Notes on the Bible by Albert Barnes: 2 Chronicles: 2 Chro...

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] The narrative here is parallel with that in marginal reference, from which it varies but little, and to which it adds nothing. Terraces - Rather, as in the margin, "stairs" (see the Kg1 10:12 note). Beside 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. Comparing Kg1 10:16-17, it follows from the two passages together that the "pound of gold" was equal to 100 shekels. The footstool (not mentioned in Kings) was an essential appendage to an Oriental throne; it appears everywhere in the Egyptian, Assyrian, and Persian sculptures. All 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). And 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. The book of Nathan ... - On the "books" here mentioned, see the introduction to Chronicles, the second note. We 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: (1) Visions against Jeroboam; (2) A book of genealogies; and (3) A commentary or history. According to some, he was identical with Oded, the father of Azariah, who prophesied in the reign of Asa (see the Ch2 15:1 note).