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Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary

1 Kings 9:16

Not now, but long before this time, and presently after the marriage of his daughter, as is most probable; and it is here mentioned only as the occasion of Solomon's building it. Possibly the Canaanites of this place had been guilty of some heinous crime; and because Solomon thought not fit to destroy them himself, he desired Pharaoh to do it for him, or Pharaoh might offer his service herein for his daughter's advantage.

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse 1 Kings 9:16. _PHARAOH - HAD GONE UP, AND TAKEN GEZER_] This city Joshua had taken from the Canaanites, Joshua 10:33; Joshua 12:12, and it was divided by lot to the tribe of Ephraim, and was in...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    PRESENT. dowry....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    For _Pharaoh king of Egypt_ See above on 1 Kings 3:1. _and taken Gezer_ This incursion was probably before Solomon had taken the king's daughter to wife, though Josephus (_Ant._viii. 6, i) says -he ga...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    B. SOLOMON AND THE _CORVÉE_ 9:15-25 The second means by which Solomon was able to construct so many buildings was the compulsory labor force. The use of forced labor (Heb. _hammas)_ was mentioned in c...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _FOR PHARAOH KING OF EGYPT HAD GONE UP, AND TAKEN GEZER, AND BURNT IT WITH FIRE, AND SLAIN THE CANAANITES THAT DWELT IN THE CITY, AND GIVEN IT FOR A PRESENT UNTO HIS DAUGHTER, SOLOMON'S WIFE._ No JFB...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    A PRESENT] RV 'a portion' (or dowry)....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    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...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    A PRESENT — that is, of course, a dowry, on her marriage with Solomon....

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    פַּרְעֹ֨ה מֶֽלֶךְ ־מִצְרַ֜יִם עָלָ֗ה וַ יִּלְכֹּ֤ד...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    PROSPERITY AND WEALTH 1 Kings 9:15 Solomon was a great builder and employed vast numbers of Canaanites, the old inhabitants of the land, as forced laborers. They performed the drudgery, while the Isr...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    BREAKING THREE COMMANDMENTS 1 Kings 21:1; 1 Kings 1:1; 1 Kings 2:1; 1 Kings 3:1;...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Wife. This custom distinguished princes from common people, who paid a dowry to their intended bride, 2 Machabees i. 14. Philadelphus gave hid daughter Bernice to Antiochus, of Syria, with an immense...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    (15) В¶ And this is the reason of the levy which king Solomon raised; for to build the house of the LORD, and his own house, and Millo, and the wall of Jerusalem, and Hazor, and Megiddo, and Gezer. (1...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    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...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    FOR PHARAOH KING OF EGYPT HAD GONE UP, AND TAKEN GEZER, AND BURNT IT WITH FIRE,.... Egypt lay lower than Canaan, and therefore Pharaoh is said to go up to it; what moved him to it is not certain; whet...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    1 Kings 9:16 [For] Pharaoh king of Egypt had gone up, and taken Gezer, and burnt it with fire, and slain the Canaanites that dwelt in the city, and given it [for] a present unto his daughter, Solomon'...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    For _Pharaoh had gone up and taken Gezer, &c., and slain the Canaanites_ For the Israelites did not dispossess the Canaanites, but they continued to dwell in Gezer in Joshua's time and after, Joshua 1...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    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...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    For Pharaoh, king of Egypt, had gone up, and taken Gezer, and burned it with fire, and slain the Canaanites that dwelt in the city, and given it for a present unto his daughter, Solomon's wife. This f...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Solomon's Resources and Power...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    15-28 Here is a further account of Solomon's greatness. He began at the right end, for he built God's house first, and finished that before he began his own; then God blessed him, and he prospered in...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    1 Kings 9:16 Pharaoh H6547 king H4428 Egypt H4714 up H5927 (H8804) taken H3920 (H8799) Gezer H1507 burned...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    SOLOMON'S EXTENSIVE BUILDING PROJECTS (1 KINGS 9:15). The author now links the building of the Temple and the palace complex with a number of other large scale building works in which Solomon engaged,...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    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 ...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    1 KINGS—NOTE ON 1 KINGS 9:15 THE ACCOUNT OF THE FORCED LABOR. The author clarifies that Solomon used his task force of 30,000 Canaanite laborers (1 Kings 5:1) for the t

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.— 1 Kings 9:15. Solomon fortified the border cities especially open to attacks from foes, and carried out building projects for the public health and advantage. The lev...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Kings 3:1; 1 Kings 9:24...

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