And (they) reigned — A very slight emendation gives the sense, “they made him king at Damascus.”

The events recorded in this section belong, at least in part, to the early years of the reign of Solomon, when the deaths of the warlike David and …

And he gathered men unto him
Perhaps some of the scattered forces of his master:

and became capta…

While Solomon kept close to God and to his duty, there was no enemy to give him uneasiness; but here we have an account of two. If God is against u…