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9:21 The king <04428> had a fleet of large merchant ships <08659> ships <0591> manned by <05973> Huram’s <02361> men <05650> that <03588> sailed <01980> the sea. Once <0259> every three <07969> years <08141> the fleet <0591> came <0935> into port <08659> with cargoes <05375> of gold <02091>, silver <03701>, ivory <08143>, apes <06971>, and peacocks <08500>. 9:22 King <04428> Solomon <08010> was wealthier <06239> and wiser <02451> than any <03605> of the kings <04428> of the earth <0776>. 9:23 All <03605> the kings <04428> of the earth <0776> wanted to visit <01245> Solomon <08010> to see <08085> him display his God-given <0430> <05414> wisdom <02451>. 9:24 Year <08141> after year <08141> visitors <0376> brought <0935> their <01992> gifts <04503>, which included items <03627> of silver <03701>, items <03627> of gold <02091>, clothes <08008>, perfume <05402>, spices <01314>, horses <05483>, and mules <06505>. 9:25 Solomon <08010> had 4,000 <0505> <0702> stalls <0723> for his chariot <04818> horses <05483> and 12,000 <0505> <06240> <08147> horses <06571>. He kept <03240> them in assigned cities <05892> and in <05973> Jerusalem <03389>. 9:26 He ruled <04910> all <03605> the kingdoms <04428> from <04480> the Euphrates River <05104> to <05704> the land <0776> of the Philistines <06430> as far <05704> as the border <01366> of Egypt <04714>. 9:27 The king <04428> made <05414> silver <03701> as plentiful in Jerusalem <03389> as stones <068>; cedar <0730> was <05414> as plentiful <07230> as sycamore fig trees <08256> are in the lowlands <08219>. 9:28 Solomon <08010> acquired <03318> horses <05483> from Egypt <04714> and from all <03605> the lands <0776>. 9:29 The rest <07605> of the events <01697> of Solomon’s <08010> reign, from start <07223> to finish <0314>, are recorded <03789> in <05921> the Annals <01697> of Nathan <05416> the Prophet <05030>, the Prophecy <05016> of Ahijah <0281> the Shilonite <07888>, and the Vision <02378> of Iddo <03260> the Seer <02374> pertaining <05921> to Jeroboam <03379> son <01121> of Nebat <05028>. 9:30 Solomon <08010> ruled <04427> over <05921> all <03605> Israel <03478> from Jerusalem <03389> for forty <0705> years <08141>. 9:31 Then Solomon <08010> passed away <01> <05973> <07901> and was buried <06912> in the city <05892> of his father <01> David <01732>. His son <01121> Rehoboam <07346> replaced <08478> him as king <04427>.

• 2Ch 9:29-31 -- Solomon's Reign Ends

• Solomon

  [ebd] peaceful, (Heb. Shelomoh), David's second son by Bathsheba, i.e., the first after their legal marriage (2 Sam. 12). He was probably born about B.C. 1035 (1 Chr. 22:5; 29:1). He succeeded his father on the throne in early man...
  [isbe] SOLOMON - sol'-o-mun (shelomoh; New Testament Solomon): I. EARLY LIFE 1. Name and Meaning 2. Sources 3. Birth and Upbringing 4. His Accession 5. Closing Days of David II. REIGN OF SOLOMON 1. His Vision 2. His Policy 3. Its R...
  [smith] (peaceful). I. Early life and occasion to the throne . --Solomon was the child of David?s old age, the last born of all his sons. (1 Chronicles 3:5) The yearnings of the "man of war" led him to give to the new-horn infant ...
  [nave] SOLOMON Son of David by Bathsheba, 2 Sam. 12:24; 1 Kin. 1:13, 17, 21. Named Jedidiah, by Nathan the prophet, 2 Sam. 12:24, 25. Ancestor of Joseph, Matt. 1:6. Succeeds David to the throne of Israel, 1 Kin. 1:11-48; 2:12; 1...
  

• Iddo

  [isbe] IDDO - id'-o: (1) ('iddo (?[~'adhadh, "to be strong"), "hap," "happy" (?), Ezr 8:17): The "chief at the place Casiphia," who provided Ezra with Levites and Nethinim, the head of the Levitical body or school, said to be one o...
  [smith] (timely or lovely). The father of Abinadab. (1 Kings 4:14) A descendant of Gershom, son of Levi. (1 Chronicles 6:21) Son of Zechariah, ruler of the tribe of Manasseh east of Jordan in the time of David. (1 Chronicle...
  [nave] IDDO 1. Father of Ahinadab, 1 Kin. 4:14. 2. A descendant of Gershom, 1 Chr. 6:21. 3. A son of Zechariah, 1 Chr. 27:21. 4. A prophet, 2 Chr. 9:29; 12:15; 13:22. 5. Ancestor of Zechariah, Ezra 5:1; 6:14; Zech. 1:1, 7. 6. ...
  

