_AND WHEN THE QUEEN OF SHEBA HEARD OF THE FAME OF SOLOMON, SHE CAME TO PROVE SOLOMON WITH HARD QUESTIONS AT JERUSALEM, WITH A VERY GREAT COMPANY, AND CAMELS THAT BARE SPICES, AND GOLD IN ABUNDANCE, AND PRECIOUS STONES: AND WHEN SHE WAS COME TO SOLOMON, SHE COMMUNED WITH HIM OF ALL THAT WAS IN HER HE... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND SOLOMON TOLD HER ALL HER QUESTIONS: AND THERE WAS NOTHING HID FROM SOLOMON WHICH HE TOLD HER NOT._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND KING SOLOMON GAVE TO THE QUEEN OF SHEBA ALL HER DESIRE, WHATSOEVER SHE ASKED, BESIDE THAT WHICH SHE HAD BROUGHT UNTO THE KING. SO SHE TURNED, AND WENT AWAY TO HER OWN LAND, SHE AND HER SERVANTS._ King Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all her desire ... beside that which she had brought unto... [ Continue Reading ]
_NOW THE WEIGHT OF GOLD THAT CAME TO SOLOMON IN ONE YEAR WAS SIX HUNDRED AND THREESCORE AND SIX TALENTS OF GOLD;_ Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year - (see the notes at 1 Kings 10:14.) SIX HUNDRED AND THREESCORE AND SIX TALENTS OF GOLD. The sum named is equal to 3,646,350 Bri... [ Continue Reading ]
_BESIDE THAT WHICH CHAPMEN AND MERCHANTS BROUGHT. AND ALL THE KINGS OF ARABIA AND GOVERNORS OF THE COUNTRY BROUGHT GOLD AND SILVER TO SOLOMON._ And governors of the country. As to the word Pechah, see the note at 1 Kings 10:15.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND KING SOLOMON MADE TWO HUNDRED TARGETS OF BEATEN GOLD: SIX HUNDRED SHEKELS OF BEATEN GOLD WENT TO ONE TARGET._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_FOR THE KING'S SHIPS WENT TO TARSHISH WITH THE SERVANTS OF HURAM: EVERY THREE YEARS ONCE CAME THE SHIPS OF TARSHISH BRINGING GOLD, AND SILVER, IVORY, AND APES, AND PEACOCKS._ The king's ships went to Tarshish - rather, 'the king's ships of Tarhish went' with the servants of Huram. SHIPS OF TARSH... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND KING SOLOMON PASSED ALL THE KINGS OF THE EARTH IN RICHES AND WISDOM._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND SOLOMON HAD FOUR THOUSAND STALLS FOR HORSES AND CHARIOTS, AND TWELVE THOUSAND HORSEMEN; WHOM HE BESTOWED IN THE CHARIOT CITIES, AND WITH THE KING AT JERUSALEM._ Solomon had four thousand stalls. It has been conjectured (Gesenius, 'Hebrew Lexicon') that the original term may signify not only st... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND HE REIGNED OVER ALL THE KINGS FROM THE RIVER EVEN UNTO THE LAND OF THE PHILISTINES, AND TO THE BORDER OF EGYPT._ (See the notes at 1 Kings 4:21.) This scriptural account of the power of the Hebrew king resembles, almost word for word, some of the paragraphs in the great ascriptions of Assyria... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE KING MADE SILVER IN JERUSALEM AS STONES, AND CEDAR TREES MADE HE AS THE SYCOMORE TREES THAT ARE IN THE LOW PLAINS IN ABUNDANCE._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THEY BROUGHT UNTO SOLOMON HORSES OUT OF EGYPT, AND OUT OF ALL LANDS._ Horses out of Egypt - (see the note at 2 Chronicles 1:17.) Solomon undoubtedly carried the Hebrew kingdom to HORSES OUT OF EGYPT - (see the note at 2 Chronicles 1:17.) Solomon undoubtedly carried the Hebrew kingdom to its hi... [ Continue Reading ]