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The captains for every month.

Before CHRIST

The princes of the twelve tribes. month was Abiezer the Anetothite, of the Benjamites: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.

1 CHRONICLES. the chief, even among the Hebronites, cir. 1015 according to the generations of his fathers. In the fortieth year of the reign of David they were sought for, and there were found them mighty men of valour month was among

h See Josh. hat Jazer of Gilead.

21.39.

32 And his brethren, men of valour, were two thousand and seven hundred chief fathers, whom king David' made rulers over the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh, for every Heb. thing matter pertaining to God, and +'affairs i 2 Chron. of the king.

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3 Of the children of Perez was the chief of all the captains of the host for the first month.

4 And over the course of the second Or, Dodo, month was || Dodai an Ahohite, and of 2 Sam. 23.9. his course was Mikloth also the ruler: in his course likewise were twenty and four thousand.

5 The third captain of the host for the third month was Benaiah the son of JeOr, prin- hoiada, a || chief priest: and in his course Kings 4. 5. were twenty and four thousand.

cipal officer,

b 2 Sam. 23. 20, 22, 23. ch. 11. 22, &c.

24. ch. 11.

20.

6 This is that Benaiah, who was mighty among the thirty, and above the thirty: and in his course was Ammizabad his son.

7 The fourth captain for the fourth Sam. 23. month was Asahel the brother of Joab, and Zebadiah his son after him: and in his course were twenty and four thousand. 8 The fifth captain for the fifth month was Shamhuth the Izrahite: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.

9 The sixth captain for the sixth month 8 ch. 11. 28. was a Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.

10 The seventh captain for the seventh e ch.11.27 month was Helez the Pelonite, of the children of Ephraim: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.

11 The eighth captain for the eighth f2 Sam. 21 month was Sibbecai the Hushathite, of the Zarhites: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.

15. ch. 11.

29.

12 The ninth captain for the ninth

Before CHRIST cir. 1015

g ch. 11. 28.

28. ch. 11.

13 The tenth captain for the tenth Maharai the Netophathite, b 2 Sam. 23. of the Zarhites: and in his course were 30. twenty and four thousand.

14 The eleventh captain for the eleventh month was Benaiah the Pirathon- ich. 11. 31. ite, of the children of Ephraim: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.

15 The twelfth captain for the twelfth month was || Heldai the Netophathite, of Or. Heled, Othniel: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.

16

Furthermore over the tribes of Israel: the ruler of the Reubenites was Eliezer the son of Zichri: of the Simeonites, Shephatiah the son of Maachah:

ch. 11. J

17 Of the Levites, * Hashabiah the son k ch. 26. 30. of Kemuel: of the Aaronites, Zadok :

6, Elish

18 Of Judah, Elihu, one of the bre- 11 Sam. 16. thren of David: of Issachar, Omri the son of Michael:

19 Of Zebulun, Ishmaiah the son of Obadiah: of Naphtali, Jerimoth the son of Azriel:

20 of the children of Ephraim, Hoshea the son of Azaziah: of the half tribe of Manasseh, Joel the son of Pedaiah:

21 Of the half tribe of Manasseh in Gilead, Iddo the son of Zechariah: of Benjamin, Jaasiel the son of Abner:

22 Of Dan, Azareel the son of Jeroham. These were the princes of the tribes of Israel.

23¶ But David took not the number of them from twenty years old and under: because the LORD had said he would in- Gen. 15.5 crease Israel like to the stars of the heavens.

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24 Joab the son of Zeruiah began to number, but he finished not, because "there fell wrath for it against Israel; neither was the number put in the account of the chronicles of king David.

25¶ And over the king's treasures was Azmaveth the son of Adiel: and over the storehouses in the fields, in the cities, and in the villages, and in the castles, was Jehonathan the son of Uzziah:

26 And over them that did the work of the field for tillage of the ground was Ezri the son of Chelub:

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His instructions to Solomon.

