hat we are told which of them is to be chosen. The
expression too, "He hath chosen Judah to be the _ruler_," is decisive
against it; for this expression has an evident reference to the sceptre
and lawgiver in Gen. xlix. But if any doubt should still remain, it
would be entirely removed by the parallel passage in 1 Chron. v. 2,
where, in the words, "For Judah was mighty among his brethren, and of
him the prince was to come," there is an allusion, which cannot be
mistaken, to Gen. xlix.

There cannot be a doubt that David gave to his son the name Solomon,
because he hoped that, in his just and peaceful reign, he would be a
type of the Shiloh whom the nation should willingly [Pg 92] obey, just
as, in his own reign, there had been the first grand fulfilment of what
Jacob had prophesied of Judah's lion-courage, and lion-strength,--of
Judah's sceptre and lawgiver. We have here the counterpart of the fact,
that the children of Israel, after the first occupation of the country,
gave to the seat of the sanctuary the name of Shiloh. In the case of
Solomon, both the name and the substance point to Shiloh. With regard
to the _name_, three out of the four letters of which the name [Hebrew:
wlmh] consists, are common to it with Shiloh. The signification is
precisely the same; so also is the form. In [Hebrew: wlmh] as well as
in [Hebrew: wilh] we meet with the very rare case of the [Hebrew: wilh]
at the end being thrown off. In _Ewald's_ Grammar, Sec. 163, these two
names are, for this reason, pointed out and placed immediately beside
each other. And, with regard to the agreement in the _substance_, we
refer to 1 Chron. xxii. 9, where Nathan says to David: "Behold, a son
shall be born to thee, who shall be a man of _rest_, and I will give
him _rest_ from all his enemies round about; for his name shall be
Solomon, and I will give peace and quietness unto Israel in his days."
We refer, _further_, to 1 Kings v. 4, where Solomon says to Hiram: "And
now the Lord my God hath given me _rest_ round about; there is neither
adversary nor evil obstacle." We refer, _finally_, to 1 Kings v. 4, 5
(iv. 24, 25): "He had dominion over all the region on the other side of
the river, from Tiphsah even to Gaza, over all the kings on the other
side of the river, and he had peace from all his servants round about.
And Judah and Israel dwelt safely, every man under his vine and
fig-tree, from Dan even to Beersheba, all the days of Solomon."[18]

But if any