_BUT SOLOMON WAS BUILDING HIS OWN HOUSE THIRTEEN YEARS, AND HE
FINISHED ALL HIS HOUSE._
Solomon was building his own house thirteen years. The time occupied
in building his palace was nearly double that spent in the erection of
the temple, because neither had there been the same previous
preparatio... [ Continue Reading ]
_HE BUILT ALSO THE HOUSE OF THE FOREST OF LEBANON; THE LENGTH THEREOF
WAS AN HUNDRED CUBITS, AND THE BREADTH THEREOF FIFTY CUBITS, AND THE
HEIGHT THEREOF THIRTY CUBITS, UPON FOUR ROWS OF CEDAR PILLARS, WITH
CEDAR BEAMS UPON THE PILLARS._
He built also the house of the forest of Lebanon. It is scarc... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND IT WAS COVERED WITH CEDAR ABOVE UPON THE BEAMS, THAT LAY ON FORTY
FIVE PILLARS, FIFTEEN IN A ROW._
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_ALL THESE WERE OF COSTLY STONES, ACCORDING TO THE MEASURES OF HEWED
STONES, SAWED WITH SAWS, WITHIN AND WITHOUT, EVEN FROM THE FOUNDATION
UNTO THE COPING, AND SO ON THE OUTSIDE TOWARD THE GREAT COURT._
Sawed with saws. Some have averred that saws for cutting stones were
not invented earlier than t... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE FOUNDATION WAS OF COSTLY STONES, EVEN GREAT STONES, STONES OF
TEN CUBITS, AND STONES OF EIGHT CUBITS._
The foundation was of costly stones, even great stones. Enormous
stones, corresponding exactly with the dimensions given, are found in
Jerusalem at this day. Not only the walls from the f... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND ABOVE WERE COSTLY STONES, AFTER THE MEASURES OF HEWED STONES, AND
CEDARS._
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_AND THE GREAT COURT ROUND ABOUT WAS WITH THREE ROWS OF HEWED STONES,
AND A ROW OF CEDAR BEAMS, BOTH FOR THE INNER COURT OF THE HOUSE OF THE
LORD, AND FOR THE PORCH OF THE HOUSE._
For the inner court of the house of the Lord - should be, as in the
inner court of the house of the Lord. The meaning i... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND KING SOLOMON SENT AND FETCHED HIRAM OUT OF TYRE._
Solomon sent and fetched Hiram out of Tyre. The Tyrians and other
inhabitants of the Phoenician coast were the most renowned artists and
workers in metal in the ancient world. Here is a specimen of the
Semitic style of narration. The historian... [ Continue Reading ]
_HE WAS A WIDOW'S SON OF THE TRIBE OF NAPHTALI, AND HIS FATHER WAS A
MAN OF TYRE, A WORKER IN BRASS: AND HE WAS FILLED WITH WISDOM, AND
UNDERSTANDING, AND CUNNING TO WORK ALL WORKS IN BRASS. AND HE CAME TO
KING SOLOMON, AND WROUGHT ALL HIS WORK._
He was a widow's son of the tribe of Naphtali. In 2... [ Continue Reading ]
_FOR HE CAST TWO PILLARS OF BRASS, OF EIGHTEEN CUBITS HIGH APIECE: AND
A LINE OF TWELVE CUBITS DID COMPASS EITHER OF THEM ABOUT._
Two pillars of brass, of eighteen cubits high. They were made of the
brass (bronze) which was taken from the king of Zobah (1 Chronicles
18:8). In 2 Chronicles 3:15 they... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND HE MADE TWO CHAPITERS OF MOLTEN BRASS, TO SET UPON THE TOPS OF
THE PILLARS: THE HEIGHT OF THE ONE CHAPITER WAS FIVE CUBITS, AND THE
HEIGHT OF THE OTHER CHAPITER WAS FIVE CUBITS:_
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_AND NETS OF CHECKER WORK, AND WREATHS OF CHAIN WORK, FOR THE
CHAPITERS WHICH WERE UPON THE TOP OF THE PILLARS; SEVEN FOR THE ONE
CHAPITER, AND SEVEN FOR THE OTHER CHAPITER._
Nets of checker-work - i:e., branch-work, resembling the branches of
palm trees, and wreaths of chain-work;
i.e., plaited in... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND HE MADE THE PILLARS, AND TWO ROWS ROUND ABOUT UPON THE ONE
NETWORK, TO COVER THE CHAPITERS THAT WERE UPON THE TOP, WITH
POMEGRANATES: AND SO DID HE FOR THE OTHER CHAPITER._
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_AND THE CHAPITERS THAT WERE UPON THE TOP OF THE PILLARS WERE OF LILY
WORK IN THE PORCH, FOUR CUBITS._
Lily-work - representing the lotus leaf and flower; beautiful
ornaments, resembling the stalks, leaves, and blossoms of lilies, of