Before CHRIST

8 Now therefore in the sight of all Israel the congregation of the LORD, and in cir. 1015. the audience of our God, keep and seek for all the commandments of the LORD your God: that ye may possess this good land, and leave it for an inheritance for your children after you for ever.

Hos. 4. 1.

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9 ¶ And thou, Solomon my son, "know 9 Jer. 9. 24. thou the God of thy father, and serve him John 17.3. with a perfect heart and with a willing 3. Ps. 10. 2. mind: for 'the LORD searcheth all hearts, 1 Sam. 16. and understandeth all the imaginations of 8. 39. ch. 29. the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will 17.7.9. be found of thee; but if thou forsake Prov. 17.3. him, he will cast thee off for ever.

7. 1 Kings

& 139. 2.

Jer. 11. 20. & 17.10. & 20. 12. Rev. 2.

10 Take heed now; "for the LORD 23. hath chosen thee to build an house for 2 Chron. the sanctuary: be strong, and do it.

15. 2.
u ver. 6.

25.40. ver.

11 ¶ Then David gave to Solomon his son the pattern of the porch, and of the x See Exod. houses thereof, and of the treasuries 19. thereof, and of the upper chambers thereof, and of the inner parlours thereof, and of the place of the mercy

A of Israel, the princes of the tribes, seat,

bch. 27-1,2 and the captains of the companies that ministered to the king by course, and the captains over the thousands, and e ch. 27. 23 captains over the hundreds, and the Or, cattle. stewards over all the substance and || possession of the king, || and of his sons, with the officers, and with the mighty men, and with all the valiant men, unto Jerusalem.

19r, and his sons.

[ Or. eunuchs.

d ch. 11. 12.

2 Then David the king stood up upon his feet, and said, Hear me, my brethren, Sam.7.2 and my people: As for me, I had in mine 132. 3,45 heart to uild an house of rest for the ark Ps 99.5 of the covenant of the LORD, and for the footstool of our God, and had made ready for the building:

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3 But God said unto me, Thou shalt 52 ch. 15. not build an house for my name, because thou hast been a man of war, and hast shed + blood.

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12 And the pattern + of all that he had + Heb. of all by the spirit, of the courts of the house with him. of the LORD, and of all the chambers round about, of the treasuries of the y ch. 26. 20, house of God, and of the treasuries of the dedicated things:

13 Also for the courses of the priests and the Levites, and for all the work of the service of the house of the LORD, and for all the vessels of service in the house of the LORD.

14 He gave of gold by weight for things of gold, for all instruments of all manner of service; silver also for all instruments of silver by weight, for all instruments of every kind of service:

15 Even the weight for the candlesticks of gold, and for their lamps of gold, by weight for every candlestick, and for the lamps thereof: and for the candlesticks of silver by weight, both for the candlestick, and also for the lamps thereof, according to the use of every candlestick.

16 And by weight he gave gold for the tables of shewbread, for every table; and likewise silver for the tables of silver:

17 Also pure gold for the fleshhooks, and the bowls, and the cups: and for the golden basons he gave gold by weight for every bason; and likewise silver by weight for every bason of silver:

18 And for the altar of incense refined

gold by weight; and gold for the pattern
of the chariot of the cherubims, that
spread out their wings, and covered the
ark of the covenant of the LORD.
19 All this, said David, "the LORD made
me understand in writing by his hand upon
me, even all the works of this pattern.
20 ¶ And David said to Solomon his

Exod. 25. Sam. 4-4

18,-22.

1 Kings 6. 23, &c.

a See Exod. 11, 12.

25.40. ver.

CHRIST 1015

b Deut. 31. 6,7, 9 ch.

7,8. Josh. 1.

22. 13.

c Josh. 1. 5

His thanksgiving and prayer、

were found gave them to the treasure of
the house of the LORD, by the hand of
Jehiel the Gershonite.

