Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge, by R.A. Torrey, [ca. 1880], at sacred-texts.com
2 Chronicles Chapter 9
Overview
Ch2 9:1, The queen of Sheba admires the wisdom of Solomon; Ch2 9:13, Solomon's revenue in gold; Ch2 9:15, His targets and shields; Ch2 9:17, The throne of ivory; Ch2 9:20, His vessels; Ch2 9:23, His presents; Ch2 9:25, His chariots and horse; Ch2 9:26, His tributes. Ch2 9:29, His reign and death., am 3014, bc 990.
And when: Kg1 10:1, Kg1 10:2-13; Mat 12:42; Luk 11:31
Sheba: Gen 10:7, Gen 10:28, Gen 25:3
fame: Ch2 1:1, Ch2 1:12; Kg1 4:31
questions: Psa 49:4, Psa 78:2; Pro 1:6; Mat 13:11, Mat 13:35
camels: Psa 72:10, Psa 72:15; Isa 60:6
communed: Sa1 1:15; Psa 142:2; Mat 12:34
all: Pro 13:20, Pro 18:4; Mar 4:11, Mar 4:34; Joh 15:15; Jam 1:5
there: Kg1 3:12, Kg1 4:29; Col 2:3; Heb 4:12
seen the wisdom: Kg1 10:3; Act 11:23
the house: 2Chr. 3:1-4:22; 1Kings 6:1-7:51
the meat: Kg1 4:22, Kg1 4:23; Pro 9:5; Joh 6:53-57
the sitting: Kg1 10:5; Luk 12:37; Rev 3:20
cupbearers: or, butlers, Neh 1:11
ascent: Ch2 23:13; Kg2 16:18; Ch1 9:18; Eze 44:3, Eze 46:2
there was: Psa 119:81, Psa 143:7; Sol 5:8; Dan 10:17; Rev 1:17
report: Heb. word, Kg1 10:6
acts: or, sayings
I believed: Joh 20:25-29
the one half: Kg1 10:7; Psa 31:19; Zac 9:17; Co1 2:9; Jo1 3:2
exceedest: Ch2 9:5; Kg1 4:31, Kg1 4:34; Sol 5:9-16
Deu 33:9; Kg1 10:8; Psa 27:4, Psa 84:10-12; Pro 3:3, Pro 3:14, Pro 8:34, Pro 10:21, Pro 13:20; Luk 10:39-42, Luk 11:28
Kg1 10:9; Psa 18:19, Psa 22:8; Isa 42:1, Isa 62:4
Blessed: Ch1 29:10, Ch1 29:20; Psa 72:18, Psa 72:19; Co2 9:12-15
which delighted: Sa2 15:25, Sa2 15:26
because thy God: Ch2 2:11; Deu 7:8; Ch1 17:22
to do judgment: Sa2 8:15, Sa2 23:3; Kg1 3:28; Psa 72:2, Psa 99:4; Pro 21:3; Isa 9:7, Isa 11:1-5; Isa 32:1, Isa 32:2; Jer 33:15, Jer 33:16; Heb 1:8, Heb 1:9
she gave: Ch2 9:24; Kg1 9:14, Kg1 10:10; Psa 72:10, Psa 72:15
of spices: Ch2 9:1; Gen 43:11; Exo 30:34
Sheba: This queen is called Balkis by the Arabians, who say she came from the city of Sheba, also called Mareb, in Yemen or Arabia Felix; but the Ethiopians call her Maqueda, claim her as their sovereign, and say that her posterity reigned there for a long time. Mr. Bruce has given us the history of her and her descendants from Abyssinian records; and Josephus says that Sheba was the ancient name of the city of Meroe (south of Egypt, and sometimes comprehended in Ethiopia), and that this princess came from thence. Those who think the princess came from Arabia, rely chiefly on the fact that gold, silver, spices, and precious stones, which were the presents she made to Solomon, are the natural products of that country; and that it may well be placed at the uttermost part of the earth, as it borders on the southern ocean, and formerly they knew no land beyond it.