• Ape

  [ebd] an animal of the monkey tribe (1 Kings 10:22; 2 Chr. 9:21). It was brought from India by the fleets of Solomon and Hiram, and was called by the Hebrews koph_, and by the Greeks _kepos, both words being just the Indian Tamil ...
  [isbe] APE - ap (qoph): The word occurs only in the two parallel passages (1 Ki 10:22; 2 Ch 9:21) in which the magnificence of Solomon is illustrated by the things which are brought to him from foreign countries. Apes are mentioned...
  [nave] APE, in Solomon's zoological collections, 1 Kin. 10:22; 2 Chr. 9:21.
  

• King

  [nave] KING Called King of kings, Ezra 7:12; Ezek. 26:7; Dan. 2:37. Divinely authorized, Deut. 17:15; 1 Sam. 9:16, 17; 16:12; 1 Chr. 22:10; 2 Chr. 2:11, 12; Prov. 8:15; Dan. 2:21, 37; 4:17; 5:20; Hos. 8:4; 13:11. How chosen: By d...
  

• Tarshish

  [ebd] a Sanscrit or Aryan word, meaning "the sea coast." (1.) One of the "sons" of Javan (Gen. 10:4; 1 Chr. 1:7). (2.) The name of a place which first comes into notice in the days of Solomon. The question as to the locality of Ta...
  [smith] (established). Probably Tartessus, a city and emporium of the Phoenicians in the south of Spain, represented as one of the sons of Javan. (Genesis 10:4; 1 Kings 10:22; 1 Chronicles 1:7; Psalms 48:7; Isaiah 2:16; Jeremi...
  [nave] TARSHISH 1. Son of Javan, Gen. 10:4; 1 Chr. 1:7. 2. Called also Tharshish. Probably Spain, Gen. 10:4, 5; Psa. 72:10; Isa. 66:19. Solomon makes valuable imports from, 1 Kin. 10:22; 2 Chr. 9:21. Commerce and wealth of, 1 Ki...
  

• Peacock

  [ebd] (Heb. tuk, apparently borrowed from the Tamil tokei). This bird is indigenous to India. It was brought to Solomon by his ships from Tarshish (1 Kings 10:22; 2 Chr. 9:21), which in this case was probably a district on the Mal...
  [isbe] PEACOCK - pe'-kok (tukkiyim (plural); Latin Pavo cristatus): A bird of the genus Pavo. Japan is the native home of the plainer peafowl; Siam, Ceylon and India produce the commonest and most gorgeous. The peacock has a bill o...
  [nave] PEACOCK, 1 Kin. 10:22; 2 Chr. 9:21; Job 39:13.
  

• Ivory

  [isbe] IVORY - i'-vo-ri ((1) shen, "tooth" (translated "ivory," 1 Ki 10:18; 22:39; 2 Ch 9:17; Ps 45:8; Song 5:14; 7:4; Ezek 27:6,15; Am 3:15; 6:4); (2) shenhabbim; Septuagint odontes elephdntinoi, "elephants' teeth" (1 Ki 10:22; 2 ...
  [nave] IVORY. Song 5:14; 7:4; Ezek. 27:15. Exported from Tarshish, 1 Kin. 10:22; 2 Chr. 9:21; Chittim, Ezek. 27:6. Ahab's palace made of, 1 Kin. 22:39. Other houses made of, Psa. 45:8; Amos 3:15. Other articles made of: String...
  

• Shilonite

  [isbe] SHILONITE - shi'-lo-nit (shiloni (2 Ch 9:29), shiloni (2 Ch 10:15; Neh 11:5), Shilowniy; Selonei, Seloneites): This denotes an inhabitant of Shiloh, and applies (1) to Ahijah the prophet (1 Ki 11:29, etc.); and (2) to a fami...
  [nave] SHILONITE 1. A man of Shiloh, 1 Kin. 11:29; 12:15; 15:29; 2 Chr. 9:29; 10:15. 2. Used, apparently, to denote a descendant of Shelah, 1 Chr. 9:5. See: Shelanites.
  

• Rehoboam

  [isbe] REHOBOAM - re-ho-bo'-am (rechabh`am, "the people is enlarged," or perhaps "Am is wide" Rhoboam; "Roboam," Mt 1:7 the King James Version): 1. The Disruption of the Kingdom 2. Underlying Causes of Disruption 3. Shemaiah Forbid...
  [nave] REHOBOAM Successor to Solomon as king, 1 Kin. 11:43; 2 Chr. 9:31. Refuses to reform abuses, 1 Kin. 12:1-15; 2 Chr. 10:1-15. Ten tribes, under leadership of Jeroboam, successfully revolt from, 1 Kin. 12:16-24; 2 Chr. 10:16-...
  

