SEVERAL IMPERIAL TRANSACTIONS CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.— Chapter divides itself into two sections: 1 Kings 9:1, Gods answer, of promise and warning, to Solomon’s prayer; 1 Kings 9:10, transactions between Solomon and Hiram, with a record of Solomon’s levy of labourers, his officers and serva... [ Continue Reading ]
CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.— 1 Kings 9:3. _Sept._ inserts, after “Supplication that thou hast made before me,” “_I have done to thee according to all thy prayer_.” 1 Kings 9:6. IF YE SHALL AT ALL TURN.—A. V. implies only the slightest dereliction, “at all turn;” whereas שוֹב תְּשֻׁבוֹן is an i... [ Continue Reading ]
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 narrative (1 Kings 9:1, _supra_). After Solomon, with the aid of Hiram, had completed his work, th... [ Continue Reading ]
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 levy which King Solomon raised—Comp. notes on chap. 1 Kings 5:13. 1 Kings 9:23 shows whom the _levy_ i... [ Continue Reading ]