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  1  The queen of Sheba admires the wisdom of Solomon.
14  Solomon's gold.
16  His targets.
18  The throne of ivory.
21  His vessels.
24  His presents.
26  His chariots and horse.
28  His tribute.


VERSE 1
- A.M. 3014.  B.C. 990.  And when.
   * 2Ch 9:1-12 Mt 12:42 Lu 11:31
- Sheba.
   * Ge 10:7,28; 25:3 Job 6:19 Ps 72:10,15 Isa 60:6 Jer 6:20
   * Eze 27:22,23; 38:13
- heard.
   * 1Ki 4:31,34
- concerning.
   * Job 28:28 Pr 2:3-6 Joh 17:3 1Co 1:20,21
- prove him.
   * Jud 14:12-14 Ps 49:4 Pr 1:5,6 Mt 13:11,35 Mr 4:34


VERSE 2 
 - a very great train.
   * 2Ki 5:5,9 Isa 60:6-9 Ac 25:23
- spices.
   * Ex 25:6 2Ki 20:13
- communed.
   * Ge 18:33 Job 4:2 Ps 4:4 Lu 24:15


VERSE 3 
 - told her.
   * 2Ch 9:2 Pr 1:5,6; 13:20 Isa 42:16 Mt 13:11 Joh 7:17 1Co 1:30
   * Col 2:3
- questions.  Heb. words.  hid from the king.  See on ver.
   * :1; 3:12 2Sa 14:17,20 Da 2:20-23 Heb 4:12,13


VERSE 4 
 - Solomon's.
   * 1Ki 3:28; 4:29-31 2Ch 9:3,4 Ec 12:9 Mt 12:42
- the house.
   * 1Ki 6:1-5 7:51


VERSE 5 
 - the meat.
   * 1Ki 4:22,23
- attendance.  Heb. standing.  cup-bearers.  or, butlers.
  ascent.
  The original {we"latho asher ya„leh baith yehowah,} is
  rendered by the LXX. and Vulgate, [                    ,] {et
  holocausta, quae offerebat in domo Domini,} "And the burnt
  offerings (or holocausts) which he offered in the house of the
  Lord;" with which the Chaldee, Syriac, and Arabic agree; and
  so also Luther, {llnd feine Brandopfer, bie er in bem Daufe
  bes Derrn opferte;} and this seems to be the true sense of the
  passage.

   * 2Ki 16:18 1Ch 9:18; 26:16 2Ch 23:13 Eze 44:3; 46:2
- there was no.
   * Jos 5:1 2Ch 9:4


VERSE 6 
 - report.  Heb. word.
   * 2Ch 9:5,6 *marg,
- acts.  or, sayings.


VERSE 7 
 - I believed.
   * Isa 64:4 Zec 9:17 Mr 16:11 Joh 20:25-29 1Co 2:9 1Jo 3:2
- thy wisdom and prosperity exceeded the fame.  Heb. thou hast
  added wisdom and goodness to the fame.


VERSE 8 
 - happy are these.
   * 2Ch 9:7,8 Pr 3:13,14; 8:34; 10:21; 13:20 Lu 10:39-42; 11:28,31


VERSE 9 
 - Blessed.  See on ch.
   * 1Ki 5:7 Ps 72:17-19
- delighteth.
   * Ps 18:19; 22:8 Isa 42:1; 62:4
- because the.
   * De 7:8 1Ch 17:22 2Ch 2:11
- to do.
   * 2Sa 8:15; 23:3 Ps 72:2 Pr 8:15,16 Isa 9:7; 11:4,5; 32:1,2
   * Jer 23:5,6 Ro 13:3,4


VERSE 10 
 - she gave.  See on ver.
   * :2; 9:14 Ps 72:10,15 Mt 2:11
- an hundred.
  According to Mr. Reynolds, equal to 843,905œ 10s. 4d.
  sterling.

- spices.
   * Ge 43:11 Ex 30:34
- and precious.
   * Pr 3:13-15; 20:15 Re 21:11


VERSE 11 
 - from Ophir.  See on ch.
   * 1Ki 9:27,28 2Ch 8:18 Ps 45:9
- almug.
   * 2Ch 2:8; 9:10,11
- algum trees.


VERSE 12 
 - pillars.  or, rails.  Heb. a prop.  harps.
   * 1Ch 23:5; 25:1-31 Ps 92:1-3; 150:3-5 Re 14:2,3


VERSE 13 
 - all her desire.
   * :2; 9:1 Ps 20:4; 37:4 Mt 15:28 Joh 14:13,14 Eph 3:20
- which Solomon gave her of his royal bounty.  Heb. which he
  gave her, according to the hand of king Solomon.


