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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 9:24

But Pharaoh's daughter came up out of the city of David ,.... Where he placed her when he first married her, until he had finished his buildings, 1 Kings 3:1 , which being done he brought her from thence unto her house, which Solomon had built for her; the reason of which is given, not only because it was the house of David, but because it was holy by the ark being there for some time; and therefore he did not judge it proper that his wife, an Egyptian woman, and sometimes in her impurity,... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Kings 9:15

This is the reason of the levy - That is, in order to pay Hiram the sixscore talents of gold which he had borrowed from him (Hiram not being willing to take the Galilean cities mentioned above; or, having taken them, soon restored them again) he was obliged to lay a tax upon the people; and that this was a grievous and oppressive tax we learn from 1 Kings 12:1-4 , where the elders of Israel came to Rehoboam, complaining of their heavy state of taxation, and entreating that... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Kings 9:16

Pharaoh - had gone up , and taken Gezer - This city Joshua had taken from the Canaanites, Joshua 10:33 ; Joshua 12:12 , and it was divided by lot to the tribe of Ephraim, and was intended to be one of the Levitical cities; but it appears that the Canaanites had retaken it, and kept possession till the days of Solomon, when his father-in-law, Pharaoh king of Egypt, retook it, and gave it to Solomon in dowry with his daughter. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Kings 9:18

And Tadmor in the wilderness - This is almost universally allowed to be the same with the celebrated Palmyra, the ruins of which remain to the present day, and give us the highest idea of Solomon's splendor and magnificence. Palmyra stood upon a fertile plain surrounded by a barren desert, having the river Euphrates on the east. The ruins are well described by Messrs. Dawkes and Wood, of which they give fine representations. They are also well described in the ancient part of the... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Kings 9:19

And all the cities of store - Though, by the multitude and splendor of his buildings, Solomon must have added greatly to the magnificence of his reign; yet, however plenteous silver and gold were in his times, his subjects must have been greatly oppressed with the taxation necessary to defray such a vast public expenditure. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Kings 9:21

A tribute of bond-service - He made them do the most laborious part of the public works, the Israelites being generally exempt. When Sesostris, king of Egypt, returned from his wars, he caused temples to be built in all the cities of Egypt, but did not employ one Egyptian in the work, having built the whole by the hands of the captives which he had taken in his wars. Hence he caused this inscription to be placed upon each temple: - Ουδεις εγχωριος εις αυτα μεμοχθηκε . No native... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 9:15

And this is the reason [or manner, account, דָּבָר . Keil: "This is the case with regard to, " etc. The historian now proceeds to speak of the forced labour. The LXX . inserts this and the next nine verses after 1 Kings 10:22 ] of the levy [see on 1 Kings 5:13 , and 1 Kings 12:18 ] which Solomon raised; for to build [The punctuation of the A.V. is misleading. The Hebrew has no break—"which Solomon raised for building," etc.] the house of the Lord and his own house and... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 9:16

For Pharaoh king of Egypt had gone up and taken Gezer and burnt it with fire [The total destruction of the place and its inhabitants by fire and sword looks more like an act of vengeance for some grave offence than like ordinary warfare], and slain the Canaanites that dwelt in the city [Though Gezer was allotted to Ephraim ( Joshua 16:3 ) and designated as a Levitical city ( ib ; 1 Kings 21:21 ), the Canaanite inhabitants had never been dispossessed ( Joshua 16:10 ; LXX .... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 9:17

And Solomon built Gezer [In the case of Gezer it was an actual rebuilding. But as applied to Beth-boron, etc; "built" probably means enlarged, strength ened] and Beth-horon the nether [mentioned in connexion with Gezer, Joshua 16:3 (cf. Joshua 10:10 ). It is deserving of mention that the two cities of Beth-horon still survive in the modern villages of Beitur el-tahta and el-fok, " names which are "clearly corruptions of Beth-horon "the Nether" and "the Upper": One lies at the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 9:19

And all the cities of store that Solomon had [cities where the produce of the land was stored for the use of the troops or household, or against a season of scarcity ( Genesis 41:35 ; Exodus 1:11 ), or possibly (Ewald) they were emporiums for the development of trade. The fact that these store cities are mentioned in the same breath with Tadmor, is an argument for the identification of that place with Palmyra, which Solomon could only have built as a means of gaining or retaining control... read more

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 9:24

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Kings 9:15

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Kings 9:16

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Kings 9:18

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Kings 9:19

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Kings 9:21

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 9:15

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 9:16

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 9:17

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 9:19

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