through the heart of the weary, repentant king than through a man who had tasted fewer pleasures, and led a more even life.… Not a line of Solomon’s writings tends to palliate Solomon’s sins.… The glaring imperfections of the man’s life have been used as a dark ground to set off the lustre of that pure righteousness which the Spirit has spoken by his lips.” It is evident from the most cursory study of its contents that this book is rather ethical than doctrinal. The following Commentary has for its