• Horse

  [nave] HORSE Description of: Great strength, Job 39:19-25; swifter than eagles, Jer. 4:13; snorting and neighing of, Isa. 5:28; Jer. 8:16; a vain thing for safety, Psa. 33:17; Prov. 21:31. Used by the Egyptians in war, Ex. 14:9; 1...
  

• SEER

  [ebd] a name sometimes applied to the prophets because of the visions granted to them. It is first found in 1 Sam. 9:9. It is afterwards applied to Zadok, Gad, etc. (2 Sam. 15:27; 24:11; 1 Chr. 9:22; 25:5; 2 Chr. 9:29; Amos 7:12; ...
  [isbe] SEER - se'-er, ser: The word in English Versions of the Bible represents two Hebrew words, ro'eh (1 Sam 9:9,11,18,19; 2 Sam 15:27; 1 Ch 9:22, etc.), And chozeh (2 Sam 24:11; 2 Ki 17:13; 1 Ch 21:9; 25:5; 29:29, etc.). The for...
  

• HARNESS

  [ebd] (1.) Heb. 'asar, "to bind;" hence the act of fastening animals to a cart (1 Sam. 6:7, 10; Jer. 46:4, etc.). (2.) An Old English word for "armour;" Heb. neshek (2 Chr. 9:24). (3.) Heb. shiryan, a coat of mail (1 Kings 22:34; ...
  [isbe] HARNESS - har'-nes: A word of Celtic origin meaning "armour" in the King James Version; it is the translation of shiryan, "a coat of mail" (1 Ki 22:34; 2 Ch 18:33); of nesheq, "arms," "weapons" (2 Ch 9:24, the Revised Versio...
  

• ELEPHANT

  [ebd] not found in Scripture except indirectly in the original Greek word (elephantinos) translated "of ivory" in Rev. 18:12, and in the Hebrew word (shenhabim, meaning "elephant's tooth") rendered "ivory" in 1 Kings 10:22 and 2 C...
  [isbe] ELEPHANT - el'-e-fant (Job 40:15 the King James Version margin, the American Revised Version, margin "hippopotamus," the Revised Version (British and American) "ivory"); 1 Ki 10:22 the King James Version margin; 2 Ch 9:21 th...
  

• Nathan

  [ebd] given. (1.) A prophet in the reigns of David and Solomon (2 Chr. 9:29). He is first spoken of in connection with the arrangements David made for the building of the temple (2 Sam. 7:2, 3, 17), and next appears as the reprove...
  [nave] NATHAN 1. Son of David and Bathsheba, 2 Sam. 5:14; 1 Chr. 3:5; 14:4. 2. A prophet in the time of David. His message to David concerning the building of a temple, 2 Sam. 7:1-17; 1 Chr. 17:1-15. Reproves David for his adulte...
  

• CHRONICLES, BOOKS OF

  [ebd] The two books were originally one. They bore the title in the Massoretic Hebrew Dibre hayyamim, i.e., "Acts of the Days." This title was rendered by Jerome in his Latin version "Chronicon," and hence "Chronicles." In the Sep...
  [isbe] CHRONICLES, BOOKS OF - kron'-i-k'-ls (dibhere ha-yamim, "The Words of the Days"; Septuagint paraleipomenon: 1. The Name 2. The Position of Chronicles in the Old Testament 3. Two Books, or One? 4. The Contents 5. Sources Bibl...
  

• HURAM

  [smith] (noble born). A Benjamite; son of Bela, the first-born of the patriarch. (1 Chronicles 8:5) The form in which the name of the king of Tyre in alliance with David and Solomon --and elsewhere given as HIRAM, OR HURAM-- appe...
  

• SILVER

  [smith] In very early times silver was used for ornaments, (Genesis 24:53) and for vessels of various kinds. Images for idolatrous worship were made of silver or overlaid with it, (Exodus 20:23; Hosea 13:2); Habb 2:19 Bar. 6:39, and ...
  

• PEACOCKS

  [smith] (Heb. tuccyyim). Among the natural products which Solomon?s fleet brought home to Jerusalem, mention is made of "peacocks," (1 Kings 10:22; 2 Chronicles 9:21) which is probably the correct translation. The Hebrew word m...
  

• SHILONITE, THE

  [smith] that is, the native or resident of Shiloh; a title ascribed only to Ahijah. (1 Kings 11:29; 12:15; 15:29; 2 Chronicles 9:29; 10:15)
  

• Canaan

  [nave] CANAAN 1. Son of Ham, Gen. 9:18, 22, 25-27. Descendants of, Gen. 10:6, 15; 1 Chr. 1:8, 13. 2. Land of (The history of this region is involved in that of the Israelites. The student is therefore referred to Israel, History ...
  

• Solomon's Splendour, Wealth, and Wisdom

  

• The Death of Solomon

  

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