And Solomon the son of David was strengthened in his kingdom, and the LORD his God was with him, and magnified him exceedingly.
Then Solomon spake unto all Israel, to the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and to the judges, and to every governor in all Israel, the chief of the fathers.
Then Solomon This seems to have taken place a short time after David's decease, and, according to some, in the {second} year of Solomon's reign; when being established in his kingdom, he convened his chief men, and spake to them concerning the solemn sacrifice which he purposed to offer to God.
to the captains
2 Chronicles 29:20 Then Hezekiah the king rose early, and gathered the rulers of the …
2 Chronicles 30:1 And Hezekiah sent to all Israel and Judah, and wrote letters also …
2 Chronicles 34:29,30 Then the king sent and gathered together all the elders of Judah …
1 Chronicles 13:1 And David consulted with the captains of thousands and hundreds, …
1 Chronicles 15:3 And David gathered all Israel together to Jerusalem, to bring up …
1 Chronicles 27:1 Now the children of Israel after their number, to wit, the chief …
1 Chronicles 28:1 And David assembled all the princes of Israel, the princes of the tribes…
1 Chronicles 29:1 Furthermore David the king said to all the congregation, Solomon …
the chief
1 Chronicles 15:12 And said to them, You are the chief of the fathers of the Levites: …
1 Chronicles 24:4,31 And there were more chief men found of the sons of Eleazar than of …
So Solomon, and all the congregation with him, went to the high place that was at Gibeon; for there was the tabernacle of the congregation of God, which Moses the servant of the LORD had made in the wilderness.
But the ark of God had David brought up from Kirjathjearim to the place which David had prepared for it: for he had pitched a tent for it at Jerusalem.
the ark The tabernacle and the brazen altar still remained at Gibeon; but David had brought away the ark out of the tabernacle, and placed it in a tent in Jerusalem.
2 Samuel 7:2,17 That the king said to Nathan the prophet, See now, I dwell in an …
1 Chronicles 13:5,6 So David gathered all Israel together, from Shihor of Egypt even …
1 Chronicles 15:1,25-28 And David made him houses in the city of David, and prepared a place …
for he had pitched
1 Chronicles 16:1 So they brought the ark of God, and set it in the middle of the tent …
Psalm 132:5,6 Until I find out a place for the LORD, an habitation for the mighty …
Moreover the brasen altar, that Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, had made, he put before the tabernacle of the LORD: and Solomon and the congregation sought unto it.
And Solomon went up thither to the brasen altar before the LORD, which was at the tabernacle of the congregation, and offered a thousand burnt offerings upon it.
In that night did God appear unto Solomon, and said unto him, Ask what I shall give thee.
In that night This was the night following the sacrifice which Solomon had offered
1 Kings 3:5-15 In Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream by night: and God …
Proverbs 3:5,6 Trust in the LORD with all your heart; and lean not to your own understanding…
Ask
Matthew 7:7,8 Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and you shall find; knock, …
Mark 10:36,27,51 And he said to them, What would you that I should do for you…
John 16:23 And in that day you shall ask me nothing. Truly, truly, I say to …
1 John 5:14,15 And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any …
And Solomon said unto God, Thou hast shewed great mercy unto David my father, and hast made me to reign in his stead.
Now, O LORD God, let thy promise unto David my father be established: for thou hast made me king over a people like the dust of the earth in multitude.
let thy promise
2 Samuel 7:12-16,25-29 And when your days be fulfilled, and you shall sleep with your fathers, …
1 Chronicles 17:11-14,23-27 And it shall come to pass, when your days be expired that you must …
1 Chronicles 28:6,7 And he said to me, Solomon your son, he shall build my house and …
Psalm 89:35-37 Once have I sworn by my holiness that I will not lie to David…
Psalm 132:11,12 The LORD has sworn in truth to David; he will not turn from it; Of …
for thou hast
1 Kings 3:7,8 And now, O LORD my God, you have made your servant king instead of …
like the dust [heb] much as the dust
Genesis 13:16 And I will make your seed as the dust of the earth: so that if a …
Genesis 22:17 That in blessing I will bless you, and in multiplying I will multiply …
Numbers 23:10 Who can count the dust of Jacob, and the number of the fourth part …
Give me now wisdom and knowledge, that I may go out and come in before this people: for who can judge this thy people, that is so great?