large dimensions, as suited to the height of their position. They... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE CHAPITERS UPON THE TWO PILLARS HAD POMEGRANATES ALSO ABOVE,
OVER AGAINST THE BELLY WHICH WAS BY THE NETWORK: AND THE POMEGRANATES
WERE TWO HUNDRED IN ROWS ROUND ABOUT UPON THE OTHER CHAPITER._
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_AND HE SET UP THE PILLARS IN THE PORCH OF THE TEMPLE: AND HE SET UP
THE RIGHT PILLAR, AND CALLED THE NAME THEREOF JACHIN: AND HE SET UP
THE LEFT PILLAR, AND CALLED THE NAME THEREOF BOAZ._
Jachin: and ... Boaz, х_ YAAKIYN_ (H3199), whom God makes firm
(Gesenius) - 'the firm' (Movers); _ BO`AZ _ (H1... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND UPON THE TOP OF THE PILLARS WAS LILY WORK: SO WAS THE WORK OF THE
PILLARS FINISHED._ NO JFB COMMENTARY ON THIS VERSE.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND HE MADE A MOLTEN SEA, TEN CUBITS FROM THE ONE BRIM TO THE OTHER:
IT WAS ROUND ALL ABOUT, AND HIS HEIGHT WAS FIVE CUBITS: AND A LINE OF
THIRTY CUBITS DID COMPASS IT ROUND ABOUT._
He made a molten sea. In the tabernacle was no such vessel; the laver
served the double purpose of washing the hands... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND UNDER THE BRIM OF IT ROUND ABOUT THERE WERE KNOPS COMPASSING IT,
TEN IN A CUBIT, COMPASSING THE SEA ROUND ABOUT: THE KNOPS WERE CAST IN
TWO ROWS, WHEN IT WAS CAST._
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_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._
He made ten bases of brass - (see the notes at Exodus 30:18, where
the tabernacle is said to have had only one layer.) These were trucks,
or four-wheeled... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE WORK OF THE BASES WAS ON THIS MANNER: THEY HAD BORDERS, AND
THE BORDERS WERE BETWEEN THE LEDGES:_
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_AND HE PUT FIVE BASES ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE HOUSE, AND FIVE ON THE
LEFT SIDE OF THE HOUSE: AND HE SET THE SEA ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE
HOUSE EASTWARD OVER AGAINST THE SOUTH._
He set the sea on the right side of the house eastward over against
the south. - i:e., eastward; in a southeasterly dire... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND HIRAM MADE THE LAVERS, AND THE SHOVELS, AND THE BASONS. SO HIRAM
MADE AN END OF DOING ALL THE WORK THAT HE MADE KING SOLOMON FOR THE
HOUSE OF THE LORD:_
And Hiram made. These verses contain a general enumeration of Hiram's
works, as well those already mentioned as other minor things. The
Tyria... [ Continue Reading ]
_THE TWO PILLARS, AND THE TWO BOWLS OF THE CHAPITERS THAT WERE ON THE
TOP OF THE TWO PILLARS; AND THE TWO NETWORKS, TO COVER THE TWO BOWLS
OF THE CHAPITERS WHICH WERE UPON THE TOP OF THE PILLARS;_
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_IN THE PLAIN OF JORDAN DID THE KING CAST THEM, IN THE CLAY GROUND
BETWEEN SUCCOTH AND ZARTHAN._
In the plain of Jordan did the king cast them. Zarthan, or Zaretan
(Joshua 3:16), or Zartanah (1 Kings 4:12), or Zeredathah (2 Chronicles
4:17), was on the bank of the Jordan, in the territories of West... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND SOLOMON LEFT ALL THE VESSELS UNWEIGHED, BECAUSE THEY WERE
EXCEEDING MANY: NEITHER WAS THE WEIGHT OF THE BRASS FOUND OUT._
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_AND SOLOMON MADE ALL THE VESSELS THAT PERTAINED UNTO THE HOUSE OF THE
LORD: THE ALTAR OF GOLD, AND THE_ _ AND SOLOMON MADE ALL THE VESSELS
THAT PERTAINED UNTO THE HOUSE OF THE LORD: THE ALTAR OF GOLD, AND THE
TABLE OF GOLD, WHEREUPON THE SHEWBREAD WAS,_
The alter of gold - i:e., the altar of incen... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE CANDLESTICKS OF PURE GOLD, FIVE ON THE RIGHT SIDE, AND FIVE
ON THE LEFT, BEFORE THE ORACLE, WITH THE FLOWERS, AND THE LAMPS, AND
THE TONGS OF GOLD,_
Candlesticks of pure gold - made, probably, according to the model of
that in the tabernacle, which, along with the other articles of
furnitu... [ Continue Reading ]