Matthew Poole and continuators on 2 Chronicles 9

1 ANd when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon, she came to prove Solomon with hard questions at Jerusalem, with a very great company, and camels that bare spices, and gold in abundance, and precious stones: and when she was come to Solomon, she communed with him of all that was in her heart.

Almost all this Chapter is contained in 1 King. 10. where it is explained.

Marginal references: 1 Kin. 10. 1, &c. Mat. 12. 42. Luke 11. 31.

8 Blessed be the LORD thy God, which delighted in thee to set thee on his throne, to be king for the LORD thy God: because thy God loved Israel, to establish them for ever, therefore made he thee king over them, to do judgment and justice.

i. e. In the Lords Name and Stead, both in general because all Kings have and hold their Kingdoms from God and act as his Vicegerents and Deputies; and in a special manner, because he sat in Gods own Throne and ruled over Gods Peculiar People, and di[illegible: 1+ letters] in a singular and eminent manner maintain the Honour and Worship of God in his Land and in the Eyes of all the World besides.

12 And king Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba, all her desire, whatsoever she asked, besides that which she had brought unto the king: So she turned, and went away to her own land, she and her servants.

Besides what he gave her of his Royal Bounty, as it is expressed, 1 King. 10. 13. which was in compensation for her Presents, as is here noted.

25 And Solomon had four thousand stalls for horses and chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, whom he bestowed in the chariot-cities, and with the king at Jerusalem.

To wit, greater Stalls, in each of which were ten Stalls, in all 40000 Stalls, as it is 1 King. 4. 26. where see the Notes.

Marginal references: 1 Kin. 4. 26. & 10. 26. Ch 1. 14.

29 Now the rest of the acts of Solomon first and last, are they not written in the book of Nathan the prophet, and in the prophecy of Ahijah the Shilonite, and in the visions of Iddo the seer , against Jeroboam the son of Nebat?

Mentioned also ch. 12. 15. supposed to be the same who is called Obed, ch. 15. 1. This and the other Prophets mentioned were also Historians, and wrote some Annals or Histories of their times; out of which these Sacred and Canonical Books were taken either by these or other Prophets.

Marginal references: 1 Kin. 11. 41.; Heb. words,; Ch. 12. 15. & 13. 22.