_AND IT CAME TO PASS IN THE FOUR HUNDRED AND EIGHTIETH YEAR AFTER THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL WERE COME OUT OF THE LAND OF EGYPT, IN THE FOURTH YEAR OF SOLOMON'S REIGN OVER ISRAEL, IN THE MONTH ZIF, WHICH IS THE SECOND MONTH, THAT HE BEGAN TO BUILD THE HOUSE OF THE LORD._ And it came to pass in the four... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE HOUSE WHICH KING SOLOMON BUILT FOR THE LORD, THE LENGTH THEREOF WAS THREESCORE CUBITS, AND THE BREADTH THEREOF TWENTY CUBITS, AND THE HEIGHT THEREOF THIRTY CUBITS._ The house which king Solomon built for the Lord. The dimensions are given in cubits, which are to be reckoned according to th... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE PORCH BEFORE THE TEMPLE OF THE HOUSE, TWENTY CUBITS WAS THE LENGTH THEREOF, ACCORDING TO THE BREADTH OF THE HOUSE; AND TEN CUBITS WAS THE BREADTH THEREOF BEFORE THE HOUSE._ The porch - or portico, extended across the whole front (see the note at 2 Chronicles 3:4). The design of the porch,... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND FOR THE HOUSE HE MADE WINDOWS OF NARROW LIGHTS._ Windows of narrow lights, х_ CHALOWNEEY_ (H2474) _ SHªQUPIYM_ (H8261)] - apertures with fixed bars, or closed lattices; i:e., the bars or lattices being inserted in the walls, or the beams could not be opened and shut at pleasure. They were nece... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND AGAINST THE WALL OF THE HOUSE HE BUILT CHAMBERS ROUND ABOUT, AGAINST THE WALLS OF THE HOUSE ROUND ABOUT, BOTH OF THE TEMPLE AND OF THE ORACLE: AND HE MADE CHAMBERS ROUND ABOUT:_ Against the wall of the house he built chambers round about. The number of these chambers is not stated. Ezekiel (Ez... [ Continue Reading ]
_THE NETHERMOST CHAMBER WAS FIVE CUBITS BROAD, AND THE MIDDLE WAS SIX CUBITS BROAD, AND THE THIRD WAS SEVEN CUBITS BROAD: FOR WITHOUT IN THE WALL OF THE HOUSE HE MADE NARROWED RESTS ROUND ABOUT, THAT THE BEAMS SHOULD NOT BE FASTENED IN THE WALLS OF THE HOUSE._ NO JFB COMMENTARY ON THIS VERSE.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE HOUSE, WHEN IT WAS IN BUILDING, WAS BUILT OF STONE MADE READY BEFORE IT WAS BROUGHT THITHER: SO THAT THERE WAS NEITHER HAMMER NOR AXE NOR ANY TOOL OF IRON HEARD IN THE HOUSE, WHILE IT WAS IN BUILDING._ There was neither hammer, nor ax, nor any tool of iron heard in the house. A subterranea... [ Continue Reading ]
_THE DOOR FOR THE MIDDLE CHAMBER WAS IN THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE HOUSE: AND THEY WENT UP WITH WINDING STAIRS INTO THE MIDDLE CHAMBER, AND OUT OF THE MIDDLE INTO THE THIRD._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_SO HE BUILT THE HOUSE, AND FINISHED IT; AND COVERED THE HOUSE WITH BEAMS AND BOARDS OF CEDAR._ BUILT THE HOUSE. The temple is here distinguished from the wings or chambers attached to it, and its roofing was of cedar wood.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THEN HE BUILT CHAMBERS AGAINST ALL THE HOUSE, FIVE CUBITS HIGH: AND THEY RESTED ON THE HOUSE WITH TIMBER OF CEDAR._ Chambers ... five cubits high. That was the height of the whole three storeys. THEY RESTED ON THE HOUSE WITH TIMBER OF CEDAR - i:e., because the beams of the side stones rested... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE WORD OF THE LORD CAME TO SOLOMON, SAYING,_ The word of the Lord came to Solomon - probably by a prophet. It was very seasonable, being designed, first, To encourage him to go on with the building, by confirming anew the promise made to his father David (2 Samuel 7:1); and secondly, To warn... [ Continue Reading ]
