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Solomon's Choice of Wisdom. His Wealth and Commerce

This c, after the opening., repeats, with some modifications and additions, what is related in 1 Kings 3:5-14 and 1 Kings 10:26-29.

5. The brasen altar] This identification of the altar at Gibeon with the brazen altar of the Tabernacle is an addition made to 1 Kings 3:4.