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Verse 1 Kings 10:29. _A CHARIOT CAME UP - FOR SIX HUNDRED_ SHEKELS]
This was the ordinary price of a _chariot_, as _a hundred and fifty
shekels_ were for a _horse_.
_KINGS OF THE HITTITES_] These mu...
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6. SOLOMON AND THE QUEEN OF SHEBA: HIS GREAT RICHES AND SPLENDOUR
CHAPTER 10
_ 1. The visit of the Queen (1 Kings 10:1)_
2. Solomon's enormous wealth (1 Kings 10:14)
3. the targets and shields ...
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1 KINGS 10. VISIT OF THE QUEEN OF SHEBA. By Sheba or Saba a district
in S. Arabia is meant. The Sabæ ans were known to the Israelites as
exporters of gold (Isaiah 60:6; Psalms 72:15); Ezekiel (Ezekiel...
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KINGS OF THE HITTITES. Compare 1 Samuel 26:6; 2 Kings 7:6. These
passages alleged to be unhistoric! but they are confirmed by the
discoveries made in 1874 throughout Asia Minor and North Syria, which...
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_And a chariot_ The word is used (Exodus 14:25; Joshua 11:6; Joshua
11:9, &c.) for a -chariot employed in war," and that is probably the
sense here. These also Solomon's merchants supplied from Egypt,...
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AND A CHARIOT CAME UP AND WENT OUT OF EGYPT, &C.— The Egyptian
horses were highly acceptable to the Syrian princes, who, it seems,
had them brought out of that country by the means of Solomon, at a
co...
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B. SOLOMON'S OTHER WEALTH 10:22-29
TRANSLATION
(22) For the king had a Tarshish fleet in the sea with the fleet of
Hiram; once in three years the Tarshish fleet came, bringing gold,
silver, ivory, ap...
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SOLOMON AND THE QUEEN OF SHEBA
1. Sheba] the Sheba of Genesis 10:28 (in Arabia), not of Genesis 10:7
(in Africa). Arabia seems frequently to have been ruled by queens;
more than one is mentioned in th...
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THE HITTITES] This people were probably of Mongolian race, and drew
their origin from Cappadocia. They came in contact with Israel chiefly
on its northern border (Judges 1:26).
BY THEIR MEANS] Heb. '...
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GOD’S LESSONS FROM HISTORY
1 KINGS
_PHILIP SMITH_
CHAPTER 10
THE QUEEN OF SHEBA’S VISIT
V1 The Queen of Sheba heard about Solomon’s fame and how he gave
honour to the *Lord. So she came to test...
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A CHARIOT. — This is the chariot and its team of two or three
horses; the “horse” is the charger. The price (though so far
considerable as to indicate a large expenditure on the whole) shows
that the...
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וַֽ֠ תַּעֲלֶה וַ תֵּצֵ֨א מֶרְכָּבָ֤ה
מִ מִּצְ
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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 IN ALL HIS GLORY”
1 Kings 10:14
How dazzling is this description of Solomon's glory! And yet our Lord
said that it was excelled by a single lily of the field, Matthew 6:28.
Solomon's glory w...
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The Queen of Sheba's visit to Solomon shows how far his fame was
spread abroad. Moreover, reports had coupled Solomon's wisdom and
greatness with the name of Jehovah. The Queen of Sheba saw what the
g...
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Fifty, upon an average. --- Hethites: some had retired, and built
Lusa; (Judges i. 26.) others dwelt beyond Libanus, 4 Kings vii. 4.
These kings sold horses to Solomon; or, according to the Hebrew, th...
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REFLECTIONS
READER! added to the view we have taken in this chapter of Solomon's
wisdom and greatness, as a shadow of him in whom are hid all the
treasures of wisdom and knowledge; are we not led by w...
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(14) В¶ Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was
six hundred threescore and six talents of gold, (15) Beside that he
had of the merchantmen, and of the traffick of the spice merchan...
