2 Chronicles 1:5
_Sought it: went (Menochius) to offer sacrifice, (Tirinus) in the second year of his reign, the year before Christ 1013._... [ Continue Reading ]
_Sought it: went (Menochius) to offer sacrifice, (Tirinus) in the second year of his reign, the year before Christ 1013._... [ Continue Reading ]
_Victims. Hebrew, "holocausts," either with his own hand, or by the ministry of the priests. See 1 Kings xiii. 12. (Calmet)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Night, after the victims had been offered. On this occasion, Solomon made this prayer, and was heard, 3 Kings iii. 5. (Calmet)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_People, as a king ought to do. (Menochius)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Before. Hebrew and Septuagint, "from before the tabernacle," which was at Gabaon. there was another at Jerusalem, where (Haydock) Solomon rendered homage to the Lord. (Calmet)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Chariots. See 3 Kings iv. 26. No king of Israel kept such a multitude of horses. (Calmet)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Sycamores are trees of small value, and not good for building. (Tirinus)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Coa may signify either some city, (Mariana) or an "exporium," where things are sold, as kuch means "a collection." (Tirinus) (3 Kings x. 28.) Neglecting the points of the Masorets, we may well understand Coa, a city of Egypt, or an island of the Mediterranean. The Masorets read Mikve, instead of Mi... [ Continue Reading ]
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