2 Chronicles 1:1-17

2 Chronicles 1:1. And Solomon. The books of Chronicles are both one in the original, but the Latin church has thought proper to divide them into two; ending the first with David's reign, and beginning the second with Solomon's. The contents of the first ten or twelve Chapter s have been anticipated in the first book of Kings, and therefore few remarks will be required here.

2 Chronicles 1:14. Solomon had a thousand and four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen. Each chariot contained a fighting captain, a powerful man on his left to support him, and one or two behind, to cut their way through the enemy. Solomon maintained a powerful standing army, to keep his allies in subjection, for he would not leave his country defenceless, while surrounding nations were in arms; yet he is called a prince of peace. While France boasts of a million of men in arms, England should not sleep.

2 Chronicles 1:17. A horse for a hundred and fifty shekels. The shekel found in Italy weighed half an ounce of silver, value about half a crown.