brought gold: Ch2 8:18; Kg1 9:27, Kg1 9:28, Kg1 10:22
algum trees: Kg1 10:11, almug-trees
terraces: or, stairs, Heb. highways
harps: Kg1 10:12; Ch1 23:5, Ch1 25:1; Psa 92:1-3, Psa 150:3-5; Rev 5:8
all her desire: Kg1 10:13; Psa 20:4; Eph 3:20
the weight: Kg1 10:14, Kg1 10:15; Psa 68:29, Psa 72:10, Psa 72:15
governors: or, captains
two: Ch2 12:9, Ch2 12:10; Kg1 10:16, Kg1 10:17
in the house: Kg1 7:2
Kg1 10:18-20; Psa 45:8; Rev 20:11
stays: Heb. hands
two lions: Gen 49:9, Gen 49:10; Num 23:24, Num 24:9; Rev 5:5
twelve lions: Mat 19:28; Rev 21:12
drinking: Kg1 10:21; Est 1:7; Dan 5:2, Dan 5:3
pure: Heb. shut up
none were of silver: or, there was no silver in them
it was: Ch2 9:27; Isa 2:22; Jer 31:5
Kg1 10:22, Kg1 22:48, Tharshish
Tarshish: Bochart thinks this Tarshish was probably the promontory Cory, on the north of the island of Ceylon, which, according to him, was the land of Ophir. That it was name of a place in the East Indies, seems probable from the articles brought thence, and also from the ships sent thither being built at Ezion-geber, on the Red Sea; though Michaelis supposes that the fleet coasted along the shore of Africa, doubling the Cape of Good Hope, and came to Tartessus, in Spain, and thence back again the same way; that this accounts for their three years' voyage out and home; and that Spain and the coasts of Africa furnish all the commodities which they brought back.
ivory: or, elephants' teeth
peacocks: Tukkeeyim is rendered taysin in the Targum, ταωνων, in the Alexandrian manuscript of the LXX, and pavos, "peacocks," in the Vulgate; with which the Syriac, Arabic, and Rabbins agree. This derives confirmation from the fact, that the peacock is called in Malabaric, Togei. Job 39:13
passed all the kings: Ch2 1:12; Kg1 3:12, Kg1 3:13, Kg1 4:30, Kg1 4:31, Kg1 10:23, Kg1 10:24; Psa 89:27; Mat 12:42; Col 2:2, Col 2:3
sought: Ch2 9:6, Ch2 9:7; Kg1 4:34; Isa 11:2, Isa 11:10
God: Ch2 1:10-12; Kg1 3:28; Pro 2:6; Dan 1:17, Dan 2:21-23, Dan 5:11; Luk 21:15; Co1 1:30; Co1 12:8; Eph 1:17; Jam 1:5, Jam 1:16, Jam 1:17, Jam 3:17
every man: Ch2 9:9; Sa1 10:27; Kg1 9:14, Kg1 10:10, Kg1 10:25; Job 42:11
Ch2 1:14; Deu 17:16; Kg1 4:26, Kg1 10:26
reigned over: Kg1 4:21, Kg1 4:24; Psa 72:8-11; Dan 7:14; Rev 19:16
river: "That is, Euphrates." Gen 15:18; Exo 23:31; Jos 13:2-7
the king: Ch2 9:20, Ch2 1:15-17; Kg1 10:27-29; Job 22:24, Job 22:25
made: Heb. gave
the sycamore: Ch1 27:28; Psa 78:47; Isa 9:10; Amo 7:14; Luk 19:4
brought:
"Moses," says Bp. Warburton, "had expressly prohibited the multiplying of horses (Deu 17:16); by which the future king was forbidden to establish a body of calvary, because this could not be effected without sending into Egypt, with which people God had forbidden any communication, as this would be dangerous to religion. When Solomon had violated this law, and multiplied horses to excess (Kg1 4:26), it was soon attended with those fatal consequences that the law foretold: for this wisest of kings having likewise, in violation of another law, married Pharaoh's daughter (the early fruits of this commerce), and then, by a repetition of the same crime, but a transgression of another law, had espoused more strange women (Kg1 4:26; Kg1 11:1), they first,in defiance of a fourth law, persuaded him to build them idol temples for their use; and afterwards, against a fifth law, brought him to erect other temples for his own." Ch2 9:25, Ch2 1:16; Kg1 10:28; Isa 2:7, Isa 2:8, Isa 31:1
the rest: Kg1 11:41-43
book: Heb. words
Nathan: Sa2 7:1-3, Sa2 12:1, Sa2 12:25; Kg1 1:8, Kg1 1:10, Kg1 1:11, Kg1 1:22-27, Kg1 1:32-38; Ch1 29:29
am 3029, bc 975