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2
Chronicles Chapter One
New King James Version (NKJV)
INTRODUCTION TO 2 CHRONICLES 1
This
chapter relates
how that Solomon being confirmed in his kingdom
went to
Gibeon to sacrifice 2 Chronicles 1:1
that the Lord appeared there to him
and what passed between them
2 Chronicles 1:7
and that when he returned from thence to Jerusalem
he increased in splendour
wealth
and riches
2 Chronicles 1:13.
2 Chronicles
1:1 Now Solomon the
son of David was strengthened in his kingdom
and the Lord his God was
with him and exalted him exceedingly.
YLT
1And strengthen himself doth
Solomon son of David over his kingdom
and Jehovah his God [is] with him
and
maketh him exceedingly great.
And Solomon the son of
David was strengthened in his kingdom
.... Well settled and
established on the throne of his father
after the death of some persons
from
whom he might expect trouble
see 1 Kings 2:46.
and the Lord God was with him; directing and
instructing him
prospering and succeeding him: the Targum is
"the Word of
the Lord was his help:'and magnified him exceedingly; see 1 Chronicles 29:25.
2 Chronicles 1:2 2 And Solomon spoke to all
Israel
to the captains of thousands and of hundreds
to the judges
and to
every leader in all Israel
the heads of the fathers’ houses.
YLT
2And Solomon saith to all
Israel
to heads of the thousands
and of the hundreds
and to judges
and to
every honourable one of all Israel
heads of the fathers
Then Solomon spake unto
all Israel
.... To their representatives about going to Gibeon to sacrifice
as the next words show: so Jarchi and Kimchi observe:
to the captains of thousands
and of hundreds
to the judges
and
to every governor in all Israel
the chief of the fathers; whom he had
convened on this occasion; though some think this is the same congregation
gathered by his father
by whom he was anointed and made king
and that he
spoke of this to them before they broke up
1 Chronicles 28:1
which seems not so probable
since it was after the death of his father
after
he had been king some time
and even after his marriage with Pharaoh's
daughter
that what follows was done
see 1 Kings 3:1.
2 Chronicles 1:3 3 Then Solomon
and all the
assembly with him
went to the high place that was at Gibeon; for the
tabernacle of meeting with God was there
which Moses the servant of the Lord had made in
the wilderness.
YLT
3and they go -- Solomon
and
all the assembly with him -- to the high place that [is] in Gibeon
for there
hath been God's tent of meeting
that Moses
servant of Jehovah
made in the
wilderness
So Solomon
and all the
congregation with him
went to the high place that was at Gibeon
.... They
agreed to his motion
and went with him thither
see 1 Kings 3:4.
for there was the tabernacle of the congregation of God
which
Moses the servant of the Lord had made in the wilderness: by the Lord's
direction; where was also the altar of the Lord
and so most proper to offer
sacrifice on
which was what Solomon went thither to do; see 1 Chronicles 21:29.
2 Chronicles 1:4 4 But David had brought up
the ark of God from Kirjath Jearim to the place David had prepared for
it
for he had pitched a tent for it at Jerusalem.
YLT
4but the ark of God had
David brought up from Kirjath-Jearim
when David prepared for it
for he
stretched out for it a tent in Jerusalem;
But the ark of God had
David brought up from Kirjathjearim
.... See 2 Samuel 6:2.
2 Chronicles 1:5 5 Now the bronze altar that
Bezalel the son of Uri
the son of Hur
had made
he put[a] before the
tabernacle of the Lord;
Solomon and the assembly sought Him there.
YLT
5and the altar of brass that
Bezaleel son of Uri
son of Hur made
he put before the tabernacle of Jehovah;
and Solomon and the assembly seek to it.
Moreover
the brasen altar
that Bezaleel the son of Uri
the son of Hur
had made
.... According
to the pattern given by Moses
at the direction of God
Exodus 38:1
he put before the tabernacle of the congregation; either David
or rather Solomon; though it seems best to read the words as in the Septuagint
and Vulgate Latin versions
"and there it was before the tabernacle";
for it was always there:
and Solomon and the congregation sought unto it; to sacrifice
unto it; or rather sought "unto him"
the Lord
before whose
tabernacle the altar was
so GussetinsF1Comment. Ebr. p. 197. .
2 Chronicles 1:6 6 And Solomon went up there
to the bronze altar before the Lord
which was at the
tabernacle of meeting
and offered a thousand burnt offerings on it.
YLT
6And Solomon goeth up
thither
on the altar of brass
before Jehovah
that [is] at the tent of
meeting
and causeth to ascend upon it a thousand burnt-offerings.
And Solomon went up
thither
.... To the high place at Gibeon:
to the brasen altar before the lord; where he used to be
and
accept the sacrifices of his people
though the ark
the symbol of his
presence
was not there:
which was at the tabernacle of the congregation; that is
which altar was there; or rather "who"
that is
God
was there
as
Osiander
hearing the prayers of his people
and accepting their offerings:
and offered a thousand offerings upon it; by the
priests
see 1 Kings 3:4.
