The First Book of the Kings, Commonly Called the Third Book of the Kings 10

A.M. 3014. B.C. 990. And when. 2Ch 9:1-12 Mt 12:42 Lu 11:31

Sheba. Ge 10:7 Ge 10:28 Ge 25:3 Job 6:19 Ps 72:10 Ps 72:15 Isa 60:6 Jer 6:20 Eze 27:22 Eze 27:23 Eze 38:13

heard. 1Ki 4:31 1Ki 4:34

concerning. Job 28:28 Pr 2:3-6 Joh 17:3 1Co 1:20 1Co 1:21

prove him. Re 13:12-14 Ps 49:4 Pr 1:5 Pr 1:6 Mt 13:11 Mt 13:35 Mr 4:34

28 His tribute.

a very great train. 2Ki 5:5 2Ki 5:9 Isa 60:6-9 Ac 25:23

spices. Ex 25:6 2Ki 20:13

communed. Ge 18:33 Job 4:2 Ps 4:4 Lu 24:15

told her. 2Ch 9:2 Pr 1:5 Pr 1:6 Pr 13:20 Isa 42:16 Mt 13:11 Joh 7:17 1Co 1:30 Col 2:3

questions. Heb. words. hid from the king. 1Ki 10:1 1Ki 3:12 2Sa 14:17 2Sa 14:20 Da 2:20-23 Heb 4:12 Heb 4:13

Solomon's. 1Ki 3:28 1Ki 4:29-31 2Ch 9:3 2Ch 9:4 Ec 12:9 Mt 12:42

the house. 1Ki 6:1-7:51

the meat. 1Ki 4:22 1Ki 4:23

attendance. Heb. standing. cup-bearers. or, butlers.ascent. The original {weölatho asher yaäleh baith yehowah,} is rendered by the LXX. and Vulgate, [kai ten olokowtosin autou en anepheren en oiko Kuriou;] {et holocausta, quæ 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. 2Ki 16:18 1Ch 9:18 1Ch 26:16 2Ch 23:13 Eze 44:3 Eze 46:2

there was no. Jos 5:1 2Ch 9:4

report. Heb. word. 2Ch 9:5 2Ch 9:6

acts. or, sayings.

I believed. Isa 64:4 Zec 9:17 Mr 16:11 Joh 20:25-29 1Co 2:9 1Jo 3:2

thy wisdom and prosperity exceeded the fame. Heb. thou hastadded wisdom and goodness to the fame.

happy are these. 2Ch 9:7 2Ch 9:8 Pr 3:13 Pr 3:14 Pr 8:34 Pr 10:21 Pr 13:20 Lu 10:39-42 Lu 11:28 Lu 11:31

Blessed. 1Ki 5:7 Ps 72:17-19

delighteth. Ps 18:19 Ps 22:8 Isa 42:1 Isa 62:4

because the. De 7:8 1Ch 17:22 2Ch 2:11

to do. 2Sa 8:15 2Sa 23:3 Ps 72:2 Pr 8:15 Pr 8:16 Isa 9:7 Isa 11:4 Isa 11:5 Isa 32:1 Isa 32:2 Jer 23:5 Jer 23:6 Ro 13:3 Ro 13:4

she gave. 1Ki 10:2 1Ki 9:14 Ps 72:10 Ps 72:15 Mt 2:11

spices. Ge 43:11 Ex 30:34

and precious. Pr 3:13-15 Pr 20:15 Re 21:11

an hundred.According to Mr. Reynolds, equal to 843,905£ 10s. 4d. sterling.

from Ophir. 1Ki 9:27 1Ki 9:28 2Ch 8:18 Ps 45:9

almug. 2Ch 2:8 2Ch 9:10 2Ch 9:11

algum trees.

pillars. or, rails. Heb. a prop. harps. 1Ch 23:5 1Ch 25:1-31 Ps 92:1-3 Ps 150:3-5 Re 14:2 Re 14:3

all her desire. 1Ki 10:2 1Ki 9:1 Ps 20:4 Ps 37:4 Mt 15:28 Joh 14:13 Joh 14:14 Eph 3:20

which Solomon gave her of his royal bounty. Heb. which hegave her, according to the hand of king Solomon.

