n join_v thereunto_o signify_v watch-house_n or_o tower_n as_o it_o be_v very_o likely_a that_o watchtower_n be_v set_v in_o high_a place_n of_o the_o country_n as_o rama_fw-mi be_v according_a to_o the_o signification_n of_o its_o name_n be_v upon_o the_o border_n of_o three_o tribe_n 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see_v gen._n 43._o 34._o 1_o sam._n 9_o 23_o 24._o v._o 6._o adversary_n namely_o peninnah_n who_o be_v her_o rival_n to_o make_v she_o purpose_v and_o take_v a_o delight_n in_o urge_v of_o she_o to_o some_o unseemly_a disturbance_n of_o mind_n or_o to_o some_o distaste_n and_o murmur_v against_o her_o husband_n and_o peradventure_o against_o god_n himself_o set_v concern_v such_o inhumanity_n job_n 24._o 31._o v._o 9_o after_o they_o have_v after_o the_o holy_a meal_n of_o the_o sacrifice_n which_o be_v eat_v in_o the_o court_n of_o the_o tabernacle_n rose_n up_o go_v to_o the_o place_n of_o worship_n and_o prayer_n right_a against_o the_o most-ho_o place_n ascat_fw-la the_o high_a priest_n or_o the_o judge_n his_o seat_n 1_o sam._n 4._o 13._o a_o post_n it_o be_v likely_a that_o the_o tabernacle_n which_o be_v make_v by_o mole_n be_v set_v in_o siloh_n within_o the_o compass_n of_o some_o solid_a building_n which_o have_v gate_n 1_o sam._n 3._o 15._o for_o otherwise_o the_o 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which_o be_v compose_v the_o book_n of_o chronicle_n insert_v among_o the_o holy_a book_n v._o 21._o to_o put_v see_v upon_o 1._o king_n 11._o 36._o v._o 24._o sodomite_n male_n who_o do_v abandon_v their_o body_n to_o suffer_v abominable_a lust_n see_v 1._o king_n 15._o 12._o and_o 22._o 46._o 2._o king_n 23._o 7._o wickedness_n which_o often_o be_v join_v with_o idolatry_n and_o pagan_a superstition_n v._o 28._o the_o guard_n chamber_n see_v 2._o king_n 11._o 6._o 19_o v._o 31._o abijam_o who_o be_v the_o same_o as_o abijah_n 2._o chron._n 12._o 16._o chap._n xv_o verse_n ii_o maachah_n it_o be_v the_o same_o as_o micajah_n the_o daughter_n of_o vriel_n 2._o chron._n 13._o 2._o v._o 4._o give_v he_o suffer_v not_o his_o name_n to_o be_v quite_o extinguish_v nor_o his_o kingdom_n to_o fail_v v._o 10._o his_o mother_n that_o be_v to_o say_v his_o grandmother_n v._n 2._o v._o 14._o high_a place_n the_o people_n can_v not_o be_v bring_v to_o offer_v sacrifice_n in_o that_o place_n which_o be_v only_o consecrate_v to_o god_n service_n though_o they_o perform_v the_o same_o in_o all_o pureness_n as_o well_o for_o the_o object_n which_o be_v the_o true_a god_n as_o for_o the_o mean_n according_a to_o his_o ordinance_n now_o this_o be_v either_o through_o the_o people_n obstinacy_n or_o through_o the_o king_n negligence_n who_o do_v not_o make_v use_n of_o his_o sovereign_a power_n to_o force_v they_o to_o it_o or_o through_o some_o difficulty_n ni_fw-fr the_o performance_n v._o 17._o build_v that_o be_v to_o say_v fortify_v it_o might_n not_o suffer_v to_o hinder_v his_o subject_n from_o have_v any_o correspondency_n with_o those_o of_o judah_n especial_o in_o matter_n of_o religion_n see_v 1._o king_n 12_o 27._o v._o 20._o smite_v that_o be_v to_o say_v take_v these_o city_n by_o force_n and_o use_v all_o manner_n of_o hostility_n in_o they_o all_n cinneroth_n which_o be_v all_o the_o country_n adjoin_v to_o the_o sen_fw-mi of_o chinneroth_n jos._n 