1 Kings 9

Chap. IX. Ver. 1—28. The Lord appears a second time to Solomon: his great prosperity.—The Lord’s first appearance to Solomon, in prophetic vision, at Gibeon, is recorded in the third chapter of this book. In the present vision, a gracious | he answer is returned to the prayer of Solomon, and the Lord is e there perpetually.” And it is adde ogee to say of this house, ‘‘ Mine ores and my heart shall ) f, that. if Solomon continued to walk before the Lord in integrity and uprightness, like glory. 4. That every good his father David, now should the throne be established in his family for ever. Solomon, however, soon turned aside to idolatry, and then were fulfilled ten out of the twelve tribes were diate successor; this glorious temple was eventually destroyed, and Israel became “ as we see at this day.

For twenty years, while 1 the Lord’s house and his own palaces, he remained faithful to typified, in whom “ dwelleth i ee aged and perhaps for seven or eight years afters, during which period occurred the several events related in this and the next chapter. ‘ twenty cities (or towns) in the land of Galilee; not absolutely, it should seem, but. by way of surety for the vast debt had contracted with him. Hiram these cities, and was by no means pleased with therefore called them “ the land of Cabul;” meaning, according to some, ‘a dirty country; i “good for nothing.” all the threatenings here subjoined: wrested from his immea proverb and a by-word among all peo- Solomon was engaged in building First, Solomon “gave to Hiram however, came to see them; and;”

and according to others, The probability is, that they were fish-