1Ki 4:26 And Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen. Ver. 26. Forty thousand stalls of horses. ] In his four thousand stables, 2Ch 9:25 each of which had ten stalls or partitions, for ten horses at least. And this might be a piece of that yoke the people groaned under: which they ought not to have done, living in such a golden age. read more
1Ki 4:27 And those officers provided victual for king Solomon, and for all that came unto king Solomon’s table, every man in his month: they lacked nothing. Ver. 27. And for all that came unto king Solomon’s table.] Who were not a few, not only natives, but foreigners; not ambassadors only, but others, who came from all parts to hear his wisdom, 1Ki 4:34 and so to be proselyted haply. But Josephus relateth of the Jews, that they were very careful how they received proselytes in Solomon’s time;... read more
1Ki 4:28 Barley also and straw for the horses and dromedaries brought they unto the place where [the officers] were, every man according to his charge. Ver. 28. And dromedaries. ] Which are animalia citissima, vecturae apta et equitatui, very swift creatures. It is therefore by antiphrasis that we call slow people dromedaries. read more
1Ki 4:29 And God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding exceeding much, and largeness of heart, even as the sand that [is] on the sea shore. Ver. 29. Even as the sand which is on the seashore. ] Which as it taketh up a great deal of ground, and comprehendeth many grains, so did Solomon’s heart innumerable notions, etiam minutissima quaeque: he had even a sea of knowledge within him, and might, better than Jerome, he said to know all that was knowable. Nihil enim ipsum penitus fugit: omnia... read more
1Ki 4:30 And Solomon’s wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the east country, and all the wisdom of Egypt. Ver. 30. The wisdom of all the children of the east. ] The Arabians and Chaldeans, Mat 2:1 Dan 2:2 philosophers and astronomers. And all the wisdom of Egypt. ] See Isa 19:11-12 Acts 7:22 . Pythagoras, Plato, and many others, fetched much of their learning from Egypt: but all theirs was acquired; Solomon’s infused. read more
1Ki 4:31 For he was wiser than all men; than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, and Chalcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol: and his fame was in all nations round about. Ver. 31. For he was wiser than all men. ] Far beyond Socrates, whom Apollo pronounced the wisest of men. Than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman. ] These were famous in their generations for wisdom and learning. Psalms 88:1 ; Psalms 89:1 , titles Of these, haply, it was then held and said, as a modern writer saith of Tacitus and... read more
1Ki 4:32 And he spake three thousand proverbs: and his songs were a thousand and five. Ver. 32. And he spake three thousand proverbs. ] Which others, likely, took from his mouth, and made books of them; such as contained cunctam saeculi doctrinam, as Jerome saith of Tertullian’s works, who was, saith Lactantins, a general scholar. Of these proverbs of Solomon, not the one half are come to hand, as being no part of holy writ. And his songs were a thousand and five. ] Whereof is extant only... read more
1Ki 4:33 And he spake of trees, from the cedar tree that [is] in Lebanon even unto the hyssop that springeth out of the wall: he spake also of beasts, and of fowl, and of creeping things, and of fishes. Ver. 33. For he spake of trees. ] This was a discourse, doubtless, of singular use; and of it we may say as one doth of Origen’s "Oetapla," now lost, Huius operis iacturam deplorare possumus, compensure non possumus, the lack of this book we may bewail, but cannot make good. When preferment... read more
1Ki 4:34 And there came of all people to hear the wisdom of Solomon, from all kings of the earth, which had heard of his wisdom. Ver. 34. To hear the wisdom of Solomon. ] Who, though a great prince, yet he disdained not to read lectures both of divinity and philosophy, that his hearers might be παναρετοι , "perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works." Some gather from Pro 9:2 that Solomon set up a school or academy in mount Zion. Howsoever, his palace there might well be said to be, as... read more
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John Trapp Complete Commentary - 1 Kings 4:25
1Ki 4:25 And Judah and Israel dwelt safely, every man under his vine and under his fig tree, from Dan even to Beersheba, all the days of Solomon. Ver. 25. And Judah and Israel dwelt safely. ] Heb., Confidently or securely, without fear of foreign invasions, or danger of homebred conspiracies: yet were they discontented at the present government, and therefore came crying to his son and successor, Alleva iugum, Ease our yoke laid upon us by thy father. So true is that saying of Thucydides, Aει... read more