12._o 3._o v._o 23._o disease_a this_o be_v note_v not_o only_o to_o show_v that_o his_o happiness_n be_v interrupt_v and_o disturb_v but_o also_o to_o show_v that_o upon_o this_o occasion_n he_o do_v in_o his_o disease_n vary_v from_o his_o w●nted_a piety_n 2._o chron_n 16._o 12._o v._o 27._o to_o the_o philistine_n be_v by_o they_o take_v from_o the_o tribe_n of_o dan_n to_o which_o tribe_n it_o do_v belong_v jos._n 19_o 44._o chap._n xvi_o verse_n vii_o and_o because_o the_o very_a death_n of_o nadab_n be_v impute_v as_o a_o sin_n to_o baasa_n for_o follow_v of_o his_o sin_n that_o which_o he_o have_v do_v can_v not_o be_v term_v a_o act_n of_o justice_n or_o zeal_n but_o plain_a murder_n for_o covetousness_n of_o reign_v see_v hos._n 1._o 〈◊〉_d v._o 13._o their_o vanity_n the_o italian_a have_v it_o idol_n the_o hebr._n vanity_n a_o common_a epithet_n for_o false_a god_n which_o have_v nither_o reality_n of_o essence_n nor_o power_n and_o who_o deity_n consist_v in_o nothing_o but_o in_o the_o idolater_n vain_a opinion_n deut._n 32._o 21._o 1._o sam._n 12._o 21._o 1._o cor._n 8._o 4._o v._o 23._o thirty_o and_o one_o since_o it_o be_v say_v v._n 15._o that_o zimri_n begin_v to_o reign_v in_o the_o seven_o and_o twenty_o year_n of_o asa_n and_o that_o he_o reign_v but_o seven_o day_n we_o must_v conclude_v that_o omri_n who_o immediate_o succeed_v he_o reign_v from_o the_o same_o seven_o and_o twenty_o year_n but_o the_o kingdom_n have_v be_v divide_v into_o two_o part_n omri_n begin_v to_o reign_v peaceable_o alone_a in_o the_o one_o and_o thirty_o year_n after_o he_o have_v overthrow_v tibui_n his_o competitor_n twelve_o in_o all_o with_o the_o four_o year_n which_o he_o reign_v before_o the_o death_n of_o tibui_n v._o 24._o talent_n the_o talon_n weigh_v one_o hundred_o and_o five_o and_o twenty_o pound_n at_o twelve_o ounce_n in_o the_o pound_n see_v upon_o exod._n 38._o 25._o v._o 31._o baal_n a_o common_a name_n to_o all_o the_o sidonian_a idol_n now_o this_o idolatry_n be_v far_o worse_a than_o that_o of_o the_o calf_n because_o that_o in_o this_o they_o profess_v the_o worship_v of_o the_o true_a god_n though_o it_o be_v in_o a_o vicious_a manner_n but_o in_o the_o other_o they_o mere_o worship_v the_o creature_n or_o idol_n chap._n xvii_o verse_n i._o tishbite_v he_o be_v so_o call_v from_o the_o place_n of_o his_o birth_n which_o be_v not_o mention_v in_o scripture_n inhabitant_n the_o italian_a have_v it_o of_o the_o new_a inhabitant_n describe_v 1._o cron._n 5._o 22._o other_o translate_v it_o stranger_n which_o dwell_v in_o gilead_n by_o which_o they_o mean_v certain_a israelite_n which_o go_v to_o gilead_n to_o dwell_v for_o some_o unknown_a cause_n

live_v he_o send_v this_o son_n of_o he_o to_o make_v war_n in_o jury_n who_o be_v here_o call_v king_n because_o he_o be_v heir_n &_o lieutenant_n general_a to_o his_o father_n v._o 2._o band_n the_o meaning_n be_v before_o the_o chaldaean_n come_v with_o a_o complete_a army_n into_o judea_n they_o make_v inroad_n and_o spoil_v the_o country_n with_o these_o band_n whereby_o god_n give_v the_o people_n yet_o some_o time_n to_o convert_v themselves_o and_o his_o elect_a to_o prepare_v themselves_o against_o the_o last_o and_o irreparable_a inundation_n v._o 6._o jeboiakim_n call_v likewise_o jechoniah_n 1_o chr._n 3._o 16_o and_o