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. Cities for pleasure.
IV. Cities for defence. Lessons:
1. That those who attend to the spiritual will not neglect the temporal interests of a nation.
2. That amidst the temporal interests of a nation great risks exist. Hence--
(1) Lessons of prudence.
(2) The danger of prosperity. (J. Wolfendale.)