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The brass of which the two pillars, Jachin and Boaz, the brass sea,
and the various vessels were made had been taken by David from two
cities belonging to Hadadezer, king of Zobah 1 Chronicles 18:8....
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CHAPTER 7 THE HOUSE OF SOLOMON AND PHARAOH'S DAUGHTERTHE FURNISHINGS
OF THE TEMPLE
_ 1. The house of the forest of Lebanon (1 Kings 7:1)_
2. The royal palace and the house of Pharaoh's daughter (1 K...
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1 KINGS 7. SOLOMON'S PALACE (1 KINGS 1-12). THE TEMPLE IMPLEMENTS
(1KINGS 13- 51). Twenty years (_cf._ 1 Kings 9:10 with 1 Kings 7:1)
was Solomon engaged in building. After completing the Temple he bu...
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FOUND OUT. sought out. 4...
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_neither was the weight of the brass found out_ The R.V. gives -COULD
NOT BE found out." The verb, which signifies literally -to
investigate," -to search out," seems employed to indicate that no
attem...
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C. THE METALLIC OBJECTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE COURTYARD 7:23-47
Associated with the courtyard of the Temple were the following items:
(1) the bronze sea (1 Kings 7:23-26); (2) the bronze stands and bas...
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_AND SOLOMON LEFT ALL THE VESSELS UNWEIGHED, BECAUSE THEY WERE
EXCEEDING MANY: NEITHER WAS THE WEIGHT OF THE BRASS FOUND OUT._
No JFB commentary on this verse....
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SOLOMON'S PALACE
This c, besides giving a description of Solomon's palace, contains an
account of the principal utensils belonging to the Temple....
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GOD’S LESSONS FROM HISTORY
1 KINGS
_PHILIP SMITH_
CHAPTER 7
SOLOMON’S PALACES
V1 Solomon took 13 years to build his palace.
V2 The first great hall that he made was called the ‘Hall of the
Fores...
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(13-50) The exceedingly graphic and elaborate description of the work
of Hiram on the vessels and furniture of the Temple, and on the great
pillars, bears on the very face of it the most evident marks...
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וַ יַּנַּ֤ח שְׁלֹמֹה֙ אֶת ־כָּל ־הַ
כֵּלִ֔ים מֵ רֹ֖ב מְאֹ֣ד מְאֹ֑ד לֹ֥א
נֶחְקַ֖ר מִשְׁקַ֥ל...
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1 Kings 6:1; 1 Kings 7:1
THE TEMPLE
1 Kings 5:1; 1 Kings 6:1; 1 Kings 7:1
"And his next son, for wealth and wisdom famed, The clouded Ark of
God, till then in tents Wandering, shall in a glorious...
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BREAKING THREE COMMANDMENTS
1 Kings 21:1; 1 Kings 1:1; 1 Kings 2:1; 1 Kings 3:1; 1 Kings 4:1; 1
Kings 5:1; 1 Kings 6:1; 1 Kings 7:1; 1 Kings 8:1;...
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Taking advantage of the treaty with Hiram, Solomon also built a house
for himself, the house of the forest of Lebanon, a description of
which is given in the commencement of this chapter.
It is surel...
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_Weighed. It was deemed unnecessary, and too troublesome. (Haydock)
--- Hebrew, "And Solomon would not have all the vessels weighed, " on
account of the too great number: "the weight of the brass was...
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(27) And he made ten bases of brass; four cubits was the length of one
base, and four cubits the breadth thereof, and three cubits the height
of it. (28) And the work of the bases was on this manner:...
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The books of First and Second Samuel show us the failure of the
priesthood, and, in consequence, when a state of evident shame and
dishonour overspread the face of Israel, the heart of the people
desi...
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It is rather, to my mind, the house of Solomon that prefigures the
church, as such, in connection with Christ; the temple, the Father's
house on high, where we are brought to dwell. "We are his house...
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AND SOLOMON LEFT ALL THE VESSELS [UNWEIGHED], BECAUSE THEY WERE
EXCEEDING MANY,.... The vessels of brass before mentioned, being so
large, at least some of them, and so numerous; the Targum is, he lai...
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And Solomon left all the vessels [unweighed], because they were
exceeding many: neither was the weight of the brass found out.
Ver. 47. _Solomon left all the vessels unweighed._] Many men deal with
t...
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_And the pots_ Or caldrons rather. These were vessels in which they
boiled those sacrifices, or parts of sacrifices, which were divided
between the priests and the people that offered them; that is, t...
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1 The building of Solomons house.
2 Of the house of Lebanon.
6 Of the porch of pillars.
7 Of the porch of Iudgement.
8 Of the house for Pharaohs daughter.
13 Hirams worke of the two pillars.
23...
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The Metal Appointment Of The Temple...
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THREE MORE HOUSES
(vs.1-12)
Only one verse speaks of Solomon's own house, which took 13 years to
build. However, the order of that house is seen in chapter 10:4-5.
This is typical of the Church of G...
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BECAUSE THEY WERE EXCEEDING MANY:
_ Heb._ for the exceeding multitude
FOUND OUT:
_ Heb._ searched...
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13-47 The two brazen pillars in the porch of the temple, some think,
were to teach those that came to worship, to depend upon God only, for
strength and establishment in all their religious exercises....
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SOLOMON LEFT ALL THE VESSELS UNWEIGHED, because the weighing of them
was very troublesome, and to no purpose....
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1 Kings 7:47 Solomon H8010 weigh H3240 (H8686) articles H3627 many
H3966 H3966 H7230 weight H4948 bronze H5178 determined H2713 (H8738)
because they were exceeding many - Heb. for the exceeding multi...
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THE FURNISHING AND EMBELLISHMENT OF THE TEMPLE (1 KINGS 7:13).
The passage is divided into two parts. The first part emphasises that
what is described was the work of Hiram, a skilled metalworker and...
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CONTENTS: Work on the temple and Solomon's house.
CHARACTERS: God, Solomon, Hiram.
CONCLUSION: God who is best should be served and honored with our
best.
KEY WORD: Work ended, 1 Kings 7:51.
STRON...
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1 Kings 7:1. _Solomon was thirteen years_ in building his own palace
in Jerusalem, because fewer workmen were employed, many of whom were
still engaged on the exterior parts of the temple.
1 Kings 7:...
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1 KINGS—NOTE ON 1 KINGS 7:23 See note on 2 Chron. 4:2–6. The SEA
OF CAST METAL was a large metal basin containing water. It would
remind the people of how the Lord created the world out of water
(Gene...
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CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.—
1 Kings 7:13. FETCHED HIRAM OUT OF TYRE—He seems to have been
eminent among the artists in metals for which Tyre and Phœnicia were
then renowned. This man (of like na...
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EXPOSITION
SOLOMON'S PALACES AND THE PREPARATION OF THE TEMPLE VESSELS.—The
first twelve verses of this chapter constitute a break in the long
account of the Temple, its furniture and its consecratio...
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But Solomon was building his own house for thirteen years, and he
finished all of his house (1 Kings 7:1).
So it shows where his priorities began to turn. Seven years building
the house of God, then t...
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1 Chronicles 22:14; 1 Chronicles 22:16; 2 Chronicles 4:18...