2 Chronicles 9:1
_Saba. See 3 Kings x. 1. This queen resided in Arabia or Abyssinia. (Haydock) --- Questions. They were not of a trifling nature, as she is commended by Christ. (Du Hamel)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Saba. See 3 Kings x. 1. This queen resided in Arabia or Abyssinia. (Haydock) --- Questions. They were not of a trifling nature, as she is commended by Christ. (Du Hamel)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_House; the royal palace, or rather the temple, which was much more magnificent than any thing in the East._... [ Continue Reading ]
_Virtues. Hebrew, "words," or of what regards thee (Calmet) and thy exploits. (Tirinus)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Fame. Hebrew and Septuagint, "the fame which I had heard." (Haydock)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_King of the Lord. Hence the style, "By the grace of God, king of England," &c., has been adopted. Those deserve the name, who rule according to God's will. (Worthington) --- The kings of the Jews were more properly lieutenants of God, as the government was a theocracy, chap. xiii. 8., &c._... [ Continue Reading ]
_Thyine-trees, very odoriferous. (Calmet) --- Hebrew algumim: 3 Kings almugim, as the letters are frequently transposed in Hebrew. (Du Hamel) --- Huet thinks these were citron-trees, which did not produce fruit, but were used to make costly tables, and were a species of cedar._... [ Continue Reading ]
_Stairs. Hebrew, "hands," (Du Hamel) or banisters, from the palace to the temple. (Junius)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_And many. Hebrew, "besides that which she had brought unto the king." (Protestants) It is however certain that Solomon made use of many of her presents, and therefore he returned her others in greater profusion, or, as it is expressed, 3 Kings, besides what he offered her of himself of his royal bo... [ Continue Reading ]
_Gold, each worth 5475 l. (Arbuthnot) so that this part of the revenue alone would amount to 3,646,350 l. sterling, annually. (Haydock)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Beside. Hebrew, "besides that which chapmen and merchants brought." (Protestants) The deputies appear to be the tax-gatherers, 3 Kings x. 15. (Haydock)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Pieces. In 3 Kings, we read, three pounds. --- Wood; or, "in the palace of the forest of Libanus," (3 Kings x. 17.; Calmet) as it is expressed in the Septuagint. (Tirinus)_... [ Continue Reading ]
CHAPTER IX. _ Arms. Protestants, "stays." (Haydock) --- Hebrew in 3 Kings seems clearer and more correct. (Calmet)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Days. We sometimes find the figure, hyperbole, used in Scripture for things unusual, chap. i. 16. (Worthington)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Tharsis. Any distant place was so called. (Tirinus)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Thousand. In 3 Kings, we read, 1400 chariots; and here Hebrew has, "4000 stables, (Calmet) or stalls for horses and chariots;" (Protestants) and the Septuagint, "4000 mares for the chariots, and 12,000 horsemen." (Haydock) --- There might be ten horses in each stable. (Du Hamel)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Seer. The works of these three are not extant. (Menochius) --- The fall of Solomon is recorded, 3 Kings xi. (Worthington)_... [ Continue Reading ]