Solomon here continues to appear great both at home and abroad. We had this account of his grandeur, 1 Kings 10:1–29 Nothing is here added; but his defection towards his latter end, which we have there , is here omitted, and the close of this chapter brings him to the grave with an unstained…

This passage of story had been largely considered in the Kings; yet, because our Saviour has proposed it as an example to us in our enquiries after him , we must not pass it over without observing briefly, 1. Those who honour God he will honour, 1 Sam. 2:30.

We have here Solomon in his throne, and Solomon in his grave; for the throne would not secure him from the grave. Mors sceptra ligonibus aequat — Death wrenches from the hand the sceptre as well as the spade. I.