1 Kings 10:12 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And the king made of the almug trees pillarse for the house of the LORD, and for the king's house, harps also and psalteries for singers: there came no such almug trees, nor were seen unto this day. ”

• 1 Kings 10:12 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  Pillars - The Hebrew word signifies ordinarily a “prop” (margin). It is generally supposed to mean in this place a “railing,” or “balustrade,” a sense which connects and harmonises the present pa...

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• 1 Kings 10:12 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  1 Kings 10. Visit of the Queen of Sheba. By Sheba or Saba a district in S. Arabia is meant. The Sabæ ans were known to the Israelites as exporters of gold ( Isaiah 60:6 ; Psalms 72:15 ); Ezekiel (...

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• 1 Kings 10:12 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  And the king made of the almug trees pillars for the house of the LORD, and for the king's house, harps also and psalteries for singers: there came no such almug trees, nor were seen unto this day.

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• 1 Kings 10:12 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  And the navy also of Hiram, &c.— Parkhurst thinks, that the אלמגים almugim, thya, or lignumvitae tree, is so called from אל al, not, and גם gem, to fill, because it is of so close a tex...

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• 1 Kings 10:12 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  And the king made of the almug trees pillars for the house of the LORD, and for the king's house, harps also and psalteries for singers: there came no such almug trees, nor were seen unto this da...

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• 1 Kings 10:12 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  Solomon and the Queen of Sheba 1. Sheba] the Sheba of Genesis 10:28 (in Arabia), not of Genesis 10:7 (in Africa). Arabia seems frequently to have been ruled by queens; more than one is mention...

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• 1 Kings 10:12 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  Gold from Ophir . — The insertion of this notice is obviously suggested by the mention of the gold and precious stones brought from Sheba. The wood of the “almug” tree, called (apparently more prope...

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• 1 Kings 10:12 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  SOLOMON IN ALL HIS GLORY 1 Kings 10:1-20 . "O Luxury! thou curs'd by Heaven's decree! How do thy potions with insidious joy Diffuse their pleasures only to destroy! Kingdoms by thee to sickly...

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• 1 Kings 10:12 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  “The Half Was not Told Me” 1 Kings 10:1-13 Sheba, to the Jewish mind, was at the ends of the earth, Matthew 12:42 . It probably lay in southern Arabia, fifteen hundred miles from Jerusalem. Th...

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• 1 Kings 10:12 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  The Queen of Sheba's visit to Solomon shows how far his fame was spread abroad. Moreover, reports had coupled Solomon's wisdom and greatness with the name of Jehovah. The Queen of Sheba saw what the...

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• 1 Kings 10:12 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  (10) And she gave the king an hundred and twenty talents of gold, and of spices very great store, and precious stones: there came no more such abundance of spices as these which the queen of Sheba ga...

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• 1 Kings 10:12 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  And the king made of the almug trees pillars for the house of the Lord, and for the king's house ,.... Or terraces, as in 2 Chronicles 9:11 , causeways; and means the ascent or causeway he made fro...

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• 1 Kings 10:12 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  And the king made of the almug trees pillars for the house of the LORD, and for the king's house, harps also and psalteries for singers: there came no such almug trees, nor were seen unto this day....

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• 1 Kings 10:12 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  The navy of Hiram brought great plenty of almug-trees It is very uncertain what these almug-trees were, or algum-trees, as they are termed 2 Chronicles 2:8 , by a transposition of letters. Dr. Wa...

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• 1 Kings 10:12 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  THE VISIT OF THE QUEEN OF SHEBA (vs.1-13) News of Solomon's greatness spread through the nations. It was not however his greatness itself that impressed the Queen of Sheba, but his fame concerni...

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• 1 Kings 10:12 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  Visit of the Queen of Sheba. B. C. 990.       1 And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame...

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• 1 Kings 10:12 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  Almug trees, called also (by an inversion of the letters, which is usual among the Hebrews) algum trees , 2 Chronicles 2:8 , 2 Chronicles 9:10 ; whereof there were some in Lebanon, 2 Chronic...

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• 1 Kings 10:12 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  THE QUEEN OF SHEBA AND SOLOMON CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.— 1 Kings 10:1 . Queen of Sheba —The Arabs and Abyssinians both claim this queen, and surround this historic visit with rival legen...

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• 1 Kings 10:12 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  1 Kings 10:1 . Sheba, from Saba, the eldest son of Cush. Genesis 10:7 . The country extending itself from the Gulf of Persia to the Red sea. The claims of the Abyssinians to the queen of this cou...

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• 1 Kings 10:12 - The Biblical Illustrator

  When the Queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon. The Queen of Sheba In this history, there are various points of view wherein the Queen of Sheba appears as a type and representation of the...

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• 1 Kings 10:12 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION THE VISIT OF THE QUEEN OF SHEBA .—The last words of the preceding chapter spoke of Solomon's fleet, of its voyages, and the treasures it brought home. The historian now p...

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• 1 Kings 10:12 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  The Queen of Sheba at Solomon's Court

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• 1 Kings 10:12 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 Chronicles 23:5 ; 1 Chronicles 25:1-31 ; Psalms 150:3-5 ; Psalms 92:1-3 ; Revelation 14:2 ; Revelation 14:3

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• 1 Kings 10:12 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

  The Queen of the South 1 Kings 10:1-13 INTRODUCTORY WORDS A greater than Solomon is here. In Matthew 11:1-30 Christ is upbraiding the cities wherein most of His mighty works were done. Under...

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