_AND WHEN THE QUEEN OF SHEBA HEARD OF THE FAME OF SOLOMON CONCERNING THE NAME OF THE LORD, SHE CAME TO PROVE HIM WITH HARD QUESTIONS._ The queen of Sheba. As to where her country was, some think it was the Sabean kingdom of Yemen, of which the capital was Saba (Mariaba, according to Eratosthenes; S... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND SHE CAME TO JERUSALEM WITH A VERY GREAT TRAIN, WITH CAMELS THAT BARE SPICES, AND VERY MUCH GOLD, AND PRECIOUS STONES: AND WHEN SHE WAS COME TO SOLOMON, SHE COMMUNED WITH HIM OF ALL THAT WAS IN HER HEART._ A very great train, with camels. These animals could not have come from the shores of the... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND SOLOMON TOLD HER ALL HER QUESTIONS: THERE WAS NOT ANY THING HID FROM THE KING, WHICH HE TOLD HER NOT._ And Solomon told her all her questions, х_ DªBAAREYHAA_ (H1697)] - matters, subjects of conversation, including the х_ CHIYDOWT_ (H2420)] hard questions (1 Kings 10:1); solved all her enigmas... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND WHEN THE QUEEN OF SHEBA HAD SEEN ALL SOLOMON'S WISDOM, AND THE HOUSE THAT HE HAD BUILT,_ And when the queen of Sheba had seen all Solomon's wisdom х_ CHAAKªMAT_ (H2451) _ SHªLOMOH _ (H8010)] the wisdom of Solomon. Under this word the Hebrews comprehended a very large circle of mental endowment... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE MEAT OF HIS TABLE, AND THE SITTING OF HIS SERVANTS, AND THE ATTENDANCE OF HIS MINISTERS, AND THEIR APPAREL, AND HIS CUPBEARERS, AND HIS ASCENT BY WHICH HE WENT UP UNTO THE HOUSE OF THE LORD; THERE WAS NO MORE SPIRIT IN HER._ And the meat of his table - including the immense amount, variety... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND SHE SAID TO THE KING, IT WAS A TRUE REPORT THAT I HEARD IN MINE OWN LAND OF THY ACTS AND OF THY WISDOM._ It was a true report ... The proofs she obtained of Solomon's wisdom, not from his conversation only, but also his works; the splendour of his palace, the economy of his kitchen and table,... [ Continue Reading ]
_HOWBEIT I BELIEVED NOT THE WORDS, UNTIL I CAME, AND MINE EYES HAD SEEN IT: AND, BEHOLD, THE HALF WAS NOT TOLD ME: THY WISDOM AND PROSPERITY EXCEEDETH THE FAME WHICH I HEARD._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_BLESSED BE THE LORD THY GOD, WHICH DELIGHTED IN THEE, TO SET THEE ON THE THRONE OF ISRAEL: BECAUSE THE LORD LOVED ISRAEL FOR EVER, THEREFORE MADE HE THEE KING, TO DO JUDGMENT AND JUSTICE._ BLESSED BE THE LORD THY GOD - (see the notes at 1 Kings 5:7.) It is quite possible, as Jewish writers say, tha... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND SHE GAVE THE KING AN HUNDRED AND TWENTY TALENTS OF GOLD, AND OF SPICES VERY GREAT STORE, AND PRECIOUS STONES: THERE CAME NO MORE SUCH ABUNDANCE OF SPICES AS THESE WHICH THE QUEEN OF SHEBA GAVE TO KING SOLOMON._ She gave the king an hundred and twenty talents of gold - 720,000 pounds sterling.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE NAVY ALSO OF HIRAM, THAT BROUGHT GOLD FROM OPHIR, BROUGHT IN FROM OPHIR GREAT PLENTY OF ALMUG TREES, AND PRECIOUS STONES._ Almug trees - or algum. Parenthetically, along with the valuable presents of the queen of Sheba, is mentioned a foreign wood, which was brought in the Ophir ships. It... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE KING MADE OF THE ALMUG TREES PILLARS FOR THE HOUSE OF THE LORD, AND FOR THE KING'S HOUSE, HARPS ALSO AND PSALTERIES FOR SINGERS: THERE CAME NO SUCH ALMUG TREES, NOR WERE SEEN UNTO THIS DAY._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND KING SOLOMON GAVE UNTO THE QUEEN OF SHEBA ALL HER DESIRE, WHATSOEVER SHE ASKED, BESIDE THAT WHICH SOLOMON GAVE HER OF HIS ROYAL BOUNTY. SO SHE TURNED AND WENT TO HER OWN COUNTRY, SHE AND HER SERVANTS._ All her desire, whatsoever she asked, besides - i:e., Solomon not only gave his illustrious... [ Continue Reading ]
