Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge, by R.A. Torrey, [ca. 1880], at sacred-texts.com
2 Chronicles Chapter 8
Overview
Ch2 8:1, Solomon's buildings; Ch2 8:7, The Canaanites which were left, Solomon makes tributaries, but the Israelites rulers; Ch2 8:11, Pharaoh's daughter removes to her house; Ch2 8:12, Solomon's yearly solemn sacrifices; Ch2 8:14, He appoints the priests and Levites to their places; Ch2 8:17, The navy fetches gold from Ophir.
at the end: Kg1 9:10
the cities: Kg1 9:11-18
Hamathzobah: Num 13:21, Num 34:8; Sa2 8:3; Kg1 11:23-25; Ch1 18:3
he built: Kg1 9:17-19
Tadmor: Tadmor, the Palmyra of the Greeks, as we learn from Josephus, a celebrated city of Syria, situated in an oasis, or fertile spot of land, surrounded on all sides by a vast sandy desert, like an island in the midst of the ocean; according to Pliny, 337 miles from Seleucia and Tigrim, 203 from the nearest part of the Mediterranean, and 176 from Damascus; according to Josephus, one day's journey west of the Euphrates, and six from Babylon; and according to Ptolemy, in lat. 34 degrees north, or that of Tripoli, and about 4 degrees more easterly; and it is described by Mr. Wood as "situated under a barren ridge of hills to the west, and open on the other sides to the desert;" "about six days' journey from Aleppo, and as much from Damascus, and about twenty leagues west of the Euphrates." Palmyra attained the height of its splendour when the royal city of Zenobia was conquered by the emperor Aurelian; became a Roman colony after the victories of Trajan; and was probably reduced to its present miserable state in the wars of the Saracens. Its magnificent ruins, however, scattered over an extent of several miles, sufficiently attest its former splendour and riches.
Bethhoron: Jos 16:3, Jos 16:5; Ch1 7:24
the store cities: Ch2 8:4, Ch2 17:12; Kg1 9:19
chariot cities: Ch2 1:14; Kg1 10:26
all that Solomon desired to build: Heb. all the desire of Solomon which he desired to build, Kg1 9:19; Ecc 2:4, 10-26
and in Lebanon: Kg1 7:2; Sol 4:8
As for all: Kg1 9:20-22
the Hittites: Gen 15:19-21; Deu 7:1
whom the children: Judg. 1:21-36; Psa 106:34
to pay: Ch2 2:17, Ch2 2:18; Jos 16:10, Jos 17:13; Kg1 5:13, Kg1 5:14
But of the: Exo 19:5, Exo 19:6; Lev 25:39-46; Gal 4:26, Gal 4:31
they were men: Sa1 8:11, Sa1 8:12
two hundred: Ch2 2:18; Kg1 5:16, Kg1 9:23
brought up: Kg1 3:1, Kg1 7:8, Kg1 9:24
holy: Heb. holiness, Exo 3:5, Exo 29:43; Eze 21:2; Pe2 1:18
on the altar: Ch2 4:1; Ch1 28:17; Eze 8:16; Joe 2:17
before the porch: Joh 10:23
every day: Exo 29:38-42; Lev. 23:1-17; Num. 28:1-29:40; Eze 45:17, Eze 46:3-15
three times: Exo 23:14-17; Deu 16:16; Kg1 9:25
the courses: Ch2 5:11, Ch2 23:4, Ch2 31:2; 1Chr. 24:1-19; Luk 1:5, Luk 1:8
the Levites: Ch2 35:10; Ch1 6:31, 32-48, Ch1 15:16-22, Ch1 16:4-6, Ch1 16:42, 23:1-32, Ch1 24:20-31; 1Chr. 25:1-31; Ezr 6:18
the porters: Ch1 9:17, 26:1-19
so had David the man of God commanded: Heb. so was the commandment of David the man of God, Deu 33:1; Sa2 23:2; Kg1 13:1; Ch1 28:19; Act 13:22, Act 13:36
they departed: Ch2 30:12; Exo 39:42, Exo 39:43
the treasures: Kg1 7:51; Ch1 9:29, Ch1 26:20-26
Eziongeber: Ch2 20:36; Num 33:35; Kg1 9:26, Kg1 9:27, Kg1 22:48
Eloth: Deu 2:8; Kg2 14:22, Kg2 16:6, Elath
Kg1 9:27, Kg1 9:28, Kg1 10:22, Hiram
Ophir: Conjectures respecting the situation of Ophir are endless. Grotius conjectures it to be a part of Arabia called Aphar by Arrian; while Bochart and others have placed it in the island of Ceylon. Calmet supposes it to have been situated in Armenia; but his late editor places it at the head of the Indus. Josephus says that Ophir is the Indies, called the Gold country; by which he is supposed to mean Chersonesus Aurea, now Malacca, opposite Sumatra; and Lev. Poivre observes that the inhabitants of these places call their gold mines ophirs.
took thence: Ecc 2:8