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Verse 1 Kings 10:17. HE MADE _THREE HUNDRED SHIELDS_] The מגן
_magen_ was a large shield by which the whole body was protected.
Mr. Reynolds computes that the _two hundred targets_, on each of which...
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These shields, together with the 500 taken by David from Hadadezer 2
Samuel 8:7 were hung round the outer walls of a building, reckoned as
belonging to the “house of the Forest of Lebanon,” but separa...
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6. SOLOMON AND THE QUEEN OF SHEBA: HIS GREAT RICHES AND SPLENDOUR
CHAPTER 10
_ 1. The visit of the Queen (1 Kings 10:1)_
2. Solomon's enormous wealth (1 Kings 10:14)
3. the targets and shields (1...
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1 KINGS 10. VISIT OF THE QUEEN OF SHEBA. By Sheba or Saba a district
in S. Arabia is meant. The Sabæ ans were known to the Israelites as
exporters of gold (Isaiah 60:6; Psalms 72:15); Ezekiel (Ezekiel...
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SHIELDS. Taken away by Shishak in the reign of Rehoboam (1 Kings
14:26)....
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_three pound_of _gold went to one shield_ The word rendered pound here
is -maneh," and according to the parallel passage (2 Chronicles 9:16)
is equal to -one hundred shekels." There is no sufficient d...
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III. INDICATIONS OF SOLOMON'S GLORY 10:14-29
The account of the visit of the queen of Sheba is followed by a
description of Solomon's revenues, his throne, and various other
particulars of his wealth...
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_AND HE MADE THREE HUNDRED SHIELDS OF BEATEN GOLD; THREE POUND OF GOLD
WENT TO ONE SHIELD: AND THE KING PUT THEM IN THE HOUSE OF THE FOREST
OF LEBANON._
No JFB commentary on this verse....
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10:17 minas (a-12) The gold mina, a coin containing 50 shekels, is
estimated at 26 1/3 oz. troy. See Note, Ezekiel 45:12 ....
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SOLOMON AND THE QUEEN OF SHEBA
1. Sheba] the Sheba of Genesis 10:28 (in Arabia), not of Genesis 10:7
(in Africa). Arabia seems frequently to have been ruled by queens;
more than one is mentioned in t...
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GOD’S LESSONS FROM HISTORY
1 KINGS
_PHILIP SMITH_
CHAPTER 10
THE QUEEN OF SHEBA’S VISIT
V1 The Queen of Sheba heard about Solomon’s fame and how he gave
honour to the *Lord. So she came to test...
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The shields overlaid with gold — the larger called “targets,”
and the lesser called “shields” — were evidently used for
ornamenting the king’s palace, and (as we may gather from the notice
in 2 Chroni...
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וּ שְׁלֹשׁ ־מֵאֹ֤ות מָֽגִנִּים֙
זָהָ֣ב שָׁח֔וּט שְׁלֹ֤שֶׁת מָנִים֙
זָהָ֔ב יַעֲלֶ֖ה עַל ־הַ מָּגֵ֣ן הָ...
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SOLOMON IN ALL HIS GLORY
1 Kings 10:1.
"O Luxury! thou curs'd by Heaven's decree!
How do thy potions with insidious joy
Diffuse their pleasures only to destroy!
Kingdoms by thee to sickly greatne...
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BREAKING THREE COMMANDMENTS
1 Kings 21:1; 1 Kings 1:1; 1 Kings 2:1; 1 Kings 3:1; 1 Kings 4:1; 1
Kings 5:1; 1 Kings 6:1; 1 Kings 7:1; 1 Kings 8:1;...
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The Queen of Sheba's visit to Solomon shows how far his fame was
spread abroad. Moreover, reports had coupled Solomon's wisdom and
greatness with the name of Jehovah. The Queen of Sheba saw what the
g...
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_Targets, smaller than the former, and resembling a crescent. Ducit
Amazonidum lunatis agmina peltis. (Virgil, \'c6neid i.) (Calmet)_
--- Paralipomenon reads, shields. --- Fine. Septuagint, "ductile....
