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**twenty.** The number of Expectancy and Waiting, [2 Chronicles 21:1](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/21/1) . Divine completeness (21) minus one (1). ( App-10 ). Compare [Genesis 31:38](../../../kjv/genesis/31/38) , [Genesis 31:41](../../../kjv/genesis/31/41) .[Judges 4:3](../../../kjv/judges/4/3) ; [Judges 15:20](../../../kjv/judges/15/20) ; [Judges 16:31](../../../kjv/judges/16/31) . [1 Samuel 7:2](../../../kjv/1-samuel/7/2) .

**restored** = given. Evidently these had been previously given by Solomon as pledges or "security" ([1 Kings 9:10-14](../../../kjv/1-kings/9/10-14) ).
**children** = sons.

**built** = rebuilt. Compare [Joshua 16:3](../../../kjv/joshua/16/3) , Jos 16:5 ; [1 Chronicles 7:22-24](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/7/22-24) .
**gates** = double doors.

**consumed not** = destroyed not.
**make to pay tribute** = raise a levy of bondmen.

**the daughter of Pharaoh.** Taking it for granted that we know she was Solomon's wife.
**for he said.** The reason is complementary to [1 Kings 9:24](../../../kjv/1-kings/9/24) .
**holy.** See note on [Exodus 3:5](../../../kjv/exodus/3/5) .
**the ark.** See note on [1 Chronicles 13:3](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/13/3) .[Exodus 25:22](../../../kjv/exodus/25/22) .

**offered** = offered up. Hebrew. *'alah,* App-43 .

**three times.** Compare [Exodus 23:14](../../../kjv/exodus/23/14) .[Deuteronomy 16:16](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/16/16) .

**courses.** Compare [1 Chronicles 24:1](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/24/1) .
**porters** = gatekeepers. Compare [1 Chronicles 9:17](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/9/17) .
**the man of God.** See App-49 .
**God.** Heb Elohim. App-4 .

**commandment:** or commandments.
**treasures** = treasuries.

**unto.** Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate read "from".

**by the hands of.** Figure of speech *Pleonasm.*
**ships.** From Tyre, in the Mediterranean, to the Red Sea. To show that this was not insuperable (as some have imagined) the next clause is added.
**that had knowledge of the sea.** This is the explanation of the possibility of such voyages being possible. And why not?
**Ophir.** First occurrence [Genesis 10:29](../../../kjv/genesis/10/29) , where Ophir, the son of Joktan, was the ancestor of several Arabian tribes. Rhodesia is probably the land indicated. About five hundred ruins are scattered over a large area. There are evidences' of gold-smelting in the great Zimbawe buildings, where the ancient ruins resemble the ruins in Syria, temple and fortress being combined. Tharshish ships for Ezion-geber sailed thither to Fast Africa, as well as to Arabia and India. The Queen of Sheba being mentioned in close connection with Ophir ([2 Chronicles 8:10](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/8/10) ), as hearing about Solomon, furnishes further evidence. Compare [1 Kings 9:28](../../../kjv/1-kings/9/28) .

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