2Ch 8:1
8:1 And it came to pass at the end of {a} twenty years, wherein
    Solomon had built the house of the LORD, and his own house,

    (a) Signifying that he was 20 years in building them.

2Ch 8:2
8:2 That the cities which Huram had {b} restored to Solomon,
    Solomon built them, and caused the children of Israel to
    dwell there.

    (b) That is, which Hiram gave again to Solomon because they
        did not please him and therefore called them Cabul, that
        is, dirt or filth, @1Ki 9:13.

2Ch 8:4
8:4 And he built Tadmor in the wilderness, and all the {c} store
    cities, which he built in Hamath.

    (c) Meaning of munitions and treasures for the war.

2Ch 8:5
8:5 Also he built {d} Bethhoron the upper, and Bethhoron the
    nether, fenced cities, with walls, gates, and bars;

    (d) That is, he repaired and fortified them, for they were
        built long before by Sherah a noble woman of the tribe
        of Ephraim, @1Ch 6:68,7:24.

2Ch 8:10
8:10 And these [were] the chief of king Solomon's officers,
     [even] {f} two hundred and fifty, that bare rule over the
     people.

     (f) For in all there were 3300 but here he means of them
         who had the principal charge, @1Ki 9:23.

2Ch 8:13
8:13 Even after a certain rate every day, offering according to
     the commandment of Moses, on the sabbaths, and on the new
     moons, and on the solemn feasts, {g} three times in the
     year, [even] in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the
     feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles.

     (g) Read @Le 23:1-44.

2Ch 8:16
8:16 Now all the {h} work of Solomon was prepared unto the day
     of the foundation of the house of the LORD, and until it
     was finished. [So] the house of the LORD was perfected.

     (h) Both for the matte and also for the workmanship.

2Ch 8:17
8:17 Then went Solomon to Eziongeber, and to Eloth, at the {i}
     sea side in the land of Edom.

     (i) Meaning, the Red Sea.

2Ch 8:18
8:18 And Huram sent him by the hands of his servants ships, and
     servants that had knowledge of the sea; and they went with
     the servants of Solomon to Ophir, and took thence {k} four
     hundred and fifty talents of gold, and brought [them] to
     king Solomon.

     (k) Which is thought to amount to 3,600,000 crowns, for
         here mention is made of 30 more than are spoken of,
         @1Ki 9:28.



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