Introduction
Overview
1 Kings 4 . 1 , Solomon’s princes; 1 Kings 4 . 7 , His twelve officers for provision; 1 Kings 4 . 20 , The peace and largeness of his kingdom; 1 Kings 4 . 22 , His daily provision; 1 Kings 4 . 26 , His stables; 1 Kings 4 . 29 , His wisdom.
over all Israel . 1 Kings 11 . 13 , 1 Kings 11 . 35 , 1 Kings 11 . 36 , 1 Kings 12 . 19 , 1 Kings 12 . 20 , 2 Samuel 5 . 5 , 1 Chronicles 12 . 38 , 2 Chronicles 9 . 30 , Ecclesiastes 1 . 12
Reciprocal . Genesis 49 . 8 . thy hand 1 Kings 9 . 22 . but they were men 2 Chronicles 10 . 1 . all
the princes . That is , great , chief , or principal men; for none of them were princes , in the common acceptation of the word. Exodus 18 . 21 , 2 Samuel 8 . 15-18 , 2 Samuel 20 . 23-26 , 1 Corinthians 12 . 28
Azariah . 1 Chronicles 6 . 8-10 , 1 Chronicles 27 . 17
priest . or , chief officer
Reciprocal . 2 Samuel 15 . 24 . Zadok 1 Chronicles 18 . 4 . an hundred chariots
Shisha . 2 Samuel 20 . 25 , Sheva , 1 Chronicles 18 . 6 , Shavsha
scribes . or , secretaries
recorder . or , remembrancer. 2 Samuel 8 . 16 , 2 Samuel 20 . 24 , 1 Chronicles 18 . 15 , Isaiah 62 . 6 , *marg.
Reciprocal . 2 Kings 18 . 18 . the recorder 1 Chronicles 18 . 16 . Shavsha 1 Chronicles 24 . 6 . the scribe
Benaiah . 1 Kings 2 . 35
Zadok . 1 Kings 2 . 26 , 1 Kings 2 . 27 , 1 Kings 2 . 35
Reciprocal . 2 Samuel 20 . 25 . Sheva 1 Chronicles 6 . 53 . Zadok 1 Chronicles 27 . 5 . Benaiah Mark 2 . 26 . Abiathar
son of Nathan . 1 Kings 1 . 10-53 , 2 Samuel 7 . 2 , 2 Samuel 12 . 1-15 , 2 Samuel 12 . 25
the officers . 1 Kings 4 . 7
the principal . 2 Samuel 8 . 18 , 2 Samuel 20 . 26
the king's . 2 Samuel 15 . 37 , 2 Samuel 16 . 16 , 2 Samuel 19 . 37 , 2 Samuel 19 . 38 , 1 Chronicles 27 . 33 , Proverbs 22 . 11 , John 13 . 23 , John 15 . 14 , John 15 . 15 , James 2 . 23
Reciprocal . 1 Chronicles 27 . 5 . chief priest
Adoniram . 1 Kings 12 . 18 , 2 Samuel 20 . 24 , Adoram
tribute . or , levy , 1 Kings 5 . 13 , 1 Kings 5 . 14 , 1 Kings 9 . 15
Reciprocal . 2 Chronicles 10 . 18 . Hadoram Isaiah 22 . 15 . which
officers . These are doubtless to be considered as general receivers; for , as Sir John Chardin observes , "the revenues of the princes of the East are paid in the fruits and productions of the earth . there are no other taxes on the peasants."
