1 ! Salomon hathe a thousand wiues and concubines, which bring him to idolatrie.
1 a Which were idolaters.
3 b To whome apperteined no dowry.
4 c He serued not God with a pure heart.
5 d Who was also called Molech {vers 7} read {2 King. 23,10}
7 e Thus the Scripture temeth, whatsoeuer man doeth reverence and serue as God
11 f That thou hast forsaken me & worshiped idoles.
13 g Because the tribes of Judah & Benjamin had their possessions mixed, thei are here taken as one tribe.
14 ! His God raiseth vp aduersaries against him.
14 h Of the King of Edoms stocke.
17 k Thus God reserued this idolater to be a scourge to punishe his peoples sinnes.
19 l God broght him to honour that his power might be more able to compasse his enterprises against Salomons house.
23 m When Dauid had discomfited Hadadezer & his armie.
24 n To wit, the men, whome he had gathered vnto him.
28 o He was ouer seer of Salomons workes for the tribe of Ephraim and Manasseh.
30 p By these visible signes the Prophetes wolde more depely printe their message in their hearts, to whome thei were sent.
33 / Or, to do that that pleaseth me.
36 q He hathe respect vnto the Messiah, which shulde be the bright starre that shulde shine through all the worlde.
37 / Ebr. in all that thy soule.
39 r For this idolatrie that Salomon hathe committed.
39 s For the whole spiritual kingdome was restored in Messiah.
41 t Which boke, as is thoght, was lost in their captiuitie.