THE DECLINE OF THE HEBREW EMPIRE CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.— 1 Kings 11:1. BUT KING SOLOMON LOVED MANY STRANGE WOMEN—If importations of foreign luxuries and indulgences into his court (see previous chapter) were occasions of peril to Solomon, tending to corrupt his heart from simple fidelity t... [ Continue Reading ]
CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.— 1 Kings 11:11. FORASMUCH AS THIS IS DONE OF THEE; or, is purposed of thee. _HOMILETICS OF 1 Kings 11:9_ THE DIVINE ANGER AND HUMAN DISOBEDIENCE I. THAT THE DIVINE ANGER IS A FACT. “And the Lord was angry with Solomon.” It is the fashion with many to expatiate on t... [ Continue Reading ]
_HOMILETICS OF 1 Kings 11:14_ THE AGENTS OF DIVINE RETRIBUTION I. ARE SECRETLY PREPARING WHEN LEAST SUSPECTED. Hadad and Rezon on the frontier, and Jeroboam under the shadow of the throne, were plotting mischief for the empire. In a time of unexampled peace and security, the seeds of rebellion were... [ Continue Reading ]
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 slaughter (2 Samuel 8:13) in Edom, carried into Egypt, and fostered by the Egyptian king. On learnin... [ Continue Reading ]