_NOW THE WEIGHT OF GOLD THAT CAME TO SOLOMON IN ONE YEAR WAS SIX HUNDRED THREESCORE AND SIX TALENTS OF GOLD,_ Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year - 666 talents, equal to 3,996,000 pounds sterling. The sources whence this was derived are not mentioned; nor was it the full amount... [ Continue Reading ]
_BESIDE THAT HE HAD OF THE MERCHANTMEN, AND OF THE TRAFFICK OF THE SPICE MERCHANTS, AND OF ALL THE KINGS OF ARABIA, AND OF THE GOVERNORS OF THE COUNTRY._ GOVERNORS - х_ PACHOWT_ (H6346). The Septuagint renders it by: satrapoon]. 'Is this a foreign word, having a Semitic status constructus, and the p... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND KING SOLOMON MADE TWO HUNDRED TARGETS OF BEATEN GOLD: SIX HUNDRED SHEKELS OF GOLD WENT TO ONE TARGET._ Two hundred targets ... six hundred shekels. These defensive arms were anciently made of wood, and covered with leather: Solomon's were covered with fine gold. 600 shekels were used in the gi... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND HE MADE THREE HUNDRED SHIELDS OF BEATEN GOLD; THREE POUND OF GOLD WENT TO ONE SHIELD: AND THE KING PUT THEM IN THE HOUSE OF THE FOREST OF LEBANON._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_MOREOVER THE KING MADE A GREAT THRONE OF IVORY, AND OVERLAID IT WITH THE BEST GOLD._ A great throne of ivory. It seems to have been made, not of solid ivory, but veneered. It was in the form of an arm-chair with a carved back. The ascent to it was by six steps, on each of which stood lions, in pla... [ Continue Reading ]
_THE THRONE HAD SIX STEPS, AND THE TOP OF THE THRONE WAS ROUND BEHIND: AND THERE WERE STAYS ON EITHER SIDE ON THE PLACE OF THE SEAT, AND TWO LIONS STOOD BESIDE THE STAYS._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND ALL KING SOLOMON'S DRINKING VESSELS WERE OF GOLD, AND ALL THE VESSELS OF THE HOUSE OF THE FOREST OF LEBANON WERE OF PURE GOLD; NONE WERE OF SILVER: IT WAS NOTHING ACCOUNTED OF IN THE DAYS OF SOLOMON._ All king Solomon's drinking vessels were of gold ... The magnificence of Eastern monarchs was... [ Continue Reading ]
_FOR THE KING HAD AT SEA A NAVY OF THARSHISH WITH THE NAVY OF HIRAM: ONCE IN THREE YEARS CAME THE NAVY OF THARSHISH, BRINGING GOLD, AND SILVER, IVORY, AND APES, AND PEACOCKS._ At sea - on the Mediterranean. A NAVY OF THARSHISH - Tartessus, between the mouths of the Boetis, now Guadalquiver, in the... [ Continue Reading ]
_SO KING SOLOMON EXCEEDED ALL THE KINGS OF THE EARTH FOR RICHES AND FOR WISDOM._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND ALL THE EARTH SOUGHT TO SOLOMON, TO HEAR HIS WISDOM, WHICH GOD HAD PUT IN HIS HEART._ All the earth sought to Solomon ... - i:e., in a loose sense, the sovereigns of the neighbouring kingdoms, or the countries of Western Asia.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THEY BROUGHT EVERY MAN HIS PRESENT, VESSELS OF SILVER, AND VESSELS OF GOLD, AND GARMENTS, AND ARMOUR, AND SPICES, HORSES, AND MULES, A RATE YEAR BY YEAR._ They brought every man his present - i:e., to him as their feudal superior. No doubt, the making of presents is in the East an established... [ Continue Reading ]