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Before CHRIST 1016.

f ch. 26 21.

9 Then the people rejoiced, for that they offered willingly, because with perfect heart they offered willingly to the 2 Cor. 97 LORD: and David the king also rejoiced with great joy.

David's gifts for the temple.
1 CHRONICLES.
Before son, Be strong and of good courage, and
do it: fear not, nor be dismayed: for the
LORD God, even my God, will be with
thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake
thee, until thou hast finished all the work
for the service of the house of the LORD.
21 And, behold, the courses of the
priests and the Levites, even they shall be
with thee for all the service of the house
of God: and there shall be with thee for
all manner of workmanship every will-
ing skilful man, for any manner of service:
also the princes and all the people will be
wholly at thy commandment.

d ch. 24. & 25. & 26.

e Exod. 35. 25. 26. & 36.

1,2.

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a 1 Kings 3. Prov. 4.3.

CHAP. XXIX.

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1 David, by his example and intreaty, 6 caus-
eth the princes and people to offer willingly.
10 David's thanksgiving and prayer. 20
The people, having blessed God, and sacri-
ficed, make Solomon king. 26 David's
reign and death.

URTHERMORE David the king

10 Wherefore David blessed the LORD before all the congregation: and David said, Blessed be thou, LORD God of Israel our father, for ever and ever.

h Matt. 6.

13

11 h Thine, O LORD, is the greatness, 13. 1 Tim. 1. and the power, and the glory, and the 17. Rev. 5. victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is thine: thine is the kingdom, O LORD, and thou art exalted as head above all.

12 Both riches and honour come of i Rom.11.36 thee, and thou reignest over all; and in thine hand is power and might; and in thine hand it is to make great, and to

Fund unto all the congregation, So- give strength unto all.

a

lomon my son, whom God alone hath cho-
sen, is yet young and tender, and the
work is great: for the palace is not for
man, but for the LORD God.

2 Now I have prepared with all my might for the house of my God the gold for things to be made of gold, and the silver for things of silver, and the brass for things of brass, the iron for things of iron, and wood for things of wood; onyx Rev. 21. 18, stones, and stones to be set, glistering stones, and of divers colours, and all manner of precious stones, and marble stones in abundance.

b See Isai. 54. 11, 12.

&c.

28.

3 Moreover, because I have set my affection to the house of my God, I have of mine own proper good, of gold and silver, which I have given to the house of my God, over and above all that I have prepared for the holy house,

4 Even three thousand talents of gold, Kings 9 of the gold of Ophir, and seven thousand talents of refined silver, to overlay the walls of the houses withal:

5 The gold for things of gold, and the silver for things of silver, and for all manner of work to be made by the hands of Heb. to fill artificers. And who then is willing to consecrate his service this day unto the LORD?

his hand.

d ch. 27.1.

13 Now therefore, our God, we thank thee, and praise thy glorious name.

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14 But who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able to offer so willingly after this sort? for all things come of thee, and †of thine own have we + Heb. of given thee.

15 For *we are strangers before thee, and sojourners, as were all our fathers: our days on the earth are as a shadow, and there is none tabiding.

16 O LORD our God, all this store that we have prepared to build thee an house for thine holy name cometh of thine hand, and is all thine own.

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17 I know also, my God, that thou triest the heart, and "hast pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of mine heart I have willingly offered all these things: and now have I seen with joy thy people, which are || present | Or, found. here, to offer willingly unto thee.

18 O LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, our fathers, keep this for ever in the imagination of the thoughts of the heart of thy people, and || prepare retheir heart unto thee:

blish, P. 10 17.

o Ps. 72. 1

19 And give unto Solomon my son a perfect heart, to keep thy commandments, thy testimonies, and thy statutes, and to do all these things, and to build the palace, for the which I have made provision. 14 20 And David said to all the con

6¶ Then the chief of the fathers and princes of the tribes of Israel, and the captains of thousands and of hundreds, ech. 27. 25, with the rulers of the king's work, of-gregation, Now bless the LORD your God. fered willingly,

&c.

