CHAPTER VIII _Solomon's buildings, conquests, and officers_, 1-10. _He brings Pharaoh's daughter to his new-built palace_, 11. _His various sacrifices, and arrangement of the priests,_ _Levites, and porters_, 12-16. _He sends a fleet to Ophir_, 17, 18. NOTES ON CHAP. VIII Verse 2 Chronicles... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 2 Chronicles 8:2. _THE CITIES WHICH HURAM HAD RESTORED_] 1 Kings 9:11.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 2 Chronicles 8:3. _HAMATH-ZOBAH_] "Emessa, on the river Orontes." - _Calmet_.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 2 Chronicles 8:4. _TADMOR_] _Palmyra_. 1 Kings 9:18, for an account of this superb city.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 2 Chronicles 8:6. _ALL THE STORE CITIES_] 1 Kings 9:19.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 2 Chronicles 8:9. _BUT OF THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL_] 1 Kings 9:21.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 2 Chronicles 8:11. _THE DAUGHTER OF PHARAOH_] "And Bithiah, the daughter of Pharaoh, Solomon brought up from the city of David to the palace which he had built for her." - _T_. _BECAUSE_ THE PLACES ARE _HOLY_] Is not this a proof that he considered his wife to be a _heathen_, and not proper t... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 2 Chronicles 8:13. _THREE TIMES IN THE YEAR_] These were the _three_ great annual feasts.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 2 Chronicles 8:15. _THE COMMANDMENT OF THE KING_] The institutions of David.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 2 Chronicles 8:17. _THEN WENT SOLOMON TO EZION-GEBER_] See the notes on 1 Kings 9:26-11, for conjectures concerning _Ezion-geber_ and _Ophir_.... [ Continue Reading ]
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 their history, had any skill in maritime affairs, their navigation being confined to the lakes of the... [ Continue Reading ]