king David: Occurs in 2 Samuel 6:12, 2 Samuel 6:16; 2 Samuel 7:18; 2 Samuel 8:8, 2 Samuel 8:11; 2 Samuel 9:5; 2 Samuel 13:21, 2 Samuel 13:39; 2 Samuel 16:5, 2 Samuel 16:6; 2 Samuel 17:17, 2 Samuel 17:21; 2 Samuel 19:11, 2 Samuel 19:16. Books begins with king David and ends with king of Babylon. Opens with Temple built, and closes with Temple burnt. Begins with David’s first successor on the throne of his kingdom, and ends with David’s last successor released from the house of the captivity. Characters of all are tested by the standard if David. old: About seventy. Compare 2 Samuel 5:4, 2 Samuel 5:5. gat no heat. Compare Psalms 32:3, Psalms 32:4. servants: i.e. his advisers, probably medical. virgin = damsel. Hebrew. bethulah. coasts = borders. Adonijah. Fourth son of David (1 Samuel 3:4). Amnon dead (2 Samuel 13:29), Absalom dead (2 Samuel 18:14), and probably Chileab (2 Samuel 3:3). men. Hebrew. ish. App-14. his mother: i.e. "Haggith". See 1 Kings 1:5. Joab. This is why his name is not in 2Sa 23. See note on 1 Kings 23:24. mighty men. See 2 Samuel 23:8, 2 Samuel 23:9, 2 Samuel 23:16, 2 Samuel 23:22. En-rogel = well or spring of Rogel. South side of Jerusalem, in the Kidron valley. the king. Some codices with Syriac, read "and the", &c. life = soul. Hebrew. nephesh. App-13. Didst not thou. ? Figure of speech Erotesis. App-6. why then. ? Figure of speech Erotesis. App-6. Some codices, with Aramaean, Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "And behold". her". My lord. Some codices, with Septuagint and Syriac, add "O king". the Lord. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4. God. Hebrew. Elohim. App-4. now. A special reading (Sevir, App-34), with three early printed editions, Aramaean, Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "thou". But the Massorah (App-30) says the scribes were misled in reading ’attah (thou) instead of ’attah (now). thou = thou therefore. Some codices, with three early printed editions, and Aramaean, read "And now". See note on 1 Kings 1:18. sleep with his fathers. See note on Deuteronomy 31:16. offenders. See App-44. lo. Figure of speech Asterismos. App-6. Behold. Figure of speech Asterismos. App-6. soul. Hebrew. nephesh. App-13. as = according as. mine own mule. David had not disobeyed Deuteronomy 17:16, as Absalom had done (2 Samuel 15:1) and Adonijah (1 Kings 1:5). sit, &c. As associate king, Solomon being nineteen years of age. tabernacle = tent. Hebrew. ohel. Not the Tabernacle at Gibeon, but David’s tabernacle (2 Samuel 6:17) See App-40. piped with pipes = playing loudly on pipes. Figure of speech Polyptoton App-6. rejoiced with great joy = greatly rejoiced. the earth rent. Figure of speech Hyperbole. App-6. And = But. Jonathan. David’s faithful messenger of 2 Samuel 15:36 with 2 Samuel 17:17. Verily = of a truth; or, truth to tell. Cherethites, &c. A bodyguard (1 Samuel 30:14). sitteth = hath taken [his] seat. bowed = worshipped. Compare Genesis 47:31. shew himself Some codices, with one early printed edition, add "toward me". worthy man = a son of valour. not an hair, &c. Figure of speech Paroemia. App-6. charged. Compare Joshua 1:6-9. the way of all the earth. Compare Joshua 23:14. strong = resolute. Necessary advice for Solomon = the peaceable. man. Hebrew. ish. App-14. charge. Compare Leviticus 8:35; Leviticus 18:30. the Lord. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4. God. Hebrew. Elohim. to keep. Some codices, with three early printed editions, read "and to keep", thus enlarging the Figure of speech Polysyndeton (App-6) in this verse. as it is written. Compare Deuteronomy 17:18, Deuteronomy 17:19. Joshua 1:6-8. Note the emphasis laid on God’s Word written. See note on Exodus 17:14, and App-47. prosper do wisely. continue = establish. children = sons. Compare 2 Samuel 7:8, 2 Samuel 7:11-16. soul. Hebrew. nephesh. App-13. fail = be cut off from. Joab. Zeruiah. David’s own sister’s son. did to me. David does not mention the worst sin, the death of Absalom. Abner. Compare 2 Samuel 3:27, 2 Samuel 3:39. Amasa. Compare 2 Samuel 20:9-11. 