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<p> '''''kom´en''''' -'''''ta''''' -'''''ri''''' ( מדרשׁ , <i> '''''midhrāsh''''' </i> , "an investigation," from דּרשׁ , <i> '''''dārash''''' </i> , "to search," "inquire," "explore"; the King James Version " story "): "The commentary of the prophet Iddo" ( 2 Chronicles 13:22 ), "the commentary of the book of the kings" ( 2 Chronicles 24:27 ). In these passages the word is not used exactly in its modern sense. The [[Hebrew]] term means "an imaginative development of a thought or theme suggested by Scripture, especially a didactic or homiletic exposition, or an edifying religious story" (Driver, <i> Introduction to the Literature of the Old [[Testament]] </i> 5, 497). In the commentaries ( <i> '''''Midhrāshı̄m''''' </i> ) mentioned by the Chronicler as among his sources, the story of Abijah's reign was presumably related and elaborated with a view to moral instruction rather than historic accuracy. See Chronicles , Books Of; [[Commentaries]] , [[Hebrew]] . </p> | |||
<p> '''''kom´en''''' -'''''ta''''' -'''''ri''''' ( מדרשׁ , <i> '''''midhrāsh''''' </i> , "an investigation," from דּרשׁ , <i> '''''dārash''''' </i> , "to search," "inquire," "explore"; the King James Version " story "): "The commentary of the prophet Iddo" ( 2 Chronicles 13:22 ), "the commentary of the book of the kings" ( 2 Chronicles 24:27 ). In these passages the word is not used exactly in its modern sense. The Hebrew term means "an imaginative development of a thought or theme suggested by Scripture, especially a didactic or homiletic exposition, or an edifying religious story" (Driver, <i> Introduction to the Literature of the Old Testament </i> 5, 497). In the commentaries ( <i> '''''Midhrāshı̄m''''' </i> ) mentioned by the Chronicler as among his sources, the story of Abijah's reign was presumably related and elaborated with a view to moral instruction rather than historic accuracy. See Chronicles , Books Of; [[Commentaries]] , [[Hebrew]] . </p | |||
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kom´en -ta -ri ( מדרשׁ , midhrāsh , "an investigation," from דּרשׁ , dārash , "to search," "inquire," "explore"; the King James Version " story "): "The commentary of the prophet Iddo" ( 2 Chronicles 13:22 ), "the commentary of the book of the kings" ( 2 Chronicles 24:27 ). In these passages the word is not used exactly in its modern sense. The Hebrew term means "an imaginative development of a thought or theme suggested by Scripture, especially a didactic or homiletic exposition, or an edifying religious story" (Driver, Introduction to the Literature of the Old Testament 5, 497). In the commentaries ( Midhrāshı̄m ) mentioned by the Chronicler as among his sources, the story of Abijah's reign was presumably related and elaborated with a view to moral instruction rather than historic accuracy. See Chronicles , Books Of; Commentaries , Hebrew .
