_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,_ And it came to pass, when Solomon had finished. This first verse is connected with the eleventh, all that is contained between verses 21... [ Continue Reading ]
_THAT THE LORD APPEARED TO SOLOMON THE SECOND TIME, AS HE HAD APPEARED UNTO HIM AT GIBEON._ That (rather for) the Lord appeared. This appearance was, like the former one at Gibeon, most probably made in a supernatural vision, and on the night immediately following the dedication of the temple (2 Ch... [ 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._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ 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?_ This house, which is high - "high," either in point of situation-for it was built on a hill, and, therefore conspi... [ 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._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ 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,_ At the end of twenty years. Seven and a half years were spent in building the temple (1 Kings 6:38), and twelve and a half years or thirteen years in the erection of... [ Continue Reading ]
_(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._ Solomon gave Hiram twenty cities in the land of Galilee. According to Josephus ('Antiquities,' b.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND HIRAM CAME OUT FROM TYRE TO SEE THE CITIES WHICH SOLOMON HAD GIVEN HIM; AND THEY PLEASED HIM NOT._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ 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._ This is the reason of the levy. A levy refers both to men and money; and the necessity for Solomon making i... [ Continue Reading ]
_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._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND SOLOMON BUILT GEZER, AND BETH-HORON THE NETHER,_ Beth-horon the nether - situated on the way from Joppa to Jerusalem and Gibeon; it required, from so public a road, to be strongly garrisoned.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND BAALATH, AND TADMOR IN THE WILDERNESS, IN THE LAND,_ Baalath - Baalbec, called also Aven, or On (Amos 1:5). But some think that Baalath was in the south of Palestine, near the Shephelah, or Philistines plain (cf. 2 Chronicles 8:5). TADMOR - probably from х_ TAMAR_ (H8558)] palm, a city of pal... [ 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._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ 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._ These were the chief of the officers - (see the notes at 2 Chronicles 8:10.)... [ 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._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ 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._ Three times in a year - namely, at the Passover, Pentecost, and feast of tabernacles... [ 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._ Ezion-geber, which is beside Eloth. These were neighbouring ports at the head of the eastern or Elanitic branch of the Red Sea. Tyrian ship-carpenters and sailors were sen... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND HIRAM SENT IN THE NAVY HIS SERVANTS, SHIPMEN THAT HAD KNOWLEDGE OF THE SEA, WITH THE SERVANTS OF SOLOMON._ NO JFB COMMENTARY ON THIS VERSE.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THEY CAME TO OPHIR, AND FETCHED FROM THENCE GOLD, FOUR HUNDRED AND TWENTY TALENTS, AND BROUGHT IT TO KING SOLOMON._ Ophir - a general name, like the East or West Indies with us, for all the southern regions lying on the African, Arabian, or Indian seas, so far as at that time known. Some consi... [ Continue Reading ]