1 Chronicles 2:17. the grave. Hebrew. Sheol. App-35. Note "the", not "a". Compare 1 Kings 2:9. Barzillai. Compare 2 Samuel 17:27, 2 Samuel 17:29; 2 Samuel 19:31, 2 Samuel 19:32. Shimei. Compare 2 Samuel 16:5-13; 2 Samuel 19:18-23. I sware. Compare 2Sa. 19-23. for. Note the parenthesis as indicated. Figure of speech Epitrechon. but = neither, as in Psalms 38:1, the second negative being omitted, as is frequently the case. Literally "and [not]". See Psalms 9:18 (Revised Version nor); 1 Kings 38:1 (neither); 1 Kings 75:5. Proverbs 24:12; Proverbs 25:27. Isaiah 38:18. The Ellipsis must be supplied here, as it is in the above passages. The Hebrew Vav (?) is disjunctive (as well as conjunctive), and is frequently translated "or" (see note on Judges 11:31), and with a negative "nor" and "neither", as it should be here, &c. Solomon obeyed David’s former alternative and did not "hold him guiltless" (1 Kings 2:36); but punished him for a fresh offence (verses: 1 Kings 2:42-46). she said. Some codices, with two early printed editions Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, add "unto him". deny me not. Hebrew idiom = "turn not away my face": face being put by Figure of speech Synecdoche (of Part) for the whole person. App-6. say thee nay = turn away thy face. See note above. Well = good. seat = throne. be given. The verb is masculine, as it usually is when a woman acts a man’s part. life = soul. Hebrew. nephesh. App-13. as = according as. promised. Compare 2 Samuel 7:12, 2 Samuel 7:13. Anathoth. Compare Joshua 21:18. fields. Some codices, with three early printed editions, Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "estate". worthy of death. Hebrew idiom = "a man of death" = doomed to death. Hebrew. ’ish. App-14. Lord GOD = Adonai Jehovah. App-4. (2). fulfil. Compare 1 Samuel 2:31, 1 Samuel 2:36. Already partly fulfilled (1 Samuel 4:11; and now, wholly, in 1 Kings 2:35). Shiloh. Compare 1 Samuel 2:35. Absalom. Syriac and Vulgate read "Solomon". tabernacle. Hebrew. ’ohel, tent. See App-40. Nay; but. here. The famous Mugah codex quoted in the Massorah adds "to him". App-30. men. Hebrew. ’enosh. App-14. any whither. Figure of speech Paronomasia. App-6. Hebrew. ’aneh va anah = hither and thither. on the day. Same as Genesis 2:17. Here several days must have elapsed. shalt surely die. Figure of speech Polyptoton. App-6. Hebrew "a dying thou shalt die", as in Genesis 2:17. thine own head = thyself, "head" being put by Fig, Synecdoche (of the Part) for the whole person. App-6. See note on 1 Kings 2:9. Gath. Sixty-four miles away. Therefore the expression "in the day" must refer to a longer period. affinity = relationship by marriage. Only. May imply regret rather than censure. Compare 1 Kings 15:14, &c. in high places. Deuteronomy 12:11, Deuteronomy 12:14, Deuteronomy 12:26, Deuteronomy 12:27, not obeyed since Jehovah had forsaken Shiloh. Compare Psalms 78:60, Psalms 78:67-69. Jeremiah 7:12-14. statutes of David. Contrast "the statutes of Omri" (Micah 6:16), and"statutes of the heathen" (2 Kings 17:8). high places. Not necessarily idolatrous (see note on 1 Kings 3:2, and compare 1 Chronicles 16:39; 1 Chronicles 21:29. 2 Chronicles 1:3, 2 Chronicles 1:13), though perhaps copied from Canaanites. Practice too deeply rooted for even Asa and Hezekiah to remove. Josiah it was who finally desecrated them. Anglo-Saxon = Hoes. Gibeon = a high place, where the Tabernacle was. Compare Joshua 9:3. 