Chapter 8

1
at the end 1Kgs 9:10


2
the cities 1Kgs 9:11-18


3
Hamathzobah Num 13:21, Num 34:8; 2Sam 8:3; 1Kgs 11:23-25; 1Chr 18:3


4
he built 1Kgs 9:17-19

Tadmor Tadmor, the Palmyra of the Greeks, as we learn from Josephus, a celebrated city of Syria, situated in an oasis, or fertile spot of land, surrounded on all sides by a vast sandy desert, like an island in the midst of the ocean; according to Pliny, 337 miles from Seleucia and Tigrim, 203 from the nearest part of the Mediterranean, and 176 from Damascus; according to Josephus, one day's journey west of the Euphrates, and six from Babylon; and according to Ptolemy, in lat. 34 degrees north, or that of Tripoli, and about 4 degrees more easterly; and it is described by Mr. Wood as "situated under a barren ridge of hills to the west, and open on the other sides to the desert;" "about six days' journey from Aleppo, and as much from Damascus, and about twenty leagues west of the Euphrates." Palmyra attained the height of its splendour when the royal city of Zenobia was conquered by the emperor Aurelian; became a Roman colony after the victories of Trajan; and was probably reduced to its present miserable state in the wars of the Saracens. Its magnificent ruins, however, scattered over an extent of several miles, sufficiently attest its former splendour and riches.


5
Bethhoron Josh 16:3, Josh 16:5; 1Chr 7:24


6
Baalath Josh 19:44; 1Kgs 9:18

the store cities 2Chr 8:4, 2Chr 17:12; 1Kgs 9:19

chariot cities 2Chr 1:14; 1Kgs 10:26

all that Solomon desired to build Heb. all the desire of Solomon which he desired to build, 1Kgs 9:19; Eccl 2:4, Eccl 2:10-26

and in Lebanon 1Kgs 7:2; Song 4:8


7
As for all 1Kgs 9:20-22

the Hittites Gen 15:19-21; Deut 7:1


8
whom the children Judg 1:21-36; Ps 106:34

to pay 2Chr 2:17-18; Josh 16:10, Josh 17:13; 1Kgs 5:13-14


9
But of the Exod 19:5-6; Lev 25:39-46; Gal 4:26, Gal 4:31

they were men 1Sam 8:11-12


10
two hundred 2Chr 2:18; 1Kgs 5:16, 1Kgs 9:23


11
brought up 1Kgs 3:1, 1Kgs 7:8, 1Kgs 9:24

holy Heb. holiness, Exod 3:5, Exod 29:43; Ezek 21:2; 2Pet 1:18


12
on the altar 2Chr 4:1; 1Chr 28:17; Ezek 8:16; Joel 2:17

before the porch John 10:23


13
every day Exod 29:38-42; Lev 23:1-17; Num. 28:1-29:40; Ezek 45:17, Ezek 46:3-15

three times Exod 23:14-17; Deut 16:16; 1Kgs 9:25


14
the courses 2Chr 5:11, 2Chr 23:4, 2Chr 31:2; 1Chr 24:1-19; Luke 1:5, Luke 1:8

the Levites 2Chr 35:10; 1Chr 6:31, 1Chr 6:32-48, 1Chr 15:16-22, 1Chr 16:4-6, 1Chr 16:42, 1Chr 23:1-32, 1Chr 24:20-31; 1Chr 25:1-31; Ezra 6:18

the porters 1Chr 9:17, 1Chr 26:1-19

so had David the man of God commanded Heb. so was the commandment of David the man of God, Deut 33:1; 2Sam 23:2; 1Kgs 13:1; 1Chr 28:19; Acts 13:22, Acts 13:36


15
they departed 2Chr 30:12; Exod 39:42-43

the treasures 1Kgs 7:51; 1Chr 9:29, 1Chr 26:20-26


16
1Kgs 5:18, 1Kgs 6:7


17
Eziongeber 2Chr 20:36; Num 33:35; 1Kgs 9:26-27, 1Kgs 22:48

Eloth Deut 2:8; 2Kgs 14:22, 2Kgs 16:6, Elath


18
1Kgs 9:27-28, 1Kgs 10:22, Hiram

Huram 2Chr 9:10, 2Chr 9:13

Ophir Conjectures respecting the situation of Ophir are endless. Grotius conjectures it to be a part of Arabia called Aphar by Arrian; while Bochart and others have placed it in the island of Ceylon. Calmet supposes it to have been situated in Armenia; but his late editor places it at the head of the Indus. Josephus says that Ophir is the Indies, called the Gold country; by which he is supposed to mean Chersonesus Aurea, now Malacca, opposite Sumatra; and Lev. Poivre observes that the inhabitants of these places call their gold mines ophirs.

took thence Eccl 2:8


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