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1 Kings 4:21

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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;  

Contextual Overview

20Judah and Israel became as numerous as the sand by the sea, eating and drinking and rejoicing. 21And Solomon reigned over all the kingdoms from the Euphrates to the land of the Philistines, as far as the border of Egypt. These kingdoms offered tribute and served Solomon all the days of his life.22Solomon's provisions for a single day were thirty cors of fine flour, sixty cors of meal, 23ten fat oxen, twenty range oxen, and a hundred sheep, as well as deer, gazelles, roebucks, and fattened poultry. 24For Solomon had dominion over everything west of the Euphrates-over all the kingdoms from Tiphsah to Gaza-and he had peace on all sides. 25Throughout the days of Solomon, Judah and Israel lived in safety from Dan to Beersheba, each man under his own vine and his own fig tree. 26Solomon had four thousand stalls for his chariot horses and twelve thousand horses. 27Each month the governors in turn provided food for King Solomon and all who came to his table. They saw to it that nothing was lacking. 28Each one also brought to the required place their quotas of barley and straw for the chariot horses and other horses.

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
Now you are cursed and banished from the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother's blood from your hand.
Genesis 4:12
When you till the ground, it will no longer yield its produce to you. You will be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth."
Genesis 31:27
Why did you run away secretly and deceive me, without even telling me? I would have sent you away with joy and singing, with tambourines and harps.
Job 21:12
singing to the tambourine and lyre and making merry at the sound of the flute.
Isaiah 5:12
At their feasts are the lyre and harp, tambourines and flutes and wine. They disregard the actions of the LORD, and fail to see the work of His hands.
Amos 6:5
You improvise songs on the harp like David and invent your own 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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