E. Solomon’s Successes chs. 8-9This section of the text is similar to 1 Chronicles 18-21. Those chapters showed how God kept His promises to David that the Chronicler recorded in 1 Chronicles 17:8-12. These chapters (8-9) show how God kept His promise to Solomon in 2 Chronicles 1:12 and 2 Chronicles 7:17-18. read more
The Visit of the Queen of Sheba. Solomon’s SplendourThis chapter is a close repetition of 1 Kings 10:1-28 and 1 Kings 11:41-43.8. On his throne] i.e. God’s throne: see on 1 Chronicles 28:5.10. 11. These vv. should follow 2 Chronicles 9:12.11. Terraces] 1 Kings 10:12 has ’pillars’ (or balustrades).12. That which she had brought] 1 Kings 10:13 has ’beside that which Solomon gave her of his royal bounty.’21. The king’s ships went to Tarshish] If this is not a misunderstanding of the phrase ’ships... read more
(8) On his throne—i.e., Jehovah’s throne. (Comp. 1 Chronicles 28:5.) Kings has, “on the throne of Israel.”To be king for the Lord thy God.—A further insistance on the idea that Solomon was but the vicegerent of Jehovah. The clause is added by the chronicler, but need not be called “an evidently wilful alteration” (Thenius).To establish.—This phrase is wanting in the Hebrew of Kings, but is probably original, as the LXX. there has it. read more
6. The Queen of Sheba, Solomon’s Riches and Honors, and Solomon’s Death CHAPTER 9 1. The visit of the Queen (2 Chronicles 9:1-12 ) 2. The riches of Solomon (2 Chronicles 9:13-16 ) 3. The ivory throne (2 Chronicles 9:17-19 ) 4. Further riches and honors of Solomon (2 Chronicles 9:20-29 ) 5. The death of Solomon (2 Chronicles 9:30-31 ) The account of the visit of the Queen of Sheba is the same as it appears in 1 Kings 10:0 . The fame of Solomon had spread far and wide, and the Queen... read more
9:8 Blessed be the LORD thy God, which delighted in thee to set thee on his {c} throne, [to be] king for the LORD thy God: because thy God loved Israel, to establish them for ever, therefore made he thee king over them, to do judgment and justice.(c) Meaning, that the Israelites were God’s peculiar people, and that kings are the lieutenants of God, who ought to grant to him the superiority and administer justice to all. read more
THE VISIT OF THE QUEEN OF SHEBA (vv.1-12) The report of the visit of the Queen of Sheba with Solomon differs only in few details from the report in 1 Kings 10:1-29. But her visit is a lovely picture of the great interest in the Lord Jesus that will be awakened among the Gentiles when He takes His kingdom, and the glad response when they witness His wisdom and his glory. She came to test him with hard questions. Whatever hard questions we have, the Lord Jesus can be depended on to answer... read more
SOLOMON ’S REIGN HIS PRAYER AND ITS ANSWER (2 Chronicles 1:1-3 ) With verses three and four compare 1 Chronicles 16:0 , and especially 1 Chronicles 16:37-40 . The tabernacle at Gibeon was the legal place for worship, but the threshing-floor on Matthew Moriah was chosen by David for the reason given (1 Chronicles 21:29 ). A comparison with the corresponding place in 1 Kings will show how this account is abbreviated as the matter was not necessary to the author’s purpose. HIS POWER AND... read more
2Ch 9:5-9 5. And she said to the king, It was a true report which I heard in mine own land of thine acts, and of thy wisdom: 6. Howbeit I believed not their words, until I came, and mine eyes had seen it: and, behold, the one half of the greatness of thy wisdom was not told me: for thou exceedest the fame that I heard. 7. Happy are thy men, and happy are these thy servants, which stand continually before thee, and hear thy wisdom. 8. Blessed be the Lord thy God, which delighted in thee to set... read more
The account here given of the visit of the queen of Sheba is so exact with that given in 1 Kings 10:0 that I think it needless to detain the Reader, but rather to refer him to that scripture, and the Commentary upon it. Oh! what a reproach is it now, and what an everlasting condemnation will it be in the world to come, to thousands, and tens of thousands, who so far from taking a long and wearisome journey, as this poor woman did, to hear the wisdom of Solomon, cannot be prevailed upon to hear... read more
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E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 2 Chronicles 9:8
God. Hebrew. Elohim. App-4 . justice = righteousness. read more