No text from Poole on this verse.
Hamath-zobah - Usually identified with the “great Hamath” Amos 6:2 ; the capital of Coele-Syria; but probably a town of Zobah otherwise unknown,...
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 ; h...
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,...
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 bu...
Hamath-zobah ] Perhaps a Hamath in Zobah (a country E. of the Sea of G-alilee, in the region of the modern Haurân).
And Solomon went. — Marched ( 2 Samuel 12:29 ). Hamath-zobah. — That is, Hamath bordering on Zobah. (Comp. 1 Chronicles 18:3 .) Solomon’s con...
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 t...
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 mo...
And Solomon went to Hamathzobah ,.... In an hostile manner, which is the only instance of any warlike expedition of Solomon's. This was Coelesyria,...
And Solomon went to Hamathzobah, and prevailed against it. Ver. 3. And prevailed against it. ] King James, when he first entered England at Berwic...
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 Chr...
FURTHER ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF SOLOMON (vv.1-18) After Solomon had completed the building of the temple and his own house, he rebuilt the cities tha...
Solomon's Buildings. B. C. 992. 1 And...
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 );...
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 Assyria...
That the cities. Solomon’s military enterprises Chiefly in acquiring cities rebuilt and taken from the enemy. I. Cities for stores ( 1 Kings...
EXPOSITION This interesting historical chapter may very well be described as by Professor Dr. James G. Murphy, in his 'Bible-Class Handbook,' "T...
Solomon's Public Buildings and Serfs
And Solomon went to Hamath-zobah, probably a confederacy of two Syrian kingdoms on, and east of, the Orontes, and prevailed against it, he overcame...
1 Chronicles 18:3 ; 1 Kings 11:23-25 ; 2 Samuel 8:3 ; Numbers 13:21 ; Numbers 34:8
3 And Solomon went to Hamathzobah, and prevailed against it.