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.
Verse 2 Chronicles 8:3. _HAMATH-ZOBAH_] "Emessa, on the river Orontes." - _Calmet_....
HAMATH-ZOBAH - Usually identified with the “great Hamath” Amos 6:2; the capital of Coele-Syria; but probably a town of Zobah otherwise unknown, which revolted from Solomon, and was reduced to subjecti...
5. SOLOMON'S PROSPERITY AND ACTIVITIES CHAPTER 8 _ 1. The fortifications of cities (2 Chronicles 8:1)_ 2. The subjection of the strangers (2 Chronicles 8:7) 3. The removal of the daughter of Phara...
SOLOMON'S VARIOUS RELIGIOUS AND SECULAR UNDERTAKINGS (see notes on 1 Kings 9:10). A striking difference occurs between 2 and 1 Kings 9:11; here Hiram gives Solomon an unspecified number of cities, whe...
_Hamath-zobah_ The two kingdoms of Hamath and Zobah are distinguished from one another (1 Chronicles 18:3; 1 Chronicles 18:9 = 1 Samuel 8:3;...
5. BUILDING, LABORERS AND SHIPS (2 Chronicles 8:1-18) TEXT 2 Chronicles 8:1. And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, wherein Solomon had built the house of Jehovah, and his own house, 2. that...
_AND SOLOMON WENT TO HAMATHZOBAH, AND PREVAILED AGAINST IT._ Solomon went to Hamath-zobah. Hamath was on the Orontes, in Coele-Syria. Its king, Toi, had been the ally of David; but, from the combinat...
HAMATH-ZOBAH] Perhaps a Hamath in Zobah (a country E. of the Sea of G-alilee, in the region of the modern Haurân)....
SOLOMON'S BUILDINGS. HIS TRADE WITH OPHIR This chapter reproduces the substance of 1 Kings 9:10; 1 Kings 9:28 but describes some additional buildings....
2 CHRONICLES: GOD DESIRES LOYAL PEOPLE SOLOMON RULES *ISRAEL 2 CHRONICLES CHAPTER S 1 TO 9 _IAN MACKERVOY_ CHAPTER 8 WHAT SOLOMON DID – 2 CHRONICLES 8:1-18 V1 By the end of 20 y
AND SOLOMON WENT. — _Marched_ (2 Samuel 12:29). HAMATH-ZOBAH. — That is, Hamath bordering on Zobah. (Comp. 1 Chronicles 18:3.) Solomon’s conquest of the kingdom of Hamath, which had been on terms of a...
וַ יֵּ֤לֶךְ שְׁלֹמֹה֙ חֲמָ֣ת צֹובָ֔ה וַ יֶּחֱזַ֖ק...
Here are recorded some of the doings of the king. He consolidated the internal strength of the nation by building cities. He organized the labor of the conquered peoples in his dominions. He set the T...
_Emath, or Emesa, on the Orontes. This city had belonged to Thou, who cultivated the friendship of David, 2 Kings viii. 9. But after the death of these princes, it had given some offence to Solomon, w...
The view here given of Solomon is similar to what is related of him, 1 Kings 9:1. To one of Solomon's wisdom, one might have hoped to have heard more of his hours of meditation and prayer than of his...
CHAPTER 8 gives us a few more details of the state of Israel a state which prefigures that of the last days. Solomon brings everything into subjection that could have hindered the full enjoyment of th...
AND SOLOMON WENT TO HAMATHZOBAH,.... In an hostile manner, which is the only instance of any warlike expedition of Solomon's. This was Coelesyria, which though subdued in the times of David, perhaps r...
And Solomon went to Hamathzobah, and prevailed against it. Ver. 3. _And prevailed against it._] King James, when he first entered England at Berwick, himself gave fire to, and shot off a piece of ord...
_A.M. 3012. B.C. 992._ Solomon's buildings, 2 Chronicles 8:1. _His workmen and officers, 2 Chronicles 8:7_. _He settles his wife, 2 Chronicles 8:11_. Fixes the method of the temple-
1 Solomons buildings. 7 The Gentiles which were left, Solomon made tributaries, but the Israelites, rulers. 11 Pharaohs daughter remoueth to her house. 12 Solomons yeerely solemne sacrifices. 14 H...
FURTHER ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF SOLOMON (vv.1-18) After Solomon had completed the building of the temple and his own house, he rebuilt the cities that Hiram had given him and settled some of the children...
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2 Chronicles 8:3 Solomon H8010 went H3212 (H8799) Zobah H2578 seized H2388 (H8799) Hamathzobah -...
CONTENTS: The energy and fame of Solomon. CHARACTERS: God, Pharaoh's daughter, Solomon, King of Tyre. CONCLUSION: When our hearts are truly set on God's work, we find our Father in heaven ready to i...
2 Chronicles 8:4. _Tadmor,_ Palmyra. 1 Kings 9:18. This city rose to be capital of a province, which sent eighty thousand men to join the Assyrian army. Its ruins exhibit a wall eleven miles in circum...
_That the cities._ SOLOMON’S MILITARY ENTERPRISES Chiefly in acquiring cities rebuilt and taken from the enemy. I. Cities for stores (1 Kings 9:19). II. Cities for colonisation. III. Cities for p...
2 CHRONICLES 8:1 Solomon’s Other Accomplishments. Solomon’s further conquests and building projects are described, as well as his attention to matters of worship. The success of Solomon’s various buil...
2 CHRONICLES—NOTE ON 2 CHRONICLES 8:3 HAMATH-ZOBAH was about 120 miles (193 km) north of Damascus (see 1 Chronicles 18:3)....
CRITICAL NOTES.] Solomon’s buildings (2 Chronicles 8:1); the tributaries (2 Chronicles 8:7); the festival worship (2 Chronicles 8:12); and the fleet of Solomon ...
EXPOSITION This interesting historical chapter may very well be described as by Professor Dr. James G. Murphy, in his 'Bible-Class Handbook,' "The Acts of Solomon," or at any rate, some of the miscel...
Now it came to pass at the end of twenty years, that Solomon had built both the house of the LORD, and his own palace (2 Chronicles 8:1), He spent seven years building the house of the Lord and thirt...
1 Chronicles 18:3; 1 Kings 11:23; 2 Samuel 8:3; Numbers 13:21;...