coniah_n jer._n 22._o 24._o v._o 7._o the_o king_n this_o be_v add_v to_o show_v that_o from_o that_o time_n the_o egyptian_n aid_n who_o be_v enemy_n and_o emulator_n of_o the_o babylonian_n be_v quite_o cut_v off_o from_o the_o jew_n for_o the_o egyptian_n stir_v in_o zedekiahs_n time_n last_v but_o a_o little_a and_o be_v to_o small_a or_o no_o purpose_n jer._n 37._o 5._o the_o river_n of_o egypt_n of_o which_o see_v num._n 34._o 5._o v._o 12._o go_v out_o a_o hebrew_a phrase_n signify_v as_o much_o as_o that_o he_o yield_v to_o his_o mercy_n of_o his_o namely_o of_o nebuchadnezar_n v._o 14._o all_o jerusalem_n that_o be_v to_o say_v the_o great_a and_o better_a part_n of_o the_o people_n craftsman_n the_o italian_a carpenter_n to_o take_v all_o mean_n of_o fortify_v the_o city_n and_o arm_v the_o man_n see_v upon_o judg._n 58._o 1_o sam._n 13._o 19_o v._o 20._o for_o god_n have_v resolve_v to_o punish_v so_o many_o sin_n do_v not_o grant_v zedekiah_n the_o spirit_n of_o repentance_n chap._n xxv_o verse_n iii_o four_o month_n this_o number_n be_v supply_v by_o jer._n 52._o 6._o for_o the_o people_n for_o the_o mean_a sort_n well_o there_o may_v be_v a_o little_a leave_v for_o the_o better_a sort_n v._o 4._o the_o city_n see_v jer._n 39_o 2._o 3._o of_o the_o gate_n see_v jer._n 39_o 4._o and_o the_o king_n according_o to_o the_o prophecy_n ezech._n 12._o 13._o v._o 8._o captain_n see_v gen._n 37._o 36._o v._o 18._o chief_a priest_n that_o be_v to_o say_v high_a priest_n second_v his_o great_a deputy_n &_o next_o to_o the_o high_a priest_n in_o the_o priestly_a line_n such_o as_o there_o be_v always_o one_o or_o two_o el●zar_n under_o aaron_n phineas_n under_o eleazar_n etc._n etc._n see_v num_fw-la 3._o 32._o 2_o sam._n 8._o 17._o 2_o kin._n 23._o 4._o of_o the_o door_n or_o of_o the_o holy_a vessel_n jer._n 35._o 4._o see_v upon_o 2_o king_n 12._o 9_o v._o 19_o and_o five_o jer._n 52._o 25._o there_o be_v seven_o whether_o it_o be_v by_o reason_n that_o they_o be_v take_v at_o several_a time_n or_o that_o the_o sieve_n be_v the_o chief_a thou_o be_v the_o italian_a of_o his_o familiar_n of_o his_o in_o imate_a friend_n the_o hebrew_n of_o they_o who_o behold_v the_o king_n face_n v._o 23._o all_o the_o these_o be_v the_o head_n of_o the_o man_n of_o war_n which_o forsake_v zedekiah_n vers_fw-la 5._o v._o 27._o seven_o and_o twenty_o see_v upon_o jer._n 52._o 310_o evilmerodach_n son_n of_o nabuchadnezzar_n v._o 29._o before_o he_o in_o his_o royal_a palace_n or_o at_o his_o table_n the_o first_o book_n of_o the_o chronicle_n the_o argument_n it_o be_v plain_a that_o these_o two_o book_n of_o the_o chronicle_n be_v write_v after_o the_o return_n from_o the_o captivity_n of_o babylon_n and_o that_o they_o be_v gather_v by_o some_o prophet_n or_o by_o esdras_n himself_o out_o of_o the_o ancient_a public_a record_n wherein_o be_v contain_v the_o people_n genealogy_n and_o the_o king_n act_n especial_o of_o the_o king_n of_o judah_n be_v these_o record_n be_v keep_v in_o babylon_n by_o the_o priest_n care_n though_o not_o without_o appearance_n of_o some_o imputation_n to_o the_o history_n which_o happen_v through_o the_o injury_n of_o the_o time_n in_o this_o book_n then_o be_v summary_o number_v the_o generation_n of_o the_o holy_a stock_n in_o which_o the_o church_n be_v preserve_v from_o the_o creation_n