Divider. Hebrew mamzer; "bastard," or rather "stranger." It is reported that Alexander was the illegitimate son of Nestabanes, whom Olympius took for Jupiter. (Plut.[Plutarch]; Just. xi.) --- But these might be popular reports. The sequel seems to shew that the Jews, &c., occupied the towns of the Philistines under the Machabees. (Chaldean) (Grotius) (Calmet) --- The divider may denote any conqueror. (Menochius)
Verse Zechariah 9:6. _A BASTARD SHALL DWELL IN ASHDOD_] This character would suit Alexander very well, who most certainly was a _bastard_; for his mother Olympia said that Jupiter Ammon entered her ap...
AND A BASTARD SHALL DWELL AT ASHDOD - o The “mamzer” was one born unlawfully, whether out of marriage, or in forbidden marriage, or in adultery . Here it is, probably, like our “spurious brood” ; whet...
II. THE TWO PROPHETIC BURDENS--THE GREAT PROPHECIES OF THE FUTURE I. The First Burden (9-11) CHAPTER 9 _ 1. The burden of the land of Hadrach (Zechariah 9:1) _ 2. Zion's King of Peace (Zechariah 9...
This paragraph, of which the beginning is mutilated and the text is otherwise corrupt, is written in verse, lines of three beats each, arranged in tristichs. This form of verse is unusual, the more co...
BASTARD. half-breed, or mongrel. DWELL. sit [as king]. ASHDOD. Now Esdud....
Zechariah 9:1-8. The punishment of Israel's enemies The first section opens with a prediction (Zechariah 9:1-8), from which the title of the whole of this first group of prophecies is derived, of the...
_a bastard_ The word only occurs here and in Deuteronomy 23:2 (3, Heb.). There it is probably used of one born of incest or adultery. (_Speaker's Commentary_, Vol. I. pt. ii. p. 884.) Here perhaps it...
AND A BASTARD SHALL DWELL, &C.— _And a foreigner_ or _alien shall dwell,_ &c. Houbigant. _IN ASHDOD_— Ashdod, or Azotus, was burned and destroyed by Jonathan brother of Judas Maccabeus, and nearly eig...
CHAPTER XXXVIII THE TRIUMPH OF ZION THROUGH HER MESSIAH JUDGEMENT AGAINST ISRAEL'S ENEMIES. Zechariah 9:1-8 RV. The burden of the word of Jehovah upon the land of Hadrach, and Damascus shall be its...
And a bastard shall dwell in Ashdod, and I will cut off the pride of the Philistines. AND A BASTARD SHALL DWELL IN ASHDOD - "bastard," not the rightful heir; vile and low men such as are bastards ...
9:6 bastard (a-3) Or 'a foreign race.'...
JUDGMENTS ON THE NATIONS. THE PRINCE OF PEACE 1-8. A judgment is about to fall on Damascus, Hamath, Tyre, Sidon, and the cities of the Philistines. A remnant from Philistia will acknowledge God. God...
A BASTARD] probably a son of a mixed race. The idea evidently is that the city would be depopulated by war, and aliens would be installed by the conquerors. 7. This mixed race will be purified from th...
GOD REMEMBERS HIS PROMISES ZECHARIAH _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ CHAPTER 9 V1 What the *LORD says warns (about punishment) to the country of Hadrach. (The punishment) will start at Damascus. (This will ha...
A BASTARD. — _i.e.,_ a mixed race. It was a special point in Alexander’s policy to break up nationalities, and to fuse different peoples....
וְ יָשַׁ֥ב מַמְזֵ֖ר בְּ אַשְׁדֹּ֑וד וְ הִכְרַ
THE CONTENTS OF "ZECHARIAH" Chapter s 9-14 FROM the number of conflicting opinions which prevail upon the subject, we have seen how impossible it is to decide upon a scheme of division for "Zechariah...
1. THE COMING OF THE GREEKS Zechariah 9:1 This passage runs exactly in the style of the early prophets. It figures the progress of war from the north of Syria southwards by the valley of the Orontes...
THE NATIONS WILL SEEK THE GOD OF ISRAEL Zechariah 8:18-23; Zechariah 9:1-8 In his final answer the prophet gives a delightful picture of the future, which was on the eve of complete realization. So e...
Here begins the second division of the prophecy in which there are two messages. The first the prophet described as "the burden of the word of the Lord upon the land of Hadrach"; it deals with the rej...
And a (g) bastard shall dwell in Ashdod, and I will cut off the pride of the Philistines. (g) Meaning, that all would be destroyed, save a very few, that would remain as strangers....
