Teks -- 2 Chronicles 1:15-17 (NET)

1:15 The king made silver and gold as plentiful in Jerusalem as stones; cedar was as plentiful as sycamore fig trees are in the lowlands. 1:16 Solomon acquired his horses from Egypt and from Que; the king’s traders purchased them from Que. 1:17 They paid 600 silver pieces for each chariot from Egypt, and 150 silver pieces for each horse. They also sold chariots and horses to all the kings of the Hittites and to the kings of Syria.

Tafsiran/Catatan -- Catatan Kata/Frasa (per frasa)

JFB: 2Ch 1:17 - brought . . . for all the kings of the Hittites

A branch of this powerful tribe, when expelled from Palestine, had settled north of Lebanon, where they acquired large possessions contiguous to the Syrians.

Clarke: 2Ch 1:15 - Made silver and gold

Made silver and gold - See on 1Ki 10:27 (note), 1Ki 10:28 (note).

Clarke: 2Ch 1:16 - Linen yarn

Linen yarn - See the note on 1Ki 10:28, where this subject is particularly examined.

Clarke: 2Ch 1:17 - A horse for a hundred and fifty

A horse for a hundred and fifty - Suppose we take the shekel at the utmost value at which it has been rated, three shillings; then the price of a horse was about twenty-two pounds ten shillings

On Solomon’ s multiplying horses, Bishop Warburton has made some judicious remarks: -

"Moses had expressly prohibited the multiplying of horses, Deu 17:16, by which the future king was forbidden to establish a body of cavalry, because this could not be effected without sending into Egypt, with which people God had forbidden any communication, as this would be dangerous to religion. When Solomon had violated this law, and multiplied horses to excess, 1Ki 4:26, it was soon attended with those fatal consequences that the law foretold: for this wisest of kings having likewise, in violation of another law, married Pharaoh’ s daughter, (the early fruits of this commerce), and then, by a repetition of the same crime, but a transgression of another law, having espoused more strange women, 1Ki 11:1; they first, in defiance of a fourth law, persuaded him to build them idol temples for their use, and afterwards, against a fifth law, brought him to erect other temples for his own. Now the original of all this mischief was the forbidden traffic with Egypt for horses; for thither were the agents of Solomon sent to mount his cavalry. Nay, this great king even turned factor for the neighboring monarchs, 2Ch 1:17, and this opprobrious commerce was kept up by his successors and attended with the same pernicious consequences. Isaiah denounces the mischiefs of this traffic; and foretells that one of the good effects of leaving it would be the forsaking of their idolatries, Isa 31:1, Isa 31:4, Isa 31:6, Isa 31:7."- See Divine Legation, vol. iii., p. 289 and Dr. Dodd’ s Notes.

TSK: 2Ch 1:15 - the king // made // sycamore trees

the king : He destroyed its value by making it so exceedingly plentiful. 2Ch 1:12, 2Ch 9:27; 1Ki 10:27-29; Job 22:24, Job 22:25; Isa 60:17

made : Heb. gave

sycamore trees : 2Ch 9:27; Isa 9:10; Amo 7:14

TSK: 2Ch 1:16 - Solomon // linen yarn

Solomon : Heb. the going forth of the horses which was Solomon’ s, 2Ch 9:28; 1Ki 10:28, 1Ki 10:29

linen yarn : The word מקוא [Strong’ s H4723], or מקוה [Strong’ s H4723], mikweh , is regarded by the ancient translators as a proper name. The LXX have εκ Θεκουε , ""from Tekoa,""the Vulgate, de Coa , ""from Koa,""which is adopted by Dr. Geddes; the Syriac, ""from the city Aphelia;""and the Arabic, ""ex urbe Australium . ""Bochart thinks it signifies a tribute; others suppose that it signifies a string or drove of horses, or as Jarchi says, what the Germans call Stutte , a stud; but Houbigant supposes it to be a corruption for mercavah , ""chariots.""Our English translation, however, which regards it as synonymous with tikwah , seems by far the best. According to Norden, linen yarn is still one of the principal articles of commerce in Egypt, and is exported in very large quantities, together with unmanufactured flax and spun cotton; and Sanutus, 400 years ago, remarked that though Christian countries abounded in flax, yet the goodness of the Egyptian was such, that it was dispersed even to the west.

TSK: 2Ch 1:17 - the kings // means

the kings : 2Ki 10:29

means : Heb. hand

Tafsiran/Catatan -- Catatan Kata/Frasa (per Ayat)

Haydock: 2Ch 1:15 - Sycamores

Sycamores are trees of small value, and not good for building. (Tirinus)

Haydock: 2Ch 1:16 - Coa

Coa may signify either some city, (Mariana) or an "exporium," where things are sold, as kuch means "a collection." (Tirinus) (3 Kings x. 28.) Neglecting the points of the Masorets, we may well understand Coa, a city of Egypt, or an island of the Mediterranean. The Masorets read Mikve, instead of Micoa. (Du Hamel)

Gill: 2Ch 1:13-17 - Then Solomon came from his journey to the high place that was at Gibeon // Solomon came from the high places // from before the tabernacle of the congregation // and reigned over Israel

Then Solomon came from his journey to the high place that was at Gibeon,.... Or rather without the supplement, the words may be read as in the Septuagint and Vulgate Latin versions:

Solomon came from the high places; having sacrificed there, so Vatablus; ל being put for מ, as R. Jonah observes ^b; but the Targum agrees with us, he"came to the high place which is in Gibeon, and from thence to Jerusalem;''and to the same purpose Kimchi; having been there, he came to Jerusalem:

from before the tabernacle of the congregation; which was at Gibeon, where he had been sacrificing:

and reigned over Israel in great splendour and prosperity. From hence, to the end of the chapter, the same things are said as in 1Ki 10:26. See Gill on 1Ki 10:26, 1Ki 10:27, 1Ki 10:28, 1Ki 10:29.