of_o the_o world_n from_o father_n to_o son_n until_o the_o return_n from_o the_o captivity_n there_o be_v brief_o set_v down_o the_o narration_n of_o david_n act_n as_o a_o summary_n and_o in_o some_o place_n a_o addition_n to_o the_o history_n of_o the_o book_n of_o samuel_n but_o principal_o be_v set_v down_o the_o excellent_a order_n which_o he_o establish_v in_o his_o kingdom_n as_o well_o in_o pulitick_a and_o warlike_a affair_n as_o in_o the_o ecclesiastical_a government_n and_o the_o service_n of_o god_n in_o all_o his_o function_n be_v desirous_a in_o this_o manner_n to_o prepare_v for_o his_o son_n solomon_n who_o be_v by_o god_n nominate_v and_o by_o the_o people_n acknowledge_v and_o consecrate_v his_o successor_n all_o thing_n which_o be_v necessary_a for_o this_o great_a work_n of_o the_o temple_n to_o which_o god_n have_v destinate_a he_o wherefore_o he_o give_v he_o the_o model_n also_o which_o he_o have_v receive_v from_o god_n and_o consign_v stuff_n of_o all_o kind_n of_o a_o inestimable_a value_n and_o mighty_a quantity_n into_o his_o hand_n which_o he_o long_v before_o have_v get_v together_o and_o consecrate_v to_o which_o also_o towards_o the_o end_n of_o his_o life_n he_o add_v much_o through_o his_o own_o liberality_n and_o the_o people_n contribution_n chap._n ii_o verse_n vi_o zimri_n who_o seem_v to_o be_v the_o same_o as_o zabdi_n jos._n 7._o 1._o dara_n call_v also_o darda_fw-it 1_o king_n 4._o 31._o v._o 7._o achar_n jos._n 7._o 1._o he_o be_v call_v achan_n but_o it_o seem_v that_o his_o name_n be_v change_v by_o reason_n of_o the_o trouble_n which_o he_o cause_v in_o israel_n through_o his_o sin_n for_o achar_n signify_v a_o troubler_n see_v jos._n 7._o 25._o v._o 9_o ram_n call_v also_o aram_n mat._n 1._o 3_o chalubai_n call_v caleb_n v_o 18._o v._o 13._o eliab_n it_o seem_v to_o be_v the_o same_o as_o elihu_n 1_o chron._n 27._o 18._o shimmah_o call_v also_o shammah_n 1_o sam._n 16._o 9_o v._o 18._o jerioth_n which_o may_v be_v some_o concubine_n she_o son_n nomely_a azubahs_n as_o it_o be_v very_o likely_a v._o 23._o to_o the_o son_n they_o be_v hold_v to_o be_v of_o manasseh_n country_n from_o who_o machir_n be_v descend_v though_o in_o effect_n jair_a be_v of_o the_o tribe_n of_o judah_n by_o the_o father_n side_n but_o by_o the_o mother_n side_n he_o be_v of_o the_o tribe_n of_o manasseh_n to_o the_o which_o he_o also_o join_v himself_o v._o 24._o caleb_n it_o be_v think_v to_o be_v the_o name_n of_o a_o place_n not_o in_o the_o land_n of_o canaan_n but_o in_o the_o wilderness_n and_o it_o be_v not_o mention_v any_o where_o else_o it_o may_v also_o be_v construe_v near_o caleb_n marry_v with_o ephrata_n abiah_n it_o be_v uncertain_a whether_o this_o be_v the_o same_o hezron_n as_o be_v mention_v v_o 21._o the_o meaning_n be_v that_o this_o woman_n bring_v he_o four_o a_o son_n after_o the_o decease_n of_o the_o father_n the_o father_n according_o to_o some_o he_o be_v the_o head_n and_o progenitor_n of_o those_o who_o afterward_o inhabit_v in_o tekoah_n a_o city_n of_o judah_n v._o 25._o and_o ahijah_n or_o of_o ahijah_n as_o though_o that_o be_v his_o mother_n name_n v._o 42._o caleb_n of_o who_o see_v v_o 18._o mesha_n leave_v out_o the_o rest_n who_o have_v already_o be_v name_v v_o 18._o ziph_n namely_o of_o the_o ziphites_n v._o 45._o bethzur_a or_o