' Pharaoh out of the city of David, unto the houſe that he had builc for her : for he faid, My wife ſhall not dwell in the houſe of David king of Iſrael, becauſe zhe places are f holy whereunto the ark of the LORD hath COMms c.
c Not becauſe every place where once the Ark came was thereby conſecrated to God, and might not after the Ark was gone be put to any common uſe ; for then both the houſe of Obed-edom and all other places where the Ark either reſted or paſſ:d were made Holy thereby, and unlawful for Men to dwell in ; but either 7. Becauſe ſhe was a Woman, and attended by many other Women, who beſides the common Pollutions of all, are ſubje& to many and frequent Ceremonial Pollutions peculiar to their Sex, and either ſhe, or at leaſt many of her followers might be Heathens at this time ; and therefore he thought ir indecent that ſuch perſons ſhould come as it were in Gods ftead, and ſucceed him in the place where he had dwelt, Or, 2. He ſpeaks not of the time when the Ark was gone, but whilſt it was there ; and theſe words contain a Rea- ſon not ofthe more remote words, why he now brought her up thirher, but of the words immediately preceding, why he built this Houſe for her, becauſe the Ark was now in the Houſe of David, which therefore ought to be kept pure and free from the very Danger and
Appearance of Pollution. : I2 Then Solomon offered burnt-offerings unto the
LORD, on the altar ofthe LORD, which he had built before the porch.
{ © Exod« 13 Even after a certain rate every * day, offering 29+38- according to the commandment of Moſes, on the | ſabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the ſolemn »* Exod. feaſts, * three times in a year, eves in the feaſt of un- 23-24: leavened bread, in the feaſt of weeks, and in the feaſt —_—_ 16. of tabernacles. . Kr 14 And he appointed according to the orderof David | *xChr.24. hisfatber, the * courſes of the prieſts to their ſervice, and "Ts * the Levites to their charges, to praiſe and miniſter *1Cbr:25 before the prieſts, as the dury of every day required : *", Chr-g, ths * porters alſo by their courſes at every gate : for | 27.826 1. | ſo had David the man of God d commanded.
+ Heb. _ d: e A Prophet inſpired by Godin theſe Matters, whoſe Com-
So was the mands therefore are the Commands of God. command 15 And they: departed not from the commandment * "ga v. of the king, unto the prieſts and Levices, concerning BT any matter, or concerning the treaſures. © x6 Nowallthe work of Solomon was prepared e unto the day of the foundation of the houſe of the LORD, _and-until it was finiſhed : ſo the Houſe of God was perfected. _ e All the Materials were procured, and in all points ſquared and | fitted and compleated before hand. . 17 Tten went Solomon to Ezion-geber f, and to | Eloth, ar the ſea-fide in the land of Edom. F Of this and the next Verſe, ſee the Notes on 1 Kings 9.26, &c, © "18. And Hucam ſent him by the hand ofhis ſervants, ſhips, and ſervants that had knowledge of che fea, and they wenr with the ſervants of Solomon to Ophir, and took thence four hundred and fifty talents of gold, and
| broughe them to king Solomon.
_—=7 OCH IMP. IX. ' The: Quaen of Sheba wiſiteth Solomon, and admireth hu wiſdom: giveth and '_Teceiveth preſents, 1 '2, Solomons Gold, his Targets,13 16. The Throne of Foory, 17 19. 'Hu veſſels, his preſents, 20 24. His char iots and horſes ;, his tributes, his reign and death, 25——31.
* ; 1... A ND * when the Queen of Sheba heard of the fame r Kings ab . bo. », Gee. of Solomon, ſhe came to prove Solomon & with Mart 12.43-- hard queſtions atJeruſalem, with a very great company, Luk.11.3i- and camels that bare ſpices, and gold in abundance, and precious ſtones : and when ſhe was come to Solomon, ſhe
communed with: bim of all that was in her heart. a Ainvwaſt all this Chapter is contained in 1 Kings 10. where it is explained. : :
2 And Solomon told her all her queſtions : and there was nothing hid from Solomon which he told her not,
L 2 And when the queen ofSheba had ſeen the wiſdom of Solomon, and thg houſg that he had built,
*, Kings 3.1. & 7
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build in Jeruſalem, and in Lebanon, and throughout |
| ſervants of Huram :
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4 And the meat of his table, and the ſitting of his ſervants, and the attendance of his miniſters, and their apparel, his || cup-bearers alſo, and their apparel, ang! Or, his aſcent, by which he went up into the houſe of the '*%: LORD, there was no ſpirit in her.
5 And ſhe ſaid to the king, Ir was a true + report which T heard in mine own land, of {| thine as, and w»,;. of thy wiſdom. || Or,
6 Howbeit, I believed not their words, until I came ſajings, and mine eyes had ſeen it: and behold, the one half of the greatneſs of thy wiſdom was not told me : for thou exceedeſt the fame that Theard.
7 Happy are thy men, and happy are theſe thy ſer- vants, which ſtand continually before thee, and hear thy wiſdom. | 8 Blefled be the LORD thy God, which delighted in thee to ſet thee on his throne, zo be king for the LORD b thy God 7 becauſe thy God loved Ifrael, to eſtablif them for ever, therefore made he thee king over them wo ſadgaont and juſtice. :
z.e. In the Lords Name and Stead, both i Kings haveand hold their Kingdoms from Goa” View gerents and Deputies; and in a ſpecial manner, becauſe he ſat in Gods own Throne, and Ruled over Gods Peculiar People, and didin a ſingularand eminent manner maintain the Honour and Worſhip of God in his Land and in the Eyes of all the World beſides.
9 Andſhegave the king an hundred and twenty talents of gold, and of ſpices great abundance, and precious ſtones: neither was there any ſuch ſpice as the queen of Sheba gave king Solomon.
10 And the ſervants alſo of Huram, and the ſervants of Solomon, which brought gold from Ophir, brought algum-trees, and precious ſtones.
11 And the king madeof the algum-trees ||+ terriſes , to the Houſe of che LORD, and to the kings palace, . H and harps and pſalteries for ſingers ! and there were þ;; _—_ noeneluch ſeen beforein the land of Judah. Gr ou
12 And king Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all her deſire, whatſoever ſhe asked, belides that which ſhe had brought « unto the king : So ſhe turned, and went away to her own land, ſhe and her ſervants
c Beſides what he gave her of his Royal Bounty, as it is expreſſed,
1 Kings 10. 13, which was in compenſation for her Preſents, as is here noted.