9The son of Dekar, in Makaz, and in Shaalbim, and Bethshemesh, and Elonbethhanan:
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And the kine took the straight way to the way of Bethshemesh, and went along the highway, lowing as they went, and turned not aside to the right hand or to the left; and the lords of the Philistines went after them unto the border of Bethshemesh.
But the Amorites would dwell in mount Heres in Aijalon, and in Shaalbim: yet the hand of the house of Joseph prevailed, so that they became tributaries.
And Shaalabbin, and Ajalon, and Jethlah,
And Ain with her suburbs, and Juttah with her suburbs, and Bethshemesh with her suburbs; nine cities out of those two tribes.
And the men of Bethshemesh said, Who is able to stand before this holy LORD God? and to whom shall he go up from us?
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-19)Here we have, I. Solomon upon his throne (1 Kgs. 4:1): So king Solomon was king , that is, he was confirmed and established king over all Israel , and not, as his successors, only over two tribes. He was a king, that is, he did the work and duty of a king, with the wisdom God had given him. Those preserve the name and honour of their place that mind the business of it and make conscience of it. II…
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