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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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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...
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_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...
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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....
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In 1 Kings 9:26 it is stated that Solomon 'made' a navy of ships at
Eziongeber, and that Hiram sent him skilled mariners....
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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
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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...
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וַ יִּֽשְׁלַֽח ־לֹו֩ חוּרָ֨ם בְּ יַד
־עֲבָדָ֜
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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2 Chronicles 8:17....
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_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-
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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...
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Solomon's Worship and Navigation...
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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...
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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...
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No text from Poole on this verse....
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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2 CHRONICLES 8:17 Solomon’s International Relations and Renown.
Solomon’s reputation and influence extend beyond the borders of
Israel.
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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1 Kings 10:22; 1 Kings 9:27; 1 Kings 9:28; 2 Chronicles 9:10;...