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Adam Clarke · 1831
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Adam Clarke · 1831
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1 Kings Chapter 4 서론 Adam Clarke's Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
1 Kings Chapter 4 2 Adam Clarke's Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
These were the princes which he had; Azariah the son of Zadok the priest - These were his great, chief, or principal men. None of them were princes in the common acceptation of the word.
1 Kings Chapter 4 3 Adam Clarke's Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
Elihoreph and Ahiah - scribes - Secretaries to the king.
Jehoshaphat - recorder - Historiographer to the king, who chronicled the affairs of the kingdom. He was in this office under David see 2 Samuel 20:24.
1 Kings Chapter 4 5 Adam Clarke's Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
Azariah - was over the officers - He had the superintendence of the twelve officers mentioned below; see 1 Kings 4:7.
Zabud - was principal officer - Perhaps what we call premier, or prime minister.
The king's friend - His chief favourite - his confidant.
1 Kings Chapter 4 6 Adam Clarke's Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
Ahishar was over the household - The king's chamberlain.
Adoniram - was over the tribute - What we call chancellor of the exchequer. He received and brought into the treasury all the proceeds of taxes and tributes. He was in this office under David; see 2 Samuel 20:24.
1 Kings Chapter 4 7 Adam Clarke's Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
Twelve officers - The business of these twelve officers was to provide daily, each for a month, those provisions which were consumed in the king's household; see 1 Kings 4:22, 1 Kings 4:23. And the task for such a daily provision was not an easy one.
1 Kings Chapter 4 13 Adam Clarke's Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
Threescore great cities with walls and brazen bars - These were fortified cities: their gates and bars covered with plates of brass. Such were the gates in Priam's palace: -
Ipse inter primos correpta dura bipenni
Limina perrumpit, Postes que a cardine vellit
Aeratos. Virg. Aen., lib. ii. ver. 479.
Fierce Pyrrhus in the front, with forceful sway,
Plied the huge axe, and hew'd the beams away;
The solid timbers from the portal tore,
And rent from every hinge the Brazen door.
Pitt.
1 Kings Chapter 4 20 Adam Clarke's Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
Eating and drinking, and making merry - They were very comfortable, very rich, very merry, and very corrupt. And this full feeding and dissipation led to a total corruption of manners.
An account of Solomon's chief officers, 1 Kings 4:1-6. Names of the twelve officers that were over twelve districts, to provide victuals for the king's household monthly, 1 Kings 4:7-19. Judah and Israel are very populous; and Solomon reigns over many provinces, 1 Kings 4:20, 1 Kings 4:21. The daily provision for his family, 1 Kings 4:22, 1 Kings 4:23. The extent and peace of his dominions, 1 Kings 4:24, 1 Kings 4:25. His horses, chariots, and dromedaries; with the provision made for them, 1 Kings 4:26-28. His wisdom and understanding, 1 Kings 4:29-31. The number of his proverbs and songs; and his knowledge in natural history, 1 Kings 4:32, 1 Kings 4:33. People from all nations come to hear his wisdom, 1 Kings 4:34.