2 Samuel 2:12, 2 Samuel 2:13. offer = offer up. See App-43. dream. One of the twenty in Scripture. See note on Genesis 20:3. God. Hebrew. Elohim. App-4. said: i.e. in his sleep. Compare 1 Kings 3:15. See note on Psalms 127:2. mercy = grace, or lovingkindness. a little child. In his father’s eyes a "wise man" (1 Kings 2:6, 1 Kings 2:9). I know not = I shall not know. Some codices, with Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "and know not", indicating the Figure of speech Polysyndeton here, and in the following verses. App-6. to go out or come in. Compare Numbers 27:17. Figure of speech Synecdoche (of Part). App-6. Put for whole manner of life. Give. Compare 2 Chronicles 1:10. understanding = hearing. Solomon began by asking wisdom from God. Rehoboam (his son) began by asking counsel from man (1 Kings 12:6, 1 Kings 12:8). like thee. Supply Figure of speech Ellipsis, by adding "among the kings" from 1 Kings 3:13 with 1 Kings 10:23. any = a man. Hebrew. ish. App-14. as = according as. thy father David. Compare 1 Kings 15:5. offered = prepared. See App-43. Showing that the Ceremonial Law was in writing before the days of Solomon, and not a later production, as asserted and assumed by some. there was no stranger. Some codices, with Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "and there was no stranger". child = son. overlaid. One of the ten deaths occasioned by women. See note on Judges 4:21. spake = talked [very much]. Figure of speech Ellipsis (App-6), to be supplied. said = kept on saying. wisdom of God = Divine wisdom. Genitive of Character. See App-17, and compare note on 1 Kings 3:9 above. Nathan. Probably David’s son. Compare Luke 3:31. principle officer = priest. See Hebrew (2 Samuel 8:18). the king’s friend, as Hushai had been David’s (2 Samuel 15:37). twelve officers. Compare David’s twelve captains (lChron. 1 Kings 27:2-15). mount = hill country. Elon-beth-hanan. Some codices, with three early printed editions, read "Elon-ben-hanan". Other codices read "Elon and Beth-han. an". Septuagint reads "Elon as far as Beth-hanan". Dor. Compare Joshua 11:2; Joshua 12:23; Joshua 17:11. Abel-meholah. The country of Elisha (1 Kings 19:16, 1 Kings 19:21). Compare Judges 7:22. Ramoth-gilead. In the tribe of Gad. Famous for Ahab’s last battle (1 Kings 22:20). Compare Joshua 20:8. Judges 11:29. region. A sharply defined border, defining the rocky rampart encircling the "Lejah" as it is called to-day. Argob = Edrei, one of "the giant cities of Bashan". See App-23and App-25. Mahanaim. Compare Genesis 32:2. Joshua 13:26. Hushai. See note on 1 Kings 4:5, he = Geber. officer. Not the same word as in 1 Kings 4:7. in the land = in the land [of Bashan]. as the sand. Figure of speech Paroemia. App-6. Compare Genesis 13:16. sea. Some codices, with Syriac, read "sea shore". the river = the Euphrates. Compare Genesis 15:18, &c. unto = even unto. Compare 2 Chronicles 9:26. brought presents. Compare Psalms 72:10, Psalms 72:11. provision. Hebrew bread, put by Figure of speech Synecdoche (of the Species) for all kinds of food. App-6. on this side, or beyond. safely = confidently, Dan even to Beer-sheba. The two extremities. Compare Judges 20:1 and 1 Samuel 3:20, &c. forty thousand. In 2 Chronicles 9:25 it Isaiah 4,000, which is much more likely to be correct. The 12,000 are the same in both places. The ancient Hebrew characters were Phoenician, and may be seen on the Moabite Stone. These were in current use till about 140 B. C, and were gradually replaced by the modern Hebrew "square" characters. Mistakes in copying occurred through the similarity of certain letters. See notes on 2 Samuel 24:10. Jeremiah 3:8. Ezekiel 6:4; Ezekiel 22:20. horses. A breach of Deu 17:16. It began by breeding mules (1 Kings 1:33, 1 Kings 1:38, 1 Kings 1:44), which was a breach of Lev 19:19). exceeding great = very great. children = sons. all men = any man. men. Hebrew. ’adam, with Art. (App-14) = any human being. Ethan. The same four names occur among the sons of Zerah the son of Judah (1 Chronicles 2:6), except Dara for Darda; but compare 1 Chronicles 6:44 and 1 Chronicles 6:33. fame = name. proverbs. Some included in the book of that name. songs. Compare Psalms 72 and Psalms 127. people = peoples. Compare 1Ki 10. Hiram. Born of a Jewish mother (1 Kings 7:14. 