7 And gave for the service of the house of God of gold five thousand talents and ten thousand drams, and of silver ten thousand talents, and of brass eighteen thousand talents, and one hundred thousand talents of iron.

8 And they with whom precious stones

And all the congregation blessed the LORD
God of their fathers, and bowed down
their heads, and worshipped the LORD,
and the king.

21 And they sacrificed sacrifices unto
the LORD, and offered burnt offerings unto
the LORD, on the morrow after that day,
even a thousand bullocks, a thousand

pver. ch.

Solomon made king.

Before

2 CHRONICLES, I.

David's reign and death.

Before

CHRIST rams, and a thousand lambs, with their as had not been on any king before him CHRIST

1015- drink offerings, and sacrifices in abun- in Israel.

dance for all Israel:

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26 Thus David the son of Jesse reigned over all Israel.

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27 And the time that he reigned over Israel was forty years; seven years anoint-reigned he in Hebron, and thirty and three years reigned he in Jerusalem.

ed him unto the LORD to be the chief governor, and Zadok to be priest.

23 ¶ Then Solomon sat on the throne of the LORD as king instead of David his father, and prospered; and all Israel obeyed him.

24 And all the princes, and the mighty men, and all the sons likewise of king David, 'submitted themselves unto SoChron. 30. lomon the king.

der Salomon G

2.& 47.23.

8. Ezek. 17.

18.

1 Kings 3.

25 And the LORD magnified Solomon 13 2Chron. exceedingly in the sight of all Israel, and bestowed upon him such royal majesty

1. 12. Eccles.

2.9.

Before CHRIST 1913

a 1 Kings 2.

Gen. 39.

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t 2 Sam. 5. 4. 1 Kings 2.11. u 2 Sam. 5-5

28 And he died in a good old age, Gen. 25. & full of days, riches, and honour: and y ch. 23. 1. Solomon his son reigned in his stead.

29 Now the acts of David the king, first and last, behold, they are written in the book of Samuel the seer, and in 1Or, history. the book of Nathan the prophet, and in words. the book of Gad the seer,

30 With all his reign and his might, and the times that went over him, and z Dan. 2. 21. over Israel, and over all the kingdoms of the countries.

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AND *Solomon the son of David was people like the dust of the earth in a much

strengthened in his kingdom, and the LORD his God was with him, and

1 Chron. magnified him exceedingly.

23.25

di Chron. 27.1.

4. Chron.

2 Then Solomon spake unto all Israel, to the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and to the judges, and to every governor in all Israel, the chief of the fathers.

3 So Solomon, and all the congregation with him, went to the high place Kings that was at Gibeon; for there was the 159&a tabernacle of the congregation of God, which Moses the servant of the LORD had made in the wilderness.

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as the dust of the earth.

o Numb. 27.

10" Give me now wisdom and know- 1 Kings 3. ledge, that I may go out and come in before this people: for who can judge 17. Deut. 31. this thy people, that is so great?

2.

11. 12, 13.

11 And God said to Solomon, Be- p1 Kings 3. cause this was in thine heart, and thou hast not asked riches, wealth, or honour, nor the life of thine enemies, neither yet hast asked long life; but hast asked wisdom and knowledge for thyself, that thou mayest judge my people, over whom I have made thee king:

12 Wisdom and knowledge is granted unto thee; and I will give thee riches, and wealth, and honour, such as none 1 Chron. of the kings have had that have been be- 22. Eccles. 2. fore thee, neither shall there any after 9 thee have the like.

13 Then Solomon came from his journey to the high place that was at Gibeon to Jerusalem, from before the tabernacle of the congregation, and reigned over Israel.

14 And Solomon gathered chariots and horsemen: and he had a thousand and four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, which he placed in the chariot cities, and with the king at Jerusalem.

