2 Chronicles 8:1-6

That the cities.

Solomon’s military enterprises

Chiefly in acquiring cities rebuilt and taken from the enemy.

I. Cities for stores (1 Kings 9:19).

II. Cities for colonisation.

III. Cities for pleasure.

IV. Cities for defence. Lessons:

1. That those who attend to the spiritual will not neglect the temporal interests of a nation.

2. That amidst the temporal interests of a nation great risks exist. Hence--

(1) Lessons of prudence.

(2) The danger of prosperity. (J. Wolfendale.)