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Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

1 Kings 4:33

He spake of trees, &c.— The several books which treated of the nature and virtue of animals as well as plants, are supposed to have been lost in the Babylonish captivity; but Eusebius, as he is quoted by Anastasius, informs us, that king Hezekiah, seeing the abuse which his subjects made of Solomon's works, by placing too much confidence in the remedies which he prescribed, and the natural secrets which he discovered, thought proper to suppress them all. Notwithstanding this, since his time many wicked and pernicious books concerning the secrets of magic, medicines, and inchantment, have appeared under the name of this prince, in order to gain the more credit and sanction.

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse 1 Kings 4:33. _HE SPAKE OF TREES - BEASTS - FOWL - CREEPING THINGS, AND OF_ _FISHES._] This is a complete system of natural history, as far as relates to the animal and vegetable kingdoms, and t...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    TREES ... - A keen appreciation of the beauties of nature, and a habit of minute observation, are apparent in the writings of Solomon that remain to us. The writer here means to say that Solomon compo...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    3. SOLOMON'S PRINCES AND OFFICERS THE PROSPEROUS KINGDOM AND THE KING'S GREAT WISDOM CHAPTER 4 _ 1. The Princes (1 Kings 4:1)_ 2. The Officers (1 Kings 4:7) 3. The prosperous kingdom (1 Kings 4:20...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    1 KINGS 3:1 TO 1 KINGS 4:34. EARLY DAYS, REIGN, AND WISDOM OF SOLOMON. The sources of this section are various, and the arrangement of the narrative in the LXX should be noticed. There are (_a_) a sta...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _And he spake_ i.e. He gave descriptions of the whole vegetable world, and discussed the virtues of the various plants. For it has been always of their medicinal properties that the earliest works on...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    C. SOLOMON'S PROFOUND WISDOM AND FAME 4:29-34 TRANSLATION (29) And God gave wisdom to Solomon and understanding exceedingly much and largeness of heart, even as the sand that is upon the seashore. (3...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _AND HE SPAKE OF TREES, FROM THE CEDAR TREE THAT IS IN LEBANON EVEN UNTO THE HYSSOP THAT SPRINGETH OUT OF THE WALL: HE SPAKE ALSO OF BEASTS, AND OF FOWL, AND OF CREEPING THINGS, AND OF FISHES._ He sp...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    HE SPAKE OF TREES, ETC.] This may mean both that he drew examples from the vegetable and animal kingdoms to illustrate his maxims (as in Proverbs 6:6), and that he investigated and described their pro...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    SOLOMON'S OFFICERS AND COURT 2. Azariah the son of Zadok] he was really the grandson of Zadok (1 Chronicles 6:8)....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    GOD’S LESSONS FROM HISTORY 1 KINGS _PHILIP SMITH_ CHAPTER 4 SOLOMON’S PEACEFUL *KINGDOM This chapter shows how successful Solomon’s rule was. The country was wealthy. It was at peace. The farms...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    (30-34) The whole passage implies a general growth of wisdom, a largeness of knowledge, and an outburst of literature, of which, as usual with great men, Solomon is at once the child and the leader....

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    HE SPAKE OF TREES. — Of this verse there have been many interpretations. Josephus (_Ant. viii._ c._2_, § 5) supposes Solomon’s utterances on these natural products to have been allegorical and symboli...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    _[1 Kings 5:13]_ וַ יְדַבֵּר֮ עַל ־הָֽ עֵצִים֒...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    SOLOMON'S COURT AND KINGDOM 1 Kings 4:1. "But what more oft in nations grown corrupt And by their vices brought to servitude, Than to love bondage more than liberty, Bondage with ease than strenuous...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    BREAKING THREE COMMANDMENTS 1 Kings 21:1; 1 Kings 1:1; 1 Kings 2:1; 1 Kings 3:1;...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    THE WISE KING'S GREAT PURPOSE 1 Kings 4:29; 1 Kings 5:1 David, before his death, had made great preparations for building the Temple, but had not been permitted to proceed with its construction. “Tho...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    Solomon set himself to a careful organization of his kingdom. The system of government as here set forth is characterized by order, and, indeed, is in many ways remarkable. The king was supreme in aut...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    And he spake of trees, from the cedar tree that [is] in Lebanon even unto the (n) hyssop that springeth out of the wall: he spake also of beasts, and of fowl, and of creeping things, and of fishes. ...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    Wall. Some deny that ezob means hyssop. (Kimchi; Levinus, &c.) But there is a species which grows on mountains, and even out of walls. (Bochart) (Sanctius) --- It is a small odoriferous plant; whereas...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    (32) And he spake three thousand proverbs: and his songs were a thousand and five. (33) And he spake of trees, from the cedar tree that is in Lebanon even unto the hyssop that springeth out of the wal...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    The books of First and Second Samuel show us the failure of the priesthood, and, in consequence, when a state of evident shame and dishonour overspread the face of Israel, the heart of the people desi...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 4 AND 5. Chapter 4 contains an enumeration of the officers who served Solomon, and upheld the glory of his throne; and then, the manner in which the whole co...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND HE SPAKE OF TREES,.... Of all trees, herbs, and plants, of the nature, virtues, and use them: FROM THE CEDAR TREE THAT [IS] IN LEBANON: a mountain on the northern border of Judea, famous for ceda...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And he spake of trees, from the cedar tree that [is] in Lebanon even unto the hyssop that springeth out of the wall: he spake also of beasts, and of fowl, and of creeping things, and of fishes. Ver....

