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Verse 1 Kings 4:7. _TWELVE OFFICERS_] The business of these twelve
officers was to provide daily, each for a month, those provisions
which were consumed in the king's household; see 1 Kings 4:22-11. A...
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The requirement of a portion of their produce from subjects, in
addition to money payments, is a common practice of Oriental monarchs.
It obtained in ancient, and it still obtains in modern, Persia....
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3. SOLOMON'S PRINCES AND OFFICERS THE PROSPEROUS KINGDOM AND THE
KING'S GREAT WISDOM
CHAPTER 4
_ 1. The Princes (1 Kings 4:1)_
2. The Officers (1 Kings 4:7)
3. The prosperous kingdom (1 Kings 4:20...
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1 KINGS 3:1 TO 1 KINGS 4:34. EARLY DAYS, REIGN, AND WISDOM OF SOLOMON.
The sources of this section are various, and the arrangement of the
narrative in the LXX should be noticed. There are (_a_) a sta...
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TWELVE OFFICERS. Compare David's twelve captains (lChron. 1Ki
27:2-15)....
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_twelve officers_ The stations of these men were in different parts of
the country, and each for his month had to gather from the district
assigned to him contributions in kind for the royal household...
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B. THE FINANCIAL OFFICERS 4:7-20
TRANSLATION
(7) And Solomon had twelve officers over all Israel, and they supplied
provisions for the king and his household; a month in the year it fell
upon one to...
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_AND SOLOMON HAD TWELVE OFFICERS OVER ALL ISRAEL, WHICH PROVIDED
VICTUALS FOR THE KING AND HIS HOUSEHOLD: EACH MAN HIS MONTH IN A YEAR
MADE PROVISION._
Twelve officers over all Israel. The royal reve...
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4:7 superintendents (c-5) or 'chief officers.'...
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SOLOMON'S OFFICERS AND COURT
2. Azariah the son of Zadok] he was really the grandson of Zadok (1
Chronicles 6:8)....
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GOD’S LESSONS FROM HISTORY
1 KINGS
_PHILIP SMITH_
CHAPTER 4
SOLOMON’S PEACEFUL *KINGDOM
This chapter shows how successful Solomon’s rule was. The country
was wealthy. It was at peace. The farms...
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PROVIDED VICTUALS FOR THE KING AND HIS HOUSEHOLD. — This denotes the
collection of revenue — mostly, no doubt, in kind — for the
maintenance of the Court and household and guards of the king; and
perh...
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וְ לִ שְׁלֹמֹ֞ה שְׁנֵים ־עָשָׂ֤ר
נִצָּבִים֙ עַל ־כָּל ־יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וְ
כִלְכְּל֥וּ אֶת ־הַ מֶּ֖לֶךְ...
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SOLOMON'S COURT AND KINGDOM
1 Kings 4:1.
"But what more oft in nations grown corrupt And by their vices brought
to servitude, Than to love bondage more than liberty, Bondage with
ease than strenuous...
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A PROSPEROUS NATION
1 Kings 4:1; 1 Kings 20:1; 1 Kings 21:1; 1 Kings 22:1
What a picture is here given of national contentment and prosperity!
We can almost hear the gladsome voice of the myriad-peo...
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Solomon set himself to a careful organization of his kingdom. The
system of government as here set forth is characterized by order, and,
indeed, is in many ways remarkable. The king was supreme in aut...
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_Month. The lunar year was not then in use; (Calmet) or else, the
first of these governors, was in office during the 13th, or
intercalary month, every third year, and the rest in succession.
(Tostat)_...
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(7) And Solomon had twelve officers over all Israel, which provided
victuals for the king and his household: each man his month in a year
made provision. (8) And these are their names: The son of Hur,...
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The books of First and Second Samuel show us the failure of the
priesthood, and, in consequence, when a state of evident shame and
dishonour overspread the face of Israel, the heart of the people
desi...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 4 AND 5.
Chapter 4 contains an enumeration of the officers who served Solomon,
and upheld the glory of his throne; and then, the manner in which the
whole c...
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AND SOLOMON HAD TWELVE OFFICERS OVER ALL ISRAEL,.... Not with respect
to the twelve tribes of Israel, for it does not appear that they had
each of them a tribe under them, but some particular places i...
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And Solomon had twelve officers over all Israel, which provided
victuals for the king and his household: each man his month in a year
made provision.
Ver. 7. _And Solomon had twelve officers._] Purve...
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1 Solomons Princes.
7 His twelue Officers for prouision. 20.24 The peace and largenesse of
his kingdome.
22 His daily prouision.
26 His stables.
29 His wisedome.
1 SO King Solomon was king ouer a...
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THE CHIEF OFFICERS...
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SOLOMON'S ADMINISTRATION
(vs.1-19)
In Solomon's time peace was established in a way not seen in David's
day, for there was continual turmoil while David reigned. Now Solomon
was undisputed king over...
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1-19 In the choice of the great officers of Solomon's court, no doubt,
his wisdom appeared. Several are the same that were in his father's
time. A plan was settled by which no part of the country was...
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No text from Poole on this verse....
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1 Kings 4:7 Solomon H8010 twelve H8147 H6240 governors H5324 (H8737)
Israel H3478 food H3557 (H8773) king H4428 household H1004 one H259
provision H3557 (H8771) month H2320 year H8141
each man - 1 Ch...
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CONTENTS: Princes and commissaries of Israel. Solomon's reign and
wisdom.
CHARACTERS: God, Solomon.
CONCLUSION: There is spiritual peace and joy and a holy security for
all faithful subjects of God'...
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1 Kings 4:16. _Two women that were harlots._ The Chaldaic paraphrase
reads, “two women of the tabernacle.” It would be difficult for
two common women to gain the royal ear.
1 Kings 4:30. _Solomon's w...
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_So King Solomon was king over all Israel._
A KINGDOM UNIFIED
Charles Albert, we are told, went to help the Milanese. The Austrians,
vastly outnumbering, drove him back toward Turin, defeated him at...
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1 KINGS—NOTE ON 1 KINGS 4:1 Solomon displayed great wisdom in the
early years of his kingship, and as a result, “Judah and Israel...
were happy” (v. 1 Kings 4:20).
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THE GOLDEN AGE OF THE HEBREW EMPIRE
CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.—
The list of officers in Solomon’s kingdom (1 Kings 4:2) seems to
have been inserted without belonging to the narrative; for 1 King...
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EXPOSITION
SOLOMON'S STATE AND COURT OFFICIALS.—The account of Solomon's
marriage and entry upon his religious and judicious functions is
appropriately followed by a description of his court, of the g...
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Now as we get into chapter four, we have listed here those princes
that were prominent during the reign of Solomon, and then the twelve
officers who were over all of Israel who provided the food for t...
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1 Chronicles 27:1...