{| Or, the riah the ſon c of Zadok 4, || the prieſt e. chief officer. þ.j. e.: The chief Rulers or Officers belonging to him. « Or, the Grand-ſon, by comparing this with 1 Chren. 6.8, 9. 4d Either Za- dok the Prieſt, x Chron. 6. 8, 9. or ſome other of that name. e So he was the ſecond Prieſt, or the Prieſt that attended upon Solomons Perſon in holy Offices and Adminiſtrations. But when this Sacred Writer profetleth to give an account of Selomons Princes, why ſhould he put the ſecond prieſt. or Solomons Domeſtick prieſt, in the firſt place ? Or, why ſhould he be mentioned diſtinaly from his Fa- ther, who was goneraly preſent with Solomon, and could eaſily, either by himſelf, or ſome other fit perſon or perſons appointed by him. manage all the King's Sacred Concerns? Or, why is he named before his Father ? Others therefore render this Hebrew word, Prince, as it is uſed, Gen. 41.45, and 47: 22, 26, Exod. 2. 16, 2 Sam. 8. 18 So he was either the chiefin Dignity, the firſt prince, and the higheſt Officer in the State next to the King : or the chief Miniſter of State, by whom the great Affairs of State were managed and prepared for the King's Conſideration, &c.
3 Elihoreph, and Ahiah the fon of Shiſha, || ſcribesf
Jehoſhaphat, the ſon of Ahilud the || recorder g.
i. e. Secretaries of State. He choſe rwo, whereas David had bur one: either, becauſe he obſerved ſome inconveniences intruſting all thoſe marrers in one hand : er, becauſe he had now much more employment than David had, this being a time of great peace and proſperity, and his Empire enlarged, and his Correſpondencies with Foreign princes more trequent. g Of which ſe on 2 Sam. 8, 16,
þ Or, ſecretaries, || Or, Yemen brancere
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but the dead is thy ſon, and the living is my ſoa. Thus |
x" 26 Then ſpake the woman whoſe the living child |
king 'had judged, and they feared the king : for they |
of his People. f To afliſt him in wiſely Examining and juſtly '
Chap. Ty: 4 And Benaiah the ſon of Jehoiada, as over the hoſt : and Zadok and Abiathar were the prieſts h.
h 1.e. The High-prieſts, to wit, ſucceſively, firſt 45:ather, and then Zadok. Queſt. Why is Ab:iathar named when he was depoſed ? Anſ. Firſt, Becauſe it is ordinary for perſons to retain the Names and Titles of thoſe places which in reality they have loſt. Seconds ly, Becauſe though bh was depoſed from the High-prieſthood, yer he was a prieſt, and the Chief of one of the Prieſtly Families : and as .Zaaok was jointly named with Abiathar when Abiathar alone was the High.prieſt, as 2 Saw. 8. 17. and 20. 25. '{o now Zadok and Abiathar are joined, although the High-prieſthood was reſted in Zadok alone. Thirdly, Poſſibly 4biathar» though he was depoſed from the Supreme Prieſthood, yet upon his ſerious Repentance and by the Intercefſion of his Friends was reſtored to the execution of the Prieſtly Othce, and put into that place which Zadok enjoyed when Abiathar was High-Prieſt. Fourthly, Some ſay that here is mention made of all Solomons Chief Officers, both ſuch as now were, and ſuch as had been, and ſuch as were afterwards, as they gather from v. I1. and 15. where two perſons are named who married two of Solomons Daughters, which could not be till many Years after this time.
5 And Azariah the ſon of Nathan was over the of- ficersz : and Zabud the ſon of Nathan& was principal
ofhcerl, and the kings friend m.
s Or, Overſeers. or Surveyors, to wit, over thoſe twelve Officers
named verſe 7, &c. where the Hebrew word is uſed, who were all ſubjeQ@, and to give up their Accomprs to him. Though the word fignifies any Governors or Commanders of the higher ſort, as 1 Kings 5.16. 2 Chron. 8. 10, k The Prophet, who had been ſo high- ly inſtrumental in Selomons Eſtabliſhment in the Throne. 1 Poſlibly Freſident of the King's Council. The Hebrew word is Cohen, which, Verſe 2. is rendred Prieſt, whence ſome Read this place thus: Zabud the ſon of Nathan the Prieft, or the Miniſter ( as the word properly ſignifies, and that Title wellenough agrees toa Prophet, or the Prince: for the prophet Nathan was a Man conſiderable both for his Quality, and for his Honour and Eſteem with the King, ) was rhe Kings Friend, m Either his ſpecial Favourire, both for his Fathers ſake and for his own, having, it, ſeems, been, broughtup with him: or, his Confident, with whom he uſed to communicate his moſt ſecret Counlels.
6 And Abiſhar was over the houſhold » : and * A- * Chi doniram the ſon of Abda was ever the || tribute 0. Fo 1h.
2 Steward of the Kings Houſhold. o To wit, the perſonal Tri. [ Oc, bute, or the levy of Men, .as appears by comparing this with Chap. 5. 13, 14. it being very fit that there ſhould be ſome one | perſon to whom the chief Condu& or Inſpe&ion of that great buſineſs was committed.
7 <4 And Solomon had twelve officers over all Iſrael, which provided victuals for the king and his houſhold ; each man his month ina year made proviſion.
8 And theſe are their names: || the fon of Hur p in | 0: mount Ephraim, Ben-lur
' This and others of them are denominated from their Fathers, becauſe they were known and famous in their Generation.
*'9 || The ſon of Dekar in Makaz, and in Shaalbim, | 0;," and Bethſhemeſh, and Elon-Beth-hanan q. Ben-dckar: q Or, Elon, the houſe or dwelling-place of Hanan 3 and Hanan may be a-Mans Name, and this place may beſo differenced from other _ Or, che plain ( for 1o the Hebrew word ſignifies ) of Beth- anan: ro || The Ton of Heſed in Aruboth, to hiws pertained i Or, Sochoh 7, and all the land of Hepher /. Bene r There were two Sechohs,but both near together. See Joſh.15.35, 48. j In Judah. See 1 Ghron. 4. 6+
Ix || The fon of Abinadab in all the region of Dor, | 9,
which had Taphath the daughter of Solomon to wife. Bzwn-ains 5 In Manaſeh with Jordan, where alſo were Taanach, Megidao, and dab. Bethjhean, v. 12 ;
12 Baanathe ſon of Ahilud, ro him pertained Taanach, and Megiddo, and all Beth-ſhean, which # by Zartanah beneath Jezreel z, from Beth-ſhean to Abel- Mcholah, even unto the place that is beyond Jockneam.
t Which was in Iſachar. And this ſeems added to diſtinguiſh it from that Zartanah, Joſb. 3+ 16. -
13 || The ſonot Geber in Ramoth-Gilead «, to him || Or, pertained the towns of Jair x the ſon of Manaſſeh, which B15 are in Gilead : to him alſo pertained the region of Argob, which &« in Baſhan, threefcore great cities with walls and brazen bars y.