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HARTS ... - The exact sorts of wild land animals here intended are
very uncertain. Perhaps it would be best to translate “wild-goats,
gazelles, and wild oxen,” which abounded in the wilder parts of
Sy...
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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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_roebucks_ The Hebrew word (צבי) is rendered δορκὰς by the
LXX. i.e. a gazelle. It is akin to the proper name Tabitha, i.e.
Δορκὰς (Acts 9:36). The rendering _roebuck_is better suited to
the descripti...
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AND FATTED FOWL— See Nehemiah 5:18....
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II. THE WONDERMENT OF THIS REIGN 4:21-34
With 1 Kings 4:21 (1 Kings 5:1 in the Hebrew) the author takes up the
thought introduced in 1 Kings 4:20, viz., that Solomon ruled over a
vast and happy people...
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_TEN FAT OXEN, AND TWENTY OXEN OUT OF THE PASTURES, AND AN HUNDRED
SHEEP, BESIDE HARTS, AND ROEBUCKS, AND FALLOWDEER, AND FATTED FOWL._
Fatted fowl, х_ UWBARBURIYM_ (H1257)]. Kimchi thinks capons are...
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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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ON THIS SIDE THE RIVER. — This translation, although it expresses
the true reference, viz., to the country west of the Euphrates, is
literally incorrect. The words mean, “on the further side of the
ri...
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_[1 Kings 5:3]_ עֲשָׂרָ֨ה בָקָ֜ר בְּרִאִ֗ים
וְ עֶשְׂרִ֥ים...
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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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BREAKING THREE COMMANDMENTS
1 Kings 21:1; 1 Kings 1:1; 1 Kings 2:1; 1 Kings 3:1;...
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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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_Buffaloes. Yachmur means also a sort of wild-goat, like a stag,
Deuteronomy xiv. 5. (Bochart, Anim. i. B. iii. 22.) --- Fowls. Some
Rabbins explain barburim, (or borbrim) of capons, or birds from
Bar...
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(22) And Solomon's provision for one day was thirty measures of fine
flour, and threescore measures of meal, (23) Ten fat oxen, and twenty
oxen out of the pastures, and an hundred sheep, beside harts,...
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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 co...
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TEN FAT OXEN,.... Such as were kept up in the stall and fatted:
AND TWENTY OXEN OUT OF THE PASTURES; which were killed as they were
taken from thence, and not put up to be fed:
AND AN HUNDRED SHEEP;...
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Ten fat oxen, and twenty oxen out of the pastures, and an hundred
sheep, beside harts, and roebucks, and fallowdeer, and fatted fowl.
Ver. 23. Ten fat oxen … and fatted fowl.] _Lectissima quaeque
alt...
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_Thirty measures of fine flour_ Hebrew, _cors;_ each of which
contained ten ephahs. So this provision was sufficient for near three
thousand persons. _Meal_ Of a coarser sort for common use. _Ten fat...
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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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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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20-28 Never did the crown of Israel shine so bright, as when Solomon
wore it. He had peace on all sides. Herein, his kingdom was a type of
the Messiah's; for to Him it is promised that he shall have...
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TEN FAT OXEN, fitted in stalls. OUT OF THE PASTURES; well fleshed,
tender, and good, though not so fat as the former....
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1 Kings 4:23 ten H6235 fatted H1277 oxen H1241 twenty H6242 oxen H1241
pastures H7471 hundred H3967 sheep H6629 deer
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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 wi...
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_Solomon’s provisions for one day._
SOLOMON’S FEAST
This would seem to be part of the Parable of the Prodigal Son before
its time. This typical feast of Solomon’s has no reference to
gluttony. We hav...
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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 4:21 Solomon had a strong influence OVER ALL
THE KINGDOMS FROM THE EUPHRATES TO THE LAND OF THE PHILISTINES AND TO
THE BORDER OF EGYPT. It is a large area, corresponding to the...
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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 RULE, STATE, AND WISDOM.—The remainder of this chapter,
which de-scribes to us the extent and character of Solomon's sway (1
Kings 4:20, 1 Kings 4:21,...
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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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Deuteronomy 15:22; Nehemiah 5:17; Nehemiah 5:18...
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Fat — Fatted in stalls. Out of pastures — Well fleshed, tender and
good, though not so fat as the former....