I gathered me also silver and gold, and the peculiar treasure of kings and of the provinces: I gat me men singers and women singers, and the delights of the sons of men, as musical instruments , and that of all sorts.
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Gill's Exposition
I gathered me also silver and gold,.... In great quantities: the weight of gold which came to him in one year was six hundred threescore and six talents; see Kg1 9:14;
and the peculiar treasure of…
Barnes' Notes
Kings - Both tributary 1Ki 10:15 and independent 1Ki 5:1; 1Ki 9:14; 1Ki 10:2; the “provinces” probably correspond to the kingdoms mentioned in 1Ki 4:21. As musical ... sorts - Rather, Many women…
Solomon here, in pursuit of the summum bonum - the felicity of man, adjourns out of his study, his library, his elaboratory, his council-chamber, where he had in vain sought for it, into the park and…
Cambridge Bible
I gathered me also silver and gold Here also we find a counterpart in what is recorded of the wealth of Solomon, the ships of Hiram that brought gold from Ophir, to the amount of 420 talents (1Ki…
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