So king Solomon was king over all Israel.
Ver. 1. So king Solomon was king over all Israel.] So did not his father for the first seven years of his reign; nor any of his successors, save Rehoboam, only for a short space, 1Ki 12:16 for he soon lost ten tribes with one churlish breath. The Hebrews say, but falsely, that Solomon was king over all nations; such a one as they dream their Messiah must be; under whom also they expect a distribution of honours and offices, as once under Solomon. a
a Dan., Hist.