would be granted unto him 'and I will give thee riches, and wealth, and

honour, such as none of the kings have had that have been before thee,

neither shall there any after thee have the like' (2 Chron. 1:12).  The fame

of Solomon spread abroad, so that the Queen of Sheba travelled a long and

difficult journey to hear the wisdom of Solomon, another anticipation of the

day when, to David's greater Son, 'the kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer

gifts' (Psa. 72:10).

'Solomon reigned over all kingdoms from the river unto the land of the

Philistines, and unto the border of Egypt: they brought presents, and

served Solomon all the days of his life' (1 Kings 4:21).

'He had dominion over all the region on this side the river, from

Tiphsah even to Azzah, over all the kings on this side the river: and

he had peace on all sides round about him.  And Judah and Israel dwelt

safely, every man under his vine and under his fig tree, from Dan even

to Beer -sheba, all the days of Solomon' (1 Kings 4:24,25).

Here again is an intended anticipation of that dominion, that shall be from

'sea to sea, and from the river unto the ends of the earth' (Psa. 72:7,8).

It is easy to discover the faults and the blemishes in David and

Solomon, and in Adam, the sacrifices, the tabernacle, etc., but the type

remains and is true.

Here we have three successive kingdoms.  The first, evil in origin and

in end.  The second a reign that was by no means a type of the imagined

'millennium', and a third that fulfils the requirements of the reign of