1 Kings 4:21

1Ki 4:21 And Solomon reigned over all kingdoms from the river unto the land of the Philistines, and unto the border of Egypt: they brought presents, and served Solomon all the days of his life.

Ver. 21. And Solomon reigned over all kingdoms. ] Not all the kingdoms of the world, a κοσμοκρατωρ , - as some Hebrews make him, - but over all kingdoms thereabout. He was a most potent and flourishing monarch.

All the days of his life. ] Notwithstanding his apostasy, through God’s longsufferance: so that his reign represented the church triumphant, as David’s reign had done the church militant.