Psalms 105:12

Acts 7:5; Deuteronomy 26:5; Deuteronomy 7:7; Ezekiel 33:24-33; Genesis 17:8; Genesis 23:4; Genesis 34:30; Hebrews 11:12; Hebrews 11:9; Isaiah 51:2

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

When they were but a few men in number - literally, “In their being people of number, very little.” That is, They could then be easily numbered,...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

CV. Hebrew History from Abraham to Joshua. Psalms 105:1-6 . Introductory. An invitation to praise God. Psalms 105:7-11 . The covenant and pro...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

they. Some codices, with Aram, and Syriac, read "ye": i.e. not the three Patriarchs, but the descendants of each one respectively. few men in num...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

12. When they were but very few in number The prophet here recounts the benefits which God had conferred upon the holy fathers from the comm...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

When they were but a few men in number; yea, very few, and strangers in it. But a few men - When all appearances were against them, and nothing but...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

When there were but a few men in number— It is literally men of number; so few as easily to be numbered; in opposition to what their posterity af...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

He hath remembered his covenant for ever, the word which he commanded to a thousand generations. - He hath remembered his covenant forever,...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

This Ps. and the following one form a closely connected pair, and may be looked on as by the same author. From the closing vv. of Psalms 106 it app...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 105:1-45 IT is a reasonable conjecture that the Hallelujah at the end of Psalms 104:1-35 , where it is superfluous, properly belongs to th...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Lord's Covenant with Israel Psalms 105:1-15 This psalm and the next are a pair, probably composed during the Exile in Babylon. They are evi...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

This and the following psalm are companions. They reveal the two sides of the relation between God and His people during a long period. This one sing...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

The Psalmist, to awaken in his own heart a proper sense of God's goodness, and to stir up suitable and corresponding affections in himself and the Ch...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

When they were but a few men in number ,.... Or "men of number" d, that might easily be numbered; see Genesis 34:30 , when this covenant, promise,...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

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Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Divine Promise to the Patriarchs; Providences Concerning the Patriarchs....
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

A few men in number, Heb. men of number , i.e. few, who could easily be numbered, very few, as the next words explain it.
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

INTRODUCTION “This Psalm,” says Perowne, “like the 78th and the 106th, has for its theme the early history of Israel, and God’s wonders wrought on b...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

This psalm, to Psalms 105:15 , is the same as 1 Chronicles 16:8 : whence it is evident that David was the author. It celebrates the dealings of God...
The Biblical Illustrator

He is the Lord our God: His judgments are in all the earth. God in Jewish history, working for His people I. His absolute sovereignty (verse 9)...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION This is sometimes called a "Hallelujah psalm," since it ends with that phrase. It is a song of praise to God for his dealings with hi...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Thanksgiving for God's Benefits. After an exhortation to praise God, directed especially to the congregation of Israel, the psalmist offers his re...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

when they were but a few men in number, Genesis 34:30 , yea, very few, and strangers in it.

¹² When they were but a few men in number; yea, very few, and strangers in it.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 105:12

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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