1Ki 10 | TSK | STEP | The queen of Sheba admires the wisdom of Solomon. Solomon's gold. His targets. The throne of ivory. His vessels. His presents. His chariots and horse. His tribute. A.M. 3014. B.C. 990. And when. Sheba. heard. concerning. prove him.

attendance. Heb. standing. cup-bearers. or, butlers.ascent. The original {weölatho asher yaäleh baith yehowah,} is rendered by the LXX. and Vulgate, [kai ten olokowtosin autou en anepheren en oiko Kuriou;] {et holocausta, quæ 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

report. Heb. word.

2Ch 9:5,6; *marg,

acts. or, sayings.

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 hastadded wisdom and goodness to the fame.

happy are these.

2Ch 9:7,8; Pr 3:13,14; 8:34; 10:21; 13:20; Lu 10:39-42; 11:28,31

Blessed.

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

she gave.

2; 9:14; Ps 72:10,15; Mt 2:11

an hundred.According to Mr. Reynolds, equal to 843,905£ 10s. 4d. sterling.

spices.

Ge 43:11; Ex 30:34

and precious.

Pr 3:13-15; 20:15; Re 21:11

from Ophir.

9:27,28; 2Ch 8:18; Ps 45:9

almug.

2Ch 2:8; 9:10,11

algum trees.

pillars. or, rails. Heb. a prop. harps.

1Ch 23:5; 25:1-31; Ps 92:1-3; 150:3-5; Re 14:2,3

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 hegave her, according to the hand of king Solomon.

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

See on ch.

9:28

all the kings.

1Ch 9:24; 2Ch 9:13,14; Ps 72:10; Isa 21:13; Ga 4:25

governors. or, captains.

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

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

in the house.

7:2

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

behind. Heb. on the hinder part thereof. stays. Heb.hands.

lions.

Ge 49:9; Nu 23:24; 24:9; Re 5:5

the like made. Heb. so made.

drinking.

2Ch 9:20-22

the house.

17; 7:2

none were of silver. or, there was no silver in them.

Tharshish.

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 [qwp',] Greek [kephos,] [kepos,] or [kebos,] 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 Prænestine Pavement, and in the French {cep} or {ceb.}

peacocks.

Job 39:13

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

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

Col 2:2,3

to. Heb. the face of. which God.

3:9,12,28; Pr 2:6; Da 1:17; 2:21,23; 5:11; Jas 1:5

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.

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

Solomon.

4:26; De 17:16; 2Ch 1:14; 9:25; Isa 2:7

in the cities.

2Ch 9:25

the king.

2Ch 1:15-17; 9:27; Job 22:24,25

made. Heb. gave.

Solomon, etc. Heb. the going forth of the horses which wasSolomon'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

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