1 Kings 10:14-29
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.]
