{"collection":"Bible & Christianity","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/bib/cmt/barnes/ch2009.htm","path":"bib/cmt/barnes/ch2009.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/bib/cmt/barnes/ch2009.htm","text":"Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]\nThe narrative here is parallel with that in marginal reference, from which it varies but little, and to which it adds nothing.\nTerraces - Rather, as in the margin, \"stairs\" (see the Kg1 10:12 note).\nBeside that which she had brought unto the king - It is difficult to assign any sense to these words as they now stand in the Hebrew text. A slight alteration will give the meaning: \"Beside that which the king had brought for her;\" which is in conformity with Kg1 10:13.\nComparing Kg1 10:16-17, it follows from the two passages together that the \"pound of gold\" was equal to 100 shekels.\nThe footstool (not mentioned in Kings) was an essential appendage to an Oriental throne; it appears everywhere in the Egyptian, Assyrian, and Persian sculptures.\nAll the kings of the earth - Rather, \"all the kings of the land:\" all the monarchs, that is, whose dominions were included in So omon's empire (see Kg1 4:21).\nAnd out of all lands - An addition to the words in Kings. The principal countries would no doubt be Arabia and Armenia - the former always famous for its excellent breed; the latter mentioned in Ezekiel Eze 27:14 as trading with horses in the fairs of Tyre.\nThe book of Nathan ... - On the \"books\" here mentioned, see the introduction to Chronicles, the second note.\nWe hear nothing of Iddo in Kings: but he is mentioned below twice Ch2 12:15; Ch2 13:22. In the latter of these passages he is called not \"the seer,\" but \"the prophet.\" He seems to have been the author of three works:\n(1) Visions against Jeroboam;\n(2) A book of genealogies; and\n(3) A commentary or history.\nAccording to some, he was identical with Oded, the father of Azariah, who prophesied in the reign of Asa (see the Ch2 15:1 note).","title":"Notes on the Bible by Albert Barnes: 2 Chronicles: 2 Chro...","type":"page"}