1 Kings 10
1 The queen of Sheba admires the wisdom of Solomon.
14 Solomon's gold.
16 His targets.
18 The throne of ivory.
21 His vessels.
24 His presents.
26 His chariots and horse.
28 His tribute.
queen <04436> [A.M. 3014. B.C. 990. And when.]
Sheba <07614> [Sheba.]
heard <08085> [heard.]
Solomon <08034> [concerning.]
challenge .... difficult questions <05254 02420> [prove him.]
great display ... pomp ......... very <03515 02428 03966> [a very great train.]
spices <01314> [spices.]
discussed <01696> [communed.]
questions ..... question <05046 01697> [told her.]
questions ..... question <01697> [questions. Heb. words. hid from the king.]
Solomon's <08010> [Solomon's.]
palace <01004> [the house.]
food <03978> [the meat.]
attendants <04612> [attendance. Heb. standing. cup-bearers. or, butlers. ascent.]
The original {weâ€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.
<07307> [there was no.]
report .......... wise sayings <01697> [report. Heb. word.]
report .......... wise sayings <01697> [acts. or, sayings.]
believe <0539> [I believed.]
wisdom ... wealth ..... reported <02896 08052 02451> [thy wisdom and prosperity exceeded the fame. Heb. thou hast added wisdom and goodness to the fame.]
attendants ............... truly happy <0835 05650> [happy are these.]
praised <01288> [Blessed.]
[delighteth.]
Lord ..................... Lord's <03068> [because the.]
so .... make <06213> [to do.]
gave ......................... gave <05414> [she gave.]
120 <03967> [an hundred.]
According to Mr. Reynolds, equal to 843,905Å“ 10s. 4d. sterling.
spices ........ spices <01314> [spices.]
precious <03368> [and precious.]
Ophir ..... Ophir <0211> [from Ophir.]
timber <0484> [almug.]
[algum trees.]
supports <04552> [pillars. or, rails. Heb. a prop. harps.]
<02656> [all her desire.]
King Solomon gave .............. offered <08010 05414 04428 03027> [which Solomon gave her of his royal bounty. Heb. which he gave her, according to the hand of king Solomon.]
666 <08337 03967> [A.M. 2989-3029. B.C. 1015-975. was six hundred.]
Equal to 4,683,675Å“ 12s. 8d. sterling; which was what he got annually in bullion.
[See on ch.]
kings <04428> [all the kings.]
governors <06346> [governors. or, captains.]
hundred ....... 600 <03967> [two hundred.]
Mr. Reynolds computes that these 200 targets were worth 28,131Å“ 16s. 9d.; and that the 300 shields were worth 210,976Å“ 7s. 7d.
Palace <01004> [in the house.]
large throne <01419 03678> [a great throne.]
ivory <08127> [ivory.]
<0310> [behind. Heb. on the hinder part thereof. stays. Heb. hands.]
lions <0738> [lions.]
like <06213 03651> [the like made. Heb. so made.]
cups <04945> [drinking.]
Palace <01004> [the house.]
silver <03701> [none were of silver. or, there was no silver in them.]
large merchant ships .............. port <08659> [Tharshish.]
[Tarshish. ivory. or, elephant's teeth.]
apes <06971> [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 <08500> [peacocks.]
<01431> [exceeded.]
Mr. Reynolds, stating Solomon's income at about four times as much as his father left him, reckons that he had each year 142,242,034Å“. 9s. 7d., each week 2,735,423Å“ 14s. 9d., and each day, 390,770Å“ 16s. 4d.
display <06440 08085> [to. Heb. the face of. which God.]
<0376> [every man.]
mules <06505> [and mules.]
<01697> [a rate.]
Solomon <08010> [Solomon.]
cities <05892> [in the cities.]
king <04428> [the king.]
made .......... was <05414> [made. Heb. gave.]
Solomon <08010> [Solomon, etc. Heb. the going forth of the horses which was]
Solomon's. horse brought.
Que ........ Que <04723> [and linen yarn.]
600 .......... 150 <08337 03967> [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.
kings ........ kings <04428> [the kings.]
sold <03027> [their means. Heb. their hand.]
