Solomon spoke to all Israel, to the captains of thousands and of hundreds, to the judges, and to every prince in all Israel, the heads of the fathers’ households.
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Solomon spoke to all Israel, to the captains of thousands and of hundreds, to the judges, and to every prince in all Israel, the heads of the fathers’ households.
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Then Solomon spake unto all Israel, to the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and to the judges, and to every governor in all Israel, the chief of the fathers.
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And Solomon spoke unto all Israel, to the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and to the judges, and to every prince in all Israel, the heads of the fathers' houses.
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Passages linked to 2 Chronicles 1:2 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- 1 Chronicles 28:1 David assembled all the princes of Israel, the princes of the tribes, the captains of the companies who served the king by division, the captains of thousands, the captains of hundreds, and the rulers over all the substance and possessions of the king and of his sons, with the officers and the mighty men, even all the mighty men of valor, to Jerusalem.
- 1 Chronicles 27:1 Now the children of Israel after their number, the heads of fathers’ households and the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and their officers who served the king, in any matter of the divisions which came in and went out month by month throughout all the months of the year—of every division were twenty-four thousand.
- 1 Chronicles 13:1 David consulted with the captains of thousands and of hundreds, even with every leader.
- 1 Chronicles 15:3 David assembled all Israel at Jerusalem, to bring up Yahweh’s ark to its place, which he had prepared for it.
- 1 Chronicles 15:12 and said to them, “You are the heads of the fathers’ households of the Levites. Sanctify yourselves, both you and your brothers, that you may bring the ark of Yahweh, the God of Israel, up to the place that I have prepared for it.
- 1 Chronicles 24:4 There were more chief men found of the sons of Eleazar than of the sons of Ithamar; and they were divided like this: of the sons of Eleazar there were sixteen, heads of fathers’ houses; and of the sons of Ithamar, according to their fathers’ houses, eight.
- 1 Chronicles 24:31 These likewise cast lots even as their brothers the sons of Aaron in the presence of David the king, Zadok, Ahimelech, and the heads of the fathers’ households of the priests and of the Levites; the fathers’ households of the chief even as those of his younger brother.
- 1 Chronicles 29:1 David the king said to all the assembly, “Solomon my son, whom alone God has chosen, is yet young and tender, and the work is great; for the palace is not for man, but for Yahweh God.
- 2 Chronicles 29:20 Then Hezekiah the king arose early, gathered the princes of the city, and went up to Yahweh’s house.
- 2 Chronicles 30:2 For the king had taken counsel with his princes and all the assembly in Jerusalem to keep the Passover in the second month.
- 2 Chronicles 34:29-30 Then the king sent and gathered together all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem. The king went up to Yahweh’s house, with all the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the priests, the Levites, and all the people, both great and small; and he read in their hearing all the words of the book of the covenant that was found in Yahweh’s house.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain That is, he proclaimed a solemn sacrifice, and commanded…
That is, he proclaimed a solemn sacrifice, and commanded that all should be at the same.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 2Ch 1:2 Then Solomon spake unto all Israel, to…
2Ch 1:2 Then Solomon spake unto all Israel, to the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and to the judges, and to every governor in all Israel, the chief of the fathers.
