Or rather, for Hiram had sent. And this seems to be here added, both to declare the quantity of the gold sent, which had been only named before, 1 Kings 9:11, and as the reason why he resented Solomon's action so ill, because so great a sum required a better recompence.
Verse 1 Kings 9:14. _SIXSCORE TALENTS OF GOLD._] This was the sum which Hiram had lent, and in order to pay this Solomon had laid a tax upon his people, as we afterward learn. The whole is very darkly...
HIRAM SENT SIXSCORE TALENTS OF GOLD - Apparently, to show that, although disappointed, he was not offended. The sum sent was very large - above a million and a quarter of our money, according to one e...
5. JEHOVAH APPEARS UNTO SOLOMON AND THE GREATNESS OF THE KING CHAPTER 9 _ 1. The second appearance of the LORD to Solomon (1 Kings 9:1)_ 2. Transactions with Hiram (1 Kings 9:10) 3. The levy of th...
SOLOMON'S DEALINGS WITH HIRAM. THE LEVY. The source of this section seems to be the Acts of Solomon (see above). After Solomon had completed his buildings he was obliged to give Hiram cities in Galile...
SENT: referring to 1 Kings 9:11. Perhaps this was an advance for which the cities of 1 Kings 9:11 were the security....
I. THE BASIS OF SOLOMON'S GLORY 9:10-28 Whereas it was David who established the kingdom in its extent and power, it was Solomon who added the glamour. In 1 Kings 9:10-28 all that remains to be said a...
_AND HIRAM CAME OUT FROM TYRE TO SEE THE CITIES WHICH SOLOMON HAD GIVEN HIM; AND THEY PLEASED HIM NOT._ No JFB commentary on these verses....
GOD'S RESPONSE TO SOLOMON'S PRAYER. SOLOMON AND HIRAM 1. When.. finished] The Temple does not seem to have been dedicated until all the king's buildings were completed, the Temple and Palace being pr...
SIXSCORE TALENTS] weighing nearly 13,000 lb....
GOD’S LESSONS FROM HISTORY 1 KINGS _PHILIP SMITH_ CHAPTER 9 GOD APPEARS TO SOLOMON AGAIN V1 So Solomon finished the *temple of the *Lord. He finished the royal palace and everything else that he...
HIRAM SENT TO THE KING SIXSCORE TALENTS OF GOLD. — The payment, on any calculation, was a large one, though little more than a sixth of Solomon’s yearly revenue. (See 1 Kings 10:14.) How it is connect...
וַ יִּשְׁלַ֥ח חִירָ֖ם לַ † מֶּ֑לֶךְ מֵאָ֥ה...
BREAKING THREE COMMANDMENTS 1 Kings 21:1; 1 Kings 1:1; 1 Kings 2:1; 1 Kings 3:1;...
A SEARCHING WORD TO THE WISE 1 Kings 9:1 God's second revelation of Himself to Solomon had a double object. In the first place, it assured the king that his prayer was heard and that the new building...
Jehovah now appeared to Solomon for the second time, and declared that his prayer was heard and answered, but insisted that there were conditions for the people to fulfil. These conditions were clearl...
And Hiram sent to the king (d) sixscore (e) talents of gold. (d) For his tribute toward the building. (e) The common talent was about 60 pound weight....
(12) And Hiram came out from Tyre to see the cities which Solomon had given him; and they pleased him not. (13) And he said, What cities are these which thou hast given me, my brother? And he called t...
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 answer which God gives establishes the house as the place in which He has set His name for ever. His eyes and His heart shall be there perpetually; but, at the same time, for the enjoyment of the...
AND HIRAM SENT TO THE KING ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY TALENTS OF GOLD. Not after the cities had been given him, but before; and it may be rendered "had sent" m, and is the sum of the gold he furnished him...
And Hiram sent to the king sixscore talents of gold. Ver. 14. _And Hiram sent to the king._] _Miserat autem,_ so Vatablus rendereth it, And Hiram had sent. &c., _sc., _ before the offer of those twen...
_Solomon gave Hiram twenty cities in the land of Galilee_ Or, _near the land of Galilee_, bordering upon it; in those parts which were near, and adjoining to, Hiram's dominions: with the cities, under...
1 Gods Couenant in a vision, with Solomon. 10 The mutual presents of Solomon and Hiram. 15 In Solomons workes the Gentiles were his bondmen, the Israelites honourable seruants. 24 Pharaohs daughter...
Solomon's Resources and Power...
And Hiram sent to the king six score talents of gold, almost two and one half million dollars, evidently a loan to enable Solomon to complete his projected buildings and improvements....
GOD APPEARING AGAIN TO SOLOMON (vs.1-9) The Lord had appeared to Solomon before he built the temple (ch.3:5), now at its completion the Lord appears again to him. There was a danger of Solomon's bein...
10-14 Solomon gave Hiram twenty cities. Hiram did not like them. If Solomon would gratify him, let it be in his own element, by becoming his partner in trade, as he did. See how the providence of God...
1 Kings 9:14 Hiram H2438 sent H7971 (H8799) king H4428 twenty H3967 H6242 talents H3603 gold H209
SOLOMON HAS SO EXTENDED HIS RESOURCES THAT HE FEELS IT NECESSARY TO OBTAIN A SECURED LOAN FROM HIRAM, SECURED AGAINST GALILEAN SETTLEMENTS (1 KINGS 9:11). It is an indication of the wealth that Solomo...
CONTENTS: Jehovah appears to Solomon. Covenant made. Solomon's fame. CHARACTERS: God, Solomon, Hiram. CONCLUSION: God deals plainly with men and sets before them blessing or cursing. God never fails...
1 Kings 9:2. _The Lord appeared to Solomon the second time._ This seems to be in answer to the prayer offered up in the temple. 1 Kings 9:13. _Cabul,_ vile, argillaceous, arenaceous. These twenty town...
1 KINGS—NOTE ON 1 KINGS 9:10 Solomon’s rule over the surrounding kingdoms, combined with his status in the world in general (1 Kings 4:21), put him in a position to build and dedicate the temple ...
1 KINGS—NOTE ON 1 KINGS 9:14 Solomon accumulates huge amounts of GOLD. Biblical texts associate the accumulation of kingly wealth with spiritual unfaithfulness (e.g., D
CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.— 1 Kings 9:10. AT THE END OF TWENTY YEARS—Seven and a-half years spent in erecting temple, twelve and a-half upon his own house. This verse takes up again the suspended...
EXPOSITION SOLOMON'S BUILDINGS AND UNDERTAKINGS.—So far the historian has spoken exclusively of the two greatest works of Solomon's reign, the Temple and the Palace, and principally of the former. Eve...
First Kings chapter nine as we begin our study in the Word this evening. At the beginning of Solomon's reign, the Lord appeared unto him while he was in Gibeon, there offering sacrifices unto God. And...
1 Kings 10:10; 1 Kings 10:14; 1 Kings 10:21; 1 Kings 9:11; 1 Kings
Sent — And this seems to be here added, both to declare the quantity of the gold sent, which had been only named before, 1 Kings 9:11, and as the reason why he resented Solomon's action, because so gr...