13 Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year, was fix hundred and threeſcore-and fix talents of gold 3 14 Beſides that which chapmen and merchants brought: and all the kings of Arabia, and ||. governours of the || Or, countrey, brought gold and ſilver to Solomon. Captain Is And king Solomon made two hundred targets of beaten gold : fix hundred heels of beaten gold went to one target. | 16 And three hundred ſhields made he of beaten gold: three hundred ſhekels of gold went to one ſhield : and the king put them in the houſe of the forreſt of Leba- non. i7 Moreover, the king madea great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with pure gold. 18 And there were ſix ſteps to the throne with a foot-ſtool of gold, which were faſtened to the throne, and i ſtayes on each ſide of the fitting-place, and two t Heb lions ſtanding by the ſtayes. _— 19 Andtwelve lions ſtood there, onthe one fide, and on the other, upon the lix ſteps, There was not the like made in any kingdom. 20 Andallthedrinking veſſels of king Solomon were of gold, and all the veſſeis ofthe houſe of the forreſt of Leba- NON, were of | pure gold : || nene were of ſilver ; it was + Heb: not any thing accounted of in the days of Solomon, ut _ 21 For the kings ſhips went to Tarſhiſh with the || Or, rr! every three years once came the 24/7 ſhips of Tarſhiſh bringing gold and ſilver, || ivory, and 7 "og apes, and peacocks. elephants 22 And king Solomon paſſed all the kings of the ww. earth in riches, and wiſdom. 23 And all the kings of the earth ſoughtthe + pre-, ,, ſence of Solomon, to hear his wiſdom that God.put in EO . 3; fate his heart, 24 And they broughtevery man his preſent, veſſels ot ſilver, and veſſels of gold, and raymenc, harneſs, and ſpices, horſes, and mules, a rate year by year. . 25 And Solomon * had four thouſand ſtalls 4d for * i Kings horſes and chariots, and twelve thouſand horſemen 4: 26 whom he beſtowed in the chariot-cities, and with the A k4 king at Jeruſalem. 4 To wit, greater Stalls, in each of which were ten Stalls, in all
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oa. Of = { 5 the reſt of the * as of Solomen firſt and © ;Kivg: laſt, are they not written in the | book of Nathan the 1 A prophet, and in the prophecy of Ahijah the Shilonite, pony ind in the viſions of *Iddo the ſeer e, againſt Jeroboam
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+ Mentioned alfo chap.12.15. ſuppoſed to be the ſame who 1s cal- led Obed, ch.15: 1. This, and the other Prophers mentioned, were alſo HHiſrorians,and wrote ſome Annals or Hiſtories of their times; our of which theſe ſacred and Canonical Books were taken, either by theſe, or other Prophets. ;
20 And Solemon reigned in Jeruſalem over all Iſrael forty years. .
And Solomon ſlept with his fathers ; and he was buried in the city of David his fathers, and Rehoboam his ſon reigned in his ſtead, | E HARP. ©
Rehoboam made king. The Iſraelites by Feroboam requeſt a relaxation, 1———5. Rehoboom refuſmg the old mens counſel, by the advice of young men, anſwercth them roughly, 6 15. Ten tribes revolting, kill Hamoram, and make Rehoboam to flee, 16 19.
ND * Rehoboam went to Shechem a: for to She-
chem were all Iſrael come to make him king,
5 The Contents of this Chapter are in 1 Kizgs 12, where ſee the Notes.
2 And it came to paſs when Jeroboam the ſon of Nebat, ( who was in Egypt, whither he had fled from the preſence of Solomon the king ) heard ze, that Jero- boam returned out of Egypt ; |
2 And they ſent b and called him. So Jeroboam and all Iſrael came, and ſpake to Rehoboam, ſaying,
b Or, For ( as that Particle is off uſed, as hath been noted before) they had ſent, &c. So this is the Reaſon why he returned, as was faid, v. 2+ :
4 Thy father made our yoke grievous, now there- fore eaſe thou ſomewhat the grievous ſervitude of thy father, and his heavy yoke that he put upon us, and we will ſerve thee. :
5 And he ſaid unto them, come again unto me af- ter three days. And the people departed.
6 And king Rehoboam took counſel with the old men that had ſtood before Solomon his father, while he yet lived, ſaying, What counſel give ye me, to re- turn anſwer to this people ? |
7 And they ſpake unto him, ſaying, Tf cthou be kind to this people, and pleaſe them, and ſpeak good words to them, they will be thy ſervants for ever,
3 But he forſook the counſel which the old men gave him, and took counſel with the young men that were brought up with him, that ſtood before him,
9 And he ſaid unto them What advice give ye, that we may recur an{wer to this people, which have ſpo ken to me, ſaving, Eaſe ſomewhat the yoke that thy father did put upon us ?
10 And the young men that were brought up with him, ſpake unto him, faying, Thus ſhalt thou anſwer the peovle that ſpake unto thee, ſaying, Thy father made our yoke heavy,but make thou ix ſomewhat ligh- ter for us: thus ſhalt thou ſay unto them, My lictle fger {hall be thicker than my fathers loins.
Iz For whereas my father + put a heavy yoke upon you, I will put more to your yoke : my father cnaſtiſed you with whips, bur I will chaſtije you with {corpions. |
12 So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehobo- am on the third day, as the king bade, ſaying, Come
again to me on the third day.
12 And the king anſwered them roughly, and king Rehoboam forſook the counſel of the old men :
14 And anſwered chem after the advice of the young men, ſaying, My facher made your yoke heavy, but 1 will add thereto: my father chaſtiſed you with whips, but I will cha{tiſe you with ſcorpions.
15 So the king hearkened not unto the people, for the cauſe was of God, that the LORD might perform l.his word which he ſpake by the * hand of Ahijah the
Shilonite, to Jeroboam the ſon of Nebart.