And it came to pass, when Solomon had finished the building of the house of the LORD, and the king's house, and all Solomon's desire which he was pleased to do, Ver. 1. And all Solomon's desire.] The word signifieth such a desire as a young man hath after his mistress, or a bridegroom toward his br... [ Continue Reading ]
That the LORD appeared to Solomon the second time, as he had appeared unto him at Gibeon. Ver. 2. _That the Lord appeared to Solomon the second time._] This was a great engagement upon Solomon to cleave close to that God who had appeared unto him twice. 1Ki 11:9 See an analogical appearance to all... [ Continue Reading ]
And the LORD said unto him, I have heard thy prayer and thy supplication, that thou hast made before me: I have hallowed this house, which thou hast built, to put my name there for ever; and mine eyes and mine heart shall be there perpetually. Ver. 3. _I have heard thy prayer._] God sometimes answe... [ Continue Reading ]
_And if thou wilt walk before me, as David thy father walked, in integrity of heart, and in uprightness, to do according to all that I have commanded thee, [and] wilt keep my statutes and my judgments:_ Ver. 4. _To do according to all._] "All" is a little word, but of large extent. He doeth not God... [ Continue Reading ]
Then I will establish the throne of thy kingdom upon Israel for ever, as I promised to David thy father, saying, There shall not fail thee a man upon the throne of Israel. Ver. 5. _Then will I establish._] See on 1 Kings 2:4 . _ For ever._] That is, For a long season; till Shiloh come, and a perio... [ Continue Reading ]
1 Kings 9:6 [But] if ye shall at all turn from following me, ye or your children, and will not keep my commandments [and] my statutes which I have set before you, but go and serve other gods, and worship them: Ver. 6. _But if you shall at all turn._] Heb., Turning turn; utterly and totally turn, sl... [ Continue Reading ]
Then will I cut off Israel out of the land which I have given them; and this house, which I have hallowed for my name, will I cast out of my sight; and Israel shall be a proverb and a byword among all people: Ver. 7. _And Israel shall be a proverb and a byword._] They are so at this day. _See Trapp... [ Continue Reading ]
And at this house, [which] is high, every one that passeth by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss; and they shall say, Why hath the LORD done thus unto this land, and to this house? Ver. 8. _And shall hiss._] In scorn and horror.... [ Continue Reading ]
And they shall answer, Because they forsook the LORD their God, who brought forth their fathers out of the land of Egypt, and have taken hold upon other gods, and have worshipped them, and served them: therefore hath the LORD brought upon them all this evil. Ver. 9. _Because they forsook, &c._] Apo... [ Continue Reading ]
And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, when Solomon had built the two houses, the house of the LORD, and the king's house, Ver. 10. _At the end of twenty years,_] viz., From the beginning of the temple's building.... [ Continue Reading ]
1 Kings 9:11 ([Now] Hiram the king of Tyre had furnished Solomon with cedar trees and fir trees, and with gold, according to all his desire,) that then king Solomon gave Hiram twenty cities in the land of Galilee. Ver. 11. _In the land of Galilee._] Called Galilee of the Gentiles, Isa 9:1 because b... [ Continue Reading ]
And Hiram came out from Tyre to see the cities which Solomon had given him; and they pleased him not. Ver. 12. _And they pleased him not._] Here some tax Hiram of covetousness, which he expressed by his lofty looks, and discontented expostulations.... [ Continue Reading ]
And he said, What cities [are] these which thou hast given me, my brother? And he called them the land of Cabul unto this day. Ver. 13. _What cities are these?_] _i.e., _ _Quanti putas esse?_ _a_ How much dost thou hold them worth? _ And he called them the land of Cabul,_] _i.e., _ Displeasing or... [ Continue Reading ]
And Hiram sent to the king sixscore talents of gold. Ver. 14. _And Hiram sent to the king._] _Miserat autem,_ so Vatablus rendereth it, And Hiram had sent. &c., _sc., _ before the offer of those twenty cities.... [ Continue Reading ]
