DID KING SOLOMON (THE OCCULTIST) CUT A DEAL BY INTERNATIONAL TREATY WITH THE INTERNATIONAL BANKERS OF HIS DAY (PHOENICIANS) TO BUILD A TEMPLE TO GOD THAT WOULD SERVE AS A CENTRAL BANK OF TAXATION? WITH A CUT TO THE PHOENICIAN BANKERS AND CRAFTSMEN? WERE PHONECIANS CRAFTSMEN AND CRAFTY MEN MAKING LOANS LIKE THE IMF AND WORLD BANK TODAY. UNDER TREATY TERMS? Coffmans Commentaries on the Bible 1 Kings 5 Resource Toolbox Print Article Send Link to a Friend Copyright Info Bibliography Info Other Commentaries verse specific • Clarkes Commentary • Barnes Notes • Gills Exposition • Haydocks Catholic Commentary • Commentary Critical • Trapps Commentary • Pooles Annotations • Hawkers Commentary • Bensons Commentary • Cokes Commentary • Treasury of Scripture Knowlege • Whedons Commentary range specific • Keil & Delitzsch Commentary • Kretzmanns Commentary • MacLarens Exposition • Henrys Complete • Henrys Concise chapter specific • Dummelows Commentary • Constables Expository Notes • Meyers Commentary • Gaebeleins Annotated • Morgans Biblical Exposition • Guziks Commentaries • Sutcliffes Commentary • Grants Commentary • Petts Commentary • Spurgeons Expositions • The Biblical Illustrator • Expositors Bible • The Pulpit Commentary Verse 1 PREPARATIONS FOR BUILDING THE TEMPLE And Hiram king of Tyre sent his servants unto Solomon; for he had heard that they had anointed him king in the room of his father: for Hiram was ever a lover of David. And Solomon sent to Hiram, saying, Thou knowest how that David my father could not build a house for the name of Jehovah his God for the wars which were about him on every side, until Jehovah put them under the soles of his feet. But now Jehovah my God hath given me rest on every side; there is neither adversary, nor evil occurrence. And, behold, 50purpose to build a house for the name of Jehovah my God, as Jehovah spake unto David my father, saying, Thy son, whom I will set upon my throne in my room, he shall build a house for my name. Now therefore command thou that they cut me cedar trees out of Lebanon; and my servants shall be with thy servants; and I will give thee hire for thy servants according to all that thou shalt say: for thou knowest that there is not among us any that knoweth how to cut timber like unto the Sidonians. It is almost incredible to this writer that no commentator whom we have consulted has challenged Solomons arrogant assumption in this passage that he himself was that promised `seed of David whom God would establish eternally upon Davids throne, declaring emphatically that, I (God) will establish the throne of his kingdom forever (2 Samuel 7:13). The subsequent events in the history of Davids earthly dynasty demonstrated most effectively the error of Solomons conceited assumption. Furthermore, Solomon had been elevated to Davids throne during Davids lifetime, with whom, for a season, Solomon Was actually co-regent; and the promise of 2 Samuel 7:12 regarding that `seed whose throne would last for ever stressed that he would rise at a time, When David should sleep with his fathers and after Davids days on earth had been fulfilled. (See our full discussion of this in our Commentary on Second Samuel in chapter 7.) Solomon is not the only one who misunderstood that heavenly promise; because the Jewish people themselves quickly concluded that the extravaganza of Solomons kingdom was scheduled to last eternally. However, the enormous taxation, the forced labor, and the heartless selfishness of Solomons reign quickly issued in the resentment and bitterness that split the kingdom.
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