2 Chronicles 8:1

_AND IT CAME TO PASS AT THE END OF TWENTY YEARS, WHEREIN SOLOMON HAD BUILT THE HOUSE OF THE LORD, AND HIS OWN HOUSE,_ At the end of twenty years, wherein Solomon had built the house of the Lord, and his own house - (cf. 1 Kings 6:38; 1 Kings 7:1; also 9:10.)...

CHAPTER VIII _Solomon's buildings, conquests, and officers_, 1-10. _He brings Pharaoh's daughter to his new-built palace_, 11. _His various sacrifices, and arrangement of the priests,_ _Levites, and porters_, 12-16. _He sends a fleet to Ophir_, 17, 18. NOTES ON CHAP. VIII Verse 2 Chronicles 8:1. _AT THE END OF TWENTY YEARS_] He employed _seven_ years and a _half_ in building the temple, and _twelve_ and a _half_, or _thirteen_, in building his own house. - Compare this with 1 Kings 7:1.

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EXPOSITION This interesting historical chapter may very well be described as by Professor Dr. James G. Murphy, in his 'Bible-Class Handbook,' "The Acts of Solomon," or at any rate, some of the miscellaneous acts, for which time was found now that the "two houses" were out of hand. 2 CHRONICLES 8:1 (parallel, 1 Kings 9:10).—TwEnty YEARS, WHEREIN SOLOMON HAD BUILT THE HOUSE OF THE LORD, AND HIS OWN HOUSE. The description is intended to be, what it is, chronologically exact. Four years of Solomon had passed when he began the Lord's house, seven were spent in building it, thirteen in finishing and furnishing it, and in building, finishing, and furnishing the king's house—in all twenty-four years....

AND IT CAME TO PASS AT THE END OF TWENTY YEARS,.... 1 Kings 9:10....

5. SOLOMON'S PROSPERITY AND ACTIVITIES CHAPTER 8 _ 1. The fortifications of cities (2 Chronicles 8:1)_ 2. The subjection of the strangers (2 Chronicles 8:7) 3. The removal of the daughter of Pharaoh (2 Chronicles 8:11) 4. The perfected service (2 Chronicles 8:12) 5. The expedition to Ophir (2 Chronicles 8:17) The activities of the King included the fortification of certain cities. (See...

SOLOMON'S VARIOUS RELIGIOUS AND SECULAR UNDERTAKINGS (see notes on 1 Kings 9:10). A striking difference occurs between 2 and 1 Kings 9:11; here Hiram gives Solomon an unspecified number of cities, whereas in the historical account Solomon gives Hiram twenty cities. The discrepancy is not difficult to account for; in the Chronicler's days when, with the lapse of time, the popular conception had greatly increased the wealth and power of Solomon, it was not thought credible that such a monarch could really have ceded Israelite cities to a heathen in lieu of payment. This is not to say that the Chronicler deliberately falsified history; the sources from which he compiled his record were various, and upon these the influence of tradition is not likely to have been without effect; moreover, the authority of the

TWENTY. The number of Expectancy and Waiting, 2 Chronicles 21:1. Divine completeness (21) minus one (1). (App-10). Compare Genesis 31:38; Genesis 31:41.Judges 4:3; Judges 15:20; Judges 16:31; 1 Samuel 7:2....

2 Chronicles 8:1-6 (cp. 1 Kings 9:10-11; 1 Kings 9:17-19). Solomon's Cities 1. _twenty years_ Cp. 1 Kings 6:38; 1 Kings 7:1....

5. BUILDING, LABORERS AND SHIPS (2 Chronicles 8:1-18) TEXT 2 Chronicles 8:1. And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, wherein Solomon had built the house of Jehovah, and his own house, 2. that the cities which Huram had given to Solomon, Solomon built them, and caused the children of Israel to dwell there. 3. And Solomon went to Hamath-zobah, and prevailed against it. 4. And he built Tadmor in the wilderness, and all the store cities, which he built in Hamath. 5. Also he built Bethhoron the upper, and Beth-horon the nether, fortified cities, with walls, gates, and bars; 6. and Baalath, and all the store cities that Solomon had, and all the cities for his chariots, and the cities for his horsemen, and all that Solomon desired to build for his pleasure in Jerusale