Bible Commentaries

when the queen of Sheba heard. For further notes, see the parallel passages in 1Ki 10. App-56.

questions = words, or matters.

wisdom. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Cause) for the effects produced by it.

and. Note the Figure of speech Polysyndeton (App-6) in verses: 2 Chronicles 9:3 and 2 Chronicles 9:4,

ascent: i.e. the causeway of 1 Chronicles 26:16, 1 Chronicles 26:18.

the LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4.

spirit. Hebrew. ruach. App-9.

It was a true report. Hebrew The word was truth.

behold. Figure of speech Asterismos.

God. Hebrew. Elohim. App-4.

justice = righteousness.

algum trees. See note on 1 Kings 10:11.

terraces = stairs, or balustrades. Compare 1 Kings 10:12.

she had brought. This, like other differences, is complementary.

six hundred and threescore and six. App-10.

chapmen. Hebrew. tur, travelers, or merchants, Eng. = cheapmen, or traffickers.

targets = pointed or bossed shields. Hebrew. zinnah.

shields = covering or protecting shields. Hebrew. maginnim.

house of the forest of Lebanon. This is the palace of cedar in Jerusalem (1 Kings 7:2).

six. See App-10.

stays = supports. Hebrew = hands.

pure = purified.

the. No article in the Hebrew here.

harness = armour.

four thousand. See note on 1 Kings 4:26.

reigned = was suzerain.

river: i.e. Euphrates.

border. Not river. Genesis 15:18 yet waits fulfillment.

horses. Yet horses out of Egypt had a leading part in destroying Judah. Compare 2 Chronicles 12:3, 2 Chronicles 12:4, 2 Chronicles 12:9. Psalms 33:17.

prophet. seer. Hebrew. nabi. chozeh. See note on 1 Chronicles 29:29.

against Jeroboam. So that he had warning from God.

slept with his fathers. See note on Deuteronomy 31:16. Solomon died at the age of sixty.