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _He spake three thousand proverbs_ That is, short, deep, and useful sentences, whereof a great part are contained in the books of Proverbs and Ecclesiastes. _Songs_ Whereof the most divine and chief a...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    1 Solomons Princes. 7 His twelue Officers for prouision. 20.24 The peace and largenesse of his kingdome. 22 His daily prouision. 26 His stables. 29 His wisedome. 1 SO King Solomon was king ouer a...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Solomon's Wisdom...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    And he spake of trees, his was not merely a spiritual knowledge, but he also had a remarkable understanding of the kingdom of nature, FROM THE CEDAR-TREE THAT IS IN LEBANON, known for its stately beau...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    SOLOMON'S ADMINISTRATION (vs.1-19) In Solomon's time peace was established in a way not seen in David's day, for there was continual turmoil while David reigned. Now Solomon was undisputed king over...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    29-34 Solomon's wisdom was more his glory than his wealth. He had what is here called largeness of heart, for the heart is often put for the powers of the mind. He had the gift of utterance, as well...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    OF TREES, i.e. of all plants, of their nature and qualities; all which discourses are lost, without any impeachment of the perfection of the Holy Scriptures; which were not inspired and written to tea...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    1 Kings 4:33 spoke H1696 (H8762) trees H6086 tree H730 Lebanon H3844 hyssop H231 out H3318 (H8802) wall...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Princes and commissaries of Israel. Solomon's reign and wisdom. CHARACTERS: God, Solomon. CONCLUSION: There is spiritual peace and joy and a holy security for all faithful subjects of God'...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    1 Kings 4:16. _Two women that were harlots._ The Chaldaic paraphrase reads, “two women of the tabernacle.” It would be difficult for two common women to gain the royal ear. 1 Kings 4:30. _Solomon's wi...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _And he spake of trees _. .. _ he spake also of beasts._ PLANT-LIFE The wise man had a genuine delight in plants, herbs, flowers, and trees. Read the Book of Canticles, and from its pages is caught t...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Solomon’s wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the east country._ THE ALONENESS OF JESUS CHRIST Christ towers up above the history of the world and the process of revelation, like Moun...

  • The children's great texts of the Bible by James Hastings

    THE TREE OF THE LORD The cedar that is in Lebanon. 1 Kings 4:33. What is the oldest living thing in the world? It isn't a human being, although there are plenty centenarians that is, people a hundre...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    1 KINGS—NOTE ON 1 KINGS 4:33 HE SPOKE OF TREES... BEASTS... BIRDS... REPTILES, AND OF FISH. Careful observation of the natural world and how it works is one of the “normal” ways in which people gain w...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.— 1 Kings 4:29. WISDOM AND UNDERSTANDING EXCEEDING MUCH—High powers of mind, and sharpness of perception. LARGENESS OF HEART—רֹחַב לֵב amplitude of soul, capacity for r...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION SOLOMON'S RULE, STATE, AND WISDOM.—The remainder of this chapter, which de-scribes to us the extent and character of Solomon's sway (1 Kings 4:20, 1 Kings 4:21,...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Now as we get into chapter four, we have listed here those princes that were prominent during the reign of Solomon, and then the twelve officers who were over all of Israel who provided the food for t...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    2 Kings 19:23; Exodus 12:22; Genesis 1:20; Hebrews 9:19; Numbers 19:1

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Trees — That is, of all plants, of their nature and qualities: all which discourses are lost, without any impeachment of the perfection of the holy scriptures; which were not written to teach men phil...

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