2 Chronicles 2:14). lover = ally, Hebrews always at amity with the Phoenicians. Never with Canaanites. Thou knowest. Compare 2 Samuel 5:11. 1 Chronicles 14:1; 1 Chronicles 22:4. could not. There were three reasons altogether: (1) not the time (2 Samuel 7); (2) not the opportunity (Luke 5:3); (3) not the man (1 Chronicles 22:8; 1 Chronicles 28:3, &c). the LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4. God. Hebrew. Elohim. App-4. adversary. Hebrew. satan. as the LORD spake = according as Jehovah spake. Compare 2 Samuel 7:12, 2 Samuel 7:13. 1 Chronicles 17:11, 1 Chronicles 17:12. any = a man. Hebrew. ’ish. App-14. sent: i.e. wrote. Compare 2 Chronicles 2:11. See note on Exodus 17:14, and App-47. fir. Or, cypress. bring them down. Note the illustration in the conversion of sinners. Cut down from nature’s standing; down through the waters of death (Romans 6:11), before finding their place in the temple of God (Ephesians 2:20-22). Same with the stones. See note on 1 Kings 5:17. gave = continued to give. Compare Psalms 45:12. gave. Not the same as 2 Chronicles 2:10. That was for Hiram’s workmen in Lebanon. This was for his royal household at Tyre. measures. See App-51. pure = bruised (as in a mortar), not crushed in a press. as = according as. Compare 1 Kings 3:12. league = a covenant. For breaking which Tyre was judged later. See Amos 1:9. levy = tribute of men for free labour, not the bond service of 1 Kings 9:21, 1 Kings 9:22. Compare 1 Kings 4:6. 2 Samuel 20:24. Foretold in 1 Samuel 8:16. David employed forced service of resident aliens (1 Chronicles 22:2; and notes on 2 Samuel 12:31). brought = quarried. great stones. These stones illustrate the work of conversion in the sinner. Hewed out of nature’s dark quarry (Isaiah 51:1, Isaiah 51:2), out and carved for a place in the temple of glory (Ephesians 2:20-22). stonesquarers = men of Gebal, or Giblites, as Ezekiel 27:9, now Jubeil, forty miles north of Sidon. Compare Psalms 83:7. Phoenician masons’ marks still visible on them. so = and. four hundred and eightieth year. Note max the number is Greekinal (not Cardinal) = the 480th year of some longer and larger period, viz. the 490 years from the Exodus to the Dedication of the Temple; the difference of ten years being made up of seven years in building (1 Kings 6:38) and three years in furnishing. Dedicated not in seventh year, for Completion took place in the eighth month of one year (1 Kings 6:38), and the Dedication in the seventh month of another (1 Kings 8:2). The chronological period was 40 years in wilderness + 450 years under judges + 40 years of Saul + 40 years of David + 3 years of Solomon (1 Kings 6:1) = 573 (from 1490-917). The mystical period of 480 years is obtained by deducting the period of 93 years, when Israel’s national position was in abeyance. Thus: 8 (Judges 3:8) + 18 (Judges 3:14) + 20 (Judges 4:3) + 7 (Judges 6:1) + 40 (Judges 13:1) = 93. (N. B. The eighteen years of Jdg 10:7, Judges 10:9, was local and beyond Jordan. It did not affect the national position). Hence 573-93 = 480 (from 873-93). children = sons. the house of the LORD = the Temple. Similar in plan to the Tabernacle, but double the size. the LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4. cubits. See App-51. according to. Or, in the front of, oracle. See note on 2 Samuel 16:23. made ready = made perfect. before: i.e. in the quarries afar off, or beneath the city. heard. So in the spiritual house. Ephesians 2:20-22. which I spake unto David. Compare 2 Samuel 7:13. 