2 Chronicles 8
Overview
8:1 Solomon's buildings;
8:7 The Canaanites which were left, Solomon makes tributaries, but the Israelites rulers;
8:11 Pharaoh's daughter removes to her house;
8:12 Solomon's yearly solemn sacrifices;
8:14 He appoints the priests and Levites to their places;
8:17 The navy fetches gold from Ophir. Verse 1 at the end 1 Kings 9:10 Reciprocal 7:1 - thirteen years; 9:15 - to build; Ecclesiastes 2:4 - I builded Verse 2 the cities 1 Kings 9:11-18 Reciprocal 2 Chronicles 11:5 - built; 14:6 - And he built; 17:12 - in Judah Verse 3 Hamathzobah Numbers 13:21, 34:8; 2 Samuel 8:3; 1 Kings 11:23-25; 1 Chronicles 18:3 Reciprocal 2 Samuel 8:5 - Zobah; 2 Kings 14:28 - Damascus; Jeremiah 52:9 - Hamath Verse 4 he built 1 Kings 9:17-19 TadmorTadmor, the Palmyra of the Greeks, as we learn from Josephus, a celebrated city of Syria, situated in an oasis, or fertile spot of land, surrounded on all sides by a vast sandy desert, like an island in the midst of the ocean; according to Pliny, 337 miles from Seleucia and Tigrim, 203 from the nearest part of the Mediterranean, and 176 from Damascus; according to Josephus, one day's journey west of the Euphrates, and six from Babylon; and according to Ptolemy, in lat. 34 degrees north, or that of Tripoli, and about 4 degrees more easterly; and it is described by Mr. Wood as "situated under a barren ridge of hills to the west, and open on the other sides to the desert;" "about six days' journey from Aleppo, and as much from Damascus, and about twenty leagues west of the Euphrates." Palmyra attained the height of its splendour when the royal city of Zenobia was conquered by the emperor Aurelian; became a Roman colony after the victories of Trajan; and was probably reduced to its present miserable state in the wars of the Saracens. Its magnificent ruins, however, scattered over an extent of several miles, sufficiently attest its former splendour and riches.Reciprocal 9:18 - Tadmor; 2 Kings 14:28 - Damascus; 2 Chronicles 8:6 - the store cities Verse 5 Bethhoron Joshua 16:3, 16:5; 1 Chronicles 7:24 Reciprocal 1 Samuel 13:18 - Bethhoron; 2 Chronicles 25:13 - Bethhoron Verse 6 Baalath Joshua 19:44; 1 Kings 9:18 the store cities 2 Chronicles 8:4, 17:12; 1 Kings 9:19 chariot cities 2 Chronicles 1:14; 1 Kings 10:26 all that Solomon desired to buildHeb. all the desire of Solomon which he desired to build, 9:19; Ecclesiastes 2:4, 10-26 and in Lebanon 1 Kings 7:2; Song of Songs 4:8 Reciprocal 2 Chronicles 16:4 - the store cities; Song of Songs 7:4 - the tower Verse 7 As for all 1 Kings 9:20-22 the Hittites Genesis 15:19-21; Deuteronomy 7:1 Reciprocal Genesis 9:25 - a servant; Joshua 17:13 - put the; 1 Kings 5:15 - threescore; 9:17 - Bethhoron; 1 Chronicles 22:2 - the strangers; 2 Chronicles 2:17 - numbered Verse 8 whom the children Judges 1:21-36; Psalm 106:34 to pay 2 Chronicles 2:17, 2:18; Joshua 16:10, 17:13; 1 Kings 5:13, 5:14 Reciprocal Genesis 9:25 - a servant; 1 Kings 9:20 - left; 1 Chronicles 