each man . 1 Chronicles 27 . 1-15
Reciprocal . 1 Samuel 8 . 12 . and will set 1 Kings 4 . 5 . the officers 1 Kings 4 . 27 . those officers 1 Kings 5 . 14 . a month 1 Kings 12 . 4 . our yoke 1 Chronicles 27 . 28 . And over Ecclesiastes 5 . 9 . the king Ezekiel 48 . 19 . shall serve
The son of Hur . or , Ben-hur , Judges 17 . 1 , Judges 19 . 1
The son of Dekar . or , Ben-dekar
Shaalbim . Joshua 19 . 42 , Shaalabbin
Bethshemesh . 1 Samuel 6 . 12 , 1 Samuel 6 . 20
Reciprocal . Joshua 19 . 22 . Bethshemesh Judges 1 . 35 . Shaalbim
The son of Hesed . or , Ben-hesed
Sochoh . Joshua 15 . 35
Hepher . Joshua 12 . 17 , Joshua 17 . 2
Reciprocal . 1 Chronicles 4 . 18 . Socho
The son of Abinadab . or , Ben-abinadab
Dor . Joshua 12 . 23 , Joshua 17 . 11 , Judges 1 . 27
Reciprocal . Joshua 11 . 2 . Dor 1 Kings 4 . 15 . the daughter
Taanach . Joshua 17 . 11 , Judges 5 . 19
Megiddo . 2 Kings 23 . 29 , 2 Kings 23 . 30
Bethshean . 1 Samuel 31 . 10 , 1 Samuel 31 . 12
Zartanah . 1 Kings 7 . 46 , Zarthan , Joshua 3 . 16 , Zaretan
Jezreel . 1 Kings 18 . 46
Abelmeholah . 1 Kings 19 . 16
Reciprocal . Joshua 12 . 21 . Megiddo Joshua 17 . 16 . Bethshean Joshua 19 . 11 . Jokneam Judges 7 . 22 . Zererath 1 Kings 9 . 15 . Megiddo 2 Kings 9 . 27 . Megiddo 1 Chronicles 6 . 68 . Jokmeam 1 Chronicles 7 . 29 . Taanach
The son of Geber . or , Ben-geber
Ramothgilead . 1 Kings 22 . 3 , Deuteronomy 4 . 43 , Joshua 20 . 8 , Joshua 21 . 38 , 2 Kings 9 . 1 , 2 Kings 9 . 14
the towns . Numbers 32 . 41 , Deuteronomy 3 . 14
Argob . Deuteronomy 3 . 4 , Deuteronomy 3 . 8 , Deuteronomy 3 . 13 , Deuteronomy 3 . 14 , Psalm 22 . 12 , Psalm 68 . 15
threescore great cities . These were the fortified cities; their gates and bars being covered with plates of brass.
Reciprocal . 2 Kings 8 . 28 . Ramothgilead 1 Chronicles 6 . 71 . Bashan 2 Chronicles 18 . 2 . Ramothgilead
Mahanaim . or , to Mahanaim , Genesis 32 . 2 , 2 Samuel 2 . 8 , 2 Samuel 17 . 24 , 2 Samuel 17 . 27
Reciprocal . 1 Chronicles 27 . 21 . Iddo
Naphtali . Joshua 19 . 32-39
the daughter . 1 Kings 4 . 11 , 1 Samuel 18 . 18
Asher . Joshua 19 . 24-31
Issachar . Joshua 19 . 17-23
Shimei . 1 Kings 1 . 8 , Zechariah 12 . 13
Benjamin . Joshua 18 . 20-28
the country of Sihon . Numbers 21 . 21-35 , Deuteronomy 2 . 26-37 , Deuteronomy 3 . 1-17 , Joshua 13 . 9-12
as the sand . 1 Kings 3 . 8 , Genesis 13 . 16 , Genesis 15 . 5 , Genesis 22 . 17 , Proverbs 14 . 28
eating . 1 Samuel 30 . 16 , 1 Chronicles 12 . 39 , Job 1 . 18 , Psalm 72 . 3-7 , Ecclesiastes 2 . 24 , Isaiah 22 . 13 , Micah 4 . 4 , Zechariah 3 . 10 , Zechariah 9 . 15 , Acts 2 . 46
Reciprocal . Genesis 49 . 11 . he washed Numbers 1 . 46 . General Joshua 11 . 4 . as the sand 2 Samuel 17 . 11 . as the sand 1 Kings 4 . 29 . as the sand 1 Kings 12 . 4 . our yoke 2 Kings 18 . 31 . eat ye 1 Chronicles 22 . 9 . I will give 2 Chronicles 10 . 4 . grievous Psalm 68 . 13 . the wings Psalm 72 . 16 . of the city Psalm 80 . 9 . and it Isaiah 10 . 22 . though thy Isaiah 36 . 16 . eat ye Jeremiah 22 . 15 . eat Zechariah 10 . 8 . and they Hebrews 11 . 12 . as the sand Revelation 20 . 8 . the number
Solomon . 1 Kings 4 . 24 , Genesis 15 . 18 , Exodus 23 . 31 , Deuteronomy 11 . 24 , Joshua 1 . 4 , 2 Chronicles 9 . 26-31 , Ezra 4 . 20 , Psalm 72 . 8-11
brought . 1 Samuel 10 . 27 , 2 Kings 17 . 3 , 2 Chronicles 17 . 5 , 2 Chronicles 32 . 23 , Psalm 68 . 29 , Psalm 72 . 10 , Psalm 72 . 11 , Psalm 76 . 11
Reciprocal . Genesis 27 . 29 . Let people Genesis 43 . 11 . carry down Numbers 24 . 7 . his kingdom Deuteronomy 15 . 6 . thou shalt reign Deuteronomy 19 . 8 . General 2 Samuel 8 . 3 . at the river 1 Kings 3 . 13 . riches 1 Kings 8 . 65 . from the entering 2 Kings 24 . 7 . from the river 1 Chronicles 13 . 5 . Shihor 2 Chronicles 7 . 8 . from the entering Psalm 68 . 13 . the wings Psalm 80 . 11 . General Psalm 89 . 25 . I will Proverbs 14 . 28 . General Ecclesiastes 2 . 25 . who can Lamentations 1 . 1 . great Ezekiel 16 . 13 . and thou didst Zechariah 9 . 10 . from the river
provision . Heb. bread
measures . Heb. cors , 1 Kings 4 . 22
Reciprocal . 1 Samuel 8 . 12 . and will set 1 Kings 5 . 11 . measures 1 Kings 10 . 5 . the meat 1 Kings 12 . 4 . our yoke 2 Chronicles 9 . 4 . the meat Nehemiah 5 . 18 . Now that Proverbs 24 . 4 . General Ecclesiastes 5 . 11 . they Isaiah 3 . 7 . neither bread Daniel 1 . 5 . a daily
Ten fat . Nehemiah 5 . 17 , Nehemiah 5 . 18
harts . Dr. Shaw understands ayil as the name of the genus , including all the species of the deer kind , whether they are distinguished by round horns , as the stag , or by flat ones , as the fallow deer , or by the smallness of the branches , as the roe.
