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 that we must regard them as literal extracts from an original document which they have used in common. For the commentary on this section, see on 1Ki 10:1-13.

Verses 13-21
Solomon's revenue in gold, and the use he made of it. Cf. 1Ki 10:14-22, and the commentary there on this section, which is identical in both narratives, with the exception of some trifling differences. Before מביאים והסּחרים the relative pronoun is to be supplied: “and what the merchants brought.” As to the derivation of the word פּחות, which comes from the Aramaic form פּחה, governor (2Ch 9:14), see on Hag 1:1. - תּרשׁישׁ הלכות אניּות, in 2Ch 9:21, ships going to Tarshish, is an erroneous paraphrase of תּרשׁישׁ אניּות, Tarshish-ships, i.e., ships built for long sea voyages; for the fleet did not go to Tartessus in Spain, but to Ophir in Southern Arabia (see on 1Ki 9:26.). All the rest has been explained in the commentary on 1 Kings 10.

Verses 22-24
In 2Ch 9:22-28, all that remained to be said of Solomon's royal glory, his riches, his wisdom, and his revenues, is in conclusion briefly summed up, as in 1Ki 10:23-29. From 2Ch 9:25 onwards, the account given in the Chronicle diverges from that in 1Ki 10:26., in so far that what is narrated in 1Ki 10:26-28 concerning Solomon's chariots and horses, and his trade with Egypt in horses, is here partly replaced by statements similar in import to those in 1 Kings 5, because the former matters had been already treated of in Chr. 2Ch 1:14-17.

Verses 25-28
2Ch 9:25-28 2Ch 9:25 does not correspond to the passage 1Ki 10:26, but in contents and language agrees with 1Ki 5:6, and 2Ch 9:26 with 1Ki 5:1. Only the general estimate of Solomon's riches in gold and silver, in 2Ch 9:27, repeated from 2Ch 1:15, corresponds to 1Ki 10:27. Finally, in 2Ch 9:28 the whole description is rounded off; all that has already been said in 2Ch 1:16, 2Ch 1:17 as to the trade in horses with Egypt (1Ki 10:28-29) being drawn together into one general statement.

Verse 29
Conclusion of Solomon's history. - 2Ch 9:29. Sources; see the introduction.

Verses 30-31
The length of his reign, his death and burial, and his successor, as in 1Ki 11:42.