SEVERAL IMPERIAL TRANSACTIONS
CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.—
Chapter divides itself into two sections: 1 Kings 9:1, Gods answer, of
promise and warning, to Solomon’s prayer; 1 Kings 9:10, transactions
between Solomon and Hiram, with a record of Solomon’s levy of
labourers, his officers and serva... [ Continue Reading ]
CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.—
1 Kings 9:3. _Sept._ inserts, after “Supplication that thou hast
made before me,” “_I have done to thee according to all thy
prayer_.”
1 Kings 9:6. IF YE SHALL AT ALL TURN.—A. V. implies only the
slightest dereliction, “at all turn;” whereas שוֹב
תְּשֻׁבוֹן is an i... [ Continue Reading ]
CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.—
1 Kings 9:10. AT THE END OF TWENTY YEARS—Seven and a-half years
spent in erecting temple, twelve and a-half upon his own house. This
verse takes up again the suspended narrative (1 Kings 9:1, _supra_).
After Solomon, with the aid of Hiram, had completed his work, th... [ Continue Reading ]
CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.—
1 Kings 9:15. Solomon fortified the border cities especially open to
attacks from foes, and carried out building projects for the public
health and advantage. The levy which King Solomon raised—Comp. notes
on chap. 1 Kings 5:13.
1 Kings 9:23 shows whom the _levy_ i... [ Continue Reading ]