1 Kings 10:26-29 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Kings 10:14-29

We have here a further account of Solomon's prosperity. I. How he increased his wealth. Though he had much, he still coveted to have more, being willing to try the utmost the things of this world could do to make men happy. 1. Besides the gold that came from Ophir (1 Kgs. 9:28), he brought so much into his country from other places that the whole amounted, every year, to 666 talents (1 Kgs. 10:14), an ominous number, compare Rev. 13:18; Ezra 2:13. 2. He received a great deal in customs from... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 10:26

And Solomon gathered together chariots and horsemen ,.... Both for war; for though it was a time of peace, he provided against the worst, lest an enemy should come upon him suddenly, and when unprepared: and he had one thousand and four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen ; of the latter See Gill on 1 Kings 4:26 . whom he bestowed in the cities for chariots, and with the king at Jerusalem ; some of the horsemen were quartered in the cities where the chariots were placed,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 10:27

And the king made silver to be in Jerusalem as stones ,.... By the vast quantity he received from Tarshish; this is an hyperbolical expression: and cedars made he to be as the sycamore trees that are the vale for abundance ; not by the growth of them, but by the importation of them from the dominion of Hiram; this is said in the same figurative way; of the sycamore trees, Rauwolff says F7 Travels, par. 1. c. 4. p. 37. , they are what the Moors and Arabians calls "mumeitz"; which he... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 10:28

And Solomon had horses brought out of Egypt ,.... To mount his horsemen with, and draw his chariots; which seems contrary to the command in Deuteronomy 17:16 . and linen yarn; the king's merchants received the linen yarn at a price ; or rather linen itself; or linen garments, as Ben Gersom; linen being the staple commodity of Egypt, see Isaiah 19:9 , but no mention is made of yarn in 2 Chronicles 9:28 , and the word rendered "linen yarn" signifies a confluence or collection of... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 10:29

And a chariot came up and went out of Egypt for six hundred shekels of silver ,.... Which, reckoning at two shillings and six pence a shekel, amounted to seventy five pounds; but a shekel was not worth more than two shillings and four pence farthing: and an horse for one hundred and fifty ; and this being the fourth part of the above sum, the Jews gather from hence that there were four horses in a chariot; the horses must be reckoned one with another, the whole collection of them, or... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Kings 10:26

He had a thousand and four hundred chariots - See the note on 1 Kings 4:26 . read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Kings 10:27

Made silver - as stones - He destroyed its value by making it so exceedingly plenty. As the sycamore trees - He planted many cedars, and doubtless had much cedar wood imported; so that it became as common as the sycamore trees, which appear to have grown there in great abundance. This is considered to be a tree that partakes of the nature of the fig tree, and of the mulberry. Of the former it has the fruit, and of the latter the leaves; that is, the fruit had a considerable... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Kings 10:28

Horses brought out of Egypt - It is thought that the first people who used horses in war were the Egyptians; and it is well known that the nations who knew the use of this creature in battle had greatly the advantage of those who did not. God had absolutely prohibited horses to be imported or used; but in many things Solomon paid little attention to the Divine command. And linen yarn - The original word, מקוה mikveh , is hard to be understood, if it be not indeed a... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Kings 10:29

A chariot came up - for six hundred shekels - This was the ordinary price of a chariot, as a hundred and fifty shekels were for a horse. Kings of the Hittites - These must have been the remains of the original inhabitants of Canaan, who had gone to some other country, probably Syria, and formed themselves into a principality there. It seems that neither horses nor chariots came out of Egypt but by means of Solomon's servants. read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 10:14-29

The Decline and Fall of Solomon. The fall of Solomon, in itself one of the most portentous facts in Scripture history, is rendered doubly suggestive and admonitory by a consideration of the way in which it was brought about. It was not that he succumbed to some fierce onslaught of temptation; it was no terrible rush of passion—no sudden guilty love of "fair idolatresses," as some have held—wrought his ruin; on the contrary, his decline in piety was so gradual and slow as to be almost... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Kings 10:14-29

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 10:26

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 10:27

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 10:28

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 10:29

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Kings 10:26

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Kings 10:27

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Kings 10:28

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Kings 10:29

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 10:14-29

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