1 Kings 14:26-28; 2 Chronicles 12:10; 2 Chronicles 12:9; 2 Chronicles 9:15; 2 Chronicles 9:16
The “targets” seem to have been long shields protecting the whole body, while the “shields” of the next verse were bucklers of a smaller size, prob...
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...
And king Solomon made two hundred targets of beaten gold: six hundred shekels of gold went to one target. Solomon made two hundred targets of bea...
And king Solomon made two hundred targets of beaten gold: six hundred shekels of gold went to one target. Two hundred targets ... six hundred...
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 h...
Targets ] large shields. Shekels' ] a shekel was 224 grains. The shields were probably overlaid with the gold, not made of it.
The shields overlaid with gold — the larger called “targets,” and the lesser called “shields” — were evidently used for ornamenting the king’s palace...
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 plea...
Breaking Three Commandments 1 Kings 21:1-29 ; 1 Kings 1:1-53 ; 1 Kings 2:1-46 ; 1 Kings 3:1-28 ; 1 Kings 4:1-34 ; 1 Kings 5:1-18 ; 1 Kings...
“Solomon in All His Glory” 1 Kings 10:14-29 How dazzling is this description of Solomon's glory! And yet our Lord said that it was excelled by...
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...
(14) В¶ Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred threescore and six talents of gold, (15) Beside that he had of the me...
And King Solomon made two hundred targets of beaten gold ,.... Which were a larger sort of shields, which covered the whole body; and these were mad...
And king Solomon made two hundred targets [of] beaten gold: six hundred [shekels] of gold went to one target. Ver. 16. Two hundred targets of be...
Solomon made two hundred targets of beaten gold For pomp and magnificence, and to be carried before him by his guard when he went abroad. The Roman...
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 i...
Solomon's Wealth. B. C. 990. 14 Now...
For pomp and magnificence, and (as may be thought from the use of the brazen shields, 1 Kings 14:27,28 ) to be carried before him by his guard whe...
A Description Of King Solomon's Toys ( 1 Kings 10:14-22 ). With the wealth that was pouring into his country Solomon made himself some ostentatiou...
CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.— 1 Kings 10:15 . Beside … of the merchantmen, and … merchants —the words rendered “merchantmen,” אַנְשֵׁי הַתָּר...
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...
EXPOSITION SOLOMON 'S WEALTH , POMP , AND POWER . The visit of the Queen of Sheba, in itself a striking proof of the fame and greatness of...
Solomon's Riches and Luxury
And King Solomon made two hundred targets, large square shields, of beaten gold, six hundred shekels of gold went to one target, the framework of t...
Targets — For pomp and magnificence, and to be carried before him, by his guard, when he went abroad. The Roman magistrates had rods and axes carri...
16 And king Solomon made two hundred targets of beaten gold: six hundred shekels of gold went to one target.