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**2 CHRONICLES CHAPTER 1**
King Solomon's solemn offering at Gibeon, [2 Chronicles 1:1-6](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/1/1-6).
His choice of wisdom is blessed by God, [2 Chronicles 1:7-12](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/1/7-12).
His strength and wealth, [1 Chronicles 1:13-17](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/1/13-17).

**Was strengthened,**or *established*, after his seditious brother Adonijah and his partisans were suppressed; and he was received with the universal consent and joy of his princes and people.

**Then Solomon spake,**to wit, concerning his intention of going to Gibeon, and that they should attend him thither, as the next verse shows.

**To the high place;**upon which the tabernacle was placed; whence it is called *the great high place*, [1 Kings 3:4](../../../kjv/1-kings/3/4).

He separated the ark from the tabernacle, and brought it to Jerusalem, because there he intended to build a far more noble and lasting habitation for it.

**He put;**either Moses, mentioned [2 Chronicles 1:3](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/1/3), or Bezaleel, here last named, by the command and direction of Moses; or David, who may be said to put it there, because he continued it there, and did not remove it, as he did the ark from the tabernacle.
**Sought unto it,**i.e. sought the Lord and his favour by hearty prayers and sacrifices in the place which God had appointed for that work, [Leviticus 17:3](../../../kjv/leviticus/17/3),[Leviticus 17:4](../../../kjv/leviticus/17/4).

i.e. **Which altar.** But that he had now said, [2 Chronicles 1:5](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/1/5), and therefore would not unnecessarily repeat it. Or rather, *who*; and so these words are emphatical, and contain a reason why Solomon went thither, because the Lord was there graciously present to hear prayers and receive sacrifices.

**In that night,**after those sacrifices were offered.
**Did God appear,**in a dream, of which See Poole "[1 Kings 3:5](../../../kjv/1-kings/3/5)", &c.

What one man is sufficient to govern so numerous a people?

**The life of thine enemies,**i.e. the taking away of their lives.

**To the high place,**or, *from the high place*; for the Hebrew prefix *lamed*, which commonly signifies *to*, is sometimes put for the Latin *de*, which signifies *from*.

Of this and the three following verses, See Poole "[1 Kings 10:26](../../../kjv/1-kings/10/26)", &c.

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