1 Chronicles 22:10. among = in the midst of. covered. Note that all the stonework was covered with cedar wood; and the cedar wood covered with gold. Even so the saved sinner is covered with Christ’s human and Divine righteousness imputed to him. Compare Luke 15:22. Philippians 1:3, Philippians 1:9. no stone seen. Figure of speech Pleonasm. App-6. Words not necessary for grammar, or sense; but used to emphasize the completeness of our covering by Christ’s merits. Compare Ephesians 1:6. Colossians 1:28; Colossians 2:10; Colossians 4:12. overlaid. See note on covered, 1 Kings 6:15 and 1 Kings 6:18. whole house. Figure of speech Synecdoche (of Whole). App-6. Put for every part of it. two cherubims. See App-41 olive tree = oil tree, as in Isaiah 41:19, rendered pine (Nehemiah 8:15); but, Oleaster according to Tristram. two doors = two-leaved (or double) doors. door = entrance. Zif. The second month. eighth month. See note on 1 Kings 6:1, and compare Dedication later, in "seventh month" (1 Kings 8:2); so that more than one, and probably three, years in completing the appointments. parts = appointments. seven years. See note on 1 Kings 6:1. Seven years for the building itself, and probably three years for the "appointments". Contrast these seven with the thirteen of 1 Kings 7:1, and see App-10. doors = entrances. sawed with saws. Figure of speech Ployptoton. App-6. a widow’s. One of nine widows specially mentioned. See note on Genesis 38:19. Naphtali: by marriage. By birth, of Dan (2 Chronicles 2:14). Dan furnished Aholiab, one of the builders of the Tabernacle (Exodus 31:6). cunning = knowing, or skilful. Compare 1 Samuel 16:18. 1 Chronicles 22:15. works in brass = castings in bronze. These were the subjects of later prophecy (Jeremiah 27:19), fulfilled in 2 Kings 25:13-17. cast. Hebrew fashioned. two pillars = the two pillars: i.e. the two notable pillars, for ornament, not for support, and hollow (Jeremiah 52:21). eighteen cubits high apiece. So 2 Kings 25:17 and Jeremiah 52:21. But 2 Chronicles 3:15 (margin) says thirty-five cubits long: i.e. together, the top of "each" being reckoned separately. Therefore the height here was 17 + cubit being taken up in the joining on of the capital. apiece. This is the reckoning here. In 2 Chronicles 3:15 they are reckoned together. See margin. chapiters. Old French chapiteau, from Latin. capitu-lum = capitals, or crowns. five cubits. So 2 Chronicles 3:15. But 2 Kings 25:17 says three cubits, not including the "wreathen" or lattice work, which is described separately, and must have been two cubits. nets = frames, or net- or lattice-work. These are included in the five cubits here and in 2 Chronicles 3:15, but not in 2 Kings 25:17. belly = swell, or protuberance. in the porch = for the porch. Jachin = He (God) will establish. Referring to His Boaz = In Him (God) is strength, People Israel. molten sea = brazen laver. "Sea" put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Adjunct) for what contained it. a line of thirty cubits. Here the proportion of the diameter to the circumference (1 Kings 1:3) was revealed, while human wisdom was still searching it out. two thousand. 2 Chronicles 4:5 says three thousand. But 1 Kings 7:26 speaks of what it did (usually) contain; while 2 Chronicles 4:5 speaks of what it could " receive and hold". No bath in use is filled to its full capacity. baths. See App-51. borders = panels, or enclosures. additions = connections. Probably wreaths. Occurs only here and 1 Kings 7:29, 1 Kings 7:30, 1 Kings 7:36. wheels: showing that these lavers were movable; and indicating that when "that which is perfect should come (viz. the washing with spirit, Acts 1:5), the type (water) was to be wheeled away". plates = axletrees. undersetters = projections, or supports. at the side of = opposite. borders = panels. Removed by Ahaz (2 Kings 16:17). Replaced by Hezekiah (2 Chronicles 29:19). Existed at taking of Temple (Jeremiah 52:17, Jeremiah 52:20). naves = felloes. felloes = spokes. spokes = naves. proportion : i.e. on a reduced scale, as the plates required. lavers = cauldrons (for boiling the peace offerings). Some codices, with three early printed editions, Septuagint, and Vulgate, read "pans". Compare 1 Kings 7:45 and 2 Chronicles 4:11. made = made for. networks = lattices. upon = upon the face of. Figure of speech Pleonasm. App-6. found out = sought out. 4 vessels = furniture. altar : i.e. the altar of incense. Compare 1 Kings 6:22. candlesticks. Compare 2 Chronicles 4:20. Solomon exceeded the pattern in number but followed the design in shape. Size not stated. pure gold. In Palestine, gold has the least possible alloy, and is exceedingly malleable. the most holy place = the holy of holies. the things which David his father had dedicated = the holy things of David. Hebrew. kodesh. See note on Exodus 3:5 the elders. Some codices, with Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "all the elders". and. Some codices, with three early printed editions, Aramaean, and Septuagint, omit "and". fathers = fathers’ houses = families. children = sons. out of the city of David: i.e. up out of Zion (the former Jebus, 2 Samuel 5:6-9) to Moriah, where the Temple had been built (1 Chronicles 21:28, 1 Chronicles 22:1). Compare 2Sa 6. App-68 Ethanim. Same as Tisri. the seventh month. Compare Leviticus 23:24. See note on 1 Kings 6:38. took up. As commanded in Numbers 4:5, Numbers 4:15, Numbers 4:19. the tabernacle = the tent. Hebrew. ’ohel. See App-40. Brought from Gibeon (2 Chronicles 1:3, 2 Chronicles 1:4). Probably put among the treasures of 1 Kings 7:51. priests: the ministers of sacrifice. Levites: the ministers of praise. oracle = the most holy place. Compare 2 Samuel 16:23. the most holy place = the holy of holies. without = outside: i.e. outside the holy place. unto this day: i.e. 1 Kings written while Temple was still standing; therefore before its destruction by Nebuchadnezzar, and before the Captivity. Compare 2 Chronicles 5:9, and See 1 Kings 9:21; 1 Kings 12:19. 2 Kings 8:22; 2 Kings 10:27. save, &c. Hebrews 9:4 speaks of the Ark as it was in the Tabernacle, not as in the Temple. Compare Hebrews 9:2, Hebrews 9:3, Hebrews 9:4. when. Israel. The Septuagint reads "the Tables which Moses placed [there] in Horeb, which [Tables] the LORD covenanted with the sons of Israel". dwell. Figure of speech Anthropopatheia. App-6. house to dwell in. Hebrew. beth zebul = Assyrian bit-zabali = high or lofty house. Compare Zebulun (Genesis 30:20). congregation = assembly, God. Hebrew. Elohim. App-4. saying. Compare 2 Samuel 7:6. therein = there, with Septuagint and 2 Chronicles 6:5. The Septuagint adds after this word "and I have chosen Jerusalem that My Name might be there". This is preserved in 2 Chronicles 6:6. The scribe’s eye, in copying, went back to the next word, "I have chosen David", and went on from there, omitting the sentence given above. said. Compare 2 Samuel 7:12. the covenant. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Subject), App-6, for the two tables of stone on which it was written. stood = took his position: position, not posture. See note on 1 Kings 8:54. spread forth. He did this kneeling. See 1 Kings 8:54 and 2 Chronicles 6:13. mercy = lovingkindness, or grace. so that = provided that, as = according as. God = Elohim. App-4. Some codices, with Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "Jehovah Elohim". App-4. word. Hebrew. dabar. