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Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary

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    1 Kings 10

    Still Solomon looks great, and every thing in this chapter adds to his magnificence. We read nothing indeed of his charity, of no hospitals he built, or alms-houses; he made his kingdom so rich that it did not need them; yet, no question, many poor were relieved from the abundance of his table. A church he had built, never to be equalled; schools or colleges he need not build any, his own palace is an academy, and his court a rendezvous of wise and learned men, as well as the centre of all the circulating riches of that part of the world. I. What abundance of wisdom there was there appears from the application the queen of Sheba made to him, and the great satisfaction she had in her entertainment there (1 Kings 10:1-10:13), and others likewise, 1 Kings 10:24. II. What abundance of wealth there was there appears here by the gold imported, with other things, yearly (1 Kings 10:14, 10:15), and in a triennial return, 1 Kings 10:22. Gold presented (1 Kings 10:25), and gold used in targets and shields (1 Kings 10:16, 10:17), and vessels, 1 Kings 10:21. A stately throne made, 1 Kings 10:18-10:20. His chariots and horsemen, 1 Kings 10:26. His trade with Egypt, 1 Kings 10:28, 10:29. And the great plenty of silver and cedars among his people, 1 Kings 10:27. So that, putting all together, it must be owned, as it is here said (1 Kings 10:23), that “king Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth for riches, and for wisdom.” Yet what was he to the King of kings? Where Christ is, by his word and Spirit, “Behold, a greater than Solomon is there.”MHBCC 302.1

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