2 Chronicles 9:13-30

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.

23 And all the kings of the earth were seeking the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom which God had put in his heart.

24 ⁵They brought every man his gift, articles of silver and gold, garments, weapons, spices, horses and mules, so much year by year.

25 Now Solomon had 4,000 * stalls for horses and chariots and 12,000 * * horsemen, and he stationed them in the chariot cities and with the king in Jerusalem.

26 ⁶He was the ruler over all the kings from the Euphrates River even to the land of the Philistines, and as far as the border of Egypt.

27 ⁷The king made silver as common as stones in Jerusalem, and he made cedars as plentiful as sycamore trees that are in the lowland.

28 ⁸And they were bringing horses for Solomon from Egypt and from all countries.

29 ⁹Now the rest of the acts of Solomon, from first to last, ¹⁰are they not written in the records of Nathan the prophet, and in the prophecy of Ahijah the Shilonite, and in the visions of Iddo the seer concerning Jeroboam the son of Nebat?

30 ¹¹Solomon reigned forty years in Jerusalem over all Israel.

2 Chronicles 9:13-30 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

Cross References

• 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
• 5. Psalms 72:10
• 6. Deuteronomy 17:16; 1 Kings 4:26; 1 Kings 10:26; 2 Chronicles 1:14
• 7. Genesis 15:18; 1 Kings 4:21, 24
• 8. 2 Chronicles 1:15-17
• 9. 2 Chronicles 1:16
• 10. 1 Kings 11:41-43
• 11. 1 Chronicles 29:29
• 12. 1 Kings 11:42, 43

Footnotes

• [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"
• [g]. Heb "shephelah"
• [h]. Lit "words"
• [i]. Heb "Jedo"