_CONCERNING THIS HOUSE WHICH THOU ART IN BUILDING, IF THOU WILT WALK IN MY STATUTES, AND EXECUTE MY JUDGMENTS, AND KEEP ALL MY COMMANDMENTS TO WALK IN THEM; THEN WILL I PERFORM MY WORD WITH THEE, WHICH I SPAKE UNTO DAVID THY FATHER:_ NO JFB COMMENTARY ON THESE VERSES.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND HE BUILT THE WALLS OF THE HOUSE WITHIN WITH BOARDS OF CEDAR, BOTH THE FLOOR OF THE HOUSE, AND THE WALLS OF THE CIELING: AND HE COVERED THEM ON THE INSIDE WITH WOOD, AND COVERED THE FLOOR OF THE HOUSE WITH PLANKS OF FIR._ He built the walls of the house within. It is probable that the walls wer... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND HE BUILT TWENTY CUBITS ON THE SIDES OF THE HOUSE, BOTH THE FLOOR AND THE WALLS WITH BOARDS OF CEDAR: HE EVEN BUILT THEM FOR IT WITHIN, EVEN FOR THE ORACLE, EVEN FOR THE MOST HOLY PLACE._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE HOUSE, THAT IS, THE TEMPLE BEFORE IT, WAS FORTY CUBITS LONG._ The house, that is, the temple before it, was forty cubits long - from east to west; i:e., from the porch to the oracle.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE CEDAR OF THE HOUSE WITHIN WAS CARVED WITH KNOPS AND OPEN FLOWERS: ALL WAS CEDAR; THERE WAS NO STONE SEEN._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE ORACLE IN THE FOREPART WAS TWENTY CUBITS IN LENGTH, AND TWENTY CUBITS IN BREADTH, AND TWENTY CUBITS IN THE HEIGHT THEREOF: AND HE OVERLAID IT WITH PURE GOLD; AND SO COVERED THE ALTAR WHICH WAS OF CEDAR._ The oracle in the fore part was twenty cubits in length ... It was a perfect cube.... [ Continue Reading ]
_SO SOLOMON OVERLAID THE HOUSE WITHIN WITH PURE GOLD: AND HE MADE A PARTITION BY THE CHAINS OF GOLD BEFORE THE ORACLE; AND HE OVERLAID IT WITH GOLD._ He made a partition by the chains of gold before the oracle - i:e., to hang the veil upon them.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE WHOLE HOUSE HE OVERLAID WITH GOLD, UNTIL HE HAD FINISHED ALL THE HOUSE: ALSO THE WHOLE ALTAR THAT WAS BY THE ORACLE HE OVERLAID WITH GOLD._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND WITHIN THE ORACLE HE MADE TWO CHERUBIMS OF OLIVE TREE, EACH TEN CUBITS HIGH._ Within the oracle he made two cherubim of olive tree. [The Septuagint (Alexandrine) has: xuloon kuparisinoon, cypress wood, overlaid with gold.] Josephus ('Antiquities.' b. 8:, ch. 3:, sec. 13) says they were of soli... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND FIVE CUBITS WAS THE ONE WING OF THE CHERUB, AND FIVE CUBITS THE OTHER WING OF THE CHERUB: FROM THE UTTERMOST PART OF THE ONE WING UNTO THE UTTERMOST PART OF THE OTHER WERE TEN CUBITS._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND FOR THE ENTERING OF THE ORACLE HE MADE DOORS OF OLIVE TREE: THE LINTEL AND SIDE POSTS WERE A FIFTH PART OF THE WALL._ For the entering of the oracle. The door of the most holy place was made of solid olive tree, and adorned with figures; that of the holy place was made of cypress wood, the sid... [ Continue Reading ]
_THE TWO DOORS ALSO WERE OF OLIVE TREE; AND HE CARVED UPON THEM CARVINGS OF CHERUBIMS AND PALM TREES AND OPEN FLOWERS, AND OVERLAID THEM WITH GOLD, AND SPREAD GOLD UPON THE CHERUBIMS, AND UPON THE PALM TREES._ He carved upon them carvings of cherubim and palm trees. The date palm seems to have had... [ Continue Reading ]
_SO ALSO MADE HE FOR THE DOOR OF THE TEMPLE POSTS OF OLIVE TREE, A FOURTH PART OF THE WALL._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND HE BUILT THE INNER COURT WITH THREE ROWS OF HEWED STONE, AND A ROW OF CEDAR BEAMS._ The inner court - was for the priests; and its wall, which had a coping of cedar, is said to have been so low that the people could see over it.... [ Continue Reading ]
_IN THE FOURTH YEAR WAS THE FOUNDATION OF THE HOUSE OF THE LORD LAID, IN THE MONTH ZIF:_ In the fourth year was the foundation ... laid. Josephus says ('Antiquities,' b. 8:, ch. 4:, sec. 9) that the summit of the mount was leveled with incredible labour, in order that the lower parts might be raise... [ Continue Reading ]