roebucks . See note on Deuteronomy 15 . 22.
fallowdeer . Yachmur , rendered bubalus by the Vulgate , probably the buffalo; and though "the flesh of a buffalo does not seem so well tasted as beef , being harder and more coarse ," yet in our times , "persons of distinction , as well as the common people , and even the European merchants , eat a good deal of it , in the countries where that animal abounds." Niebuhr , Descrip. de l'Arab p. 146.
Reciprocal . Deuteronomy 14 . 4 . General 1 Samuel 8 . 12 . and will set 1 Kings 10 . 5 . the meat 1 Kings 12 . 4 . our yoke 2 Chronicles 9 . 4 . the meat Ecclesiastes 5 . 11 . they Isaiah 3 . 7 . neither bread Daniel 1 . 5 . a daily
Azzah . Genesis 10 . 19 , Judges 16 . 1 , Gaza
all the kings . 1 Kings 4 . 21 , Psalm 72 . 8 , Psalm 72 . 11
had peace . 1 Kings 5 . 4 , 1 Chronicles 22 . 9 , Psalm 72 . 3 , Psalm 72 . 7 , Isaiah 9 . 7 , Luke 2 . 14 , Hebrews 7 . 1 , Hebrews 7 . 2
Reciprocal . Exodus 23 . 31 . I will set Deuteronomy 2 . 23 . Azzah Deuteronomy 11 . 24 . General Deuteronomy 15 . 6 . thou shalt reign 1 Kings 8 . 65 . from the entering 2 Kings 15 . 16 . Tiphsah 2 Chronicles 1 . 13 . reigned 2 Chronicles 9 . 26 . reigned over Ezra 4 . 16 . thou shalt have Ezra 4 . 20 . mighty kings Ezra 7 . 12 . Artaxerxes Psalm 80 . 11 . General Jeremiah 47 . 1 . Gaza Daniel 2 . 37 . a king
safely . Heb. confidently , Isaiah 60 . 18 , Jeremiah 23 . 5 , Jeremiah 23 . 6 , Jeremiah 33 . 15 , Jeremiah 33 . 16 , Ezekiel 38 . 11 , *marg.
every man . 2 Kings 18 . 31 , Micah 4 . 4 , Zechariah 3 . 10
from Dan . Judges 20 . 1 , 2 Samuel 17 . 11 , 2 Samuel 24 . 15
Reciprocal . Genesis 21 . 31 . Beersheba Genesis 49 . 11 . he washed Deuteronomy 12 . 10 . ye dwell 2 Samuel 3 . 10 . from Dan 1 Kings 12 . 4 . our yoke 1 Kings 19 . 3 . Beersheba 1 Chronicles 21 . 2 . Beersheba 1 Chronicles 22 . 9 . I will give 2 Chronicles 1 . 13 . reigned 2 Chronicles 10 . 4 . grievous Psalm 72 . 7 . abundance Psalm 80 . 9 . and it Isaiah 36 . 16 . eat ye Ezekiel 28 . 26 . safely Ezekiel 39 . 26 . when they Hebrews 7 . 2 . King of righteousness
forty thousand . 1 Kings 10 . 25 , 1 Kings 10 . 26 , Deuteronomy 17 . 16 , 2 Samuel 8 . 4 , 2 Chronicles 1 . 14 , 2 Chronicles 9 . 25 , Psalm 20 . 7
Reciprocal . 1 Kings 9 . 19 . the cities of store 2 Chronicles 9 . 28 . brought 2 Chronicles 32 . 28 . stalls Isaiah 2 . 7 . their land is
those officers . 1 Kings 4 . 7-19
Reciprocal . 1 Samuel 8 . 12 . and will set 1 Chronicles 27 . 1 . month
dromedaries . or , mules , or swift beasts , Esther 8 . 10 , Esther 8 . 14 , Micah 1 . 13
Reciprocal . Genesis 36 . 24 . found 1 Samuel 8 . 12 . and will set John 6 . 9 . barley
God . 1 Kings 3 . 12 , 1 Kings 3 . 28 , 1 Kings 10 . 23 , 1 Kings 10 . 24 , 2 Chronicles 1 . 10-12 , Psalm 119 . 34 , Proverbs 2 . 6 , Ecclesiastes 1 . 16 , Ecclesiastes 2 . 26 , James 1 . 5 , James 1 . 17 , James 3 . 17
