2 Chronicles 9 - Introduction
_A.M. 3012. B.C. 992._ The queen of Sheba visits Solomon, 2 Chronicles 9:1. The riches and splendour of his court, 2 Chronicles 9:13. The conclusion of his reign, 2 Chronicles 9:29.... [ Continue Reading ]
_A.M. 3012. B.C. 992._ The queen of Sheba visits Solomon, 2 Chronicles 9:1. The riches and splendour of his court, 2 Chronicles 9:13. The conclusion of his reign, 2 Chronicles 9:29.... [ Continue Reading ]
There is little in this chapter but what is related in 1 Kings 10.; in the notes on which the reader will find it explained at large.... [ Continue Reading ]
_To set thee on his throne, to be king for the Lord thy God_ In the Lord's name and stead, in a special manner, because he sat in God's own throne, and ruled over God's peculiar people, and did, in an eminent manner, maintain the honour of God in his land, and in the eyes of all the world. Those mer... [ Continue Reading ]
_She gave the king a hundred and twenty talents of gold_, &c. This was indeed a royal gift, for the gold alone amounted to more than sixty-nine thousand pounds sterling.... [ Continue Reading ]
_Besides that which she had brought unto the king_ Over and above that which was an equivalent for the presents she had made him. See note on 1 Kings 10:13.... [ Continue Reading ]
_With a footstool of gold_ This is not mentioned in the parallel passage in 1 Kings 10:18, where see the note.... [ Continue Reading ]
_All the kings of the earth sought the presence of Solomon_ All in those parts of the world. _To hear his wisdom_ Either his knowledge of the works of God in creation and providence, or his skill in physic, or his state-policy, or his rules of prudence for the conduct of human life, or perhaps the p... [ Continue Reading ]
_In the visions of Iddo the seer_ Mentioned also 2 Chronicles 12:15, and supposed by some to be the same person who is called _Obed, 2 Chronicles 15:1_. This and the other prophets here mentioned were also historians, and wrote annals of their times, out of which these sacred books were taken, eithe... [ Continue Reading ]
_And Solomon slept with his fathers_ We have here Solomon in his throne, and Solomon in his grave; for the throne could not secure him from the grave. Here is he stripped of his pomp, and leaving all his wealth and power, not to one whom he knew not _whether he would be a wise man or a fool_, but on... [ Continue Reading ]