Synopsis of the Chapter
Solomon, having offered victims at Gibeon, asks God for wisdom and obtains it together with the greatest riches and glory, and a grand array of horsemen and chariots.
Verse 5: The Bronze Altar ¶
5. THE BRONZE ALTAR ALSO — that is, the altar of holocausts, on which victims were burned, which was therefore made of bronze; for the other altar of incense, on which incense was offered to God, was golden. HE SOUGHT IT — by going to Gibeon, where the bronze altar was, in order to offer a thousand victims upon it.
Verse 10: That I May Go In and Go Out ¶
10. THAT I MAY GO IN AND GO OUT BEFORE THE PEOPLE — that as king I may lead and bring back the people wherever need be, just as a shepherd leads out his sheep to pasture and in the evening leads them back to the fold.
Verse 11: Before the Tabernacle of the Covenant ¶
11. BEFORE THE TABERNACLE OF THE COVENANT. — The Hebrew has, from before the tabernacle; the Septuagint, from the face of the tabernacle. For this was in Gibeon, from which Solomon departed to return to Jerusalem.