2 Chronicles 9:1-31
THE VISIT OF THE QUEEN OF SHEBA. SOLOMON'S SPLENDOUR This chapter is a close repetition of 1 Kings 10:1 and 1 Kings 11:41.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE VISIT OF THE QUEEN OF SHEBA. SOLOMON'S SPLENDOUR This chapter is a close repetition of 1 Kings 10:1 and 1 Kings 11:41.... [ Continue Reading ]
ON HIS THRONE] i.e. God's throne: see on 1 Chronicles 28:5.... [ Continue Reading ]
11. These vv. should follow 2 Chronicles 9:12.... [ Continue Reading ]
TERRACES] 1 Kings 10:12 has 'pillars' (or balustrades).... [ Continue Reading ]
_THAT_ WHICH SHE HAD BROUGHT] 1 Kings 10:13 has 'beside that which Solomon gave her of his royal bounty.'... [ Continue Reading ]
THE KING'S SHIPS WENT TO TARSHISH] If this is not a misunderstanding of the phrase 'ships of Tarshish' (1 Kings 10:22), which describes a particular kind of vessel, it must be assumed that Solomon's ships sailed, from a Phœnician port, Tarshish (whether Tartessus or Tarsus) being on the Mediterranea... [ Continue Reading ]
IN THE BOOK, etc.] The three works here referred to may possibly have been inserted in 'the book of the kings of Israel and Judah' (see 2 Chronicles 16:11, etc.), as was the case with the 'book of Jehu the son of Hanani' (2 Chronicles 20:34 RV).... [ Continue Reading ]