2 Chronicles 9:12-22

12 King Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all her desire which she requested besides * a return for what she had brought to the king. Then she turned and went to her own land with her servants.

Solomon's Wealth and Power

13 ¹Now the weight of gold which came to Solomon in one year was 666 * * talents of gold,

14 besides * that which the traders * and merchants brought; and all ²the kings of Arabia and the governors of the country brought gold and silver to Solomon.

15 King Solomon made 200 large shields of beaten gold, using 600 * shekels of beaten gold on each large shield.

16 He made 300 * shields of beaten gold, using three hundred shekels of gold on each shield, and the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon.

17 Moreover, the king made a great throne of ivory and overlaid it with pure gold.

18 There were six steps to the throne and a footstool in gold attached to the throne, and arms on each side of the seat *, and two lions standing beside the arms.

19 Twelve * lions were standing there on the six steps on the one side and on the other; nothing like it was made for any other kingdom.

20 All King Solomon's drinking vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon were of pure gold; silver was not considered valuable in the days of Solomon.

21 ³For the king had ships which went to Tarshish with the servants of Huram; once every three years the ships of Tarshish came bringing gold and silver, ivory and apes and peacocks.

22 ⁴So King Solomon became greater than all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom.

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2 Chronicles 9:12-22 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO 2 CHRONICLES 9 & 10

The ninth chapter is the same with 1Ki 10:1-29 excepting 2Ch 9:26, which agrees with 1Ki 4:21,29-31, the same with 1Ki 11:41-43, only in 2Ch 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 Shilonite, and in the visions of Iddo the seer, against Jeroboam the son of Nebat; or rather "concerning Jeroboam", as the Septuagint and some other versions {b}, in which Iddo is called Joel; and by Theodoret said to be the same that prophesied of Jeroboam and his altar, \\see Gill on "1Ki 13:1"\\; the books mentioned are since lost.

{b} le peri Sept. de, Junius & Tremellias, Piscator. 19324-950110-2138-2Ch9.2

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 4

1. 1 Kings 10:14-28
2. Psalms 68:29; Psalms 72:10
3. 2 Chronicles 20:36, 37
4. 1 Kings 3:13; 2 Chronicles 1:12

Footnotes 6

[a]. Lit "he brought up"
[b]. Lit "he brought up"
[c]. Lit "hands"
[d]. Lit "on this side and on this at the place of the seat"
[e]. Lit "hands"
[f]. Lit "anything"