_AND IT CAME TO PASS AT THE END OF TWENTY YEARS, WHEREIN SOLOMON HAD BUILT THE HOUSE OF THE LORD, AND HIS OWN HOUSE,_ At the end of twenty years, wherein Solomon had built the house of the Lord, and his own house - (cf. 1 Kings 6:38; 1 Kings 7:1; also 9:10.)... [ Continue Reading ]
_THAT THE CITIES WHICH HURAM HAD RESTORED TO SOLOMON, SOLOMON BUILT THEM, AND CAUSED THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL TO DWELL THERE._ Cities which Huram had restored ... Solomon built them ... These cities lay in the northwest of Galilee, and, though included within the limits of the promised land, had neve... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND SOLOMON WENT TO HAMATHZOBAH, AND PREVAILED AGAINST IT._ Solomon went to Hamath-zobah. Hamath was on the Orontes, in Coele-Syria. Its king, Toi, had been the ally of David; but, from the combination Hamath and Zobah, it would appear that some revolution had taken place, which led to the union o... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND HE BUILT TADMOR IN THE WILDERNESS, AND ALL THE STORE CITIES, WHICH HE BUILT IN HAMATH._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AS FOR ALL THE PEOPLE THAT WERE LEFT OF THE HITTITES, AND THE AMORITES, AND THE PERIZZITES, AND THE HIVITES, AND THE JEBUSITES, WHICH WERE NOT OF ISRAEL,_ All the people that were left ... The descendants of the Canaanites who remained in the country were treated as war-prisoners, being obliged to... [ Continue Reading ]
_BUT OF THEIR CHILDREN, WHO WERE LEFT AFTER THEM IN THE LAND, WHOM THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL CONSUMED NOT, THEM DID SOLOMON MAKE TO PAY TRIBUTE UNTIL THIS DAY._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THESE WERE THE CHIEF OF KING SOLOMON'S OFFICERS, EVEN TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY, THAT BARE RULE OVER THE PEOPLE._ These were the chief of king Solomon's officers, even two hundred and fifty, that bare rule over the people. The number of chief officers is stated, 1 Kings 5:16, to have been 3,300; i... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND SOLOMON BROUGHT UP THE DAUGHTER OF PHARAOH OUT OF THE CITY OF DAVID UNTO THE HOUSE THAT HE HAD BUILT FOR HER: FOR HE SAID, MY WIFE SHALL NOT DWELL IN THE HOUSE OF DAVID KING OF ISRAEL, BECAUSE THE PLACES ARE HOLY, WHEREUNTO THE ARK OF THE LORD HATH COME._ Solomon brought up the daughter of Pha... [ Continue Reading ]
_THEN SOLOMON OFFERED BURNT OFFERINGS UNTO THE LORD ON THE ALTAR OF THE LORD, WHICH HE HAD BUILT BEFORE THE PORCH,_ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THEY DEPARTED NOT FROM THE COMMANDMENT OF THE KING UNTO THE PRIESTS AND LEVITES CONCERNING ANY_ _ MATTER, OR CONCERNING THE TREASURES._ They departed not from the commandment of the king - i:e., David, in any of his ordinances, which by divine authority he established, either in regulating the... [ Continue Reading ]
_NOW ALL THE WORK OF SOLOMON WAS PREPARED UNTO THE DAY OF THE FOUNDATION OF THE HOUSE OF THE LORD, AND UNTIL IT WAS FINISHED. SO THE HOUSE OF THE LORD WAS PERFECTED._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_THEN WENT SOLOMON TO EZIONGEBER, AND TO ELOTH, AT THE SEA SIDE IN THE LAND OF EDOM._ Then went Solomon to Ezion-geber, and to Eloth. These two maritime ports were situated at the eastern gulf of the Red Sea, now called the Gulf of Akaba. Eloth is seen in the modern, Akaba, Ezion-geber, in el Gudya... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND HURAM SENT HIM BY THE HANDS OF HIS SERVANTS SHIPS, AND SERVANTS THAT HAD KNOWLEDGE OF THE SEA; AND THEY WENT WITH THE SERVANTS OF SOLOMON TO OPHIR, AND TOOK THENCE FOUR HUNDRED AND FIFTY TALENTS OF GOLD, AND BROUGHT THEM TO KING SOLOMON._ Huram sent him ... ships. Either sent him ship-men, abl... [ Continue Reading ]