Kretzmann's Popular Commentary
1 Kings 6:11
And the word of the Lord came to Solomon, probably through one of the prophets, saying,
And the word of the Lord came to Solomon, probably through one of the prophets, saying,
Verse 1 Kings 6:11. _THE WORD OF THE LORD CAME TO SOLOMON_] Some think that this is the same revelation as that mentioned 1 Kings 9:2, c., which took place _after_ the dedication of the temple: but t...
CHAPTER 6THE DESCRIPTION OF THE TEMPLE _ 1. The date of the beginning of the building (1 Kings 6:1)_ 2. The house, the porches and side chambers (1 Kings 6:2) 3. The divine charge (1 Kings 6:11) 4...
DESCRIPTION OF SOLOMON'S TEMPLE. The Temple area is on the eastern hill of Jerusalem, which overlooks the valley of the Kidron, with the Mount of Olives on the opposite side. It was probably not the Z...
God's promise to Solomon and to the people of Israel (Not in Chronicles) 11. _And the word of the Lord came_ The LXX. (_Vat._) omits these three verses, as if intending to bring the whole narrative o...
C. THE PROMISE TO SOLOMON 6:11-14 TRANSLATION (11) And the word of the LORD came unto Solomon, saying, (12) With regard to this house which you are building, if you continue to walk in My statutes an...
_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 bui...
THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE TEMPLE In shape the Temple was a rectangular hall 60 x 20 x 30 cubits (a cubit being about 18 inches). On its E. face it had a porch (forming an entrance) which extended across...
GOD’S LESSONS FROM HISTORY 1 KINGS _PHILIP SMITH_ CHAPTER 6 THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE *TEMPLE Solomon acted as the *temple’s architect. But the plans were not his own. He used the plans that David...
וַֽ יְהִי֙ דְּבַר ־יְהוָ֔ה אֶל ־שְׁלֹמֹ֖ה לֵ
1 Kings 6:1; 1 Kings 7:1 THE TEMPLE 1 Kings 5:1; 1 Kings 6:1;...
BREAKING THREE COMMANDMENTS 1 Kings 21:1; 1 Kings 1:1; 1 Kings 2:1; 1 Kings 3:1;...
THE PLAN OF THE LORD'S HOUSE 1 Kings 6:1 The Temple was twice the size of the Tabernacle-ninety feet long by thirty feet broad, and forty-five feet high. The plan had been given to David by revelatio...
This chapter is full of interest, as it gives a somewhat detailed description of the structure of the Temple. In all essentials its actual central building was on the pattern of the Tabernacle. It was...
Saying. By the prophet Ahia, as the Jews suppose he was sent thrice to Solomon. The temple had been commenced two years; (Salien) or this apparition took place after the dedication, and is related mor...
(11) В¶ And the word of the LORD came to Solomon, saying, (12) Concerning this house which thou art in building, if thou wilt walk in my statutes, and execute my judgments, and keep all my commandment...
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...
The house may be looked at in two ways-as a type of the Father's house, and as in fact the habitation of God on the earth when Jesus reigns. In the latter aspect I only look for the grand thoughts and...
AND THE WORD OF THE LORD CAME TO SOLOMON,.... The word of prophecy, as the Targum, foretelling what would be the case of this building, according to the obedience or disobedience of him and the people...
And the word of the LORD came to Solomon, saying, Ver. 11. _And the word of the Lord came,_] viz., By Abijah or some other prophet, even while he was in building, for his instruction and encouragemen...
_The word of the Lord came to Solomon_ By the prophet. _If thou wilt walk in my statutes_, &c. Here God expresses the condition upon which his promise and favour is suspended; and, by assuring him the...
1 The building of Solomons Temple. 5 The chambers thereof. 11 Gods promise vnto it. 15 The sieling and adorning of it: 23 The Cherubims. 31 The doores. 36 The court. 37 The time of building it....
THE BUILDING OF THE TEMPLE (vs.1-38) The date of the beginning of the temple is given specifically in verse 1 as the 480th year after Israel had left Egypt, which was the 4th year of Solomon's reign,...
11-14 None employ themselves for God, without having his eye upon them. But God plainly let Solomon know that all the charge for building this temple, would neither excuse from obedience to the law of...
Either by some prophet, or rather in a vision or dream, as it did before....
1 Kings 6:11 word H1697 LORD H3068 Solomon H8010 saying H559 (H8800)...
CONTENTS: Work on the temple begun. Dimensions and materials. CHARACTERS: God, Solomon. CONCLUSION: We should not mistake noise and notoriety for spiritual progress (1 Kings 6:7). Quietness and orde...
1 Kings 6:1. _In the four hundred and eightieth year._ The Hebrew, the Chaldaic, and most of the Greek versions read as the English; yet some difficulties occur. _Vide Poli in locum._ The following su...
_He began to build the house of the Lord._ THE TEMPLE BUILT Solomon’s temple is the most wonderful and interesting building in the world’s history. It was “the mysterious centre of Israel.” It was fa...
1 KINGS—NOTE ON 1 KINGS 6:1 With preparation for the temple complete, the text describes the building and its furnishings. This is interrupted in 1 Kings 7:1 by a description of the building of Solomo...
THE BUILDING OF SOLOMON’S TEMPLE CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.— 1 Kings 6:1. BEGAN TO BUILD THE HOUSE OF THE LORD—The chronological year is carefully noted, and no criticism supplies reason for cha...
EXPOSITION SOLOMON'S TEMPLE.—The preparations for the building of the Temple having been related in the preceding chapter, the historian now proceeds to describe the edifice. He begins his narrative...
So in chapter six he began to build the temple. In the four hundred and eightieth year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, and in the fourth year of Solomon's reign, in t...