“ And Solomon went to Hamathzobah, and prevailed against it. ”
Hamath-zobah - Usually identified with the “great Hamath” Amos 6:2 ; the capital of Coele-Syria; but probably a town of Zobah otherwise unknown, which revolted from Solomon, and was reduced to s...
Solomon's Various Religious and Secular Undertakings (see notes on 1 Kings 9:10-28 ). A striking difference occurs between 2 and 1 Kings 9:11 ; here Hiram gives Solomon an unspecified number of c...
And Solomon went to Hamathzobah, and prevailed against it. Hamath-zobah - "Emessa, on the river Orontes." - Calmet.
And Solomon went to Hamathzobah, and prevailed against it. Solomon went to Hamath-zobah. Hamath was on the Orontes, in Coele-Syria. Its king, Toi, had been the ally of David; but, from the co...
Solomon's Buildings. His Trade with Ophir This chapter reproduces the substance of 1 Kings 9:10 ; 1 Kings 9:28 but describes some additional buildings.
And Solomon went. — Marched ( 2 Samuel 12:29 ). Hamath-zobah. — That is, Hamath bordering on Zobah. (Comp. 1 Chronicles 18:3 .) Solomon’s conquest of the kingdom of Hamath, which had been on...
Here are recorded some of the doings of the king. He consolidated the internal strength of the nation by building cities. He organized the labor of the conquered peoples in his dominions. He set the...
The view here given of Solomon is similar to what is related of him, 1 Kings 9:1 . To one of Solomon's wisdom, one might have hoped to have heard more of his hours of meditation and prayer than of h...
And Solomon went to Hamathzobah ,.... In an hostile manner, which is the only instance of any warlike expedition of Solomon's. This was Coelesyria, which though subdued in the times of David, perhap...
And Solomon went to Hamathzobah, and prevailed against it. Ver. 3. And prevailed against it. ] King James, when he first entered England at Berwick, himself gave fire to, and shot off a piece of o...
A.M. 3012. B.C. 992. Solomon's buildings, 2 Chronicles 8:1-6 . His workmen and officers, 2 Chronicles 8:7-10 . He settles his wife, 2 Chronicles 8:11 . Fixes the method of the temple-se...
FURTHER ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF SOLOMON (vv.1-18) After Solomon had completed the building of the temple and his own house, he rebuilt the cities that Hiram had given him and settled some of the chil...
Solomon's Buildings. B. C. 992. 1 And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, wherei...
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CRITICAL NOTES.] Solomon’s buildings ( 2 Chronicles 8:1-6 ); the tributaries ( 2 Chronicles 8:7-11 ); the festival worship ( 2 Chronicles 8:12-16 ); and the fleet of Solomon ( 2 Chronicles 8:17-18 )...
2 Chronicles 8:4 . Tadmor, Palmyra. 1 Kings 9:18 . This city rose to be capital of a province, which sent eighty thousand men to join the Assyrian army. Its ruins exhibit a wall eleven miles in c...
That the cities. Solomon’s military enterprises Chiefly in acquiring cities rebuilt and taken from the enemy. I. Cities for stores ( 1 Kings 9:19 ). II. Cities for colonisation. III. C...
EXPOSITION This interesting historical chapter may very well be described as by Professor Dr. James G. Murphy, in his 'Bible-Class Handbook,' "The Acts of Solomon," or at any rate, some of the m...
Solomon's Public Buildings and Serfs
1 Chronicles 18:3 ; 1 Kings 11:23-25 ; 2 Samuel 8:3 ; Numbers 13:21 ; Numbers 34:8