2 Chronicles 8:1-10
Solomon's Public Buildings and Serfs... [ Continue Reading ]
Solomon's Public Buildings and Serfs... [ Continue Reading ]
And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, wherein Solomon had built the house of the Lord, the building of the Temple taking seven years, AND HIS OWN HOUSE, whose erection took thirteen years,... [ Continue Reading ]
that the cities which Huram had restored to Solomon, those in Northwestern Galilee, which had been granted to Huram by Solomon, but refused by the Phenician king as unsuitable for the purposes of his chief industries, 1 Kings 9:11, SOLOMON BUILT THEM, AND CAUSED THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL TO DWELL THERE... [ Continue Reading ]
And Solomon went to Hamath-zobah, probably a confederacy of two Syrian kingdoms on, and east of, the Orontes, AND PREVAILED AGAINST IT, he overcame the forces of the confederacy whose rulers had in some way provoked his resentment.... [ Continue Reading ]
And he built Tadmor in the wilderness, later the famous Palmyra of Queen Zenobia, AND ALL THE STORE CITIES, WHICH HE BUILT IN HAMATH, the fortified towns along the northern frontier, either to further his commercial enterprises or to secure himself against an attack from the north.... [ Continue Reading ]
Also he built Beth-horon the Upper and Beth-horon the Nether, on the Philistine frontier, FENCED CITIES, WITH WALLS, GATES, AND BARS;... [ Continue Reading ]
and Baalath, in the same territory, AND ALL THE STORE CITIES THAT SOLOMON HAD, AND ALL THE CHARIOT CITIES, some of which were situated in the rich grazing lands in the south, AND THE CITIES OF THE HORSEMEN, where his cavalry was stationed, AND ALL THAT SOLOMON DESIRED TO BUILD IN JERUSALEM AND IN LE... [ Continue Reading ]
As for all the people that were left of the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, which were not of Israel, descendants of the Canaanite nations that occupied the land before the conquest,... [ Continue Reading ]
but of their children, who were left after them in the land, whom the children of Israel, contrary to the original command of the Lord, CONSUMED NOT, whom the Lord, therefore, left in the country as a perpetual snare to Israel, Judges 2:1, THEM DID SOLOMON MAKE TO PAY TRIBUTE UNTIL THIS DAY, reduced... [ Continue Reading ]
But of the children of Israel did Solomon make no servants for his work, they were not forced to perform menial tasks; BUT THEY WERE MEN OF WAR AND CHIEF OF HIS CAPTAINS AND CAPTAINS OF HIS CHARIOTS AND HORSEMEN, they held positions of honor in the army.... [ Continue Reading ]
And these were the chief of King Solomon's officers, the overseers belonging to Israel only, EVEN TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY, THAT BARE RULE OVER THE PEOPLE. So Solomon showed himself a wise administrator in all the affairs of his kingdom, interested in the welfare and security of his people. His kingdom... [ Continue Reading ]
And Solomon brought up the daughter of Pharaoh out of the City of David unto the house that he had built for her, a special building of his palace for his chief wife; FOR HE SAID, MY WIFE SHALL NOT DWELL IN THE HOUSE OF DAVID, KING OF ISRAEL, BECAUSE THE PLACES ARE HOLY WHEREUNTO THE ARK OF THE LORD... [ Continue Reading ]
Solomon's Worship and Navigation... [ Continue Reading ]
Then Solomon, through the priests ordained for that ministry, OFFERED BURNT OFFERINGS UNTO THE LORD ON THE ALTAR OF THE LORD WHICH HE HAD BUILT BEFORE THE PORCH, just east of the great entrance portico leading to the Sanctuary,... [ Continue Reading ]
even after a certain rate every day, offering according to the commandment of Moses, on the Sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the solemn feasts, above all, the great festivals, THREE TIMES IN THE YEAR, EVEN IN THE FEAST OF UNLEAVENED BREAD, AND IN THE FEAST OF WEEKS, AND IN THE FEAST OF TABERNA... [ Continue Reading ]
And he appointed, according to the order of David, his father, 2 Chronicles 24:25, THE COURSES OF THE PRIESTS TO THEIR SERVICE, their divisions and the sequence of their ministry having been established by David in solemn assembly, AND THE LEVITES TO THEIR CHARGES, 1 Chronicles 25:1, TO PRAISE AND M... [ Continue Reading ]
And they departed not from the commandment of the king, that is, of David, UNTO THE PRIESTS AND LEVITES CONCERNING ANY MATTER, in regulating the courses and fixing the tasks, OR CONCERNING THE TREASURES, in applying the available precious metals and votive gifts to the construction and adornment of... [ Continue Reading ]
Now, all the work of Solomon was prepared unto the day of the foundation of the house of the Lord, and until it was finished, this including the entire fitting up and arrangement of the Temple for divine worship. SO THE HOUSE OF THE LORD WAS PERFECTED, made ready in all its parts for the consecrated... [ Continue Reading ]
Then went Solomon to Ezion-geber, at the head of the Elanitic Gulf of the Red Sea, AND TO ELOTH, another port on the same gulf, AT THE SEA SIDE IN THE LAND OF EDOM. Solomon was shrewd enough to see that his country needed more commercial enterprises if it was to become powerful among the nations.... [ Continue Reading ]
And Huram sent him by the hands of his servants ships, and servants that had knowledge of the sea, seasoned and experienced mariners; AND THEY WENT WITH THE SERVANTS OF SOLOMON TO OPHIR, the location of which is unknown, though it is generally placed on the southeastern coast of Africa, AND TOOK THE... [ Continue Reading ]