1 Kings 9:1--11:43
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.]
Lord <03068> [the Lord.]
enemy <07854> [an adversary.]
David's <01732> [when David.]
killed <05221> [after he had.]
male <02145> [every male.]
small boy <05288 06996> [a little child.]
{N„ƒr katon,} rather, "a little boy:" one who was apprehensive of his danger, and could, with his father's servants, make his escape.
Midian <04080> [Midian.]
Probably not the Midian east of the Red Sea, to which Moses fled, (Ex 2:15, etc.) but the Midian east of the Dead Sea, and south of Moab. These Midianites, whose daughters seduced the Israelites to commit idolatry (Nu 22:4, 7; 25:15; 31:2, etc.) were descendants of Midian, son of Abraham, (Ge 25:2.) Their capital city was called Midian, and its remains were to be seen in the time of Eusebius and Jerome: it was situated on the Arnon, south of the city Ar, or Areopolis.
Paran ....... Paran <06290> [Paran.]
Probably the city of Paran, or the district around it, situated in the south of Idumea, and according to Eusebius, three days' journey east from Elah or Elath, at the head of the eastern branch, or Elamitic gulf of the Red Sea.
liked <04672> [found.]
gave <05414> [that he gave.]
Tahpenes <08472> [Tahpenes.]
<01580> [weaned.]
Hadad ................... Hadad <01908> [Hadad.]
Give ... permission to leave <07971> [Let me depart. Heb. Send me away.]
lack <02638> [But.]
permission <07971> [Nothing. Heb. Not. let me go.]
God <0430> [God.]
Hadadezer <01909> [Hadadezer.]
[Hadarezer.]
Damascus ........... city <01834> [to Damascus.]
Damascus ........... city <01834> [in Damascus.]
Damascus, called also Damesk, but generally El Sham, by the Arabs, is situated in a delightful plain, well watered by the Barrada, at the eastern foot of Antilibanus, being surrounded by the hills in the form of a triumphal arch, 136 miles N. of Jerusalem, 195 S. of Antioch, and 276 S. S. W. of Diarbekir. It is a city of the highest antiquity, being at least as ancient as the time of Abraham: it has been often captured, and several times demolished, but has always risen to splendour and dignity. The modern town is described by Maundrell as of a long, straight figure, it ends pointing nearly N. E. and S. W. It is very slender in the middle, but swells bigger at each end, especially at that to the N. E. According to Niebuhr, the walls are something less than a league and half in circumference; and the population is estimated at from 100,000 to 150,000
reign <03117> [all the days.]
loathed <06973> [abhorred.]
Jeroboam <03379> [Jeroboam.]
Ephraimite <0673> [an Ephrathite.]
Solomon's servants <08010 05650> [Solomon's servant.]
prompted <07311> [lifted up.]
Solomon <08010> [Solomon.]
closed <05462> [repaired. Heb. closed.]
gap <06556> [the breaches.]
city <05892> [the city.]
accomplished <06213> [was industrious. Heb. did work.]
leader <06485> [he made.]
work crew <05447> [charge. Heb. burden.]
tribe <01004> [the house.]
Ahijah <0281> [Ahijah.]
Shilonite <07888> [Shilonite.]
two <08147> [and they two.]
tore .... twelve <07167 08147> [rent it.]
told <0559> [thus saith.]
one <0259> [he shall.]
Jerusalem ... city <03389 05892> [for Jerusalem's sake.]
abandoned <05800> [they have forsaken.]
Astarte <06253> [Ashtoreth.]
take <03947> [Howbeit.]
David <01732> [for David.]
take <03947> [I will take.]
give <05414> [will give.]
David's <01732> [David.]
dynasty <05216> [light. Heb. lamp, or candle. the city. See on ver.]
<05315> [according.]
obey <08085> [if thou wilt.]
establish ......... did <01129> [that I will.]
establish ......... did <01129> [build the.]
humiliate <06031> [afflict.]
forever <03117> [not for ever.]
Solomon tried ....................... Solomon <08010 01245> [Solomon sought.]
Shishak <07895> [Shishak.]
This is the first time we meet with the proper name of an Egyptian king in Scripture, Pharaoh being the general appellation for all the sovereigns of that country. Some are of opinion that Shishak is the same with the celebrated Sesostris of the Greek historians; but it is probable that this king lived long before Solomon's time. Usher thinks him to be Sesonchis, and places the beginning of his reign, A.M. 3026, B.C. 978.
rest <03499> [rest.]
events .................... Annals <01697> [acts. or, words, or things.]
<03117> [time. Heb. days. forty years.]
Josephus says fourscore years; which is sufficiently absurd. Calmet supposes him to have been 18 years old when he came to the throne, and 58 when he died.
passed away <07901> [A.M. 3029. B.C. 975. slept.]
buried <06912> [buried.]
Rehoboam <07346> [Rehoboam.]
[Roboam.]