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Subject), for the promises made by it. See 1 Kings 8:56. will. ? Figure of speech Erotesis. App-6. Compare 2 Chronicles 6:18. Isaiah 66:1. Acts 7:48, Acts 7:49. indeed = in truth. behold. Figure of speech Asterismos. App-6. heaven, &c. Figure of speech Polyptoton (App-6), for emphasis. how much. ? Figure of speech Erotesis. App-6. prayer. Includes every thought of the heart which is Godward. supplication = entreaty (for favour). cry = the vehement utterance of either. tow ard. So written, but some codices read "upon". make toward. Hence Daniel’s act (Daniel 6:10). dwelling place. Figure of speech Anthropopatheia. App-6. If = When, or Whosoever shall. trespass. See App-44. This shows an acquaintance with the Pentateuch. See 1 Kings 8:33, and App-47. and the oath come. Omitted by Aramaean, Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate versions. When. Note how these petitions are based on the Pentateuch. Compare Leviticus 26:17. Deuteronomy 28:25. bring them again. See Deuteronomy 30:1-8. Nehemiah 1:8, Nehemiah 1:9. When heaven is shut up. Compare Leviticus 26:19. Deuteronomy 11:17. Compare Ch. 1 Kings 17:1. that Thou teach = because Thou wilt teach. pestilence = death. Compare Leviticus 26:26. blasting = blight. cities. Hebrew gates. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Adjunct) for cities. man. Hebrew. ’adam. App-14. know = perceive in his own heart. Latin. conscio, every man. Hebrew. ’ish. App-14. plague = punishment. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Cause), App-6, for the sin which produces it. his = all his, as in 2 Chronicles 6:30. for Thou, &c. Figure of speech Epitrechon. App-6. stranger = foreigner, or alien. Already contemplated in Numbers 15:14. Deuteronomy 10:19. they shall hear. Compare 1 Kings 10:1, 1 Kings 10:6, 1 Kings 10:7. enemy. Some codices, with Aramaean, Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "enemies". cause. Hebrew judgment: i.e. execute judgment for them. there is no man that sinneth not. Figure of speech Parosmia. App-6. Compare Proverbs 20:9. Ecclesiastes 7:20. James 3:2. if, &c. Deuteronomy supplied the Lord with answers in His temptation; and supplied Solomon with petitions for his prayer. Compare 1 Kings 30:1-3, 1 Kings 30:4, 1 Kings 30:20; 1 Kings 9:26, 1 Kings 9:29 (compare verses: 1 Kings 8:51-52 below); 1 Kings 7:9 (Compare 1 Kings 8:23 above); and 1 Kings 10:14 (Compare 1 Kings 8:27 above), &c. bethink themselves = call themselves to their right mind. (The verb is in the Hiphil.) saying, We have sinned. Compare Nehemiah 1:6, Nehemiah 1:7. Daniel 9:8. toward their land. Compare Daniel 6:10; Daniel 9:5-19. Ezra 9:5-15; Ezra 10:1. Nehemiah 9:16-35. Psalms 106:6. the city. Some codices, with two early printed editions, and Vulgate, read "and the city". I have built. Hebrew text written "Thou hast built", but some codices, with three early printed editions, Aramaean, Septuagint, and Vulgate, read "I have built", as in Authorized Version. forgive Thy People. Compare Leviticus 26:40, Leviticus 26:42. give them. Compare Ezra 1:1, Ezra 1:3. furnace = furnace for the smelting of iron; not made of iron. Compare Genesis 15:17. didst separate. Compare Leviticus 20:24, Leviticus 20:26. people = peoples. praying. prayer = making this solemn prayer, Figure of speech Polyptoton. App-6. kneeling. See note on 1 Kings 8:22, and Compare 1 Kings 19:18. Isaiah 45:23. Ezra 9:5. 