thouſand ſheep : ſo the king and all the people dedi- cated the houſe cf God. \1Chron 6 * And the prieſts waited on their offices, the Le- 5,16. vites alſo with inſtruments of mufick * of the LORD, b Chron. which David the king had made to praiſe the LORD, '®. becauſe his mercy endureth forever ; when David praiſ- -ro8D. ed || by cheir miniftery e + and the prieits ſounded tleb: by trumpets before them, and all Iſrael ſtood, rhend. &« For David compeſed the Pſalms or Hymns, 1 Chron. 16, 7. and
appointed them to be ſung by the Levites, and Inſtrumental Muſick to be joyned to their Voices.
7 Morcover, Solomon hallowed the middle of the court f that was before the houſe of the LORD: for there he offered burnt offerings, and the fatofthe peace- offerings, becauſe the brazen altar which Solomon had made, was not able to receive the burat offerings, and the meat cfterings, and the fat.
F Of this and v. 8, 9, 16. ſee the Notes on 1 Kings 8. 64, &c.
8 Alſo at that time Solomon kept the feaſt ſeven days, and all Iſrael with him, a very great congrega- tion, from the entering in of Hamath, unto * the river of Egypt,
9 And in the eight day they made Þ a ſolemn aſſem- bly : for they kept the dedication of the altar ſeven days, and the feaſt feven days, le
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Chap. VII*, WW 10 Andontherthree and twentieth day ofthe ſeventh Wl month, he ſent the people away. unto their tents, glad I 1481 Af his people. | | j| 1: Thus * Solomon finiſhed the houſe of the LORD, « , King? | and the kings houſe: and all that came into Solomons 9. 1, &c. || heart tomaks in the houſe of the LORD, and in his Ul own houſe, he proſperouſly effeted, . g See on 1 Kings9. 1, 2, | | 12 And the LORD appeared to Solomon by night; and ſaid unto him, I have heardthy prayer, * and have *nqe. choſen this place to my ſelf for an houſe of ſacrifice. 123 IfT ſhut up heaven that there be no rain, or if I command the Locufts h co devour the land, orifIſend peſtilence among my people : : þ i.e. Uſe my Authority and Power over them to. cauſe them to do ſo. A Metaphor elſewhere uſed in reference to unreaſonable Creatures, as 1 Kings 17. 4. Amosg, 3. who are not properly capable of a Command, or of Obedience. I4 If my people f which are called by my name, ſhal humble themſelves and pray, and ſeek my face,and |, j as : , ſpon whom turn from their wicked ways: then will I hear from ,;, ,,me is.
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17 And as for thee, if thou wilt walkbefore me, a* David thy father walked, and do according to all that I have commanded thee, and ſhalt obſerve my ſtatutes
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21 And thishouſe whichis high, ſhall be an aftoniſh- __ - | ment to every one tuat paſleth by it ; ſo that he ſhal ſay, * Dene.29 * Why hath the LORD done this unto this land, and 24- | untothis houſe ! | ' Jer: 22: 8g
22 Andit he anſwered, Becauſe they forſook. the 7 | LORD God of their fathers which brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, and laid hold on other gods, and worfhipped them, and ſerved them ; therefore hath | he brought all this evil upoathers
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Solomons Buildings, 1. 6. The Heathen who remained in the Land he maketh Tributaries : but the Ijraelites Rulers, 7 11. Hy yearly folemn Sacrifices : he appointeth to the* Priefls and Levites theit plates, 12 16, The Navy fetcheth Geld from Ophir 17, 18.
Nd * it came to paſs ( at the end of twenty years, : _ :: -;| wherein Solomon had built the houſe of the * 1 Kings} LORD, and his own houſe.') TEE a 2 That the cities which Huram had reſtored to Solo- | mona, Solomon built them, and cauſed the children of Iſrael to dwell there. |
#s Which Solomon gave to Hiram, who not being pleaſed with them, 1 Kings 9+ 12, 13. here returns them to him again:
3 And Solomon went to Hamath-zobah, and pre- vailed againſt it. ES, |
4 And he built Tadmor in the wilderneſs b, and all the ſtore- cities, which he built in Hamath.
b Of this and the following Verſes, ſee on 1 Kings g. 18. &c.
5 Alſo he built Beth-horonthe upper, and Beth-horon the nether, fenced cities, with walls, gates and bars ;
6 And Baalath, and all the ffore-cities that Solomon ns 6 0 had, and all the chariot-cities, . and the cities of che deſired to ; Horſemen, and Þ# all that Solomon defired to build,
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4 +7 4s for all the people that were left of the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebufites, which-were not of Ifrael,
8 But of their children who were left after them in the land, whom the children of Iſrael conſumed not, them did Solomon make to pay tribute unto this day.
9 But of the children of Iſrael did Solemon make no ſervants for his work : but they were men of war, and chief of his captains, and captains of his chariots and horſemen. | 10 And theſe were the chief of king Solomons officers, eveu two hundred and fifty that bare rule over the peo- ple.
it And Solomon * brought up the daughter of