Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary
1 Kings 11:41
In the public records, where the lives and actions of kings were registered from time to time. So this was only a political, but not a sacred book.
In the public records, where the lives and actions of kings were registered from time to time. So this was only a political, but not a sacred book.
Verse 1 Kings 11:41. _THE BOOK OF THE ACTS OF SOLOMON?_] These acts were written by Nathan the prophet, Ahijah the Shilonite, and Iddo the seer; as we learn from 2 Chronicles 9:29. Probably from these...
THE BOOK OF THE ACTS OF SOLOMON - See the marginal reference and Introduction....
7. SOLOMON'S FAILURE: JUDGMENT ANNOUNCED AND THE BEGINNING OF DISRUPTION CHAPTER 11 _ 1. Solomon's polygamy and departure from God (1 Kings 11:1)_ 2. Hadad the Edomite (1 Kings 11:14) 3. Rezon the...
SIN OF SOLOMON, AND THE ADVERSARIES RAISED UP IN CONSEQUENCE. From various differences in the arrangement of the earlier verses in the LXX and Heb., it has been supposed that in its original form the...
WRITTEN IN THE BOOK. See note on Exodus 17:14....
_And the rest of the acts_ The usual rendering of this phrase is NOW THE REST, &c. and this has been adopted for uniformity's sake by the R.V. in this place. The word rendered -acts," in this and simi...
III. CONCLUSION OF THE HISTORY OF SOLOMON 11:41-43 TRANSLATION (41) And the rest of the acts of Solomon and all which he did, and his wisdom, are they not written in the book of the acts of Solomon?...
_AND THE REST OF THE ACTS OF SOLOMON, AND ALL THAT HE DID, AND HIS WISDOM, ARE THEY NOT WRITTEN IN THE BOOK OF THE ACTS OF SOLOMON?_ No JFB commentary on these verses....
SOLOMON'S ERRORS AND THEIR CONSEQUENCES. HIS DEATH This chapter furnishes an account of Solomon's marriages with numerous foreign princesses, and traces the evil effect of such in the toleration of i...
THE BOOK, etc.] probably a history based on the official documents kept by the. 'recorder.' The instructiveness of Solomon's history is twofold. (1) Outward zeal for the honour of the Lord, such as So...
GOD’S LESSONS FROM HISTORY 1 KINGS _PHILIP SMITH_ CHAPTER 11 SOLOMON *WORSHIPS FALSE GODS V1 Solomon, however, loved many foreign women. He married the daughter of the king of Egypt. He also mar...
THE BOOK OF THE ACTS OF SOLOMON. — In 2 Chronicles 9:29 the acts of Solomon are said to be “written in the book of Nathan the prophet, and in the prophecy of Ahijah the Shilonite, and in the visions o...
וְ יֶ֨תֶר דִּבְרֵ֧י שְׁלֹמֹ֛ה וְ כָל ־אֲשֶׁ֥ר
HOLLOW PROSPERITY 1 Kings 11:1 "Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity." - Ecclesiastes 1:2 "At every draught more large and large they grow, A bloated mass of ra...
THE WIND AND THE WHIRLWIND 1 Kings 11:14 "He that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption." - Galatians 6:8 SUCH degeneracy could not show itself in the king without danger to his pe...
BREAKING THREE COMMANDMENTS 1 Kings 21:1; 1 Kings 1:1; 1 Kings 2:1; 1 Kings 3:1;...
THE WISE KING'S FOOLISH SON 1 Kings 11:41; 1 Kings 12:1 Solomon's reign had been splendid but very oppressive, and it was reasonable to ask for some relief. The people felt that the accession of the...
At this point the story of Solomon suddenly changes. The glory passes away, and we observe his rapid degeneracy and doom. The nature of the man had ever a strong animal side. His commercial enterprise...
And the rest of the acts of Solomon, and all that he did, and his wisdom, [are] they not written in the (t) book of the acts of Solomon? (t) Which it is thought was lost in their captivity....
