sycomore] i.e. the fig-mulberry, not now a common tree in Palestine; compare 1 Chronicles xxvii. 28, note.
the lowland] (Hebrew Shephelah). See G. A. Smith, Historical Geography of the Holy Land, chapter x. “The Shephelah,” and the note on i. 15.
²⁸And they brought horses for Solomon out of Egypt, and out of all lands.
28. And they brought, etc.] Compare i. 16, 17.
29–31 (= 1 Kings xi. 41–43).
The Epilogue.
An important section of 1 Kings (xi. 1–40) giving an account of Solomon’s patronage of idolatry and of the troubles of his reign is significantly omitted by the Chronicler: see the note on 1 Chronicles xxix. 25, p. [168]. For the authorities to which the Chronicler appeals in these verses, see Introduction [§ 5].
²⁹Now the rest of the acts of Solomon, first and last, are they not written in the history[¹] of Nathan the prophet, and in the prophecy of Ahijah the Shilonite, and in the visions of Iddo[²] the seer concerning Jeroboam the son of Nebat?
[¹] Hebrew words.
[²] Hebrew Jedai, or, Jedo.
29. the history of Nathan] Compare 1 Chronicles xxix. 29.