See on ch. 1Ki 9:28

A.M. 2989-3029. B.C. 1015-975. was six hundred.Equal to 4,683,675£ 12s. 8d. sterling; which was what he got annually in bullion.

all the kings. 1Ch 9:24 2Ch 9:13 2Ch 9:14 Ps 72:10 Isa 21:13 Ga 4:25

governors. or, captains.

two hundred.Mr. Reynolds computes that these 200 targets were worth 28,131£ 16s. 9d.; and that the 300 shields were worth 210,976£ 7s. 7d. 1Ki 14:26-28 2Ch 9:15 2Ch 9:16 2Ch 12:9 2Ch 12:10

in the house. 1Ki 7:2

a great throne. 2Ch 9:17-19 Ps 45:6 Ps 110:1 Ps 122:5 Heb 1:3 Heb 1:8 Re 20:11

ivory. 1Ki 10:22 1Ki 22:39 Ps 45:8 Eze 27:6 Am 6:4 Re 18:12

behind. Heb. on the hinder part thereof. stays. Heb.hands. 1Ki 10:19

lions. Ge 49:9 Nu 23:24 Nu 24:9 Re 5:5

the like made. Heb. so made.

drinking. 2Ch 9:20-22

the house. 1Ki 10:17 1Ki 7:2

none were of silver. or, there was no silver in them.

Tharshish. 1Ki 22:48 Ge 10:4 2Ch 9:21 2Ch 20:36 2Ch 20:37 Ps 48:7 Ps 72:10 Isa 2:16 Isa 23:1 Isa 23:6 Isa 23:10 Isa 60:9 Isa 66:19 Eze 27:12 Jon 1:3

Tarshish. ivory. or, elephant's teeth. 1Ki 10:18 Am 3:15

peacocks. Job 39:13

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 Prænestine Pavement, and in the French {cep} or {ceb.}

exceeded.Mr. Reynolds, stating Solomon's income at about four times as much as his father left him, reckons that he had each year 142,242,034£. 9s. 7d., each week 2,735,423£ 14s. 9d., and each day, 390,770£ 16s. 4d. 1Ki 3:12 1Ki 3:13 1Ki 4:29-34 2Ch 9:22 2Ch 9:23 Ps 89:27 Eph 3:8 Col 1:18 Col 1:19 Col 2:2 Col 2:3

to. Heb. the face of. which God. 1Ki 3:9 1Ki 3:12 1Ki 3:28 Pr 2:6 Da 1:17 Da 2:21 Da 2:23 Da 5:11 Jas 1:5

every man. 1Ki 10:10 Re 2:15 1Sa 10:27 2Sa 8:2 2Sa 8:10 2Ch 26:8 Job 42:11 Ps 72:10 Ps 72:15 Isa 36:16 Mt 2:11

and mules. 1Ki 1:33 1Ki 18:5 Ge 36:24 Ezr 2:66 Es 8:10 Es 8:14 Isa 66:20 Eze 27:14

a rate. 2Ki 17:4 2Ch 9:24

Solomon. 1Ki 4:26 De 17:16 2Ch 1:14 2Ch 9:25 Isa 2:7

in the cities. 2Ch 9:25

the king. 2Ch 1:15-17 2Ch 9:27 Job 22:24 Job 22:25

made. Heb. gave.

Solomon, etc. Heb. the going forth of the horses which wasSolomon's. horse brought. De 17:16 2Ch 1:16 2Ch 1:17 2Ch 9:28 Isa 31:1-3 Isa 36:9

and linen yarn. Ge 41:42 Pr 7:16 Isa 19:9 Eze 27:7

the kings. Jos 1:4 2Ki 7:6

their means. Heb. their hand. Ho 12:10 Mal 1:1

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.