_AND SOLOMON DETERMINED TO BUILD AN HOUSE FOR THE NAME OF THE LORD, AND AN HOUSE FOR HIS KINGDOM._ Solomon determined to build. The temple is the grand subject of this narrative, while the palace-here and in other parts of this book-is only incidentally noticed. The duty of building the temple was... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND SOLOMON TOLD OUT THREESCORE AND TEN THOUSAND MEN TO BEAR BURDENS, AND FOURSCORE THOUSAND TO HEW IN THE MOUNTAIN, AND THREE THOUSAND AND SIX HUNDRED TO OVERSEE THEM._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND SOLOMON SENT TO HURAM THE KING OF TYRE, SAYING, AS THOU DIDST DEAL WITH DAVID MY FATHER, AND DIDST SEND HIM CEDARS TO BUILD HIM AN HOUSE TO DWELL THEREIN, EVEN SO DEAL WITH ME._ Solomon sent to Huram. The correspondence was probably conducted on both sides in writing (2 Chronicles 2:11: see al... [ Continue Reading ]
_BEHOLD, I BUILD AN HOUSE TO THE NAME OF THE LORD MY GOD, TO DEDICATE IT TO HIM, AND TO BURN BEFORE HIM SWEET INCENSE, AND FOR THE CONTINUAL SHEWBREAD, AND FOR THE BURNT OFFERINGS MORNING AND EVENING, ON THE SABBATHS, AND ON THE NEW MOONS, AND ON THE SOLEMN FEASTS OF THE LORD OUR GOD. THIS IS AN ORD... [ Continue Reading ]
_SEND ME NOW THEREFORE A MAN CUNNING TO WORK IN GOLD, AND IN SILVER, AND IN BRASS, AND IN IRON, AND IN PURPLE, AND CRIMSON, AND BLUE, AND THAT CAN SKILL TO GRAVE WITH THE CUNNING MEN THAT ARE WITH ME IN JUDAH AND IN JERUSALEM, WHOM DAVID MY FATHER DID PROVIDE._ Send me now therefore a man cunning t... [ Continue Reading ]
_SEND ME ALSO CEDAR TREES, FIR TREES, AND ALGUM TREES, OUT OF LEBANON: FOR I KNOW THAT THY SERVANTS CAN SKILL TO CUT TIMBER IN LEBANON; AND, BEHOLD, MY SERVANTS SHALL BE WITH THY SERVANTS,_ Send me also cedar trees ... The cedar and cypress were valued as being both rare and durable; the algum, or... [ Continue Reading ]
_EVEN TO PREPARE ME TIMBER IN ABUNDANCE: FOR THE HOUSE WHICH I AM ABOUT TO BUILD SHALL BE WONDERFUL GREAT._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND, BEHOLD, I WILL GIVE TO THY SERVANTS, THE HEWERS THAT CUT TIMBER, TWENTY THOUSAND MEASURES OF BEATEN WHEAT, AND TWENTY THOUSAND MEASURES OF BARLEY, AND TWENTY THOUSAND BATHS OF WINE, AND TWENTY THOUSAND BATHS OF OIL._ Behold, I will give ... beaten wheat, х_ CHITIYM_ (H2406) _ MAKOWT_ (H4347)]... [ Continue Reading ]
_THEN HURAM THE KING OF TYRE ANSWERED IN WRITING, WHICH HE SENT TO SOLOMON, BECAUSE THE LORD HATH LOVED HIS PEOPLE, HE HATH MADE THEE KING OVER THEM._ THEN HURAM THE KING ... ANSWERED IN WRITING, WHICH HE SENT TO SOLOMON - literally, Then Huram the king said in writing, and sent it to Solomon. BEC... [ Continue Reading ]
_HURAM SAID MOREOVER, BLESSED BE THE LORD GOD OF ISRAEL, THAT MADE HEAVEN AND EARTH, WHO HATH GIVEN TO DAVID THE KING A WISE SON, ENDUED WITH PRUDENCE AND UNDERSTANDING, THAT MIGHT BUILD AN HOUSE FOR THE LORD, AND AN HOUSE FOR HIS KINGDOM._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND NOW I HAVE SENT A CUNNING MAN, ENDUED WITH UNDERSTANDING, OF HURAM MY FATHER'S,_ I have sent a cunning man - (see the notes at 1 Kings 7:13.)... [ Continue Reading ]
_THE SON OF A WOMAN OF THE DAUGHTERS OF DAN, AND HIS FATHER WAS A MAN OF TYRE, SKILFUL TO WORK IN GOLD, AND IN SILVER, IN BRASS, IN IRON, IN STONE, AND IN TIMBER, IN PURPLE, IN BLUE, AND IN FINE LINEN, AND IN CRIMSON; ALSO TO GRAVE ANY MANNER OF GRAVING, AND TO FIND OUT EVERY DEVICE WHICH SHALL BE P... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND WE WILL CUT WOOD OUT OF LEBANON, AS MUCH AS THOU SHALT NEED: AND WE WILL BRING IT TO THEE IN FLOATS BY SEA TO JOPPA; AND THOU SHALT CARRY IT UP TO JERUSALEM._ We will cut wood out of Lebanon ... and ... bring it to thee in floats by sea to Joppa, and thou shalt carry it up to Jerusalem. The ro... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND SOLOMON NUMBERED ALL THE STRANGERS THAT WERE IN THE LAND OF ISRAEL, AFTER THE NUMBERING WHEREWITH DAVID HIS FATHER HAD NUMBERED THEM; AND THEY WERE FOUND AN HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND AND THREE THOUSAND AND SIX HUNDRED._ Solomon numbered all the strangers ... - (see the notes at 1 Kings 5:13;... [ Continue Reading ]