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列王纪上 4:21

所羅門統治列國,從大河到非利士地,直到埃及的邊界。這些國家,在所羅門在世的日子,都向他進貢,服事他。

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Canaan;   Euphrates;   Rulers;   Solomon;   Tax;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Holy Land;   Kings;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - King, Kings;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Egypt;   Solomon;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Amos, Theology of;   Israel;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Palestine;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Canaan;   Euphrates;   Joshua, the Book of;   Philistia;   Solomon;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Canaan, History and Religion of;   Kings, 1 and 2;   Tribute;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Gift, Giving;   Government;   Israel;   Solomon;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Gifts;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Abi'jah;   Ha'math;   Syr'ia;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Hebrew Monarchy, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Government;   Philistines;   Tax;  

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
所 罗 门 统 管 诸 国 , 从 大 河 到 非 利 士 地 , 直 到 埃 及 的 边 界 。 所 罗 门 在 世 的 日 子 , 这 些 国 都 进 贡 服 事 他 。

Contextual Overview

20 There were as many people in Judah and Israel as grains of sand on the seashore. The people ate, drank, and were happy. 21 Solomon ruled over all the kingdoms from the Euphrates River to the land of the Philistines, as far as the border of Egypt. These countries brought Solomon the payments he demanded, and they were under his control all his life. 22 Solomon needed much food each day to feed himself and all the people who ate at his table: one hundred ninety-five bushels of fine flour, three hundred ninety bushels of grain, 23 ten cows that were fed on good grain, twenty cows that were raised in the fields, one hundred sheep, three kinds of deer, and fattened birds. 24 Solomon controlled all the countries west of the Euphrates River—the land from Tiphsah to Gaza. And he had peace on all sides of his kingdom. 25 During Solomon's life Judah and Israel, from Dan to Beersheba, also lived in peace; all of his people were able to sit under their own fig trees and grapevines. 26 Solomon had four thousand stalls for his chariot horses and twelve thousand horses. 27 Each month one of the district governors gave King Solomon all the food he needed—enough for every person who ate at the king's table. The governors made sure he had everything he needed. 28 They also brought enough barley and straw for Solomon's chariot and work horses; each person brought this grain to the right place.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Solomon: 1 Kings 4:24, Genesis 15:18, Exodus 23:31, Deuteronomy 11:24, Joshua 1:4, 2 Chronicles 9:26-31, Ezra 4:20, Psalms 72:8-11

brought: 1 Samuel 10:27, 2 Kings 17:3, 2 Chronicles 17:5, 2 Chronicles 32:23, Psalms 68:29, Psalms 72:10, Psalms 72:11, Psalms 76:11

Reciprocal: Genesis 27:29 - Let people Genesis 43:11 - carry down Numbers 24:7 - his kingdom Deuteronomy 15:6 - thou shalt reign Deuteronomy 19:8 - General 2 Samuel 8:3 - at the river 1 Kings 3:13 - riches 1 Kings 8:65 - from the entering 2 Kings 24:7 - from the river 1 Chronicles 13:5 - Shihor 2 Chronicles 7:8 - from the entering Psalms 68:13 - the wings Psalms 80:11 - General Psalms 89:25 - I will Proverbs 14:28 - General Ecclesiastes 2:25 - who can Lamentations 1:1 - great Ezekiel 16:13 - and thou didst Zechariah 9:10 - from the river

Cross-References

Genesis 4:11
And now you will be cursed in your work with the ground, the same ground where your brother's blood fell and where your hands killed him.
Genesis 4:12
You will work the ground, but it will not grow good crops for you anymore, and you will wander around on the earth."
Genesis 31:27
Why did you run away secretly and trick me? Why didn't you tell me? Then I could have sent you away with joy and singing and with the music of tambourines and harps.
Job 21:12
They sing to the music of tambourines and harps, and the sound of the flute makes them happy.
Isaiah 5:12
At their parties they have lyres, harps, tambourines, flutes, and wine. They don't see what the Lord has done or notice the work of his hands.
Amos 6:5
You make up songs on your harps, and, like David, you compose songs on musical instruments.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Solomon reigned over all kingdoms,.... Not only over Judah and Israel, but all people round about him, they standing in fear of him; or who brought him presents, or paid tribute to him, which was an acknowledgment of superiority over them, and doing homage to him:

from the river unto the land of the Philistines, and unto the border of Egypt; that is, from the river Euphrates, as the Targum, which was the border of his proper domains to the east, to Palestine, inhabited by the Philistines, which lay to the west, and as far as the border of Egypt, which was the southern boundary; a like and larger extent of Christ's kingdom is given, Psalms 72:8;

and they brought presents, and served Solomon all the days of his life; this explains in what sense other kingdoms besides were ruled by Solomon, and subject to him; of Christ his antitype, see Psalms 72:10.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Solomon’s empire, like all the great empires of Asia down to the time of the Persians, consisted of a congeries of small kingdoms, all ruled by their own kings 1 Kings 4:24, who admitted the suzerainty of the Jewish monarch, and paid him “presents,” i. e., an annual tribute (see 1 Kings 10:25).

Unto the land of the Philistines - There is no word corresponding to “unto” in the Hebrew. The construction should be, “Solomon reigned over all the kingdoms from the river (i. e., the Euphrates: see the marginal references), over the land of the Philistines,” etc. The writer draws attention to the fact that the extent of Solomon’s kingdom was in accordance with the promises made to Abraham, Moses, and Joshua.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Kings 4:21. Solomon reigned over all kingdoms — The meaning of this verse appears to be, that Solomon reigned over all the provinces from the river Euphrates to the land of the Philistines, even to the frontiers of Egypt. The Euphrates was on the east of Solomon's dominions; the Philistines were westward on the Mediterranean sea; and Egypt was on the south. Solomon had, therefore, as tributaries, the kingdoms of Syria, Damascus, Moab, and Ammon, which lay between the Euphrates and the Mediterranean. See Calmet. Thus he appears to have possessed all the land that God covenanted with Abraham to give to his posterity.


 
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