Ver. 2. Then Solomon spake unto all Israel.] As David had done before him. {1Ch 28:1; 1Ch 29:1}
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Then Solomon spake, to wit, concerning his intention of…
Then Solomon spake, to wit, concerning his intention of going to Gibeon, and that they should attend him thither, as the next verse shows.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain Then Solomon spake unto all Israel,.... To their representatives…
Then Solomon spake unto all Israel,.... To their representatives about going to Gibeon to sacrifice, as the next words show: so Jarchi and Kimchi observe:
to the captains of thousands, and of hundreds, to the judges, and to every governor in all Israel, the chief of the fathers; whom he had convened on this occasion; though some think this is the same congregation gathered by his father, by whom he was anointed and made king, and that he spoke of this to them before they broke up, Ch1 28:1 which seems not so probable, since it was after the death of his father, after he had been king some time, and even after his marriage with Pharaoh's daughter, that what follows was done, see Kg1 3:1.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain Spake - Concerning his intention of going to Gibeon,…
Spake - Concerning his intention of going to Gibeon, and that they should attend him thither.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 2. Then Solomon spake] This is supposed to…
Verse 2. Then Solomon spake] This is supposed to have taken place in the second year of his reign.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain The narrative here corresponds with 1Ki 3:4; but is…
The narrative here corresponds with 1Ki 3:4; but is very much fuller. We learn from the present passage:
(1) that Solomon’s sacrifice at Gibeon was a great public festivity, to which he collected vast numbers of the people;
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(2) that it was made upon the brass altar of Bezaleel, which
(3) stood before the tabernacle; and
(4) that Solomon’s vision was on the night of his sacrifice. Consult the marginal references
2Ch 1:5
Sought unto it - i. e., “frequented it” - “were in the habit of making use of it.”
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 2. every governor] R.V. every prince.
2. every governor] R.V. every prince.
the chief of the fathers] R.V. the heads of the fathers’ houses.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (2) Then Solomon spake unto all Israel.—Or, commanded all…
(2) Then Solomon spake unto all Israel.—Or, commanded all Israel (1Ch_21:17; 2Sa_16:11; 2Ki_1:11; Vulg., prœcepit).
To the captains of thousands . . . chief of the fathers.—This is an apposition, explaining what is meant by “all Israel” in the first clause, viz., the national representatives. The account in Kings allows only one verse for the sacrifice, and so omits to mention that the princes took part in it (1Ki_3:4). The fact, however, is likely in itself. (Comp. the similar assemblies under David, 1Ch_13:1; 1Ch_23:2; 1Ch_28:1.)
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Every governor.—Heb. nûsî’, prince, emir of a tribe, or chief of a clan. (Comp. Gen_23:6; Num_7:10; 1Ki_8:1.)
The chief of the fathers.—The heads of the clans. This defines the preceding phrase.
(2-6) Solomon and the national assembly repair to the Mosaic tabernacle at Gibeon, and sacrifice upon the great altar of burnt offering. (Comp. 1Ki_3:4, which the present section supplements and explains.)
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain This verse and the following four supersede the one…
This verse and the following four supersede the one verse, 1Ki_3:4; and the five together give us, of course, a much fuller view of the events of the sacrifice. Our present verse purports to show the representative components of "all Israel" in a fourfold classification. Captains of thousands and of hundreds (see first 1Ch_13:1 1Ch_27:1 1Ch_28:1; and then (Exo_18:21, Exo_18:25; Num_31:14, Num_31:48, Num_31:52, Num_31:54; Deu_1:15; 1Sa_8:12 1Sa_17:18 1Sa_18:13 1Sa_22:7; 2Sa_18:1; 2Ki_11:9, 2Ki_11:15, 2Ki_11:19) The judges. The office and the person of the judge were held in high honour among the Jewish people from the first, and perhaps, also, with a noteworthy uniformity, even in the more degenerate periods of their history. Their commencement in patriarchal simplicity can be easily imagined, and receives illustration from such passages as Job_29:7, Job_29:8, 9 32:9. Their more formal development may be considered to date from the crisis related in Exo_18:14-24. And the allusions to the judge and his office thenceforward sustain our impression of the honour in which they were held, arising, no doubt, largely from the deep-felt necessity for them, the more society crystallized (Num_25:5; Deu_16:18 Deu_19:17 Deu_21:2; Jos_8:33 1Ch_23:24 1Ch_26:29; 