2 Chronicles 1:1
_AND SOLOMON THE SON OF DAVID WAS STRENGTHENED IN HIS KINGDOM, AND THE LORD HIS GOD WAS WITH HIM, AND MAGNIFIED HIM EXCEEDINGLY._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND SOLOMON THE SON OF DAVID WAS STRENGTHENED IN HIS KINGDOM, AND THE LORD HIS GOD WAS WITH HIM, AND MAGNIFIED HIM EXCEEDINGLY._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_THEN SOLOMON SPAKE UNTO ALL ISRAEL, TO THE CAPTAINS OF THOUSANDS AND OF HUNDREDS, AND TO THE JUDGES, AND TO EVERY GOVERNOR IN ALL ISRAEL, THE CHIEF OF THE FATHERS._ Then Solomon spake unto all Israel - namely, the heads, or leading officers, that are afterward specified, were summoned to attend th... [ Continue Reading ]
_SO SOLOMON, AND ALL THE CONGREGATION WITH HIM, WENT TO THE HIGH PLACE THAT WAS AT GIBEON; FOR THERE WAS THE TABERNACLE OF THE CONGREGATION OF GOD, WHICH MOSES THE SERVANT OF THE LORD HAD MADE IN THE WILDERNESS._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND SOLOMON WENT UP THITHER TO THE BRASEN ALTAR BEFORE THE LORD, WHICH WAS AT THE TABERNACLE OF THE CONGREGATION, AND OFFERED A THOUSAND BURNT OFFERINGS UPON IT._ Offered a thousand burnt offerings. This holocaust he offered, of course, by the hands of the priests. The magnitude of the oblation be... [ Continue Reading ]
_IN THAT NIGHT DID GOD APPEAR UNTO SOLOMON, AND SAID UNTO HIM, ASK WHAT I SHALL GIVE THEE._ In that night did God appear - (see the note at 1 Kings 3:5.)... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND SOLOMON SAID UNTO GOD, THOU HAST SHEWED GREAT MERCY UNTO DAVID MY FATHER, AND HAST MADE ME TO REIGN IN HIS STEAD._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND GOD SAID TO SOLOMON, BECAUSE THIS WAS IN THINE HEART, AND THOU HAST NOT ASKED RICHES, WEALTH, OR HONOUR, NOR THE LIFE OF THINE ENEMIES, NEITHER YET HAST ASKED LONG LIFE; BUT HAST ASKED WISDOM AND KNOWLEDGE FOR THYSELF, THAT THOU MAYEST JUDGE MY PEOPLE, OVER WHOM I HAVE MADE THEE KING:_ Thou ha... [ Continue Reading ]
_WISDOM AND KNOWLEDGE IS GRANTED UNTO THEE; AND I WILL GIVE THEE RICHES, AND WEALTH, AND HONOUR, SUCH AS NONE OF THE KINGS HAVE HAD THAT HAVE BEEN BEFORE THEE, NEITHER SHALL THERE ANY AFTER THEE HAVE THE LIKE._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND SOLOMON GATHERED CHARIOTS AND HORSEMEN: AND HE HAD A THOUSAND AND FOUR HUNDRED CHARIOTS, AND TWELVE THOUSAND HORSEMEN, WHICH HE PLACED IN THE CHARIOT CITIES, AND WITH THE KING AT JERUSALEM._ Solomon gathered chariots and horsemen. His passion for horses was greater than that of any Israelite m... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE KING MADE SILVER AND GOLD AT JERUSALEM AS PLENTEOUS AS STONES, AND CEDAR TREES MADE HE AS THE_ _ SYCOMORE TREES THAT ARE IN THE VALE FOR ABUNDANCE._ The king made silver and gold at Jerusalem as plenteous as stones - in addition to the large amount of treasure collected and bequeathed to h... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND SOLOMON HAD HORSES BROUGHT OUT OF EGYPT, AND LINEN YARN: THE KING'S MERCHANTS RECEIVED THE LINEN YARN AT A PRICE._ And linen yarn, х_ MIQªWEE'_ (H4723)] - a collection, a gathering; nowhere is it used to signify "linen yarn." THE KING'S MERCHANTS RECEIVED THE LINEN YARN AT A PRICE. It is stra... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THEY FETCHED UP, AND BROUGHT FORTH OUT OF EGYPT A CHARIOT FOR SIX HUNDRED SHEKELS OF SILVER, AND AN HORSE FOR AN HUNDRED AND FIFTY: AND SO BROUGHT THEY OUT HORSES FOR ALL THE KINGS OF THE HITTITES, AND FOR THE KINGS OF SYRIA, BY THEIR MEANS._ BROUGHT ... FOR ALL THE KINGS OF THE HITTITES. A bra... [ Continue Reading ]