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At the end of twenty years, in which Solomon had built the LORD’s house and his own house, See also: 1 Kings 9:10-28Solomon built the cities which Huram had given to Solomon, and caused the children of Israel to dwell there. See also: 1 Kings 9:11-18Solomon went to Hamath Zobah, and prevailed against it. See also: 1 Kings 11:23-25Numbers 34:81 Chronicles 18:3He built Tadmor in the wilderness, and all the storage cities, which he built in Hamath. See also: 1 Kings 9:17-19Also he built Beth Horon the upper and Beth Horon the lower, fortified cities with walls, gates, and bars; See also: 1 Chronicles 7:242 Chronicles 14:7Joshua 16:3and Baalath, and all the storage cities that Solomon had, and all the cities for his chariots, the cities for his horsemen, and all that Solomon desired to build for his pleasure in Jerusalem, in Lebanon, and in all the land of his dominion. See also: Ecclesiastes 2:10-261 Kings 10:261 Kings 9:18-19As for all the people who were left of the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites, who were not of Israel— See also: Deuteronomy 7:1Genesis 15:18-211 Kings 9:20-22of their children who were left after them in the land, whom the children of Israel didn’t consume—of them Solomon conscripted forced labor to this day. See also: Joshua 16:101 Kings 9:211 Kings 4:6But of the children of Israel, Solomon made no servants for his work, but they were men of war, chief of his captains, and rulers of his chariots and of his horsemen. See also: Galatians 4:31Exodus 19:5-6Leviticus 25:39-46These were the chief officers of King Solomon, even two-hundred fifty, who ruled over the people. See also: 2 Chronicles 2:181 Kings 5:161 Kings 9:23Solomon brought up Pharaoh’s daughter out of David’s city to the house that he had built for her; for he said, “My wife shall not dwell in the house of David king of Israel, because the places where the LORD’s ark has come are holy.” See also: 1 Kings 3:11 Kings 7:81 Kings 9:24Then Solomon offered burnt offerings to the LORD on the LORD’s altar which he had built before the porch, See also: 2 Chronicles 4:1John 10:231 Chronicles 28:17even as the duty of every day required, offering according to the commandment of Moses on the Sabbaths, on the new moons, and on the set feasts, three times per year, during the feast of unleavened bread, during the feast of weeks, and during the feast of booths. See also: Deuteronomy 16:16Exodus 29:38-42Ezekiel 46:3-15He appointed, according to the ordinance of David his father, the divisions of the priests to their service, and the Levites to their offices, to praise and to minister before the priests, as the duty of every day required, the doorkeepers also by their divisions at every gate, for David the man of God had so commanded. See also: 1 Chronicles 9:17Ezra 6:18Nehemiah 12:36They didn’t depart from the commandment of the king to the priests and Levites concerning any matter or concerning the treasures. See also: 1 Chronicles 9:29Exodus 39:42-432 Chronicles 30:12Now all the work of Solomon was accomplished from the day of the foundation of the LORD’s house until it was finished. So the LORD’s house was completed. See also: 1 Kings 5:181 Kings 6:7Then Solomon went to Ezion Geber and to Eloth, on the seashore in the land of Edom. See also: 2 Kings 14:22Deuteronomy 2:82 Kings 16:6Huram sent him ships and servants who had knowledge of the sea by the hands of his servants; and they came with the servants of Solomon to Ophir, and brought from there four hundred fifty talents of gold, and brought them to King Solomon. See also: 2 Chronicles 9:102 Chronicles 9:131 Kings 9:27-28
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Notes · Haydock (1859, public domain)11 notes
Notes in English 19th-century Catholic commentary by Fr. George Leo Haydock, shown as published.
These notes keep the polemics of their time: some speak harshly of the Jewish people or of other Christians. The Church teaches otherwise today. The Jewish people may not be blamed for the death of Christ (Nostra Aetate 4; Catechism 597–598), and Christians of other communities are our brothers and sisters in the Lord (Unitatis Redintegratio 3). Christian unity
2 Chronicles 8:1
Ver. 1. After. Sept. "in which."
↑ 12 Chronicles 8:2
Ver. 2. Given back (T.) as he refused to accept of the present. Some think that (C.) Hiram gave these cities in exchange for the others. Salien. M.
↑ 22 Chronicles 8:3
Ver. 3. Emath, or Emesa, on the Orontes. This city had belonged to Thou, who cultivated the friendship of David. 2 K. viii. 9. But after the death of these princes, it had given some offence to Solomon, who took it, as well as Palmira, or Thadmor, though not perhaps in person.
↑ 32 Chronicles 8:4
Ver. 4. Strong. Heb. "the cities of tents." Ex. i. 11. C. --- Prot. "store cities," (H.) for corn, &c.
↑ 42 Chronicles 8:8
Ver. 8. Tributaries. Heb. also, "to work," at cutting stones, &c. 1 Par. xxii. 2.
Some of their descendants returned from captivity. Ib. ix. 2.
↑ 82 Chronicles 8:10
Ver. 10. Fifty. These were different from the 550 overseers. 3 K. ix. 23.
↑ 102 Chronicles 8:11
This 19th-century note uses polemical language; read it in the light of the note at the top of this panel.
Ver. 11. Into it. It was deemed improper for a pagan woman to reside in the same place. C. ---
She had perhaps pretended, at first, to be converted, but had lately given some signs of relapse.
Salien. --- Solomon was as yet far from communicating with infidels. W.
↑ 112 Chronicles 8:14
Ver. 14. And gate, at their respective posts. See 1 Par. xxvi. H.
↑ 142 Chronicles 8:15
Ver. 15. Treasures. The regulations of David were exactly observed. C.
↑ 152 Chronicles 8:17
Ver. 17. Asiongaber, which was called Bernice, (Joseph. viii. 2.) and now Suez.
T.
↑ 172 Chronicles 8:18
Ver. 18. Ships; not perhaps from Tyre, but from the Red Sea. C. --- Others think that he sent them by a canal, which opened a communication between the Mediterranean and Suez, (Huet) the distance of about ninety miles. Pliny ii. 68.
--- But this canal seems to have been made after the age of Solomon. Hence others imagine that the ships were taken in pieces, or conveyed by land, as has been sometimes done. Mahomet II. transported ships across the isthmus of Corinth.
Alexander the Great conveyed on chariots the ships which had been used to cross the Indus, as far as the Hydaspes. Arrian vii. C. --- Skilful mariners. They were the most expert, and the inventers of navigation. Prima ratem ventis tradere docta Tyrus. Tibul. See Wisd. xiv. 6. ---
Ophir, the kingdom of Pegu, in the East Indies, (T.) or some other distant land.
H. --- Fifty.
Thirty are omitted, 3 K. ix. 28, as they were expended in the voyage. C. --- Yet the Heb. letters for twenty and fifty are extremely similar. D.
↑ 18License: Notes by Fr. George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), from the Douay-Rheims Bible with Haydock's commentary (first ed. Thomas Haydock, Manchester/Dublin, 1811–1814; New York: Edward Dunigan & Brother, 1859); New Testament notes compiled with Fr. Benedict Rayment. Public domain. Digital text: "The Haydock Bible", Internet Archive (archive.org/details/TheHaydockBible), uploaded 2011 under the Public Domain Mark. · Credits and licenses