2Ch_19:8-10) In 1Ch_23:24 we are told how David set apart "six thousand Levites" to be "officers and judges." Every governor. The word employed here (aycin;) is rendered by five different words in our Authorized Version: "prince", (Gen_17:20, passim) "ruler", (Exo_16:22, passim) "captain", (Num_2:3, passim) "chief" Num_3:24, passim), and "governor" in the present passage only. It is evidently a term of generic signification, used of a king (1Ki_11:34; Eze_12:10) of leaders of the Ishmaelites; (Gen_17:20) of the captains of the tribes of Israel; (Num_7:11) of the chiefs of families; (Num_3:24) while the use of it (Gen_23:6) to set forth the position of Abraham as one raised to eminence so high and undisputed that it might be clearly said to be God"s doing, is sufficient to determine its central signification. The chief of the fathers; i.e. the heads of the fathers. The first occurrence of the expression, "the heads of their fathers" houses", (Exo_6:14) and of "the heads of the fathers of the Levites according to their families", (Exo_6:25) sufficiently explains the original and perfectly natural meaning of the phrase. The great importance and significance of the position of the heads "of families" and "of houses" and" of fathers" in early patriarchal times must necessarily have declined by the time of Solomon, when the nation had received so much more of civil form and system. But the name remained, and the family and social position did not fail to make themselves felt, and finally the official recognition of them in David"s time is evidenced by 1Ch_27:1, and in Solomon"s time both by the present passage and 2Ch_5:2 with its parallel, 1Ki_8:1. Our present use of the expression ought probably to show it, in close apposition with the foregoing words, "to all Israel" (wrongly translated "in all Israel" in the Authorized Version) and which itself is a repetition of the "to all Israel" in the beginning of the verse. Although the existing Hebrew pointing of the verse does not favour the supposition, it may be that the writer means to emphasize Solomon"s summons as made both to the kingdom as such, and to the people also as a united people. We are not, indeed, told here, in so many words, what it was that Solomon said "to all Israel." But there can be no doubt as to his object, as betrayed in the first clause of the following verse.
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It may be helpful to reorder the events in these verses as in the UDB. (See: Order of Events)
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spoke to all Israel, to the commanders ... heads of the fathers' house
Here "all of Israel" means those people mentioned afterwards. They represent all of Israel. AT: "spoke to the commanders ... heads of the father's house"
the commanders of thousands and of hundreds
Possible meanings are 1) these numbers represent the exact amount of soldiers that these commanders led. AT: "the commanders of 1,000 soldiers and the commanders of 100 soldiers" or 2) the words translated as "thousands" and "hundreds" do not represent exact numbers, but are the names of larger and smaller military divisions. AT: "the commanders of large military divisions and the commanders of smaller military divisions" (See: Numbers)
to every prince in all Israel, the heads of the fathers' houses
Here "the heads of the fathers' houses" further describe the princes. AT: "to every prince in all Israel, that is, the heads of the fathers' houses"
to every prince
Here "prince" means leaders in general. They are not necessarily the sons of the king. AT: "to every leader"
the heads of the fathers' houses
Here "heads" is a metaphor for the most important part. And "houses" represents families. AT: "the leaders of the families in Israel" (See: Metaphor and Metonymy)
Kiriath Jearim
A little town about 9 miles west of Jerusalem. (See: How to Translate Names)
pitched a tent
"set up a tent"
the bronze altar made by Bezalel son of Uri son of Hur
This can be stated in active form. AT: "the bronze altar that Bezalel son of Uri son Hur made" (See: Active or Passive)
Bezalel son of Uri son of Hur
These are names of men. (See: How to Translate Names)
translationWords
Israel
command
judge, judges
prince
head
ancestor
house
high place
Gibeon
tent of meeting
God
Moses
servant
desert
ark of the covenant
Jerusalem
bronze
altar
tabernacle
assembly
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 1:2-6 Solomon’s journey to Gibeon, reported in 1 Kgs…
1:2-6 Solomon’s journey to Gibeon, reported in 1 Kgs 3:4, is here elaborated. This great public venture was closely associated with Solomon taking the throne. The event included military commanders and clan leaders. It took place in Gibeon because the Tabernacle was there, as was the great bronze altar where sacrifices were regularly offered.
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