A.M. 3014. B.C. 990. And when. 2Ch 9:1-12; Mt 12:42; Lu 11:31;
Sheba. Ge 10:7,28; 25:3; Job 6:19; Ps 72:10,15; Isa 60:6; Jer 6:20; Eze 27:22,23; 38:13;
concerning. Job 28:28; Pr 2:3-6; Joh 17:3; 1Co 1:20,21;
prove him. Jud 14:12-14; Ps 49:4; Pr 1:5,6; Mt 13:11,35; Mr 4:34;
a very great train. 2Ki 5:5,9; Isa 60:6-9; Ac 25:23;
communed. Ge 18:33; Job 4:2; Ps 4:4; Lu 24:15;
told her. 2Ch 9:2; Pr 1:5,6; 13:20; Isa 42:16; Mt 13:11; Joh 7:17; 1Co 1:30; Col 2:3;
questions. Heb. words. hid from the king. ver. 1; 3:12; 2Sa 14:17,20; Da 2:20-23; Heb 4:12,13;
Solomon's. 3:28; 4:29-31; 2Ch 9:3,4; Ec 12:9; Mt 12:42;
attendance. Heb. standing. cup-bearers. or, butlers. ascent. The original {we�latho asher ya�leh baith yehowah,} is rendered by the LXX. and Vulgate, [kai ten olokowtosin autou en anepheren en oiko Kuriou;] {et holocausta, qu� offerebat in domo Domini,} "And the burnt offerings (or holocausts) which he offered in the house of the Lord;" with which the Chaldee, Syriac, and Arabic agree; and so also Luther, {llnd feine Brandopfer, bie er in bem Daufe bes Derrn opferte;} and this seems to be the true sense of the passage. 2Ki 16:18; 1Ch 9:18; 26:16; 2Ch 23:13; Eze 44:3; 46:2;
there was no. Jos 5:1; 2Ch 9:4;
I believed. Isa 64:4; Zec 9:17; Mr 16:11; Joh 20:25-29; 1Co 2:9; 1Jo 3:2;
thy wisdom and prosperity exceeded the fame. Heb. thou hast added wisdom and goodness to the fame.
happy are these. 2Ch 9:7,8; Pr 3:13,14; 8:34; 10:21; 13:20; Lu 10:39-42; 11:28,31;
Blessed. 5:7; Ps 72:17-19;
delighteth. Ps 18:19; 22:8; Isa 42:1; 62:4;
because the. De 7:8; 1Ch 17:22; 2Ch 2:11;
to do. 2Sa 8:15; 23:3; Ps 72:2; Pr 8:15,16; Isa 9:7; 11:4,5; 32:1,2; Jer 23:5,6; Ro 13:3,4;
she gave. ver. 2; 9:14; Ps 72:10,15; Mt 2:11;
an hundred. According to Mr. Reynolds, equal to 843,905� 10s. 4d. sterling.
and precious. Pr 3:13-15; 20:15; Re 21:11;
from Ophir. 9:27,28; 2Ch 8:18; Ps 45:9;
pillars. or, rails. Heb. a prop. harps. 1Ch 23:5; 25:1-31; Ps 92:1-3; 150:3-5; Re 14:2,3;
all her desire. ver. 2; 9:1; Ps 20:4; 37:4; Mt 15:28; Joh 14:13,14; Eph 3:20;
which Solomon gave her of his royal bounty. Heb. which he gave her, according to the hand of king Solomon.
A.M. 2989-3029. B.C. 1015-975. was six hundred. Equal to 4,683,675� 12s. 8d. sterling; which was what he got annually in bullion.
See on ch. 9:28;
all the kings. 1Ch 9:24; 2Ch 9:13,14; Ps 72:10; Isa 21:13; Ga 4:25;
two hundred. Mr. Reynolds computes that these 200; targets were worth 28,131� 16s. 9d.; and that the 300; shields were worth 210,976� 7s. 7d. 14:26-28; 2Ch 9:15,16; 12:9,10;
in the house. 7:2;
a great throne. 2Ch 9:17-19; Ps 45:6; 110:1; 122:5; Heb 1:3,8; Re 20:11;
ivory. ver. 22; 22:39; Ps 45:8; Eze 27:6; Am 6:4; Re 18:12;
behind. Heb. on the hinder part thereof. stays. Heb. hands. ver. 19;
lions. Ge 49:9; Nu 23:24; 24:9; Re 5:5;
drinking. 2Ch 9:20-22;
none were of silver. or, there was no silver in them.
Tharshish. 22:48; Ge 10:4; 2Ch 9:21; 20:36,37; Ps 48:7; 72:10; Isa 2:16; Isa 23:1,6,10; 60:9; 66:19; Eze 27:12; Jon 1:3;
Tarshish. ivory. or, elephant's teeth. ver. 18; Am 3:15;
apes. {Kophim,} rather monkeys, the same as the Syriac [qwp',] Greek [kephos,] [kepos,] or [kebos,] and Roman {Cephus,} which animal both Pliny and Solinus inform us was brought from Ethiopia. The same name appears in the monkeys, called {KEIIIEN} in the Pr�nestine Pavement, and in the French {cep} or {ceb.}
peacocks. Job 39:13;
exceeded. Mr. Reynolds, stating Solomon's income at about four times as much as his father left him, reckons that he had each year 142,242,034�. 9s. 7d., each week 2,735,423� 14s. 9d., and each day, 390,770� 16s. 4d. 3:12,13; 4:29-34; 2Ch 9:22,23; Ps 89:27; Eph 3:8; Col 1:18,19; Col 2:2,3;
to. Heb. the face of. which God. 3:9,12,28; Pr 2:6; Da 1:17; 2:21,23; 5:11; Jas 1:5;
every man. ver. 10; Jud 3:15; 1Sa 10:27; 2Sa 8:2,10; 2Ch 26:8; Job 42:11; Ps 72:10,15; Isa 36:16; Mt 2:11;
and mules. 1:33; 18:5; Ge 36:24; Ezr 2:66; Es 8:10,14; Isa 66:20; Eze 27:14;
Solomon. 4:26; De 17:16; 2Ch 1:14; 9:25; Isa 2:7;
in the cities. 2Ch 9:25;
the king. 2Ch 1:15-17; 9:27; Job 22:24,25;
Solomon, etc. Heb. the going forth of the horses which was Solomon's. horse brought. De 17:16; 2Ch 1:16,17; 9:28; Isa 31:1-3; 36:9;
and linen yarn. Ge 41:42; Pr 7:16; Isa 19:9; Eze 27:7;
for six hundred. This was the ordinary price of a chariot, as 150; shekels was that of a horse. It seems that neither horses nor chariots came out of Egypt but by means of Solomon's servants.
their means. Heb. their hand. Ho 12:10; Mal 1:1;