2 Chronicles 9

2 Chronicles 9:1

when the queen of Sheba heard. For further notes, see the parallel passages in 1Ki 10. App-56.

2 Chronicles 9:2

questions = words, or matters.

2 Chronicles 9:3

wisdom. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Cause) for the effects produced by it.

and. Note the Figure of speech Polysyndeton (App-6) in verses: 2 Chronicles 9:3 and 2 Chronicles 9:4,

2 Chronicles 9:4

ascent: i.e. the causeway of 1 Chronicles 26:16, 1 Chronicles 26:18.

the LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4.

spirit. Hebrew. ruach. App-9.

2 Chronicles 9:5

It was a true report. Hebrew The word was truth.

2 Chronicles 9:6

behold. Figure of speech Asterismos.

2 Chronicles 9:8

God. Hebrew. Elohim. App-4.

justice = righteousness.

2 Chronicles 9:10

algum trees. See note on 1 Kings 10:11.

2 Chronicles 9:11

terraces = stairs, or balustrades. Compare 1 Kings 10:12.

2 Chronicles 9:12

she had brought. This, like other differences, is complementary.

2 Chronicles 9:13

six hundred and threescore and six. App-10.

2 Chronicles 9:14

chapmen. Hebrew. tur, travelers, or merchants, Eng. = cheapmen, or traffickers.

2 Chronicles 9:15

targets = pointed or bossed shields. Hebrew. zinnah.

2 Chronicles 9:16

shields = covering or protecting shields. Hebrew. maginnim.

house of the forest of Lebanon. This is the palace of cedar in Jerusalem (1 Kings 7:2).

2 Chronicles 9:18

six. See App-10.

stays = supports. Hebrew = hands.

2 Chronicles 9:20

pure = purified.

2 Chronicles 9:21

the. No article in the Hebrew here.

2 Chronicles 9:24

harness = armour.

2 Chronicles 9:25

four thousand. See note on 1 Kings 4:26.

2 Chronicles 9:26

reigned = was suzerain.

river: i.e. Euphrates.

border. Not river. Genesis 15:18 yet waits fulfillment.

2 Chronicles 9:28

horses. Yet horses out of Egypt had a leading part in destroying Judah. Compare 2 Chronicles 12:3, 2 Chronicles 12:4, 2 Chronicles 12:9. Psalms 33:17.

2 Chronicles 9:29

prophet. seer. Hebrew. nabi. chozeh. See note on 1 Chronicles 29:29.

against Jeroboam. So that he had warning from God.

2 Chronicles 9:31

slept with his fathers. See note on Deuteronomy 31:16. Solomon died at the age of sixty.