Words, or transactions. (Haydock) --- Book. This book is lost, with divers others mentioned in holy writ. (Challoner) --- Nathan, Ahias, and Addo, composed these journals, 2 Paralipomenon ix. 29. (Hay...
(41) В¶ And the rest of the acts of Solomon, and all that he did, and his wisdom, are they not written in the book of the acts of Solomon? (42) And the time that Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all...
Solomon was now at the height of his glory, a vivid type of a greater than Solomon. And it is only when we see that he really does thus prefigure the Lord Jesus as King that we can understand the impo...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 11 AND 12. Till now we have had the beautiful picture of God's blessing resting upon the son of David, whose only desire it had been to possess wisdom from Go...
AND THE REST OF THE ACTS OF SOLOMON, AND ALL THAT HE DID, AND HIS WISDOM, ARE THEY NOT WRITTEN IN THE BOOK OF THE ACTS OF SOLOMON?] Either written by himself, as Kimchi suggests, though not in being;...
And the rest of the acts of Solomon, and all that he did, and his wisdom, [are] they not written in the book of the acts of Solomon? Ver. 41. _And all that he did._] His repentance is not expressly r...
_The rest of the acts of Solomon_, &c. It is probable that Solomon employed a chronologer, or historiographer, to write the annals of his reign, which public record is here termed, _The book of the ac...
1 Solomons wiues and concubines. 4 In his old age they draw him to idolatry. 9 God threatneth him. 14 Solomons aduersaries were Hadad, who was intertained in Egypt, 23 Rezon who reigned in Damascu...
Solomon's Adversaries and Death...
And the rest of the acts of Solomon, and all that he did, and his wisdom, are they not written in the Book of the Acts of Solomon? This was a secular book containing a history of the reign of Solomon,...
MANY MARRIAGES LEADING TO IDOLATRY (vs.1-13) Solomon also disobeyedDeuteronomy 17:17 in making many marriages with foreign women, from the Moabites, Alnmonites, Edomites, Sidonians and Hittites (v.1)...
ACTS: Or, words, or things...
41-43 Solomon's reign was as long as his father's, but his life was not so. Sin shortened his days. If the world, with all its advantages, could satisfy the soul, and afford real joy, Solomon would h...
1 Kings 11:41 rest H3499 acts H1697 Solomon H8010 did H6213 (H8804) wisdom H2451 written H3789 (H8803) book...
COMMENTS IN RESPECT OF THE CLOSE OF SOLOMON'S REIGN (1 KINGS 11:41). It will be noted that some of the information which will in future be given at the commencement of a king's reign here comes at the...
CONTENTS: Solomon's heart turned. Chastened of God. Rise of Jeroboam. Death of Solomon. CHARACTERS: God, Solomon, Hadad, Pharaoh, Rezon, Jeroboam, Adoram, Ahijah. CONCLUSION: The way of sin is down h...
1 Kings 11:1. _Solomon loved many strange women,_ of gentile nations, and was connected with them. To this day thousands of women in India are married to great men merely as a mark of honour, and they...
1 KINGS—NOTE ON 1 KINGS 11:1 Throughout chs. 1 Kings 1:1 there have been hints that all is not well with Solomon’s heart. Now comes the inevitable conclusion: Solomon’s sins have led him to apostasy.
CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.— 1 Kings 11:15. WHEN DAVID WAS IN EDOM; or, was (at war) with. The _Sept._ and Peshito read, had smitten. _Hadad_ was a royal child, rescued from Joab’s extirminating s...
EXPOSITION SOLOMON'S ADVERSARIES.—As the historian has collected together in 1 Kings 6:1; 1 Kings 7:1; 1 Kings 8:1, all the information he can convey respecting the _temple, _and
Chapter eleven. But king Solomon loved many strange women, together with the daughters of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, and Hittites (1 Kings 11:1); Now turn back fo...
2 Chronicles 9:29...
The book — In the publick records, where the lives and actions of kings were registered from time to time, so this was only a political, not a sacred book....