1 Kings 9:1--11:13
Solomon ................ he <08010> [A.M. 3013. B.C. 991. it came.]
temple .... palace <01004> [the house.]
Solomon ................ he <08010> [all Solomon's.]
appeared ............. appeared <07200> [as he.]
answered <08085> [I have heard.]
consecrated <06942> [I have hallowed.]
making <07760> [to put.]
present <05869> [mine eyes.]
<03212> [And if thou.]
integrity <08537> [in integrity.]
Then <06965> [I will establish.]
turn <07725> [if ye.]
<01980> [go.]
remove <03772> [will I cut.]
temple <01004> [this house.]
Israel ..................... Israel <03478> [and Israel.]
temple .................................. temple <01004> [at.]
Lord <03068> [Why.]
abandoned <05800> [Because.]
Lord ........................ Lord <03068> [therefore.]
After twenty <06242 07097> [at the end of twenty.]
Hiram ............ Hiram <02438> [Now Hiram.]
King Solomon ... King ................ Solomon <08010 04428> [king Solomon.]
Galilee <01551> [of Galilee.]
pleased <03474> [they pleased him not. Heb. were not right in his eyes.]
friend <0251> [my brother.]
Cabul <03521> [Cabul. that is, Displeasing, or dirty.]
Josephus says that {Cabul,} in the Phoenician language, signifies [ouk areskon,] displeasing; and that these cities were situated in the neighbourhood of Tyre. Most commentators are persuaded that the city Cabul in the tribe of Asher was one; and probably from this Hiram took occasion to give this name to all the other cities which Solomon had ceded to him.
details <01697> [A.M. 2989-3029. B.C. 1015-975. the reason.]
build <01129> [to build.]
terrace <04407> [Millo.]
Millo is said to have been a deep valley, between the ancient city of Jebus and the city of David on mount Zion. This Solomon filled up, and built upon; and it became a fortified place, and a place for public assemblies.
wall <02346> [the wall.]
Hazor <02674> [Hazor.]
Probably the city Hazor in Naphtali, and the famous capital of Jabin, situated in the lake Merom or Semechon, and placed by Josephus south of Tyre, near Ptolemais.
Megiddo <04023> [Megiddo.]
Gezer <01507> [Gezer.]
daughter <01323> [daughter.]
Beth Horon <01032> [Beth-horon.]
Baalath <01191> [Baalath.]
Tadmor <08412> [Tadmor.]
storage cities ........ cities <04543 05892> [the cities of store.]
him ............. whatever he wanted <08010 02836 02837> [that which Solomon desired. Heb. the desire of Solomon which he desired.]
left <03498> [left.]
Amorites <0567> [Amorites.]
remained <03498> [left.]
unable <03201> [not.]
conscripted <05927> [levy.]
work crews <04522> [tribute.]
He made them do the most laborious parts of the public works, the Israelites being exempt from all but the more honourable employments.
they ..... role <05647> [bond-service.]
Israelites <01121> [of the children.]
<0582> [but they were men.]
men <08269> [chief.]
Pharaoh's <06547> [Pharaoh's.]
city ... David <01732 05892> [the city of David.]
terrace <04407> [Millo.]
Three times <06471 07969> [three times.]
incense <06999> [he burnt.]
altar ............. before <04196 06440> [upon the altar that was before. Heb. upon it which was before.]
So he finished the house.
built ships <06213 0590> [made a navy.]
Ezion Geber <06100> [Ezion-geber.]
Elat <0359> [Eloth.]
shore <08193> [shore. Heb. lip.]
sailors .......... serve <05650> [his servants.]
Ophir <0211> [Ophir.]
four hundred <0702 03967> [four hundred.]
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.]
love <0157> [A.M. 3020-3029. B.C. 984-975. loved.]
daughter <01323> [together with. or, beside.]
came ............... establish friendly relations <0935> [Ye shall not go in.]
surely <0403> [surely.]
Solomon <08010> [Solomon.]
700 ..... 300 <03967 07651> [seven hundred.]
Solomon <08010 06256> [when Solomon.]
wives <0802> [his wives.]
wholeheartedly ........ as <03824> [his heart.]
Astarte <06253> [Ashtoreth.]
god Milcom <04445> [Milcom.]
[Molech.]
[Malcham.]
remain loyal <0310 04390> [went not fully after. Heb. fulfilled not after.]
built ... high place <01129 01116> [build an high.]
god Chemosh <03645> [Chemosh.]
detestable ........ detestable <08251> [abomination.]
hill <02022> [the hill.]
This was the mount of Olives, which lay east of Jerusalem; and that the Hebrews would consider before it, while the west would be behind it; for the very term used to denote the east, {kedem,} means before, while {acharon,} behind, sometimes signifies the west.
foreign wives <0802 05237> [all his strange wives.]
angry <0599> [angry.]
allegiance <03824> [his heart.]
appeared <07200> [which had appeared.]
warned ...................... command <06680> [commanded.]
kept <08104> [is done of thee. Heb. is with thee. thou hast not.]
insist ................... tear <07167> [I will surely.]
this <03117> [in thy days.]
David's <01732> [for David.]
tear ....... hand <07167 03027> [I will rend it out.]
But <07535> [Howbeit.]
one tribe <0259 07626> [one tribe.]
David's <01732> [for David.]
Jerusalem <03389> [for Jerusalem's.]