And this [is] the reason of the levy which king Solomon raised; for to build the house of the LORD, and his own house, and Millo, and the wall of Jerusalem, and Hazor, and Megiddo, and Gezer. Ver. 15. _And this is the reason of the levy,_] _sc., _ That Hiram, since he would not have those cities, m... [ Continue Reading ]
1 Kings 9:16 [For] Pharaoh king of Egypt had gone up, and taken Gezer, and burnt it with fire, and slain the Canaanites that dwelt in the city, and given it [for] a present unto his daughter, Solomon's wife. Ver. 16. _For Pharaoh king of Egypt, &c._] At the request, likely, of his son-in-law Solomo... [ Continue Reading ]
And Solomon built Gezer, and Bethhoron the nether, Ver. 17. _And Bethhoron, the nether._] Yea, both the Bethhorons, nether and upper too. 2Ch 8:5... [ Continue Reading ]
And Baalath, and Tadmor in the wilderness, in the land, Ver. 18. _In the wilderness, in the land,_] _i.e., _ So in the wilderness, as not out of the land of Canaan. Places which were but thinly inhabited, the Jews called wildernesses.... [ Continue Reading ]
And all the cities of store that Solomon had, and cities for his chariots, and cities for his horsemen, and that which Solomon desired to build in Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, and in all the land of his dominion. Ver. 19. _And cities for his chariots._] Which he had ready, in case war should fall out... [ Continue Reading ]
1 Kings 9:20 [And] all the people [that were] left of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, which [were] not of the children of Israel, Ver. 20. _And all the people that were left._] These and their posterity seem to be called Solomon's servants, Ezra 2:55 _; Ezra 2:58_ _Nehem... [ Continue Reading ]
Their children that were left after them in the land, whom the children of Israel also were not able utterly to destroy, upon those did Solomon levy a tribute of bondservice unto this day. Ver. 21. _Were not able utterly to destroy._] Once they could, but did not; afterwards they would have done it... [ Continue Reading ]
But of the children of Israel did Solomon make no bondmen: but they [were] men of war, and his servants, and his princes, and his captains, and rulers of his chariots, and his horsemen. Ver. 22. _Did Solomon make no bondmen._] Yet were they discontented at his government: and ten whole tribes at on... [ Continue Reading ]
These [were] the chief of the officers that [were] over Solomon's work, five hundred and fifty, which bare rule over the people that wrought in the work. Ver. 23. _Five hundred and fifty._] Nothing so many as he had about his temple work. 1Ki 5:16 These also took their turns, two hundred and fifty... [ Continue Reading ]
But Pharaoh's daughter came up out of the city of David unto her house which [Solomon] had built for her: then did he build Millo. Ver. 24. But Pharaoh's daughter came up.] See the reason of this remove. 2Ch 8:11... [ Continue Reading ]
And three times in a year did Solomon offer burnt offerings and peace offerings upon the altar which he built unto the LORD, and he burnt incense upon the altar that [was] before the LORD. So he finished the house. Ver. 25. _And three times in a year._] At the three great feasts: _see _ Deu 16:16 b... [ Continue Reading ]
And king Solomon made a navy of ships in Eziongeber, which [is] beside Eloth, on the shore of the Red sea, in the land of Edom. Ver. 26. _And king Solomon made a navy of ships._] Not now first, but when he first began to build, or before. Neither out of covetousness, but for the ease of the people,... [ Continue Reading ]
And Hiram sent in the navy his servants, shipmen that had knowledge of the sea, with the servants of Solomon. Ver. 27. _Shipmen that had knowledge of the sea._] The Tyrians and Phoenicians were famous all the world over for their great skill in navigation. Of the Hollanders, one saith, _Peterent ca... [ Continue Reading ]
And they came to Ophir, and fetched from thence gold, four hundred and twenty talents, and brought [it] to king Solomon. Ver. 28. _And they came to Ophir,_] _i.e., _ To golden Chersonesus, saith Josephus; to Peru, or Hispaniola, say others, who hold that the newly found world, as we call America, w... [ Continue Reading ]