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Verse 1 Kings 11:42. _SOLOMON REIGNED - FORTY YEARS._] Josephus says
_fourscore_ _years_, which is sufficiently absurd. Calmet supposes him
to have been _eighteen_ years old when he came to the thron...
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Josephus gave Solomon a reign of 80 years, either because he wished to
increase the glory of his country’s greatest king, or through his
having a false reading in his copy of the Septuagint Version. I...
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7. SOLOMON'S FAILURE: JUDGMENT ANNOUNCED AND THE BEGINNING OF
DISRUPTION
CHAPTER 11
_ 1. Solomon's polygamy and departure from God (1 Kings 11:1)_
2. Hadad the Edomite (1 Kings 11:14)
3. Rezon the...
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SIN OF SOLOMON, AND THE ADVERSARIES RAISED UP IN CONSEQUENCE. From
various differences in the arrangement of the earlier verses in the
LXX and Heb., it has been supposed that in its original form the...
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FORTY YEARS: 920-880 B.C....
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_forty years_ The same length of reign as that of Saul and David. If
Solomon's accession were 1015 b.c., his death took place in 975 b. c.
Josephus gives -eighty years" as the length of the reign. But...
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FORTY YEARS— Josephus, Antiq. lib. 8: cap. 3 tells us, that Solomon
lived to a great age, that he reigned eighty years, and died at
ninety-four; but this is a manifest error in that historian; and our...
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III. CONCLUSION OF THE HISTORY OF SOLOMON 11:41-43
TRANSLATION
(41) And the rest of the acts of Solomon and all which he did, and his
wisdom, are they not written in the book of the acts of Solomon?...
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_AND THE REST OF THE ACTS OF SOLOMON, AND ALL THAT HE DID, AND HIS
WISDOM, ARE THEY NOT WRITTEN IN THE BOOK OF THE ACTS OF SOLOMON?_
No JFB commentary on these verses....
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SOLOMON'S ERRORS AND THEIR CONSEQUENCES. HIS DEATH
This chapter furnishes an account of Solomon's marriages with numerous
foreign princesses, and traces the evil effect of such in the
toleration of i...
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GOD’S LESSONS FROM HISTORY
1 KINGS
_PHILIP SMITH_
CHAPTER 11
SOLOMON *WORSHIPS FALSE GODS
V1 Solomon, however, loved many foreign women. He married the
daughter of the king of Egypt. He also mar...
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FORTY YEARS. — The reign of Solomon was thus of the same length as
that of his father. (See 1 Kings 2:11.) The coincidence is curious;
but the accurate historical character of the whole narrative forb...
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וְ הַ יָּמִ֗ים אֲשֶׁר֩ מָלַ֨ךְ
שְׁלֹמֹ֤ה בִ
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HOLLOW PROSPERITY
1 Kings 11:1
"Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is
vanity."
- Ecclesiastes 1:2
"At every draught more large and large they grow, A bloated mass of
ra...
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BREAKING THREE COMMANDMENTS
1 Kings 21:1; 1 Kings 1:1; 1 Kings 2:1; 1 Kings 3:1;...
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THE WISE KING'S FOOLISH SON
1 Kings 11:41; 1 Kings 12:1
Solomon's reign had been splendid but very oppressive, and it was
reasonable to ask for some relief. The people felt that the accession
of the...
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At this point the story of Solomon suddenly changes. The glory passes
away, and we observe his rapid degeneracy and doom. The nature of the
man had ever a strong animal side. His commercial enterprise...
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Forty. Josephus says eighty; and some suppose, that the Scripture only
specifies the years during which Solomon reigned virtuously. Pezron is
the same opinion as Josephus. (Haydock) --- Others contend...
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(41) В¶ And the rest of the acts of Solomon, and all that he did,
and his wisdom, are they not written in the book of the acts of
Solomon? (42) And the time that Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all...
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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 FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 11 AND 12.
Till now we have had the beautiful picture of God's blessing resting
upon the son of David, whose only desire it had been to possess wisdom
from Go...
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AND THE TIME THAT SOLOMON REIGNED IN JERUSALEM, OVER ALL ISRAEL, WAS
FORTY YEARS. The same says Eupolemus z, an Heathen writer, who makes
him to live but fifty two years; which is the common tradition...
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And the time that Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel [was]
forty years.
Ver. 42. _And the time._] Heb., Days; one of the shortest measures of
time. Solomon Ecc 3:2 alloweth men a time to be...
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_The time that Solomon reigned was forty years_ His reign was as long
as his father's, but not his life: sin shortened his days. _And
Solomon slept with his fathers_ This expression is promiscuously u...
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1 Solomons wiues and concubines.
4 In his old age they draw him to idolatry.
9 God threatneth him.
14 Solomons aduersaries were Hadad, who was intertained in Egypt,
23 Rezon who reigned in Damascu...
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MANY MARRIAGES LEADING TO IDOLATRY
(vs.1-13)
Solomon also disobeyedDeuteronomy 17:17 in making many marriages with
foreign women, from the Moabites, Alnmonites, Edomites, Sidonians and
Hittites (v.1)...
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TIME:
_ Heb._ days...
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41-43 Solomon's reign was as long as his father's, but his life was
not so. Sin shortened his days. If the world, with all its advantages,
could satisfy the soul, and afford real joy, Solomon would h...
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No text from Poole on this verse....
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1 Kings 11:42 period H3117 Solomon H8010 reigned H4427 (H8804)
Jerusalem H3389 Israel H3478 forty H705 years H8141
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COMMENTS IN RESPECT OF THE CLOSE OF SOLOMON'S REIGN (1 KINGS 11:41).
It will be noted that some of the information which will in future be
given at the commencement of a king's reign here comes at the...
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CONTENTS: Solomon's heart turned. Chastened of God. Rise of Jeroboam.
Death of Solomon.
CHARACTERS: God, Solomon, Hadad, Pharaoh, Rezon, Jeroboam, Adoram,
Ahijah.
CONCLUSION: The way of sin is down h...
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1 Kings 11:1. _Solomon loved many strange women,_ of gentile nations,
and was connected with them. To this day thousands of women in India
are married to great men merely as a mark of honour, and they...
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1 KINGS—NOTE ON 1 KINGS 11:1 Throughout chs. 1 Kings 1:1 there have
been hints that all is not well with Solomon’s heart. Now comes the
inevitable conclusion: Solomon’s sins have led him to apostasy.
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CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.—
1 Kings 11:15. WHEN DAVID WAS IN EDOM; or, was (at war) with. The
_Sept._ and Peshito read, had smitten. _Hadad_ was a royal child,
rescued from Joab’s extirminating s...
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EXPOSITION
SOLOMON'S ADVERSARIES.—As the historian has collected together in 1
Kings 6:1; 1 Kings 7:1; 1 Kings 8:1, all the information he can convey
respecting the _temple, _and
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Chapter eleven.
But king Solomon loved many strange women, together with the daughters
of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, and
Hittites (1 Kings 11:1);
Now turn back fo...
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1 Kings 2:11...
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Forty years — His reign was as long as his father's, but not his
life; sin shortened his days....