1 Kings 9:1
THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4.... [ Continue Reading ]
AS HE HAD APPEARED. See 1 Kings 3:5.... [ Continue Reading ]
MINE EYES. MINE HEART. Figure of speech _Anthropopatheia_.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND. Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulg, read this "and" in the text.... [ Continue Reading ]
AS. according as.... [ Continue Reading ]
CHILDREN. sons.... [ Continue Reading ]
PEOPLE. peoples.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND AT THIS HOUSE, &C. Render thus: "And this house will become conspicuous; every passer by will be astonished, and hiss; and they will say", &c.... [ Continue Reading ]
GOD. Hebrew. _Elohim._ EVIL. Hebrew. _ra'a'._ App-44.... [ Continue Reading ]
TWENTY YEARS. Compare 1 Kings 7:1.... [ Continue Reading ]
NOW HIRAM. Figure of speech _Parenthesis._ FIR, or cypress.... [ Continue Reading ]
WHAT CITIES. ? Figure of speech _Erotesis._ App-6. CABUL. The point of the sarcasm is not apparent to us on account of our not knowing the meaning of the word. It has been variously suggested as meaning "worthless", "not to my taste" (Josephus). Galilee always despised. Septuagint says "frontier";... [ Continue Reading ]
SENT: referring to 1 Kings 9:11. Perhaps this was an advance for which the cities of 1 Kings 9:11 were the security.... [ Continue Reading ]
REASON. account, or schedule. LEVY: i.e. tribute of men. Same word as 1 Kings 5:13. not the same word as 1 Kings 9:21. MILLO. the Millo. Part of Jebusite city, or the filling up between Jebus and Moriah. Hezekiah strengthened it. Shechem had. "Millo" (Judges 9:6). Compare 1 Kings 9:24. 1Ki 11:27.... [ Continue Reading ]
PRESENT. dowry.... [ Continue Reading ]
BUILT. rebuilt and fortified.... [ Continue Reading ]
TADMOR. Called, later, Palmyra (from its palms).... [ Continue Reading ]
BONDSERVICE. See note on 1 Kings 9:22.... [ Continue Reading ]
MAKE NO BONDMEN. According to Leviticus 25:39. The levy, of 1 Kings 5:13; 1 Kings 11:28, was. levy for free service. This was for bondservice (1 Kings 9:21). AND. Note the Figure of speech _Polysyndeton_ (App-6) in this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
EZION-GEBER. Compare Numbers 33:35.Deuteronomy 2:8. Position lost when Edom revolted (2 Kings 8:20). Restored by Uzziah (2 Kings 14:22). Finally lost by Ahaz (2 Kings 16:6).... [ Continue Reading ]
THREE TIMES IN. YEAR. Compare Exodus 23:14; Deuteronomy 16:16; 2 Chronicles 8:13. OFFER. offer up. See App-43.... [ Continue Reading ]