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2 Chronicles 8:5

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Also he built Bethhoron the upper, and Bethhoron the nether,.... Only mention is made of the latter in 1 Kings 9:17, fenced cities, with walls, gates, and bars; fortified cities in the tribe of Ephraim.

2 Chronicles 8:6

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Ver. 6-12. And Baalath,.... See 1 Kings 9:18. From hence, to the end of 2 Chronicles 8:11, it is the same with 1 Kings 9:19. [See comments on 1 Kings 9:19]. [See comments on 1 Kings 9:20]. [See comments on 1 Kings 9:21]. [See comments on 1 Kings 9:22]. [See comments on 1 Kings 9:23]. [See comments on 1 Kings 9:24].

2 Chronicles 8:12

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Then Solomon offered burnt offerings to the Lord,.... Meaning not barely at the time he rebuilt the above cities, for it was his constant practice: on the altar of the Lord, which he had built before the porch; the brasen altar, which was at the entrance into the temple, within the court; of which see 2 Chronicles 4:1.

2 Chronicles 8:13

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Even after a certain rate every day, according to the commandment of Moses,.... The daily sacrifice, morning and evening, Exodus 29:38, on the sabbaths, and on the new moons; when there were additional sacrifices, Numbers 28:9, c. and on the solemn feasts three times in the year, [even] in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks,...

2 Chronicles 8:14

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And he appointed, according to the order of David his father, the courses of the priests to their service,.... The twenty four courses which served weekly in their turns, 1 Chronicles 24:1 and the Levites to their charges, to praise and minister before the priests, as duty of every day required; who also had their courses by lot, to sing the...

2 Chronicles 8:15

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And they departed not from the commandment of the king unto the priests and Levites,.... The priests and Levites departed not from it, not from the commandment of Solomon, according to the order of David, but in all things obeyed it: concerning any matter; which related to the office of either of them, sacrificers, singers, or porters: or...

2 Chronicles 8:16

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Now all the work of Solomon was prepared unto the day of the foundation of the house of the Lord, and until it was finished,.... The materials were prepared, and the money for the expenses; and even the very stones and timber were made fit for the building, so that there was nothing to retard the completion of it: so the house of God was...

2 Chronicles 8:17

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Ver. 17-18. Then went Solomon to Eziongeber,.... Being now at leisure to look after his navy, to carry on merchandise; and of this, and the following verse, and the reconciliation of them with 1 Kings 9:26, [See comments on 1 Kings 9:26], [See comments on 1 Kings 9:27], [See comments on 1 Kings 9:28].

2 Chronicles 9

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INTRODUCTION TO 2 CHRONICLES 9 10 The ninth chapter is the same with 1 Kings 10:1 excepting 2 Chronicles 9:26, which agrees with 1 Kings 4:21, the same with 1 Kings 11:41, only in 2 Chronicles 9:29 it is more largely expressed that the acts of Solomon's reign were written in the book of Nathan the prophet, and in the prophecy of Ahijah the...

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