Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary
2 Chronicles 8:18
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Verse 2 Chronicles 8:18. _KNOWLEDGE OF THE SEA_] Skilful sailors. Solomon probably bore the expenses and his friend, the Tyrian king, furnished him with expert sailors; for the Jews, at no period of...
It has been supposed that these ships were conveyed from Tyre to Ezion-geber, either (1) round the continent of Africa, or (2) across the isthmus of Suez. But the writer probably only means that shi...
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...
BY THE HANDS OF. Figure of speech _Pleonasm._ SHIPS. From Tyre, in the Mediterranean, to the Red Sea. To show that this was not insuperable (as some have imagined) the next clause is added. THAT HAD...
_sent him by the hand of his servants ships_ The natural interpretation of these words is that Huram had ships transported overland from the Phœnician coast to the Gulf of Akaba, a difficult but not i...
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 HURAM SENT HIM BY THE HANDS OF HIS SERVANTS SHIPS, AND SERVANTS THAT HAD KNOWLEDGE OF THE SEA; AND THEY WENT WITH THE SERVANTS OF SOLOMON TO OPHIR, AND TOOK THENCE FOUR HUNDRED AND FIFTY TALENTS...
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....
In 1 Kings 9:26 it is stated that Solomon 'made' a navy of ships at Eziongeber, and that Hiram sent him skilled mariners....
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 HURAM SENT HIM BY THE HANDS OF HIS SERVANTS SHIPS. — When Solomon began to evince an interest in maritime affairs, his Tyrian ally presented him with a number of vessels and their crews of trained...
וַ יִּֽשְׁלַֽח ־לֹו֩ חוּרָ֨ם בְּ יַד ־עֲבָדָ֜
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...
And Huram sent him by the hands of his servants ships, and servants that had knowledge of the sea; and they went with the servants of Solomon to Ophir, and took thence (k) four hundred and fifty talen...
Ships; not perhaps from Tyre, but from the Red Sea. (Calmet) --- Others think that he sent them by a canal, which opened a communication between the Mediterranean and Suez, (Huet) the distance of abou...
REFLECTIONS WHILE I behold Solomon engaged in building houses, and going as a merchantman to gather riches; Lord, I would say, make me a wise master-builder, and the true merchantman that seeketh goo...
Solomon is represented under various characters. But though he went, it seems, in person to gather the gold of Ophir, yet he himself hath left it upon record that there is a merchandise that is better...
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...
2 Chronicles 8:17....
_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...
Solomon's Worship and Navigation...
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...
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...
2 Chronicles 8:18 Hiram H2361 sent H7971 (H8799) ships H591 (H8675) H591 hand H3027 servants H5650 servants
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...
_Then Solomon offered burnt offerings unto the Lord._ SOLOMON’S BURNT OFFERINGS Solomon was great in burnt offerings. Do not men sometimes make up in burnt offerings what they lack in moral consisten...
2 CHRONICLES 8:17 Solomon’s International Relations and Renown. Solomon’s reputation and influence extend beyond the borders of Israel. ⇐...
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 Kings 10:22; 1 Kings 9:27; 1 Kings 9:28; 2 Chronicles 9:10;...