give me
1 Kings 3:9 Give therefore your servant an understanding heart to judge your …
Psalm 119:34,73 Give me understanding, and I shall keep your law; yes, I shall observe …
Proverbs 2:2-6 So that you incline your ear to wisdom, and apply your heart to understanding…
Proverbs 3:13-18 Happy is the man that finds wisdom, and the man that gets understanding…
Proverbs 4:7 Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all …
James 1:5 If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that gives to all …
go out
Numbers 27:17 Which may go out before them, and which may go in before them, and …
Deuteronomy 31:2 And he said to them, I am an hundred and twenty years old this day; …
2 Samuel 5:2 Also in time past, when Saul was king over us, you were he that led …
for who can
2 Corinthians 2:16 To the one we are the smell of death to death; and to the other the …
2 Corinthians 3:5 Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of …
And God said to Solomon, Because this was in thine heart, and thou hast not asked riches, wealth, or honour, nor the life of thine enemies, neither yet hast asked long life; but hast asked wisdom and knowledge for thyself, that thou mayest judge my people, over whom I have made thee king:
Because This does not occur in Kings: and it implies that the request of Solomon, as arising from a spiritual judgment and heart, was peculiarly acceptable to that God who searches, regards, and demands the heart. God promised Solomon all the things which he had not asked, except the life of his enemies; for he was to be a peaceable king, a type of the Prince of peace.
this was
1 Samuel 16:7 But the LORD said to Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the …
1 Kings 3:11-13 And God said to him, Because you have asked this thing, and have …
1 Kings 8:18 And the LORD said to David my father, Whereas it was in your heart …
1 Chronicles 28:2 Then David the king stood up on his feet, and said, Hear me, my brothers, …
1 Chronicles 29:17,18 I know also, my God, that you try the heart, and have pleasure in …
Proverbs 23:7 For as he thinks in his heart, so is he: Eat and drink, said he to …
Acts 5:4 Whiles it remained, was it not your own? and after it was sold, was …
Hebrews 4:12 For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any …
that thou mayest
1 Kings 3:28 And all Israel heard of the judgment which the king had judged; and …
Proverbs 14:8 The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way: but the folly …
James 3:13,17 Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? let him show …
Wisdom and knowledge is granted unto thee; and I will give thee riches, and wealth, and honour, such as none of the kings have had that have been before thee, neither shall there any after thee have the like.
Then Solomon came from his journey to the high place that was at Gibeon to Jerusalem, from before the tabernacle of the congregation, and reigned over Israel.
And Solomon gathered chariots and horsemen: and he had a thousand and four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, which he placed in the chariot cities, and with the king at Jerusalem.
And the king made silver and gold at Jerusalem as plenteous as stones, and cedar trees made he as the sycomore trees that are in the vale for abundance.
the king He destroyed its value by making it so exceedingly plentiful
2 Chronicles 1:12 Wisdom and knowledge is granted to you; and I will give you riches, …
2 Chronicles 9:27 And the king made silver in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar trees …
1 Kings 10:27 And the king made silver to be in Jerusalem as stones, and cedars …
Job 22:24,25 Then shall you lay up gold as dust, and the gold of Ophir as the …
Isaiah 60:17 For brass I will bring gold, and for iron I will bring silver, and …
made [heb] gave
sycamore trees
2 Chronicles 9:27 And the king made silver in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar trees …
Isaiah 9:10 The bricks are fallen down, but we will build with hewn stones: the …
Amos 7:14 Then answered Amos, and said to Amaziah, I was no prophet, neither …
And Solomon had horses brought out of Egypt, and linen yarn: the king's merchants received the linen yarn at a price.
Solomon [heb] the going forth of the horses which was Solomon's
2 Chronicles 9:28 And they brought to Solomon horses out of Egypt, and out of all lands.
1 Kings 10:28,29 And Solomon had horses brought out of Egypt, and linen yarn: the …
linen yarn The word () mikweh, is regarded by the ancient translators as a proper name: the LXX have () `from Tekoa,' the Vulgate, de Coa, `from Koa,' which is adopted by Dr. Geddes; the Syriac, `from the city Aphelia;' and the Arabic, `ex urbe Australium.' Bochart thinks it signifies a tribute; others suppose that it signifies a string or drove of horses, or as Jarchi says, what the Germans call () a stud; but Houbigant supposes it to be a corruption for mercavah, `chariots.' Our English translation, however, which regards it as synonymous with {tikwah}, seems by far the best. According to Norden, linen yarn is still one of the principal articles of commerce in Egypt, and is exported in very large quantities, together with unmanufactured flax and spun cotton; and Sanutus,
And they fetched up, and brought forth out of Egypt a chariot for six hundred shekels of silver, and an horse for an hundred and fifty: and so brought they out horses for all the kings of the Hittites, and for the kings of Syria, by their means.
