2 Chronicles 8:9

But of the children of Israel - See the note on Kg1 9:21.

This we had Kg1 9:10-24, and therefore shall only observe here,

I. Though Solomon was a man of great learning and knowledge, yet he spent his days, not in contemplation, but in action, not in his…

and chief of his captains Read (with 1Ki 9:22) and his princes and his captains. The statements of this verse must be read in connexion with 1Ki 5:13 ff; 1Ki 12:4 ff., whence it appears that though…