15 And the king made silver and gold at Jerusalem as plenteous as stones, and cedar trees made he as the sycomore trees that are in the vale for abundance.

Kings 4. &c. ch. 9. 25.

26. & 10. 26,

1 Kings 10. Job 22. 24.

27. ch. 9. 27.

+ Heh. gave.

Solomon's message to Huram.

CHRIST

t 1 Kings 10.

28.

+ Heb the going forth

of the horses

2 CHRONICLES.

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Huram's answer.

Before CHRIST 1015.

9. ch. 9. 8.

Before 16 And Solomon had horses | wine, and twenty thousand baths of oil. 11 Then Huram the king of Tyre 1015- brought out of Egypt, and linen yarn: the king's merchants received the linen answered in writing, which he sent to So28, 29. ch. 9. yarn at a price. lomon," Because the LORD hath loved his 1 Kings 10. people, he hath made thee king over them. 12 Huram said moreover, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, that made heaven and earth, who hath given to David the king a wise son, tendued with prudence and understanding, that might build an house for the LORD, and an house for his kingdom.

which was Solomon's.

17 And they fetched up, and brought forth out of Egypt a chariot for six hundred shekels of silver, and an horse for an hundred and fifty: and so brought they out horses for all the kings of the Hittheir hand. tites, and for the kings of Syria, † by their

+ Heb. by

a 1 Kings 5.

5.

b 1 Kings 515. ver. 18.

Or, Hiram, i Kings 5. 1.

14. 1.

means.

CHAP. II.

1, 17 Solomon's labourers for the building of
the temple. 3 His embassage to Huram
for workmen and provision of stuff. 11
Huram sendeth him a kind answer.
ND Solomon determined to build

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and an house for his kingdom.

2 And Solomon told out threescore and ten thousand men to bear burdens, and fourscore thousand to hew in the mountain, and three thousand and six hundred to oversee them.

3 ¶ And Solomon sent to || Huram C1 Chron. the king of Tyre, saying, "As thou didst deal with David my father, and didst send him cedars to build him an house to dwell therein, even so deal with me.

d ver. 1.

+ Heb. incense of spices.

4 Behold, I build an house to the name of the LORD my God, to dedicate e Exod. 30.7. it to him, and to burn before him + sweet incense, and for the continual shewbread, and for the burnt offerings morning and 30. Lev. 24.8. evening, on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the solemn feasts of the LORD our God. This is an ordinance for ever to Israel.

f Exod. 25.

g Numb, 28. 3, 9, 11.

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17 And Solomon numbered all the strangers that were in the land of Israel, after the numbering wherewith "David his father had numbered them; and they were found an hundred and fifty thousand and three thousand and six hundred.

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18 And he set threescore and ten thousand of them to be bearers of burdens, and fourscore thousand to be hewers in the mountain, and three thousand and six hundred overseers to set the people a work.

THE

CHAP. III.

1 The place, and time of building the temple.
3 The measure and ornaments of the house.
11 The cherubims. 14 The vail and pillars.
HEN Solomon began to build the
house of the LORD at Jerusalem in
mount Moriah, | where the LORD ap-
peared unto David his father, in the place
that David had prepared in the threshing-
floor of || Ornan the Jebusite.

r ver. 10.

9

1 Kings 58, Heb. ecall thy need.

cording to

+ Heb. Japho, Josh. 19.46 Acts 9.36. t As ver. 2. 15, 16, & 7. 8.

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strangers.

22.2.

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2 And he began to build in the second 21. 18. & day of the second month, in the fourth year of his reign.

1 Or, Arawnah, 2 Sam. 24. 18.

2.

t Heb.

3 ¶ Now these are the things wherein a'i Kings 6. Solomon was instructed for the building of the house of God. The length by cubits founded. after the first measure was threescore cubits, and the breadth twenty cubits.

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