largeness . Isaiah 60 . 5
as the sand . 1 Kings 4 . 20 , Genesis 41 . 49 , Judges 7 . 12 , Jeremiah 33 . 22 , Habakkuk 1 . 9
Reciprocal . 1 Kings 5 . 12 . as he promised him 1 Kings 10 . 4 . Solomon's 2 Chronicles 9 . 2 . there Job 32 . 8 . the inspiration Psalm 119 . 32 . enlarge Proverbs 25 . 2 . the honour Proverbs 25 . 3 . is unsearchable Ezekiel 28 . 3 . no secret Daniel 1 . 17 . God Daniel 1 . 20 . in all Daniel 2 . 21 . he giveth Matthew 12 . 42 . hear Acts 7 . 22 . was learned 2 Peter 3 . 15 . according
the children . Genesis 25 . 6 , Job 1 . 3 , Daniel 1 . 20 , Daniel 4 . 7 , Daniel 5 . 11 , Daniel 5 . 12 , Matthew 2 . 1 , Matthew 2 . 16
the wisdom of Egypt . Isaiah 19 . 11 , Isaiah 19 . 12 , Acts 7 . 22
Reciprocal . Genesis 29 . 1 . came Judges 6 . 3 . children Judges 7 . 12 . the Midianites 2 Chronicles 9 . 22 . passed all the kings Job 1 . 8 . none Ecclesiastes 1 . 14 . General Ecclesiastes 1 . 16 . Lo Ezekiel 25 . 4 . men
wiser . 1 Kings 3 . 12 , Matthew 12 . 42 , Luke 11 . 31 , Colossians 2 . 3
Ethan . 1 Chronicles 15 . 19 , Psalm 89 . 1 ,*title
Heman . 1 Chronicles 2 . 6 , 1 Chronicles 6 . 33 , 1 Chronicles 15 . 17 , Psalm 88 . 1 , *title
his fame . 1 Kings 5 . 7 , 1 Kings 10 . 1 , 1 Kings 10 . 6 , 2 Chronicles 9 . 23 , Matthew 4 . 24
Reciprocal . 2 Chronicles 9 . 1 . fame 2 Chronicles 9 . 6 . exceedest 2 Chronicles 9 . 22 . passed all the kings 2 Chronicles 26 . 8 . his name Job 1 . 8 . none Proverbs 1 . 1 . proverbs
he spake . Proverbs 1 . 1 . Proverbs 31 . 30 , Ecclesiastes 12 . 9 , Matthew 13 . 35
songs . Song of Solomon 1 . 1-17
Reciprocal . Proverbs 10 . 1 . proverbs Proverbs 25 . 1 . proverbs
the cedar tree . The word airez , whence the Chaldee and Syriac arzo , and the Arabic and Ethiopic arz , and Spanish alerze , unquestionably denotes the cedar; it is thus rendered by the LXX and other versions , ךוהסןע , and by the Vulgate cedrus; and the inhabitants of mount Lebanon still call it ars. The cedar is a large and nobel evergreen tree , and grows on the most elevated part of the mountain , is taller than the pine , and so thick that five men together could scarcely fathom one. It shoots out its branches at ten or twelve feet from the ground; they are large and distant from each other , and are perpetually green. The wood is of a brown colour , very solid and incorruptible , if preserved from wet. The tree bears a small cone , like that of the pine. Numbers 24 . 6 , 2 Kings 19 . 23 , Psalm 92 . 12
the hyssop . Exodus 12 . 22 , Numbers 19 . 18 , Psalm 51 . 7 , Hebrews 9 . 19
of beasts . Genesis 1 . 20-25
Reciprocal . 2 Kings 14 . 9 . The thistle 2 Chronicles 25 . 18 . thistle John 19 . 29 . hyssop
1 Kings 10 . 1 , 2 Chronicles 9 . 1 , 2 Chronicles 9 . 23 , Isaiah 2 . 2 , Zechariah 8 . 23
Reciprocal . Deuteronomy 4 . 6 . Surely 2 Chronicles 9 . 6 . exceedest Matthew 12 . 42 . hear