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2 Chronicles 9

2 Chron. 9:26 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And he reigned
mashal (Hebrew #4910)
to rule
KJV usage: (have, make to have) dominion, governor, X indeed, reign, (bear, cause to, have) rule(-ing, -r), have power.
Pronounce: maw-shal'
Origin: a primitive root
i over all the kings
melek (Hebrew #4428)
a king
KJV usage: king, royal.
Pronounce: meh'-lek
Origin: from 4427
from the θriver
nahar (Hebrew #5104)
a stream (including the sea; expec. the Nile, Euphrates, etc.); figuratively, prosperity
KJV usage: flood, river.
Pronounce: naw-hawr'
Origin: from 5102
even unto the land
'erets (Hebrew #776)
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
KJV usage: X common, country, earth, field, ground, land, X natins, way, + wilderness, world.
Pronounce: eh'-rets
Origin: from an unused root probably meaning to be firm
of the Philistines
Plishtiy (Hebrew #6430)
a Pelishtite or inhabitant of Pelesheth
KJV usage: Philistine.
Pronounce: pel-ish-tee'
Origin: patrial from 6429
, and to the border
gbuwl (Hebrew #1366)
from 1379; properly, a cord (as twisted), i.e. (by implication) a boundary; by extens. the territory inclosed
KJV usage: border, bound, coast, X great, landmark, limit, quarter, space.
Pronounce: gheb-ool'
Origin: or (shortened) gbul {gheb-ool'}
of Egypt
Mitsrayim (Hebrew #4714)
Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt
KJV usage: Egypt, Egyptians, Mizraim.
Pronounce: mits-rah'-yim
Origin: dual of 4693
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Gen. 15:18• 18On the same day Jehovah made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed I give this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the river Euphrates; (Gen. 15:18)
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1 Kings 4:21• 21And Solomon ruled over all kingdoms from the river to the land of the Philistines, and as far as the border of Egypt: they brought presents, and served Solomon all the days of his life. (1 Kings 4:21)
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Psa. 72:8• 8And he shall have dominion from sea to sea, and from the river unto the ends of the earth. (Psa. 72:8)
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i.e. Euphrates.

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Ministry on This Verse

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reigned over.
1 Kings 4:21,24• 21And Solomon ruled over all kingdoms from the river to the land of the Philistines, and as far as the border of Egypt: they brought presents, and served Solomon all the days of his life.
 24For he had dominion over all on this side the river, from Tiphsah as far as Gazah, over all the kings on this side the river; and he had peace on all sides round about. (1 Kings 4:21,24)
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Psa. 72:8‑11• 8And he shall have dominion from sea to sea, and from the river unto the ends of the earth.
 9The dwellers in the desert shall bow before him, and his enemies shall lick the dust.
 10The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall render presents; the kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer tribute:
 11Yea, all kings shall bow down before him; all nations shall serve him. (Psa. 72:8‑11)
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Dan. 7:14• 14And there was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all peoples, nations, and languages should serve him: his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed. (Dan. 7:14)
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Rev. 19:16• 16And he has upon his garment, and upon his thigh, a name written, King of kings, and Lord of lords. (Rev. 19:16)
river."That is, Euphrates."
Gen. 15:18• 18On the same day Jehovah made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed I give this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the river Euphrates; (Gen. 15:18)
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Ex. 23:31• 31And I will set thy bounds from the Red Sea even unto the sea of the Philistines, and from the wilderness unto the river; for I will give the inhabitants of the land into your hand, that thou mayest dispossess them from before thee. (Ex. 23:31)
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Josh. 13:2‑7• 2This is the land that yet remaineth: all the districts of the Philistines and all the Geshurites,
 3from the Shihor, which floweth before Egypt, as far as the borders of Ekron northward, and which is counted to the Canaanite; five lordships of the Philistines: of Gazah, and of Ashdod, of Eshkalon, of Gath, and of Ekron; also the Avvites;
 4in the south, the whole land of the Canaanites, and Mearah which belongeth to the Sidonians, unto Aphek, to the border of the Amorites;
 5and the land of the Giblites, and all Lebanon, toward the sun-rising, from Baal-Gad at the foot of mount Hermon to the entrance into Hamath;
 6all the inhabitants of the hill-country from Lebanon to Misrephoth-maim, all the Sidonians; I will dispossess them from before the children of Israel. Only, partition it by lot to Israel for an inheritance, as I have commanded thee.
 7And now divide this land for an inheritance to the nine tribes, and to half the tribe of Manasseh; (Josh. 13:2‑7)
• Solomon's chariots and horses were not an infraction of the law of Moses (Deut. 17:16), but a means of maintaining his reign of peace over all the nations: "He ruled over all the kings from the river as far as the land of the Philistines, and up to the border of Egypt" (2 Chron. 9:26). These limits of the kingdom of Solomon in Israel correspond to those which God's counsels had assigned to His people in Joshua 1:4; (“Solomon's Relations With the Nations: 2 Chronicles 8-9” by H.L. Rossier)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And he ruled over all the kings from the river as far as the land of the Philistines, and up to the border of Egypt.