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(14) В¶ Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was
six hundred threescore and six talents of gold, (15) Beside that he
had of the merchantmen, and of the traffick of the spice merchan...
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Solomon was now at the height of his glory, a vivid type of a greater
than Solomon. And it is only when we see that he really does thus
prefigure the Lord Jesus as King that we can understand the impo...
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The king of Tyre also was dependent on the king of Israel; and the
queen of Sheba comes from the far south to delight herself in the
wisdom of the head of God's people, and to be filled with wonder at...
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AND HE MADE THREE HUNDRED SHIELDS OF BEATEN GOLD,.... Which were a
lesser sort:
THREE POUNDS OF GOLD WENT TO ONE SHIELD; or three hundred shekels, as
in 2 Chronicles 9:16 a hundred shekels made one p...
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And [he made] three hundred shields [of] beaten gold; three pound of
gold went to one shield: and the king put them in the house of the
forest of Lebanon.
Ver. 17. _And he made three hundred shields....
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_Solomon made two hundred targets of beaten gold_ For pomp and
magnificence, and to be carried before him by his guard when he went
abroad. The Roman magistrates had rods and axes carried before them,...
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1 The Queene of Sheba admireth the wisdome of Solomon.
14 Solomons gold.
16 His targets.
18 The throne of Iuorie.
21 His vessels.
24 His presents.
26 His chariots and horse.
28 His tribute.
1...
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Solomon's Riches and Luxury...
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THE VISIT OF THE QUEEN OF SHEBA
(vs.1-13)
News of Solomon's greatness spread through the nations. It was not
however his greatness itself that impressed the Queen of Sheba, but
his fame concerning t...
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14-29 Solomon increased his wealth. Silver was nothing accounted of.
Such is the nature of worldly wealth, plenty of it makes it the less
valuable; much more should the enjoyment of spiritual riches l...
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THREE POUND, or, three hundred _shekels_, as it is expressed 2
CHRONICLES 9:16....
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1 Kings 10:17 three H7969 hundred H3967 shields H4043 hammered H7820
(H8803) gold H2091 three H7969 minas H4488 gold H2091 went H5927
(H8686) each H259 shield H4043 king H4428 put H5414 (H8799) House...
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A DESCRIPTION OF KING SOLOMON'S TOYS (1 KINGS 10:14).
With the wealth that was pouring into his country Solomon made himself
some ostentatious ‘toys. These included both large and small shields
of co...
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CONTENTS: Solomon and the queen of Sheba. His revenue and splendor.
CHARACTERS: God, Solomon, queen of Sheba.
CONCLUSION: That fame is true fame which has associated with it the
name of the Lord and...
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1 Kings 10:1. _Sheba,_ from Saba, the eldest son of Cush. Genesis
10:7. The country extending itself from the Gulf of Persia to the Red
sea. The claims of the Abyssinians to the queen of this country,...
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1 KINGS—NOTE ON 1 KINGS 10:14 WEIGHT OF GOLD. The accumulation of
gold continues. It is mentioned no fewer than 11 times in vv. 1 Kings
10:14, 1 Kings 10:16, 1 Kings 10:21, 1 Kings 10:25. It arrives i...
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CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.—
1 Kings 10:15. BESIDE … OF THE MERCHANTMEN, AND … MERCHANTS—the
words rendered “merchantmen,” אַנְשֵׁי הַתָּרִים
have been conjectured to mean “fines of the subject” ...
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EXPOSITION
SOLOMON'S WEALTH, POMP, AND POWER. The visit of the Queen of Sheba, in
itself a striking proof of the fame and greatness of Solomon, is
followed by a description of his revenues, his thron...
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Now the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon and so she came to
Jerusalem with a very great company of people, camels, spices, a lot
of gold, and precious stones: and as she came to Solomon, sh...
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1 Kings 7:2...
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Shields — Smaller than targets....