2 Chronicles 6:13. Daniel 6:10. Psalms 95:6. Standing was the earlier practice (1 Samuel 1:26). given rest. Compare Exodus 33:14. not failed. Not fallen [to the ground]. Hebrew. naphal, to fall. Solomon knows Joshua 23:14. Compare Joshua 21:45, Moses His servant. See note on Exodus 14:31. us. Note that Solomon includes himself. let Him not leave us, &c. See note on Genesis 28:15. incline our hearts. Compare Leviticus 26:3-13. Deuteronomy 28:1-14. Some codices, with three early printed editions, Septuagint, and Vulgate, read "heart". at all times. Hebrew the matter of a day in its day: i.e. day by day. may know. Compare Deuteronomy 4:39. is = he [is]. perfect with = loyal: i.e. not divided between Jehovah and other gods; hence wholly devoted to. Not heeded by Solomon himself. Compare 1 Kings 9:6; 1 Kings 11:4. offered sacrifice. Hebrew sacrificed a sacrifice. Figure of speech Polyptoton (App-6) = offered a great or abundant sacrifice. See App-43. Jehovah accepted them by fire from heaven, as recorded in 2 Chronicles 7:1. See note on Genesis 4:4. a feast = the feast: viz. the Feast of Tabernacles. See note on 1 Kings 8:2. seven days and seven days. Figure of speech Epizeuxis. App-6. The first seven the Feast of Dedication; the second the Feast of Tabernacles. for David: i.e. in the person of Solomon his son. Figure of speech Synecdoche (of Part). Compare 1 Kings 10:9 and 2 Chronicles 7:10. the Lord. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4. as He had appeared. See 1 Kings 3:5. Mine eyes. Mine heart. Figure of speech Anthropopatheia. and. Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulg, read this "and" in the text. as = according as. children = sons. people = peoples. And at this house, &c. Render thus: "And this house will become conspicuous; every passer by will be astonished, and hiss; and they will say", &c. God. Hebrew. Elohim. evil. Hebrew. ra’a’. App-44. twenty years. Compare 1 Kings 7:1. Now Hiram. Figure of speech Parenthesis. fir, or cypress. What cities. ? Figure of speech Erotesis. App-6. Cabul. The point of the sarcasm is not apparent to us on account of our not knowing the meaning of the word. It has been variously suggested as meaning "worthless", "not to my taste" (Josephus). Galilee always despised. Septuagint says "frontier"; others, "received as a pledge"; others, "good for nothing". sent: referring to 1 Kings 9:11. Perhaps this was an advance for which the cities of 1 Kings 9:11 were the security. reason = account, or schedule. Levy: i.e. tribute of men. Same word as 1 Kings 5:13-18; not the same word as 1 Kings 9:21. Millo = the Millo. Part of Jebusite city, or the filling up between Jebus and Moriah. Hezekiah strengthened it. Shechem had a "Millo" (Judges 9:6). Compare 1 Kings 9:24; 1 Kings 11:27. 2 Samuel 5:9. 1 Chronicles 11:8. 2 Chronicles 32:54. the wall. Begun by David (2 Samuel 5:9. 1 Chronicles 11:8). Solomon closed the breaches (1 Kings 11:27). Hazor, an old Canaanitish town (Joshua 11:1). Megiddo, the same (Joshua 12:21. Judges 1:27; Judges 5:19, and 1 Kings 4:12). Gezer. Gezer was formerly under the suzerainty of Egypt. Correspondence of the time of Amen-hotep III and IV, about 1450 B.C, has been found at Tel-el-Amarnah explorations, which mentions Yapakhi as "king" of Gezer. Letters from Abdkhiba, king of Jerusalem, complain of the Gezerites. First mentioned in Joshua 10:33. Conquest only partial (Joshua 16:10. Judges 1:29). Allotted to Levites (Joshua 21:21). In excavation by Palestine Exploration Fund a contract was found, dated 649 B.C. (in Assyrian). Gezer then still under an Egyptian Governor. Another contract, dated 647 B. C, was found, showing an Assyrian occupation in the time of Manasseh. This may explain the "captains" of 2 Chronicles 38:11. present = dowry. built = rebuilt and fortified. Tadmor. Called, later, Palmyra (from its palms). bondservice. See note on 1 Kings 9:22. make no bondmen. According to Leviticus 25:39. The levy, of 1 Kings 5:13; 1 Kings 11:28, was a levy for free service. This was for bondservice (1 Kings 9:21). and. Note the Figure of speech Polysyndeton (App-6) in this verse. Ezion-geber. Compare Numbers 33:35. Deuteronomy 2:8. Position lost when Edom revolted (2 Kings 8:20). Restored by Uzziah (2 Kings 14:22). Finally lost by Ahaz (2 Kings 16:6).