the_o beth-zurites_a namely_o of_o those_o who_o afterward_o live_v in_o bethzur_a a_o city_n of_o judah_n v._o 47._o jahdai_n who_o may_v be_v the_o son_n of_o moza_n v._o 49._o the_o father_n of_o the_o first_o original_n of_o the_o madmannite_n which_o dwell_v in_o the_o city_n of_o madmannah_n a_o city_n of_o judah_n jos._n 15._o 31._o and_o so_o it_o be_v in_o the_o follow_a name_n v._o 50._o caleb_n grandchild_n to_o he_o that_o be_v name_v before_o v_o 18._o 19_o ephratah_n wise_a of_o the_o first_o caleb_n of_o kiriath-jearim_a namely_o of_o those_o who_o dwell_v within_o that_o city_n of_o judah_n and_o so_o in_o the_o name_n follow_v v._o 52._o haree_n the_o italian_a roe_n call_v also_o reaiah_n 1_o chron._n 4._o 2._o manahebite_v the_o italian_a menubet_n it_o may_v be_v the_o name_n of_o the_o same_o place_n which_o be_v call_v manahath_n 1_o chron._n 8._o 6._o v._o 53._o zareathite_n the_o italian_a sorealites_n the_o inhabitant_n of_o zoreah_n and_o esthaol_n a_o city_n of_o judah_n josh._n 15._o 33._o v._o 54._o of_o the_o the_o italian_a add_v of_o the_o one_o half_a the_o other_o half_o have_v be_v mention_v v_o 20._o 52._o v._o 55._o the_o family_n because_o that_o this_o part_n of_o the_o posterity_n of_o jethro_n take_v their_o habitation_n in_o the_o tribe_n of_o judah_n

they_o in_o conclusion_n they_o may_v be_v read_v and_o good_a instruction_n may_v be_v gather_v out_o of_o they_o observe_v notwithstanding_o those_o necessary_a precaution_n set_v down_o in_o the_o particular_a advertisement_n upon_o every_o book_n and_o apply_v always_o the_o rule_n of_o god_n authentical_a word_n thereunto_o and_o the_o light_n of_o his_o spirit_n to_o discern_v truth_n from_o falsehood_n and_o good_a from_o evil_n and_o to_o retain_v the_o one_o and_o reject_v the_o other_o according_a to_o the_o liberty_n which_o believer_n have_v in_o all_o work_n and_o write_n which_o be_v mere_o human_a the_o first_o book_n of_o the_o apocrypha_n call_v esdra_n be_v call_v the_o three_o of_o esdra_n this_o book_n be_v but_o only_o a_o summary_n repetition_n of_o some_o holy_a and_o canonical_a write_n namely_o of_o the_o two_o last_o chapter_n of_o the_o second_o book_n of_o chronicle_n and_o of_o the_o book_n of_o the_o true_a ezra_n and_o of_o nehemia_n which_o beside_o its_o be_v neither_o necessary_a nor_o profitable_a do_v also_o contain_v diverse_a thing_n and_o circumstance_n direct_o contrary_a to_o those_o foresay_a book_n that_o be_v of_o authentical_a truth_n as_o among_o the_o rest_n the_o narration_n insert_v in_o the_o three_o and_o four_o chapter_n of_o the_o three_o young_a man_n that_o be_v of_o darius_n his_o guard_n contend_v for_o the_o reward_n of_o the_o best_a sentence_n propound_v by_o every_o one_o of_o they_o though_o it_o be_v also_o relate_v by_o josephus_n a_o ancient_a hebrew_n historian_n which_o beside_o that_o it_o have_v no_o sign_n of_o divine_a majesty_n and_o holiness_n be_v also_o plain_o convict_v of_o falsehood_n for_o this_o book_n take_v from_o thence_o the_o cause_n of_o the_o second_o return_n of_o the_o jew_n from_o the_o babylonian_a captivity_n and_o of_o the_o re-undertaking_a of_o the_o build_n of_o the_o temple_n under_o darius_n by_o zorobabel_n pretend_v to_o be_v one_o of_o the_o say_v young_a man_n 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