22:2 - the strangers Verse 9 But of the Exodus 19:5, 19:6; Leviticus 25:39-46; Galatians 4:26, 4:31 they were men 1 Samuel 8:11, 8:12 Reciprocal 1 Kings 9:22 - but they were men Verse 10 two hundred 2 Chronicles 2:18; 1 Kings 5:16, 9:23 Reciprocal 9:22 - but they were men; 2 Chronicles 34:13 - the bearers Verse 11 brought up 1 Kings 3:1, 7:8, 9:24 holyHeb. holiness, Exodus 3:5, 29:43; Ezekiel 21:2; 2 Peter 1:18 Reciprocal Exodus 25:10 - an ark; 1 Chronicles 4:18 - Bithiah; 2 Chronicles 35:3 - Put; Ecclesiastes 2:4 - I builded Verse 12 on the altar 2 Chronicles 4:1; 1 Chronicles 28:17; Ezekiel 8:16; Joel 2:17 before the porch John 10:23 Reciprocal 1 Kings 9:25 - three times; 9:26 - made a navy; 2 Chronicles 15:8 - the altar of the Lord; Ezekiel 45:17 - the prince's; Malachi 3:4 - as Verse 13 every day Exodus 29:38-42; Leviticus 23:1-17; Numbers 28:1-29:40; Ezekiel 45:17, 46:3-15 three times Exodus 23:14-17; Deuteronomy 16:16; 1 Kings 9:25 Reciprocal Genesis 45:21 - commandment; Deuteronomy 16:9 - General; 16:13 - the feast; 2 Chronicles 11:17 - three years; Nehemiah 8:17 - had not; Psalm 81:3 - solemn; Zechariah 14:16 - and to Verse 14 the courses 2 Chronicles 5:11, 23:4, 31:2; 1 Chronicles 24:1-19; Luke 1:5, 1:8 the Levites 2 Chronicles 35:10; 1 Chronicles 6:31, 6:32-48, 15:16-22, 16:4-6, 16:42, 23:1-32, 24:20-31; 25:1-31; Ezra 6:18 the porters 1 Chronicles 9:17, 26:1-19 so had David the man of God commandedHeb. so was the commandment of David the man of God, Deuteronomy 33:1; 2 Samuel 23:2; 1 Kings 13:1; 1 Chronicles 28:19; Acts 13:22, 13:36 Reciprocal 2 Kings 22:4 - the keepers; 1 Chronicles 16:37 - as every; 23:5 - porters; 23:6 - divided; 26:17 - Eastward; 2 Chronicles 11:2 - the man; 29:25 - according; 34:13 - porters; 35:4 - and according; Nehemiah 12:24 - the man; 12:36 - musical instruments; Isaiah 62:6 - set watchmen; Jeremiah 35:4 - a man; 1 Timothy 6:11 - O man; 2 Peter 1:21 - in old time Verse 15 they departed 2 Chronicles 30:12; Exodus 39:42, 39:43 the treasures 1 Kings 7:51; 1 Chronicles 9:29, 26:20-26
Verse 16 1 Kings 5:18, 6:7 Reciprocal 9:25 - upon the altar that was before Verse 17 Eziongeber 2 Chronicles 20:36; Numbers 33:35; 1 Kings 9:26, 9:27, 22:48 Eloth Deuteronomy 2:8; 2 Kings 14:22, 16:6, ElathReciprocal 2 Chronicles 26:2 - Eloth Verse 18 1 Kings 9:27, 9:28, 10:22, HiramHuram 2 Chronicles 9:10, 9:13 OphirConjectures respecting the situation of Ophir are endless. Grotius conjectures it to be a part of Arabia called Aphar by Arrian; while Bochart and others have placed it in the island of Ceylon. Calmet supposes it to have been situated in Armenia; but his late editor places it at the head of the Indus. Josephus says that Ophir is the Indies, called the Gold country; by which he is supposed to mean Chersonesus Aurea, now Malacca, opposite Sumatra; and Lev. Poivre observes that the inhabitants of these places call their gold mines ophirs. took thence Ecclesiastes 2:8 Reciprocal 1 Kings 10:11 - from Ophir