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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 king of Tyre also was dependent on the king of Israel; and the
queen of Sheba comes from the far south to delight herself in the
wisdom of the head of God's people, and to be filled with wonder at...
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AND A CHARIOT CAME UP AND WENT OUT OF EGYPT FOR SIX HUNDRED SHEKELS OF
SILVER,.... Which, reckoning at two shillings and six pence a shekel,
amounted to seventy five pounds; but a shekel was not worth...
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And a chariot came up and went out of Egypt for six hundred [shekels]
of silver, and an horse for an hundred and fifty: and so for all the
kings of the Hittites, and for the kings of Syria, did they b...
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_A chariot came up out of Egypt for six hundred shekels of silver_,
&c. Egypt being then the most famous country in the world for horses
and chariots, and all Asia being supplied from thence, Solomon,...
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1 The Queene of Sheba admireth the wisdome of Solomon.
14 Solomons gold.
16 His targets.
18 The throne of Iuorie.
21 His vessels.
24 His presents.
26 His chariots and horse.
28 His tribute.
1 A...
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And a chariot came up and went out of Egypt for six hundred shekels of
silver, that was the price of each one, AND AN HORSE FOR AN HUNDRED
AND FIFTY, almost one hundred dollars; AND SO FOR ALL THE KIN...
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Solomon's Riches and Luxury...
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THE VISIT OF THE QUEEN OF SHEBA
(vs.1-13)
News of Solomon's greatness spread through the nations. It was not
however his greatness itself that impressed the Queen of Sheba, but
his fame concerning t...
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BY THEIR MEANS:
_ Heb._ by their hand...
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14-29 Solomon increased his wealth. Silver was nothing accounted of.
Such is the nature of worldly wealth, plenty of it makes it the less
valuable; much more should the enjoyment of spiritual riches...
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A CHARIOT: this is not to be understood of the chariots and horses
themselves, (for then all horses had been set at an equal price, which
is most absurd,) but by a metonymy, for the lading of chariots...
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1 Kings 10:29 chariot H4818 imported H5927 (H8799) H3318 (H8799) Egypt
H4714 six H8337 hundred H3967 silver...
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THE ULTIMATE GREATNESS OF SOLOMON (1 KINGS 10:23).
The author concludes his description of the magnificence of Solomon by
indicating the impact that he made on the ancient world, both in
reputation an...
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CONTENTS: Solomon and the queen of Sheba. His revenue and splendor.
CHARACTERS: God, Solomon, queen of Sheba.
CONCLUSION: That fame is true fame which has associated with it the
name of the Lord and...
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1 Kings 10:1. _Sheba,_ from Saba, the eldest son of Cush. Genesis
10:7. The country extending itself from the Gulf of Persia to the Red
sea. The claims of the Abyssinians to the queen of this country,...
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1 KINGS—NOTE ON 1 KINGS 10:26 CHARIOTS AND HORSEMEN... SILVER. The
accumulation of silver and horses, as well as gold, is forbidden by
Deuteronomy 17:16
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CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.—
1 Kings 10:15. BESIDE … OF THE MERCHANTMEN, AND … MERCHANTS—the
words rendered “merchantmen,” אַנְשֵׁי הַתָּרִים
have been conjectured to mean “fines of the subject” ...
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EXPOSITION
SOLOMON'S WEALTH, POMP, AND POWER. The visit of the Queen of Sheba, in
itself a striking proof of the fame and greatness of Solomon, is
followed by a description of his revenues, his throne...
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Now the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon and so she came to
Jerusalem with a very great company of people, camels, spices, a lot
of gold, and precious stones: and as she came to Solomon, sh...
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2 Kings 7:6; Hosea 12:10; Joshua 1:4; Malachi 1:1...
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Chariot — This is not to be understood of the chariots and horses
themselves, but for the lading of chariots and horses, which
consisting of fine linen and silk, were of great value: and the king's
cu...