And Hamath also shall border thereby; Tyrus and Zidon, though it be very wise. 3 And Tyrus did build herself a strong hold, and heaped up silver as the dust, and line gold as the mire of the streets....
Lectures on the Minor Prophets. W. Kelly. Zechariah was plainly a contemporary of Haggai. Like him he dates his prophecies from the second imperial power of the Gentiles; but he goes a great deal far...
In this verse the Prophet denounces a similar ruin on Azotus, and the whole land of the Philistines, or on the whole land of Palestine. For what interpreters say, that the Jews would dwell at Azotus a...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 7, 8, 9, AND 10. The prophecy, from chapter 7 to the end of the book, has for its special object the introduction of the Messiah in Israel, with the consequen...
AND A BASTARD SHALL DWELL IN ASHDOD,.... Some p take "mamzer", the word for "bastard", to be the name of a people that should dwell in Ashdod; this is the same place with Azotus, Acts 8:40 and was als...
And a bastard shall dwell in Ashdod, and I will cut off the pride of the Philistines. Ver. 6. _But a bastard shall dwell at Ashdod_] Perhaps he meaneth Alexander; who was a bastard, by his mother Oly...
_And a bastard shall dwell in Ashdod_ Newcome reads, _strangers_, understanding by the expression, “a strange and spurious race; a despicable race; born of harlots.” But Blayney, who reads, _a strange...
JUDGMENT UPON THE LAND OF HADRACH...
And a bastard, or mongrel, one of blemished birth, SHALL DWELL IN ASHDOD, AND I WILL CUT OFF THE PRIDE OF THE PHILISTLNES, four of whose city-states are mentioned here, as representative of the entire...
SYRIA, TYRE AND PHILISTIA TO FALL UNDER JUDGMENT (vv. 1-8) Beginning with this chapter the book of Zechariah has a distinctly different character. No dates are mentioned as in the first section of t...
1-8 Here are judgements foretold on several nations. While the Macedonians and Alexander's successors were in warfare in these countries, the Lord promised to protect his people. God's house lies in...
A BASTARD; some say Alexander the Great was by Olympia's confession declared to be a bastard, and that he is here pointed at; but I think rather strangers, who have no right of inheritance, yet did dw...
Zechariah 9:6 race H4464 settle H3427 (H8804) Ashdod H795 off H3772 (H8689) pride H1347 Philistines H6430...
GOD DECLARES JUDGMENT ON THE SURROUNDING NATIONS AND SECURITY TO HIS PEOPLE (ZECHARIAH 9:1). The section begins by indicating that all are watching for what YHWH will do, and that those who pride them...
Zechariah 9:1. _The burden of the word of the LORD in the land of Hadrach,_ Or, Syria, Zechariah 9:1. _And Damascus shall be the rest thereof: when the eyes of man, as of all the tribes of Israel, s...
As we read these ancient prophecies, we will not only notice how exactly they have been fulfilled, but we will also try to learn the lesson that they are intended to teach us. Zechariah 9:1. The burd...
CONTENTS: Burden upon the cities surrounding Palestine. Christ presented as King-Savior in His first advent. CHARACTERS: God, Christ. CONCLUSION: Christ, Israel's King, who came as the meek and lowl...
Zechariah 9:1. _The burden of Hadrach and Damascus._ Hadrach, the old name of Hazor, the Hebrews being accustomed to adhere to primitive names of cities and nations. Judges 4:2; Jeremiah 49:28. This k...
_The burden of the Word of the Lord _ The dark and bright side of God ’s revelation to mankind I. The dark side of the Divine Word. Notice two things-- 1. In this aspect it is here called a “burden...
ZECHARIAH—NOTE ON ZECHARIAH 9:1 The Return of the King. The reference to the surrounding nations in Zechariah 8:20 and...
CRITICAL NOTES.] Zechariah 9:5.] Principal cities of the Philistines given. Gath only left out, probably owing to its situation inland, lying out of the route of the army. The fall of Tyre terrified...
EXPOSITION VERSE 1-14:21 Part III. THE FUTURE OF THE POWERS OF THE WORLD AND OF THE KINGDOM OF GOD. VERSE 1-11:17 A. THE FIRST...
Now the burden of the word of the LORD in the land of Hadrach, and Damascus shall be the rest thereof: when the eyes of man, and all of the tribes of Israel shall be toward the LORD. And Hamath also s...
1 Peter 5:5; Amos 1:8; Daniel 4:37; Ecclesiastes 2:18; Ecclesiastes 6:
A bastard — Strangers, who have no right of inheritance....