2 Chronicles 1:7 7 On that night God appeared
to Solomon
and said to him
“Ask! What shall I give you?”
YLT
7In that night hath God
appeared to Solomon
and saith to him
`Ask -- what do I give to thee?'
In that night did God appear unto Solomon
.... From
hence to the end of 2 Chronicles 1:12
it is the same with 1 Kings 3:5. See
Gill on 1 Kings 3:5
1 Kings 3:6
1 Kings 3:7
1 Kings 3:8
1 Kings 3:9
1 Kings 3:10
1 Kings 3:11
1 Kings 3:12
1 Kings 3:13
1 Kings 3:14
1 Kings 3:15
2 Chronicles 1:8 8 And Solomon said to God:
“You have shown great mercy to David my father
and have made me king in his
place.
YLT
8And Solomon saith to God
`Thou hast done with David my father great kindness
and hast caused me to
reign in his stead.
2 Chronicles 1:9 9 Now
O Lord God
let Your
promise to David my father be established
for You have made me king over a
people like the dust of the earth in multitude.
YLT
9Now
O Jehovah God
is Thy
word with David my father stedfast
for Thou hast caused me to reign over a
people numerous as the dust of the earth;
2 Chronicles 1:10 10 Now give me wisdom and
knowledge
that I may go out and come in before this people; for who can judge
this great people of Yours?”
YLT
10now
wisdom and knowledge
give to me
and I go out before this people
and I come in
for who doth judge
this Thy great people?'
2 Chronicles 1:11 11 Then God said to Solomon:
“Because this was in your heart
and you have not asked riches or wealth or
honor or the life of your enemies
nor have you asked long life—but have asked
wisdom and knowledge for yourself
that you may judge My people over whom I
have made you king—
YLT
11And God saith to Solomon
`Because that this hath been with thy heart
and thou hast not asked riches
wealth
and honour
and the life of those hating thee
and also many days hast
not asked
and dost ask for thyself wisdom and knowledge
so that thou dost
judge My people over which I have caused thee to reign –
2 Chronicles 1:12 12 wisdom and knowledge are
granted to you; and I will give you riches and wealth and honor
such as none
of the kings have had who were before you
nor shall any after you have
the like.”
YLT
12the wisdom and the
knowledge is given to thee
and riches and wealth and honour I give to thee
that there hath not been so to the kings who [are] before thee
and after thee
it is not so.'
2 Chronicles 1:13 13 So Solomon came to
Jerusalem from the high place that was at Gibeon
from before the
tabernacle of meeting
and reigned over Israel.
YLT
13And Solomon cometh in
[from] the high place that [is] in Gibeon to Jerusalem
from before the tent of
meeting
and reigneth over Israel
Then Solomon came from his journey to the high place that was at
Gibeon
.... Or rather without the supplement
the words may be read as
in the Septuagint and Vulgate Latin versions:
Solomon came from the high places; having sacrificed there
so Vatablus; ל being put for מ
as R. Jonah observesF2Apud Kimchium. in loc. ; but the Targum agrees
with us
he"came to the high place which is in Gibeon
and from thence to
Jerusalem;'and to the same purpose Kimchi; having been there
he came to
Jerusalem:
from before the tabernacle of the congregation; which was at
Gibeon
where he had been sacrificing:
and reigned over Israel in great splendour and
prosperity. From hence
to the end of the chapter
the same things are said as
in 1 Kings 10:26. See
Gill on 1 Kings 10:26
1 Kings 10:27
1 Kings 10:28
1 Kings 10:29.
2 Chronicles 1:14 14 And Solomon gathered
chariots and horsemen; he had one thousand four hundred chariots and twelve
thousand horsemen
whom he stationed in the chariot cities and with the king in
Jerusalem.
YLT
14and Solomon gathereth
chariots and horsemen
and he hath a thousand and four hundred chariots
and
twelve thousand horsemen
and he placeth them in the cities of the chariots
and with the king in Jerusalem.
2 Chronicles 1:15 15 Also the king made silver
and gold as common in Jerusalem as stones
and he made cedars as abundant as
the sycamores which are in the lowland.
YLT
15And the king maketh the
silver and the gold in Jerusalem as stones
and the cedars he made as sycamores
that [are] in the low country
for abundance.
2 Chronicles 1:16 16 And Solomon had horses
imported from Egypt and Keveh; the king’s merchants bought them in Keveh at the
current price.
YLT
16And the source of the
horses that [are] to Solomon [is] from Egypt and from Keva; merchants of the
king from Keva take at a price
2 Chronicles 1:17 17 They also acquired and
imported from Egypt a chariot for six hundred shekels of silver
and a
horse for one hundred and fifty; thus
through their agents
[b] they
exported them to all the kings of the Hittites and the kings of Syria.
YLT
17and they come up
and bring
out from Egypt a chariot for six hundred silverlings
and a horse for fifty and
a hundred
and so for all the kings of the Hittites
and the kings of Aram --
by their hand they bring out.
──《John Gill’s
Exposition of the Bible》
New King James
Version (NKJV)