VERSE 14 
 - A.M. 2989-3029.  B.C. 1015-975.  was six hundred.
  Equal to 4,683,675œ 12s. 8d. sterling; which was what he got
  annually in bullion.

- See on ch.
   * 1Ki 9:28


VERSE 15 
 - all the kings.
   * 1Ch 9:24 2Ch 9:13,14 Ps 72:10 Isa 21:13 Ga 4:25
- governors.  or, captains.


VERSE 16 
 - two hundred.
  Mr. Reynolds computes that these 200 targets were worth
  28,131œ 16s. 9d.; and that the 300 shields were worth 210,976œ
  7s. 7d.

   * 1Ki 14:26-28 2Ch 9:15,16; 12:9,10


VERSE 17 
 - in the house.  See on ch.
   * 1Ki 7:2


VERSE 18 
 - a great throne.
   * 2Ch 9:17-19 Ps 45:6; 110:1; 122:5 Heb 1:3,8 Re 20:11
- ivory.
   * :22; 22:39 Ps 45:8 Eze 27:6 Am 6:4 Re 18:12


VERSE 19 
 - behind.  Heb. on the hinder part thereof.  stays.  Heb.
  hands.
   * :19


VERSE 20 
 - lions.
   * Ge 49:9 Nu 23:24; 24:9 Re 5:5
- the like made.  Heb. so made.


VERSE 21 
 - drinking.
   * 2Ch 9:20-22
- the house.
   * :17; 7:2
- none were of silver.  or, there was no silver in them.


VERSE 22 
 - Tharshish.
   * 1Ki 22:48 Ge 10:4 2Ch 9:21; 20:36,37 Ps 48:7; 72:10 Isa 2:16
   * Isa 23:1,6,10; 60:9; 66:19 Eze 27:12 Jon 1:3
- Tarshish.  ivory.  or, elephant's teeth.
   * :18 Am 3:15
- apes.
  {Kophim,} rather monkeys, the same as the Syriac [          ,]
  Greek [        ,] [       ,] or [       ,] and Roman {Cephus,}
  which animal both Pliny and Solinus inform us was brought from
  Ethiopia.  The same name appears in the monkeys, called
  {KEIIIEN} in the Praenestine Pavement, and in the French {cep}
  or {ceb.}

- peacocks.
   * Job 39:13


VERSE 23 
 - exceeded.
  Mr. Reynolds, stating Solomon's income at about four times as
  much as his father left him, reckons that he had each year
  142,242,034œ. 9s. 7d., each week 2,735,423œ 14s. 9d., and each
  day, 390,770œ 16s. 4d.

   * 1Ki 3:12,13; 4:29-34 2Ch 9:22,23 Ps 89:27 Eph 3:8 Col 1:18,19
   * Col 2:2,3


VERSE 24 
 - to.  Heb. the face of.  which God.  See on ch.
   * 1Ki 3:9,12,28 Pr 2:6 Da 1:17; 2:21,23; 5:11 Jas 5 1:5


VERSE 25 
 - every man.
   * :10 Jud 3:15 1Sa 10:27 2Sa 8:2,10 2Ch 26:8 Job 42:11
   * Ps 72:10,15 Isa 36:16 Mt 2:11
- and mules.
   * 1Ki 1:33; 18:5 Ge 36:24 Ezr 2:66 Es 8:10,14 Isa 66:20 Eze 27:14
- a rate.
   * 2Ki 17:4 2Ch 9:24


VERSE 26 
 - Solomon.  See on ch.
   * 1Ki 4:26 De 17:16 2Ch 1:14; 9:25 Isa 2:7
- in the cities.
   * 2Ch 9:25


VERSE 27 
 - the king.
   * 2Ch 1:15-17; 9:27 Job 22:24,25
- made.  Heb. gave.


VERSE 28 
 - Solomon, etc.  Heb. the going forth of the horses which was
  Solomon's.  horse brought.
   * De 17:16 2Ch 1:16,17; 9:28 Isa 31:1-3; 36:9
- and linen yarn.
   * Ge 41:42 Pr 7:16 Isa 19:9 Eze 27:7


VERSE 29 
 - for six hundred.
  This was the ordinary price of a chariot, as 150 shekels was
  that of a horse.  It seems that neither horses nor chariots
  came out of Egypt but by means of Solomon's servants.

- the kings.
   * Jos 1:4 2Ki 7:6
- their means.  Heb. their hand.
   * Ho 12:10 Mal 1:1



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